Chapter 408 Double Reed
Sure enough, after she left the palace and returned home, Su Ziyu went to find Zhu Yi with the results of her victory.
As soon as Lin Long thought of the 50,000 taels and exchanged for the handwritten letter of Zhang Jishan's house, he immediately understood that for the emperor, it was really just a matter of taking out the silver in the merchant's pocket.
Su Ziyu smiled and took a sip of tea, "I also have this intention." β
Lin Long has never worried about business, and when life is better in the future, her Jade Skin Workshop will only go to the next level. "Mother-in-law, the merchants in the world are the richest, if you can take out the money from their pockets, you don't have to worry about the silver for this disaster relief."
She stretched out her hand and put her hand on the back of Lin Long's hand, "After this disaster is over, your stepmother will definitely let you earn all these back, and you can only get through the difficulties together recently." β
Su Ziyu's eyes were still a little moved, Lin Long, a righteous daughter, has always understood her duty and repaid her kindness, even if she doesn't want this, but how can the child be so well-behaved and sensible?
She has received a lot of substantial benefits from Su Ziyu, so how can she not cooperate with her? She can still get tens of thousands of taels, and besides, this is an errand to cooperate with her husband, and she will not delay.
Lin Long didn't take credit, "Mother-in-law, what is this, it's just a mouthful." Besides, if I don't have a stepmother behind my mother, no one would dare to make trouble, otherwise how can I make money every day, this is just drinking water and thinking about the source. β
"This time, you still have to cooperate with the singing of the double reed, otherwise they would not be so happy." Su Ziyu looked at Lin Long with a smile.
Lin Long was left behind by Su Ziyu, and the mother and daughter moved from the main hall to the warm pavilion in the side hall and sat down, and Lu Su served tea and withdrew.
But even so, when these women said goodbye and left the queen's bedchamber, their hearts were still dripping blood.
Thinking of this, everyone felt that these tens of thousands of taels were worth it, otherwise how could they get the emperor's handwriting for no reason? Or the house of goodness, these words with deep praise.
A group of noble ladies looked at the thin piece of paper in their hands, and they all smiled bitterly, tens of thousands of taels of silver were exchanged for such a piece of paper, which really made people cry and laugh, but these were the emperor's rewards, but after they went back, they were framed and hung in the hall, and they would be regarded as heirlooms in the future.
In such an afternoon, Su Ziyu raised millions of taels of silver for disaster relief, so she also generously gave the four big characters of the Jishan House written by Zhu Yi to these generous women inside and outside.
This jade skin shop was not divided because of their sisters' marriage, after the shareholders divided the red, the Lin family's share has always been divided into four parts, Lin Long's sisters and brothers and Lin Lu's family have a share, so the Lin family's daily expenses are extremely abundant, and it can also provide Lin Dong to continue to study and take medicine, the important thing is that they don't have to rely on the girls' husband's family subsidies, and their own girls can live with their husbands in their husbands' houses with their heads up.
However, Lin Qi saw the decrease in income, so he had to sigh.
The people in the harem complained bitterly, Lin Long's jade skin workshop also fell quite sharply because of the sharp decrease in orders in the palace, but fortunately, after she realized that things were not right at the beginning of the year, she did not expand aggressively, and now she can still tide over the difficulties with everyone under the austerity.
Su Ziyu is not too little, she knows best how these harem concubines are doing, after the disaster is confirmed, she has already cut the expenses of the harem, everyone has reduced the share, even the rouge gouache and clothes hairpin have been reduced by as much as fifty percent.
Therefore, this donation is not as high as that of the group of foreign women, and even dozens of taels have appeared, which is really shy in the pocket, and it is not favored by the emperor, and it is the upper limit to be able to donate a few dozen taels.
These housewives are better, and the concubines with low levels in the harem are really miserable, if the mother's family is capable and can have more money, and if the mother's family is also poor, it is really useless, in this harem where they are high and low, how can they get money?
Someone took the lead, and immediately many noble ladies pledged to donate, the amount was more than 10,000 taels, and few people fell to the beginning of 1,000 words, and no one dared to donate too little so that the queen would remember that if the promotion of the husband and children in the family was hindered in the future, the gains outweighed the losses.
