The fundraising banquet was held in the warm pavilion in the back garden, and this time it was all women's dependents.

Princess Yongle lived in the palace to accompany the Queen Mother, so she couldn't come over to join her, but Sui Changying married her.

As soon as I entered the back garden, I met the colorful county lord again.

After all, they are members of the royal family, and their rank is still high, so Ning Ruyan and Sui Changying stepped forward to greet each other according to the rules.

"Excuse me." The Colorful County Lord raised his hand, and then looked at Ning Ruyan, with jealousy in her eyes that she couldn't even realize herself, but fortunately, she didn't say anything unpleasant, just snorted coldly, and then turned around and left.

Ning Ruyan couldn't help but laugh, and saved some trouble, which was good.

By the time they arrived at the Warm Pavilion, there were already many people inside, and the Colorful County Lord was already sitting in front of the Queen Mother and amused.

"It's like smoke, come here." As soon as she saluted, the Queen Mother beckoned to Ning Ruyan.

Ning Ruyan hurriedly stepped forward: "Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother smiled and praised Ning Ruyan's practice of opening a porridge shed and medicine shed, and then turned to her child: "Have you given a name?" ”

"It's up, it's called An Lang, it's the sunny one."

"Aaron." The Queen Mother's eyes flashed, but she quickly regained her smile, "That's a good name." He waved his hand.

Mama Dou sent a box over.

Inside the box is a piece of jade pendant that is transparent throughout.

"Let's play with that little Aaron."

"Empress Dowager Xie." Ning Ruyan knelt down and kowtowed, although the Queen Mother said calmly, but she has never lacked good things since she was a child, and she has seen a lot of nature, this is a warm jade, warm in winter and cool in summer, and even has the effect of detoxification, which can be described as priceless.

The queen mother was rewarded, and the queen also rewarded a jade lock, and the other concubines naturally did not fall.

Before the fundraising, Ning Ruyan had already received a bunch of gifts.

The Colorful County Lord glared at Ning Ruyan angrily, but she didn't dare to say a word, the previous punishment had made her remember it for a long time, and she didn't dare to speak recklessly, but the unconvincing in her heart was getting stronger and stronger.

"Alright, everyone's here, isn't it time to start?" The eldest princess spoke, which also diverted everyone's attention.

"Let's get started." The Queen Mother nodded.

The so-called fundraising means that everyone donates their own things, and then auctions them, and the highest bidder gets them, and the silver obtained is used for disaster relief.

Everyone who entered the palace knew this, so they all made preparations and brought a lot of things into the palace, and of course they also brought enough silver.

The things brought by the colorful county lord are very expensive, among which the eight-treasure glazed jade bottle is the object of the previous dynasty, and the kang screen of the yellow rosewood embroidered on both sides is from the hand of the embroidery of the previous dynasty, or the work of sealing the mountain.

Everyone couldn't help but applaud, and even the Queen Mother nodded.

"For the sake of disaster relief, naturally we can't be stingy." The Colorful County Lord smiled proudly, and then looked at Ning Ruyan, "Yongping County Lord, what did you bring?" The Ning family is a rich family, so there should be more good things, right? ”

"Where do you dare to compare with the county lord? It's just dedication. Ning Ruyan smiled, and then asked Mulberry Leaf to send things up, a total of three, namely a string of red coral beads, a one-foot-tall sandalwood Guanyin Buddha statue, and a set of emerald heads.

After everyone saw this, they stopped talking, although these things are not enough to surpass the Colorful County Lord, but they are also worth a thousand gold.

The colorful county lord pursed his lips and didn't speak, after all, he didn't surpass her, and it was not easy to find fault.

"Imperial grandmother, imperial aunt, I have nothing, what I bring is given by my mother." Princess Yongle walked over with a smile and put her things up.

also shifted everyone's attention to himself.

"You, who compares with you?" The Queen Mother smiled and nodded at Princess Yongle, "However, your mother has silver, don't be stingy for a while." ”

"Mother, you said so, my daughter doesn't dare to be stingy." The eldest princess smiled.

Everyone laughed and agreed.

Soon, the fundraising auction began.

"Let's start with this Buddha bead of the mourning family." The Queen Mother took off the red sandalwood Buddha beads on her wrist, "This was opened by Master Wuchen himself back then, and now it has been more than fifty years." ”

Master Wuchen is the master of Master Shancun, the abbot of Huguo Temple, who passed away ten years ago, exactly one hundred years old.

When everyone heard this, their eyes widened, and they followed the bidding.

However, all the people who came were the family members of the eunuchs, and even if they had money, they didn't dare to open the auction, so the starting price was one hundred taels, and in the end it was eight hundred taels, so there was no one to call up.

"One thousand taels." Ning Ruyan finally offered a high price.

Everyone gasped, but the man who asked for eight hundred taels breathed a sigh of relief.

"One thousand one hundred taels." The Colorful County Lord suddenly followed the bidding.

Ning Ruyan was stunned for a moment, and after glancing at the Colorful County Lord, he called for 1,500 taels.

"You...... One thousand six hundred taels. ”

"Two thousand taels."

"Two thousand one hundred taels." The Colorful County Lord is out of the way.

Ning Ruyan smiled and bowed: "The Buddha beads are yours." ”

"You...... You're not screaming? ”

"It's all so high, Yongping is willing to bow down."

The face of the Colorful County Lord became a little complicated.

"Good boy." The Queen Mother smiled and handed over the Buddha beads to the Colorful County Lord.

"Queen Mother...... I didn't bring that much silver, I ......"

"It's okay, just send someone to the Yong'an Hou Mansion to get it." The Queen Mother beckoned, "Mama Dou, you can run in person, remember to thank Yong'an Hou for the mourning family." ”

"Yes." Mama Dou took the order and left.

The colorful county lord suddenly became a bitter gourd face, and she knew that after she went back, she would definitely not be able to escape from the beating.

Sui Changying secretly gave Ning Ruyan a thumbs up.

I don't know if it's for this reason, but in the auction in the future, Fan Ning Ruyan opened the price, and no one followed him later.

Soon it will come to an end.

"Imperial grandmother, queen mother, imperial aunt." At this moment, the eldest princess Xia Nishang finally came late, and bowed to everyone, "Nishang is late." ”

"Ni Shang, you haven't recovered from the cold, why did you get up?" Empress Yue hurriedly got up and pulled her daughter up, "Hurry up and come and sit down." ”

Xia Nishang couldn't help but look at the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother beckoned: "Good boy, come and sit down." ”

"Ahem." Xia Nishang coughed twice, and then thanked her and went over to sit down next to the Queen Mother, "How can fundraising be without Nishang?" Ni Shang should also be dedicated. As he spoke, he took off a gold collar around his neck, "Let's shoot this first." ”

"Ni Shang, this ......" Empress Yue frowned, "This is something you have carried with you since you were a child, and it is said to ward off evil spirits, how can you take it off?" (End of chapter)