Harem strategy

Chapter 127 Donate
For the full moon wine of the eldest son of King Xin, the emperor even asked his own servants to send rewards, which made the full moon wine even more lively.

Everyone knows that Wang Xin and the emperor have a very good relationship, so there are a lot of people who go to the full moon wine in Wang Xin's mansion.

Of course, no one in Prince Xin's Mansion dared to ask them about the secret of Princess Xin's childbirth, especially when it was related to the third prince. It is said that King Xin was called to the palace and was "rebuked" by the emperor. pause.

However, during this full moon, the emperor sent someone to send something over, so it can be seen that he is not really angry with King Xin.

The Queen Mother has already warned Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Cheng'en, not to tell about the fact that she asked the concubine to borrow clothes. She can't afford to lose this person.

It was almost the time of the Chinese New Year, and in the twelfth lunar month, there was heavy snowfall in the capital for several days, and then a report was received in the suburbs of Beijing that someone was frozen to death in this snowy day.

There are also several houses that were also collapsed because they were built of grass.

The emperor is busy with the courtiers on this matter recently.

Just because the Chinese New Year is coming soon, the common people cannot be allowed to have a bad year.

All six ministries started to operate, the Ministry of Households took the money, and the Ministry of Industry sent people to repair it, or arranged for these victims to live in other places.

In short, people cannot freeze to death alive.

And these noble families in the capital, starting with the Wang family, began to donate their private houses to the disaster victims in western Zhejiang.

Starting with the Wang family, the rest of the princely families all actively donated money and clothes. Suddenly, the reputation of the Wang family improved to a higher level.

In the Empress Dowager's Palace of Compassion and Ning, some foreign wives came to visit her, and they talked about the righteous deed of the Wang family this time.It means that the benevolence and kindness of the Wang family is the first in the whole capital.

The Empress Dowager just smiled and said, "Eating the king's salary and worrying about the king, this is what they should do."

The Queen Mother was very satisfied with the actions of the Wang family this time, and she was able to react immediately, and then the reputation of the Wang family went up to a higher level.

Even when she and Mingya were in the palace, she felt particularly happy.

You must know that although this reputation is not gold and silver treasures, it is much more important and rare than gold and silver treasures.

In a few years, when the crown prince is about to be established, a good reputation is very important to those scholars.

And how can the Wu family's natal family compare with the Wang family?

Even at this time, following along with donating money and materials is nothing more than picking up people's teeth.

Concubine Lin was adopted by Wang Mingya's side because the fifth prince was adopted, and Wang Mingya was also very kind to the fifth prince, so the previous wariness towards the Wang family has faded a lot now.

There are also more Compassionate Palaces at the Queen Mother's side.In this palace, the fifth prince is related to her by blood, so in order for the fifth prince to have a better life in the future, Concubine Lin has to establish a good relationship with the queen dowager.

In the past, when the late emperor was around, they still had some fights. In other words, when Concubine Lin Zhuang was still there, for the sake of their offspring, there was no real peace between the two of them, but now that Concubine Lin Zhuang is gone, stay When the fifth prince came down, he firmly connected Concubine Lin and the Queen Mother together.

Concubine Lin also knew that if Wang Shuyuan could not give birth to a child in the future, the future of the fifth prince would be closely linked with the Wang family.

So this time when Concubine Lin came over, she also discussed with the Queen Mother and said: "Is it possible for people in the palace to donate money and things, anyway, it is a meaning, and it also shows support for the emperor?"

The Empress Dowager nodded and said: "This matter is fine, but it's not convenient for me to come forward. It's justifiable to ask the Queen to take the lead."

Concubine Lin said with a smile: "The queen mother is too humble. From the perspective of my concubine, you are the queen mother who takes the lead. After all, you are the emperor's mother queen. It is very legitimate. If you speak, everyone has nothing to say."

Concubine Lin thinks that if the queen dowager takes the lead, then the queen's contribution will be much smaller.

With the Queen Mother around, it is impossible for Wang Shuyuan not to be in the limelight, so if Wang Shuyuan is in the limelight, the fifth prince will benefit accordingly.

"Besides, there are New Year's events in the palace, and the empress is too busy. You are the empress dowager, and you can do this just to share the empress's worries. With a mother-in-law like you, the empress can really relax a lot. .”

The Queen Mother laughed and said nothing.

However, when the emperor and queen came to greet her, they took out some of their private houses, and then offered to reduce their daily expenses, and now they only use half of what they used to.

The Queen Mother said: "Although it's not a lot, it can be regarded as the heart of the mourning family."

The emperor looked very solemn when he heard this, and said: "My mother's daily expenses are still the same as before. I can't let my mother live in tight clothes. I just need to reduce my expenses by one-third."

