Chapter 32: Charity Banquet
Yang Dewen didn't know that the emperor was calculating himself with Ming Wangjie, and he was still coping with Qin Xiaotian's small talk, while thinking about whether the queen had anything to do with Yurong and why the two looked so similar.
"Mother-in-law, father-in-law, big brother, Xiaotian." At this time, Satsuki walked in dressed like a princess.
"Ahh Madame, Madame when will she come. Without waiting for the princess to introduce the emperor and the empress to Xiaoyue and salute Xiaoyue, Xiaoyue said in surprise after seeing the appearance of the queen's mother.
"What madame?" The queen frowned.
"Xiao Yue, you have mistaken the person, this is the empress of the Great Qin Empire, and this is His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Qin Empire, don't hurry up and salute Your Majesty and the Empress." Yang Dewen hurriedly said.
"Xiaoyue, what your eldest brother said is right, you came to meet His Majesty and the Queen Mother!" The princess smiled and got up and took Xiao Yue's hand and said.
"Your Majesty, the queen, this girl is Xiao Tianzhi's sister, Xiao Yue, the concubine and the prince accepted as a righteous daughter."
Xiao Yue was simply confused, at this time she got closer, and found that this person called the queen was indeed not a lady, although she looked like a lady, but it could still be seen that this woman was older than the lady.
But how could the lady look so much like the queen?
"Xiaoyue to meet Your Majesty, to meet the Queen Mother." Xiao Yue saluted the emperor and empress with some trepidation.
The Chen family was ordered by the emperor to raid the house, and the old man of the Chen family was also beheaded by the emperor's order, can Xiaoyue not be afraid?
"Your name is Satsuki, isn't it?" The queen said with a smile.
"Yes, Queen."
"Don't be nervous, since you are the righteous daughter of Princess Ming's sister, you are the same as the daughter of this palace, because this palace and Princess Ming are biological sisters, according to the folk name, you want to call me aunt."
"By the way, why did you call Mrs. Hongiya when you entered the door just now? Who is your lady? Does it look like this palace? The queen asked again and again.
"It's Xiaoyue who made a mistake for a while, and the queen is sorry." Xiao Yue said a little nervously. She didn't know if she wanted to tell the truth, but she felt that Yang Dewen should tell the queen about this.
"Queen Mother, let me tell you! The lady in Xiaoyue's mouth is actually my lady, my lady's name is Yurong, and she is indeed a little similar to the queen's mother.
If the queen mother is a few years younger, I'm afraid I will also surprise the queen mother. Yang Dewen stood up and said.
"Yurong, does Daqin have a family surnamed Yu?" The queen whispered with some suspicion.
"Back to the queen's mother, my lady Yurong doesn't have a surname, the name Yurong was taken by my mother, and my mother picked it up from outside, so what her real surname is and what her name is, my mother doesn't know." Yang Devin said.
The queen mother was obviously a little excited, she looked at the emperor, the emperor obviously thought of something, and nodded at the queen.
When the Ming prince beckoned Yang Dewen over and told him that he and the emperor were going to let him find a way to hold a charity dinner tonight, Yang Dewen was so depressed that he almost wanted to scold the two of them.
If you don't have any plans, let alone preparations, you have to do charity fundraising, and if you want people to donate, you have to find a proper reason.
However, the emperor obviously didn't care about him so much, and asked for only one, and after the banquet ended tonight, he must be given 100,000 taels of silver, which can be covered with grain.
Yang Dewen had no right to object, because the emperor shamelessly pointed at the Supreme Leisurely Residence Wine that he had drunk, and said to Yang Dewen: "Your Supreme Leisurely Residence Liquor is brewed from grain, right?"
The imperial court has strictly forbidden brewing, you should also know, if you can't hand over 100,000 taels of silver after tonight, I will punish you, disobeying the will of the imperial court, and making wine without permission is charged, this is not wronged to you, right? ”
Adwin wanted to say that these wines were not made at all, but he had processed them, distilled and concentrated them.
It's just these things, is he clear? If it is really made clear, this distillation technique of winemaking, I am afraid that it will no longer have anything to do with him in the future.
"Lord Wang, the famous prostitutes selected by each Qinglou have all arrived, is it according to the previous rules, let them sing at will." The steward of the palace walked to the side of Prince Ming and said.
"Hmmm! Everything is according to the previous rules, you can just look at the arrangement yourself. Lord Ming waved his hand, and he was about to impatiently send the steward away.
"Wait, father-in-law, these famous prostitutes in Mingzhou City, why don't you let me operate them? Tonight's 100,000 taels of silver, hehe! But it's up to them to help! Yang Dewen said.
"Good! That's right. Ming Wang Ye said happily.
"Strictly manage things, he will also be the son of this king in the future, you can call him Young Master Yang! Tonight he tells you to do whatever you do, and you do it. Do you understand? ”
"Understood, Young Master Yang, may I ask what arrangements those famous prostitutes have?" The strict steward immediately asked Yang Dewen for instructions.
"You first arrange a room for the Nabi girls to rest, listen to my arrangement, and you prepare a list of these girls for me, and rank their popularity, from that Qinglou, and hand it over to me, be quick." Yang Devin said.
When Yang Dewen came to the front of the meeting hall again, the courtyard was almost full, and basically everyone who should have come had already arrived.
Tong Lanying was also sitting in the courtyard at this time, and she came with one of her family elders. It is precisely because of the relationship of this family elder that the VIP Building can gain a foothold in Mingzhou, and no one dares to fight the idea of the VIP Building.
When Yang Dewen stood on the stage, Tong Lanying almost thought that she had seen it wrong, she never thought that Yan from the Ming Palace, not only did he have his share, but he could also stand on the stage.
How did he get involved with the Ming Palace? Tong Lanying couldn't figure it out.
"Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and ladies of Mingzhou, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, welcome everyone to the Ming Palace, and participate in the charity meeting held by the Ming Palace."
"What do you mean?"
"What? Charity Society? ”
"What does the Charity Yan Club do?"
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As soon as Yang Dewen's words were finished, the following discussion opened as if it had exploded.
"Everyone should know that in the territory of my Great Qin Empire, there has been a drought every year in the past few years, and it has already reached a time when the people are struggling to make a living, and recently, a large number of refugees have begun to pour into the nearby cities, and the road to merchants and goods has become unsafe.
Although the imperial court has exempted the severely affected local money and grain, but the people still have to eat, the imperial court has been trying its best to help the victims in recent years, the treasury has been empty, His Majesty the emperor has already ordered to cut most of the expenses in the palace for the people of Daqin.
Everyone is the people of Great Qin, shouldn't we do something when this country is in crisis? We only need to leak a little bit out of our fingers to save hundreds of people from danger.
If we don't take action, the victims will definitely take risks in order not to starve to death, the country will fall into turmoil, and the enemy country will also take the opportunity to invade our Daqin land. ”