Chapter 822

Later, General Wang’s wife donated 15,000 taels, Xing’an Marquis also donated 15,000 taels, others donated 10,000 taels, some donated 8,000 taels, even the last one donated 5,000 taels , This number is equivalent to the number donated by Zhao Guogong's Mansion and Zhongyonghou Mansion.

Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li's faces were indescribably dark when they heard the donations from others.

Lu Jiao looked at Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li with a look of embarrassment and said, "It stands to reason that we should not have donated more than Zhao Guogong's mansion and Zhongyonghou's mansion, but what happened today was passed before His Majesty's eyes." , Later I will make an account book of the donations from each family and hand it to His Majesty, if His Majesty sees that our families donate less, I am afraid that he will think too much, so we can only donate so much."

After Lu Jiao finished speaking, she asked the old ladies of Zhao Guogong's mansion and Zhongyong Hou's mansion kindly, "The two old ladies are sure to donate this much. If it is confirmed, I will decide according to this amount?"

The old lady of Zhao Guogong's mansion and the old lady of Zhongyonghou's mansion were about to die of anger, their faces were indescribably stiff and ugly, and it took a long time before they gritted their teeth and said: "My family donated 25,000 taels."

As the empress dowager's mother, she must be higher than others no matter what, otherwise she will definitely be ashamed and angry.

The queen's natal family had no choice but to donate 25,000 taels.

After the two old ladies said this number, they felt a pain in their hearts, and it was not pleasing to see Lu Jiao.

Lu Jiao thanked the two old ladies for their kindness with a smile on her face, "On behalf of the disaster victims in the Northland."

Old Mrs. Pei and County Mistress Wen'an tried their best to hold back their laughter. If they hadn't held back their laughter, both of them couldn't help but say that Lu Jiao was narrow-minded.

Didn't you see that the two old ladies were going to be mad at you?

Mrs. Pei and County Master Wen'an changed the subject with a smile: "Today we will treat guests at noon and invite everyone to a restaurant for dinner. It is rare to have such an opportunity to get together and talk."

Many of them agreed, but Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li were so distressed that they couldn't even eat. They got up and greeted Mrs. Pei Wen'an County Magistrate: "There are too many things at home, let's forget it for today, next time we will invite Mrs. Pei Get together with the county magistrate."

After the two old ladies finished speaking, they were about to take people away, but Lu Jiao said with a sigh: "Old Madam Zhao and Madam Li are indeed worthy of being my role models for Da Zhou, and I was in a hurry to go back to collect the bank notes just after I finished speaking."

After Lu Jiao sighed, she said, "Mrs. Zhao, Mrs. Li, don't worry, I will order someone to pick it up from the house later."

Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li stopped in unison, and they cursed Lu Jiao angrily in their hearts, and they didn't want to take another look behind them.

Later, Lu Jiao ignored the two old ladies, turned around and looked at the wives who participated in the fundraising activity today, and said, "Thank you for your participation, I am treating guests today, and please go to Bazhen Building for dinner."

Old Mrs. Pei, Wen'an County Lord, Mrs. General Wang, Mrs. Xing'an Marquis naturally cheered, and said in response: "Today I will let you spend the money."

However, the wives of the King's Party did not want to stay, so they hurriedly got up and expressed their opinions, saying that there was something wrong at home.

Lu Jiao didn't force her to stay, as long as the donated money was in place, everything else would be fine.

Lu Jiao looked at Princess Jin's natal Hua family and said, "Then, should you send someone to send the money donated by your families, or should I send someone to the house to collect it?"

Several people hurriedly expressed that they would send someone to Lu Jiao's house later.

Lu Jiao smiled and led the others to send them out.

After these people left, the remaining people were much more harmonious. Lu Jiao invited them to have dinner at Bazhen Building.

After dinner, they were invited to the beauty club to enjoy a set of services. After finishing all this, it was getting late, and everyone left and returned home. Before leaving, these people told Lu Jiao that they would give the donated money The donation was sent to Xie's house.

In the evening when Lu Jiao went back to Xie's house and talked about it with Xie Yunjin, she couldn't help but gloated and laughed.

"You don't know that the faces of Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Li are both green."

Xie Yunjin looked at her and reminded: "You have offended the two old ladies, so be careful in the future, and don't let them plot against you."

Lu Jiao raised her eyebrows and said: "Even if I coax them today, it's useless, because we raised the second prince, which is a sin. Since they already hate us, why bother to praise them."

Lu Jiao's words caused Xie Yunjin to blame himself. He looked at Lu Jiao and said, "It's all because I took Four Treasures in. Otherwise, our family wouldn't have suffered so many schemes."

Lu Jiao glared at him angrily: "The matter is already like this, what's the point of talking about it now, it's better to help Sibao properly."

"Um."

The couple talked for a while and went to bed early.

The next day, the wives of various families in Beijing delivered the donated banknotes to Lu Jiao.

Lu Jiao made an account book of the money donated by each family and handed it to Xie Yunjin, who personally handed it to His Majesty.

How to arrange later is left to His Majesty to arrange.

When Xiao Yu in the palace saw the banknote, his expression was unspeakably good. This time Lu Jiao raised more than 600,000 taels in total. Although the money was not too much, it could buy a lot of food and help the victims survive. In winter, the imperial court will provide another batch of rice seeds to the victims in the north next year, and this snow disaster will be passed safely.

"Thank you madam for me."

Xie Yunjin replied gently: "This is what I and my wife should do."

Because Xie Yunjin and Lu Jiao helped Xiao Yu solve his troubles, Xiao Yu liked Xie Yunjin a lot, he saw that Xie Yunjin's face was covered with gauze, and he looked very miserable, so he couldn't help but concerned and said: "Is your face okay? "

Xie Yunjin shook his head and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, there will be no serious problems, but it won't get better in a short time, and it will get better later."

"Well, the new year is approaching now, you can rest in peace of mind in the mansion to recuperate, and don't need to worry about disaster relief. I will arrange for others to do these things."

After Xie Yunjin responded, he asked about the situation of King Ming in the palace with concern.

"In the past two days, his spirit has improved a lot, and his injuries have healed. His body is in good shape."

From this, it can be seen that his son is really doing well in Xie's house. In the past, Mrs. Xie took good care of him, so those rumors about his abuse are all rumors.

While thinking about it, Xiao Yu gave Xie Yunjin a few words of concern.

Next, Xie Yunjin and Lu Jiao kept a low profile and did not care about the situation in the Northland any more. His Majesty will decide everything.

Now that the end of the year is approaching, Lu Jiao has started to be busy with family affairs. In addition to giving New Year's gifts to the people who have good friends with the court, she also gave gifts to Xie Laogen and Xie Erzhu who are far away in Qinghe County, and by the way, some things to the people who have good friends in Qinghe County. , such as Han Jiatian's family, etc.

In addition to worrying about New Year's ceremony and festival items, Lu Jiao also had to settle accounts, the accounts of the three major workshops in Qinghe County, the accounts of the north and south odd goods stores, the accounts of the beauty club, and the accounts of the vegetable greenhouse.

(end of this chapter)