The queen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you can't. Your Majesty is a man of gold. There are many important court affairs waiting for your Majesty to make up his mind. The Emperor's daily expenses cannot be reduced. I think, as the empress of a country, I should take the lead." I have reduced my own expenses, and I don’t need so much jewelry every month. From now on, the concubine sees that one payment per month will become one payment per three months, and the money saved will be used for resettlement of the victims of the disaster. , and value for money.”

The Queen Mother heard this and said: "Queen, you all need to work hard, how can you reduce it? Let's start with Aijia. If the Queen doesn't dislike Aijia and make her own decisions, Aijia will take the lead in this matter. People in the harem , more or less the same meaning, and then the donated things are all combined, and then distributed to the victims in a unified way, which can be regarded as an example for us, what does the queen think?"

Empress Zhao thought, you have already said this, if I disagree, wouldn't it mean that I don't feel sorry for the victims, and I am not worthy of being the mother of a country?

So Empress Zhao said with a smile: "What the mother said is that the daughter-in-law thinks it is good."

She doesn't fight for this false name anymore, because the more false names, to a certain extent, it will make people disgusted.

Whether the Wang family is doing it outside or not, it is even starting in the palace now.

It must be that the Queen Mother is going to attract Wang Shuyuan. For such a beneficial thing, the Queen Mother will never lose the Wang family.

Sure enough, the Queen Mother said again: "The noble concubine has the third and fourth princes to take care of, and the other concubines De, Ning, and Yi can all help out. The Ai family is dissatisfied with the emperor and the queen, thinking that Wang Shuyuan and the Ai family are familiar, Ai Wang Shuyuan is very clear about what the family is going to do, so if Wang Shuyuan is included, what do the emperor and queen think?"

The emperor said: "Just do what the queen mother said."

The queen also said: "Everything is obeyed by the queen mother."

Empress Zhao returned to the Kunning Palace, her expression was not good. This was the first time that the Queen Mother was so obviously partial to her niece and niece. What on earth did she want to do?
Do you really want to take yourself off the horse?

Then she is dreaming!
Empress Zhao thought, it's good if she doesn't show up for this matter, originally there are only a few people in the palace who are favored, the family background is good, and there are money brought by her mother's family, so they can manage the palace up and down.But most of the concubines are on a tight budget.

Because you are not favored, you have to manage it up and down, and solid pets also need money, inquire about news, or bribe people, or secretly give money to people who know the emperor's preferences, which one does not need money?

Furthermore, because they are not favored, there are people everywhere in this palace who are bullying the high and stepping on the low. If they don't spend a little money to manage around, I'm afraid they will have to eat leftovers every day.Especially low-grade beauties and talented people, etc., a month is just that little money, and they don't see people from their natal families all the year round.Hands are even tighter.

So if Wang Mingya insisted on taking over the job, she would like to see what is good about it.

It didn't take long for Li Jialuo to know that the queen mother would cut the expenses of the concubines in half and donate them to the victims of the disaster.

Li Jialuo said: "Wang Shuyuan must have a share."

Xiao Liuzi said: "It is said that the Wang family has done such a thing, let Wang Shuyuan also arrange it and get acquainted with it."

In fact, it's just a talk, if you want to know how to do it, the Wang family can just send out a few servants, no matter how bad it is, can't the court find anyone?
All the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs work for nothing?Don't know?This is absolutely impossible.

It's just that the Queen Mother wanted to give Wang Shuyuan some merit, or through this incident, let the common people know how kind the Wang family's empress is, and she can be promoted to a higher level by then.

Li Jialuo asked: "The Queen, did you say anything?"

Xiao Liuzi said: "The servant has inquired, the empress dowager agrees, it was the empress dowager who called the emperor and empress to the Palace of Compassion, and then said it in front of the emperor and empress."

Now, in the Compassionate Ning Palace, it is not difficult for Li Jialuo's Changchun Palace to inquire about such news.What's more, the Queen Mother didn't hide it from everyone and called the emperor and queen over.

Li Jialuo nodded. It is impossible for the queen to disagree. However, I don't know if the queen's methods are powerful or not.Or, I should give it a push. She hasn't repaid what happened to Xiao Li last time, so it's time to 'repay'.

Queen Zhao backed away, and then the Queen Mother took the lead, and because the Queen Mother was old, so there were many things, the Queen Mother called Wang Shuyuan over to discuss with her, what kind of regulations should be made.

Concubine De, Concubine Ning and Concubine Yi are also together, but everyone knows that the Queen Mother wants to promote her niece and niece this time, and compete with Wang Shuyuan, which is absolutely unwise, so the three concubines are basically More obedient, less decision-making.

