In the Prince Yu's Mansion, Wang Chuan and Feng Yuheng talked about the Zhu family. Feng Yuheng was very happy to hear it, and would occasionally interject and express his own views. [Mop's fastest and most complete free update]
Huang Quan couldn't help but ask, "Miss, do you feel like you've returned to the Feng family?"
She shrugged, "Yes, there is a little bit, but the Zhu Mansion is still far from the former Zuo Xiangfeng family. They are just ants to the Eighth Prince. It's easy for him to crush them to death. If I were the sixth-rank official Zhu, I would cling to Zhu Kongshan's thighs. What about the first lady, what about the legitimate daughter? The most important thing is to recognize the situation. No matter what happens in the future, at least the Eighth Prince is still powerful and influential, and the Zhu family is not at a disadvantage."
"Unfortunately, Zhu Xinjie is just like Feng Jinyuan back then, and he doesn't realize this at all." Wang Chuan said calmly: "The Liu family is also cruel. They strangled Liu to death without any consideration for the same roots and origins."
"This is the sorrow of concubines." Feng Yuheng said, "Concubines are born to concubines, and concubines are meant to share and compete with their mistresses for husbands. This kind of existence is doomed to be unpopular, and the children they give birth to naturally have no status to speak of. If you want to prevent concubines, the most fundamental way is to prevent men from taking concubines."
"How is that possible!" Huang Quan exclaimed, "Is there still a man who doesn't take concubines?"
Wang Chuan glared at her and reminded her, "Why not? Our prince doesn't take concubines."
"That's because our young lady is too good." Huang Quan's words also made sense, "There is no other young lady like her in the world, so it is wise for the prince not to marry her."
"That's not necessarily true!" Feng Yuheng rubbed his face, "What if one day I get old?"
"Don't worry, young lady. The prince will age before you." Wang Chuan analyzed seriously, "He is so much older than you, so he will age first."
Feng Yuheng felt that these words were really useful, and smiled as she took out chocolate from her sleeves and gave it to Wangchuan. Wangchuan couldn't stand Huang Quan's jealous look, so she silently broke off half of it and gave it to her.
Zhu Kongshan now continued to distribute porridge to the north of the city during the day, and waited for Xuan Tianmo to come to her at night. Sometimes she felt like a prostitute who was paying for her love. Not only did she have to sleep with this man endlessly in the name of love, but she also had to do hard labor for him.
However, this job could not be done for long. Now, there were fewer and fewer other officials in the north of the city who participated in the porridge distribution. After she revealed Xuan Tianmo's contempt for those officials from time to time, those people were no longer willing to come here, and even the porridge stalls were withdrawn.
The poor people in the north of the city were more honest, and they all knew that no one's money came from the wind. From the beginning of winter to the end of the year, it was more than two months, and no one could give away their rice and grain indefinitely. Therefore, when the officials withdrew, they did not make a fuss. In addition, Zhu Kongshan was still maintained, so they could at least get a meal every day.
That day, after Xuan Tianmo climbed down from her again, Zhu Kongshan said to him, "Cousin, the good deeds in the north of the city have been going on. Kongshan has an idea about doing good deeds, and I have always wanted to talk to you about it."
Xuan Tianmo nodded: "You go ahead." He was looking forward to Zhu Kongshan's thoughts on this matter.
Zhu Kongshan said, "I have always been the one doing the work. Although the people all know that the money for charity comes from Prince Sheng's Mansion, it is not intuitive. Especially after the incident with Concubine Li last time, I have always felt unfair for my aunt. Why should we compensate Concubine Li for the good deeds we have done? In the final analysis, my aunt and cousin did not personally participate in it."
Xuan Tianmo pondered for a while and asked: "So what you mean is..."
"Kongshan is thinking that if my cousin can spare some time to go to the north of the city in person, even if it's just standing in front of the porridge pot and serving a few bowls of porridge to the people, it will be different. After all, you went, but the Sixth Prince didn't. Next time there is a reward, the emperor can't go against his conscience and reward others. And as for my aunt, she is a concubine in the palace, and it is definitely not possible for her to leave the palace, but at least she can make a gesture and give her a reward. As for what the reward is, Kongshan thinks that money is not important, it is better to give some things that the people can use, such as..." She thought for a while and said, "For example, we can let my aunt take the lead and find a group of maids and old women to make new winter clothes. It's almost the end of the year, let's change the people's clothes in the name of Yuan Guiren, what do you think, cousin?"
Xuan Tianmo's eyes lit up. He felt that Zhu Kongshan's words made a lot of sense and were very thoughtful. He and Concubine Yuan personally participated in this, and they did it just before the New Year. Emperor Tianwu would definitely reward them during the New Year. With their personal participation this time, Emperor Tianwu would never give the reward to the Sixth Prince and Concubine Li.
He looked at Zhu Kongshan with an approving smile on his face, "My cousin is smart and thoughtful. These things are all thanks to you for thinking about them. Tomorrow, I will go to the palace to tell my mother to start preparing winter clothes immediately. When the clothes are ready, I will distribute them myself and serve porridge to the people myself."
