Tang Baozhu felt as if her heart had left with the emperor. She wondered when the craftsmen of the Imperial Household Department would be able to make the glass. She thought that there must be some clever people among them who could make it soon.
In the days that followed, Tang Baozhu spent her days looking after her son and taking care of her health. When the emperor came, she served him. Her life couldn't have been more carefree.
Tang Li also visited her several times and told her about the family affairs. She learned that all the concubines in the family had been locked up, and the money used from them had been returned. Now everything in the family was in good order.
Even her older brothers and nephews were kept very obedient by the emperor, which allowed her to live peacefully in the palace.
A month later, the emperor arrived at Tang Baozhu's palace, followed by a string of people carrying many things, all made of glass.
Finally, I can use such a clear mirror. Looking at my reflection, I can only say that it's no wonder I ate so many good things. I look so good.
"Consort Shu, your glass recipe is indeed quite good. It's already been made, and we're about to start preparing to sell it. I'm not sure how to set the price. Does Consort Shu have any good ideas?"
Tang Baozhu was admiring herself in the mirror, almost falling in love with herself after just a few glances. Upon hearing this, she said without looking up, "Your Majesty, this is a glass recipe, so of course it should be sold at the price of glass. This is a unique business for us, and it would be a pity to sell it cheaply."
Situ Rui nodded. His beloved concubine was right. This was a unique business in the entire Liang Dynasty. Moreover, those nobles had plenty of money and had been embezzling quite a bit. This was a good opportunity to squeeze some out of them.
Having resolved this matter, Situ Rui stared at Tang Baozhu's belly, wondering why she wasn't pregnant yet. After all, she had gotten pregnant on the first try last time, while this time he had been sleeping in Changchun Palace for several months.
With that in mind, he asked directly, "My beloved concubine, why has it been so long and there's still no good news this time?"
Tang Baozhu didn't want to have another child so soon, but in the past few months, the emperor had been visiting her every day, and she had developed some affection for him. These words instantly brought her to her senses.
Sure enough, men are unreliable. It seems I still have to rely on my son and money. Anyway, my body has already been cured by the elixir. Since he wants a son, then let him have one. I'll just treat him as a tool to deliver a child.
"Your Majesty, I feel that I might conceive a prince tonight. Shall we give it a try?"
Situ Rui felt that his beloved concubine was unreliable at all, how could he possibly sense that? However, he had no intention of going to other concubines, so he simply stayed.
When Tang Baozhu saw that the emperor was going to stay, she immediately ate two fertility pills. She wanted to keep having children until the emperor was tired of having sons, and give him a whole bunch of sons to annoy him to death.
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The next morning, Situ Rui went to the morning court early. Tang Baozhu touched her belly. If nothing unexpected happened, there should be two little princes inside. It would be good to have a few more children so that her Hui'er wouldn't feel lonely.
When Situ Rui delivered the account book at the end of the month, he was extremely excited. He hadn't expected to make so much money. The glass he produced was in high demand and short supply, and merchants from other cities even came here to buy goods to resell.
In particular, Tang Baozhu told him that if the glass was made bigger, it could be used as windows. The emperor used glass directly in the place where he held court and in his office. All the ministers who saw it were interested, after all, the light was brighter, and even the emperor used it. They liked to use the same things as the emperor, and the satisfaction in their hearts was different.
"My beloved concubine, guess how much money you made this month?"
Tang Baozhu felt that since it was no less than 200,000 taels of silver, she didn't have the energy to guess. After all, she was almost a month pregnant and was having some symptoms, so she was in a bad mood. "Your Majesty, I can't guess. Why don't you just tell me directly?"
Tang Baozhu felt extremely tired. She hadn't had any symptoms when she was pregnant with Hui'er for the first time. Could it be because there were twins inside? That's why the symptoms were stronger. She didn't know, because she had no experience.
Situ Rui felt it was normal that his beloved concubine couldn't guess the amount of money. If he hadn't seen the account book, he wouldn't have believed there was so much silver either.
"My dear concubine, you would never guess that, apart from the cost, the profit is nearly 350,000 taels. And this is only the first month's profit. As more and more people learn about this product, it will definitely sell even better."
Situ Rui became a little embarrassed at the end, after all, he had said at the beginning that he didn't want any bonuses, but how could he not be tempted by so much silver?
Although Tang Baozhu wasn't very clever, she still noticed the emperor's embarrassed expression and quickly figured out the reason.
Looking at the box on the table, I figured it must contain silver notes!
"Your Majesty, all of this is thanks to Your Majesty. I only contributed one prescription. It has been Your Majesty who has been taking care of everything. Let's just split the profits as we agreed at the beginning. Your Majesty, please don't think it's too little."
Situ Rui felt a little embarrassed, but he couldn't bear to refuse, so he didn't say anything.
Tang Baozhu knew he was too embarrassed to admit it, so she didn't say anything. She simply took the box, looked at the silver notes inside, all of which were ten thousand taels each, and counted out 18 of them.
"Your Majesty, this time I will take an extra five thousand taels of silver. When the dividends are distributed next month, I will take five thousand taels less. There is no other way, the silver notes are too big to find."
Situ Rui felt it didn't matter whether he gave the five thousand taels or not, since it would be left to his son anyway.
"No need, keep it for my beloved concubine."
Tang Baozhu wasn't going to stand on ceremony with him. She just felt that the silver notes were a bit troublesome. It seemed she would have to find an opportunity to exchange them for gold or silver, so that they would be more convenient to use in any world.
Tang Baozhu realized that she was about a month pregnant and decided to tell the emperor in advance, since the pregnancy symptoms seemed to be quite severe this time.
"Your Majesty, could you please trouble Physician Zhang to take a look? I'm feeling a little unwell."
Situ Rui was startled when he heard this. After all, he had some impression of his Consort Shu. She was someone who had never been sick since childhood. How could he not be startled when she suddenly felt unwell?
"Little Li, hurry to the Imperial Hospital and summon Physician Zhang. Be quick."
"twitter."
Eunuch Li was also worried that something might happen, after all, the young prince was still young, but he had another thought in mind.
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