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Well, the auction was very lively. It was hosted by Chen Xingyao and Xie Qingzhi. It was originally scheduled to last for two hours. When it was about to end, the queen suddenly said that she was very grateful to everyone present.

Thank you for the gifts you sent, which have helped the people in the north to rebuild their homes after the snowstorm. For the sake of my poor people of Daxia, the auction will be extended to four hours.

Oops, have you already taken pictures of the birthday gifts I received?

That's such a pity. It's my fault for not being a good queen that I only received such a small gift.

The rich and powerful: We have been bidding for two hours, why don’t we buy back the gifts by paying ten times the price ourselves?

The nobles: If you calculate, there are at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Is the Queen still not satisfied?

Shen Dongsu: The officials from the Ministry of Rites are here. Please let me see how many gifts everyone gave to Empress Chen on her birthday ten years ago?

Alas, I have only celebrated my first birthday as Queen, so I naturally dare not compare myself with Queen Chen...

Before the thick list of gifts from the Ministry of Rites was delivered, many dignitaries and nobles immediately sent in additional gifts.

We must not let the Queen find out that the gift they gave to Queen Chen is more valuable!

Besides, there are so many things that need to be moved, don’t you have any important items in your Ministry of Rites?

Why do we need to bring over the list of gifts for the Queen as well?

However, some wealthy businessmen were very calm because they had never given any gifts to Queen Chen.

Well, even if Empress Chen offered it to them, she would not accept it. At that time, merchants were not even in the eyes of the powerful.

Only our Queen will accept any gift from any caravan whose name is registered with the company and will send all of them to the auction house.

He also invited wealthy merchants to participate in the auction. After four hours, the auction had raised nearly one million taels of gold and silver.

Shen Dongsu kept half of the money as follow-up rescue funds, and used the rest entirely for disaster relief for the snow disaster in the north.

Because this was the Queen's own money, the Ministry of Revenue could only send an official to supervise it, and it was absolutely not allowed to be greedy.

By the way, the Queen Mother wanted to show her respect to the nobles who had contributed to the reconstruction of the homes of the people in the north after the snowstorm, and who were the ones who gave her the gift.

All of them were given a trophy in return. In order to distinguish this trophy from other talent awards, it was made of glass instead of gold or silver.

If it were a few years ago, this glass trophy would still be worth some money, but now, you can see that all the windows in Youzhou are made of glass.

The nobles who received the return gifts could only hold back a bitter smile, twitching their lips, and still express gratitude to the queen.

Shen Dongsu asked the newspapers to publicize the incident, praising those who bid high in the auction and praising their contributions to disaster relief.

Since ancient times, the powerful and noble have loved fame. Okay, I will give you a good reputation.

Let’s see if you will come again if such a good thing happens next time?

I'll just make you swallow your anger and there's nothing you can do about it no matter how unwilling you are.

They use public opinion to cut the flesh of the powerful and wealthy, and their hearts bleed, but they still have to smile and give money.

After the auction, Xie Qingzhi and Chen Xingyao sighed, saying that everyone said Jiang Hong was good at doing business, and the best businessman in the world was our Queen.

There was no need to hold a birthday banquet, and she got more than one million taels of silver for nothing. The guests had no objection, after all, the queen had set up the routine.

This is for the people in the north, for reconstruction after the snowstorm. The Queen didn't ask you to donate, but just auctioned off the gifts you gave. Don't you want to do that?

As Xie Qingzhi spoke, she began to laugh out loud. This girl loved to see the arrogant Chang'an dignitaries being humiliated in front of the Queen.

Seeing Chen Xingyao's expressionless face, Xie Qingzhi asked curiously:

"Why isn't she smiling, Lord Chen? We have accomplished the task Her Majesty has assigned us so well, Her Majesty must be very happy."

Chen Xingyao: ...Why don't you say I'm not smiling? Can I say that I gave the most gifts?

I have to buy them all back! All the cash I brought from Chang'an has been used up.

However, Chen Xingyao discovered that among the gifts he gave, only two were not on the auction list. It was said that the little princess liked them very much, so the queen let them stay.

He gave more than 30 gifts, which he bought back at a high price, but the queen only kept two, which made Chen Xingyao feel...

So touching!

This guy is really hopeless.

Since the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, Shen Dongsu spends half an hour every night writing a parenting diary, especially recording all the childish words and phrases of her eldest and youngest children.

