The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 252 Female Virtue
In Jia Rong's Baicao Hall, a group of beautiful women from India were twisting their slender waists and dancing to show off their physical strength to the sound of drums and singing.

Qingwen, who also had a slender waist, was standing behind Jia Rong, watching Jia Rong hugging other women on both sides.

As the emperor of a feudal empire with 80 million subjects, Jia Rong could not only select beauties from all over the world from his own country, but also plunder beauties from all over the world.

"Okay, go down and rest."

Jia Rong waved his hand and asked the singing girls who had performed for an hour to go down and rest.

The Indian beauties were already familiar with the orders of this powerful emperor. They quickly stopped what they were doing, lowered their heads, bent over, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, then gently stepped back and left.

There are not only exotic beauties from India, but also beauties who are tributed from foreign countries such as Siam, Dali, South Vietnam, Luzon, and Malacca.

These people are tributes. When they die, they die. It is not a marriage of peace, and they will not be given any status in the harem.

Xiaohong only spoke after the dancers left.

"Your Majesty, Miss Zhang, the daughter of the former left prime minister, is waiting in the outer hall."

"Xuan."

Before Xiaohong could say anything, the palace maid at the door went out to call for help.

Jia Rong always liked things that were simple and quick. Even if he could persist for twelve hours a night, Jia Rong would usually finish the task quickly in just a dozen minutes.

This is true when it comes to being a human being, and even more so when it comes to doing things.

Normally, whether she was traveling or working, she didn't like too many people following her, and she didn't like it when she had to call someone and the palace maid beside her had to tell the palace maid at the door to pass on the message.

Jia Rong is not trying to centralize power, but he does things as he pleases and gets whatever he wants. This in itself is centralization, and a centralized system is required to implement it.

But he was afraid of the heat and tiredness, so he delegated his power most of the time.

Delegating power and taking back power, this kind of power that can be freely delegated and taken back is something that most people cannot and dare not play with.

For example, the prince's rebellion is also a drawback of this system.

Jia Rong didn't think so much. Basically, his brain could never keep up with his muscle reactions and the genius ideas that came to his mind suddenly.

As a result, most of the time I have to find a plausible excuse for my stupid ideas.

But from the perspective of learning and problem solving, Jia Rong is a smart person. He is very suitable for taking exams and solving problems. He has no problem with memory. In fact, he has a very good memory and is good at memorizing things by rote.

It's just that you can't control your desires and interests, which makes you look a little stupid.

Soon Miss Zhang came in.

The maid who led the way knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Shushuang, the daughter of the former left prime minister, has arrived."

Miss Zhang also knelt on the ground, with her hands and head on the ground, her buttocks raised, her knees on the ground, and her feet spread out like an M.

This is the kneeling posture stipulated by Jia Rong to prevent someone from suddenly standing up and assassinating the emperor.

Of course, only Jia Rong knew what actually happened.

Jia Rong had no intention of abolishing the kneeling ceremony. He shaved his head and changed his clothes in order to live a more comfortable life, but since he did not need to kneel down and kowtow, he did not cancel the kowtow ceremony.

After all, if there are too many changes, the court will be in turmoil.

Jia Rong, who never cared about whether the court would be in turmoil, sat on the soft sofa and looked at the beauty he had seen in the hospital.

"Stand up and take a seat."

Zhang Shushuang said respectfully: "Thank you, Your Majesty. Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"

After Zhang Shushuang sat down properly, Jia Rong looked at this lady from a noble family who was about five or six meters away from him.

"The Left Prime Minister has been dead for more than half a year. Today, I thought of him again. Your brother has gone to another place to serve as an official and continue to serve me. Seeing that he is not here, I called you over to talk."

Miss Zhang said gratefully, "Thank you, Your Majesty! My father always praises Your Majesty as a great sage throughout the ages. Fortunately, Your Majesty has promoted me so that I can serve Your Majesty with all my heart and soul until my death."

