TPITWOHEF

Chapter 93

Concubine Liu bundled up Little Chuchu tightly and quickly rushed back to the palace with the duck eggs.

As her daughter was sound asleep, she and the palace maid checked today's accounts, tallying the income from the harem.

It wasn't until the evening of the next day that Concubine Liu went to report at Cining Palace.

"Empress Dowager, the wolf hair brush with a broken tip, which you used to teach the Emperor how to write when he was a child, and taught him to be a wise ruler, it's the one that broke because he was truant."

"It sold for 2,900 taels!"

There were already a pile of concubines and consorts in Cining Palace waiting for the news, even the Empress was there.

Upon hearing this, everyone's corners of the mouth twitched.

This brush had disciplined the Emperor.

It was one of the few high-priced items in this harem auction.

"It sold for so much?" the Empress Dowager exclaimed in surprise and delight, "I almost threw this brush away a few years ago."

Concubine Liu smiled, "The people were praising the Empress Dowager as a strict mother yesterday, saying that's why we have an Emperor who is willing to raise pigs and ducks for the people."

The Empress Dowager couldn't close her mouth from laughing.

The money was secondary, the key point was her reputation; this charity sale really gave it a good boost.

"I heard that the entire Zhengxuan Building was surrounded by three layers of people, inside and out? Even the wealthy gentry from neighboring towns rushed over."

"Yes. We were worried that with so many people, not everyone would be able to hear clearly, so we distributed introduction scrolls of the items on sale to all the buyers present."

The Empress Dowager's eyes lit up, her story of educating her son was even recorded in text?

"Good, good, good! Concubine Liu, you did well, you are a good child."

The Empress Dowager was extremely satisfied.

Concubine Liu quickly began dividing the money.

"The Empress Dowager's tea cup, the one she used to educate the harem."

"The spinning wheel with which the Empress Dowager personally spun silk."

The more the Empress Dowager heard, the more satisfied she became. Her stories of educating her son, the Emperor, her daughter-in-law, the Empress, and her personal labor, asking for blessings for the people, all these virtues... had all been spread!

As long as these collectibles were held by the wealthy gentry, they would treasure them, showing them off to their descendants and guests who visited.

Each time they showed them, they would recount the story of these old items, retelling the story of her, the Empress Dowager's good name!

The Empress Dowager was all smiles, extremely satisfied with this charity sale arranged by Concubine Liu.

She casually waved her hand, "Concubine Liu, I am old now, and I don't need much money. Abalone and sea cucumber, I can't even digest them, the money from these sales, the portion that belongs to me, will just gather dust if kept, I will give it all to you."

The Empress and the consorts: "......???"

They were stunned.

Just as Concubine Liu was about to refuse, the Empress Dowager deliberately put on a stern face to stop her, "The Emperor has been talking about project profits recently, I am old, I can't keep up with the Emperor's thinking. Concubine Liu, you take the money, you will definitely make better use of it than me."