Chapter 949 (2/2)

As for Zhu Kongshan, she felt that this was not enough. She looked around the temple then said to A-Ruo: “Go to a place that sells window paper. Have them send a clerk over to check how many windows there are and how much it would cost to replace all of the window paper. Remember, it needs to be thick paper. It can’t just be broken from some wind.”

When A-Ruo heard that she could go and handle some work, she quickly complied and hastily left. She would finally be able to take a breath of fresh air. Even if she needed to run, she was happy to do it.

“A-Huan.” Zhu Kongshan continued with her instructions, “Go and find a carpenter. Have them come and fit a door for this temple. Leaving such a large opening, no matter how thick their winter clothes, it still won’t be able to do enough.” A-Huan complied and left. Zhu Kongshan began to look around this dilapidated temple with a worried look then helplessly said: “In truth, I really want to bring you all out of this place, but winter clothes are small items. Taking away so many people, I really am powerless to do such a thing. Don’t blame me. Just keep living in it for now. At the very least, I will have some people come and fix it up. I definitely will not let you suffer from the wind and rain.”

Her words were earnest and caused some of the female beggars to wipe away tears, as they repeatedly called her a Bodhisattva.

Zhu Kongshan felt very comfortable in her heart; however, she continued to say: “I’m not worthy, you must not call me such a thing. I am just doing the things that I want to do. I just can’t bear to watch poor people suffer. Your lives should be the same as ours.”

Very quickly, the two servants brought the window paper merchant and the carpenter. She paid them in banknotes on the spot then chose the best window paper and the best wood. This caused the two clerks to praise her for having a good heart.

Zhu Kongshan had not used all of her ideas. She walked out of the temple and pulled out two brooms from who knew where. Handing one to A-Ruo and one to A-Huan, she pointed at the temple and said: “When we came into the capital, you two spouted all kinds of vile things. You even used copper coins to meddle with the people. Today, you will make amends for those mistakes!”

The two servants were frozen in place. For a while, they could not understand what Zhu Kongshan’s words meant. Thus she explained once more: “Can you not understand? I’m telling you to clean up this temple. All of the trash is to be taken out then taken away. It definitely cannot remain in this temple.”

How could A-Huan and A-Ruo dare to do this sort of thing? Even in the past, before they had climbed to their positions as first-rate servants, they would only take care of cleaning up the eldest young miss’ courtyard. How clean were the courtyards of the wealthy families? At most, there would be some leaves and flower petals that had fallen to the ground, but now…

Zhu Kongshan knew that the two would definitely be unhappy, but just a single gaze carrying a warning and threatening tone left the two with no other choice. Even if they were unwilling to do it, they could only accept their fate and begin cleaning, yet it happened that the guard outside had come in. Standing at Zhu Kongshan’s side, it was clear that he was supporting her.

The eighth prince’s cousin had made winter clothes for the beggars in the northern part of the city and fixed up the rundown temple. She also had her maidservants make amends and clean up. Before the clothes were even made, this news had begun to spread. Not only did it reach the Sheng Palace and Xuan Tianmo’s ears, but it also reached the Imperial Palace’s Noble Lady Yuan.

Noble Lady Yuan was so happy that she could not stop smiling. She felt more and more that bringing in this niece was too brilliant. She even felt that if such a girl could stay at her son’s side in the future, she really would be able to feel at ease.

Xuan Tianmo was a bit more pragmatic, having the treasury give even more money to Zhu Kongshan to use. He also had quite a bit of clothing made for her while also awarding her a large amount of jewelry. As for Peng Zhou, before the first person that had been sent could return, he sent another group of people, and the things that were sent were even more valuable.

Zhu Kongshan was not too interested in the clothing or accessories that Xuan Tianmo sent. In the end, what she wanted was not this, but she was a smart person. At a time like this, not to mention bringing it but, but she did not even want to think about it too much. In order to become a useful person, she needed to be able to do useful things. She needed to provide Xuan Tianmo with even more help. Only like this could she steady herself in the Sheng Palace and in the capital. It would only be like this that she would have the capital to have Noble Lady Yuan honor her commitment.

For the time being, she accepted the clothing. The more beautiful ones, she did not wear, as she chose to keep the ones that were more subdued. As for the accessories, she had an even better arrangement…