After being divorced, the concubine became the first lady

Chapter 64 How much does sister Ruoyun plan to donate?
Chu Jinjin also calmed down. Before she came, she asked people to inquire about the situation in the disaster area.

The drought lasted for three full years. In the first year, the people had some food reserves and did not have enough to eat, but except for the old and the weak, not many people died.

It's not raining, so that's normal.

It was still the same in the second year. The sporadic light rain was of no use. At this time, every family had no food. By this year, let alone the harvest, the earth was cracked with big holes, and water became a problem.

Chu Jinjin's idea also became that she really wanted to contribute, as long as she had enough money.

When the princess said this, the ladies also changed their attention and started talking about the drought.

Li Xinzhi spoke first: "Madam, your mother's family is from the north. What's the specific situation? As far as I know, the court has distributed several batches of disaster relief materials."

Women are not allowed to discuss politics, but that is relative.

The theme of today's banquet is donating for disaster relief, but unless a group of people wants to completely wipe out their entire family wealth, they have to look to the court to completely solve the problem.

Since last winter, the court has begun to focus on it. Now that summer is approaching, why are things getting more and more serious?

"My nephew said in his letter that an unknown number of people have died of starvation. There are corpses everywhere, and mosquitoes and flies are flying around. He is worried that there will be a plague." The Duke's wife sighed, paused for a moment, and then said in a low voice, "As for the relief materials, then It’s hard to say.”

With so many people, some things cannot be said. If word spreads, it will be an unreasonable disaster. Everyone just needs to understand.

Chu Jinjin was not so worried, and frowned and asked: "What do you mean, Madam Duke, that the relief materials have not been delivered?"

According to the existing data, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced, and the total affected population is about a few million. This sounds like a lot, but if you just want to ensure that you don't die of hunger, just two meals of gruel a day will suffice.

The north has always been a major food area. It is impossible that there is no food in stock there. In addition, this situation has happened several times when the imperial court has supplied materials. This can only mean one problem.

There are people in the middle who are trying to make money for the country.

The expressions of the noble ladies were calm, and no one responded.

You should get used to it already.

Chu Jinjin turned to Princess Le'an and said solemnly: "Princess, a daughter of the people, dare I ask, is it possible that all the silver donated today will be sent to the disaster area?"

She was going to make a big move tonight, but if so, she didn't want to donate a cent.

It would be more appropriate to send people to deliver some supplies to the disaster area.

The princess looked a little embarrassed: "Miss Jinjin, the emperor has sent Eunuch Zhao to supervise this matter - the donations you make tonight will be sealed immediately and handed over to specialized officials."

She could only promise to hand over every penny of the money tonight. As for what would happen next, that was beyond her control.

Chu Jinjin nodded, fell silent, and took a step back.

No more donations!
Wang Ruoyun was worried that he had no chance, and sneered: "Chu Jinjin, are you questioning the court and the emperor?"

As a noble girl, she is a serious lover, but she has brains. This sentence can be said to send Chu Jinjin to death.

She was sure that Chu Jinjin wanted to deny it, but the disgusting goal was achieved.

Princess Le'an frowned: "Ruoyun, enough is enough."

There is a sister who is a concubine, but she doesn't take it seriously?
The Chu family was a big donor tonight, not to mention not noticing Li Xinzhi’s expression?
Wang Ruoyun's momentum immediately disappeared.

With the words of the princess, everyone thought that the matter was over, so this was one of the reasons why they would not donate more.

Who knows whose pocket the donation went into.

Come to the banquet, firstly, for the sake of fame, it won't work if everyone donates but you don't donate, and secondly, of course because of the princess.

No one expected that Chu Jinjin had not passed.

Chu Jinjin looked at Wang Ruoyun, smiled and said: "Sister, you are right, sister, I do have doubts."

All the noble ladies: "."

Li Xinzhi hesitated to speak.

She felt like she could no longer protect herself. As for Wang, her face turned pale with fright, but she didn't dare to say anything.

"I question it because I have the qualifications to question it." Chu Jinjin suddenly turned around, bowed to Princess Le'an and saluted, and said solemnly, "Your Highness, the daughter of the people is willing to donate all the dowry she received when she married into the Xu Mansion that day."

All the ladies had stunned expressions. All?
For both women, the glory of marriage depends on the husband's family and the dowry.

They knew how many there were before Chu Jinjin became famous, and even sent someone to count them quietly.

It won't be less than one hundred thousand taels.

Everyone felt that money was almost no longer money. Tonight, except for the princess, most of them planned to donate a few hundred taels. As usual, a few thousand would be considered too much. After all, it was their own private money.

One hundred thousand taels?
Wang Ruoyun felt that either he was crazy or Chu Jinjin was crazy.

Princess Le'an stood up excitedly: "Seriously?"

Chu Jinjin nodded seriously: "How dare a civilian girl deceive the princess."

The donation is for the victims and the Chu family.

She wanted to use this money to attract the emperor's attention and buy a long-term insurance policy for the Chu family.

The Chu family is no longer the original Chu family, especially the losses caused by the gold mine. As the head of the family, she cannot withdraw from the public account.

Li Xinzhi was also shocked. On the way here, she briefly chatted and knew that Chu Jinjin would donate a lot, but it was one hundred thousand taels. She didn't care what others thought and said seriously: "Jinjin, don't be impulsive. .”

She thought Chu Jinjin was provoked by Wang Ruoyun.

Chu Jinjin also had some reasons.

That money is so unlucky.

The dowry includes a lot of customized furniture and jewelry. If she gets married again in the future, will she use these?

Too bad.

It is better to donate to the disaster area.

Chu Jinjin looked at Wang Ruoyun with a smile: "How much do you plan to donate, sister?"

Wang Ruoyun: "."

Chu Jinjin donated 100,000 yuan. If she wanted to donate less than this amount, it would be equivalent to losing, but she really couldn't afford it.

Wang Ruoyun's face turned red and white, then turned white and red again.

Chu Jinjin said thoughtfully: "Sister, don't force it, fifty thousand is fine. After all, you will have to supplement the Xu family in the future. You are not like my sister, who has too much money to spend."

Wang Ruoyun: "."

The noble ladies could no longer bear it.

Everyone in the Xu family knows that the poor are left with a useless name, and Wang Ruoyun wants to subsidize it.

Li Xinzhi picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly: "After tonight, Miss Jinjin's reputation will spread throughout the capital, and the victims in the north will also remember this kindness."

One hundred thousand taels. Based on the number of victims, a family can almost get one tael on average, which is enough to keep them from going hungry for a while.

Of course, what she really meant by this was for Wang Ruoyun. If you don’t want to be treated as a control group, donate more quickly.

How could Wang Ruoyun not understand? She stared at Chu Jinjin, gritted her teeth and said in a low voice: "I will donate 60,000 yuan."

Sixty thousand is already the limit of what she can afford.

Princess Le'an's happy eyebrows almost flew up, and she gave a solemn salute to the two of them: "On behalf of the Emperor, I would like to thank you both for your generosity."

After speaking, she took out two banknotes and said, "I will donate 20,000 yuan."

As the initiator and the one with the highest status, it was not surprising that she donated this amount, but Li Xinzhi also donated 20,000 yuan shortly afterwards.

Everyone couldn't calm down anymore, the starting point was too high.

The most difficult thing is the Duke's wife, who is so embarrassed that she almost cried. She has tested the princess's words in advance, so she plans to donate five thousand taels today.

However, the current situation is that one hundred thousand, sixty thousand, twenty thousand and twenty thousand, and she really can't get rid of the five thousand taels.