Chapter 468 Comparison

Chen Ping knew that Shen Wan was reborn, and guessed that Fu'an had helped Shen Wan in his previous life, so he did his best to carry out the tasks assigned by Shen Wan.

Zhaolanxuan was very lively in the next few days.

The emperor bestows New Year blessings, and people who come to the palace to give New Year gifts will also come to Zhaolanxuan to sit down.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Yun came to see Chen Wan and gave each of Chen Wan and Xie Jingyu a red envelope containing two thousand taels of silver and a jade ruyi.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Madam Yun brought Yun Miao and Yun Qing to give New Year gifts and stuffed a large stack of red envelopes into Shen Wan's hands. Shen Wan was stunned, "So many...?"

It's no wonder that Chen Wan was surprised. In her previous life, she married Xiao Yun, and the Yun family also went to see her and brought her New Year's money, but there were only two of them, three thousand taels each.

Regardless of the amount in this life, the number is astonishing.

Eight.

Madam Yun laughed and said, "I should personally give it to you and the prince. You are pregnant and can't go to the Yun family. I have brought the portions for the old master, the old lady, and your second uncle and aunt."

Chen Wan had no idea how much New Year's money she had received from the Yun family since she was a child.

One for Old Master Yun, one for Old Madam Yun, and another for the two uncles. He received so much money that he was overwhelmed.

Looking at the eight red envelopes in his hand, Shen Wan said, "This is too much..."

Yun Qing covered her mouth and laughed, "It's not much. Next year, when the two little babies in your belly are born, there will be countless red envelopes."

By then, she and her elder brother will be elders, and they will also have to prepare red envelopes.

Because she was busy with the New Year celebrations, Mrs. Yun did not stay in the Jingbei Palace for long. She sat for a quarter of an hour and then left with Yun Miao and Yun Qing.

After they left, Shen Wan opened the red envelope and was really shocked by the amount inside.

Old Master Yun gave five thousand taels.

Old Madam Yun gave three thousand taels.

Master Yun Da and Master Yun Er each received two thousand taels.

This is only Shen Wan's share, Xie Jingyu's is the same as hers.

Shen Wan, “…”

The red envelopes given by the Yun family alone are enough for her and Xie Jingyu to spend for a year.

In previous years, Old Master Yun and Old Madam Yun would give Chen Wan one thousand taels, and the two uncles five hundred taels each.

Shen Ji didn't let the Yun family give too much New Year's money, because the more they gave, the more Chen Wan would spend.

Now that she is married, it is no longer under Shen Ji's control, and the amount of New Year's money given by the Yun family has become so large.

The Yun family and the Yun family gave New Year's money, as did Old Tutor Lin and Old Madam Lin.

Shen Wan was ill and couldn't go out, so Xie Jingyu followed the princess to the Lin Mansion to pay New Year's greetings and brought back a red envelope for her, the amount of which was also astonishing.

There was also an emperor who gave red envelopes to the princes and princesses.

King Cheng and King Ling each received one thousand taels.

The other princes received eight hundred taels.

Princess Shouzhen received six hundred taels.

Other princesses received five hundred taels.

The hierarchy is strict, but not too strict.

After bestowing the gifts on the prince and princess, the emperor called Xie Jingyu into the palace and gave him a red envelope.

Eight hundred taels.

Being treated like a prince is really good.

A certain prince consort who was used to being oppressed even had a trance-like and unreal feeling, wondering if the sun had risen from the west.

Then the emperor gave Xie Jingyu a red envelope and asked him to take it back to Shen Wan.

The red envelope was handed to Shen Wan, and Shen Wan asked casually, "Who gave it to you?"

Well, that's nonsense.

No one else can receive the red envelope with gold-plated dragon patterns except the emperor.

Shen Wan happily took it and asked, "How much did the emperor give?"

"Either eight hundred taels or one thousand taels."

Xie Jingyu would definitely not open the red envelope that the emperor gave to Chen Wan.

Xie Jingyu felt that the one thousand taels was more likely, and then Shen Wan took out a ten thousand taels silver note from the red envelope.

Xie Jingyu, “…”

Shen Wan looked at the banknote several times, then looked at Xie Jingyu in disbelief, "The emperor gave me 10,000 taels as a New Year's gift..."

Xie Jingyu twitched his eyes and said, "I suspect the emperor stuffed it in the wrong place."

