Of course, Princess Yan would not stop the Wen family.

Not to mention that she has never been going to compete with the officials in the domain for the limelight in this kind of thing, she has been busy enough this year. The marriage of Zhu Pei, the lord of Yongping, has basically been decided, and she has to prepare a dowry for her daughter. This is her only daughter, can she not care?

Moreover, Xiao Rui is now her son, and he is going to marry Xie Mulin this year. Regardless of whether he can bow openly as the son of King Yan when he gets married, as a mother-in-law, she also has to prepare for the wedding, and it is impossible to push everything to the Xie family. Wouldn't King Yan's only son become a son-in-law? Yanwangfu can't afford to lose this face!

In this way, it is just a trivial matter such as giving relief to the poor and disaster victims, and the officials and wives can take care of it properly, and she can only ask, why should she meddle in? As for who is in charge of the commands, it has nothing to do with her. She hadn't taken care of it before, and she wouldn't have to worry about it in the future.

The Wen family is familiar with Princess Yan, and now they are in-laws, and they know her thoughts very well. To be honest, Wen himself is not a person who likes to be in the limelight and like to fight for power, and he will be interested in the identity of the leader of this relief business, and he just wants to do something practical.

She said to her daughter Xie Mulin: "When Mrs. Zhou presided over this matter, everything followed the old rules set by Mrs. Zhou, and there was never any change. Mrs. Wednesday likes to use old rice, but the porridge is thickened, and by the way, she will also apply medicine or distribute ginger soup, that is, the staff of the soup soup has always only used her own servants, and she can't trust others, which has caused other officials and relatives to complain in private, and Mrs. Zhou rarely let her come out. However, these two are all about the rules, and the other two Mrs. Zhou are not easy to say.

In order to compete for a good name, Mrs. Tuesday was generous, and did not hesitate to let the Zhou family pay out of her own pocket to fulfill the good reputation of her mother and daughter, and often used new rice, white rice and various dried fruits to cook porridge. While this can benefit the people, it also tends to attract many people who do not need to receive alms. But as long as people said good things about Mrs. Tuesday and Miss Thursday, she would rather cheapen these cleanly dressed people, but disgusted the sordid poor people who really needed help, and could not speak. As for Mrs. Thursday......"

Wen Shi showed an indescribable expression: "When she presided over this matter, the porridge water was often thin, and the rice used was more than two years old, and the servant women who scooped the porridge always liked to lack catties and taels, and spoke harshly, as if they were called Huazi, so that those poor people would not be willing to come to receive the porridge if they were not really desperate." Mrs. Thursday didn't care about herself, she had extra food, and when she heard about it, she was embarrassed, which caused other wives to complain, thinking that she was ugly and tired of other people's reputation. Therefore, after she did it twice, Mrs. Zhou no longer let her come forward alone, and only let her follow Mrs. Tuesday to assist. But even so, she took advantage of Mrs. Tuesday. Mrs. Tuesday has always been generous, but she is not very attentive to the things in the accounts. ”

The four wives of the Zhou family alone, because of their different styles of doing things, have come up with so many tricks. When Wen's former wives and colleagues saw this situation, they felt very embarrassed. She felt that the edicts in Beiping City should come up with a specific charter whether they want to give relief to the victims or do charity. Even if there is a different person in charge in the future, there are rules, and there will be no big pleats. Otherwise, the people will not get benefits, and the people who give money and food will not have a good reputation, so won't they spend a lot of effort and money in vain?

However, Wen also has concerns. When the last time there was a snowstorm, she presided over the soup soup with the officials and relatives of the city, and she noticed that the governor's wife wanted to show her face and wanted to compete for dominance in everything. Although the governor's official position is high, after all, he is a dragon crossing the river, and he is not as good as the Zhou family is a snake on the ground, and Mrs. Zhou often presses on her head, but even Princess Yan does not compete with her, so she is even more difficult to say anything, so she can only retreat. But her husband has already done his part as a feudal official, who would be willing to be subservient? In the absence of Mrs. Zhou this year, the governor's wife wanted to be the first in many things, so as to take the opportunity to establish her position under one person in the circle of officials and relatives in Beiping Mansion.

Wen had no intention of fighting with the governor's wife, but he was afraid that if he missed this opportunity, he would never be able to do what he wanted to do in the future.

She explained to Shemulin: "When I watched the soup kitchen last time, the governor's wife still acted according to the old practice. Although she has the heart to do things well, after all, she has been used to the practice for many years, and once she doesn't watch carefully, the people under her will be sloppy. I think it's too unreliable. ”

Xie Mulin thought about it and said, "Then the mother will go and fight for it." Anyway, you don't want to compete with the governor's wife for the limelight or anything, but you just hope to show your skills in this matter. You can reveal your thoughts to her in private, and as long as she gives in on the alms, you can let go of the rest, and let her and the envoy make the decisions. How's that? I think the governor's wife is okay, and she has always been very polite and friendly to her mother, so she shouldn't be stingy. Besides......" She leaned close to Wen's ear and said in a low voice, "She has always been close to Princess Yan, and her mother is already an in-law of King Yan, so she must be willing to sell your face?" ”

Wen glanced at his daughter in disgust: "You kid! Don't you feel ashamed when the big girl's family says this?! ”

Xie Mulin sat up straight calmly: "What's so embarrassing about this kind of thing? Isn't that all true? ”

She was not ashamed, Wen blushed for her daughter first. But after listening to her daughter's words, she also felt confident in her heart. When she went out to Yanwang's mansion for an appointment the next day, she prepared a draft in advance, and prepared to communicate with the governor's wife on the way there.

When she came home in the afternoon, she had a comfortable smile on her face, and sure enough, her wish came true.

The governor's wife was very face-saving, and after only listening to a few euphemistic hints from her, she understood, gave up the lead, and took the initiative to speak for her in front of Princess Yan, which couldn't be more cordial and cooperative. Wen said that she would vote for the peach, and she would try her best to vote in favor of whatever the governor's wife advocated in the future.

Xie Mulin smiled and said nothing.

On the third day, reports were handed in from all parts of the prefecture under the jurisdiction of Peiping Prefecture, and sure enough, several prefectures, counties, and towns were hit by snowstorms, with casualties and damage to houses. In order to resettle the victims and repair the houses, Xie Pu began to go out early and return late again. Wen also greeted the family members at home every day to discuss the matter of giving soup porridge and medicine. Although Xie Mulin rarely came forward, he helped his mother in private, settling accounts, arranging the transportation of manpower and materials, and participated in everything. A few days later, Wen almost didn't have to worry about anything, and asked his daughter to take care of all the chores.

There are several officials who often come and go, and they all admire Miss Xie's ability. Wen was happy when he heard this, but he still had to be modest on his face, but he privately awarded his daughter two pieces of jewelry, and said many good things about his daughters in front of her husband Xie Pu.

Xie Mulin accepted his mother's reward and happily prepared to welcome the Lantern Festival. Xiao Rui promised her to accompany her to the Lantern Festival!