The Overlord of the Red Mansion

The guards of the Holy Palace were transferred away.

It has no effect on Jia Rong.

After Jia Rong left the court, the Left Prime Minister couldn't help but sigh.

"The emperor has transferred all the guards of the Holy Palace away. What should we do if something goes wrong?"

The Left Prime Minister is really worried about His Majesty.

Even though Jia Rong murdered the descendants of Confucius and destroyed many Confucian spirits and etiquette, it still couldn't stop many people from being loyal to the emperor and patriotic.

Loving the Emperor means loving the country and it means righteousness.

The Holy Emperor Jia Rong is the common ruler of this world and a man who understands righteousness.

The Right Prime Minister also said: "Yes, we don't have military power, and we don't have the ability to protect His Majesty. We just hope that His Majesty is safe and sound. If the assassin wants to kill, just kill us!"

The others did not complain about the Right Prime Minister's words. Jia Rong was indeed very good to everyone.

Bad people have died long ago.

Although Jia Rong seemed to be out of touch in these years, he actually governed the country very well. Everyone lived a happy life and entered an unprecedented prosperous era!
The Minister of Finance also said: "Your Majesty is a man of unparalleled bravery. Since the assassin claims to be acting on behalf of heaven, he should not have done anything unlawful to Your Majesty."

At this time, Zong Zheng reminded expressionlessly, "There are no male guards in the Holy Palace. The emperor has spent most of his time resting inside the Holy Palace or teaching the palace ladies and doctors various skills. There are only a few guards outside."

"The guards outside the Holy Palace have only been doing this for years to keep strangers away. Apart from that, they have never been used."

Zong Zheng’s words stunned everyone.

Concern leads to chaos.

No one had ever thought about this kind of thing before.

Today, I was suddenly reminded by the young Zong Zheng that Jia Rong was the only man in the Holy Palace.

Jia Rong did not like to use eunuchs, and because there were too many concubines and palace maids in the harem, he did not allow male guards to stand in front of the emperor. Eunuchs and guards were mainly concentrated in the peripheral areas.

In other words, Jia Rong has never been protected by those people over the years.

Artists are bold!
At this time, everyone had to admire Jia Rong.

The left prime minister sighed and said, "So the emperor has been living like this all these years. Just think about how we are scared to death because of a little thing and hide in the palace and dare not go home. It really loses the integrity of scholars."

The rest of the people felt uncomfortable.

Now they are still a little scared, but firstly, the emperor has withdrawn half of his guards, and secondly, everyone looked at each other, feeling ashamed at each other's cowardly appearance.

The right prime minister said helplessly: "Forget it, let's go home after get off work today."

The left prime minister said: "Those who are supposed to be on duty should be on duty, and the rest should go home normally. Tell the others not to make a fuss and just forget about the assassin. If they don't even have this much backbone, how can they say they are willing to sacrifice their lives for the emperor and go through fire and water for the country?"

The Right Prime Minister looked at the Minister of Revenue and the Minister of Personnel, "Tell the people below that this is also a time to see how everyone performs. The world has been at peace for less than two years. If you have lost your backbone and courage, go home and farm as soon as possible!"

"Yes!" The Minister of Revenue and the Minister of Personnel accepted the order respectfully.

Led by the two prime ministers, everyone in the cabinet also knew that now was the time to refine true gold in the fierce fire!

Many people in the court are very loyal. If Jia Rong died today, many people would really cry bitterly.

The palace was not clear about the situation, but there were more than a million people in the court and the whole world who were willing to cry for Jia Rong.

***
“So happy~”

After Jia Rong left the court, he was very happy, extremely happy.

Although I don’t know what I did specifically, I feel much better.

“It’s been so hot lately.”

Jia Rong sat in the passenger seat of the car, reached out and touched the female driver's thigh, and said with a smile: "Let's go swimming later!"

The female driver's surname was Ji. She was an orphan rescued by Jia Rong from the family of a high-ranking official who was beheaded by Emperor Shizong.

There were too many people in the court who were disloyal to the royal family. Even the former queen and princes and princesses had joined Jia Rong, not to mention the princes and grandchildren who were oppressed at the bottom of the society.

Ji Rong smiled and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Ji Rong and Jia Rong have the same name. In fact, Jia Rong never asked anyone to change their name. It was just his subordinates who did it on their own initiative.

Jia Rong was very happy. "What should we eat for lunch? What do you want to eat?"