Shen Wan asked, “Does the emperor still need to stuff the red envelopes himself?”

Xie Jingyu, “…”

I didn't fool you the first time.

If you can't fool people, you have to force yourself to fool them.

It was New Year's Day, and the emperor was looking for trouble for him. For the sake of the ten thousand taels, no, for the sake of the eight hundred taels, he endured it.

Xie Jingyu remained calm and said, "The emperor gave red envelopes of one thousand taels to Prince Cheng and Prince Ling."

This Shen Wan knew.

In the previous life, the emperor gave Xiao Yun one thousand taels and gave her eight hundred taels.

If every prince and princess was given 18,000 taels of silver, the emperor would have so many princes and princesses that the small treasury would be empty. Besides, she is not a princess.

But it seems impossible that the red envelope was given to the wrong person, but there is no other reason other than this.

Shen Wan asked, “Should we send it back to the emperor?”

Xie Jingyu looked at Shen Wan.

Shen Wan silently changed her words, "Just pretend I didn't say anything."

Whatever the emperor rewards you, you have to accept it and there is no reason to return it.

No one would think the money was too much, so Chen Wan happily accepted it.

Xie Jingyu couldn’t understand why the emperor would give Shen Wan such a big red envelope.

Um.

The emperor also likes to compare.

The emperor had someone specially prepare the red envelopes for the princes and princesses, but Shen Wan had not acknowledged her ancestral roots, so no share was prepared for her.

But no matter who Eunuch An forgets, he cannot forget the emperor's most beloved princess.

Eunuch An reminded the Emperor, "There's no portion prepared for the Crown Prince of Jingbei's wife..."

Just when the emperor asked them to prepare according to Prince Ling's portion, Princess Shouzhen showed off in front of Princess Xuanning about the New Year's money given to her by the Duke of Song's Mansion. Princess Xuanning did not have as much as Princess Shouzhen, but she knew how to use the opponent's strength to her advantage, and she suppressed Princess Shouzhen's arrogance with just one sentence.

Princess Xuanning said, "I heard that the Yun family alone gave the Crown Prince and Consort of Prince Jingbei over ten thousand taels of silver as New Year's gifts."

What Princess Shouzhen was most impatient about was hearing the words "Prince Jingbei's Consort". She would get furious as soon as she heard them and all her good mood disappeared.

The two princesses quarreled in the imperial garden on New Year's Day, and this matter inevitably reached the ears of the emperor.

The emperor didn't notice anything else, but noticed that the Yun family gave Chen Wan more than 10,000 taels of New Year's money.

The Yun family is rich enough to rival a country, but his father, the emperor, owns the whole world, so how can he give less than what the Yun family gives?

You must give ten thousand taels!

Eunuch An obeyed the emperor's orders and asked, "What about the prince consort?"

"Eight hundred taels."

“…”

Time passed day by day, and the day when the prince would set off for the border was approaching.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Chen Ping asked Shanhu Yinchuan to help Xie Jingyu pack his luggage. Seeing Shanhu busy, Chen Wan went to the study to find Xie Jingyu, "Didn't you say you wouldn't go to the border for the time being?"

Xie Jingyu said, "I'm not going."

Shen Wan asked, "Then why should I pack your luggage?"

Xie Jingyu said, "My father is taking my second brother to the border, and the embroidery room doesn't have time to make him a brocade robe. Please give him a few from me."

So that's how it is. It scared her.

Chen Ping hadn't explained this clearly. He asked Shanhu Yinchuan to help pack a bag. To save trouble, he said, "Prepare a gift and follow the instructions for the prince to go to the border."

Xie Jing'an and Xie Jingyu were born on the same day and are of similar height. Whatever Xie Jingyu would need when he went to the border, Xie Jing'an would naturally use as well.

Because Xie Jing'an saved the Third Young Master Yun, Shen Wan had a good impression of him. The coral and silver bracelets were not enough, so she looked at them again and added some things she thought were necessary. If there were new ones, she would take the new ones, and if there were no new ones, she would take the ones used by Xie Jingyu.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Shen Wan went to the gate to see the prince off.

Xie Jingyu sent the prince and Xie Jing'an to Shili Pavilion.

The princess watched them ride away until they were out of sight. Then she withdrew her gaze and said, "Go back. It's windy outside."