Chapter 333 The Last Wish of the Unlucky Beggar Father and Daughter 3
Jing Huaisheng was only confused for a moment before he got back into the state, but he didn't know much about the court, so his eyes turned to his biological father, General Jing.
General Jing's eyelids were twitching wildly, and what happened next proved that his eyelids were not twitching in vain.
He heard his rebellious son, who was sitting cross-legged on the dragon throne, say happily: "Feng Jing as the regent and the minister as the prime minister. You two will assist me in managing the government."
He originally wanted his father to be the emperor emeritus, but wouldn't the emperor emeritus retire? Then he should be the regent, so that everyone can work together.
The Shangshu Ling is Jing Huaisheng's grandfather. The old man is planning to retire and return home. Now that rebellious son has promoted him, if things continue like this, when can he retire?
"Your Majesty, I am old and I hope Your Majesty will allow me to retire and return home."
"What's so high? You are only sixty years old, still a young man, and you can still struggle for another thirty or forty years."
The Shangshu Ling wanted to rush up and beat him to death. He wanted him to die of exhaustion in the court.
General Jing originally wanted to resign, but the person above was his son, and now he didn't understand the court, so he couldn't really just leave it alone, as that would be unfair to the people of the world.
We’ll catch him and beat him up later. We’ll have to vent our anger, otherwise we’ll easily get internal injuries.
Chang'an and Gu Laoliu saw that the atmosphere in the court was good and Jing Huaian began to deal with disaster-related matters in an orderly manner, so they stopped squatting.
The father and daughter went to the imperial kitchen. The former emperor and empress had died, but Jing Huaian had no time to deal with the concubines in the harem, so the imperial kitchen still prepared meals for the masters of each palace as usual.
Chang'an looked at the exquisite dishes and thought, "Those people in the harem do nothing but eat, drink and dress up every day. It's such a waste of money. Now that the treasury is empty, even a rat that goes in has to leave three grains of rice, and yet they are still so extravagant."
"They don't know what's happening outside the palace. In the deep palace, what else can they do if not thinking about eating and drinking every day?" Although he said so, Gu Laoliu also hated such waste.
Judging from the specifications of these foods, the masters of each palace would have to spend hundreds of taels of silver on breakfast. They would not eat them all, but just take a few bites of each, and some would not be touched at all.
It seems that those who wasted food need to be given a lightning massage. Chang'an raised his hand and waved, and all the food in the imperial kitchen entered the space, leaving only a few cabbages for them.
All the people on duty in the imperial kitchen were so frightened that their eyes were dazed and they didn't know what to do.
"Ah!" The little palace maid rolled her eyes and fainted on the ground. The others only realized it later. She watched the food disappear out of thin air, and she was timid, so she was frightened.
Changan muttered to himself, "Sorry, little sister, please lie down for a while."
She glanced at the other frightened palace maids, eunuchs and imperial chefs, and said quietly: "Just cook a pot of cabbage soup for breakfast for those idle women. If I see you wasting food again, I will chop you to death."
The palace maids came to their senses and knelt on the ground, shouting that they dared not.
Chang'an and Gu Laoliu left the imperial kitchen happily. They wouldn't have to beg for food for a long time. When they returned to the court, they were still discussing disaster relief.
"Let those idle women in the harem go to the disaster relief work, so that they can see the suffering of the people," Gu Laoliu's cold voice echoed in the hall.
Those women in the harem were all concubines of the former emperor. Logically, they should all be released from the palace or sent to the royal temple. Jing Huaisheng had just taken office and had to deal with things one by one.
Before they decided where to go, Gu Laoliu and Chang'an saw them wasting food. Gu Laoliu felt that those people were competing for food and clothing every day, so it would be better for them to go to the bottom of society and seek survival.
Jing Huaisheng felt that it was indeed necessary to reduce the number of palace maids and eunuchs in the palace, and the concubines of the former emperor must also be driven out of the palace.
"Minister of Rites, drive all the women in the harem out of the palace, and reduce the number of palace maids and eunuchs by half." He didn't care whether the Minister of Rites had the right expertise or not. He just knew that he had no daughter in the harem, so he handed the matter over to him.
There were still some beautiful ladies in the palace who had been selected some time ago. Jing Huaisheng thought that her sister was among them, and then continued: "Appoint Jing Mingzhu as the Princess Guardian of the Country and live in Fengwu Palace. The Minister of Rites will assist the Princess in dealing with the reduction of harem personnel."
Hey, wouldn't there be someone to live with him in the palace? His sister's fighting ability is very strong, and she is not afraid of the women in the harem causing trouble.
Jing Mingzhu, who lived in Chuxiu Palace, had already packed her bags and was ready to run back to the general's mansion, but her brother asked her to be a princess, and a princess who guards the country.
"No, is he sick? He is the emperor and I am the eldest daughter of the general's mansion. We don't interfere with each other, but he has to drag me into it?"
Jing Mingzhu angrily threw away her bag, rolled up her sleeves, and prepared to go find Jing Huaisheng to reason with him amid the envious and jealous gazes of the other concubines.
"Miss, no, Princess, calm down, calm down. Think about it, being a princess is also very good. In the future, you can beat up anyone you don't like. If you don't let those who want to climb up the branches, they will never be able to climb up."
When the little maid said the last sentence, she looked at the concubines. Those concubines who had offended Jing Mingzhu were so scared that they dared not breathe. Who could have thought that Jing Mingzhu's brother would become the emperor?
If they had known this earlier, they would not have had the time to curry favor with Jing Mingzhu, so how could they possibly offend her?
Jing Mingzhu rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "That's right. Now I am a princess and I can do whatever I want. Now I order you to drive all these beauties out of the palace and cancel their qualifications for the selection forever."
Because of Jing Huaisheng's oral order, the eunuch who came to announce the decree did not hesitate at all and led his men to drive a group of crying beauties out of the palace.
Most of these beauties were daughters of officials, and many of them knew Jing Huaisheng. They thought that his harem would be empty after he ascended the throne, and that this was their chance. However, they did not expect Jing Mingzhu to intervene.
Jing Huaisheng said that his sister could do whatever she wanted and no one else could disagree. Anyone who dared to disobey his sister would be beaten with a stick.
Chang'an, Gu Laoliu and Monkey Brother squatted on a big tree in the imperial garden, watching Jing Mingzhu holding a long stick and herding a group of gorgeously dressed girls who were crying as if their parents had died, walking towards them from a distance like herding ducks.
"I was thinking the name Jing Mingzhu looked familiar. Turns out she's the heroine of this dimension."
Chang'an scratched his little black face and thought he needed to take a bath as his body was quite itchy.
"This heroine was originally living a carefree life, but unfortunately she encountered a love that made her stupid. In the original plot, she suddenly fell ill and was sent back to the general's mansion by the emperor. Then she met the scumbag hero, and staged a substitute literature.
If it wasn’t for the fact that the first thing Jing Huaisheng did when he became emperor was to pick up his love-brained sister and he happened to save her, she wouldn’t have been killed. This idiot later blamed Jing Huaisheng for separating her from the scumbag."
"Why save a char siu like this? Just let her fend for herself. Jing Huaisheng is such a fool. Can't he respect the fate of this idiot sister?"