Li Sixu was confused: "Why are you so happy?"
"The little princess will know it when she sees her!"
Eunuch Gui didn't say what it was, he just smiled mysteriously.
Li Sixu entered the palace full of suspicion and saw the queen and Chunxia picking through a pile of treasures held by the palace maids and eunuchs. When she saw her coming, the queen beamed.
"Xiao Shi is here, do you like what the queen has chosen for you?"
"My son has met his mother!"
After giving the gift, Li Sixu came forward obediently and said, "The queen mother gave her son ten sets of clothes and several sets of jewelry and accessories just a few days ago."
"I only received five sets of autumn clothes as rewards a few days ago. This silver thread hooked butterfly snow brocade is used to make a beautiful shawl. My queen will measure the size and sew a shawl for you with her own hands."
What?
The queen wants to sew clothes for her?
The queen was taking care of the busy affairs of the harem, so she had to sew her silk scarf herself?
Li Sixu said hurriedly: "Qing He beside Sisi is good at needlework. Just let her do the sewing. Sisi doesn't want to tire the queen mother."
The queen didn't care what Li Sixu said. After making some gestures with the silver-threaded butterfly and snow brocade on her body, she told Chunxia: "The weather is getting colder, so you should prepare brocade shawls and coats to keep you warm in winter."
"Go to the warehouse to pick out some good furs. I remember that there were snow fox furs from other countries last year as tribute, so I brought them all to show to the princess."
Seeing Li Sixu's flattered expression, her little mouth, which usually used sweet words to make her mother-in-law happy, stopped talking.
Eunuch Gui made a cup of warm tea and handed it to Li Sixu: "The empress will sew the princess's silk scarf herself to show her love."
"Princess, don't think that your Majesty doesn't know how to sew. She's just busy taking care of the affairs of the harem. She hasn't used needlework for a long time and is a bit handicapped. When she was in the prince's palace, the emperor's clothes and shoes were all sewn by our own hands."
Eunuch Gui said with emotion: "Besides Your Majesty, the only one who can make the Queen happy to be busy is the little princess."
"The empress and the little princess are the most compatible!"
"To choose the reward for the princess to be promoted to the imperial family, my wife would be happy to empty out the entire warehouse..."
As people get older, they talk more.
Eunuch Gui got excited when he suddenly realized that he had let something slip. He raised his hand and patted his face lightly: "Look at this slave's mouth."
Eunuch Gui mentioned that he used to make shoes, socks and clothes for the emperor at the prince's palace in the fiefdom. Only then did Li Sixu realize that the queen wanted to sew the silk for her personally, treating her as one of her own.
She was still moved when she heard what Eunuch Gui had said and looked at the queen.
The queen nodded with a smile: "The queen mother called you here precisely to discuss the matter of Jinfeng."
"Wang Yuanbao fired the glaze ware and made great contributions to solving the drought in Guanzhong. The emperor granted him the official position of a seventh-grade Yuanwailang. You gave Wang Yuanbao the recipe for making the glazed ware, and you also made an agreement with him to sell the glazed ware. Fifty percent of the money belongs to the national treasury, which has made a great contribution."
"Your father has always been clear about rewards and punishments. How could he forget your contribution?"
At such a young age, following Sun Yizheng and Wang Tao in developing the vaccination method to prevent smallpox, it was already shocking enough. It was surprising that even with just a random recipe, one could make crystal clear glassware.
It’s no wonder that Jiang Jiao, Duke of Chu, questioned her. In fact, everything Xiao Shi did was a big deal.
It’s unimaginable that a six or seven-year-old child can do this?
But when Jiang Jiao raised a question, an old minister, Jiang Shidu, stood up and said that she was extremely talented in generals. He pursued Xiao Shi and wanted to take her as his disciple but was unable to do so.
Therefore, Xiao Shi is now famous in the court and Chang'an City.
It's hard for her to make such a big contribution, but she has always been neither arrogant nor impetuous, as if nothing had happened, and she just immersed herself in working in the hospital.
When she wanted to study medicine with Dr. Sun, she said she wanted to be a useful person.
Xiaotuanzi, who has a pair of clear and bright eyes in front of him, works hard and has really become a useful person at such a young age.
Become a person who is useful to the court, the country, and the people of the Tang Dynasty!
Looking at the soft little man in front of her who called her mother, the queen was filled with joy and said: "Yesterday when your father came to Nanxun Palace, he mentioned that he would give you a title because you presented the glass prescription and solved the problem of drought relief in Guanzhong. , your father wants you to choose a county in Guanzhong as a fiefdom."
The queen asked Eunuch Gui to fetch the topography map of Guanzhong, lay it flat on the table, point to the red circles on it, and let Li Sixu choose the location of the fiefdom by herself.
Li Sixu was gesturing on the topographic map, saying that she wanted to choose a nice place name, but Eunuch Gui's head was full of black lines.
The princesses of the Tang Dynasty were given titles without fiefdoms when they were young. Only before the princess got married, the emperor would grant fiefdoms with food towns.
Of course, the emperor's eldest daughter is very favored, which is another story.
According to convention, at such a young age as the tenth princess, there are very few people who already have a fiefdom.
Such honor and favor are not enough!
This is probably the first time in history that the princess is allowed to choose the location of her fiefdom!
Naturally, in a place with a good geographical location, abundant products, strong literati atmosphere, and frequent business exchanges, the fiefdom's food tax power can bring more profits.
This is related to the dowry and wealth in your hands when you get married in the future.
But this little princess didn't know what it meant to have a fiefdom and a food town, so she even told her mother-in-law to choose a nice place name.
Eunuch Gui was so anxious that he wished he could point her to the most prosperous location on the map, but Li Sixu drew on the map for a long time and stopped at a red dot.
"Fuxing!"
Li Sixu tilted her little head and smiled at the queen: "Princess Fufeng, Sisi thinks this name sounds nice, what does the queen think?"
"My mother also thinks it sounds good!"
Fufeng is not a very big place, and it is not even considered rich and prosperous in the Guanzhong area.
While Eunuch Gui was stamping his feet aside, the queen looked at Li Sixu with admiration in her eyes.
She has been with His Majesty since she was in the fiefdom palace. As a king, no matter how magnanimous she is, she still has a good heart. Let Xiao Shi choose the fiefdom on his own, which seems to be a great favor.
But is it not His Majesty's test of Xiao Shi?
If Xiao Shi is too greedy, then the gain outweighs the loss.
Fufeng is not rich and prosperous enough, but it has a moderate climate, rich products, and is a famous historical city with a strong literati atmosphere.
Choosing Fufeng may seem like a disadvantage, but in fact it is the most appropriate choice after weighing the balance.
Just as the Queen thought, when Li Sixu was calmly drawing circles on the topographic map, she had actually gone through the nine twists and turns in her heart.
The human heart is the most complicated thing. Don't underestimate people's jealousy.
His imperial sisters do not yet have fiefdoms. If she chooses a fiefdom with a rich food market, if someone deliberately makes a fuss about this matter, it will break the stable situation she has managed to maintain.
Choosing Fufeng is the only way to ensure safety!
Li Sixu was about to become a little princess with a food and a fiefdom. She was excited in her heart, but she did not forget the purpose of coming to Nanxun Palace this time.
She pulled the queen to act coquettishly: "Sisi is too greedy. The queen mother has chosen so many rewards for the son, but the son still wants to ask for someone from the queen."
