The family banquet began, His Majesty Zhao Bai sat in the main seat, followed by the Queen Mother and Empress, and the rest of the seats were almost occupied by the whole family.

Shen Qinglan was next to Zhao Shun, at the table not far from the empress dowager.

After His Majesty said a few words, he asked everyone to raise their wine glasses and drank all the wine in their glasses.

Afterwards, everyone had their meals and drinks.

Zhao Shun picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Princess, you have worked hard this year, and I respect you."

Shen Qinglan frowned, and whispered, "What are you doing...you..."

Although a little helpless, Shen Qinglan still raised his glass generously and drank a glass of wine with Zhao Shun.

"The prince really dotes on the princess." A noble family said.

Zhao Shun smiled, "No, Mrs. Shen is my concubine, not a pet, but a treasure."

"The concubine has only given birth for a few days, and her body is recovering really well. I'm afraid she will be the envy of all women in the world." Another noble family member said.

Shen Qinglan smiled and said, "Where, madam is just joking."

"Why should the concubine be overly modest? It's been several years since we gave birth, and our bodies haven't recovered. This shows that the concubine still has some skills." Another noble family member said.

"My concubine has always been diligent and strict with herself, that's why she is like this. Ladies and gentlemen, don't be envious." Zhao Shun said.

Hearing this, the three noble family members who spoke just now felt a little uncomfortable on their faces, and they didn't dare to vent their anger in their hearts.

What Zhao Shun means is that they are lazy and indulge themselves too much?

"My lord, how can we compare with the princess? Those of us who were born in aristocratic families are not as well-informed as the princess. Except for poetry, books, rituals, music, painting, flower arrangement, and tea, we people usually have nothing to do. There are things to do." A noble family said.

Zhao Shun sneered, "This is enough to show that even if you are born in a wealthy family, you must broaden your knowledge and not limit yourself to one field. It seems that being born in a wealthy family is better than being born in a merchant and knowing more. "

Ye Shuyue and Zhao Anning smiled at the same time, and the face of the noble family member who spoke just now turned green.

Shen Qinglan couldn't help smiling, although Zhao Shun's blatant partiality would make her enemies, but she didn't care at all.

"Princess Regent, you can recover so quickly, do you have any coups?" A lady in her early twenties asked.

"Actually, there is no particularly good way, just control your diet and exercise more." Shen Qinglan said.

"exercise?"

When everyone heard this method, they all burst out laughing.The woman in the backyard, who is supposed to stay out of the door without stepping out of the second door, and her fingers should not touch the spring water, yet she still wants to "exercise"?
"Exercising is for strengthening your body. If you don't like it, you can keep your stomach puffy and bloated all the time. You don't need to laugh at others." Zhao Anning said.

After all, the women in the hall began talking in a hurry.

"What the county lord said is that those things... we really don't know how to do them, hehe..."

"That's right, when we started from the boudoir, we didn't leave the door and didn't leave the door. Unlike the regent princess, she showed her face to relieve disasters before she got married."

"That's not true, but the concubine got the title of county head because of it, we can't learn that."

……

Zhao Shun frowned, he didn't want to get involved in the quarrel between women, he didn't expect these guys to be so over the top, it shows how much idleness Sisi suffers in daily life.

He looked at Shen Qinglan, thinking that she must be very angry too, but he didn't expect her to eat with chopsticks with a calm expression on her face.

"Disaster relief is a matter for the country and the people. Some people have never cared about the lives of the people themselves, and they still have the face to laugh at others." The eldest princess said.

Ye Shuyue looked at the eldest princess and smiled, the concubine mother was still full of sense of justice as always.

"Yes, how can we be as rich as the Shen family? Silver is the least important thing to the Shen family, isn't it Wangfei, Lord Shen." The wife of Dongyan Mansion said.

Shen Qinglan clenched her fists, this guy just humiliated her!How dare you humiliate your second brother!

"Madam is right. Money is really not important to our Shen family, so our Shen family has never been stingy in helping the poor. This princess heard that during the Chinese New Year in Dongyan Mansion this year, people who gave gifts were in a hurry Yes, one box after another was carried into the warehouse, and the servants were exhausted. There must be no less than two hundred boxes... Madame, I don’t know what good things they are? Dongyan Mansion accepted them all. Are you going to turn it over to the treasury?" Shen Qinglan said.

"Princess, are you pouring dirty water on our Dongyan Mansion? These are the harvests of our Dongyan Mansion's various shops. They are originally our Dongyan Mansion's stuff, so what does it have to do with you?" Dong Yan Mrs. Fu said.

Shen Qinglan smiled, nodded and said: "So that's the case, then it seems that Dongyan Mansion is also very rich? Everyone knows that Dongyan Mansion is a wealthy family in Kyoto, and the family is rich, but His Majesty first When I ascended the throne, I asked you to donate silver from the honorable mansions, but the Dongyan mansion only donated 500 taels, maybe even this box of harvest is not enough?"

"you……"

Madam Dongyan Mansion was speechless for a moment, and could only keep her mouth shut silently.

Dong Yanbo glared at his wife, wishing he could bring this prodigal son back to his house immediately.

"Sisi, donations are voluntary. Dongyan Mansion can donate 500 taels, which is not bad." Zhao Shun said, holding up his wine glass.

Dong Yanbo nodded repeatedly and said: "What the prince said is true."

Zhao Shun chuckled, and said: "If Dongyan Mansion cared about the people, it would naturally not be stingy, but Dongyan Mansion's family has a great career, but they only donated 500 taels, which is really unreasonable. After all, Dongyan Mansion also receives the imperial court's salary. It is really wrong to be admired by the people, but to forget your true heart."

"My lord, you just said that the donation is voluntary." The lady of Dongyan Mansion said.

"Yes, but when drinking water, think of the source. The court's money comes from the people's taxes. In the final analysis, Dongyan Mansion's salary also comes from the people. Dongyan Mansion is so ungrateful, it is really ashamed of the court and the world." Zhao Shun said.

"My lord's words are too exaggerated! It's not our Dongyan family who donated 500 taels. Is your lord targeting our Dongyan mansion?" asked the lady of Dongyan mansion.

"It's other people's business how much others donate. Mrs. Dongyan's words... don't you think it's a matter of course?" Zhao Shun asked again.

Dong Yanbo glared at his wife again, got up quickly, clasped his fists and said: "My lord, women are ignorant, please don't care about me, my lord."

Zhao Shun also stood up, clasped his fists to the superior and said: "Your Majesty, the entire Dongyan Mansion is ashamed of the imperial court. Please be ordered by your Majesty to not let such ungrateful people go."

The lady of Dongyan Mansion stood up and said, "You...Your Majesty! Your Majesty, the crimes mentioned by the Regent are totally unfounded!"

"No need? It doesn't matter if Ma'am feels wronged, I will order someone to go to your mansion to investigate carefully to see if what the regent and his wife said is true." Zhao Bai said.

"Your Majesty! Our Dongyan Mansion only donated 500 taels because we encountered some difficulties. Some houses donated even less. Your Majesty, please check clearly." The lady of Dongyan Mansion said.

"The law does not blame the public, doesn't Madam understand this truth?" Zhao Bai said.

"Your Majesty, our Dongyan Mansion did encounter difficulties at that time, and now we have been able to turn around. I am willing to hand over all the savings the mansion earned last year. Please appease your majesty." Dong Yanbo said.

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