Emperor Ming Yuan stood by the window late at night, thinking that if the economy prospered and taxes and money continued to flow to the treasury, he would finally bid farewell to the title of pauper emperor!
Concubine Xian's condition was already very serious, so Emperor Ming Yuan decided to arrange the princess's marriage as soon as possible, preferably in the first month of the year. This would kill the people of the Ministry of Etiquette.
Fortunately, the efficiency of doing things is linked to whether you have money or not. If the fourth master has money, there will naturally be more people doing things, and the efficiency of doing things will naturally increase.
The wedding date was set on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which was very hasty, but there were a lot of things that should have been done, and it was even very grand.
The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs had sorted out the dowry list for the princess's wedding that day and handed it over to Emperor Ming Yuan for review.
After Emperor Ming Yuan saw it, he frowned and said, "Why are you so shabby?"
The chief steward of the inner palace spread his hands and said helplessly: "It's hard for a clever woman to make a living without rice. Your Majesty, now this year, money has to be spent everywhere. The ladies of each palace have to spend money every year on cloth, silk and satin, jewelry, rouge, gouache, lamp oil and fire wax.
There are also the necessary expenses for the New Year’s Eve palace banquet, which is a big expense.”
Emperor Ming Yuan actually tried his best to give the princess the best, but he was short of money and had no choice.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Okay, let's leave it like this for the time being. I'll think of something else."
The next day, all the princes were summoned to the palace.
Emperor Ming Yuan's words are also very simple. Your sister is getting married, and you brothers must add makeup to her.
Yu Wenhao is not stingy, because Yuan Qingling had thought of this before. The emperor was already very shabby when he was organizing the wedding for King Huai. Now that the princess is getting married, it is the end of the year, and there is really not much money to spare.
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So, when the emperor summoned them to the palace today, he knew that it was because of the dowry, so he told Yu Wenhao to give the princess one hundred thousand taels to add to the dowry.
Yu Wenhao threw out one hundred thousand taels, and King Huai immediately said he would give him one hundred thousand taels.
King Ji and King An glared at King Huai fiercely. This freeloader would definitely be able to give out a hundred thousand taels casually, but if they gave him less, wouldn't they make their father unhappy?
But one hundred thousand taels is not something that can be taken out casually. Even if it can be taken out, it will be distressing.
The two of them finally agreed to take 20,000 taels.
Emperor Ming Yuan sighed deeply, looking at his sons, he felt so many emotions in his heart.
As a king's father, he couldn't just take out a hundred thousand taels casually, so they took it out casually.
Just wait a little longer. As long as the treasury is full, he will decree that the amount of money allocated to the internal affairs will be doubled every year. Then things will be better.
Emperor Ming Yuan asked Eunuch Mu Ru to record that the money must be in place before New Year's Eve.
The Supreme Emperor also gave him one hundred thousand taels of silver, so it would not be considered rude to give the princess a dowry.
The inner palace took the silver to prepare the dowry and carried boxes to the palace. Just waiting for the day when the princess got married, they would then transport the boxes to the princess's house.
The 29th day of the twelfth lunar month is the Chinese New Year, and starting from the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, holidays and palace closures begin.
New Year's Eve had to be celebrated in the palace. The palace banquet was very grand, and naturally all the concubines attended, except for the "seriously ill" concubine Xian.
It is said that Concubine Xian's condition is getting worse, and there will always be screams in the middle of the night. No one in the harem knows what disease Concubine Xian has. They only think that this disease is too terrible, and she always gets sick late at night.
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Yu Wenhao brought his family members to the palace to attend the dinner, and then went to Qingyu Palace to pay his respects.
Concubine Xian was sitting in the palace with disheveled hair. She looked at him with angry eyes and cursed loudly, "You are so heartless. Your concubine gave birth to you and raised you, but you didn't care about your concubine?"