The daughter of the firstborn is rebellious and is reborn to bury her whole family

"Lord Yun'an." E Mingfu walked past Old Madam Shen and Shen Cang and the others, and walked directly to Shen Qiyin, saying in a gentle voice: "Lord, please accept the decree and express your gratitude."

Shen Qiyin suddenly came back to his senses, bowed and said: "Yun'an thanks your majesty for your grace."

E Mingfu handed the imperial edict to her and helped her up: "My lady, please get up quickly."

"Thank you, father-in-law."

"You are too polite." Eunuch E waved his hand to decline, "I am just an errand boy, how dare I say 'thank you'?"

"But really, there is one person you can thank."

Shen Qiyin nodded and said, "Please let me know, sir."

"It's Prince Xiao."

Xiao Yan?!

Shen Qiyin was stunned for a moment.

But then he thought about it and understood that, apart from him, no one else would care so much about her affairs.

E Mingfu said: "Your Majesty has been busy lately and has not figured out how to best reward the county lord. It was the prince who suggested that we raise your status."

Of course, this is his beautified version.

Xiao Yan's original words were not so polite.

According to His Majesty's original intention, it would be enough to reward some gold, silver, jewels and other jewellery, but after hearing this, Prince Xiao said, "If that's the case, Your Majesty might as well not reward them."

"Those things are too flashy and impractical. They can't be sold for money, and if you accidentally break them you'll be convicted. They're useless except for being collected by dust."

The only prince who had denigrated His Majesty’s reward and had not been kicked out of the Imperial Study was the prince.

Not only was he not punished, His Majesty even asked him kindly: "Then what do you think should be the reward?"

Xiao Yan said: "Money and power."

"Then I will offer you a reward of 1,000 taels of silver. What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, I mean money and power." Xiao Yan deliberately emphasized the logical emphasis and corrected: "I'm not asking you to choose one or the other."

"She is a girl, what's the point of having power?"

"It is precisely because she is a girl that she needs power and status to protect herself."

"Then you mean..."

"Let's make her a county lord."

Your Majesty remained silent at that time.

E Mingfu was stunned at that time.

County Lady!

That title is second only to that of a princess.

Moreover, the county lord must have a fiefdom.

According to the system of the Zhou Dynasty, except for the daughters of princes and dukes who could be granted the title of county princess, only those who had made great contributions to the court and the country could be granted the title.

Miss Shen cured the third son of the Wei family, which was indeed a meritorious service, but it was still too much for her to be granted the title of county lady.

However, since Prince Xiao had already spoken, His Majesty would naturally not refuse him, so he made an exception and conferred the title of "Country Lady" on her.

Although her position was not as prestigious as that of a county princess and she did not have any fiefdom, she received an annual salary of 60 taels of silver, 60 hu of rice, and 6 pieces of silk, which was already enough to honor her for someone of Shen Qiyin's background.

E Mingfu pulled himself out of his memories and said to Shen Qiyin, "My dear, you must thank the prince sincerely."

"Thank you, father-in-law, for reminding me."

Although she knew clearly in her heart that the other party's words were not meant to give her advice, but to make her appreciate Xiao Yan's kindness so that he could do Xiao Yan a favor.

"Your Majesty is still waiting for me to serve you, so I will take my leave now."

"Please stay, eunuch." Shen Qiyin stepped forward and said in a calm voice, "You have come all the way here, it must be hard. I should have asked you to sit down and have a cup of tea, but I am afraid that you have important matters to attend to, so I dare not stay for long."

"But it's just a small gift from your family. I hope you will accept it and don't despise it."

As Shen Qiyin spoke, he suddenly looked at Shen Cang.

Seeing him still standing there blankly, she frowned and said with difficulty: "Father, why are you still standing here?"

Shen Cang, who was suddenly called out, was confused: "...Ah?"

"Eunuch E is leaving! Why don't you send him off quickly? What are you waiting for?"

Shen Qiyin deliberately emphasized the word "send", making it clear that this "send" is not that "send".

It is an unwritten rule that when someone from the palace comes to announce an imperial decree, he or she must take silver as a bribe.

It’s not that Shen Cang didn’t understand, he was just still immersed in the shock of Shen Qiyin being conferred the title of Xiangjun and hadn’t come back to his senses.

Under normal circumstances, he should have prepared the silver in advance when he learned that someone was coming to convey the imperial edict, instead of having someone go and seal it like he is doing now, and having E Mingfu wait there.

The man had seen money before and didn't need his small amount of money, so he left immediately.

Shen Cang was tongue-tied and had no idea how to keep her.

But Shen Qiyin was perfectly "invisible" at this time.

She deliberately brought up the issue of "hardship pay" just to make Shen Cang uncomfortable.

If E Mingfu couldn't come up with the money to handle the matter, he should blame Shen Cang. After all, he was the head of the family, so naturally he would have to bear the consequences if anything went wrong.

Who knows——

At this time, Old Madam Shen said in a smart way: "Isn't there ready-made silver from His Majesty's reward? Just give some to Eunuch E."

When these words were spoken, even Eunuch E, who was always good at dealing with people, was stunned.

what?

what did she say? !

Shen Cang had a look of "the sky is falling" on his face, and gnashed his teeth and said to Old Madam Shen: "Shut. Your. Mouth!"

Shen Qiyin lowered his head. Although there was no expression on his face, his eyes were full of smiles.

This family always has this ability. You just need to give them a start and they will kill themselves.

Shen Yaozu was one in the past, and the old lady is even more so now.

E Mingfu said with a fake smile: "Old Madam, please be careful with your words. You can't make such jokes."

It was harmless for him to take some money by relying on his status as the chief eunuch.

But the things that His Majesty rewarded him went into his pocket as soon as he turned around, which completely changed the meaning of the matter.

If this matter gets out, not only will he lose his head, but his whole family will be skinned alive!

While they were talking, Mrs. Shen finally came back with a sealed purse, but when Shen Cang stuffed it into E Mingfu's hand, the latter refused to accept it at all, which was a completely opposite attitude from before.

He saw that they were acting foolishly and he was afraid that something might happen someday, so he decided to stay away from them.

After taking two steps, E Mingfu suddenly stopped: "Look at my memory, I almost forgot it."

"I also have news to share with Doctor Shen."