Chapter 906 This is the right of being a royal princess
The little girl said softly, "Okay, okay."
Just by listening to her soft voice, you can tell how distressed she is.
Emperor Mingpei originally thought it was fun, but seeing her like this, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he asked, "What kind of gifts do you want to give? I'll help you pay for it."
Brother Xiaowu said, "No, no, my grandson has money! We can just give the small ones! Although someone like Lord Sun might use the big ones more often, it's too expensive to give all the big ones, so it's better to give all the small ones."
He took out a banknote from his sleeve pocket and handed it to his sister: "Here, when it's done, just let us know!"
Xinbao: “…”
The expression on her little face was very complicated, as if she was relieved and embarrassed at the same time. She stared at the banknote and hesitated for a long time. Xiao Wu Ge was already hungry, so he put the banknote directly in her little hand and turned around to wash his hands and eat.
Xinbao looked at the banknotes in his hand and rubbed his little fingers, as if he was making an important decision.
Then she stood up suddenly and said in a loud voice: "Xinbao can't take brother's money!!"
Xiaowu was even shocked by her: "It's okay, I have money. I received a lot of New Year's money during the Chinese New Year."
"No!" Xinbao rushed over and stuffed the banknote into his hand. He waved his hands at his second and third brothers and said in a very heroic manner: "Who do you want to give it to? Just tell me!"
The second brother couldn't stop laughing and said, "No need, Xinbao has already sent the person I wanted to send off."
Yan Shichang also said: "You have also sent my master off, so I have nothing else to send off. In fact, my master and his brothers don't need to be sent off, as they usually don't take the car."
Xinbao heaved a sigh of relief, his momentum gone, and he climbed onto the stool and started to eat his meal.
And not only that, a day later, she asked Assistant Xiaoyu to return the deposits of Grandma and Auntie, and Madam Yuan as well, while admonishing her: "This is not what Xinbao asked you to accept. You didn't understand what Xinbao meant, so you accepted it by accident. Do you... understand?"
Assistant Xiaoyu hurriedly apologized: "I misunderstood. I will withdraw immediately."
As soon as Assistant Xiaoyu left, the girl lay down on the kang without even adjusting her posture. She just lay crookedly on the edge of the bed, with tears in her eyes, but she was trying hard to hold them back. She was mumbling something in her mouth, and no one knew what she was saying.
Emperor Mingpei: “…”
It's both heartbreaking and funny.
Emperor Mingpei picked up the little girl and held her in his arms. The little girl leaned against him limply, looking listless.
Emperor Mingpei smiled and said, "If you don't want to send them off, then don't send them off. You are a princess and they are just subjects. It's okay if no one sends them off."
Xinbao said sadly, "But they are also Xinbao's relatives, or my brother's relatives. When we were small farmers and they were high officials and heroes, they didn't scheme against us... After Xinbao became a princess, she couldn't be stingy with them. Xinbao can't forget family affection and kindness for the sake of money. This is wrong. Xinbao has become bad and greedy."
Emperor Mingpei's heart softened after hearing what she said.
He kissed her forehead and coaxed her softly, "In fact, it's not just Xinbao who is frugal. The brothers are also very frugal. Frugality is not the same as stinginess... For example, when the fourth brother was in charge of the inner court, the expenditure suddenly dropped by 70% to 80%, but we never felt that we were missing anything when we lived there. When the second brother was in charge of half of the country, he was also very observant and accurate in his calculations, but the people under him didn't delay anything, because he never saved the money he needed, and the money he saved was unnecessary to spend in the first place."
"As an emperor, I like such frugal children and grandchildren, and frugal ministers... Now, Xinbao is reluctant to give them money, but it is because he has suddenly started to pay attention to the income and expenditure of the accounts, and has just learned that 'firewood and rice are expensive', so he can't tell which money should be spent and which should not be spent. He just instinctively feels that money is very valuable, so he is reluctant to spend it, so he can only be frugal. Not only is he reluctant to give it to others, he is even reluctant to give it to himself."
"But in fact, this workshop belongs to the imperial court, not Xinbao. Xinbao can either not give it to the family or give it to the imperial court as a reward for meritorious officials."
Xinbao was stunned.
She sat up suddenly, her eyes wide open, and she felt that her little heart was shocked! !
This is the court's workshop, not Xinbao's workshop!!
She was so anxious that she stuttered, "Then, then yeah. yeah why, why didn't you tell Xinbao at first?"
Emperor Mingpei said solemnly: "Because I am the emperor, this is my world, I allow you to do this, I am willing to use a workshop to make my granddaughter happy."
Xinbao was stunned.
Emperor Mingpei continued, "Not only Xinbao, but my children and grandchildren, I will give them the opportunity to 'make mistakes' and I will give them time to grow. For example, in this case, even if it is not Xinbao, in front of the great 'merit' of Baojun Car, even if you gave away a few cars, it is a 'fault', I will still reward you."
Xinbao was stunned, trying hard to understand this feeling.
There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!
Emperor Mingpei said slowly, "My preference for Xinbao is that it is 'wrong' for others to give cars for selfish reasons, but the flaws do not outweigh the merits. But for my Xinbao, even if you give away all the cars, I don't think it is wrong, but it is the right of my granddaughter as a princess of the royal family."
In fact, for an emperor, these words are very straightforward and full of heavy weight.
But Xinbao obviously didn't notice. She blinked her big eyes and thought about something blankly.
Then she called assistant Xiaoyu back and said to him very seriously, "Except for Yeye's, Daddy's and Mother's cars, the rest, whether it's Second Brother's, Xinbao's, or Grandpa and Grandma's, Uncle Yuan, Uncle Shen... In short, all the cars given away by Xinbao, you ask Master Caibaozi to calculate the details, and then Xinbao will pay."
Xu Zhiyu: “……?”
Xinbao said to him solemnly, "This is the court's workshop, not Xinbao's workshop. You should buy it at cost price. This is the only place where Xinbao, as a leader, can abuse his power for personal gain. No more than a little bit is allowed. Xiaoyu, if Xinbao does something wrong in the future, you can tell Xinbao. Don't be afraid that Xinbao will get angry. This is your right and obligation as a special assistant."
Xu Zhiyu quickly responded.
While still hesitating whether to give the money for my car? ?
Xinbao thought about it seriously, and then said, "There are also Minister Li and Uncle Liu. They are also the leaders of this workshop. You can tell them what Xinbao said, and they can also use their power for personal gain. But you must tell them that the cost price must be kept confidential. If they leak it, Xinbao will... complain to Yeye!!"
This threat is quite powerful, really.
Xinbao finally warned: "Master Li is a little stupid, don't say half-sentences to him, you must speak very clearly so that he can understand."
Xu Zhiyu quickly agreed.
After Xu Zhiyu left, Xinbao called his wife over, and the two of them counted the money in front of Emperor Mingpei.
(End of this chapter)