The concubine is enchanting: the favorite princess

Chapter 719 For the common people

Shuying had already brought the little girl whose braid was burned off from the side of the guard, took out a handkerchief and wiped her face, tied her braid again, and brought her to Feng Yao.

Feng Yao looked at the little girl, her facial features and brows could only be regarded as pretty, but her big eyes were black and bright, which seemed very spiritual.Although a braid was burnt and curled after being lit by a fire, her expression was quite calm, and she did not cry or yell at this time. Instead, she bowed to Feng Yao first, and said "thank you" crisply .

"Your name is Xiaodie? Where do you live? Don't play with such a child in the future, you may hurt you." Feng Yao stroked Xiaodie's braid with a smile on his face.At this time, when the other children saw an adult coming, they already knew that they had caused trouble, and none of them had run away.

"Yes, my name is Xiaodie. I live with grandma and grandpa in the thatched hut opposite." After a pause, Xiaodie said again: "I play with them, and they will occasionally send us some copper coins and food , so grandma can buy medicine for grandpa."

Hearing this, Feng Yao knew that this was a sensible child, but also a child from a poor family.

Looking in the direction of Xiaodie's finger, he saw that a thatched cottage was built on the other side of the river.Although it was night and it couldn't be seen clearly, but just by the outline of the hut, it must be a simple and dilapidated hut.

Moreover, this small river in the capital was once compared to a rich and poor river.Even across the river is the gap between the rich and the poor.On this side of the river are merchants and Dajia; on the other side of the river are the poorest people, many of whom earn their living by doing the most humble hard work for the rich.

This is the capital, and there are such poor people!Fengyao had only heard about this river before, but he never paid attention to it after passing by it several times.Now suddenly seeing the thatched hut opposite, I feel mixed feelings in my heart.

"Master, I'll take Xiaodie back." Yingrong found that Feng Yao was in a daze again, so she pulled Xiaodie to her side, took out a large piece of silver from her purse and stuffed it into Xiaodie's hand, saying: "This is My master rewarded you, you take it back to buy medicine for grandpa."

Unexpectedly, Xiaodie looked at the money in her hand, and hurriedly gave it back to Yingrong, shaking her head and said: "I can't take it. Grandpa and grandma said that we poor people should also have backbone. The money that comes is money, so you can spend it with peace of mind. Tomorrow, I will accompany Sister Caining and the others to play, catch the most beautiful butterflies for her, and she will give me coins." After finishing speaking, Xiaodie bowed to Fengyao again , Then turn around and run.

Feng Yao hurriedly yelled "Wait".Yingrong quickly grabbed Xiaodie's little hand, and pulled her back.

Feng Yao smiled, pointed to the big willow tree that was burned just now and said: "That tree is very important to my sister, can you take care of it for me?"

Although Xiaodie didn't understand Fengyao's meaning, she still nodded when she looked at the willow tree with slender branches swaying in the wind.

"Well, since you agreed, my sister will not let you do things for nothing, I will pay you." Feng Yao finished speaking, and ordered the guards beside him: "Tomorrow morning, ask someone to clear the willow tree around Build a railing, it doesn’t need to be too gorgeous, as long as it can block the unreasonable and shapeless urchins. Then build a new hut next to it, let Xiaodie’s family move in, and take care of the tree for me.”

Xiaodie was even more amazed, she blinked her big eyes and looked at Fengyao, then at the old willow tree, she couldn't believe that she could get such a big benefit in exchange for her kindness for a while.After a while, Xiaodie finally swallowed her saliva and asked Fengyao, "Sister, are you a fairy? Are you just looking after the flowers and trees in this world?"

In Xiaodie's mind, did she meet Fairy's elder sister, and her elder sister gave her such a good fortune because she saw her meritorious service in protecting the tree?Looking at Fengyao at this time, Xiaodie felt that this sister's beautiful appearance, kind smile, and graceful demeanor, really only a fairy in the sky can have such a performance.

Feng Yao shook his head with a smile, but said solemnly: "This old willow tree is considered my sister's marriage tree, and I have had good memories here. Now it's dead tree is in spring, and new green is added. For my sister, this marriage is the best. It’s a good expectation. So my sister doesn’t want anything to happen to this old willow tree. But you are kind-hearted and filial, and you deserve this reward.”

At that time, Xiaodie didn't know that in a single thought, what she got was not only the blessings of one person and one family, but also the great blessings of dozens of poor families on the other side of the river.

After finishing speaking, Feng Yao asked Yingrong and a guard to escort Xiaodie back.Xiaodie insisted on not accepting the money, Fengyao told Yingrong not to force her.Just tell Yingrong to explain clearly about letting the family guard the willow tree from tomorrow onwards.

When Feng Yao returned to the mansion, he had already made up his mind, so he went directly to the study room, unfolded the stack of documents on the table, and read and reviewed them one by one.Among them, the excerpt about the rituals and celebrations of the Mid-Autumn Festival was indeed found.

Feng Yao carefully read the report to the sacrificial ceremony process and the arrangements for the celebration in the booklet.Of course, at the end, there will naturally be a list of requests for silver, which lists in detail how much silver will be used for sacrifices and celebrations. Among them, the red silk and ribbons alone cost as much as 730 taels of silver.In addition, there are ingredients and wine needed for the palace banquet celebration, which cost as much as 1 taels of silver.

Seeing this, Feng Yao sneered, and picked up a pen to delete or delete the items on the list.At the end of the day, when the total is re-calculated, as much as 3 taels of silver can be saved on the Mid-Autumn Festival alone.

After all this was done, Feng Yao let out a long sigh of relief.After closing the memorial and rubbing his eyes, he felt a burst of tiredness.Going back to the dormitory and lying down, Feng Yao had a good sleep.

In the early morning the next day, the emperor called the illness arrival.When Feng Yao sent back the rectified memorial to Li Sizhengqing, the 60-year-old Zhengqing's face turned pale and his beard trembled wildly. Finally, he swallowed and asked Fengyao, "Your Highness, what is on the list?" The amount of silver taels is wrong. If we conduct sacrifices and celebrations like this, wouldn’t it be disrespectful to the royal family? If the common people think that our treasury of Fengjue Kingdom is empty and feel uneasy, then it will be a big deal.”

Feng Yao raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, I haven't learned much about other things because I have been traveling around these years, but I have learned the tricks of living at home. When this amount is issued, no matter whether it is a sacrificial priest Whether it's a palace banquet, there won't be too much difference, it's just that we should spend less and spend less on extravagance. And what's more...you should get less benefits."

(End of this chapter)