After several days of preparation, it was finally time for the annual meeting.

A stage for the annual meeting was set up in the imperial garden, and all the civil and military ministers of the court sat on it.

The host of the annual meeting is Zhang San. He is dressed very formally today, and he really looks like a host when he stands on the stage.

In addition, Li Si, Wang Wu, Zhao Liu, Sun Qi, Zhou Ba, Xiao Wuji, Liu Xie and others were all sitting down excitedly. After all, it was the first time for everyone to do such a new thing.

The mood is naturally understandable.

"Liuzi, the money is about to be distributed!" Wang Wu said with a smile.

"Fifth brother, save your money, otherwise your ears will be in danger!" Zhao Liu couldn't help but roll his eyes at Wang Wudao.

Wang Wu is a strict wife, and what he fears most is his own mother-in-law. Everyone knows this, so Zhao Liu teases him like this.

Not long after, Zhang San strode onto the stage. He imitated the way Lujiazhuang held an annual meeting, and spoke the opening remarks sonorously.

"Dear colleagues, today the Queen is holding an annual meeting here to reward us for our hard work for a year... Next, we invite our wise and powerful Queen to come to the stage to speak. Everyone is welcome!"

"Pa bang bang..."

As Zhang San loudly invited Xiao Ru to come to the stage, the ministers below all applauded.

I saw Xiao Ru tidying up her clothes, and then slowly walked to the stage with graceful steps. This time, all the ministers below fell silent.

"Dear dear friends, this year is an extraordinary year. The imperial court has done a lot of things..."

"The people who had their corpses on a vegetarian diet have been eliminated, the threat of nomads in the west has finally been lifted, and the harvest of the common people is also very good. This winter, everyone has enough food to survive the winter..."

"But these are not the merits of this palace, but the merits of all my dear friends!"

…

Xiao Ru was speaking eloquently on the stage. Wang Wu, who was sitting below, was so anxious that he couldn't help but whisper: "Liuzi, why didn't the empress say anything about the money distribution?"

Zhao Liu suddenly smiled softly and said: "Fifth brother, did you owe a debt at the restaurant again?"

Everyone in the court knew that Wang Wu was addicted to alcohol. Every time he went to a restaurant to drink, he would give money if he had money, and if he didn't have money, he would give him credit. After this year, I don't know how much money he owed the restaurant.

Wang Wu smiled sheepishly and said, "Hey, it's not much, just ten jars of Maotai wine on credit."

Zhao Liu was immediately startled: "Fifth brother, ten jars of Moutai, this is not cheap!"

"That's why I'm counting on your Majesty for help. I just don't know how much money your Majesty can give you this time?" Wang Wu stretched his neck, as if expecting Xiao Ru to talk about money.

I saw Xiao Ru on the stage chatting for a long time, and finally got to the main topic. This can't be blamed on Xiao Ru. After all, it was the first time to hold an annual meeting and the first time to give a speech on stage. She accidentally talked too much.

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"...So, in order to reward all my dear friends, I have decided!"

When Xiao Ru said this, she paused deliberately, and then glanced at the minister below with a half-smiling look.

Seeing everyone's excited expressions, Xiao Ru suddenly felt that it was really refreshing to whet the appetite of these ministers!

"I have decided to give money to each minister..."

Xiao Ru paused again deliberately, which aroused the hearts of all the ministers, especially Wang Wu, a rude man. His neck seemed to have been lifted up, and the old man stretched his neck like a "crotched neck" towards the sky.

Song' of the Goose.

"One hundred thousand dollars!" Xiao Ru finally gritted her teeth and shouted.

quiet!

The whole place fell into absolute silence!

There was total silence, you could hear a needle drop, the whole place was sluggish, and everyone was petrified. A breeze blew by, picked up three or two fallen leaves, and fell on someone's head, but the person didn't notice it and still maintained a sluggish expression.

What's going on?

According to Xiao Ru's expectation, there should be applause here, right?

Are they too few?

At this moment, Wang Wu suddenly stood up and shouted with tears streaming down his face: "Your Majesty, you are a saint!"

As soon as these words came out, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty immediately burst into tears and shouted with gratitude: "The empress is a saint!"

At this moment, the ministers cheered and danced, and Xiao Ru also breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Xiao Ru gave each minister 100,000 guan, there were only hundreds of ministers in the entire court, and the total amount was only more than 10 million guan.

