Chapter 174 Spending a Thousand Golds for a Beauty's Smile
After Pei Tingyue put his thoughts aside, he asked someone to keep the imperial edict in a safe place.
While Xiao Si was in the front hall and the emperor had not yet left the court, she took a look at the good things that had been stored in the warehouse in recent days.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t look at it, but you’ll be shocked when you do.
Pei Tingyue didn't expect that there were so many things!
There were more than forty pieces of silk and satin alone, and even tribute items such as cloud brocade and floating luster brocade amounted to more than a dozen pieces.
There are countless people who have given auspicious bottles, red gold and gemstone head ornaments, and amulets as gifts, and there are also three pomegranate tents for fertility and happiness.
In addition to these, there are other things, such as buckets of pearls, cat's eyes, and gem beads. The total amount of things added together is simply dizzying.
Pei Tingyue didn't read any further, but turned to the back and looked at the gold and silver.
Gold and silver are usually bestowed by superiors to inferiors.
Therefore, there were only a few people in the palace who gave Pei Tingyue gold and silver, including the Queen Mother Qin, the Emperor and Empress, and several concubines.
When Pei Tingyue looked at the amount of silver and money, his eyes widened and he couldn't help but sigh that they were the most noble masters in the palace and they were generous.
The Queen Mother Qin gave two hundred taels of gold and one thousand taels of silver.
Empress Cui was of lower rank than her and was only given 200 taels of gold but no silver.
Several concubines each gave 200 taels of silver, which added up to 600 taels.
The Emperor's...
Not written.
Well, I just didn’t write it.
Pei Tingyue called Yunshu over and asked her, "Why didn't the emperor remember?"
Yun Shu dismissed the palace maids and said, "The emperor gave too much. I took a look at it and took it directly into the bedroom. I didn't put it into the storage, so I didn't record it."
Pei Tingyue's eyes lit up: "How many?"
Never too much!
The more the better!
Yun Shu called Yun Zheng over, and the two of them went into the bedroom together to lift the box.
Originally, Pei Tingyue's money was kept in a secret compartment, but now that there was no room for it, he put it in a walnut box.
Two people carried it with great effort.
Pei Tingyue opened the box and saw several exquisite small boxes inside. One of them looked familiar. It was a reward from the emperor when she was promoted to Zhaoyi.
Originally, she took two hundred taels of gold ingots and sent them back home, but her family returned them intact and added some silver and money, so Pei Tingyue put the gold back.
"Are they all gold...gold ingots?"
Yun Shu shook his head: "There are gold ingots and silver ingots."
Pei Tingyue asked Yun Shu and Yun Zheng to go to the storehouse, move all the gold and silver rewards given to the others, put them together and count them.
The gold ingot originally weighed five hundred taels. Queen Mother Qin gave two hundred taels, Queen Cui also gave two hundred taels, and the emperor added one thousand taels, making a total of nineteen hundred taels of gold ingot.
There were not many silver ingots left, only about two hundred taels. After giving Liang Yao another fifty taels, only one hundred and fifty taels were left. Together with the silver notes sent by family and the rewards from the empress dowager and the concubine, there were exactly two thousand taels.
Besides these, there was some gold and silver, each in a small box, containing one or two taels of palace-made gold and silver, for rewards. There were also two bulging purses filled with melon seeds made of gold and silver, also for rewards.
Pei Tingyue looked at the silver and money and swallowed his saliva.
Converted into silver and counted carefully, it turned out to be as much as 20,000 taels!
Is this the reward for giving birth to a prince?
This wealth simply dazzled her eyes.
Pei Tingyue didn't know that she had received so much gold and silver for giving birth to a prince, but the empress dowager and the queen received rewards, while others only received half, and the emperor's reward was only one tenth.
For a moment, Pei Tingyue was dazzled by the gold and silver in the hall.
She thought for a while and then told Yun Shu to put away the Yun Zheng.
The 1,900 taels of gold ingots and 1,000 taels of silver, totaling 20,000 taels of silver, were placed in a walnut box, locked up, and carried into the bedroom.
As for the remaining one thousand taels, as well as the gold and silver rewards, they were placed in the secret compartment.
Pei Tingyue planned to take it with her when she went on a southern tour, and if he passed by her house, she could give it as a reward to her family.
After collecting the gold and silver, Pei Tingyue slowly closed the corners of his smiling lips.
Be humble and cautious!
Be humble and cautious!
Although she has a lot of money now, Xiao Si will have many places to spend it in the future.
In the future, when you marry and set up a household, although the Imperial Household Department will take care of it, as the mother, you will have to give some extra money.
Among the four princes and their respective mothers in the palace, she probably has the least private money.
The second prince Yuchuan has the support of his clan, and the third prince Yushi is from the emperor's in-laws. So Xie Xiuyi and Li Xiuyuan are definitely not short of money.
Only Wen Zhaoyuan is lacking a little, but the eldest prince's biological mother, Concubine Shunzhen, must have left him some money. Naturally, she is slightly inferior to the two mothers combined.
Pei Tingyue took a deep breath and suppressed the joy of suddenly getting so much money.
"Why do you look so serious?"
Suddenly a sound was heard in the hall, interrupting Pei Tingyue's thoughts. She looked up and saw Concubine Song coming back with Xiao Si in her arms.
Pei Tingyue stood up and went to greet him: "Zhou Zhou is back, come and hold me, mother."
These days, she called him Xiao Si Yu Zhou in front of the emperor and other concubines.
But when there was no one around, she wanted to call him more intimately, so she repeated the name and called him Xiao Si Zhou Zhou.
Concubine Song raised her hand and said, "Don't hold me anymore. Our Zhou Zhou has fallen asleep. I want to go rest on the couch."
The two smiled at each other and entered the bedroom.
Concubine Song put Xiao Si down and called Yun Shu to watch over him. Then she said to Pei Tingyue, "Come on, come with me."
Pei Tingyue blinked: "Where to?"
It was still a little chilly in the spring morning. Concubine Song found a cloak for her to put on, took her hand and shook it, "Let's go to the front hall."
Pei Tingyue was curious: "What are you going to the front hall for?"
Concubine Song raised the corner of her lips: "Of course I'm giving you something good."
Pei Tingyue followed her.
Concubine Song was afraid that she would feel pain, so she deliberately slowed down her pace and took her to the storeroom in the front hall.
Otherwise, she would be a first-rank imperial concubine.
The warehouse was half full of treasures, all of which were priceless.
Pei Tingyue looked at Concubine Song curiously.
What did you bring her here for?
Is it possible?
? !
The next moment, Concubine Song stuffed something into her hand and then smiled slightly: "Now it's yours!"
Pei Tingyue's palms felt slightly cold, and the moment she saw the storeroom keys, her pupils suddenly dilated, "Are they all mine?"
Concubine Song took her into the bedroom again. There were several large boxes inside that were open. There were silks and satins, head ornaments and jewelry, and gold and silver ingots, which were simply blinding.
Concubine Song picked up Tuan Tuan from the ground and waved her hand, "Everything in this main hall is yours except for the two of us!"
Pei Tingyue didn't reply for a long time.
Obviously shocked.
Concubine Song walked up to Pei Tingyue, gently lifted her chin, leaned over and asked,
"I wonder if this general, by spending millions of gold, can win the smile of this beautiful woman?"
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