Watching Wang Shuyuan make many decisions.

Concubine Yi privately said to Concubine Ning: "It seems that this time things are settled, Wang Shuyuan might be able to sit as one of the four concubines." At the beginning, Concubine Wang Xian didn't have any credit, only because she was the niece of the Queen Mother's family. , can be promoted to a virtuous concubine. Now that Wang Shuyuan has done this, and the fifth prince is in her hand, it is very easy to be promoted.

Concubine Ning said: "Let's see, things are not that simple."

Concubine Ning usually treats her well by the queen mother, and even decides to raise the fourth princess for Concubine Ning, but when it comes to critical times, Concubine Ning will not have any part in these good deeds.I believe that if the fourth princess was a prince, it would not be Concubine Ning's turn to raise her.

The concubines in the harem, knowing that their expenses for the next year will be halved, most of them cursed to death in their hearts. Although the victims outside are pitiful, aren't they pitiful?
It's nothing more than being unfavored, usually relying on a little money in your hand to eat hot meals, but now that the cost has been cut in half, is this still alive?
Without even discussing with them, it was settled like this.Hated all the beauties so much!
After inquiring, even the imperial concubine's expenses were reduced by half, but the third and fourth princes are children and princes, so their expenses have not been reduced.

Moreover, it is enough for the imperial concubine to give some rewards from the emperor, so who cares about the cost of these rules?
Those favored concubines naturally don't have to worry, but those who haven't seen the emperor for a long time will have a harder time.

They all scolded Wang Shuyuan in their hearts, why only scolded her?Because everyone inquired and said that this idea was proposed by Wang Shuyuan.

"She has the support of the royal family, the queen mother on the side, and the fifth prince. Naturally, she is not afraid that the expenses will be cut in half, so she is not ambiguous at all, but we people rely on these to live. She doesn't care. If you ask, we will reduce ours, which is too much!"

"Keep your voice down, if people know about it, then you will look good!"

"What am I afraid of? It's already like this, and I'm still afraid of a ghost! If I can't make it through this year, I'll be a ghost and I won't let her go!"

Naturally, Wang Shuyuan also heard that someone in the palace was cursing her behind her back.The palace lady Baochan was very angry, thinking that these people didn't know good from bad.What my master did was a good thing, and I didn't take it for myself, and now I am scolded like this.

"Mother, they are too outrageous, how can they say that about you?" Baochan said.

Wang Shuyuan said: "It's just some losers. No matter how unconvinced and unwilling they are in their hearts, what can they do? In the end, they have to obey obediently. I have never taken these people to heart. Why should I care about what these people say? talk?"

For Wang Shuyuan, those people are not qualified to stand in front of her, the truth is only in the hands of the strong, she is not worried at all
these people.

These people can only talk about it, can they still be right with themselves?

She has never cared about the feelings of these low-ranking people, not to mention, she has already halved her expenses, so why can't others?
Could it be that just because others scolded me a few words, I have to accommodate them, and those who shy away from doing it will never do it again?

If she really did that, the empress dowager would not be able to spare herself.So why bother with these words?
When I become popular among the common people, everything will be worth it.

It is normal for the superiors to step on some losers.What's more, she just reduced their expenses by half, not giving them nothing at all. In this palace, half of the expenses is much better than outside. Could it be that they didn't spend so much money before entering the palace?
The child will not be able to live?That was a joke.

"Don't pay attention to them." Now they are clamoring fiercely, after cutting their fees by half in the future, aren't they afraid to say anything?That's the sad thing about these people.I have no ability, so I can only vent with these shameful words.

what's the point?What to do or what to do.She has nothing to lose.Moreover, the more wronged I am now, the greater the reward will be in the future.

The cost of the palace was reduced by half, just to raise funds for the victims of the disaster. This matter was publicized and praised by the courtiers. Of course, there were also persuasion. I see, this matter was brought up by the Queen Mother. Of course, Wang Shuyuan, the niece of the Queen Mother, even donated most of her own money. This matter was mainly led by Wang Shuyuan, and People with good relations with the Wang family all praised Wang Shuyuan as a flower, saying that such a concubine is a role model for everyone to learn from. If foreign wives have the character of Wang Shuyuan, they feel that there is peace.

Some people even said that Wang Shuyuan's character is worthy of being a virtuous concubine. Isn't the word virtuous just suitable for her?
Hearing this, Li Jialuo was about to drink the imported water just now, and almost spit it out, Concubine Xian?The Wang family, indeed, never forget this concubine.Is it true that girls who enter a royal family have to be placed with Concubine Xian?
(End of this chapter)