Princess Consort Is No Pushover

The queen thought for a while, and said, "How about this, you spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy some steamed buns and give them to them. Then tell everyone that with the rest of the money, I have already bought grain and ordered people to transport it to the south of the Yangtze River for disaster relief. When the time comes, the common people will think that all the money has gone to the south of the Yangtze River, so they won’t ask any more questions. Those places in the south of the Yangtze River have high mountains and the emperor is far away. When the time comes, you can send someone under the banner of the palace, and just serve some rice porridge.”

Mrs. Wei Guo smiled and said: "This is a good idea. If people in the capital ask about it, I will say that all the money has been shipped to the south of the Yangtze River. At that time, I will send people to spend some money and distribute some rice porridge in various places in the south of the Yangtze River." , if anyone asks, just say that it was dispatched elsewhere. In this way, no one will suspect that we have swallowed up the silver."

Aunt Tao, who was pouring tea next to her, trembled her hands when she heard this, and felt like vomiting in disgust.

These two sisters are really greedy.

Even though they have raised so much money, they are only willing to give a small amount of money for disaster relief.

The queen smiled and said: "Okay, let's do it like this. Also, if someone asks how much money we have raised in total, you can say that we only raised two million taels. Many people don't know who donated and how much. It is a good opportunity to record a black account."

"Yes sister, don't worry. I will make a fake account book and keep the real account book so that no one else can see it."

"Then has Chu Xuanchen made any movement these days?" the queen asked suddenly.

"Him? I heard that he only spends the whole day in the mansion with Princess Li, drinking tea, playing chess and reciting poems. He is not busy raising funds at all. It seems that he knows that he can't beat you, so he gave up. So as not to humiliate yourself." Mrs. Wei Guo said proudly.

The queen narrowed her eyes coldly, "He is not this kind of person, you must not underestimate the enemy, maybe he is plotting a big conspiracy, we have to guard against him."

"Sister, he can't raise money now, what tricks can he play? The day after tomorrow will be the fifth day, let's see how he will explain to the emperor! He will definitely be fined if he fails to raise all the money by then!" Mrs. Wei said with a full face. schadenfreude.

The queen felt that Chu Xuanchen stood still, which made her a little uneasy.

She always felt that Chu Xuanchen was holding back some bad idea, and he might want to make a bigger move against her.

She hurriedly told Mrs. Wei Guo, "Sister, you send someone to watch Chu Xuanchen to see what's going on with him. If he dares to plot something, you must report it to me."

She always felt that the fundraising was too easy this time, and she was afraid that Chu Xuanchen was playing tricks in the dark.

"Sister, don't worry, I'll send someone to watch him right away," Mrs. Wei said.

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After Mrs. Wei Guo left the palace, she hurriedly sent a close aide to inquire at the gate of Prince Li's Mansion.

After the cronies finished making inquiries, they hurried to report to Mrs. Wei Guo, "Madam, there is still no movement in Prince Li's mansion. I heard from the people outside that they saw the critical moment of fundraising, but King Li still didn't go to raise funds. He knows how to play at home. Now the common people are quite critical of him, everyone praises you and the queen empress as heroines among women, saying that King Li is a big man, so it’s better for you to care about the common people.”

"Really?" Mrs. Wei Guo did not expect that Chu Xuanchen's reputation would collapse one day.

"It's absolutely true. Now people outside are spreading rumors that His Highness Li Wang no longer cares about the life and death of the people, and only cares about his own enjoyment! We are working hard to raise funds here, but he has not moved at all. He is scolded to death by the people now! "My dear friend.

"Great! I didn't expect Chu Xuanchen to have today! He must have known that he couldn't beat us, so he gave up. Just wait, when the five-day deadline comes, the emperor will blame him, and he can't bear to go around!" Mrs. Wei Guo sneered triumphantly.