The rural doctor bought a husband who was very treacherous

Chapter 277 Donation

Concubine Xian showed a look of satisfaction. The actions of the wife of the Minister of Revenue today were discussed in advance by her and the wife of the Minister of Revenue. On the one hand, it was to relieve Emperor Jing's worries, and on the other hand, she wanted to take this opportunity to enhance her reputation as a virtuous woman.

The virtuous concubine gave a wink to the palace maid beside her, and then one of the palace maids walked up to the wife of the Minister of Revenue and took the purse she was holding high.

The maid returned to Concubine Xian's side again, opened her purse and took out everything inside.

"Inside the purse is a silver note worth two thousand taels, plus a pair of the best warm jade bracelets." The palace maid glanced at Concubine Xian, and when she saw Concubine Xian nodded, she spoke loudly.

Before coming to Xishan, everyone had heard some rumors that Dayong and Southern Xinjiang were going to go to war, but no one expected that there would be donations for this war.

Therefore, no one brought a large amount of silver or banknotes with them to the banquet today.

But with the wife of the Minister of Revenue taking the lead, all the wives of officials could only follow suit.

Everyone donated corresponding amounts of money according to their husbands' positions in the court and the amount initially donated by the wife of the Minister of Revenue.

Concubine Xian asked the wife of the Minister of Revenue to help register everyone's donations so that it would be easier for Emperor Jing to reward them in the future.

Even if they didn't have cash ready, everyone would exchange the jewelry they were wearing today for silver coins, take it off and put it on the donation tray.

Fortunately, everyone who came to the banquet today was dressed up, so there was no situation where they could not donate.

"The Grand Princess donated 50,000 taels of silver, plus a top-quality blood jade bracelet and a ruby hairpin from Shuitou." The palace maid read out the items donated by Su Tang, and the lively banquet immediately quieted down.

The ladies who had just been discussing what they had donated opened their mouths in astonishment and looked in the direction of Su Tang.

It took a long while for the virtuous concubine at the top to react. She coughed awkwardly and said, "Ahem, you are worthy of being the Grand Princess appointed by His Majesty. This fifty thousand taels is a considerable sum of money."

No one had expected that Su Tang usually carried so many banknotes with her. In their view, today's donation was just a spur-of-the-moment decision, and Su Tang certainly didn't know about it.

Someone had previously provoked this matter against the wife of the Minister of Revenue, and she still holds a grudge against her.

Now Su Tang has transferred all the resentment to herself. Su Tang took out so much money at once. Compared with what they just donated, it was really too little.

It was just because of Su Tang's identity that everyone dared not speak out and could only secretly remember Su Tang in their hearts.

Of course, it is useless for everyone to remember this. As long as Emperor Jing does not dislike Princess Su Tang, Su Tang is someone that no one can afford to offend.

With Su Tang's donation, several unmarried princesses in the palace also donated more. Some unpopular princesses even took off all the jewelry they were wearing.

Looking at the downcast faces of the little princesses, Su Tang chuckled, "The donations from the princesses will be counted in my account."

After Su Tang finished speaking, she called the palace maid over and placed a few more silver bills on the tray.

The palace maid looked at the amount on the top banknote and couldn't help but twitch her eyes.

"The princesses donated a total of 200,000 taels."

"hiss......"

"Pap..."

As the palace maid announced the amount of the silver bills on the tray, everyone in the hall widened their eyes. Apart from the gasps of surprise, the only sounds left were the sound of cups and chopsticks falling.

For a moment, many people in the hall began to lose their composure.

"Well, I brought little today, so this is all." Su Tang said to Concubine Xian with a smile.

Xianfei......

"Big sister, I will return the money you owe me today when I have saved enough money." Princess Thirteen walked to Su Tang and whispered.

But not every princess can be as rich as Su Tang.

The amount of money allocated by the imperial court to the princesses every year was not much, barely enough for their basic living expenses each month.

Those whose maternal families are weak, or those who were born as palace maids and were favored by the emperor and gave birth to princesses, have no ability to support the princess's daily expenses.

Therefore, most of the princesses didn't have much money, which is why when Su Tang took out so many silver notes as donations, all the women in Kyoto were shocked.

After hearing what Princess Thirteen said, the other princesses also said a few words, all saying that they would return Su Tang when they saved enough money.

Su Tang listened and smiled. Su Tang didn't seem to be annoyed by these little princesses, so she just advanced some money to them. Besides, today's donation would eventually be given to Qi Lingheng and the others, so Su Tang didn't lose out.

"I've already said that your donations are mine, so you don't have to pay them back."

After hearing this, the little princesses' faces were filled with gratitude and they bowed towards Su Tang again.

The Thirteenth Princess, like the other princesses, bowed to Su Tang, but she was thinking in her heart that she could not owe her eldest sister the money and she would definitely save money to pay her back in the future.

With Su Tang's "generous" donation, the concubines in the palace all gritted their teeth and donated money, and the amount was no less than that donated by Su Tang alone.

Of course, the amount they donated was not much, just a few hundred taels more than Su Tang's donation.

Su Tang looked at the concubines in the palace gritting their teeth, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

"By the way, the Second Imperial Sister didn't come today. If she knew that she had missed this great opportunity to contribute to the country, she would be heartbroken. I'll help her out first.

Madam Xianfei, don't forget to bear witness to me when the time comes. After all, the Second Imperial Sister is already married, so I won't donate for her."

After saying that, Su Tang placed another silver note on the tray brought by the palace maid.

The maid looked at the amount on the banknote and could no longer suppress her surprise. She read out in a somewhat inappropriate tone, "Hiss... The eldest princess advanced one hundred thousand taels for the second princess."

"Hiss..." There were gasps again. How much silver notes did the eldest princess bring? She had already taken out 350,000 taels in such a short time.

"Does the princess usually carry so many banknotes with her?"

"The princess is so rich..."

"Does the princess have some business? Otherwise, how could she take out so much money without blinking an eye..."

"I remember that the eldest princess's mother seemed to be Concubine Su. Concubine Su's family..."

"The princess usually carries so much money. If someone with ulterior motives knew about this, would it be harmful to the princess?"

"You don't have to worry about this. Look at who the eldest princess is marrying. The Qi family army is so powerful, who would dare to offend them..."

"Yes, now that the Qi family has artillery, matters in southern Xinjiang still rely on the Qi family army..."

"Hush, Lord Liu, don't you see what the occasion is? Be careful..."

Various discussions were heard again around, but some people immediately shut up after whispering, and carefully looked around. When they found that no one was paying attention, they felt a little relieved.

He was just surprised by Su Tang's generosity and forgot the occasion.