When everyone was silent, Gu Rongzhan suddenly got up, stood up, stepped forward, arched his hand and said: "As a businessman, the grass people originally thought that they would not be able to contribute to the country in this life, but now that the national disaster is at the head, it is a rare opportunity for the grass people. ”

"My generation of businessmen must not have a reason to sit idly by, if His Majesty needs it, the country needs it, Gu is willing to contribute to help the south through this difficulty. ”

Everyone saw that Gu Rongzhan, who was the richest man in Jiangnan, had spoken, and he definitely had no reason to hold it anymore, so they echoed it one after another.

For a while, the entire hall was full of voices, all of which were voices that wanted to serve the country, which set off a peak for the banquet.

Seeing that everyone was so enthusiastic, the emperor couldn't help but show an unusually relieved smile, so he gave the fourth prince a look, and the latter immediately understood, and then waved his hand, signaling everyone to suppress their voices.

After everyone stopped talking, Ying Hao slowly spoke: "Everyone has a patriotic heart, His Royal Highness and my father are very pleased to see it, and His Royal Highness has thanked you on behalf of the suffering people in the south." ”

"His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince is polite, it is our honor to be loyal to the country. Gu Rongzhan said enthusiastically, "I just heard from the emperor that there are still many disaster victims in the south who have not been resettled, and the grass people are willing to pay money to settle these disaster victims, and then offer 10,000 taels of gold to fill the treasury." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

There were so many victims in the south that even the imperial court had only settled down for a few days, and only two-thirds of them had been settled, Gu Rongzhan actually boasted about Haikou like this, and directly covered the remaining one-third of the victims.

And not only that, Gu Rongzhan even took out another 10,000 taels of gold to fill the treasury, which couldn't help but shock everyone present.

Originally, they only knew that the Gu family was the richest man in Jiangnan, and their financial resources must not be bad, but they didn't expect that the Gu family would be so wealthy and immeasurable.

In an instant, everyone's eyes looking at Gu Rongzhan and Gu Ziqing changed, and they all had a look of envy.

Gu Ziqing sat there, feeling the eyes of the people around her, and suddenly felt like she was on pins and needles, she originally wanted to stop her father from coming out on such an occasion, which was coveted, but her father's patriotic enthusiasm was too high, so she didn't have time to make a move.

I took every precaution, but I didn't guard against my father, and sent my family to the eyes of others, I am afraid that in the future, there will be no shortage of things for the Gu family.

Especially the two people I didn't want to provoke before, I'm afraid she can't help it now.

Thinking of this, Gu Ziqing looked up in the direction of Zhou Chengjin, and sure enough, he saw him and the four princes looking greedily at his side.

Gu Ziqing immediately looked away, and couldn't help but hold his forehead and lament in his heart, from today onwards, I am afraid that he will have to guard against more.

On the other side, Zhou Chengjin and the four princes couldn't help but be surprised when they heard that the Gu family had made so much money, and then they glanced at each other, revealing even more joy.

If the Gu family can be used by them, then they will have more financial resources to win over the courtiers, and then the matter of seizing the heir will be more certain.

Thinking like this, Zhou Chengjin subconsciously looked in the direction of Gu Ziqing, but found that the other party was also looking at him, but the emotions in his eyes were very intriguing, as if he was disgusted and bored.

This made Zhou Chengjin stunned, and when Gu Ziqing turned around, he was still a little confused.

It was obviously the first time he had met this Miss Gu, and he had never provoked her before, so why did he show such a look to himself?

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhou Chengjin didn't come up with a reason, so he stopped thinking about it and left this matter behind.

Then he moved his gaze back to the center of the hall, and in the hall at this time, after Gu Rongzhan drove it, there were already many businessmen who continued to speak.

In a short time, a lot of money has been raised for the victims of the disaster in the south and the treasury, although it is not as much as the Gu family, but when they get together, it is also a very considerable amount.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, the emperor couldn't help but smile, so he picked up his wine glass, stood up, and faced everyone: "Today's banquet really makes me feel it, and I am very relieved by your patriotism. ”

"Here, I thank you for the victims, and I salute you with a drink. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. ”

After that, everyone in the palace also stood up one after another and drank with the emperor.

This matter can be regarded as the end of this, and then everyone sat down one after another, and summoned the dancing queen, and the hall instantly calmed down with a burst of singing and dancing.

And just when everyone else in the hall had already put down this matter and was having a good drink, Gu Ziqing was sitting there alone, sullenly, and had not yet recovered from what had just happened.

Just when she was in a trance, a maid on the side came over to add wine, but she didn't want her to be unsteady on her hands and feet, so she knocked down the wine jug and spilled Gu Ziqing's body, which scared her into a spirit, and she stood up before she could think about it.

Gu Ziqing's action instantly attracted everyone's attention, and the hall suddenly fell silent, and they all looked at Gu Ziqing's side for a moment.

"Miss, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to......"

As she spoke, the maid took her sleeve to wipe the wine stains on Gu Ziqing's body.

Gu Ziqing stood there stunned, looking at her panicked appearance, then raised her head again, looked around and looked at their eyes, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed, so she stretched out her hand to stop the maid's movements.

"You don't have to wipe it anymore, I'm fine, just go to the back and change clothes. ”

After saying that, Gu Ziqing blessed everyone slightly, and then walked towards the back with the green calyx.

When she arrived at the side hall, Gu Ziqing immediately asked Lu Cao to go to the carriage, took the clothes she had already prepared, and then changed the wet clothes on her body.

While waiting for her to change clothes, Green Calyx asked puzzledly, "Miss, how did you know that this kind of thing would happen at the banquet today?"

She just didn't understand how her own young lady could have the ability to predict the future, and she knew that at the banquet, she would be splashed with wine by the maid, so she specially prepared a set of clothes beforehand.

Listening to her question, Gu Ziqing just smiled slightly, and then prevaricated: "How did I know that this kind of thing would happen, it's just that there is an inexplicable feeling today that prompted me to take more of this set of clothes, but I didn't expect it to really come in handy." ”

In fact, the reason why Gu Ziqing had this foresight is thanks to Zhou Chengjin!