The next day, in the Cining Palace, all the concubines gathered together, Shang Kelan still came with the last one, and everyone was used to it.

During the period when everyone was gossiping, the Queen Mother didn't look at her, Shang Kelan occasionally talked to Jia Zhaoyi, and more often listened to the words of others.

After everyone had said almost that, Shang Kelan looked at the Queen Mother and said: "The Queen Mother, now that the New Year is approaching, but the court has a limited amount of silver, and Your Majesty has also discussed it with the concubines, everything is simple and good, I don't know what the Queen Mother thinks?" ”

The Queen Mother glanced at her and said coldly: "Hmph, you have already discussed it with Your Majesty, and you are still here to ask me what this old woman is doing?" ”

Shang Kelan's expression remained unchanged, and she lowered her eyes and said: "Your Majesty values the Queen Mother in her heart, and the concubines also respect the Queen Mother, so naturally you have to ask the Queen Mother for instructions." ”

The Queen Mother was choked by her, and she was angry, so she simply looked away and stopped talking to her, and turned to Zhao Kehan: "Han'er, how did you celebrate the New Year in Zhao Mansion in the past?" ”

Zhao Kehan smiled slightly, and before he could speak, Zhao Kexi on the side couldn't wait to interject: "The concubine knows!" The Queen Mother, in the past, Concubine Jia and the concubines were in the Zhao Mansion together for the New Year, and the concubines' fathers and mothers never cared about these things, so every year during the New Year, the mansion where the concubines were located was the most lively place in Zhejiang, not as picky as some people! ”

As she spoke, she deliberately glared at Shang Kelan.

Shang Kelan took a sip of tea indifferently and replied: "It seems that Chen Zhaoyi is worthy of being the daughter of a merchant, her family is superior and she is never bad for money, it just so happens that there has been a snowstorm in some places in the north recently, and she is collecting donations everywhere, and the palace and Zuo Xiangfu have already paid three thousand taels of silver, I don't know how much Chen Zhaoyi, who has a superior family background, can donate?" ”

At the mention of donations, all the concubines shut up.

They are all women who were given to Jin Yantang by ministers and relatives to marry when Jin Yantang first ascended the throne, and the maternal family is naturally not bad.

I don't know how many palace maids I pampered during the first emperor's period, but when I came to Jin Yantang, in addition to these women in the harem, most of the people who served in the Heart Cultivation Hall and the Imperial Study were insiders, and his emotional history could be described as extremely clean.

Zhao Kexi listened to Shang Kelan's words, snorted disdainfully, and said, "Three thousand taels of silver? What kind of snow disaster can this contain? If the palace pays 10,000 taels of silver, it will be regarded as a blessing for the mother family of the palace and His Majesty! ”

As soon as her voice fell, she turned to the calligraphy and painting: "Calligraphy and painting, you go to the treasury to get the silver." ”

"Yes, sissy."

Shang Kelan's eyes flashed slightly, and she said with a smile: "Chen Zhaoyi is really generous, and this pride is beyond the reach of this palace." ”

Where can everyone not see this obvious agitation?

But Shang Kelan donated, and they couldn't pretend to be dumb anymore, only to see Shang Kelan's voice just fall, Jia Zhaoyi smiled and said: "Hey, the two mothers are kind-hearted people, the Buddha will bless them, and the concubines can't look down on the suffering of the world, but the concubines' savings are not as good as the two mothers, it's really ashamed, the concubines are willing to donate five hundred taels for the people." ”

Shang Kelan nodded and said with a smile: "Jia Zhaoyi has a heart." ”

But Zhao Kexi said contemptuously: "It's just five hundred taels, what a woman from a small family!" ”

Zhao Kexi doesn't have a doorkeeper on his mouth, Jia Zhaoyi is a woman from an official family, and her appearance may not be as delicate as Zhao Kexi, but her identity and temperament are much stronger than Zhao Kexi.

