The Prime Minister Seduced Me to have Babies!-Chapter 536: Rewards

The Princess’s true desire wasn’t really the rewards.

The rewards represent the Emperor’s attitude; the amount is not important. What is important is that this indicates the Emperor favors Jiang Youzhi, his grand-nephew.

The nobility in the Capital City, knowing this, would naturally have to weigh it carefully.

Only then did she become happy, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"I must go see my grandson. I will enter the palace to see you again on the first day of the month."

She hurriedly left.

Not long after Jiang Youzhi and his father returned to the residence, the eunuch bearing the imperial decree arrived.

An incense table was set up in the main hall. Jiang Zhongxing wore court attire, Lady Wu wore a ceremonial robe with a phoenix crown, and Jiang Youzhi dressed in fine clothes with a golden crown and jade belt. The family of three knelt to receive the decree.

After receiving the imperial decree and performing the grand ceremony, it was sent to the ancestral hall for worship.

Then Jiang Zhongxing instructed Housekeeper Lin, "Today, the Emperor has conferred Youzhi with the title of Princely Heir. It is a great joy."

"Reward the servants in the household with two taels of silver each to share the joy."

Housekeeper Lin smiled and said, "I will take care of it at once."

He knew well that this reward from the Duke was also a form of indirect announcement.

To tell everyone that the Eldest Young Master is now the Princely Heir!

Jiang Youzhi returned to his courtyard to change clothes, and the maids and servants in the courtyard had already heard the news and were all filled with joy.

The higher the status of the master, the more face they had in the residence.

Some of them managed to get assigned to this Yongning Yard through connections, while some were related by ties to Housekeeper Lin and thus found a back door.

More than half of the people in the courtyard were brought in through connections.

The remaining small portion were capable and able to get things done; after all, not everyone could be a relation, or else the Princely Heir would have no one to utilize.

Housekeeper Lin was also smart. He didn’t place a single person from Aunt Su into this courtyard.

Yesterday, he saw the situation very clearly. Hereafter, this residence belonged to the lady and the Young Master.

Jiang Youzhi changed his clothes, took off all the gold and jade ornaments and planned to go to the guest courtyard to meet Yun Jiao. A maid came in, smiling broadly, "Young Master, the Emperor has sent down rewards, and the carriage has arrived at our courtyard gate."

Jiang Youzhi called over Du Ruo and whispered a few words, and Du Ruo promptly left.

Once outside, Du Ruo slipped a silver note into the hands of the eunuch delivering the rewards, and the eunuch accepted it smilingly.

It was Du Ruo’s first time doing this kind of thing, and he was not yet skilled, looking quite nervous. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

After the eunuch left, Du Ruo brought back the list of rewards for Jiang Youzhi to examine.

Jiang Youzhi glanced at the list of rewards—there were a golden crown, jade pendant, writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone, gold ingots shaped like ruyi scepters, and auspicious silver ingots.

Jiang Youzhi felt that the Emperor was not nearly as generous as his grandmother, the Princess.

After reading the list, he handed it over to the nanny and maids to put it in storage, and then got up to head to the guest courtyard.

Meanwhile, in another courtyard not far from Yongning Yard, Aunt Su lay on her bed, listening to someone outside say, "Someone from this courtyard go collect the reward money."

"The Emperor decreed the Eldest Young Master as the Princely Heir. The Duke is happy and is giving out two taels of silver to everyone."

Outside were a few ignorant young maids cheering, "Two taels of silver!"

"Wow, we’re rich, we’re rich! I want to buy a hairpin to wear."

The monthly salary for these young maids was only a few hundred coins, so two taels of silver was indeed a sizable sum for them.

Inside, Aunt Su listened to the cheers from outside, biting the pillow hard.

After a while, she calmed down and turned to quietly instruct her maid, "You should visit the guest courtyard this evening, seek out Xing Yu and inquire about what those in the guest courtyard have been doing and saying these past two days. Did the Eldest Young Master go to the guest courtyard, and after going, what did he do and say?"