My eunuch An is a yandere

If you want to get things done, you have to spend money.

Bai Ningwei said she had no money.

Then you have to find a way to make money.

As a palace concubine, there shouldn't be too many ways to make money.

But Bai Ningwei didn't like it.

She wanted to create a carnival among the nobles, making them willingly spend money and do good deeds. Only in this way could her plan not be greatly reduced or even terminated halfway due to laziness, corruption, etc.

Bai Ningwei immediately went to the kindergarten and informed the kindergarten teachers of the details of the Royal Kindergarten Auction.

These kindergarten teachers were either literate or taught themselves later, and now they can all write.

After receiving the order, dozens of people immediately went to find pieces of paper to write handwritten notices.

After taking the children home that day, these ladies were already used to receiving notes, and when they saw the contents, they were ecstatic.

The Imperial Kindergarten School was holding a charity auction for children. Each family would bring in an item worth up to ten taels of silver, and the auction would be held at a price. All proceeds would be used for disaster relief and to accumulate merit for the children. The auction would also be reported in newspapers and distributed throughout the capital.

These wealthy families would go to the temple every year to donate hundreds or even thousands of taels of money to their families for the sea lanterns and golden statues.

A mere ten taels is not a big deal. Besides, it is a good deed, accumulating blessings for the child, who would not want it?

Two days later, these ladies arrived on time with their gifts.

This matter would cause quite a stir, so in order to add some hype and to report to Xiao Duo, Bai Ningwei brought up the matter when Xiao Duo came to see the child.

"Your Majesty, our charity auction is still short of a grand finale item. Why don't you give us a suggestion?"

After hearing what Bai Ningwei said, Xiao Duo was speechless for a moment, and just looked at her with a mysterious look.

After a long while, he finally spoke.

"Why did Concubine De suddenly think of raising funds for disaster relief?"

This year's snowstorm affected more than just the capital, and the reborn Xiao Duo had already made preparations. However, he had to control the situation of the entire country, and the complexity of the coordination and human nature involved was self-evident.

Despite his early preparations, the outcome would undoubtedly be different from his expectations. Even though the reports from various regions had not yet been submitted, he could already guess the losses this year's snow would bring to various regions.

However, compared with the losses in the previous life, it is naturally much better.

In particular, food prices in the capital and surrounding towns will definitely not soar, there should be fewer collapsed houses, and the number of refugees will also decrease accordingly.

But Xiao Duo couldn't understand why a concubine in the deep palace would think of doing this.

Could it be that Bai Ningwei was also reborn, so she knew that this heavy snow would become a disaster?

Xiao Duo had a moment of doubt, but quickly rejected the idea.

All the things that happened before had nothing to do with Bai Ningwei. If Bai Ningwei was reborn, then with her intelligence and the weak power of her family, she should have thought about giving birth to a child of her own to consolidate her position.

Looking at Xiao Duo's scrutinizing gaze, Bai Ningwei could imagine what he was suspicious of. Her heart skipped a beat. Was she being careless? Or was Xiao Duo's suspicion only getting worse?

Fortunately, there was Xiao Yuaner, so she could only be pulled out as a shield.

"Yuan'er told me that there's a shortage of charcoal in the palace, and the roads outside the palace are difficult to travel. I'm afraid all the palaces will have to be frugal this year. So I can't help but overthink it."

"My hometown is a small place, not as prosperous as the capital. Every winter, many houses collapse under the weight of snow. This year's snow is particularly deep, which makes me a little worried. This auction is just for fun, and the money won't be easy to use elsewhere. It would be better to set up a tent to give out porridge. It would be a good deed and also bring blessings to the children. Why not do it?"

Xiao Duo nodded but it was unclear whether he believed it or not. He just stood up and walked towards the desk.

This is the agreed inscription.

Bai Ningwei's heart skipped a beat. There was her calligraphy on the table, and this thing could best reveal whether she was reborn.

A person's handwriting will change with the passage of time. Her handwriting now is not something a little girl can write.

She hurriedly followed him, pretending to be calm as she took some water and ground some ink.

Bai Ningwei's desk wasn't particularly tidy, with its many miscellaneous items, including paints, carving knives, and small wooden seals, taking up quite a bit of space. Therefore, she folded every piece of paper she wrote on in half and placed it neatly in the upper right corner.

Xiao Duo picked up a brush, dipped it in ink and wrote the word "goodness" on the paper, then handed the brush to her.

"You are the initiator of the auction, so you should also write a word."

Bai Ningwei nodded in agreement, moved Xiao Duo's calligraphy onto her own pile of paper, picked up her pen, and wrote a straight and featureless character called "Feng".

"Auspicious snow indicates a good harvest. Although this winter has been a bit difficult, next year will surely yield a good harvest. However, my handwriting is somewhat inferior to what I can present."

Xiao Duo hummed and didn't respond to her. He just stared at the pile of papers under the word "goodness" he wrote.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he didn't pull out the papers directly for comparison. Instead, he took out his own personal seal and stamped it on Bai Ningwei's "Feng" character.

"That way we can show it off."

The emperor's private seal is different from the official seal and has a high collection value. It can be regarded as a favor to her.

Bai Ningwei thanked him with a beautiful smile, and after seeing Xiao Duo off, she immediately called Gualv over.

"My lady, what are you doing?"

As soon as Gualv came in, he saw Bai Ningwei soaking all the papers she had written on in water.

These papers cannot be burned, the floating ashes are difficult to clean up and the smoke smell is difficult to dissipate.

"Bring all the calligraphy you wrote here, quickly."

Gualv heard the anxiety in Bai Ningwei's tone and did not dare to delay at all. He returned to his residence and took out a large stack of papers.

Although she didn't understand what was going on, she knew that these papers had to be kept out of sight. Fortunately, her winter clothes were thick, so she carefully wrapped them in her arms before bringing them to Bai Ningwei.

Bai Ningwei had already hidden the basin of paper pulp, and picked out a few pieces of paper with good writing from the pile of green papers, folded them in half and put them away as they were.

After finishing all these things, before I could even catch my breath, Wang Xi came in with his men, carrying trays of pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

"Greetings to the Virtuous Consort. You see, His Majesty has only just left you and he's already thinking of you. His Majesty said that the Empress was so kind that he rewarded her with a set of the Four Treasures of the Study."

After Wang Xi finished speaking, several eunuchs took the initiative to place the things on Bai Ningwei's desk.

Wang Xi smiled and continued to compliment as if he knew nothing.

"This set was presented as tribute. The eldest prince asked for it before, but Your Majesty felt that the eldest prince's calligraphy was not worthy of such a fine item, so he refused to give it to him. I didn't expect that he was saving it for Her Majesty."

Gualv presented Wang Xi with a purse, and this time Wang Xi didn't pretend to refuse, but accepted it directly. He was an old hand in the world, and he could sense anything that was wrong with the emperor.

After seeing Wang Xi off, Bai Ningwei returned to the desk and carefully counted the stack of papers. Sure enough, two sheets were missing.

Fortunately, she reacted quickly and responded accordingly.

Fortunately, in this life, she still taught Gualü to read and did not treat him differently.

What Gualü has been practicing is the calligraphy she wrote. In order to make it easier for her to learn, she specially wrote basic fonts.

Unexpectedly, these fonts saved me at the critical moment.

After Xiao Duo got the two words, he looked at them carefully and felt relieved.

The characters are in the same font, and the paper is the same tribute Chengxintang paper.

So I was overthinking it.