Chapter 16: Save money

"Hand over, hand over to the old slave?!" was hit by the pie one after another, and Mama Gui couldn't help but be surprised and delighted.

However, before she patted her chest like Chi Xinian to ensure that she would hold the banquet beautifully, and made Chi Xinian's face long, Chi Xinian said again: "It's just that the time of this spring banquet is not a year or a festival, so we don't have to be too grand."

"You just treat it as an ordinary tea party, prepare some crisp tea, and pick two painting boats for swimming in the lake, and you're done."

"Just, that's it? But..."Grandma Gui's smile froze at the corner of her mouth for a moment.

Needless to say, everyone else can see at a glance that she disagrees with Chi Xinian's decision.

How can the hard-won opportunity to perform be wasted like this?

What's more, this opportunity was snatched from Concubine Shu!

So, as soon as she came to her senses, Mama Gui immediately said: "Niangniang, although this spring banquet is not a New Year's banquet, it is more valued by the masters in the palace than the New Year's banquet.

"As soon as the banquet opens, not only will all the masters of the three palaces and six courtyards arrive, but even His Majesty will come to the banquet in person and stay from the beginning to the end.

"If we don't make the banquet grander, not only will we lose your face and let you be pressed by the one who presided over before, but we will also live up to Your Majesty's wishes and waste his chance..."

"If it's not grand enough, will it lose face?" Chi Xinian interrupted Mama Gui's words and chuckled, "All the banquets in the palace that are not grand, and the operators have no face?" ”

"Those little feasts won't, of course, but this is..."

"What is this? A banquet to commemorate the relationship between Concubine Xue and the first emperor? Chi Xinian curled his fingers and tapped the table twice to remind, "Since the banquet proves the scenery of Concubine Xue, it is grand, isn't it also the majesty of Concubine Xue?"

"Instead of wasting this money to cheer for others, it is better to ask Your Majesty to spend this money in a nearby place."

"A place next to it? Niangniang means..."Mama Gui doesn't understand, what is more important than the spring banquet now, and it is worth the queen's special trip to save money.

But these things, Chi Xinian naturally won't talk to her much.

With a wave of her hand, she waved away Mama Gui and the other palace people, and directly finalized the matter.

When everyone had retreated, she spoke again: "Tonight, you take the key to the private vault and go and count my dowry."

"Bring a few valuable items that are easy to exchange, and take them with you when you leave the palace tomorrow."

"The mother wants to exchange the dowry for money?!"

"Yes." Chi Xinian bowed his head slightly and said bluntly, "In the past six years, although we have won countless battles, there are too many soldiers who have sacrificed their lives for the country, leaving behind family members who are difficult to make a living.

And years of war have also emptied Dajing's treasury a lot.

"Over the years, although there have been bereavement pensions broadcast from the treasury, it is only enough for the families of these soldiers to struggle on the food and clothing line.

"It just so happens that the wedding has given me a sum of money, plus the part saved from the spring banquet, it should be enough for the widows of the soldiers to live a good life."

"Niangniang still wants to put the money saved from the spring banquet into it?!" Xin breathed and choked, "Your idea is good, but Your Majesty's side... Can you say yes? ”

She has seen the tragedy of war, and she knows how difficult it is for families who have no pillars to live. It would be good if all the money these nobles spent on organizing banquets could be saved to subsidize them.

But can you agree?

Your Majesty, how should you explain it?