C50 effect
C50 effect
For the first time, King Xian saw the true bearing of these wealthy merchants. They were truly rich, and even if it was a sign that proved their worth, they would still be willing to donate large amounts of gold and silver.
If it were not for the recognition and protection of the imperial government, how much gold and silver would be given to the officials everywhere every year. If it were not for the recognition and protection of the imperial government, how much gold and silver would be given to the officials everywhere every year.
When the rich merchants saw that the amount of silver donated was not as much as the amount that they usually gave to an official, they immediately untied their pockets and gave it to him. After some operation, they were able to receive half of the treasury's silver.
King Xian looked expressionlessly at his royal brother, who was acting stupid. The emperor didn't think anything of it, so he patted King Xian's shoulder and praised, "Jing Ze, you're still the black one!" "Knowing that you have to steal food from the mouths of these people, I didn't expect the treasury to fill up all of a sudden."
Black lines appeared on King Xian's forehead. "Is there anyone who would praise me like that?" "Since you have nothing to do, brother, your servant will take his leave first."
The emperor could tell at a glance that he was getting impatient and quickly changed the subject. "I heard that your little wangfei is having a feast recently for people to donate cotton clothes?"
"It is true." King Duanren replied in a serious manner.
"Your little wangfei is quite the righteous one in the country, isn't she?" His Majesty's words were full of sarcasm.
"Chendi agreed." King Xian's words were still concise, but he still defended the wangfei and told the emperor that it was his idea.
The emperor chuckled. "You're protecting him just like that?" "Your consort will only be 15 years old next year. Do you want me to bestow a few more lateral consort s to your brother?"
"There is no need for royal brother to worry about me. I will decide for myself in the backyard." King Xian knew that this imperial brother of his had no time to be serious.
"Imperial Mother must be very anxious to carry her grandson. I heard that she has taken a fancy to the Duke of Guo's household's Second Miss?" The emperor's words served as a reminder to King Duanren. He'd always known that his mother wanted another girl to enter the Imperial Palace in order to protect the favor of the estate.
He and Jing Ze were very disgusted with this, as if they were heartless people who would forget about a woman if she didn't enter their harem or Jing Ze's backyard.
King Xian naturally knew this as well. His own little wangfei had openly drugged him once, so he replied with a smile, "Your servant knows what to do."
After seeing that he understood what he meant, the emperor began to act imposingly again. He swept a glance at the lower half of Duke Xian's body. "Are you sure you don't need to bestow a few women to your brother?"
Prince Xian's face darkened. "No need. Chendi will take his leave." With that, he turned around and left with a dark expression.
The emperor behind him shook his head and clicked his tongue twice. "It's still that troublesome to play with." Eunuch Liu wished that he did not exist, and did not see the Emperor in such a bad mood.
The emperor narrowed his eyes and looked at Eunuch Liu. "What? Do you think I, too, am out of tune? "
Eunuch Liu was so scared that he almost peed his pants, he immediately crawled up and swore, "Your servant didn't, your servant didn't hear anything."
The emperor clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction. Every single one of them was so boring. Life was truly as lonely as the snow!
He knew that the wangfei didn't trust him, and was even on guard against him. He didn't want to return to his estate in the future to exchange mutual suspicion with his wangfei, so he felt a headache coming on.
It wasn't that he didn't know what his mother was thinking, but she was unwilling to change her mind no matter how many times he said it, and she still kept wanting to throw women at him. Previously, it had always been a palace maid or an aunt that taught personnel at her side.
He had never paid attention to his cousins, and only knew that there were a few people. As for the rest, he really didn't know anything about them, so when the wangfei said that Cousin Wan didn't see him and expressed her pity, he wanted to avoid her in the future. Since he didn't have that kind of mindset, then it would be better not to let others misunderstand him.
When he returned to Cang Lan Yuan and saw that his wife was smiling, Duke Xian's mood improved as well. He waved his hand to allow his maidservants to withdraw, then walked in front of Shen Qi and asked, "What are you so happy about?"
"The prince is back." Shen Qi first went up to change King Duanren's clothes, and then changed into his home clothes, smiling as she said, "Second cousin said that she has received a lot of donations, and planned to send the first batch away in two days."
"So fast?" King Xian was surprised.
"Yes, every house has a lot of cotton clothing from the past years. As long as you take off the clothes with the obvious marks on them, and as for those knee guards, because they aren't big themselves, they can be done very quickly. The house doesn't need any embroideries, so no one can make more than ten of them in one day." Shen Qi said with a smile.
"I heard that second cousin came again?" At this point in time, King Xian was already paying attention to the Emperor's words.
Shen Qi paused for a moment, and then replied as if nothing had happened: "That's right, second cousin also sewed a few for me to see."
King Xian frowned. "Weren't you led by the Xie Clan?" Why are you here? "
Shen Qi, "..." They didn't come to find me, they clearly want to see you! I really don't know, but you still pretend not to know?
Seeing Shen Qi's speechless expression, King Duan also felt that he had asked a foolish question, so he changed the topic and started talking about something else. Coincidentally, Shen Qi also did not want to answer that question.
