The daily life of the little princess of the royal group

After all, since it involves the Grand Princess, the efficiency of this matter will be many times faster.

It turned out that the scholar Chen Qing's father had passed away three years ago, and his stepmother Su Hehua had been having an affair with Wang Er from the village.

Recently, Su Hehua found out that she was pregnant and thought about killing her stepson.

She specially spent half a tael of silver to buy a few cakes at the dessert shop on South Street in the capital, saying that she wished Chen Qing to pass the imperial examination and have a high promotion.

Unexpectedly, a large amount of oleander was added to this pastry.

What was even more unexpected was that his stepson didn't get to eat the pastry, but instead it ended up in Mingyang's hands.

Fortunately, Mingyang only took a few pieces symbolically and did not eat the cakes. But just eating the cakes with fingers that had touched the oleander powder was enough to make him uncomfortable.

Just as Su Hehua finished her explanation, a servant from the General's Mansion delivered a message to Zhao Yunshan, "The eldest young master has woken up! The imperial physician said he'll be fine as long as he gets some rest."

Zhao Yunshan breathed a sigh of relief. The vicious woman could escape death, but she could not escape punishment for her crime.

The government also took this opportunity to publicize to the public the dangers of eating oleander.

This matter caused quite a stir, after all, it was linked to this kind of romantic scandal.

Xiao Mingyue has become popular again in a new way!

"Did you hear about the Oleander incident?"

“Who in the capital doesn’t know this?”

"It has to be the little princess. How can an ordinary person escape this disaster?"

"That's right, luckily he's Princess Mingzhu's brother, otherwise, hmph, his life or death would be in jeopardy."

"I heard that the food was made by the princess herself. Maybe it was the food that dissolved the disease."

"Makes sense!"

This type of discussion reached its climax when it was learned that Mingyang had successfully passed the examination and became a scholar despite his illness.

Jiang Mengrou was very happy to see her son woke up safely. She had never imagined that he could become a scholar.

Now, he was very happy and rewarded the whole mansion with three months' salary.

With the careful guidance of her family, Mingyue also walked out of the shadow of the "food box" and continued to make delicious food with Zhizhi and Taotao.

The first day of May came quietly.

At some point, the original "Women's Poetry Society" changed into something else and got a new sign.

The sound of firecrackers crackled, and Zhao Yunshan, holding Xiao Mingyue, took off the red cloth covering the plaque.

The words "Salesian Home" were clearly written on it.

Many people came and looked around curiously.

Then the manager came out and introduced, "Hello everyone, this is the Salesian Home!"

"Our host is Princess Mingzhu, and our plaque was personally written by the current emperor."

Someone asked, what is this orphanage for?

She introduced everyone, "This place will specifically take in children under the age of 15, regardless of gender, who are parentless and have no source of income. If your family is struggling and can't afford to raise a child, you can also send them here."

"Of course, if you send him here, we will teach him the principles of life and impart life experience to him."

"If the child's parents are still alive, they must sign an agreement that they will no longer have any relationship with their family. Otherwise, they will not be accepted."

"There are other details. You can look at the instructions on our wall or consult our housekeeper."

People came forward and asked for details.

After a while, someone really brought their daughter to the house. "I was reluctant to let her go, but I believe in the little princess Mingzhu. My family is really struggling, and I'm alone with a baby. I believe my daughter can live a better life with the little princess."

So she decisively signed the agreement, pressed her bloody fingerprint, pushed the child into the manager's arms, and ran away wiping her tears.

The child didn't make a fuss, but just looked at her mother's back with tears in her eyes. She knew she was abandoned.

With her as the first, many children followed. Some were sent to us, and some came to us on their own, but without exception, they were all girls.

Mingyue's family, who were living upstairs in the orphanage, felt a little sad.

"Xiao Mingyue, why do you want to open an orphanage?" Jiang Mengrou asked curiously.

"Mom, I often see many beggars on the street. Some of them are not even as old as me. I wish they could have a home too."

Mingyue continued, "Coincidentally, my uncle gave me a place like this a few days later. Hehe, it's decided."

"You really do what you want." Jiang Mengrou looked at her daughter with pride in her eyes.

"No! You didn't even ask us for money, where did you get the money?"

Mingyue pointed at her fingers guiltily, "Uh, hehe, that, last time, wasn't it, I followed others to gamble, that time when my uncle got married, hehe..."

Seeing that Jiang Mengrou was about to lose her temper, Xiao Mingyue quickly spoke up, "Mother! I didn't spend any of this ill-gotten gains! I used it all to build the Charity Bureau, and also for future expenses!"

"Don't bet with others anymore! Do you hear me?"

"Okay! Mom! I swear!" I'll count four! I'll hold up four fingers.

Zhao Yunshan gave his daughter a thumbs-up. "Good girl! Daddy is so proud of you!"

"Sister! Big brother supports you too! All my money will be given to you!"

"Um, sister, second brother is not well off financially. Wait for second brother to ask the brothers to raise funds for you!"

"Great! Great! This way we can help more people!"

Later, Xiao Mingyue's action was praised by Prime Minister Yuan in the court. Jiang Hetang took the opportunity to reward Xiao Mingyue with 100 taels of gold and took the lead in making fixed monthly donations to the orphanage.

Many officials followed suit and, with their wives in tow, came to visit the little princess, offering money or gifts.

Mingyue specially left a stone wall at the side door of the orphanage to record the names and amounts of donors.

I don't know how this wave of donations was sparked.

As a result, "Salesian Homes" were quickly built in the neighboring cities of Fengcheng and Tianjin.

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I had been busy preparing for the Salesian Home and paid little attention to the results of this year's palace examination.

"Miss! Do you know who is the top scorer in the imperial examination this year?" Taotao saw that Mingyue was a little bored these days, so she wanted to tell her some new things.

"I don't know. We don't know anyone attending. Is there any gossip?" Gossip radar activated!

"No, no! It's the number one scholar. The number one scholar is..." Taotao deliberately didn't say anything to keep Mingyue in suspense.

Everyone was amused by her.

"Oh! Come on, tell me!"

"I heard it was a noble son from a humble family! His name was Wang or something, and he won three first prizes in the imperial examination! It's said that someone even tried to find a son-in-law for him!"

"Several families wanted to take him away, and there was a big fight."

"It's so exciting!" Taotao also heard it from others. This is the hottest topic in Beijing right now.

"Is this true? He is so handsome?" Yue, who is obsessed with looks, is online.

Taotao spread her hands and said, "I don't know, but if it's not good-looking, no one will 'catch him', hehe."

"What's his name? Shall we go and take a look?"

"I think his name is Wang Kexian? Or something?"