Chapter 332 Rewards
After settling the group of girls in his courtyard, Lin Changning felt a slight ache in his wounds. He realized that he had indeed hurt people today, and he felt that the movement must have been too rough, causing the wounds to reopen a little.
Lin Changning unconsciously touched his shoulder, and felt a slight dampness on his fingertips as he touched it.
Lin Changning sighed, went out and took a servant to have a carriage driven home. He knew he would inevitably be nagged by his mother again when he got back.
As soon as the carriage stopped at the gate, a group of servants and clerks from the Prince's mansion parked the carriage right in front of his house.
Lin Changning rolled off the ground and instantly understood why they were there.
My second brother just told him a few days ago that the Prince's Mansion was coming to bestow gifts, but I didn't expect them to come so quickly.
Now that he was only dressed in casual clothes, he inevitably appeared somewhat disrespectful. After quickly getting out of the carriage, he cupped his hands to the leading servant of the Prince's mansion and said, "Eunuch Wu, please wait a moment. I'll go home to change my clothes before I receive my things."
Lin Changning bowed respectfully to Eunuch Wu and then took out a silver ingot from his pocket and stuffed it into Eunuch Wu's hand: "Please trouble Eunuch Wu to go into the mansion first."
Wu, the eunuch, hesitated for a moment, glanced at the carriage behind him, and then accepted the silver from Lin Changning. His smile became even more genuine: "Commander Lin, there's no need to be so polite. When the Prince came, he instructed me to deliver the items. I originally wanted you to go to the Prince's residence to receive the reward these past two days and stay for a casual meal. However, I've been quite busy these past few days, so the Prince sent me instead. The items will be placed in the courtyard later, so you don't need to change your clothes. Your loyalty is beyond words."
With a wave of his hand, a stream of maids and guards carrying gifts poured into Lin Changning's courtyard.
Lin Changning didn't dare to look at how many there were. Roughly counting, there were at least a dozen items covered with red cloth, so he couldn't tell what they were. However, at least four or five people were holding silver.
Wu, the eunuch, looked at Lin Changning with a smile and spoke in an exceptionally kind tone: "I heard that Commander Lin recently wanted to open an embroidery workshop. His Highness specially had ten bolts of precious Shu brocade found in the Prince's warehouse. The rest are just some less important items. Commander, you must have been exhausted from your journey. The Princess was concerned about your injuries and specially bestowed upon you a lot of rare medicinal herbs from the Prince's palace. The Heir Apparent also gave you some jade ornaments and the like."
After saying that, he took a list from the maid beside him, unfolded it and showed it to Lin Changning. He then stuffed the list into Lin Changning's hand and cupped his hands, saying, "We won't keep this any longer. After the commander checks the list, he can put it directly into the warehouse. Oh, what's going on with the commander's clothes?"
Lin Changning followed Wu's gaze and looked down at himself, only to see some blood seeping through his clothes on his shoulder.
Lin Changning cupped his hands and said, "It's an old injury that has already scabbed over. I did some fighting today, and the wound may have reopened a bit. It's nothing serious; it was almost fully healed anyway."
Wu, the eunuch, sighed inwardly. No wonder the prince had taken a liking to this young Commander Lin.
Look at how this person speaks and acts; they make people feel at ease.
Everyone knows that Commander Lin was injured because of the princess and the others, but he says it's an old injury. How could he possibly recover quickly after losing so much blood?
Lin Qianhu's implication was that his injury had nothing to do with the princess, indicating that he was not someone who would seek credit, and was far better than those opportunistic scoundrels.
In the morning, the second young master brought the man back to the command post, and the guards reported what Commander Lin had said to the prince.
After hearing the report from the guards, the prince waved his hand, opened the storeroom, took out the Shu brocade that had been bestowed upon him by the palace last year, and ordered them to carry it to the Lin residence along with the rewards prepared a couple of days ago.
The Crown Prince also added a lot of things, and the Princess and the Queen Consort added a lot after hearing about it.
Wu, the eunuch, looked at Lin Changning with an increasingly kind gaze: "Then Commander Lin must take good care of himself. When I get back later, I will instruct the physician of the manor to examine Commander Lin's injury. Although it is an old injury, it should not be taken lightly."
Lin Changning slipped another silver ingot into Wu's hand, cupped his hands and bowed slightly, his face showing a hint of shyness and embarrassment: "How can I trouble you, eunuch? My cousin is currently apprenticing with the royal physician in the palace. He is the one who treated my injuries, so it's not appropriate to trouble the physician. Just call out to my cousin."
The silver went into Wu the eunuch's other hand. Wu the eunuch smiled and couldn't help but think that this was a cunning old fox. At this moment, he mentioned his cousin who was an apprentice in the Prince's mansion. Besides wanting him to inform people, he also wanted him to take good care of him in the mansion.
Wu, the eunuch, stuffed the silver ingots into his pocket, his face almost wrinkled with laughter. The two ingots that Lin Changning had just given him were worth at least twenty taels, which was just enough to take care of a junior apprentice in the Prince's mansion, so it was naturally no problem.
This young commander has a bright future ahead of him. He is valued by the prince and is also a close friend of the second young master. He will be of great use in the future. So Wu, the eunuch, praised him, "While the commander is fighting on the front lines, my cousin is working as a physician in the rear. The Lin family truly produces talented people. Haha, I will inform the commander's cousin when I get back. It's getting late, we should go back too."
Lin Changning chatted and laughed with the person before helping them into the carriage. After saying goodbye to the person in the carriage, he cupped his hands and said, "Please take care on your journey, Your Excellency."
Inside the carriage, Eunuch Wu lifted the curtain and waved goodbye to Lin Changning, saying, "Commander, don't stand at the door any longer. You're still injured. Hurry back to your residence and get your wound treated."
Lin Changning watched the carriage drive away before letting out a sigh of relief and turning to head home. Inside the courtyard, Lin's mother and second brother had already led everyone out.
Seeing Lin Changning exchanging pleasantries with someone, Lin's mother knew he was from the Prince's mansion, so she didn't dare to go forward and waited quietly in the courtyard with her people.
After Lin Changning saw the people off, they finally breathed a sigh of relief. The Lin family had only been established for less than a year, and when had they ever seen such a scene? Everyone was feeling quite uneasy.
She hadn't dared to go forward until she saw Lin Changning escort the person into the courtyard, at which point Lin's mother pulled her two daughters-in-law forward.
"Sixth Brother, what are these things in this courtyard?"
No sooner had she finished speaking than she noticed the bloodstains on Lin Changning's shoulder as he approached.
Her tone shifted abruptly, her voice suddenly becoming shrill: "Oh my God, Liu Lang, where did this bloodstain on your shoulder come from? Let your mother take a look, is it serious?"
Without waiting for a crowd, he walked up to Lin Changning and began to pull off her clothes.
Lin Changning immediately stopped his mother's hand: "It's alright, Mother. The scab on the wound has cracked a little bit. It's nothing serious. I've already sent someone to call Shilang."
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