Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

Despite marrying into a wealthy family, if Lu Dingniang always goes back alone, her family will start to gossip about her over time.

People say she wasn't favored by Prince Ji in the Prince Ji's residence. They don't care if you're the Princess Consort of Prince Ji; they just parrot what others say.

Li Shen thought about it and realized that it had been a long time since he had accompanied Lu Dingniang back to the Lu family home.

This is indeed not a good thing.

"Really, my lord?" Lu Dingniang's face lit up with joy. Of course, she hoped that Li Shen could accompany her back to visit her family, even if it was just to sit and chat without a meal.

This also lets her father's colleagues and neighbors know that she is favored by the young master in the Prince Ji's mansion.

"Hehe, of course. Apart from being a bit insincere with certain people, when have I ever lied to you?"

Seeing Lu Dingniang's surprise, Li Shen nodded gently.

"Thank you, my lord." Lu Dingniang bowed.

"Why should we, husband and wife, be so polite? We'll go first thing tomorrow morning and send someone to deliver a visiting card, so that your father-in-law doesn't have to go to court."

We also need to prepare more gifts.

Li Shen patted Lu Dingniang's head. It was a very intimate gesture.

“My lord, there’s no need for gifts. I’ve already sent someone to deliver them.”

Lu Dingniang shook her head and refused.

"Oh? How can I go to visit my father-in-law empty-handed? I'll have Shitou prepare in a bit."

Li Shen said firmly, "As the dignified Prince Ji, the reincarnation of the God of Wealth, how could I go to see my father-in-law empty-handed? Wouldn't that make me a laughingstock?"

"My lord treats me so well." Lu Dingniang nestled against Li Shen's chest.

However, Li Shen's initial momentum has been extinguished by urine; his initial burst of energy has weakened, and his subsequent efforts have been exhausted.

Having his enthusiasm interrupted twice, Li Shen has completely lost interest.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, Li Shen woke up naturally as usual, then groggily took a bath, changed his clothes, had breakfast, and then went out with Lu Dingniang.

Everyone in the Prince Ji's residence knew that Prince Ji would be accompanying the Princess home to visit her family today, and they had made preparations well in advance.

Li Shen and Lu Dingniang were dressed casually today. Since they were visiting their family, there was no need to dress so formally.

Li Shen wasn't wearing royal robes, and Lu Dingniang wasn't dressed in ceremonial attire. It wasn't like they were going to court or a ceremony; there was no need to dress so formally.

Both were dressed casually; Li Shen was dressed in white, his hair tied up, and wearing a white cloak.

Lu Dingniang wore a ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) with a half-sleeved top, a hair ornament with a dangling ornament on her head, and a red embroidered cloak over her shoulders.

"Your Highness, I checked yesterday. The young lady did accidentally knock over two boxes of glass lamps and almost got hurt. Fortunately, a maid shielded her with her body so that the liquid wouldn't splash on her."

However, the maidservant did cut her hands and arms from the broken glass.

Inside the carriage, Shi Tou sat in the outer compartment and reported to Li Shen in the inner compartment.

"Anything else?" Li Shen didn't offer an opinion, but continued to ask.

"I also asked the servants who accompanied the young lady in hanging the lanterns. There were twenty-three of them in total. They all said that the lanterns often fell and broke when the young lady hung them."

"There have been about one or two hundred items in just a few days. They've all tried to persuade her, but the young lady ignores them."

Stone continued to report.

"Did you find out if there were any other issues involved in this matter?"

Li Shen remained expressionless and continued questioning. These questions alone couldn't prove it wasn't intentional.

"I used the excuse of losing something to search their residences, but I didn't find anything made of glass."

Furthermore, the guards in the backyard were also questioned, and it was confirmed that almost no servants from the backyard left during this period.

"I've already sent someone to inquire at the glass window; they should be back by noon. Then we'll know if anything is missing."

Li Shenyi trusted Shi Tou's abilities; he knew what he wanted.

"How did you handle it?" Li Shen closed his eyes to rest, lying on Lu Dingniang's lap.

"This servant has already reprimanded the maids who follow the young lady, warning them not to let the young lady take any risks in the future."

"Your Highness, this servant believes there is nothing wrong with these maids. They were all personally selected by Yu'er...Madam Lan, and are all of excellent character."

The four of them had accompanied Li Shen throughout his growth. Lan Yu'er was the eldest and was always referred to as Sister Yu'er.

There's also Stone, and Chunxiang and Dongmei.

They each have their own duties and responsibilities, and they trust each other very much and cooperate well.

Therefore, Stone did not believe that Lan Yu'er would make such a mistake.

Everyone in the Prince's mansion knew that Prince Ji doted on his young mistress.

"Hmm, perhaps I'm overthinking it. Give that injured servant a reward; her loyalty in protecting her master deserves praise."

Li Shen hummed in agreement.

"Your Highness, rest assured, I rewarded him with thirty strings of cash yesterday and told him to rest for a while before returning to work."

Shi Tou is the chief steward of Prince Ji's mansion, and his position is one rank higher than Lan Yu'er's. Lan Yu'er is just a female official in Prince Ji's mansion, managing maids, while Shi Tou is a maid and eunuch who manages everything.

The marriage proposal was decided by Stone of the Imperial Household Department, and by Wei Fugui of the Outer Household Department.

Li Shen stopped speaking. He felt that the reward of thirty strings of cash was not much. Compared with his precious daughter, even three thousand strings of cash would not be much.

However, since the stone was given as a reward, there must be a reason for it, and Li Shen didn't need to interfere.

"Oh? By the way, my wife, who went to the village's sacrificial ceremony this year?"

A moment later, Li Shen suddenly opened his eyes. Before the New Year, a sacrifice was to be performed, praying to Heaven for a bountiful harvest and favorable weather in the coming year.

Ordinary people would offer incense as a token of respect on New Year's Day, but for people like Li Shen who owned estates, where the people lived as their own fiefdoms, the head of the household would preside over the sacrificial rites.

Ordinary people care a lot about this. If the host family does not offer sacrifices, any disasters or other misfortunes the following year will be attributed to the host family.

He just got back and didn't have time to go.

"My lord, the sacrifice has already been performed, and people from all four villages are present. The royal palace provided the sacrificial offerings of three kinds of animals."

Lu Dingniang nodded in reply.

"You went?" Li Shen asked suspiciously.

"I didn't go myself; I sent Fugui with Xu'er instead." Lu Dingniang shook her head. Although she was a princess,

But there's no reason for a woman to preside over a sacrificial ceremony. However, it wouldn't matter if her son went; Li Xu is the eldest son of the Prince of Ji.

He is the future heir of the Prince Ji's mansion, and the people in the manor will not have any objections if he performs the sacrificial rites, after all, he is the future young master.

"Oh, Xu'er went." Li Shen nodded. He was also curious, as his eldest son was only two years old and still bedwetting.

He probably doesn't understand what the adults are doing or how they are performing the ritual.

It's not easy to manage a two-year-old.

However, it's good that someone went. Although Li Shen felt that this kind of sacrifice was useless, it was a kind of faith and spiritual sustenance for these people.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, we have arrived at the Lu residence." Just then, a guard outside the carriage reported this.

(The husband is not without tears, but he does not shed them at parting. Continued)