C211 (1/2)
When they returned from the Ci'an Palace, Qixiang Palace no longer looked like it had been smashed. With just a glance, they changed a lot of their furnishings. Wang Rong helplessly looked at Zhu Yijun and said, ”Your majesty has fallen so hard.”
”I can't help but get angry.” Zhu Yijun said as he patted the paper on the table. ”Nine out of ten, nine out of ten, my harem became a huge YIN Cave when I didn't know it.”
”It's not that exaggerated.” Wang Rong He said. She took the paper and looked at it. There were indeed a lot of names and things written on the paper. She paused for a moment before replying, ”It really was a bit too much.”
”This is a big business, and my underlings can't help but have this sort of scheme. If they don't find it, then forget it. Now that they do, we can just fix it.” Wang Rong advised.
”This is the imperial harem. It's right under my nose. They're so daring, what else can't they do?” Zhu Yijun said that he wanted to slap the table again.
Wang Rong He held his hand and said, ”It's already red in the face, isn't it painful?”
”I'm so angry that I don't know the pain.” Zhu Yijun said.
”Then His Majesty doesn't need to keep eunuchs around anymore?” Wang Rong asked.
”How is that possible?” Zhu Yijun frowned, ”For a eunuch to become like this, if he was a man, how could there be a clean person in our imperial harem?”
”Then what does Your Majesty plan to do?” Wang Rong He said.
”According to the size of the crimes, the larger ones would be beheaded. The smaller ones would be sent to Nanjing to guard the mausoleum.” Zhu Yijun said in disdain.
”Let's not talk about whether or not the Royal Tomb needs so many people to guard it. Since so many people have already left, the number of people serving the palace will be in short supply.” Wang Rong He said.
”Are you afraid of no one?” Zhu Yijun said.
”With one more eunuch in the palace, there will be one less person outside the palace to pay taxes for His Majesty.” Wang Rong He said, ”We might as well do not have that many palace maid s now. I don't think we need that many eunuchs, use more palace maid s.”
”Make use of palace maid.” Zhu Yijun said that after discovering that the eunuchs were sexually harassing him, he was extremely annoyed. Now that he said that he wanted to use the palace maid more, he decided to do him the favor.
”If the palace maid is weak, it would be fine to use more powerful women.” Zhu Yijun said.
”When I think about the palace maid that I have to supplement there, my head hurt.” Wang Rong He said, ”First, let me discuss with His Majesty. Even if palace maid loses her chastity, it's because she's forced by her own will. I won't punish them further.”
”Why would there still be a palace maid guarding it? This person who has lost his chastity must have his own reasons.” Zhu Yijun said, ”Alright, you handle your palace maid, I will not ask, but I only have one condition, if you don't punish them, after you give them the money, they will leave, and they will not be able to handle it, after that, they will no longer be afraid.”
”Got it.” Wang Rong He said.
Zhu Yijun looked at her, ”I think we should send those concubines to some temples outside the palace to train, and pray for the Former Emperor and the royal family.”
”They usually chant Buddhist scriptures in their own halls.” Wang Rong said softly.
”Buddhist scripture cultivation can cause such things?” Zhu Yijun said unhappily, ”Then it would be timely for people to not ask further, who knows what might be going on inside.”
”Your Majesty.” Wang Rong looked at him with disapproval, ”mother is sick.”
”If she hadn't listened to the words of the Imperial Noble Lady Jia, would she have done such a thing? She can actually get sick. ” Zhu Yijun said as he frowned.
”mother must be feeling terrible right now.” Wang Rong said, ”After the Former Emperor went, there was already a group of grand concubines who left to cultivate, and the reason for the grand imperial concubines to stay in the palace today was to relieve the frustration of the empress dowager. Even if His Majesty wanted to send them out of the palace, wait a bit; after all, after dealing with so many eunuchs and palace maid, outsiders would only think twice.
”I'll listen to you.” Zhu Yijun said, because Wang Rong was holding his hand, he knew immediately, ”Why is your hand so cold?”
”It's already so late, you should be hungry, right?” Zhu Yijun said, ”Come, let's eat.”
Wang Rong shook His Majesty's hand and said, ”After dinner, His Majesty wants to go to the Mystical Peace Palace's Shouan Palace so that their hearts can rest.”
Zhu Yijun frowned, ”Then you will accompany me.”
”Of course.” Wang Rong smiled.
Actually, she was not very worried about the vacancy in the palace maid. Furthermore, taking the palace maid as a job, it was considered a pretty good way out. Of course, the prerequisite was that she had no other way out. If a girl who was fine at home was selected and refused to leave the palace for a few years, it would be a bad way out.
After Wang Rong and the empress, all the children's police around the country were assured that they would save the young girl and the orphaned girl. None of them could survive; giving them a bite to eat could save their lives. At the age of eight or nine, they would enter the capital together. They would train in the outskirts of the capital, enter the palace at the age of twelve, and serve in the palace for several years. Currently, the rules of the palace were still set to only be able to leave at the age of twenty-five, but Wang Rong wanted to release the palace at the age of twenty as soon as possible.