Jia Rong smiled and said, "My subjects are loyal to me, so I cannot disappoint them."

Miss Zhang said happily, "The emperor has already rewarded my brother and promoted him to an official position. My family and I are grateful to the emperor." Jia Rong asked, "I remember you are married, right?"

"Yes, my husband is a low-ranking official in the Ministry of Works."

The daughter of a prime minister usually marries a higher-ranking official, but some people worry about being implicated and want to marry someone with a clean family background.

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Okay, officials in the court are promoted based on their abilities, and I cannot break the rules. But when you go back, you must urge him to learn more and not be lazy, so that he will have a chance to be promoted to a higher position."

Miss Zhang said quickly: "Yes! Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Jia Rong said, "Go back and tell the talented and pretty girls you know that I plan to open a women's academy in the palace to train ladies."

"The courses include mathematics, medicine, and palace banquet etiquette. The tuition is paid by the court. After graduation, you can be granted an imperial decree, with the lowest rank being ninth and the highest being sixth."

"The daughters of court officials and orphans of meritorious officials shall be the main ones, and their age shall not be higher than 25 years old and not lower than 8 years old."

"If you are qualified, you can gather at the north gate of the Holy Palace at 8 o'clock in the morning on the first day of July. You will first take the entrance test. Only those who pass the test can enter."

After receiving Jia Rong's order and reward, Miss Zhang happily withdrew.

Jia Rong rewarded some clothes, food and the indispensable silver ingots.

After Miss Zhang left, Xiao Hong praised: "Your Majesty is wise! When the talented women in the Women's Virtue Class graduate, whether they stay in the palace or go out to be ladies of honor, as well as those dignitaries, they will all be grateful to the emperor for his kindness!"

Jia Rong smiled.

The original intention of establishing women's virtue classes is to make other people's homes less peaceful.

A woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent. A woman who has made great achievements and obtained an imperial status without relying on her husband or son will definitely feel that this is her own ability.

Marital discord helps the imperial power to rule... This is certainly not what Jia Rong is thinking about.

Jia Rong wants to give women power, to let them report their husbands for having mistresses, to report their husbands or fathers for corruption!!

Women are the same in every era. There are definitely many stupid women like Wang Xifeng who are jealous, crazy and prone to jealousy. They are just controlled by various rules and not allowed to show up.

"Go call Second Grandma over. I miss her."

Jia Rong spoke gently, words that moved Xiaohong deeply.

These words are so gentle that they make people envious!
How can a man say such gentle words!

The women were so moved that they cried!!
Soon a palace maid who could run fast went to call for help. Qingwen's path to power could not be replicated, but Xiaohong's success inspired all the palace maids in the Holy Palace.

Wang Xifeng was talking to the old lady and others while looking at the treasure, when a palace maid quickly ran in.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor has summoned Concubine Feng to accompany him."

Jia Rong did not appoint a queen, nor did he even confer the title of imperial concubine. The women in the family all had the same status as before, so they were all called "Empress".

After hearing this, Wang Xifeng stood up, walked out and asked, "What's the matter? Is the emperor in a good mood?"

The maid happily said, "Well, I just finished watching the song and dance."

Wang Xifeng was relieved now. She was afraid that something troublesome would happen again and she would have to kowtow and be scolded.

Except when serving the emperor in the night, if he was called over alone at any other time, there was a risk of being called over and scolded or punished for making an unknown mistake.

Although this kind of thing only happened once, it taught Wang Xifeng a big lesson, and she has always been afraid of such things.

After leaving the palace, Wang Xifeng asked the maid holding the umbrella for her, "Do you know what exactly happened?"

The maid smiled and said, "The emperor said he missed his second wife."

Wang Xifeng's face turned red, her body became softer and more moisturized, and her heart was stimulated.

"Your Majesty, really is such an old man..." Wang Xifeng scolded softly, and unconsciously quickened the pace of lubrication.

(End of this chapter)