Stop acting, Your Majesty, the queen knows you're faking it

Chapter 16
"Give it to the old slave?!" Nanny Gui couldn't help being surprised and delighted after being hit by stuffed cakes one after another.

However, before she patted her chest like Chi Xinian and promised that she would make the banquet a good one and look good on Chi Xinian's behalf, Chi Xinian said again: "It's just that the time for this spring banquet is not a year or a festival, we It doesn't have to be too grand.

"You just treat it as a normal tea party, prepare some pastry tea, and pick up two painted boats for swimming in the lake, and it's done."

"That's, that's it? But..." Nanny Gui's unexplained smile froze in the corner of her mouth.

Needless to say, others can tell at a glance that she disagrees with Chi Xinian's decision.

How could such an opportunity to perform so hard to get wasted?

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

So, as soon as she regained her composure, Nanny Gui immediately said: "Your Majesty, although this spring feast is not a New Year's feast, in the palace it is more valued by the masters than the New Year's banquet.

"When the banquet starts, not only all the masters of the Sangong Sixth Court will be there, but even His Majesty will come to the banquet in person, staying from the beginning to the end.

"If we don't make the banquet grander, we will not only lose your face and let you be overwhelmed by the one who presided over it before, but also disappoint His Majesty's wishes and waste his opportunity..."

"Will you lose face if it's not grand enough?" Chi Xinian interrupted Nanny Gui with a chuckle, "The organizers of all the banquets in the palace that are not grand enough will lose face?"

"Those little banquets are naturally not, but this is..."

"What is this? A banquet specially made to commemorate the relationship between Concubine Xue and the late Emperor?" Chi Xinian pointed his fingers and tapped the table twice to remind him, "Since the banquet proves the beauty of Concubine Xue, it will be grand because of Concubine Xue's growth." prestige?
"Instead of wasting this money to cheer for others, it is better to ask Your Majesty to spend this money elsewhere."

"A place next to it? What does the empress mean..." Nanny Gui didn't understand, what is more important than the spring banquet now, and it is worth the queen's special trip to save money.

But Chi Xinian naturally wouldn't talk to her about these things.

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

After all the people had retreated, she said to Xin again: "Tonight, take the key of the private treasury and go and count my dowry.

"Bring a few valuables that are convenient for exchange, and take them with you when you leave the palace to visit relatives tomorrow."

"Your Majesty wants to exchange the dowry for money?!"

"Yes." Chi Xinian nodded slightly, and said bluntly, "In the past six years, although we have won countless battles, too many soldiers died for the country, leaving behind family members who could hardly make a living.

"The successive years of wars have left Dajing's treasury empty.

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

"It just so happened that the big wedding gave me a sum of money, plus the savings from the spring banquet, it should be enough for the soldiers and widows to live a good life."

"Your Majesty still wants to post the money saved from the Spring Banquet?!" Xin gasped for breath, "Of course your idea is good, but Your Majesty...can you agree?"

She has seen the horrors of war, and she also knows how hard it is for those families without a pillar.It would be great if we could save all the money these nobles spent on organizing banquets to subsidize them.

But, can the nobles agree?

How should His Majesty explain?

(End of this chapter)