In ancient times, when a woman married into a prince's family, it was as deep as the sea as soon as she entered the prince's family. Once she entered the palace, it was even more difficult to get out. However, it was not always as cruel as everyone imagined. Some

Women can still visit the royal gardens, but as for the marriage-provincing system, there is no such system at all.

But there are special cases, that is, when the emperor is happy, he can allow the concubines to leave the palace and go home, but only for a few hours.

But something strange happened today. The emperor actually allowed the queen to go to the people in person and come to this bank.

After hearing the news, Wei Zhongxian and Zhang Jixian crawled forward and ran forward. When they arrived at the lobby, the originally noisy lobby was already silent. All the common people and gentry who were squeezing money were kneeling on the ground.

His face was pressed tightly to the ground, not daring to look up at all. But inside and outside the lobby, a group of eunuchs and maids holding whisks lined up on both sides, guarding a path.

Wei Zhongxian and Zhang Jixian quickly knelt down to greet them.

Although Wei Zhongxian tried every possible means to plot against the queen, he was still hierarchical and could only do things behind the scenes. In front of him, he would never dare to violate the rules.

After kneeling for a while, he quietly raised his head and asked a young eunuch: "When will the queen arrive? What standards should we follow to receive her?"

The young eunuch smiled and said to Wei Zhongxian: "Grandpa, the queen is just out to do something, there are no rules and regulations. Please wait patiently."

Wei Zhongxian really didn't know when he had this godson. But at this time, he had no time to worry about it. He could only listen submissively, and like everyone else, he put his face on the ground and waited quietly.

At a short time, there was the sound of neat clapping in the distance, from far to near, and then at the corner of the street outside the bank, a group of eunuchs and maids came first. The eunuchs waved big brooms in their hands, sweeping the road along the street, and behind them

The eunuch used a dustpan to scatter handfuls of fine sand on the road.

Then followed closely by the palace maid carrying a flower basket, scattering handfuls of petals evenly on the road, just like a goddess scattering flowers, with an elegant and graceful posture. This ritual move made people kneeling on both sides of the street.

I don't dare to be more generous.

The royal majesty kept the people silent, but it also made the people willing to kneel and wait on both sides of the road for a long time. They were not afraid of the royal majesty, but worshiped and respected the queen from the bottom of their hearts.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the first generation of Queen Ma was unparalleled in the world in terms of saintliness and virtuousness. Queens in subsequent generations were not very virtuous, but this Queen Zhang was the only one who was not very old, but she was dedicated to serving the country and being the king.

, revered by the common people. Now in the Ming Dynasty, the reputation of Queen Zhang is much higher than that of the Emperor.

This time the Queen came here unexpectedly. Why didn't all the people be moved so much? The news spread faster than the wind and immediately attracted almost the entire people of Beijing. They rushed here one after another and knelt down quietly from a distance.

Next, the crowd of people kneeling and worshiping like this has passed through several streets. Although the common people cannot see the Queen from across a few streets, their awe is fully demonstrated.

At this time, the city of Beijing, which was noisy day and night, suddenly became quiet, and no one dared to even breathe.

Flowers were scattered, and pairs of young eunuchs came solemnly, slapping Jingjie's hands, and then stood quietly at the door of the bank.

Finally, a young eunuch came out and took a look on the way. When he saw such a young eunuch nodding to him, the eunuch whispered to the bank lobby: "Your Majesty is here——"

All the civilian officials kneeling inside and outside the lobby involuntarily lowered their bodies again and tried to steady their breathing.

There was a sound of gentle footsteps, and the sedan carried by dozens of people finally landed at the door of the lobby. After everyone heard the sound of the sedan moving, some brave people quietly looked forward through the gap where they were pressed on the ground.

, a pair of pink gold-painted women's shoes, walked over calmly and firmly. Wherever he passed, the sound of people crying due to excitement could be heard.

