"Okay, if there's anything else, let's talk about it when we go back. Let's eat first. Let's go. We'll have a hot pot dinner in the Imperial Garden tonight and have a good celebration!"
As the saying goes, people are in high spirits when happy events happen, and His Majesty Li Er's face is now full of high spirits and indescribable joy!
In the Imperial Garden, in a stone pavilion, Sun Rong was eating steaming hot pot with His Majesty Li Er and his family.
Seeing the emperor, empress, prince, and princess all surrounding her, Lotus Sun still felt a little unreal, and her happiness came too suddenly.
"Come on, Sizi, eat more. This is your favorite snowflake beef."
"Yeah, thank you sister!"
The two sisters, Princess Changle and Xiaosizi, ate delicious hot pot, while Queen Changsun carefully taught Sun Rong various experiences about pregnancy.
As someone who has been there, Queen Changsun has quite a lot of experience, and at the same time, Sun Rong feels a kind of warmth that she has not seen for a long time.
"Rong Sun, the first three months of pregnancy are the most critical. Strenuous exercise is especially taboo!"
"You should live in the palace during this period and stop practicing martial arts every day. That is not good for the fetus. If you need anything, just tell me and I will make arrangements for you."
"Yeah, thank you for your concern, Queen, I understand."
Sun Rong nodded obediently.
In front of Queen Changsun, she felt as if she had turned back into a little girl being taken care of.
At the same time, she also felt a sense of fear.
Fortunately, I didn't practice martial arts very much during this period. Otherwise, if it caused any fear to the child in my belly, it would be useless no matter how much I regretted it.
"Sister Rong Sun, tell me, when you give birth to a baby, will it be a boy or a girl?"
Princess Changle said with a smile.
"It's hard to say whether he's a boy or a girl, as long as he can sleep peacefully, I'll be satisfied."
Sun Rong's eyes shone with the light of motherhood, feeling the gestation of the little life in her belly.
"Let me tell you, this child will be as smart as Su Chen when he is born! I'm afraid that he will like to piss me off just like his father!"
His Majesty Li Er smiled.
"Your Majesty, what are you talking about? This child will definitely become a person who has contributed to the Tang Dynasty by then. It is too late for him to respect Your Majesty, so how can he anger Your Majesty?"
"You don't know that. I have been fighting wits and courage with that boy Su Chen for the past two years. Who knows if this boy's children will be taught bad things by him."
Although His Majesty Li Er was a little dissatisfied, the smile on his face betrayed his truest thoughts. It is estimated that by the time this child is born, he will not even have time to pamper her.
While His Majesty Li Er and the others were chatting heatedly, Li Chengqian, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty, sat silently in the corner, quietly cooking.
At this moment, His Majesty Li Er also noticed Li Chengqian who was fighting against beef and mutton, and said with some hatred: "Look at Su Chen, he got married later than you, but now he even has a child.
Just look at you and you know how to eat!”
I……
Li Chengqian suddenly wanted to cry but had no tears.
Dad, I just want to have a meal in peace, why do you have to scold me?
Li Chengqian felt aggrieved, but he didn't dare to talk back.
His Majesty Li Er has been urging him for a long time and has always wanted him and Niu Xiuxiu to have children, but he really has no such idea now.
Seeing His Majesty Li Er's way of getting along with each other like ordinary people, Sun Rong gradually relaxed.
It turns out that the imperial family is not as scary as the legends say. The current emperor is also a very easy-going person, and Empress Changsun is indeed as gentle as the rumors...
I have to say that eating hot pot in this ice and snow is indeed a very enjoyable thing, and Sun Rong also felt the warmth of home again during this hot pot meal.
After eating the hot pot, a few people chatted in the imperial garden.
His Majesty Li Er said: "I have already ordered someone to deliver the letter. I believe that boy Su Chen will soon know that he is a father. After about ten days, he should be back.
I really want to see what kind of trouble he will cause me when the time comes."
Hearing this, Princess Changle said suspiciously: "Dad, it's a good thing that Brother Su Chen is back. Why do you find it so troublesome?"
"snort!"
His Majesty Li Er snorted a little unhappily, and continued: "This kid Su Chen is going to attack the six years of income of our treasury! You think, isn't this causing trouble for my father?"
"And the state-county merger system he mentioned has already made my dad unable to sleep well for four days!"
As soon as he mentioned this matter, His Majesty Li Er got a headache, and then glared at Li Chengqian viciously.
This time he sent Li Chengqian to the north to find Su Chen. He originally thought he could find a solution to the problem of the emptiness of the treasury, but unexpectedly, Li Chengqian had no problems at all, but instead caused himself another trouble!
As for the state and county merger system that Su Chen mentioned, His Majesty Li Er is now one of the top two!
In just a few days, he had already received a memorial seven feet thick, all about this matter!
Seeing her father's angry and dissatisfied look, Princess Changle didn't know what to say.
She also heard about this incident and could only silently feel sorry for her father for three seconds.
Dad, I have worked hard on you during this period.
As soon as he mentioned this matter, His Majesty Li Er's inner frustrations were revealed.
"Actually, this guy Su Chen's idea is quite good. It does have merit, but he is just too impulsive. He must kill all those Haizhou officials at once!"
"It's good now. Once the two states merge, various problems will arise, especially the management of the common people, which is a big problem."
His Majesty Li Er rubbed his temples, and then continued: "Then there is the relationship between the officials and the people."
"The north is originally far away from Guanzhong. In terms of management strength, the people are not willing to trust the original officials. Now let officials from other continents manage those people. I don't know how long it will take to adjust well."
"Maybe the people will still have objections to those officials, and we don't know what problems will arise..."
Although Su Chen was very reasonable in personnel allocation and management when he proposed and implemented the merger plan, he forgot a very important part.
That is the mood of the people.
It is said that the soil and water support the people, and there are differences in customs and habits among different regions.
In this era, once an official is appointed to manage a region, he will basically stay for a long time, and some may even stay in one place for a lifetime until he retires and returns home.
