I'm reborn, so it's not too much to kill the one who traveled through the book, right?

Under the palace wall, looking up, you can see a narrow strip of blue sky.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, the palaces have carved beams and painted buildings, red walls and black tiles, and the roofs are covered with golden glazed tiles.

The eighteen-ridged corner towers with nine beams, eighteen pillars and seventy-two ridges stand tall at the four corners of the city wall, majestic and spectacular.

Exquisitely dressed ladies walked in twos and threes on the palace road, making the usually quiet palace road bustling with hustle and bustle.

Chen Yuan supported her mother Huang and walked behind the two ladies, looking around constantly.

This was Chen Yuan’s first time entering the palace, and he couldn’t help but take a few more glances.

The imperial palace of Dayong was similar to what she had seen before in modern times.

Chen Yuan only took a few glances, then like other ladies, she looked down at the road below.

If there had been a banquet in the palace in the past, the wife of a minor official like her would not have been qualified to enter.

But now, the Queen Mother held the banquet in order to raise money, so naturally she wanted as many people as possible.

Therefore, for someone like Chen Yuan, whose relatives were invited to his home and whose own family also had officials, he was allowed to enter.

Chen Yuan was a married woman and her husband's family was just a minor official. She had been in the capital for so long but had never been to the palace to see the world. After learning that the requirements to enter the palace were so low, she begged her mother to take her to the palace to see the world.

The mother and daughter were following the ladies in front of them to the Imperial Garden.

This time, Empress Dowager Zhou hosted a flower-viewing banquet. As it was autumn and chrysanthemums were in full bloom, the Empress Dowager invited everyone to appreciate the chrysanthemums.

The mother and daughter of the Chen family were walking quietly on the palace road. At this time, a lady who was familiar with Chen's mother caught up with them.

"Madam, please walk slower." Huang followed in big strides.

Upon hearing this, the mother and daughter of the Chen family stopped and turned to look over.

"Mrs. Huang." Seeing that she was his mother's good friend, Chen Yuan knelt down and bowed to the lady.

Mrs. Chen smiled and praised Chen Yuan, then she looked at Chen's face and asked, "How much are you going to donate?"

It is obvious that Mrs. Huang is a person who speaks her mind.

Mrs. Chen did not answer him, but asked back. Oh. "What about you, how much are you going to donate?"

Madam Huang didn't care about Chen's lack of answer. "How much can you donate? You know the situation in our house. The most you can donate is a thousand silver coins."

Chen frowned, "Sister, isn't this... a little too little?"

It's not just a little, it's very little, okay?

Huang looked unconcerned. She only smiled while covering her mouth, then glanced at the ladies around her and whispered, "Oh, my dear sister, no matter how much money is donated, we are doing our best. We can't do it just to please the Queen Mother. Is her family going to be miserable?"

As soon as Madam Huang said this, a lady in purple clothes beside her slowed down her pace, came over and whispered, "What are you talking about? Is it about donating money later? How much do you plan to donate?"

The man in purple was named Zhang. He was obviously here to get information as well, and he kept asking questions once he started.

The lady's voice was not clear, but as soon as she said this, the people walking nearby and on the palace road also looked over.

They walked at the back of the procession, far behind the front. Behind the ladies and young ladies, the eunuchs leading the way were very far away. They were far away, so they could whisper a few words to each other, and it didn't have much impact.

When Mrs. Zhang asked this question, both pairs of eyes were fixed on Chen.

Chen coughed twice, "You also know that our Yiyong Marquis's Mansion has only been in the capital for a few years. Our family is poor and cannot compare with those brothers in Jincheng. With the efforts of the whole family, we can only come up with two thousand taels of silver."

After saying that, her eyes fell on Mrs. Zhang's face.

When Mrs. Chen said this, Mrs. Zhang laughed dryly and said, "What a coincidence, I am the same as my sister!"

Not only the people from the Chen family were discussing this, but other ladies who were walking in groups of three or four were also discussing the issue of donating silver.

At this time, Chen Yuan said softly: "It looks like we won't be able to raise much money after this flower banquet."

The ladies looked at each other and nothing more could be said.

Not only Chen Yuan thought so, but other people also had similar ideas.

Everyone is competing with each other and donating more or less than the other.

How much money can be raised by this calculation?

Although there are hundreds of civil and military officials, how many of them can come to the banquet?

It would be good if we could get half of it. If everyone donated one or two thousand, the total amount would only be tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Tens of thousands of taels of silver are just a drop in the bucket compared to the silver notes needed for disaster relief.

Although no one said it explicitly, after making inquiries from many sources, everyone had an idea of ​​how much silver the empress dowager raised in the end.

But because of the Queen Mother's face, no one said anything.

Everyone just thought of it as a way to spend some money to please the empress dowager, or to take the opportunity to bring their girls out to see the world.

Soon, under the guidance of the eunuch, they arrived at the Imperial Garden.

The imperial garden in autumn is still full of flowers.

Even the road under your feet is paved with rain flower stones of various colors, with various patterns, figures, flowers, scenery, dramas, allusions, etc. It is fun to watch along the way.

The roadside is full of chrysanthemums of various colors, and further away, verdant pines and cypresses are dotted between the rockery. There are also various kinds of rock bonsai, all kinds of strange and bizarre.

Everyone followed the eunuch leading the way through the paths paved with rainflower stones surrounded by chrysanthemums, and arrived at the Fubiting Pavilion in the northeast corner of the Imperial Garden.

As soon as Chen Yuan and others arrived at Fubiting, they saw that Chengruiting opposite was already full of noble ladies and young ladies.

The two pavilions are symmetrical, and underneath them is a single-arch stone bridge. The bridge is located in the middle of the pond, spanning the pond from north to south. Fish are raised and water lilies are planted in the pond, but summer has passed, and now only a pond of withered lotus leaves are left, which does have a certain beauty of withering.

In contrast to the withered flowers in the pond is the area between the two pavilions covered with chrysanthemums of various varieties.

These flowers are more valuable and more beautiful than the ones they saw on the roadside just now.

Chen Yuan took a quick look and saw that there were dozens of varieties of chrysanthemums alone, and most of them were varieties she had never seen in her two lifetimes.

It is worthy of being a royal palace, it is truly rich and magnificent.

The palace maids standing by saw the ladies being brought over, and hurriedly led them to their seats.

As soon as everyone found a seat suitable for their status and sat down, tea and snacks were served.

It was a long way from the palace gate to the Imperial Garden, and they walked quite a distance.

Their legs were shaking and weak, and some even had their clothes soaked on the back.

Sitting down now, if they were not concerned about their image, they would have wanted the maids beside them to massage their legs.

Chen Yuan sat upright on a round stool, his face somewhat pale.

Ever since she fell into the water and slipped her tire last time, her health has not been as good as before.

At this moment, her hand holding the teacup was shaking slightly.

Chen Yuan felt a little regretful about having this trip.

The palace is beautiful, but it is really tiring to visit.

It was still early and the Queen Mother would not come so early, so the ladies found groups of acquaintances and sat together to chat and appreciate the flowers.