Ji Rong thought for a moment and said, "I want to eat fish."

"Okay! Let the kitchen make fish soup!" Jia Rong quickly decided what to eat.

Ji Rong, who was driving, smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

As Jia Rong's driver, Ji Rong often talked to Jia Rong, and sometimes Jia Rong would take her with him when he went out to have fun after get off work.

Because the whole family was rescued by Jia Rong, the family education they received since childhood was also about repaying the benefactor for saving their lives.

When Jia Rong was promoted from Duke to Prince, from Prince to Regent, from Regent to Emperor, and from Emperor to Holy Empress, this loyalty became even more solid.

Both her body and mind were at Jia Rong's disposal.

There were originally quite a few loyal warriors in Jia Rong's family, but they had been used to a peaceful life and had probably become useless long ago, and were not as courageous as before.

However, when it comes to the education of their children, these people have no problem, and knowing who to serve is a must.

At the critical moment, for the sake of the family and the future, the death of one or two people is worth it.

Whether it is a war or something that needs to be done, it is easier to find the right person here.

Even when selecting wet nurses and palace maids, these people were given priority, followed by various meritorious families.

Jia Rong would select men to fight from meritorious families or poor families in other places.

When Jia Rong chose women, he naturally chose them from wealthy families who could raise beautiful women.

It's not that I have any objection to the meritorious nobles. It's that this group of people were the first to solve the problem of food and clothing. At the same time, the women in the family didn't have to do rough labor. They were all literate and had time to dress up. They were also clean and hygienic and took baths and washed their hair frequently.

People like Ji Rong have been nurtured since childhood. The 34-year-old Jia Rong has many childhood sweethearts who are 17 or 18 years old around him.

The eighteen-year-old Ji Rong was just one of Jia Rong's many maids. During those years, Emperor Shizong confiscated many families to enrich the national treasury. Even some of the heroes who fought for him took the blame for him and were accused of failing to lead the army and making wrong commands.

When Sejong was still the emperor, people were not allowed to show hatred towards others because they were loyal to the emperor and patriotic. But now, Emperor Sejong has been gone for nearly ten years. Girls like Ji Rong whose fathers and grandfathers were killed must now be loyal to the Holy Emperor who vindicated their fathers.

After returning to the palace, Jia Rong and the female driver entered the Baicao Palace together.

In the porch in front of Baicao Palace, a group of women had already knelt down.

"Your servant respectfully welcomes the Holy Emperor to court. Long live the Holy Emperor!" Looking at Jia Yuanchun, Wang Xifeng, Lin Daiyu and others kneeling to greet him, Jia Rong, who had just got out of the car, walked forward with one hand around the big-breasted maid beside him while the maid held an umbrella to shade her from the sun.

"My beloved concubines, please get up. I have already told you not to come out to greet me because the weather is hot. I am not a three-year-old child. It would be great if you could take it easy and rest in the palace every day."

Jia Yuanchun and Empress Shengren stood up together.

Wang Xifeng smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you don't know that we women can't serve you well on weekdays. Apart from giving birth to children, this is the only thing we can do on weekdays. Your Majesty, please let us continue to do it. It will be good for us to see you every few days, and we will feel at ease."

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Well, what Concubine Feng said is right. When I was in the palace before, I saw that the emperor often did not see the concubines in the harem at all. Some of them were not seen for several months, and some were not seen for several years or even decades. They were just like widows in the palace."

Empress Shengren showed a sigh of regret, "Your Majesty is right. I used to be that miserable person."

Jia Rong did not shy away from asking a married woman to talk about her ex-husband.

Wang Xifeng didn't dare to say it and tried her best to avoid such things.

Empress Shengren was different. She only had hatred towards the late emperor.

"Thinking back to when I was sick, that cruel man spent all day and night with other women and had long forgotten me. He also refused to let me take my medicine and took it away. He also had the gates sealed and left me to starve to death in the palace."

Jia Rong consoled them, saying, "It's all in the past. Don't stand outside. Come inside. I'm going to play in the water later. Anyone want to go?"

Jia Yuanchun said embarrassedly: "I am not feeling well today and cannot play in the water."

Lin Daiyu also raised her hand, "Neither can I."

Yuanyang, Ping'er, Xing Xiuyan and Tanchun also raised their hands.

A woman's menstrual period lasts three to seven days, and nearly a quarter of every month she feels uncomfortable. Jia Rong has many women, so it is easy for several of them to go through this period.

