After the general's wife was reborn, everyone knelt down and begged her for mercy.

The fund-raising banquet was held in the conservatory in the back garden, and all the women in attendance were present.

Princess Yongle lived in the palace with the Queen Mother, so she could not come to join her. Instead, Sui Changying became a companion with her.

As soon as we entered the back garden, we met Princess Qicai again.

After all, they were members of the royal family and were of high rank, so Ning Ruyan and Sui Changying followed the rules and stepped forward to say hello.

"Excuse me." Princess Qicai raised her hand, then looked at Ning Ruyan, with jealousy in her eyes that she was not even aware of, but fortunately she didn't say anything unpleasant, she just snorted coldly, and then turned around gone.

Ning Ruyan couldn't help but smile, it saved some trouble, which was good.

When they arrived at Nuan Pavilion, there were already many people inside, and Princess Qicai was already sitting in front of the Queen Mother, amused.

"Ruyan is here, come here." As soon as she saluted, the Queen Mother waved to Ning Ruyan.

Ning Ruyan hurriedly stepped forward: "Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother smiled and praised Ning Ruyan for opening the porridge shed and medicine shed, and then turned to her child: "Have you chosen a name?"

"I got up, my name is Anlang, the sunny one."

"Alang." The Queen Mother's eyes flashed for a moment, but her smile soon returned. "That's a good name." She waved her hand.

Aunt Dou sent a box over.

There is a completely transparent jade pendant in the box.

"Let's give this to little Alang to play with."

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Ning Ruyan knelt down and kowtowed. Although the Queen Mother said it calmly, she had never lacked good things since she was a child, and she had seen many of them. This is warm jade, which is warm in winter and cool in summer, and even It has a detoxifying effect and is priceless.

The queen mother rewarded them all, and the empress followed closely and also rewarded a jade lock. Naturally, the other concubines were also rewarded.

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

Princess Qicai glared at Ning Ruyan angrily, but she did not dare to say another word. The previous punishment had made her have a long memory, and she did not dare to speak carelessly anymore. However, the dissatisfaction in her heart was More and more intense.

"Okay, everyone is here, is it time to start?" the eldest princess said, diverting everyone's attention.

"Let's begin." The Queen Mother nodded.

The so-called fund-raising means that everyone donates their own things and then auctions them. The highest bidder gets it, and the money 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 money.

The things Princess Colorful brought were very expensive. Among them, the eight-treasure glazed jade vase was an item from the previous dynasty. The double-sided huanghuali wood kang screen was made by a master of embroidery from the previous dynasty, or was it a sealed work? .

Everyone couldn't help but praise one after another, and even the Queen Mother nodded.

"In order to provide disaster relief, naturally we can't be stingy." Princess Qicai smiled proudly, and then looked at Ning Ruyan, "Prince Yongping, what did you bring? The Ning family is a wealthy family, so they should be better. Something?"

"How dare you compete with the princess? It's just dedication." Ning Ruyan smiled, and then asked Sang Ye to bring the things up. There were three items in total, including a string of red coral beads and a one-foot-tall sandalwood Guanyin. Buddha statue, and a set of green heads and faces.

After seeing this, everyone was speechless. Although these things were not worth more than the Colorful Princess, they were still worth thousands of gold.

Princess Qicai curled her lips and said nothing. After all, she had not surpassed her, so it was difficult to find fault.

"Grandma the Queen, Auntie the King, I don't have anything, everything I brought was given by my mother." Princess Yongle walked over with a smile and put her things on the table.

It also diverted everyone's attention to himself.

"You, who can compare with you?" The Queen Mother smiled and nodded at Princess Yongle, "But your mother has money, so don't be stingy for a while."

"Mother, you have said so. My daughter doesn't dare to be stingy anymore." The eldest princess smiled. Everyone responded with a smile.

Soon, the fundraising auction began.

"Let's start with the Buddhist beads from the Ai family." The Queen Mother took off the red sandalwood beads from her wrist. "This was personally consecrated by Master Wuchen back then, and it has been more than fifty years now."

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

Everyone's eyes widened when they heard this, and they followed suit and started bidding.

However, the people who came were all officials and their families, and they did not dare to open the bidding even if they had money. Therefore, the starting bid was one hundred taels, and when the final bid reached 800 taels, there was no more bidding.

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

Everyone took a breath of cold air, but the person who asked for eight hundred taels breathed a sigh of relief.

"One thousand one hundred taels." Princess Qicai suddenly called out the price.

Ning Ruyan was stunned, glanced at Princess Qicai, and then called for one thousand five hundred taels.

"You...one thousand six hundred taels."

"Two thousand taels."

"Two thousand one hundred taels." Princess Qicai risked her life.

Ning Ruyan smiled and nodded: "The beads are yours."

"You...you stopped barking?"

"You are already so high, Yongping is willing to be the loser."

Princess Qicai's face became a little complicated.

"Good boy." The Queen Mother smiled and handed the beads to Princess Qicai.

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

"It doesn't matter. Just send someone from the Ai family to pick it up from the Yong'an Marquis' Mansion." The Queen Mother waved, "Aunt Dou, please go there in person. Remember to thank the Yong'an Marquis for the Ai family."

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

Princess Qicai suddenly became bitter. She knew that she would definitely not be able to escape a beating after she returned.

Sui Changying secretly gave Ning Ruyan a thumbs up.

I don't know if it was for this reason. In the subsequent auctions, Fan Ning Ruyan raised the price, but no one followed her.

It's coming to an end soon.

"The Imperial Grandmother, the Queen Mother, the Imperial Aunt." At this moment, the eldest princess Xia Nichang finally came late, and bowed to everyone, "Nichang is late."

"Nishang, why are you up now when you haven't recovered from the cold?" Empress Yue stood up hurriedly and pulled her daughter up, "Get up quickly and come and sit down."

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

The Queen Mother waved her hand: "Good boy, come sit down and talk."

"Ahem." Xia Nichang coughed twice, then thanked her and went over to sit down next to the Queen Mother. "How can we raise donations without Nichang? Nichang must also be dedicated." With that, he put on the hat around his neck. He took off a gold necklace and said, "Let's take a picture of this first."

"Nishang, this..." Queen Yue frowned, "This is something you have carried with you since you were a child. It is said to ward off evil spirits. How can you take it off?" (End of Chapter)