Changyu understood and asked: "Mother, did you only invite people of our generation, or did you also invite all the aunts?"
The servant smiled and said: "It is not good to leave other princesses behind in this matter, but the eldest princesses may not have much money, and the empress cannot ask them to spend money, so I only sent the post, and it was limited to these few families in Beijing. If each family is interested,
, just give me a few taels of silver. As for the princesses, tomorrow will be fourteen, and what I mean is that it’s time to have a reunion dinner in advance."
In other words, the queen only intends to harvest the wool of her daughters, and does not intend to ask for money from her sisters-in-law.
Changyu understood, nodded and said, "Okay, my consort and I will definitely go to the palace tomorrow night to accompany my father and mother.'
The waiter then left with a smile.
Princess Changyu thought for a while and asked the maid to get the money. At the same time, she opened her jewelry box and picked out some jewelry that she didn't like very much. She ordered: "Find a box."
Princess Changyu put the jewelry in, raised her chin slightly and said, "Bring these with you tomorrow."
Donate it to prepare military supplies for the Queen.
The maid responded.
Next door, Princess Mingda's mansion is also looking for things, not to mention gold and silver, but also some things they don't need or don't like very much.
Bai Erlang rolled up his sleeves and rummaged through the boxes and cabinets in person, and picked out a lot of pieces of cloth that he didn't like. These could all be sold, and each piece could be sold for twenty or thirty taels, which could buy a lot of medicinal materials.
Mingda also opened his jewelry box. Bai Erlang went over to look at it. She took out one piece and put it in the big box on the other side. After a long time, there were only two gold hairpins in the small box, and it was because the style was not very good-looking.
Just released it.
Mingda looked at him helplessly, and Bai Erlang said: "These are all good-looking, otherwise we would go back to Zhouzhai tomorrow. My mother left a lot of things behind before she left. Her jewelry is all old, so use her as payment."
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Mingda: "...If your mother-in-law finds out, she will kick you out, right?"
"No, the worst we can do is buy some new jewelry for my mother. She would feel bad if she knew you donated such good things."
Mingda couldn't help but said: "Isn't that to raise funds for the military? I didn't see you saying anything when I donated money."
"That's money, not jewelry." Bai Erlang said: "There is a difference between the two. These jewelry have to be sold at a discount before they can be converted into money. If it is really bad, that's fine, but I see these
The jewelry is quite good, the craftsmanship is also good, and it was given to you by Your Majesty and Your Majesty, so it makes me feel bad to sell it at a discount like this."
Mingda was stunned for a moment and then laughed. He lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, then let's donate more money and keep my mother-in-law's jewelry."
Bai Erlang said: "Go back and take a look tomorrow. It happens to be the Mid-Autumn Festival. Let's go back and send some mooncakes to my uncle and grandma."
Mingda immediately said: "I have two boxes of good tea here. I will send one box to my great-aunt tomorrow."
Bai Dalang was released, and Mr. Bai and Mrs. Bai returned to their hometown. Now Bai Erlang's relatives in the capital are Bai Shan's family.
Well, there is also the Bai family, who we don’t have much contact with.
Mingda has a good relationship with Manbao, and he also has a good relationship with Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Zheng. After all, they are elders, and Mingda respects them very much.
So early the next morning, they went out with their Mid-Autumn Festival gifts, and then they bumped into the car frame of Princess Changyu's family.
Princess Changyu's carriage caught up from behind. Since they were the only two families on this street, she occupied the other half of the road very domineeringly, and stood side by side with Mingda's carriage. She raised the curtain and shouted to this side, "
Mingda, what are you doing this early in the morning?"
Mingda opened the curtain, and Chang Yu saw Bai Erlang, who was almost falling asleep with his head in the car.
Mingda smiled and said: "Let's go to Zhouzhai to send gifts, where is sister?"
Chang Yu was stunned for a moment and then said: "I'm also going back with my consort to deliver the holiday gifts, and I have to have lunch with my parents-in-law. Didn't Mr. Bai go back to his hometown?"
Mingda said: "I'm going to give my great-uncle a gift."
There were so many layers apart, Chang Yu was a little envious, he wasn't here to send a gift, he was clearly here to play with Zhou Man.
She had a look on her face that she was hesitant to speak.
When Wei Yu saw it, she smiled and said: "After lunch, princess, let's go see Mr. Zhou and Mr. Bai. Speaking of which, our two families are not far away, so I wonder if it will be troublesome if we suddenly come to visit you?"
"No, no," Bai Erlang woke up when Chang Yu spoke. At this time, he was lying at the window and said to Wei Yu and his wife, "You just go, I'll ask Bai Shan and the others to prepare more food."
, It’s a cool time in the open space at home, and my aunt has planted many chrysanthemums, so you can enjoy the chrysanthemums and drink tea.”
Bai Erlang said with crooked eyebrows: "You don't know, my great-uncle had someone dig a lotus pond in their village last year. The original intention was to pick lotuses and eat lotus roots. However, it turned out that there was a drought this year and the water was not deep. The place where the pond was dug was
There was a lot of sand, so my great-uncle asked people to raise some crabs in the lotus pond. Now is the time to eat crabs. I wonder if Zhuangzi has given them to my family. If so, you can eat crabs when you come."
Chang Yu's eyes sparkled when he heard this, and he immediately grabbed Wei Yu's arm.
Wei Yu smiled and nodded, "Let's go."
Chang Yu was a little afraid of Wei Zhi, so he whispered: "My father-in-law..."
Wei Yu whispered: "I'll go tell you."
Changyu was satisfied.
When they reached the intersection and entered another lane, the two carriages could no longer run parallel to each other, so Chang Yu's carriage fell one step behind.
The number of pedestrians on the street also began to increase. There were more people here, and it was close to the East Market. Some people had set up stalls on the roadside. Chang Yu sat by the window and looked at the things outside without blinking.
Seeing the reluctant look on her face, Wei Yu couldn't help but hesitate, "Do you want to eat some?"
Chang Yu immediately said: "Okay."
She immediately patted the wall of the carriage to stop the carriage. She pointed to a table of guests on the bread spread outside and said, "Is that roasted persimmon? I want to eat roasted persimmon."
Their group stopped and completely separated from the people in Princess Mingda's Mansion.
The people in the princess mansions on both sides were not surprised by this situation. They went back to their respective homes and did their own things without waiting.
When Lou Mian was walking towards the street corner, he looked up and saw the couple standing in front of the stall. Wei Yu was holding a plate in her hand and was carefully holding the reed pipe to let Princess Changyu suck out the persimmon juice.
Soup, and then allowed her to eat all the roasted persimmon meat nicely but elegantly.
The guard following Lou Mian also saw it and immediately reminded him: "Mr. Lou, the princess is right there. Come up quickly."
Lou Mian: "Didn't you see the consort and the princess together?"
The guard said nonchalantly: "So what, does he have a good-looking young master? The princess won't even look at him as long as you are here."
Lou Mian: ...What should I do if I don’t want to go up?
But it was not his decision. Seeing that he was still hesitant, the guard even stretched out his hand to push him and said: "Mr. Lou, the prince made an explanation before he came out."