She doesn't have as much money as Lin Long's private house, but Lin Long's pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info too high, and she can't be too stingy to donate a few thousand taels.
There are one and two, and Princess Jing was not ambiguous, and immediately came out to say that she had pledged 20,000 taels of silver.
Su Ziyu was naturally relieved on her face, and she had to praise Lin Long's noble character.
"It is the son's duty to share the worries of the righteous mother, and now the disaster situation is strict, and the son-in-law also wants to do his part for the victims." Lin Long said it soundingly.
"Very good, Ngee An, this palace is proud of you." Su Ziyu immediately praised Lin Long.
Lin Long calmly faced everyone's attention, there must be a leader in this matter, and she is Su Ziyu's righteous daughter, so she naturally has to be the first to come out and express her position.
This Mrs. Xiangyang Hou is really generous, and she is 50,000 taels of silver as soon as she makes a move, but when she thinks of her jade skin shop that is making gold every day, she is not surprised that she is rich. Which of the people they were present was not a guest at the Jade Skin Workshop? Not to mention spending thousands of taels in the Jade Skin Workshop every month, can Lin Longyan make money?
Her relenting donation, everyone's eyes on the spot focused on her, and they secretly smashed their tongues.
So she was the first to come out, "The righteous mother is very kind, and the sons admire it so much, in response to the call of the stepmother, the sons are willing to donate 50,000 taels of silver." β
Su Ziyu ordered Hongling to say hello to Lin Long, so Lin Long already knew about it, she had to express her stance to cooperate with Su Ziyu and raise the disaster relief funds as soon as possible, so that her husband, who was on the front line of the disaster, could act cheaply and not be anxious because of the reduction in disaster relief money.
Su Ziyu was not in a hurry, her expression on her face was still stern and gentle, but she was stared at with a pair of sharp eyes, and those harem concubines and noble ladies couldn't help but shudder, they really didn't want to be looked down on by the queen's mother, but now they can't avoid it.
The scene was so quiet that you could hear an embroidery needle falling to the ground.
As for the group of foreign women, they are actually playing Xiao Jiujiu in their hearts, they are all housewives, and most of them are noble and have rich dowries, which can be said to be quite rich, but who wants to take it out for nothing? So there was silence.
Many of the harem concubines looked at each other, and they didn't have much silver in their pockets at all, so the queen mother still had the idea of beating their purses, and this heart plug was really difficult to say.
As soon as they heard Queen Su mention the disaster, everyone present immediately understood why the queen had summoned them to the palace. A qiΔ is all for silver.
Hence today's assembly.
She smiled mysteriously at that moment, "Since she is worried about the silver, the concubine can still help the emperor a little, and the emperor will look at it." β
She still remembered that Zhu Yi looked up at her from her fragrant shoulder at that time, and did not deny the fact that she guessed correctly, their husband and wife were too familiar with each other, so he asked bluntly, "Could it be that Ziyu has a good way?" β
Even if Zhu Yi has copied the homes of many criminals in the past few years and filled the treasury with their family funds, it is still a drop in the bucket, and disaster relief is simply a waste of money, in this regard, Zhu Yi is still a qualified king, at least he is really responsible for his own people.
In fact, she had already discovered that the previous war against Mongolia was also quite costly, even if she won this battle, and Ruyang City would share part of the cost, but for the huge empire with the inequality between the rich and the poor, this consumption was still quite large.
"Your Majesty, we are husband and wife, you can speak directly to the concubine if you have any difficulties, the concubine just wants your heart to be happy." She hesitated a little, "But the treasury is not enough?" β
She caressed his sideburns, her expression was more than a hundred times more tender than usual, she knew best how anxious he was during this time, and every time she woke up in the middle of the night, she could see him standing in front of the window in his cloak and frowning.
Her deliberate gentleness made Zhu Yi a little flattered, so he reached out to hold her hand at that time, and held her in his arms with a force, burying his head in her fragrant shoulder, "It's okay, with you, our son and daughter......"
"What is on the emperor's mind can you tell the concubines, we are husband and wife, although the concubines can't share their worries with the emperor, it's still feasible to listen to the emperor's bitter water."
