Chapter Ninety-Six: The Flesh Hurts
The two fathers and sons chatted for half an hour, and most of what they said was about the resettlement of the victims, and the heavy snow for 14 days, even if the arrangements were good, the situation was not optimistic, and the handling of these aftermath matters was not sloppy.
Fortunately, there is Gu Wanning's example of letting the victims work and provide food, and the emperor has learned the same, but the pressure has been reduced a lot.
On the way back to the East Palace, the prince was in a very good mood, and felt that the sixth brother and sister had a sentence that was absolutely true, and his father was indeed the most loving father.
The queen mother has always asked him to guard against a few brothers, which is true, but is it necessary to guard against the sixth child? Is there anyone in the Daxing Dynasty who doesn't know that he is not favored?
Moreover, as long as he behaves well, he will definitely be able to sit in this position all the time, and one day inherit the unification and reign over the world.
Thinking like this, a little palace maid held a tray in her hand, and the clothes on the tray should be on it, and when she saw him, she respectfully saluted him, and he was going to walk over, but the palace maid somehow the clothes on the tray fell off, and the little palace maid let out a slight exclamation, and the prince couldn't help but take a look.
At night, even if the distance is close, it is actually impossible to see the appearance, but the prince just felt the frightened aura on her body, which was really pitiful.
He asked himself that he had always been a person who cherished the fragrance and cherished the jade, so he walked over and asked, "What's wrong?" Isn't it just that the clothes have fallen off? It's a big deal, and it's good to wash it again. ”
The little palace maid said hurriedly: "But these are the things that the noble concubine is anxious to want, slave maid, slave maid will definitely be punished today." ”
The concubine is a person who doesn't rub sand in her eyes, and if she misses her, she will lose half her life if she hits a few boards lightly.
She raised her head and glanced directly at the prince when she spoke in a hurry, although she quickly lowered her head again, but it was still enough for the prince to see her appearance.
The prince only felt that his eyes lit up, and the words he said were a little lighter, "This is not simple, the palace will send a personal attendant to accompany you on a trip, just explain things clearly, rest assured that the concubine will not punish you." ”
The little palace maid immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed twice: "The slave and maid have thanked the prince for his great kindness, and the prince is very virtuous, and the slave and maid are toothless." ”
"Alright, let's get up." After speaking, the prince instructed his personal eunuch, "You ...... with you"
The little palace maid said smartly: "Slave maid Yuanxiang." ”
Prince Wen Xu smiled and said, "You go with Miss Yuanxiang, remember to go and come back quickly." ”
Defu saw the prince's expression in his eyes, glanced at Yuanxiang, who was still kneeling, and beckoned: "Miss Yuanxiang, go with the slave." ”
Yuan Xiang hurriedly got up and followed Defu behind Defu towards Chengqian Palace.
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After returning from Chengqian Palace, Yuan Xiang thanked Defu Gong and wanted to return to the Huanyi Bureau.
Defu smiled: "Miss Yuanxiang, I don't dare to admit your thanks, I want to thank you and thank the prince, do you say this is right?" ”
Under the dim light, Yuan Xiang's expression was a little tight, and she said timidly: "The slave also knows that she should thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in person, but the slave and maid are a low-level palace maid of the Huanyi Bureau, how can she be qualified to meet His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”
"It's good that the girl knows, but our prince is easy to talk to, so you can go with our family."
In this way, Yuanxiang was taken to the East Palace by Defu.
At night, Donggong is like a man-eating beast, like an ignorant person opening his bloody mouth.
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The snow really didn't fall all night, and the emperor and the hundred officials in the early court were in a very good mood, the sun rose, and the emperor's good mood also returned.
The first thing to talk about in the early court was the snow disaster, and some smart courtiers competed in the court and took the initiative to donate silver.
So the civil and military officials performed fiercely on the matter of donations, some donated, some did not know but promised to donate themselves, and they went home to get the silver in the next court.
When he arrived at Gu Xian, he also donated 1,000 taels of silver like officials of the same grade.
He hurt when he donated it.
The four-rank official's annual salary is only one hundred and five taels of silver, plus Lu rice and grace, a total of more than three hundred taels, and three years of work are not enough for him to donate this time.
Fortunately, the family is not all waiting for him to live a little money, and he also ran a few shops when he was in the northwest, although he ended the business there after returning to Beijing, but the shop also sold a lot of silver, and his hands were quite rich, otherwise, their family would wait to eat the soil.
After the next court, the hundred officials swept away the excitement on the Jinluan Palace, revealing a bitter gourd on their faces, after all, the higher the official position, the higher the amount of donations, who is comfortable when they take it out for no reason?
One by one, they all hurried out of the palace gate.
By the time Gu Xian sat in his office, some of his colleagues were already talking about the donation.
"I heard that this donation of silver was mentioned by the third princess, and she took the lead in donating 18,000 taels of silver from the dowry, saying that she wanted to relieve the emperor's worries, which is really ......" The tone was obviously not praise, but quite resentful.
"Is that so? How did the official hear it is another version, saying that this matter is related to Princess Yujun......" The voice disappeared, and they only then remembered that Princess Yujun's own father was their colleague!
The few people who were talking outside shifted their positions, and deliberately lowered their voices and muttered quietly.
"If you want me to say, the rumors that the three princesses are taking the lead are more realistic, but the official has heard that the two and three princesses all donated 18,000 taels, and the five or six only donated 10,000 taels, which is obviously afraid of spending money, and who doesn't know that Princess Yujun is poor."
Marrying the prince only has more than sixty dowries, and he is definitely the poorest of the princesses.
A few people nodded suddenly, Gu Xian's usual performance was there, very hard and simple, when her daughter got married, there were only a few dozen dowries, which was much worse than the other princesses, how could she be willing to take out 10,000 taels of silver at once?
"The Zhao family is famous for having silver, and for the three princesses, one or twenty thousand taels of silver is nothing at all."
Lala is a lot of miscellaneous things.
Although Gu Xian didn't listen to it completely, he also guessed seven or eight points, saying that his daughter was poor...... Forget it, let's treat her as poor, but no matter how poor she is, she can still get 10,000 taels of silver, and he can also be sure that if a rumor involves his daughter, it must have something to do with her daughter, so if she takes the initiative to donate silver, it must be that she is digging a hole for others.
And it is very likely that the third princess is the one who was cheated by her.
silently lit a wax for the third princess, Gu Xian continued to drink tea and read in his room, and his small life was not too comfortable!
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At this time, in the Kunning Palace, there was a large group of people, all waiting for the Seventh Prince and his wife to come to serve tea.
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