Chapter 1743 Fanatic Worship

Baoxing immediately said: "I will go and find out."

"No need." Yun Dai said, "The Emperor is no longer a child to be manipulated, nor will he give in just because the Empress Dowager cries a few words."

Sure enough, not long after Yun Dai said these words, news came.

The Empress Dowager went to the Chengqian Hall angrily, cried to the emperor for a long time in tears, and asked him to hold a draft immediately.

The emperor first coaxed her to drink a cup of ginseng tea with a smile, and then sternly refused.

The Empress Dowager wanted to be so angry that she fainted, but that cup of ginseng tea was so effective. No matter how angry she was, she was still full of energy.

On the sixth day of the lunar month, Xiao Ziliang took Lu Xiaoman and set off back to Northern Qi.

Before leaving, in order to comfort Lu Xiaoman and elevate her status to match that of the Northern Qi King, Zhao Yuanjing specially made her the county head and gave her a wedding team that matched the county head's status.

Coupled with the more than fifty officials sent by Zhou Dynasty to Northern Qi, dozens of carriages set off from Kyoto to Northern Qi.

The emperor and empress stood on the tower and saw them off in person.

Ever since Yun Dai came back from Northern Qi, she has been particularly popular among the people. This time she appeared as a queen and once again received the enthusiastic pursuit of the people of Kyoto.

There were even twenty girls who imitated the attire she wore when she came back from Beiqi that day, with her hair simply tied up, a white skirt wrapped in a black cloak, as moving as a hibiscus in clear water.

The way she sat in the carriage that day, smiling and waving to everyone, really left a deep impression on the people.

Dozens of girls who imitated and admired her appearance stood on the roadside, chasing the emperor's car and throwing handkerchiefs, sachets and other items from her daughter's home to Yun Dai.

The emperor's carriage smelled strongly of powder.

Zhao Yuanjing looked at it coldly, stretched out two fingers, picked up a pink handkerchief from her shoulder, and said in a long voice: "Hey... what's going on? Did these women take the handkerchief in the wrong direction?"

This situation only happened before Jin Lan got married.

Yun Dai took the handkerchief, smelled it, and said with a smile: "The material and embroidery work of this handkerchief are good, but the fragrance is a bit strong, which is not my type. Go back and ask Qingyi if you like it."

She gathered the thoughts of all the girls and collected a full basket. When she returned to the palace, she gave it to Baoxing and asked him to set up a stall in the harem to sell.

All the money received was donated to the porridge shed of Xiangguo Temple.

She also found a piece of red paper, wrote down the incident, and asked someone to find out the names of the girls and put their names on the list of donors.

Those girls suddenly became popular.

Although this was not their original intention, it was such a rare opportunity to be praised by the Queen herself.

Immediately, many people flocked to Xiangguo Temple and wanted to donate porridge money.

Host Huihua was caught off guard.

After Yun Dai heard about it, she simply formed a new department called the One Porridge and One Rice Charity Foundation, which specializes in collecting donations from the private sector, and then makes unified plans to give them to poor people in need.

Ten days after the department was established, it received more than 10,000 taels of silver in donations.

Zhao Yuanjing's jaw was simply shocked.

When he first heard about what kind of foundation Yun Dai was setting up, he always thought it was just for fun, and he didn't expect anyone to donate.

Who knows...

It was so unexpected to him.

"Why are they willing to give money to your foundation without any benefits?"

There will be more later.