She married a dying prince and she won three babies.

"Well, the Crown Princess of Prince Rong's Mansion said it was delicious, not bad.

It’s delicious indeed.

This is what our soldiers on the front line eat every morning, and it’s not even as salty.

After eating, they felt full of strength and picked up their swords to kill the enemy.

But even with such a bowl of noodles, they couldn't eat it to their heart's content.

And you eat chicken, duck, fish and meat every day, and sometimes you complain that the food cooked by your family is not tasty enough and give it directly to the servants."

The emperor paused here and looked at the courtiers and family members in front of him, all of whom lowered their heads.

"Since last year, Great Wei has been experiencing the largest enemy invasion in a hundred years.

More than 50,000 soldiers on the front lines have died in the battle, and even the second son of Prince Rong's Mansion sacrificed his life for his country.

Over the past year, countless battles, both large and small, have been fought, and the national treasury is empty.

Everyone here is a citizen of the Great Wei, a pillar of the Great Wei, and a member of the official family of the Great Wei.

You enjoy the glory of being a noble of the Great Wei.

If the skin is gone, the hair will not be attached.

Every citizen has a share of responsibility for the rise and fall of a country.

Today, I invite you here so that you can do your best to provide some money and food for the soldiers on the front line.

I will set an example myself. From today on, the twelve dishes per meal will be reduced to four.

The harem will cut expenses, rouge and powder will be paid once every three months instead of every six months, the monthly salary of the empress and concubines will be halved, and the number of clothes for all four seasons will be halved.

The emperor became more and more passionate as he spoke.

"I will take the lead in donating to the soldiers on the front line." The queen also stood up at this time.

At this time, a row of palace maids came in from the side carrying trays.

One of them walked up to the queen, half-knelt down, and held the tray high.

The queen began to take off the jewelry on her head and the bracelets on her wrists one by one and put them on the tray.

Then the palace maids carried the trays and walked towards the people in the field.

"If you don't have any banknotes with you today, you can go to Eunuch Chen to register how much you want to donate and make up for it tomorrow," the queen added.

This is serious. How many ministers who went to court carried silver bills with them?

Servants usually carry money with them, and attendants take it out when they need it.

The servants were not allowed to enter the palace and had to wait in a special place outside.

Only a few princes and princesses could bring their servants into the palace.

When the palace maid came to the princess, she took off all the jewelry on her head and put them on the tray, but she hesitated and was reluctant to take off the bracelet on her hand.

But I took it off anyway and was about to put it on the tray.

"Mother, is this the token of love that my father gave you?" Yu Yuanzheng asked.

The princess was embarrassed to respond, but her expression said it all.

Yu Yuanzheng put the bracelet back on her.

"Mother, since it has commemorative significance, don't donate it." Yu Yuanzheng's actions caused dissatisfaction among many people.

Why did they all take off all the things on their bodies, and the princess, as the most honorable Princess Rong of Wei, whose status is second only to the queen, how could she seek private affairs?

"Princess, we have taken away everything. Even if it is a token of love given to you by the prince, it is just an object.

If everyone is like you, can we follow suit?

Who didn’t bring precious jewelry into the palace today?

Look at Meng Xing's wife, she even took off her earrings."

An older-looking woman spoke.

Yu Yuanzheng took a look and thought, oh, isn’t she the princess of King Mo?

It is estimated that Prince Mo's Mansion has developed resentment towards Prince Rong's Mansion.

The good granddaughter married into the palace, waiting for her to take the position of princess in the end, but she ended up being a widow.

At the same time, she relied on her status as an elder and acted righteous.

Typical disrespect for the elderly.

After hearing this, the princess felt a little embarrassed.

Everyone else had picked everything, so it would be a shame if she only had one left.

And it was his own son who led the army.

If she takes the lead, others will follow suit.

She was about to take the bracelet off again.

Yu Yuanzheng pressed it directly.

"Zheng'er?"

"Mother, put it on."

Yu Yuanzheng looked at Princess Lao Mo with a cold face, then took out a stack of banknotes from his arms and put them on the tray.

The palace maid came to Princess Jing again with a tray.

Princess Jing wanted to stand up and speak for her good sister, but when she saw Yu Yuanzheng holding her down and not letting her go, she shut her mouth.

She knew that her adopted daughter had her own plans.

She picked up the silver bills that Yu Yuanzheng had placed there and counted them in front of everyone.

The more you click, the more wonderful the expression on your face becomes.

"Sister-in-law Queen, Prince Rong's Mansion donated 20,000 taels of silver, and Princess Rong's jewelry does not need to be donated.

The most expensive jewelry worn by us women is capped at five thousand taels of silver.

Zheng'er donated 20,000 taels at once, so my sister-in-law took the initiative to take Princess Rong's jewelry."

As Princess Jing spoke, she picked out the jewelry that she had just taken off her head one by one.

Everyone was stunned.

That's okay.

"If anyone else donates 20,000 taels of silver notes directly like the Crown Princess, there is no need to include jewelry." The Queen smiled and glanced at everyone.

Of course, Yu Yuanzheng didn't put any jewelry.

But no one present was so generous as to give out 20,000 taels of silver notes at once.

Among those ministers and nobles who pledged donations to Eunuch Chen, the prime minister donated a maximum of eight thousand taels.

Princess Lingxuan also went to Eunuch Chen to donate eight thousand taels on behalf of Prince Jing's Mansion.

When the eldest prince's wife saw her going to pledge donations, she also went up to pledge ten thousand taels.

Seeing that the eldest princess had pledged such a large amount of money, the second and third princes did not dare to act petty in front of their father.

He also had to pledge a donation of 10,000 taels.

With these few people taking the lead.

The people behind him didn't dare to be too petty.

Even several scholars in the Hanlin Academy pledged one thousand taels. They were all incorruptible officials, and they would probably have to go home and ask their wives for dowries to supplement the amount.

The emperor did not leave either, but watched everyone take off their jewelry and make donations.

This palace banquet came and went quickly.

I just ate a bowl of noodles, which I may have never eaten in my life, and then I started bleeding profusely.

The final statistics showed that the amount of donated silver was 200,000 taels, and the jewelry taken off the women's heads could be converted into tens of thousands of taels of silver.

It can buy more than 20 million kilograms of grain, enough to feed the border troops for two months.

The emperor was quite satisfied when he saw this number.

He praised Yu Yuanzheng in front of the queen and asked her to send the reward he mentioned to the palace as soon as possible.

When Yu Yuanzheng received the things sent by the Queen, she was a little confused.

She donated 20,000 taels, and the queen gave her a big house.

A house in the capital is not cheap.

It was a four-story house, and she specifically emphasized that it was her private property.

This house is worth at least tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Why doesn’t the emperor sell it to buy food for the soldiers?

Yu Yuanzheng thought of another possibility.

The emperor didn't reward her for donating money, but for something else, such as opening the iron box.

If there is something beneficial to receive, then take it.

That day she took her maids and guards to see the house.

Dongcheng District, relatively close to the palace.

There are servants managing it.

"Chun Lei, who are these servants?" Yu Yuanzheng was not quite sure.

"Princess Consort, this house is managed by the Imperial Household Department, and they are all servants of the Imperial Household Department. In other words, this house belongs to the Emperor, and he will only reward it to meritorious officials who have made significant contributions to the country." Chunlei knew it at a glance.

"Oh!"

Now Yu Yuanzheng was certain that the emperor gave her the reward just because she opened the iron box.

Not bad.

"Chun Lei, can I give it to someone else?" Yu Yuanzheng asked after thinking for a while.