The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Chapter 279 Daily Record

The weather is getting cooler, and Nuanxiang Palace is bustling every day.

After dinner, Jia Rong sat on the sofa, hugging Qingwen on both sides, and put his hand on Qingwen's wrist for more than a minute.

"It seems so."

Qingwen, who was eating fruit with a bamboo stick, was startled when she heard this, and then looked at Jia Rong in disbelief.

"Really?" Qingwen was a little unconvinced. She had been trying for seven or eight years but had never gotten pregnant. She once thought it was her own problem.

Not only Qingwen, but the girls nearby were also a little skeptical.

Bi Hen laughed and said, "Is Qingwen really pregnant? Is the emperor teasing Qingwen? Look at how silly Qingwen is~"

The maids didn't dare to make fun of their masters, but they didn't have so many concerns for a maid like Qingwen.

The most important thing is that Jia Rong never protects Qingwen.

It can't be said that we don't protect it.

If Jia Yuanchun and Qingwen quarreled, Jia Yuanchun would definitely be the one who suffered.

But whether Qingwen quarreled or fought with the maids like Musk Moon, Bihen and Xiren, Jia Rong would not help Qingwen.

Qingwen herself would not go out of her way to provoke Jia Yuanchun and others. Similarly, Jia Yuanchun, Xue Baochai and others also knew that provoking Qingwen would anger Jia Rong, so the two sides basically had no contact with each other.

On the contrary, the maids saw that Qingwen was not pregnant and often met and served Jia Rong, so they often came to play with Qingwen, looking forward to meeting Jia Rong more often.

Jia Rong smiled and said, "I'm not the kind of person who would joke about this kind of thing. Qingwen, go ask the imperial physician. Don't say it was me who said it. Ask it yourself first."

Qingwen stood up from Jia Rong's side and said happily, "No need! Your Majesty's medical skills are the best! I believe in your majesty!"

Lin Daiyu and others came over and said, "She's really pregnant? This is too difficult."

Shi Xiangyun smiled and said, "Yes, you are the slowest~"

Jia Rong smiled and said, "There are no women who cannot get pregnant, only women who don't try hard enough."

There were no men or eunuchs around Jia Rong, so the people who recorded the emperor's daily life and famous sayings were Jia Rong's confidants.

Some can be remembered, some cannot. Basically, they are sorted out every month, and only after Jia Rong feels there is no problem will he hand them over to the historians outside to organize the records.

The historian will not record everything, and the same goes for the personal female officials.

For example, the scene where Jia Rong hugged Xue Baochai and sat by the pool watching Aunt Xue do the forward and reverse M-shaped breaststroke, the female official would not remember it even if she saw it.

Normally, Jia Rong is not very shy about people. If his subordinates do not satisfy him, he will replace them. It is definitely not Jia Rong himself who will suffer.

Basically, it only records various daily life and famous quotes. Whatever is researched, it will basically only give a rough idea, not too much detail.

Most of the time, it is still about recording who Jia Rong slept with to ensure the legitimacy of the dragon seed.

Jia Rong quickly looked at his female official.

"Check how many times Qingwen received the rain and dew. I have a feeling it's not too few."

"Yes, sir!" the female official responded quickly.

Not only the female official was curious, but the other women also became curious.

Sheyue looked at Qingwen, "Madam, do you still remember how many times you have served the Emperor?"

Qingwen was laughed at by Musk Moon, but when she looked at Jia Rong who was smiling silently, she suddenly felt sweet in her heart.

"How would I know? Stop making fun of me~"

Everyone laughed when they saw this.

Wang Xifeng came over and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, the queen has been chosen. Isn't it time to give shameless people like us a more formal status?"

Xue Baochai, who was sitting far away, looked towards Jia Rong. She had made so many sacrifices, so he should be given a better status, right?

Jia Rong smiled and said, "I have never wanted to rank you. Besides, now that I have no worries about food and clothing and a prominent position, I have never treated anyone unfairly. I will try my best to treat everyone equally."

"After we arranged our seats, we were one level higher or lower than each other, and there were more rules when we met. I like that."

"Just treat them as your own sisters. It's good to be harmonious. We are not going to fight, and you don't need to take care of so many things. Besides, there are many maids and palace maids under your command. Why do you have to distinguish between your own sisters?"

Only then did Wang Xifeng understand what Jia Rong meant.

"So this is what the emperor thinks. No wonder he hasn't conferred the title yet. The emperor is doing this for our own good, so we should be grateful. But it's not appropriate for others to call us by that name."

"Everyone outside knows that we are the emperor's men, but we are not sure who we are or what our identities are."

"There is no reason to bully sisters like us. We just want a status. Women care about this..."

Wang Xifeng took the initiative to ask for status for the other sisters and helped many sisters solve problems that they had always been concerned about.

Jia Yuanchun and the others were reluctant to talk about this matter.

Jia Yuanchun used to be a princess like Lin Daiyu. She was worried that after she was nominated, she would be assigned to the Jia family by Jia Rong.

No one dared to bet on this, so no one dared to bring it up. Now that Jia Yuanchun's position as queen was confirmed, Wang Xifeng dared to take the lead and charge forward to demand a status for everyone.

