Chapter 210 Snow Disaster
On the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, heavy snow fell in the capital, causing a snowstorm that affected tens of thousands of people.
Rong Yue was so worried that he ordered all the ministers to be brought to court. After some discussion in the Taiji Hall, the task of disaster relief was handed over to Crown Prince Rong Jinyou.
Su Zhenzhen also contributed and took out five thousand taels of silver to provide porridge, buy cloth and sew clothes.
When she started to act, she also asked someone to notify the Crown Princess. Seeing that the Crown Princess did the same thing as Su Zhenzhen, people in the powerful circle in the capital followed suit.
As for raising food prices, it's so funny. This is the capital where His Majesty is. If you dare to raise food prices, you're asking for your life!
But Prince Jin Rong Jinyu was very angry. Why didn’t his princess be as generous as the Crown Princess and the Princess of Yan?
"Princess, why don't you learn from the Crown Princess and Princess Yan?" He was so angry that he was surrounded by people who were holding him back!
The Princess of Jin's expression was indifferent. She looked at Consort Su Yiyi, who was accompanying the Prince of Jin, and her eyes flickered slightly. "Your Highness, my family is not wealthy, and my dowry will be left to my children in the future." Her family was not wealthy. "However, Sister Su, the Su family's century-old business is well-known in the capital." She smiled and said, "How about I give this opportunity to the spotlight to Sister Su? What do you think, Sister Su?" The most prominent opportunity had already been snatched away by the Princess of Yan and the Crown Princess.
If she goes up now, she will just be lost in the crowd.
Su Yiyi has been quite favored recently. She relies on the twins to steal her time. She is really living too well and doesn't know how imposing the world is.
Su Yiyi was about to cry. She looked at the Princess of Jin, "Your Highness, I am an unfavored concubine. How can I have any dowry? If you don't contribute, how can His Highness hold his head up in front of His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Prince of Yan? Besides, I heard that even the Princess of Chu contributed money." Seeing that Prince Jin Rong Jinyu had an ugly expression, she added cautiously, "It's only five thousand taels. Your Highness, there's no need to be so sad..." Su Yiyi looked at Prince Jin Rong Jinyu's handsome face which had darkened, and chose to keep quiet.
Princess Ma Miaoying of Prince Jin was so angry that her teeth were itching. Su Yiyi had recently gained some housekeeping power, but she had completely forgotten the respect she had shown her when she first entered the mansion last year.
But when it comes to her dowry, "Your Highness, I am short of money. Besides, the fame and fortune have already been taken away by the Crown Princess and Princess Yan. If we follow the crowd now, we will gain nothing." Princess Jin did not want to touch her dowry.
Her family was not wealthy to begin with, and the dowry they gave her was only 66,000 taels, which included 46,000 taels of farmland and shops.
The silver she had in her dowry was only 30,000 taels. She had to deal with social events and housekeeping over the years, so it was already very impressive that she could add 10,000 taels to her dowry.
Dowry is the foundation of a woman's life after marriage, so she is not stupid.
His Royal Highness Prince Jin's money is his own, and the financial affairs of the front yard are not in her hands.
If she were asked to invest one-sixth of the cash she had on hand, Princess Jin would be heartbroken. After all, she was not an ordinary official from a noble family who could just follow the Crown Princess and Princess Yan in donating some money.
If she only offers one thousand taels, it would be better not to offer it.
Prince Jin Rong Jinyu's face was gloomy. "I will give you five thousand taels to help me with disaster relief." What an ignorant woman with a narrow vision. She hated herself again for marrying such a petty princess.
He is not as well-off as before. After the imperial examination cheating incident, Rong Jinyu acted decisively and pushed a scapegoat out to save his life. However, winning people over requires real money and promises of a bright future.
The silver from those imperial merchants is not enough for him to use.
But the Imperial Merchant? He suddenly thought of someone...
The twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month.
In the Langhuan Garden of Prince Yan's Mansion.
The prince had almost dealt with the snow disaster, and the people were well accommodated, so they were able to spend a peaceful year.
Su Zhenzhen took advantage of Rong Jinchen coming back from the palace and saw him covered in snow, so she took the initiative to step forward and help him take off his crane cloak.
"Husband, are you cold? Do you want to take a hot spring bath first?" There happened to be a hot spring in the bathtub next to their master bedroom, which was perfect for soaking in winter.
She asked Lu Wu to bring him ginger soup with a lot of brown sugar, and she handed it to him with the tray, "Husband, drink it quickly, I won't burn myself." She looked at the man with bright eyes.
Rong Jinchen listened to her little mouth constantly caring about him, his eyes softened, "It's not cold, let's soak it later." He picked up the boiling hot ginger soup, blew on it, and drank it down. He patiently responded to the girl's concern.
When she saw him finish drinking, she placed the blue and white porcelain bowl on a rosewood tray and handed the tray to Lvwu, who took it down with familiarity.
Su Zhenzhen held Rong Jinchen's warm big hand and sat on the rosewood chaise longue. She picked up the enamel three-yang Kaitai pattern hand warmer she had prepared and handed it to him while talking to him.
"My husband, I think we can't let the officials from the noble families spend this money in vain. The reputation has been earned by me and my sister-in-law, the Crown Princess. It would be better to send someone to erect a monument of merit in the disaster-stricken area." She also knew that throughout history, wasn't it profit and fame that attracted rich people?
Rong Jinchen lowered his head and kissed the corner of her eye, then kissed her delicate white cheek. He pecked Su Zhenzhen's cherry lips, slightly satisfying his craving for a while before saying, "Qingqing, you've thought it through very carefully."
Su Zhenzhen said to him again, "I asked Luo Zhihan, the Princess of Chuyang, to chat with me." She finally remembered that she wanted to know the historical ending of the prince. Isn't there a ready-made person? She hoped that she wouldn't forget the prince's ending because of staying up late.
After all, the prince is actually a very good brother, but he still can't help but treat the grown-up Rong Jinchen with some utilitarian but normal attempts to win him over.
Rong Jinchen told Su Zhenzhen this after returning from the East Palace that day. The second prince never prepared sweets like milk tea for him before.
Although he knew that the second prince liked sweets as much as he did, the second prince had not allowed him to eat too much sweets since he was a child, and he himself also restrained himself from touching them.
He had never expected that when he returned to Beijing this time, the second prince would actually treat Rong Jinchen to something sweet like milk tea. He actually felt a little uncomfortable at the moment, as people change as they grow up.
Rong Jinchen also knew that the crisis facing his second brother, the Crown Prince, did not come from Prince Jin Rong Jinyou, but from his father.
He couldn't tell his second brother, the Crown Prince, that his father would depose him twice, otherwise how could he and Qingqing's safety be guaranteed?
He couldn't guarantee how his father would react when he found out that it was him who ascended the throne in the end.
Thinking back to the present, Rong Jinchen looked at the bright and charming Su Zhenzhen, and his heart suddenly softened. He looked at her and whispered, "Qingqing, why are you so nice?" He wished he could rub her into his bones and become one with her.
Seeing his doting eyes, Su Zhenzhen's face flushed and she said softly: "Because my husband treats me well, I also want to make you happy." Love is mutual.
Su Zhenzhen felt that she had made a fortune by being able to find such a perfect man in ancient times.
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