Zixuan caressed the leather hat, sadness and reluctance flashed across her clear eyes.
"Every time I see this hat, I think of my relatives and friends in Tianchi country, and every day in my hometown. I am really reluctant to give it away! However, if I donate one more thing, one disaster victim will be spared After the beginning of autumn, the weather will be cold again, and the victims have no clothes to wear, how can they survive the autumn and winter! Forget it, donate it, and I will pray for the child in my belly!"
Zixuan opened the jewelry box again, the light is so bright that it can brighten the eyes of blind people.
There are ten jewelry boxes in total, all of which are filled with gold and silver jewelry. Some are purple gold crowns donated by foreign countries, some are exquisitely shaped golden hairpins given to her by local officials, some are rings given by Yan Li, some are gifted by Rong Changan...
"Hey, take it all! The money you got from the sale is used to buy food for the victims. No matter how much jewelry you have, you can't eat it!"
Suddenly, from the corner of her eye, Zixuan saw a shiny object, she picked it up, looked at it, and her eyes became moist.
"Grand Concubine, this is the longevity lock that the Empress begged for you in the Nine Sons Mother Temple in Wenchang County. Do you want to sell it?"
Zixuan wiped it with a handkerchief, and the Changsheng lock became even brighter: "This is the queen's love for me, how can I sell the lock!" So Zixuan put the Changsheng lock in her sleeve, "These ten boxes Let the guards move everything into the car!"
Lan'er saw that so many gold and silver jewelry had to be sold, she was a bit reluctant: "Concubine, don't you want to keep some? Even if you keep two or three boxes."
Zixuan smiled: "Money is something outside of the body. If you don't bring it with you, you don't take it with you when you die! It's better to accumulate some evil virtues, so that you can get a good punishment in the next life. Don't talk anymore, just do what I want. "
Lan'er's heart was bleeding, and she agreed in a low voice; "Yes!"
After half an hour, Rong Changan, Zixuan and Ziyan all met at Jingyang Gate.
Among them, Zixuan's belongings were packed into three carts, while Rong Chang'an's was slightly less, with two carts. Look at Ziyan's, not even a box of cages! When the maids and eunuchs saw it, they all secretly laughed at Ziyan, a stingy and cheapskate.
At this time, Zixuan changed into an ordinary and more down-to-earth attire, resembling the little girl next door, Xiaojiabiyu.
Rong Changan also changed into a simple dress, but she couldn't hide her beauty and dignity.
Looking at Ziyan again, it is still full of pearls and emeralds, shining brightly, and the golden steps are jingling. That dress is full of pearls, shining brightly, as soon as she walks out of the palace gate, it will definitely attract attention.
Rong Changan said sarcastically: "Zi Yan, I advise you not to go out, otherwise we will lose face to our harem."
Ziyan snorted: "How did I lose face in the harem?" She thought Rong Changan was talking about dressing up, so she took out a small bronze mirror from Qingqing's basket and took a picture of it.
Pooh!
Zi Yanqi's nose was crooked: "Rong Chang'an, what are you laughing at? Look in the mirror, haven't you seen it?"
Rong Chang'an said: "After taking photos, you are still a female toad. If it were me, I would definitely not be able to eat at night."
Ziyan's chest heaved violently: "You can't eat it, but I can!"
Rong Changan walked to Ziyan's car, knocked on the only cage on the car, and there was an empty sound from the cage.
"As a noble concubine of a country, you only take out this little thing to sell, and the common people think that the people in the harem are also hungry! That's why I said, you will lose face to our harem. You are not as good as ordinary rich people. Where are the children!"
Zi Yan pouted: "I only have that little stuff, I don't have any more."
Ziyan served Li Hai in the past, and was very favored, and the rewards he got were unknown. Who would believe that she only had this box of things!
Rong Changan curled his lips contemptuously: "Let's go later, you walk behind by yourself, don't follow me and Zixuan."
"Why?" Zi Yan was very unconvinced.
"Why?" Rong Changan smiled, "You don't want face, we want face!"
Ziyan's small oval face is white, red and purple. She peeked at the maids and eunuchs, many of them lowered their heads and laughed.
"Then sister Zixuan wait for me, I will go back to the palace and search carefully to see if there are any missing."
When Zi Yan left, Rong Changan laughed.
"Hmph, this kind of stingy bitch should make her bleed!"
After another difficult choice, Zi Yan barely made up the two cages.
The three-person motorcade then rattled towards the center of the downtown. I heard that the queen and the two noble concubines came out, and spectators crowded both sides of the whole street. At the same time, victims of disasters continued to come forward to beg.
Rong Changan and Zixuan have already prepared several drawers of buns and steamed buns, and if there is a beggar, they will give two to each of them. Naturally, the disaster victims are grateful and grateful.
Ziyan was afraid that the hands of the victims would be dirty, so she ordered Qingqing to throw steamed buns and steamed buns for her, then closed the curtains tightly, covered her nose with a handkerchief, and cursed in her heart: "These pickled things smell so bad! Staying well in the palace, Rong Changan must come out and suffer! She can suffer alone, but she wants us to suffer with her! I don't know what she is thinking about!"
When they came to the lively place, Rong Changan, Zixuan and the others took off all the gold and silver jewelry from the car and placed them in front of them, just like people in a star shop.
"This is the Pearl of the South China Sea. It is a gift from the island countries in the South China Sea. It was given to me by the emperor. Who wants to buy it?" Rong Changan pointed to a pearl as big as a fist and introduced it.
That came out of the palace, and it must be a genuine treasure. Those who had no money looked at the ocean and sighed, and some princes and grandchildren hurried over and tasted it.
"Queen, how do you sell these beads?"
Rong Changan smiled slightly: "What price do you offer?"
The young man snapped open the folding fan and fanned it: "I offer five hundred taels of silver, can the queen sell it?"
This is a tribute item, how could it be worth only five hundred taels of silver!
"Young master, can you increase the price?"
The young master rubbed the back of his head and thought for a while: "How about seven hundred taels of silver?"
Rong Changan smiled again, and looked at the others: "Is there anyone else willing to bid?"
There were many wealthy families asking for the price: "I will offer one thousand taels of silver!"
"I'll give you 1,200 taels of silver!"
"I'll pay 1,500 taels!"
Everyone wants to earn this rare treasure. According to the real price, this bead would have to sell for ten thousand taels of silver! But now Rong Changan is in urgent need of money, as long as the price can exceed three thousand taels, she will make a move.
Sure enough, a scholar shouted, "I'll pay you three thousand taels of silver! Queen, what do you think?"
Many people bought this bead not only because it was beautiful and rare, but also because it came from the palace, and Rong Changan personally came to sell it. If it is left to future generations, it must be a priceless treasure.
Rong Changan pondered for a while: "Okay, three thousand taels will be three thousand taels! Let's make a deal!"
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On the other side, Zixuan also sells her gold and silver jewelry to the general public in Beijing. One of the ladies pointed to a bunch of pearl and agate necklaces in the box.
"How do you sell this string?"
Zixuan remembered that this necklace was a tribute from the Japanese kingdom, and Yan Li had just given it to her because she was pregnant with a child. Zixuan is very precious! But in order to collect money and food, Zixuan had to sell it.
In fact, she didn't know the price, so she thought about it: "One hundred taels of silver!"
what! All the onlookers were dumbfounded! Such a string of shiny necklaces only cost one hundred taels of silver, which is really shocking.