The queen thought for a while and said, "Let's do this. You can spend tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy some steamed buns and give them to them.
You can tell everyone that with the other money, I have already bought grain and ordered people to transport it to the south of the Yangtze River for disaster relief.
At that time, the people will think that all the money has gone to Jiangnan, and they will not ask any more questions.
In those places in the south of the Yangtze River, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. When the time comes, you can send someone under the banner of my palace to give you some rice porridge."
Mrs. Wei Guo smiled and said: "This is a good idea. If people in the capital ask about it, I will tell you that all the money has been shipped to Jiangnan.
At that time, I will send people to spend some money to distribute some rice porridge in various places in Jiangnan. If anyone asks, they will say that they have been distributed elsewhere.
In this way, no one will suspect that we swallowed up the money."
When Aunt Tao, who was pouring tea next to her, heard this, her hands shook and she felt like vomiting in disgust.
These two sisters are really greedy.
Although they have raised so much money, they are only willing to contribute a drop in the bucket to provide disaster relief.
The queen smiled and said: "Okay, let's do it.
Also, if someone asks how much money we have raised in total, just say that we only raised two million taels.
Many people don’t know who donated and how much they donated, so this is a good opportunity to keep a bad record.”
"Yes, sister, don't worry.
I will make a fake account book and then keep the real account book so that no one else can see it."
"Has Chu Xuanchen been moving these days?"
the queen suddenly asked.
"He?
I heard that he and Princess Li only spent the whole day in the mansion smelling fragrance, drinking tea, playing chess and reciting poems, and were not busy raising funds at all.
It seems that he knew he couldn't fight you, so he gave up to avoid humiliating himself."
Mrs. Wei Guo said proudly.
The queen narrowed her eyes coldly, "He is not this kind of person. Remember not to underestimate the enemy. Maybe he is brewing a big conspiracy and we have to be on guard against him."
"Sister, if he can't raise money now, what tricks can he do?
The day after tomorrow will be the fifth day, let’s see how he explains to the emperor! If he doesn’t raise all the money by then, he will definitely be punished!”
Mrs. Wei's face was full of gloating.
The queen felt that Chu Xuanchen was standing still, which made her a little uneasy.
She always felt that Chu Xuanchen was harboring some bad ideas and might want to take a big step against her.
She quickly told Mrs. Wei, "Sister, send someone to keep an eye on Chu Xuanchen to see if he has any movement.
If he dares to conspire to do anything, you must report it to me."
She always felt that it was too easy to raise funds this time, and she was afraid that Chu Xuanchen was up to something secretly.
"Don't worry, sister, I'll send someone to keep an eye on him right away."
Mrs. Wei Guo said.
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After Mrs. Wei left the palace, she quickly sent a confidant to inquire at the gate of Prince Li's Mansion.
After the confidant finished inquiring, he quickly came to report to Madam Wei, "Madam, there is still no movement at Prince Li's Mansion.
I heard from people outside that they saw the critical moment of fundraising, but King Li still didn't go out to raise funds and only played at home every day.
Now the people are criticizing him a lot, and everyone praises you and the Queen as heroes among women, saying that King Li is a grown man, so he doesn't care about the people as much as you."
"real?"
Mrs. Wei did not expect that Chu Xuanchen's reputation would one day collapse.
"Absolutely true.
Now people outside are spreading rumors that His Highness Prince Li no longer cares about the life and death of the people and only cares about his own enjoyment! We are working hard to raise money here, but there is no movement from him at all. Now he is scolded to death by the people!"
Believe it or not.
"Great! I didn't expect that Chu Xuanchen would be here today! He must have known that he couldn't defeat us, so he gave up.
Just wait, wait until the five-day deadline is up, and then the emperor will blame you, and he will have to walk around without food!"