Zhu Yi was in an uncomfortable mood, although he had covered it up in front of his wife and children, Su Ziyu had known him since he was young, and it could be said that he knew him very well. So she handed over a pair of children to Mama Jin and others to take them out to take care of, she personally made a bowl of tea for her husband and handed it to him, and rarely gently went behind him to pinch his shoulder bones to try to relax him.
In fact, it is exactly what Lin Long guessed, Emperor Zhu Yi was worried about the emptiness of the treasury, even if he was prepared, but the area affected by the disaster this time was very vast, and before Ye Xuyao's Qin Mission, the corruption in Jiangnan and other places was very strict, and it was fortunate that one out of ten percent of the disaster relief could reach the hands of the victims.
"I summoned everyone to the palace today, I really have something to discuss with you, and now that the disaster situation in the south is severe, do we women and Taoist people also have to express it?" Su Ziyu said in a heavy tone.
Only then did he slowly stand up straight, and because of the large number of people, the sound of his clothes rubbing against him was extremely loud.
"Xie Niangniang." Humane.
Su Ziyu walked to the phoenix chair on His Majesty Dan in the main hall, and stretched out his hands, "Let's all be flat." β
The women in the hall all bowed their knees to welcome Su Ziyu's arrival.
"The queen has arrivedβ" came the eunuch's long voice.
At this point, everyone was a little panicked, not knowing what Su Ziyu was going to do, and couldn't help but look at Lin Long, hoping that he could give some hints, but Lin Long looked at his nose and nose, and his nose looked at his heart, and there was no reaction.
The ladies of each family entered the main hall silently according to the level of rank, in addition to the noblewomen of the capital, even the emperor's harem concubines who have always been rare came one by one, the scene was very grand, at least comparable to the New Year's worship.
Sure enough, Mama Jin brought Su Ziyu's will, and they entered the main hall with them.
Lin Longpi coped with a smile for a while, and when he saw Mama Jin and Lu Su coming out, he stopped talking.
Someone agrees, naturally there will be no more people who don't know each other to ask long and short questions, and then this is all to the queen's bedroom, it can't be rude, these people are the housewives of the powerful families in the capital, how can they do without two brushes and vision?
"That's what Mrs. Hou said." Someone immediately smiled and agreed, no matter what, they still had to have a good relationship with Lin Long.
Lin Long spread her hands and said that she didn't know, she wasn't with Hongling at this time, what did she say? For Su Ziyu's plan, it is impossible for her to reveal the slightest rumor in advance, "Niangniang has a summons, and we will answer the call." β
Sure enough, when they arrived at the queen's bedroom, many noble ladies had arrived, and when they saw her, they hurriedly made way for her and greeted her, and then tried to ask her about Queen Su's intention in suddenly summoning them to come?
This mood is not afraid or heavy, now I am afraid that the treasury is empty, and the emperor has a headache for this, Su Ziyu, the queen, is playing a role, so there is this trip to the palace.
Then since the fight entered September, the weather has become cooler, and the capital is full of victims. Not to mention far away, let's just say that along the way, many beggars tried to get close to her carriage to beg her, and this is still the case at the feet of the Son of Heaven, let alone the disaster-stricken southern region?
Besides, her husband is still on the front line of the disaster, how can she, who is a wife, be held back in the rear? Naturally, she has to do her part, even if she is far away, she hopes that he can finish this errand as well as possible and return to her and the children as soon as possible.
Lin Long said: "What's so difficult about this? I will look at the mare. β
Hongling was stunned, but thinking that dealing with Lin Long was not a day or two, she still knew her temperament quite well, and her expression eased, "Don't be in a hurry, the county lord asked the slave to wait for the county lord here, but she just wanted to say hello to the county lord in advance, and then the county lord would cooperate with the county lord when the time came." β
When he entered the palace, Lin Long knew it in his heart, and when he first entered the palace gate, he saw many familiar faces, that is to say, the ladies in the capital who were all famous and faced in the capital were all announced by Su Ziyu to enter the palace, combined with the letter that her husband wrote back to her, so even if she guessed wrong, it would not be far away.