Chapter 821

The big maid next to Lu Jiao immediately ordered a few little maids to go to each house to check the situation.

Just as the little girl from the Xie family left, the old lady from Zhao Guogong's mansion, the old lady from Chengde Hou's mansion, and people from Nanyang Hou's mansion came over in great numbers.

When Lu Jiao heard the movement outside the door, she immediately came out to greet the wives, smiling while saying so.

"Mrs. Zhao, Mrs. Li, Mrs. Hua, you have something to delay."

The old lady of Zhao Guogong's mansion and the old lady of Zhongyonghou's mansion were so angry that they almost vomited blood. They are all human beings. Wasn't Lu Jiao's previous appearance just to force them to come over? Isn't it so fake now.

But they had no way to veto her words, so they could only respond with a smile: "Mrs. Xie is right."

A group of people entered, and many ladies in the lobby stood up and greeted Mrs. Zhao, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Hua.

Mrs. Pei, Wen'an County Magistrate and the others just sat and greeted, and did not leave.

The Pei family was originally a neutral faction, but His Majesty bestowed the eldest granddaughter of their family to King Ming as Princess Ming, and then their Pei family became a certain party of the Ming Dynasty, which they couldn't even veto.

Therefore, the Pei family and Lu Jiao were considered to be on the same front. Today, when Lu Jiao held a fundraising event, the Pei family naturally responded. Zhao Guogong's mansion, Zhongyonghou's mansion and Nanyanghou's mansion did not give Lu Jiao any face, but they did not give the Pei family face.

Mrs. Pei said to Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li and Mrs. Hua with a half-smile: "Are you guys not in good health? You delayed coming here until now. If you are not feeling well, it is reasonable to come here sooner. Jiaojiao is a genius doctor." , keep the medicine until the disease is cured."

After Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li heard Mrs. Pei's words, Mrs. Hua twitched the corners of her mouth fiercely, and finally said unhappily: "Something at home has delayed me."

After saying that, Mrs. Zhao looked at the Chen family who had just been summoned to Beijing by His Majesty and said.

"Hey, isn't this Mrs. Chen? How is old sister?"

Mrs. Chen smiled and said that everything is fine.

Mrs. Zhao went on to speak again: "Looking at the old sister's appearance, I know that she is a philanthropic person. The rumors that came out of the capital before should have nothing to do with the old sister. Who knows who made it up."

Although the rumor that Lu Jiao abused the second prince was not directly mentioned, the inside and outside of the words were also pointed out. The people on the field basically understood that she said this on purpose, just to embarrass Lu Jiao, and many people subconsciously looked at Lu Jiao.

Lu Jiao wasn't annoyed at all, her expression was indescribably calm, she didn't do those things, why was she annoyed, but today the Zhao family and Li family must bleed.

Lu Jiao thought about it, walked to the middle of the hall, clapped her hands, everyone fell silent, and looked at her together.

"The reason why everyone is called here today is because there was an avalanche in the Northland not long ago, causing the people to lose their homes. Everyone knows that the climate in the Northland is cold and the winter is long. In the next few months, you will need to rely on the government to send relief. Food, and clothes to keep out the cold, if the imperial court fails to distribute these things smoothly, there will be countless casualties in the Northland this winter."

"Although the treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty is full and the money is abundant, the imperial court needs to raise a lot of soldiers and horses. This is not the way to go, so I came up with an idea, that is, each of our families donates some money to help the people of the North to get through this crisis." next difficulty."

"Today's event is a fundraising event. You should have heard about it. His Majesty also agreed with this move and encouraged us to do so. Therefore, I hope that those who are capable will contribute more, and those who are unable will contribute less. Try your best." And for it."

After Lu Jiao finished speaking, the people from Zhao Guogong's mansion and Zhongyonghou's mansion were all unhappy.

Several people shouted and said: "How can we have money to donate? A big family needs a lot of money for food and lodging. It's not like Mrs. Xie, who runs three major workshops and runs a beauty salon. You can make money for us. Can't."

"Yes, Mrs. Xie can earn so much, so donate more money to the people of the Northland."

The old lady of Zhao Guogong's mansion said directly: "Mrs. Xie, the empress should do this, right? As the wife of a courtier, why do you stretch your arms so long?"

This time, County Lord Wen'an answered the call: "Madam Zhao, the Queen is very busy with Nuo Da's harem, where is the time to do such small things, can't we take care of this for the Queen? The matter is what His Majesty clearly stated to do, if you have any dissatisfaction, you can go to the palace and ask His Majesty for an explanation."

Mrs. Zhao choked when she heard this, and did not speak for a long time.

Lu Jiao looked at Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li with a smile and said, "I don't know how much money Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li plan to donate? The Zhao family and the Li family are the top dignitaries in my week. Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li You are also a role model for the noble ladies of the family, and there are Empress Dowager and Empress Empress respectively in the family, you are the focus of all courtiers and common people."

Lu Jiao raised the Zhao family and the Li family high, it all depends on how much you donate, if you donate less, you may cause people to gossip.

Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li's old faces are particularly ugly.

Although the Zhao family has a great family and business, but because of the military power in their hands, sometimes when the court’s food and salaries are not fully paid, the family has to use money to make up for it. Another Zhao family has to associate with various dignitaries and send money to the palace for the empress dowager to take care of. , The money at home is really not as much as imagined.

So Mrs. Zhao is reluctant to donate money, and Mrs. Li next to her is not too willing to donate money.

The Li family provided for a queen and King Jin. When they were short of money, they asked them to deal with them. Where did they get the money to donate to the victims of the disaster.

But now that Lu Jiao raised them so high, it was impossible for them not to donate. If they didn't donate, people inside and outside the capital would laugh at them.

So Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li gritted their teeth and said, "Okay, my family will donate five thousand taels."

"Our family also donated five thousand taels."

Lu Jiao looked at Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li in feigned astonishment: "It is reasonable for Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li to donate as much as they want, but you, as the empress dowager and the empress's natal family, if you donate It doesn't seem good to be inferior to others, of course I'm doing this for the sake of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, if the two old ladies don't care, then just choose the two."

Lu Jiao's face was full of consideration for the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, almost causing the two women to vomit blood.

But the two of them couldn't show it, so they had to grit their teeth and ask Lu Jiao, "How much did other people donate?"

"I don't know about others, but I plan to donate 20,000 taels of silver notes."

Lu Jiao herself wanted to donate more. She thought about donating 50,000 taels before, but then she thought of what Xie Yunjin told her to keep a low profile in the capital. She wasn't afraid that Xiao Yu would miss her or something, but she was afraid that Xiao Yu would worry about her. To build a reputation for the Xie family, it's better to keep a low profile. This time she decided to donate 20,000 taels of silver.

After Lu Jiao finished speaking, the county magistrate Wen'an said, "Our family also donated 20,000 taels."

Mrs. Pei also said: "Although our family is poor, we can still get this little money. Let's donate 20,000 taels."

(end of this chapter)