Chapter 032: There are moths in the house (1)

"Mrs. Zhao, you have a good daughter-in-law"

After the third princess asked the attendants to give a birthday gift, she came to Mrs. Zhao and said with deep meaning.

"Doom ......" Mrs. Zhao paused, thinking of the scene that had just happened, and suddenly understood, the third princess was praising Wang Qifang, so she smiled and said: "Where is it, the child is ignorant and nonsense, if there is something wrong, please don't care about the third princess."

"Mrs. Zhao doesn't have to be polite, good is good, bad is bad," the third princess glanced at the guests with different expressions, and said in a solemn tone: "However, a good show must also be restrained, at present, the military needs of the court are tight, and most of the women present are the women of the court, even if they can't serve the court, but they can't bring bad social atmosphere." I hope that you will do more things that are beneficial to the country while you are entertaining and relaxing."

"Yes, the concubine remembers the teachings of the third princess"

In addition to Princess Jing'an, the other wives and noble wives present bowed their knees to receive their orders.

At this time, Wang Qifang came to Mrs. Zhao's side and whispered: "Madam, the third princess has mentioned several times that the military salary is tight...... There are too many people to donate, isn't there still a 2,000 women's army of the three princesses on the northwest front, you see? ”

Kindness? When Mrs. Zhao heard this, her eyebrows raised slightly, as if she was considering Wang Qifang's proposal.

In addition, Qi Niang heard that the third princess intends to set up a model of donation. If the wife donates all the birthday gifts to the women's army who fought bravely on the front line, then the third princess will naturally be grateful to the wife, maybe ......" Wang Qifang paused, and sighed softly as if uncertain: "Alas, I don't know if the daughter-in-law remembers correctly, the wife of the Marquis of Jingbei back then seemed to have scattered all her family wealth to support Emperor Taizu to raise troops, and finally was named 'Mrs. Yipin Zhongyi' by Emperor Taizu's royal pen, which is really a blessing."

Sealed? Mrs. Zhao's mind moved, since ancient times, women have won orders, either their husbands have made meritorious contributions, or their sons have built a business, and it is rarely the woman's own hard work.

Now, Mrs. Zhao's husband Zhao Yongnian is only a fourth-grade person, and the husband of that little slut is a super-grade prince. If you donate some money and let Yan Niang say good things in front of the third princess, maybe, maybe this matter will be done.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Zhao's eyes lit up, she turned around and came to the third princess, bent her knees slightly, and said with shame: "Third princess, the concubine is confused, and she almost caused a big disaster." Fortunately, the third princess was merciful and did not care about the mistakes of the concubine. But, but the concubine body can't stop there...... In this way, in order to make up for her mistakes, the concubine is willing to convert the birthday gift she received today into cash and donate it to the women's army on the front line, in addition, the concubine has a private house of 1,000 taels of silver on hand, and it is useless to live on the day, so she simply donated it to the soldiers guarding the border fortress."

When the guests present heard this, they were all stunned, and they didn't know what Mrs. Zhao was singing - wasn't it the fault of the third princess of the family to let go of the Zhao Mansion to start the play without authorization, why did the Zhao family's money string run out and take the initiative to send money?

Regardless of everyone's reactions, Mrs. Zhao lowered her eyebrows and continued: "...... Of course, the concubine also knows that this idea is just a drop in the bucket, but it is also a heart, and I hope the third princess will not dislike it."

"......" The third princess looked at Mrs. Zhao fixedly, and she couldn't understand for a while what was going on with the Zhao family, who had always been known for her 'thrift', what was going on today.

However, if someone is willing to donate money, that's a good thing, well, a thousand taels of silver plus today's birthday gift, the third princess muttered to herself, her eyes couldn't help but start looking at the visitors around her, when she saw the identity of the person who came, she nodded secretly and said in her heart: "Not bad, the people who came today are either rich or expensive, and the birthday gift must be worth a lot." If it is converted into cash, it will be seven or eight thousand taels to say the least, and if you add Mrs. Zhao's one thousand taels of silver, there will be nearly ten thousand taels of silver.

At the current market price, one tael of silver can be exchanged for more than eight hundred copper coins, and a liter of grain is only twenty or thirty copper coins.

And more importantly, with Mrs. Zhao's donation, I believe that a large number of noble ladies will be able to donate generously-

"Oh, what the third princess said is so right, Mrs. Zhao also has the compassion of Buddhism, let's eat, drink and have fun here, but the soldiers in the northwest have not yet found the military supplies for the winter...... In this way, I am also the elder of all of you present, so I have the cheekiness to take the lead, and I am willing to donate 10,000 taels of silver. ”

Sure enough, as soon as Mrs. Zhao's words fell, the third princess had not yet expressed her position, and Princess Jingnan behind her took the lead in opening her mouth. There's no way, just like Mrs. Zhao doesn't like Princess Jingnan, Princess Jingnan doesn't like Mrs. Zhao very much on weekdays. Now, seeing that Mrs. Zhao, who is not as good as herself, has a good chance in front of the third princess, how can Princess Jingnan be willing to fall behind?

"That's right, we should raise military salaries and winter supplies for the soldiers in front...... Well, the concubine doesn't dare to be on par with Princess Zheng, and she can't compare to the Zhao family's wealth, so let's take out the private money of three thousand taels of silver first, let's talk about the inch."