She is like the kind of second-in-command who is willing to go to the boss to ask when the salaries of her subordinates will be paid or when the salaries will increase.

Willing to do the tough things that others are unwilling to do.

Fortunately, Jia Rong was really nice to Wang Xifeng, and Wang Xifeng did not choose to come and question Jia Rong when he was in a bad mood.

Jia Rong raised his head and looked around, and found that everyone was looking at him expectantly. Even Lin Daiyu smiled embarrassedly.

Shi Xiangyun said coquettishly: "Your Majesty~"

Just as Jia Rong was about to speak, a young, big-breasted maid wearing a black and white maid's skirt suddenly came in.

"Your Majesty." The busty maid bowed.

Jia Rong looked at the maid who was promoted from a wet nurse and asked, "What's the matter?"

The maid replied, "The Inner Teaching House has taken in more than 30 women from the Outer Teaching House, and has been bathing and disciplining them for many days. Please let the emperor deal with them."

When Wang Xifeng heard this, she frowned.

"What are women from the Foreign Teaching House doing here? We have beautiful women in our house. How can we use women from the Foreign Teaching House?"

Jia Rong explained: "It was the women of Jinling Jiaofangsi who instigated Jia Baoyu to help them get rid of their membership. I have ordered the temporary closure of Jinling Jiaofangsi."

"It just so happens that I have a lot of time these days, so I'll take a look at what the top performers of the Jiaofang Division in the two Zhili Prefectures of Beijing and Jiangling look like. If there are any capable ones, it wouldn't be a big deal to help them get rid of their membership."

After hearing this, Jia Tanchun quickly said, "Your Majesty, you are the emperor now. It is fine to help them get rid of their status. It will show your grace, but you cannot keep those women in the palace. It will tarnish your reputation."

Jia Rong frowned and looked at the others, and found that many people thought the same way.

Wang Xifeng also advised, "Your Majesty... There are so many women in this world. There are many good girls like ours in the families of officials. Why do you have to look for those cheap girls from the Jiaofang Bureau?"

Jia Rong shook his head. In fact, he deliberately called those women over just to let them know something.

"You are all women, and you have also experienced changes in your status, ups and downs. Some of you were slaves, some almost became prostitutes, some were from officials who fell into trouble, and some were from ordinary families."

"Identity is just an identity. We are all human beings. We just do different things and have good and bad luck. Why do you have to distinguish between high and low? Just because you have flown to the top, you look down on those who stand on the ground?"

"Heroes rise from the fields, warriors rise from the ranks. Some people clearly came from the lower classes, but they have a good life and a changed status because they have attached themselves to me, the emperor. However, they take everything for granted and regard themselves as born nobles."

"I'm not as confident as you!"

Jia Rong said angrily: "I am a man who cherishes the past, so I can't bear to ignore you. I always cherish the friendship we had when we were together, but you have forgotten how hard it was to get to this day together!"

"If anyone doesn't like living in the palace anymore, they can go back to their parents' home and never come back. If you don't have a parents' home, take your sons and daughters out to earn your own living! It's better to be a chicken head out there than to be a phoenix tail here! It's not shameful to earn money with your own hands!"

Jia Rong humiliated the group of women so much that they never dared to ask for a status again.

Things like letting a woman take her son back to her hometown to support herself... when it came out of Jia Rong's mouth, for some reason, it seemed as if Jia Rong dared to do it if she dared to take the lead.

Soon, Jia Rong went out to do something busy.

After Jia Rong left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Wang Xifeng's face was burning with anger, and she looked at Youshi and Jia Yuanchun, who had remained silent today.

"You two... you've made me suffer so much! You make me do everything, am I the only one who has to bear the brunt of it?"

Wang Xifeng sat down angrily.

Jia Yuanchun and Youshi stood on both sides of Wang Xifeng and apologized with a smile.

Yu Shi smiled and said, "Who told you to say that? I didn't say that. Don't be angry. It won't hurt you to say that."

"Get out!" Wang Xifeng cursed angrily.

Youshi smiled and didn't take it seriously.

Jia Yuanchun also comforted her, saying, "The emperor just said something serious, but he didn't mean to blame my sister. Our family is up to Sister Feng, no one else can be the head of this family."

Lin Daiyu and others also came over with a smile to comfort Wang Xifeng, so as to make this good leader feel better.

With the comfort of the other girls, Wang Xifeng soon smiled again and no longer cared about being scolded.

"Forget it, forget it. This is my fate of hard work. If the emperor wants to scold me, I will listen."

Ping Er laughed and said, "That's it. Let alone scolding you, even if I spit in your face or spank you, you can't yell, Second Madam~"

Wang Xifeng blushed, "You are such a jerk! I am going to tear your mouth to pieces and take off all your clothes!"

Ping'er ran away quickly, and Wang Xifeng chased after her, but she couldn't catch up with her at all.

Jia Rong did not go to see the prostitute, but went home to organize his daily record, recording his abusive words exactly as they were, and even modified them to make them sound more righteous.

This is much more interesting than watching a woman dancing and singing. I revised it more than ten times and spent three or four hours before I was satisfied.

(End of this chapter)