“Well, the Crown Prince’s Consort from Prince Rong’s Mansion said it was delicious.

Yes, it is delicious.

This is what our soldiers on the front line eat every morning, and it’s not even as salty.

After eating, they felt full of strength and picked up their swords to kill the enemy.

But even with such a bowl of noodles, they couldn't eat it to their heart's content.

And you eat chicken, duck, fish and meat every day, and sometimes you complain that the food cooked by the cook at home is not tasty enough, and you give it to the servants as a reward. "

The emperor paused here and looked at the courtiers and family members in front of him, all of whom lowered their heads.

"Since last year, Great Wei has experienced the largest invasion from an enemy country in a hundred years.

More than 50,000 soldiers were killed in the frontline, and even the second son of Prince Rong's Mansion sacrificed his life for his country.

Over the past year, countless battles, both large and small, have been fought, and the national treasury is empty.

Everyone in this seat is a citizen of the Great Wei, a pillar of the Great Wei, and an official family of the Great Wei.

You enjoy the glory of being a noble of the Great Wei.

If the skin is gone, where will the beast attach to?

Every citizen has a share of responsibility for the success of a country.

Today, I invited you here so that you can do your best to provide some money and food for the soldiers on the front line.

I set an example myself and, from that day forward, reduced the number of dishes per meal from twelve to four.

The harem cuts down on expenses, rouge and powder are paid once every six months instead of once every three months, the monthly benefits of the empress and concubines are halved, and the number of clothes for all four seasons is halved.

The emperor became more and more passionate as he spoke.

"I will take the lead in donating to the soldiers on the front line." The queen also stood up at this time.

At this time, a row of palace maids came in from the side carrying trays.

One of them walked in front of the queen, half-crouched, and held the tray high.

The queen began to take off the jewelry on her head and the bracelets on her wrists one by one and put them on the tray.

Then the palace maids carried the trays and walked towards the people in the hall.

"If you don't have any banknotes with you today, you can register your donation with Eunuch Chen and make up for it tomorrow," the queen added.

This is a serious matter. How many ministers who attended the court carried silver notes on them?

Usually servants carry the money with them, and when they need it, the attendants take it out.

The servants were not allowed to enter the palace and had to wait in a special place outside.

Only a few princes and princesses could bring their servants into the palace.

When the palace maid came to the princess, she took off all the jewelry on her head and put them on the tray, but she was reluctant to take off the bracelet on her hand.

But I took it down anyway and was about to put it on the tray.

"Princess Li, is this the token of love that your father gave you?" Yu Yuzheng asked.

The princess was embarrassed to respond, but her expression spoke for itself.

Yu Yuzheng put the bracelet back on her.

"Princess, since it has commemorative significance, then don't donate it." Yu Zheng's actions caused dissatisfaction among many people.

Why did they all take off all the things on their bodies, and the princess, as the most honorable Princess Rong of Wei, whose status is second only to the queen, how could she seek private affairs?

"Princess, we have taken everything away. Even if it is the token of love given to you by the prince, it is just an object.

If everyone is like you, can we follow suit?

Who didn’t bring valuable jewelry into the palace?

Look at Meng Xing’s wife, she even took off her earrings.”

An older-looking woman spoke up.

Yu Zheng took a look and thought, oh, isn’t she the princess of King Mo?

It is estimated that Prince Mo's Mansion has developed resentment towards Prince Rong's Mansion.

The good granddaughter married into the palace, waiting for her to take the position of princess in the end, but she ended up being a widow.

At the same time, she relied on her status as an elder and acted righteous.

Typical disrespect for the elderly.

After hearing this, the princess felt a little embarrassed.

Everyone else had picked all of them, so it would not be nice if she only had one left.

And the one who led the army was his own son.

If she takes the lead, others will follow suit.

She was about to take the bracelet off again.

Yu Yuzheng continued to press it.

"Zheng'er?"

"Concubine Yi, put it on."

Yu Yuzheng glanced at Princess Lao Mo with a cold face, then took out a stack of silver bills from her arms and put them on the tray.

The palace maid came to Princess Jing again with a tray.

Princess Jing wanted to stand up and speak for her good sister, but when she saw that Yu Yuzheng was holding her down and not letting her go, she shut her mouth.

She knew that her adopted daughter had her own plans.

She picked up the banknotes that Yu Yuzheng had placed and began to count them in front of everyone.

The more you click, the more exciting the expression on your face will be.

"Sister-in-law Queen, Prince Rong's Mansion donated 20,000 taels of silver, and Princess Rong's jewelry does not need to be donated.

The most expensive jewelry worn by us women is capped at five thousand taels of silver.

Zheng Er donated 20,000 taels at once, so my sister-in-law took the initiative to take Princess Rong's jewelry."

As Princess Jing spoke, she picked out the jewelry that she had just taken off her head one by one.

Everyone was stunned.

Is this even possible! ?

"If anyone donates 20,000 taels of silver notes like the Crown Princess, there is no need to include jewelry." The Queen smiled and glanced at everyone.

Of course, Yu Zheng didn't put any jewelry away.

However, no one in the market was so generous as to put down 20,000 taels of silver notes at once.

Among those ministers and nobles, only the prime minister donated 8,000 taels at most from Eunuch Chen.

Princess Lingxuan also went to Eunuch Chen to donate eight thousand taels on behalf of Prince Jing's Mansion.

When the eldest prince's wife saw her going to pledge donation, she also went up to pledge ten thousand taels.

Seeing that the eldest princess had pledged so much, the second and third princes did not dare to act petty in front of their father.

He also had to pledge a donation of 10,000 taels.

With these few people taking the lead.

The people behind him didn't dare to be too petty.

Even several scholars in the Hanlin Academy pledged one thousand taels. They were all incorruptible officials, and they would probably have to go home and ask their wives for dowries to supplement the money.

The emperor did not leave either, but watched everyone take off their jewelry and make donations.

This palace banquet came and went quickly.

I just ate a bowl of noodles, which I may have never eaten in my life, and then I started bleeding profusely.

In the end, the amount of donated silver was 200,000 taels, and the jewelry taken off the women's heads could be converted into tens of thousands of taels of silver.

It can buy more than 20 million kilograms of grain, enough to feed the border troops for two months.

The emperor was quite satisfied with this number.

He praised Yu Zheng in front of the queen and asked her to send the reward he mentioned to the prince's palace as soon as possible.

When Yu Yuzheng received the things sent by the Queen, she was still a little confused.

She donated 20,000 taels, and as a result the queen gave her a big house.

A house in the capital is not cheap.

It was a house with four courtyards, and she specifically emphasized that it was her private property.

This house is worth at least tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Why doesn’t the emperor sell it to buy food for the soldiers?

Yu Zheng thought of another possibility.

The emperor didn't reward her for donating money, but for other reasons, such as she opened the iron box.

If there is something good to gain, then take it.

That day she took her maids and guards to see the house.

Dongcheng District, relatively close to the palace.

There are servants managing it.

"Chun Lei, who are these servants?" Yu Yu Zheng was not quite sure.

“Princess, this house is managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they are all servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

This means that this is the house in the hands of the emperor, and it will only be awarded to meritorious officials who have made significant contributions to the country." Chunlei knew it at a glance.

"oh!"

Now Yu Yuzheng was certain that the emperor gave the reward to her personally just because she opened the iron box.

good.

"Chun Lei, can I give it to someone else?" Yu Yu Zheng asked after thinking for a while.