The Lucky Heiress

Chapter 564: Chapter 564 Yun Family Greatly Stimulated_1

This act of kneeling stunned the wet nurse. She was about to bend down to help Wei Ruo up when she was stopped by Xiumei standing next to her.

Xiumei had early on known that Wei Ruo would kneel today and also knew that the wet nurse would definitely not dare to accept this act of kneeling. Therefore, she had been standing by her side from the beginning, and promptly stopped the wet nurse.

Subsequently, under the gaze of all present, Wei Ruo bowed to the wet nurse.

Wei Ruo had been wanting to do this for a long time, but she knew that if she did it earlier, it wouldn’t be justified and the wet nurse would be unable to accept it.

It was only until now, when the wet nurse became her adoptive mother, that she could honestly accept this act of bowing and kneeling from her.

Seeing this scene, the onlookers did not know how to comment. They only felt that Queen Rui showed more regard for Mrs. Xu from the Xu Family than they had imagined.

Otherwise, she would not conspicuously kneel and bow to her in front of so many people.

As the distinguished Queen Rui, according to etiquette, she did not even need to bow and kneel in front of Mr. and Mrs. Wei of the Wei Family, let alone accept the courtesy they gave her.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

It was equivalent to openly announcing to everyone in the Capital City that she, Queen Rui, treated Mrs. Xu from the Xu Family like her own mother.

MDan Yun suddenly stood up, and Mo quickly reached out to grab her.

“Third little sister, calm down,” Mo reminded in a low voice.

“How can she…”

“Third Sister, we’ll discuss this when we get back,” Mo reminded again.

Lady Yun tightly pursed her lips, and her hand restrained by Mo clenched the tablecloth, bunching it up into a ball.

Not knowing what to say at this moment, Mo could only repeatedly remind Dan Yun that all the high-ranking ladies of the Capital City were present.

It took quite some time before Dan Yun finally sat back down.

Although she did not act impulsively anymore, her face still looked extremely ugly.

Just then, some people came to congratulate her.

“Congratulations, Mrs. Wei! You have an additional relative now.”

“The son of Mrs. Xu is subordinate to Mr. Wei. Your two families can now be considered doubly related.”

“…”

With a dark expression, Dan Yun couldn’t say a word.

Luckily, Mo helped by responding to everyone one by one, and then explained to everyone, “My little third sister caught a cold yesterday, so she is feeling a bit unwell today.”

“Mrs. Wei really loves her daughter. Despite feeling unwell, she still came to attend the banquet hosted by her daughter.”

“Mrs. Wei, you must take care of your health.”

Everyone spoke their words of concern to Dan Yun and then dispersed.

Wei Qingwan personally looked in the direction where Dan Yun was. Seeing her with an ugly expression, Wei Qingwan felt relieved.

She did not understand what Wei Qingruo was trying to achieve. Instead of pleasing her biological mother who had a brighter future, she wanted to get on good terms with a lowly-born wet nurse, even making such a move as kneeling regardless of her status.

Given Wei Qingruo’s calculations, she should not have made such a stupid move, fearing that she might have other plans after making this move.

Becoming aware that the wet nurse wasn’t comfortable in such situations, Wei Ruo let Xiumei accompany the wet nurse down soon after the public announcement was over.

Wei Ruo knew that after today’s act, no one would be able to stop her from acknowledging the wet nurse as her adoptive mother. Regardless of whether the ceremony was successful or not, in everyone’s eyes, the wet nurse was already her adoptive mother.

This move directly cut off any thoughts of objection from the Wei Family.

At the same time, it fulfilled one of Wei Ruo’s own wishes.

Then Wei Ruo got ready to officially start the activities for today.

Naturally, the first thing was to have a meal. Good wine and good food were served, including Thyme wine and marinated snacks from Mr. Xu’s shop, as well as various kinds of chicken and duck meat. The chicken was made into soup and the duck was made into roast duck.

There were also mushrooms, rape, mustard, radish. Although these were just ordinary vegetables, they were all fresh and very delicious, winning unanimous praise from everyone present.

After the meal, Wei Ruo led everyone to the theater tower.

The theater tower was already present in the royal residence, but Wei Ruo had never used it before as she didn’t like to listen to operas.

Wei Ruo didn’t bring everyone here today to listen to opera either; she had other intentions.

Everyone took their seats according to their status.

Wei Ruo, Zuo Lingyue, Qi Shijing, and Wei Qingwan, according to their status, sat in the middle of the first row, while Dan Yun and Mo, due to their varying degrees of closeness to Wei Ruo, sat in the corner of the first row.

At this moment, Dan Yun’s face was still extremely ugly and she was led by Mo throughout the process.

Once everyone was seated, Wei Ruo had several red wooden boxes lifted onto the stage.

Afterwards, Wei Ruo got up, turned around, and explained her intention to the crowd behind her, “Honorable ladies and misses, I believe you all know that despite our best efforts to set up several relief sites around the Capital City, compared to the current severe famine situation, it is a drop in the ocean. Moreover, we haven’t even touched the areas severely hit by the famine.”

“Therefore, I intend to gather another round of supplies and send them directly to Shandong, the area hardest hit by the disaster. For this reason, I have prepared some items for auction, and all proceeds will be used for this relief effort.”

“You don’t have to feel burdened, if anyone sees something they like, bid and buy it. Regardless of the price, high or low, it is everyone’s contribution to this relief effort, and I am very grateful for your generous contributions. If nothing catches your eye, it’s enough to just come and join in the fun today, and I am grateful for your participation.”

Wei Ruo explained to everyone.

Hearing what she said, everyone’s hearts that were hanging initially, now were put at ease.

They originally thought Queen Rui would directly ask them for money, but apparently, she only wanted them to buy items.

That’s good, as it doesn’t force them to definitely spend money. Even if they paid money, they would be buying things and would not be at a loss.

Afterwards, Wei Ruo ordered the first item to be auctioned: Daiyue Residence’s beauty set: Peach Blossom Rouge, skin cream, whitening cream, Bluebell perfume, and green brow pencil.

Starting bid: One Dou of rice.

Upon hearing this, everyone showed a surprised look.

Those in attendance, whether more or less, knew the selling price of Daiyue Residence’s items, all of which were not cheap.

Although the price of food is currently soaring, the price of this mere one Dou of rice definitely cannot buy a whole set of products from Daiyue Residence.

Some of these items are even good-quality goods that can only be reserved by high-level members.

“Younger sister, why use rice instead of silver taels?” Zuo Lingyue asked.

“Yes, younger sister, isn’t silver taels more convenient?” Qi Shijing also asked.

At this point, Wei Qingwan did not dare to speak, but used the same doubtful look to watch Wei Ruo.

“I host this auction not for everyone’s silver taels, but for food for disaster relief. Everyone gives me silver taels, and I’m not well placed to find a place to exchange for food. The victims can’t fill their stomachs with silver taels, so all I want is grain,” explained Wei Ruo.

Wei Ruo knew that many of the women present were from great families. Either they themselves or their families had many fields and estate in other places.

There may be grain stocked from previous years in these fields and estates or grain that was bought and hoarded from elsewhere. In any case, they have plenty of grain.

To directly buy this grain with silver might not be possible, if she can get them to provide some grain by using this method, wouldn’t that be great?

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