Zhu Kongshan smiled, nodded, and shrank into the quilt shyly. When the handsome man showed this look, Xuan Tianmo couldn't resist it. He smiled and covered her again...
It would take some time to make winter clothes. Zhu Kongshan was still acting as a female bodhisattva in the north of the city, but those officials all left in a few days under her daily "reminders". She looked helpless, but she was happy in her heart. At the same time, she doubled the size of the porridge stall in Shengwang Mansion, but the porridge was thinner than before. Not only thinner, but also with a lot of brown rice, it was no longer the fine grains of the past.
The common people were somewhat puzzled by this, but after thinking about it again, they realized that after holding out for so long, the Sheng Palace might be powerless. Brown rice or thinner rice would be fine, as it was better than nothing. So people still didn't say anything.
But Zhu Kongshan didn't want this effect. She occasionally took her maid Xiaoyu to the ruined temple to chat with the beggars. She kept saying in her words: "I don't know how long I can hold on. I came to the capital from Pengzhou. I have sold all my jewelry and spent all the silver I brought from home. The eighth prince gave me a lot of good things, but I also pawned them for rice, just to make sure everyone can have enough food and clothes. But I am just a little girl after all. My family in Pengzhou is just a sixth-rank official family. I don't have much money. You have seen the porridge these days. It is getting thinner and thinner, and it is mixed with more than half of brown rice. I can't do anything about it. If you really can't hold on until spring, don't blame me."
When the beggars heard this, they were puzzled: "Didn't they say that the Sheng Palace paid for the porridge? In the past, many officials also came to donate rice, but they all said that it was at the call of the Eighth Prince and that it was the Eighth Prince's instruction. If it was the Eighth Prince's instruction, why did you, the benefactor, have to pay for it?"
These beggars all called Zhu Kongshan their benefactor, because Zhu Kongshan started doing charity in the north of the city from this dilapidated temple. Now, the dilapidated temple has a gate, changed the window paper, and even every night someone from Zhu Kongshan's side would come here to put a charcoal brazier for them to keep them from freezing. Zhu Kongshan was their benefactor, and even though they later heard that it was the Sheng Palace that paid for the money, they were still grateful to Zhu Kongshan from the bottom of their hearts.
Hearing these beggars mention the Eighth Prince, Zhu Kongshan sighed softly and said in a sad voice, "He is a prince, a prince, and he has endless official duties to deal with every day, so he has no time to take care of this. It is said that the Sheng Palace paid the money, but in fact, except for the servants working in the porridge shed, the Sheng Palace has never paid a penny in terms of money."
"Then why did they still claim that it was Prince Sheng's Mansion that was helping the people?" People were confused. "He didn't pay any money, so how could he have the nerve to gain such a good reputation?"
Zhu Kongshan said helplessly, "He is a prince. I am living under someone else's roof now, so I naturally have to please him. He wants to force all these achievements to be attributed to the Sheng Palace, and what can I do? I thought, no matter who gets a good reputation, it doesn't matter, as long as it can bring real benefits to everyone, I don't care about those reputations. You have all heard about the restoration of Concubine Li's position in the palace, right? Think about it, the emperor is the most wise and powerful person. If these good things were really done by the eighth prince, the emperor would reward it to Concubine Yuan. How could it be possible to divert it to Concubine Li? After all, the sixth prince did nothing."
When she said this, the beggars suddenly understood. Isn't it true? Who is the emperor? He is very clear-headed. Because the emperor knew that these things had nothing to do with the Eighth Prince or Concubine Yuan, and those two people were shamelessly flattering themselves, the emperor was angry and simply gave the reward to Concubine Li. After all, Miss Zhu and Concubine Li are also relatives. In terms of distance, she is the same as Concubine Yuan.
Someone angrily said, "I told you so! How could a man like the Eighth Prince suddenly come to his senses, suddenly change his character, and feel compassion for the people? This whole fuss is fake. The money was paid by the benefactor, and the work was done by the benefactor, but he took all the benefits for himself. He is really shameless to the extreme!"
The people in the capital had already been complaining about the Eighth Prince because of Feng Yuheng and Baicaotang. Now that they found out they were deceived, they had no respect for him at all and started to curse him. Zhu Kongshan was very happy to hear this, but he still frowned, looking pitiful.
Soon, the maid from Prince Sheng's Mansion came over here. She quickly stood up, pretended to be very panicked in front of the beggars, and quickly followed the maid. Xiaoyu, who had been trained by her in the past few days, walked a beat slower. After Zhu Kongshan and the other two left the temple gate, she turned around and hurriedly said to the beggars: "The maid just now is from Prince Sheng's Mansion. She was sent by the Eighth Prince to keep an eye on our young lady. She was afraid that she would go out. But now that the rice and food are about to run out, she can't last much longer. You guys should not spread this matter! If the Eighth Prince finds out, he will beat us up again when he returns to the mansion. She hurriedly ran out.
The beggars gnashed their teeth in hatred. The Eighth Prince actually treated their benefactor like this. They could no longer tolerate it...
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