Chapter 581: Promotion

Si Linglong was a little confused. Then, looking at that person's pretentious behavior, she felt extremely annoyed.

If she also had the ability to read minds, she wouldn't be kept in suspense like this right now.

Fortunately, Helian Yue didn't keep her waiting for long.

Within two days, the wind direction in Yongjing City changed again.

Someone dug up the charity banquet that had caused such a stir in Yongjing City earlier, and also talked about what people in the capital said after the banquet.

Rumor has it that although this palace banquet was held in the name of the Queen Mother, it was the favored Lang Zhaoyi who proposed, organized and even hosted the banquet.

In order to reward her, the Queen Mother gave Lang Zhaoyi the jade seal that she had bought from the old lady, Marquis Wu'an.

Everyone who attended the palace banquet at that time could testify to these things. Even those who were dissatisfied with Si Linglong's merchant family background could not say anything to refute it.

But what did Concubine Lian do?

"I heard that she was just standing in front of a porridge stall in Xuancheng distributing porridge for a few days, and the porridge was sent by the court. Why is it that now it is said that the disaster in Chuanlin has been brought under control, and it is all the credit of this lady alone?"

Among the people chatting in the teahouse, one person first raised a question, and someone else followed immediately.

"Isn't it? If it weren't for the Emperor and the other court officials' quick response and extremely detailed disaster relief strategy, how could the disaster have been brought under control so quickly?"

Therefore, the people who had been almost brainwashed by the news about Concubine Lian's disaster relief efforts in the past two days thought that this seemed to be the case.

Then someone else added, "This is also due to the donations this time. I saw the notice posted by the court, and the donations raised this year are much more and faster than those raised in previous disaster years."

Someone nearby laughed and said, "That's all thanks to Empress Lang Zhaoyi. The auction methods she came up with are almost all copied by the treasure shops now. The clanging of the little hammers makes me nervous just by listening to them."

"Haha, now that you mention it I remember that the Si Family Business had a lot of new and fancy gloves on display. My wife has always wanted them but has yet to buy any."

"You can only be so capable because he was born into a merchant family. I heard that he is more efficient than the officials in the Ministry of Revenue in raising money. The ladies and gentlemen who paid for it are all happy to give him more money."

"I heard that the lady's voice became hoarse after the palace banquet. No one praised her for all the effort she put in."

"Yes, that much disaster relief money really saved Chuanlin from the crisis."

Although the people are easily led astray, they also have their own judgment, and gradually the trend of the trend changed.

Although there were still people praising Lady Lian Fei, more people were praising Lang Zhaoyi, the imperial court, and the wealthy families who donated money for this charity.

The restaurant owned by the Si family took the opportunity to show their gratitude to the imperial court for the disaster-stricken people in Sichuan, and reduced the prices of the dishes by half for three consecutive days.

For a while, the tavern under the name of the Si family was crowded with people, and the discussion about the heroes in the disaster relief quickly shifted from Bai Qianqian to various officials headed by the court and Lang Zhaoyi.

While the public was discussing this issue a lot, Bai Qianqian's escort team finally arrived in Yongjing.

Bai Qianqian had made all the preparations for this glorious return to Beijing today.

Before entering the city, he even asked people to rest at the post station, dress up carefully and change clothes, and then let the carriage enter the city.

When she entered the city, she deliberately lifted the curtain of her car in a casual manner, and arranged for the people waiting at the city gate to call out her identity at the right time.

Bai Qianqian originally thought that she would see the people being amazed as they recognized her identity and gathered around her to escort her all the way to the palace gate.

However, when they heard the words "Empress Lotus has returned to the capital", some people did look over, but soon turned their eyes away with a smile and continued to discuss something with the people around them.

Bai Qianqian felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere in Yongjing.

She even saw people sniggering when they looked at her.

However, even if these people did not believe that she was the hero of this disaster relief effort, why would they react like this?

Bai Qianqian felt that this situation must be due to something that had deviated from her plan.

However, the people sent by my father clearly said that everything in the capital had been arranged, so why did these people react like this? ?

Bai Qianqian couldn't understand it, but it would be very embarrassing to lift the curtain and let people watch her, so she could only put down the curtain silently.

However, as the carriage moved into the city, some of the discussions of the people outside still more or less reached her ears through the window, intermittent and vague words like "palace this morning", "Emperor", and "enthronement".

Bai Qianqian frowned slightly, but couldn't help but move to the window and whispered to Xiang Tian who was riding a horse beside the carriage.

"Have you heard what they are saying about the palace?"

Xiang Tian is an expert in martial arts and has excellent hearing, so he must have heard it more clearly than her.

Bai Qianqian's biggest gain after this trip was Xiang Tian. According to the development in her dream, Xiang Tian was her biggest help in securing her position as the favorite concubine in the harem.

Bai Qianqian thought that as long as Xiang Tian was by her side, she would not be as passive as before.

As she thought about this, she saw the young man on the horse turn his head, with a gloomy and stern face without any anger, and indifferently repeated to her the news in the palace that he had heard carefully.

"This morning, the emperor sent an edict to the palace, praising Lang Zhaoyi for her meritorious service in disaster relief and promoting her to the rank of Lang Fei."

Hearing the voice, Bai Qianqian in the car was stunned and speechless for a moment.