Compared to Lin Feng's sudden handout of 300 million yuan, Xiao Ru's effort was just a small fuss and not worth mentioning.

But in the eyes of these ministers, Xiao Ru turned into a generous God of Wealth. They never expected that Xiao Ru would give each minister one hundred thousand guan in one go.

One hundred thousand dollars!

This is equivalent to the salary of a first-rank minister for three consecutive years!

Your Majesty is so generous this time!

It didn't take long for the palace soldiers to come in with carts of copper coins, and they even handed out the money on the spot.

"I didn't expect the empress to be so rich!" Xiao Wuji said with shock on his face.

"That's not right! There is a lot of money in the treasury, where did the empress come from?" Zhou Ba asked strangely.

"Yes, where did the empress come from so much money?" Liu Xie also felt very strange.

"We have hundreds of ministers, and if each of us has 100,000 guan, that's tens of millions of guan!" Another minister also said in surprise.

Wang Wu didn't care where the money came from, he just squeezed in, grabbed the copper coins and put them into the bag that had been prepared.

"You civil servants are just verbose. It's enough for the Queen to give you money, but you still ask this and that? Do you want it? Don't delay me, Old Wang, in getting the money!" Wang Wu shouted loudly while stuffing the money.

When the other ministers saw Wang Wu's appearance, they immediately reacted. Everyone rushed forward and started a fierce fight. The scene fell into chaos for a time.

Seeing this scene, Zhang San immediately stood up and shouted: "My lords, please don't rob me. We are all members of the imperial court and we cannot be so disrespectful!"

Xiao Ru's face was also full of black lines, and she always felt like she hated iron.

Are the ministers of this palace inferior to Lin Feng's Zhuang Min?

How come they all robbed such a small amount of money like bandits?

What a shame!

Sun Qi sneered at the side and said: "The ministers of the court are not as good as the old man who lives in Lujiazhuang's farmhouse!"

Zhang San: "..."

Li Si: "..."

After the money was distributed, the actresses in the palace began to sing, dance, and watch various sideshows. After the ministers received the money, they naturally watched with gusto.

Xiao Ru, who was sitting on the stage, suddenly said with contempt on her face: "These ministers are really not as good as the old farmers in Lujiazhuang."

Xiao Qing, who was standing behind Xiao Ru, suddenly chuckled and said, "My dear, the old farmers in Lujiazhuang are richer than ordinary ministers!"

Xiao Ru: "..."

In this way, after an annual meeting, all the ministers in the court felt that they were following Xiao Ru. So during the meal, everyone was grateful to Xiao Ru, and all kinds of flattery never stopped.

…

After the meeting, Xiao Ru couldn't wait to return to Kunning Palace. Zhang San and Li Si looked at each other and smiled, knowing that the Queen was preparing to go to Lujiazhuang again.

Sun Qi's eyesight gradually became sharper, and when he saw the sneaky glances of the two people, he understood instantly.

Sure enough, Xiao Ru returned to the palace, changed her clothes, and immediately slipped out of the palace with Xiao Qing.

But when they arrived in Nanyang County, Zhang San, Li Si and Sun Qi were already waiting for Xiao Ru here.

"Hmph! A bunch of followers!" Xiao Ru snorted dissatisfiedly, and finally could only lead the three of them to Lujiazhuang.

When a group of people entered Lujiazhuang, they immediately saw Lao Luo holding Miss Yanhong's hand and basking in the sun on a haystack.

"Shopkeeper Xiao is here? My uncle and young lady are both in the yard!" Lao Luo greeted casually.

"Lao Luo, when are you going to marry Yan Hong?" Xiao Ru asked half-jokingly.

"Uh...it's not urgent. It's really not urgent." Lao Luo blushed and seemed very reluctant to mention the matter of getting married.

On the contrary, Miss Yan Hong smiled generously and said, "I am satisfied that I can stay with Mr. Luo. I don't need any status at all."

"Hehe." Lao Luo smiled awkwardly, and then put his arms around Miss Yanhong's waist.

Xiao Ru: "..."

Zhang San, Li Si, Sun Qi, Xiao Qing: "..."

Next, Xiao Ru led a group of people to the door of Lin Feng's house. From a distance, they heard a sound of "clattering" and the shouts of a group of women.

"West Wind!"

"bump!"

"Xiaodie, hurry up, don't be so annoying!"

"Haha, I've already listened to the cards!"

"What? Did you draw again?"
To be continued...