"I don't know what's going on with this Miss Biao, but she comes to our King's Mansion every day, and always stays there as if she's unwilling to leave."
"The princess also welcomes her with a smile every time. Could it be that you really don't know what her intentions are?" Zi Li quickly said this as she felt that her young miss had offended her own young miss.
Zi Zhu put down the clothes in her hands, "How could Miss not know? But you can't just kick someone out like this right?" Speak less so that others won't hear of the influence on the wangfei. Also, don't let your discontent leak out in front of Miss Biao. "
"Don't worry, I'm not stupid enough to cause trouble for an imperial concubine." After that, she lowered her head to do her own work. Every day, they would sew cotton clothing to protect their knees and wrists.
"The Prince's body has already recovered. Who knows how many more things like this will happen in the future? Not everyone is like the Prince, there's only the Lady in the room." Zi Li said worriedly, she was worried for her young miss.
When the others heard this, they didn't say anything. That's right, this was the palace, and their young miss was marrying the prince. Even if they stopped Yan Wan, who could guarantee there wouldn't be one more Cui Wan, Li Wan or something?
When Bai Zhi heard this, her thoughts raced as well, but she suppressed it afterwards. Now was not the time.
Shen Qi didn't know how many maids were worrying about her. After the first batch of items were delivered, the first snow fell on the capital city, and the snow started falling at night and did not stop until morning. The next day, when Shen Qi opened her eyes, she saw that it was a world of ice and snow, the snow was very deep, and almost reached her knees.
"Your Highness? It's time? " Shen Qi was still confused.
King Xian came over and touched her hair. "Mm, I'll go to the court now. Sleep a while more."
Shen Qi covered her mouth and yawned, she took a glance outside and asked: "It's snowing?"
"Yes, it was the next night, but it's stopped now." King Xian replied as he dressed himself.
"Then be careful on your way, your highness. The road is slippery from behind the snow, so that the carriages can go slower." Shen Qi did not forget to remind her.
King Duanren's hand paused for a moment before continuing to tie his belt, but then his voice softened. "I understand. You can sleep now." She felt warm in her heart. How long had it been since someone cared about her so much?
"Your highness, put on that large sable carp. I know that you are not afraid of the cold, but it is better for you to be careful when your body has just recovered."
The King Duanren, who was about to leave, gave a "hmm" before turning around to put the big man on before leaving. I went out wondering why I was listening to her like this. On the contrary, he was in a good mood. With this strange mood, he brought the King out of the palace and got on a horse carriage to the imperial palace.
When he went out and saw the Zhonbo, he immediately nodded in gratification when he saw the King putting on the cloak. The King finally knew how to take care of him.
Yesterday's snow was too heavy, so it didn't matter to the rich. However, the thatched cottages of the rural poor might not be able to withstand such heavy snow. During the morning assembly, some people reported that the houses in the villages outside the capital had already collapsed.
The collapse of a house in the cold weather was a thorny matter, and the problem of housing for the people had to be settled immediately. Therefore, the Emperor had raised this issue in the morning assembly.
As expected, snow started to fall again at noon. Duke Tai didn't return to his residence for a whole day, and Shen Qi knew that he was going to be busy again.
After instructing the kitchen to stew the chicken soup and wait for Duke Tai to return, Yan Yi came back to say that the Duke was going to inspect it. At that moment, Shen Qi frowned. But he still let the kitchen prepare the ginger soup, and when the prince came back he let him drink a bowl.
There were a few charcoal brazier placed in the room, not feeling cold at all. The Violet Bamboo Zi Li and the others accompanied Shen Qi in her room doing embroidery work.
Wang Ma experienced a lot, so she naturally knew a bit about this snow disaster, "Who knows how many houses were destroyed by the snow, some houses were even buried under it with many people and things. When others came to rescue people, some of them would even freeze to death.
"This servant doesn't know what a snowstorm is, but this servant's house was flooded back then. In the end, when the family couldn't escape the disaster any longer, I sold the servant." Zi Zhu said in a deep voice, "Before you came to Miss's side, you even turned your hand a few times. There are good things about the main house, but there are also bad things. It is normal to fight and kill until you reach Miss."
"There are several sisters in this servant's family. If you can't support her, then you'll have to sell her off. She started at the Shang Shu Manor, but before meeting the young miss, this servant was just a scanty servant girl." Zi Li was lucky.
Without these experiences, Bai Zhi was different. She had experienced many hardships, having been sold from the age of seven or eight to a few times in the main house. Because she was good-looking and had almost been sold into the building, after entering the Shang Shu Manor, she swore to stay behind and not live her previous life any longer.
However, she still did not have a sense of security. She felt that as long as she was a servant, she would have the fate of being sold once again, which was why she was so determined to climb up.
Bai Zhi was unwilling to talk about her own matters. "This servant was sold when I was very young. At that time, my family was poor, and I only remembered that I was too poor to eat or dress. In order to cure my younger brother, my father sold us all."
Wang Ma sighed, "That's right, who knows how many families have started selling their girls after this kind of disaster."