"One meat dish, one vegetable dish, one soup, white rice, and white steamed buns... Are you giving away porridge or hosting a banquet?"
"You're really willing to spend money. Compared to your place, the Charity Bureau is just a beggar's den."
"Isn't this food too good? The servants in our house eat black-faced wild vegetable steamed buns or cornmeal dumplings. You have to be a second-class maid to eat double-grain rice, and a first-class maid to eat white rice."
"That's right. Who would be willing to feed their tenants so well? Not to mention that they are the ones farming for you! Isn't it enough to just give these people a bowl of porridge?"
"This plate... is a bit extravagant, but it's also quite ingenious. Did you make this?"
…
The distinguished guests who came to visit "Pu Ji Rescue" had become familiar with Xia Daohua after a period of coming and going, and they were not polite in their criticism.
It was the first time for them to see the "Pu Ji Rescue" model, and they couldn't help but feel a bit of novelty in everything they saw. They talked and laughed all the way around the place, and they were in a very good mood.
When I walked to the cafeteria, it was lunchtime, so I came in to take a look out of curiosity. As a result, I saw people queuing up for food. This sight was so shocking that I almost sprained my waist because of Xia Daohua's arrogance.
Xia Daohua didn't take it seriously and explained with a smile:
"They are all homeless people. I don't need this little money. I can just sweep the bottom of any warehouse and it will be enough.
Besides, many of the people who stay with me are still children. If they don’t eat well, they’ll look ugly and distorted… It’s really hurtful to my eyes just looking at them!”
"Hey, Lord Xia's hobby is similar to our old lady's. She likes children with good looks! If they are ugly, no matter how talented they are, they will be sent far away, for fear that if they get too close, it will hurt their eyes!"
“Hahahahahaha…”
The one who said this was the third wife of the Duke of Weiguo's mansion, and everyone else laughed in agreement.
The old prince of the Duke of Weiguo's mansion has three major hobbies and is well-known in the circle of power and wealth. He loves three things in his life: the first is sparkling jewelry, the second is handsome children, and the third is her pampered little grandson.
This little grandson is the only son of the Third Madam, so the Third Madam is very favored by the old Lord, and is often asked to appear in social gatherings outside.
The eldest wife is a steady person. She is busy managing the household affairs in the mansion and rarely goes out.
Xia Daohua had been dealing with these ladies for a while. Perhaps because of her different status, she no longer encountered the situation of being ignored or targeted.
Of course, Xia Daohua herself felt that the most important thing was that an incident had happened before that made Xia Daohua's image in their minds unique.
After the defense of the capital was over, the ministers argued for half a month before deciding on a plan for rewarding the merits.
Some of the nobles were rewarded for their merits, some were punished for their mistakes, and two families secretly colluded with Xiao Lubuhua and left a way out for themselves. Xiao Lubuhua exposed them, and after the facts were verified, their titles were stripped and their property was confiscated. All the family members, young and old, were sent to the mines in Chuqiu to carry stones.
Another half month later, the Empress Dowager issued an imperial decree, stating that Fuze County Lady Xia Daohua was a woman of great benevolence, meritorious service to the state, and virtuous, worthy of being a role model for women in the Great Chu Dynasty. She was specially ordered to enter the palace as a concubine...
As a result, Xia Daohua rejected the imperial edict without hesitation.
Xia Daohua submitted a petition to the court, using very simple and straightforward language, saying that she was originally a commoner, without a distinguished family background or noble blood, and was not worthy of the emperor, who was a nobleman. She thanked the empress dowager for her favor, but asked the empress dowager to revoke her decision.
As soon as this incident happened, it quickly became the biggest gossip in the capital.
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