"Yes, yes, concubines and concubines will also donate 1,000 taels"

"Third sister, my sister also donated 10,000 taels, and I can't let the soldiers in front of me defend the country with an empty stomach and wearing single clothes"

For a while, all the ladies and ladies present opened their mouths one after another, clamoring to donate money to the imperial court, which made the third princess, who had always been troubled by military supplies, overjoyed. She hurriedly instructed a few of her relatives around her, holding a booklet, paper and pen, to record the amount of money they were willing to donate.

It's just that there were too many people present, and several women's soldiers were busy for a long time before they registered. After the registration is completed, the third princess is surprised.

With a full 230,000 taels of silver, the female guests who came to celebrate Mrs. Zhao's birthday alone donated more than 200,000 taels of silver, which is more obvious than the effect of her pulling down her identity and running around to find a wealthy businessman to 'help'.

Moreover, the third princess definitely has reason to believe that the donations that the upper class of the capital can raise must be far more than 200,000 taels of silver. Well, it is estimated that as soon as today's news spreads, many dignitaries, wives and grandmothers of the emperor's relatives will also respond positively.

As a woman, the third princess understands the characteristics of women very well - following the trend, and comparing.

Of course, the third princess also clearly knows which one is the one who throws the bricks and leads the jade - on the surface, it is Mrs. Zhao who is kind and kind, but in fact, the third princess did not ignore it, it was Zhao Wang's family who first said something in Mrs. Zhao's ear, and then Mrs. Zhao pretended to say 'happy donation'.

It seems that this Wang Qi Niang, just as reported by the person she sent to investigate, is really not a simple character.

However, whether it's simple or powerful, it's really thanks to Wang Qifang's help this time. The third princess is not an unreasonable person. On the contrary, she was born in the army, and she has been dealing with those straightforward and vulgar men in the military camp for many years, and her personality is also a little straightforward, and she will say anything to her face.

Just like at this moment, the third princess handed over the registered roster to the attendants, prepared to leave the Zhao Mansion, and came to Wang Qifang on purpose, and said in a particularly soft tone: "When will the script be written, the palace is still waiting to see."

"Back to the third princess, it will be written in a few days, when you are busy with military affairs, the concubine will let Su Banzhu send it to your house, please take a look"

Wang Qifang saw that her goal had been achieved, and she was happy in her heart, and when she heard the third princess's question, she hurriedly bowed down and replied.

"Okay, Hongu is waiting"

After saying this, the third princess patted the back of Wang Qifang's hand affectionately, like an elder who had known her for a long time, and her tone was not half polite.

"Three princesses rest assured"

Catching a glimpse of Mrs. Zhao's straight shoes out of the corner of her eye, Wang Qifang hurriedly turned sideways and let Mrs. Zhao stand in front of her, while she took half a step back without a trace, and followed her mother-in-law to send the third princess out of the house in observance.

After sending the third princess back, the other guests had no interest in playing, and got up to say goodbye.

It's just that when they left the Zhao family, the eyes that looked at Wang Qifang were weird - it seems that the rumors are wrong, how can a person with such means and a clear mind be controlled by a concubine?

You must know that last month, Liu, the wife of Xu Shilang of the Ministry of Works, was arrested by the third princess when she invited the opera troupe to sing at home. The third princess not only scolded Mrs. Liu on the spot, but also participated in Xu Shilang's book, accusing him of being a vegetarian meal, dereliction of duty, and lax governance of the family, and the saint also knew the difficulties of the third princess in raising food, so he severely punished the unlucky waiter couple: Xu Shilang's official position was reduced to three poles in a row, and Mrs. Liu took back the seal and demoted her husband to the lowest grade with her husband.

also invited the troupe to watch the play, the punishment over there was so severe, and Wang Qifang said some allusions here, and the third princess easily spared her, and also revealed that she admired and valued her very much...... Well, this Wang family is not simple.

What everyone evaluates, Wang Qifang doesn't pay attention, and she doesn't have this time to pay attention. Because after the birthday banquet is over, everyone else can rest, but she, the person who presides over the feed, can't rest.

After everything was cleaned up, before she could breathe a sigh of relief, Wang Qifang was pulled over by the excited amethyst again.

"Second young grandmother, what do you think this is?"

Amethyst took out a two-inch-wide and five-inch-long bill from her purse, which read, 'A certain cloth shop, with this ticket, you can receive a high-grade chintz cloth in any cloth shop under the cloth store, and the color is subject to the inventory of the store on the day of collection', the following is the year, month and day, as well as the red seal of the cloth store and the official seal of the Confucian Business Association.

"Isn't this a 'cloth ticket'? Or is it our Zhao Ji Buxing? ”

Wang Qifang took the bill and flipped through it, but she didn't understand what Amethyst meant, she asked suspiciously.

"That's right, it's Zhao Ji's cloth ticket," Amethyst saw that Wang Qifang didn't understand what she meant, so she said bluntly: "Not only cloth tickets, but also meat tickets, fish tickets, dim sum tickets, and food tickets...... In short, the bills issued on the market are all in the hands of slaves and maids. ”

"Amethyst—"

"Second young grandmother, don't worry, listen to me slowly," Amethyst took an account book, pointed to a line of records on it and said: "Look, it is written here that the winter clothes and cloth are spent four hundred taels, and the slave and maid have checked it, and there is not a penny of silver in the account room, and there is not a foot of cotton cloth in the treasury, and there are only these-cloth tickets."

P: A certain Sa has no face to explain, and I want to say I'm sorry for my relatives