After walking into the lobby, I paused for a moment, and a voice like the sound of nature came over: "Who is the president? I'd like to see you." The voice was calm and graceful, making everyone involuntarily lower their faces again.

He went down and suppressed his breathing with all his strength, fearing that his voice would disturb the goddess in the hearts of all the people in the world.

Although they are brothers and sisters, you must not abandon the etiquette in the world. Zhang Jixian quickly climbed up a few steps and kowtowed again: "I am a humble citizen Zhang Jixian pays homage to the empress. Please give me your instructions."

Empress Zhang looked at her brother who was kneeling on the ground. Although she couldn't bear it, she couldn't go beyond the rules. She suppressed the sadness in her heart and said lightly: "I heard from the emperor a few days ago that a new bank was opened here for the purpose of raising funds."

The construction of the new Tianjin City to protect the capital. At the same time, if you save some money here, you can exchange it for beautiful oceans and earn some interest. This is a good thing. The Ai family was entrusted by the sisters in the palace and the empress dowager above.

Take the rouge and gouache money we have saved over the years and prepare to store it here. This will add some effort to the construction of Tianjin City to protect the capital. At the same time, we can also earn some interest and make everyone's money more abundant. You can save it for two years.

May I?"

Zhang Jixian really cried, and he completely understood that his sister was fully supporting him.

So his voice was so choked that he kowtowed repeatedly: "Xiao Xing is extremely honored to be favored by the Queen."

"Then let's call a few clerks to go through the formalities. The Ai family can't stay here for a long time. Time is tight."

Zhang Jixian turned to look at the counter, which was completely empty, and called out hurriedly: "Come over and help the Empress do the formalities."

Following the shout, several clerks kneeling behind the counter trotted over and knelt in front of Queen Zhang. Still not daring to raise their heads, they spread out their account books on the ground and waited for the Queen's instructions.

"This share belongs to the Ai family. In the past few years, I have accumulated fifteen taels of silver and a gold hairpin. Can you give me an estimate of the price?"

Hearing such a sum, the clerk immediately burst into tears. The queen had only accumulated fifteen taels of silver and one hairpin. No one thought that such a sum was a false show, and everyone was impressed by Queen Zhang's virtue.

I was so moved that I cried, and the book clerk was so weeping that I couldn't even write.

He quickly changed to another clerk, wrote out the deposit slip, and presented it with both hands raised high. He responded with a trembling voice: "Thanks for your patronage, the Queen has deposited fifteen taels of silver and one hairpin, which can be converted into twenty taels, making a total of thirty-five taels."

, deposit for three years, the principal and interest will be forty-two taels and one cent and eight cents upon maturity."

Empress Zhang took it and gave it to her personal maid to put away: "Thank you, little brother."

Just this sentence made this book office cry so much that it could no longer work.

"Here is one hundred and thirty taels of the old queen's body."

Another clerk crawled over and went through the formalities tremblingly. Empress Zhang still thanked her: "Thank you for your hard work."

The book office immediately fainted on the spot.

"This is the old lady's—"

An hour later, Empress Zhang finished handling the savings and said in a clear voice to all the people kneeling inside and outside: "Raise private funds to build a new Tianjin to protect the capital, so that the incident of King Xin's embarrassment this year will not happen again; build a new Tianjin

Hong Kong, let the rice price stop rising this year. The Ai family does not understand the principles of governing the country, but the Ai family knows that this is a matter of great benefit to the future, and they dare not fall behind the patriotic people. The Ai family is here, on behalf of the emperor, thank you

Everyone’s support.”

After some words, there was a burst of moved crying. The crying started from near and far, and finally half the city was crying.

This was the cry of the people who were moved. In the cry, Zhang Jixian and Mao Wenlong let out a sigh of relief, but Wei Zhongxian saw the huge reputation of Queen Zhang among the people, and from then on he never dared to do anything to Queen Zhang. From then on, the palace
Chapter completed!