Just so that when Ling Moxiao comes home, he can know what the three of us were doing every day when he was not at home.

Xiaobao's language development has always been better than his brother's, and now he is even more clever with his little mouth. He often blushes at what his brother says, and doesn't know how to refute.

Dabao is a big eater, and Dongsu is afraid that he might get upset from eating too much, so he gives them children's meals at regular times and in fixed quantities.

Then my sister found a way to control her brother. She gave him half of the cake and accompanied me to the garden to watch the ants move.

I only eat the white part of the egg and not the yolk. I give the yolk to my brother, who also accompanies me to pick up fallen leaves to make bookmarks...

My brother has signed countless unequal treaties like this.

I don’t know why, they are obviously twins, and the eldest is the older brother, but he seems to be dumber than his younger sister.

Brother Xiaopan said this is normal. You are also a younger sister, so isn’t your brother dumber than you?

Shen Dongsu: ...Brother, don't listen! It's dirty talk!

Dabao was stronger and rarely fell ill, but Xiaobao always caught colds in autumn and winter. Whenever Xiaobao caught a cold, Dongsu would isolate the two siblings.

At this time, the twins' telepathy appeared. The older child would always call his younger sister through the window, and no matter how much he loved a snack, he would save it for his younger sister.

The only time he didn't see his sister was during the morning court session. He changed from his usual well-behaved self and became restless.

Dong Su had no choice but to ask for leave for our Crown Prince and let the nanny take him to see his sister.

Xiaobao was the same. He drank the medicine and fell asleep. No matter when he woke up, he never asked, "Where's Mom?" or "Where's Dad?"

But:

"Where's your brother?"

Every time Xiaobao recovered and was released from quarantine, the two children had to hold hands and sleep in the same bed before they would stop.

When sharing what happened during the past few days of separation, they all rushed to speak and chattered for more than an hour.

Dong Su previously thought that having two children was too tiring to raise. Now that the children are older, she feels that having two children grow up together will save her a lot of worry.

At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, in addition to the snow disaster, something else happened that made Dong Su worried.

That is, Ding Qi and Brother Dayu suddenly entered the palace together, and Mo Xiujing came with them. This matter was only told to Dong Su, and it was kept secret from Shen Dongyue and Sister Ayuan, and of course from the relatives and friends of the Shen family.

Brother Dayu said that a clinic in Jiangnan found a patient who looked like Feng Wensheng.

To be honest, when Shen Dongsu heard the name Feng Wensheng, she was stunned for a moment before she remembered who this person was.

It feels like, after watching a thousand episodes of Conan, a murderer from the first ten episodes suddenly escapes from prison, and not only the audience, but even the detective himself has forgotten who this murderer is.

When I realized who this person was, I naturally remembered what he had done in the past, and at the same time, I was overwhelmed with feelings of disgust and hatred.

Shen Dongsu snorted coldly: "He has been a scourge for thousands of years, but he is still not dead!"

Mo Xiujin said: "Even if it is a thousand-year-old fox, if it reveals its tail, it will have no chance of survival."

"This time, he will definitely die!"

Shen Dongsu looked at him and asked, "If it was just Feng Wensheng, Brother Dayu and Ding Qi wouldn't look for you. What did he do?"

Ding Qi looked at Shen Dongsu with admiration. The Queen was truly a master of foresight!

Yu Dayu asked, "Does your Majesty still remember the Chen family of Jeju?"

Shen Dongsu nodded repeatedly. This was much clearer than what she remembered about Feng Wensheng. After all, Chen Fang's head was chopped off in front of her.

"A branch of the Chen clan in Jeju fled south and met Feng Wensheng by chance. The Chen clan was like a centipede, and it was still alive even after death.

Feng Wensheng took advantage of the relocation of the capital and the dissatisfaction of the nobles with the court, and secretly won over some people through the hands of the Chen family. "

Shen Dongsu said with a smile: "Does he still want to rebel?"

"Of course he is not qualified to rebel, but he is different from King Wu. He is familiar with Shenjia Village and our relatives."

"If he knew that revenge was hopeless, and he just wanted to vent his disgust, he would take his people back to Gwangju..."

Before Brother Dayu finished speaking, Shen Dongsu stood up suddenly. Sister Damai, cousin Dalian, cousin Shanshan, and many other relatives and friends were in Gwangzhou.

Even if Feng Wensheng hurt one of them, he would feel guilty and suffer for the rest of his life.