This way they would come less often each year and earn less money.
Su Chuan replied respectfully: "I brought a lot of seafood with me this time, so one trip is worth two or three trips."
Murong Chen was obviously very interested in seafood. "Yesterday, I heard from the steward in the palace that a seafood caravan came to the imperial capital. The concubine had severe morning sickness and couldn't eat many foods. She kept complaining that the fish and shrimp sent by the imperial kitchen were fishy, so I didn't rush to send people to buy them."
"Is the concubine pregnant?" Shen Dagou looked at Shen Tian with sparkling eyes.
Shen Tian nodded heavily, two suspicious blushes appeared on her pale face, "It's been almost three months, and the reaction is a bit strong. The Queen Mother asked the imperial physician to come and see it, and she just said that it will be fine after this period of time."
Shen Dagou was worried and asked tentatively, "Do you want me to make you some seafood to try? This is the method that Sister Su Tai taught me. I can't taste the fishy smell myself. Do you want to try it?"
Chen Tian agreed with a smile. She couldn't possibly refuse her eldest brother's concern.
The housekeeper hurriedly took Shen Dagou to the kitchen.
Su Chuan took the opportunity to open several valuable items in front of the servants in the room, "This box contains sea cucumbers and scallops, all of which are treasures from the sea, and this."
Su Chuan opened the largest box and let everyone see the bluefin tuna weighing more than 300 kilograms with their own eyes.
"Hiss!" Everyone in the room gasped.
Murong Chen strode down the stairs and looked the bluefin tuna up and down, "How can it be so big?"
Su Chuan explained: "Because it is a deep-sea fish, this kind of fish is specially eaten raw. We brought some processed fish meat, Your Highness can try it."
Murong Chen immediately ordered his followers to defrost the sashimi.
Obviously looking forward to it.
Su Chuan pointed to other seafood and said, "There are also frozen abalone, squid, octopus, etc. This is the most precious one."
Su Zhan walked to the other end and opened a small box.
"What beautiful pearls!" Chen Tian spoke first, looking excited.
Murong Chen took out a pearl and exclaimed: "It is even more dazzling and rounder than the tribute pearls."
"This was opened from a large deep-sea shell. The most special thing is that there is a pink pearl." Su Chuan opened another small box, and inside was a round pink pearl the size of a thumb.
This really opened everyone's eyes.
Shen Tian said: "These New Year gifts are too expensive. I'll take the seafood, and you can take the pearls back."
Su Chuan shook his head and consoled him, "Just keep it with peace of mind, Concubine. These New Year gifts were prepared by Xiaotai and your elder brother. They are their love. Xiaotai said that if she could get pearls this time, she would get pearls in the future. Concubine, just focus on being beautiful and exquisite, and don't worry about anything else."
"Hahaha, what a beautiful and exquisite girl! In that case, please accept it! I will prepare a suitable return gift for you."
Murong Chen spoke, and Chen Tian didn't know what to say.
Today's New Year gift will be spread out soon, which will be a good opportunity to slap some people in the face.
As they were talking, the seafood prepared by Shen Dagou was served.
A plate of steamed mackerel, cooked using the method taught by Su Tai, even the sauce was provided by Su Tai.
A plate of garlic shrimp, as well as soy sauce yellow croaker, sweet and sour eel, and crispy hairtail.
The table full of seafood made Murong Chen, who grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth, couldn't help but look sideways.
Chen Tian prepared herself mentally for a while before trying to reach out her chopsticks to the yellow croaker. She took a careful bite, but there was no reaction. She tried another bite, and she was still able to hold on.
La Mei was overjoyed, "Great, concubine, you can eat it!"
Shen Tian nodded with a smile, and took another piece of steamed mackerel with chopsticks. Her eyes lit up after taking a bite, "This is delicious!"
Murong Chen immediately and attentively picked up some fish for her, "If you like it, eat more."
As he said this, he personally picked a garlic shrimp for Shen Tian.
Shen Tian blushed and ate the shrimp in front of everyone.
With Murong Chen's feeding, Chen Tian actually ate a lot, and they were all good food.
Murong Chen was in a good mood and rewarded Shen Dagou and the other two with a lot of good things.
Wait for them to leave.
Murong Chen helped Shen Tian back.
As soon as Chen Tian entered the room, she pulled Murong Chen and said, "Your Highness, I just thought about it. Let's present that pink pearl to our mother! And those big round pearls, how about giving a few to the Queen Mother?"
Seeing her sincere expression, Murong Chen felt distressed. "These are all New Year gifts from your parents. You can arrange them however you want. No one will say anything if you don't give them to them."
Chen Tian shook her head seriously, "I'm just a concubine. If I keep something that even the main concubine doesn't have, won't it make people jealous?"
"That won't happen! You are carrying the royal heir, which is the most precious. Who would dare to be jealous of you?" Murong Chen was unhappy.
Chen Tian had to coax her a few more times.
In the end, Murong Chen followed her wishes and gave the pink pearl to the Queen, and sent the other two largest white pearls to the Queen Mother's palace.
The queen had obviously never seen colored pearls, and they were so big. She was delighted and asked, "Where did you get them?"
Murong Chen did not hide anything and told everything.
The queen sighed with relief, "I was worried that the girl was of low birth and would make a fool of herself in your eyes, but I didn't expect that she would be the most competitive and bring me honor!"
The emperor has four sons. Except for Murong Chen, who has no principal wife, the other three have principal wives, concubines and maids. However, the only ones who actually gave birth to children are the second prince's concubine Li and the third prince's concubine Zhang, both of whom are daughters. The fourth prince's concubine Gao did give birth to a son, but unfortunately the mother's status was too low, so the emperor did not dare to do too much even if he wanted to pay attention to her, and was restricted in his actions.
These women took two or three years to give birth to children after getting married. They were not as good as Chen Tian, who got pregnant not long after getting married.
Now Shen Tian also presented her with a large pink pearl that was unique in Langya Kingdom. The wives and concubines who claimed to be from high-ranking noble families could not afford such a good thing.
Murong Chen looked proud, "As long as the Queen Mother is happy."
"Happiness! Concubine Shen's family is not easy either. I'll give you some good things later. You can take them back."
"good!"
Murong Chen came quickly and left quickly.
When the emperor came over after the morning court session, the queen immediately showed off her pink pearls.
The emperor seemed to have thought of something, and asked the eunuch beside him: "I remember that the magistrate of Zhaohua County, Duan Ren, sent a memorial saying that the town official of Dahe Town in Zhaohua County, Shen Yi, built a floating bridge. He seems to be from Shenjiazhuang. Is he related to Concubine Shen?"
Originally, the emperor could not remember a small prince's concubine, but since it was difficult for the royal family to have offspring, any pregnant woman could have a name in front of the emperor.
Before the eunuch could speak, the queen spoke first, "Yes, they are related. They are from the same clan. This Chen Yi is the adopted son of the Marquis of Yong'an, and Concubine Chen is the adopted daughter of the Marquis of Yong'an. They are brother and sister.
This time, the pearls were the New Year gift that Shen Yi sent to Concubine Shen. It seemed that they had formed a caravan and brought them from Qiongzi. "(End of this chapter)
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