Jia Zhaoyi's face remained unchanged, and she replied with a smile: "Chen Zhaoyi is rich and rich, and the concubines naturally dare not compare." ”

As soon as her voice fell, the rest of the people began to donate, but none of them exceeded a thousand.

After the donation was over, the Queen Mother was also tired, so she let everyone withdraw.

Although she said that she couldn't get used to Shang Kelan, when it came to the people, the Queen Mother still took two thousand taels of silver from her savings. Dancing God eBook

After everyone left, the Cining Palace was also empty, but Concubine Jia stayed to talk to the Queen Mother.

She helped the Queen Mother to the palace, poured a cup of tea for the Queen Mother, and then said: "The Queen Mother, the concubines want to go out of the palace to worship the Buddha in the temple these two days, this year's Great Zhou Dynasty is plague and flood, and now there are snow disasters, and there are wars in northern Xinjiang, so the concubines want to pray for them." ”

The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, then looked at her and said: "This year is approaching, the capital is full of people, the palace is worried about what happens to you, if you want to pray for blessings, just pray in the palace temple." ”

Zhao Kehan sighed and said: "The concubine heard that the temple outside the palace is very effective, some people ask for a child, and they will have a son the next year, and the concubine also thinks that His Majesty has no heirs in the harem now, so ......"

Before she finished speaking, the Queen Mother said clearly: "So that's the case, since that's the case, the mourning family will send some guards to use for you, how many days will you go?" ”

Concubine Jia smiled and said: "Thank you Queen Mother, the concubine will come back in three days, if you go like this, I am afraid that you will not show the sincerity of the concubine, and let the Buddha blame." ”

The Queen Mother agreed: "That's the reason, it's just that tomorrow the son of the Left Prime Minister's Mansion will get married, and you won't go?" ”

The people from the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion sent someone to invite Shang Kelan to the mansion today, but Shang Kelan was cleaning up the accounts of the previous year, and she really couldn't go back, so she stayed in the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Zhao Kehan smiled bitterly: "The relationship between the concubine and Concubine Chen is so stiff, I heard that the eldest prince is arrogant, and I am afraid that the concubine will only bring humiliation on herself." ”

The Queen Mother frowned slightly, then sighed and said, "Alas, this Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion is really ......"

Thinking that there will be a happy event in the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion tomorrow, the Queen Mother still didn't say anything ugly, only patted Zhao Kehan's hand and soothed: "It's really difficult for you." ”

Zhao Kehan looked moved, and then smiled: "Fortunately, although the concubine's parents are dead, the queen mother treats the concubine like a daughter, and the concubine does not feel lonely, and the concubine will serve you well in the future!" ”

The Queen Mother was amused by her, scratched her nose and said, "You little girl, why are you so sweet-mouthed?" ”

Zhao Kehan's eyes turned and fell on Mama Li, who was standing next to her, and she wondered, "Why don't you see Wanqin today?" ”

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "That girl is resting today, and there is no shortage of people here in the mourning family, so I let her go back to Yushu Courtyard." ”

Zhao Kehan understood, and after talking to the Queen Mother for a while, he said goodbye and left Cining Palace.

At this time, inside the temple of nourishing the heart.

In the dormitory, Shang Kelan was indeed cleaning up the accounts, but it was not the accounts of the harem, but the donations that had just been raised.

I saw Shang Kelan sitting at the table in a lilac dress, holding a brush in her hand, and a white paper on the table.

Yuliu waited beside her, and began to check the amount of donations she had just written down.

When Yuliu was about to finish the calculation, Shang Kelan asked, "Have you figured out how many taels of silver we have raised?" ”

Yuliu took the abacus and said respectfully: "Back to Niangniang, a total of 17,000 taels of silver have been raised." ”

Seventeen thousand taels?

Shang Kelan nodded, got up and picked up the silver on the table, and said: "This palace raised these silver taels in front of the queen mother, and later you will send someone to each palace and each court to collect it, and if there is any fraud, come and tell the palace, and everything will be dealt with according to the crime of defrauding the king." ”