Jia Rong asked curiously, "Didn't they say that you put a cinnabar mole on your forehead during menstruation? I know it even without you telling me."

Jia Yuanchun wanted to explain, but she didn't know how to start.

Wang Xifeng took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, please judge for yourself. The main reason is that the palace slaves have all had cinnabar moles on their foreheads recently, so we can no longer use them."

Jia Rong understood immediately. It turned out that the sinful women in the dance troupe had put marks on their foreheads. The other concubines thought it was too embarrassing to be treated like slaves, so they didn't need to do that.

"This is my oversight. From now on, you can use headgear to distinguish them. If you feel uncomfortable during menstruation, you can wear a forehead protector. I have people make different headgears. You can choose the ones you like. This year, a lot of jewelry was sent from the coastal areas. It's a good time to add some new jewelry."

Wang Xifeng and the others bowed happily, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Jia Rong smiled and said, "I'm going to change my clothes. You guys can go back and rest if you need to, and change your clothes if you need to. We'll meet at the Baicao Palace swimming pool after dinner!"

"Yes! Your Majesty~" The girls agreed with a smile and left with a smile.

Jia Rong soon had dinner with several women.

There are female drivers, female officials and maids, as well as wet nurses and concubine Xiaohong.

While they were eating, Mrs. Liu's daughter Wu'er came in with tea.

This twenty-year-old girl has been working in Jia Rong's mansion for a long time. She entered the Jia family almost at the same time as Qingwen. However, she has a bad fate and is now only a maid.

Wu'er quickly placed the tea on Jia Rong's table.

There is no shortage of beautiful women around Jia Rong. Wu'er, who is already in her twenties, is considered an old maid in that era. She cannot marry into a good family nowadays, so she has to learn cooking from her mother and then serve Jia Rong.

Jia Rong looked at the good girl who was wearing a black and white maid's uniform and had long hair hanging on her shoulders.

"Wu'er, is your mother in good health recently?"

Wu Er quickly said, "Your Majesty, mother has always been in good health and has no problems."

Jia Rong just asked casually, smiling, "I see, you are in good health, are you used to living in the palace?"

Wu Er nodded and said, "I'm used to it. The palace is a thousand times better than before. I want to serve His Majesty in the palace for the rest of my life."

Jia Rong nodded and said, "Okay, help your mother with more things in your daily life, and stay busy in the palace from now on."

"Yes! Thank you, Your Majesty!" Wu'er respectfully stepped aside.

The palace lady who was having dinner with Jia Rong quickly wiped her mouth. She was the sister of the King of Liao and had been interning in the palace for the past two years.

Not only men can inherit the title, but some princes' daughters can also inherit the title of princess.

According to the rules, all hereditary people had to send women to the palace to learn how to take care of children. Princes could send their wives, daughters-in-law and daughters, but the princess could only come by herself.

Compared with those princesses and princes' wives, a princess is naturally suitable to help Jia Rong continue his bloodline, so the one who can become a princess is not the eldest daughter or the legitimate daughter, but a beautiful girl.

Princess Changchun wiped her mouth and rinsed it before she started speaking.

"Your Majesty, the shortlisted beauties from the capital this spring have all been trained. The best performer is Liao Wanyu, the daughter of the former Minister of Works. She is eighteen years old this year, has a good figure, and is well-spoken. Her father is a teacher at home, and her brothers are both craftsmen in the Ministry of Works in the capital. She has a clean background and is loyal to Your Majesty."

Jia Rong frowned and thought for a moment, "Why did the former Minister of Industry leave?"

How could Jia Rong remember such a small thing?

Ji Rong reminded him, "His father was convicted of corruption and was arrested and taken to Xuanwumen Detention Center after the coronation ceremony last May. Later, because the Minister of War who was also arrested at the time died at the hands of soldiers and bandits, he was released and fined a small amount."

Jia Rong suddenly remembered, "Lord Liao has done a lot for me. I must take good care of his daughter. Let her change her clothes and wait for me in the swimming pool."

Ji Rong stood up and said, "Yes! I will go and inform her."

Jia Rong said casually, "Okay, don't worry, there's plenty of time. I won't go right away. I need to lie down for a while."

"Yes." Ji Rong quickly went to do the work.

Most women in the Holy Palace actually want to do more and are not that lazy.

After all, this is the holy land in their minds, the palace of the Eternal Saint King, and many people have come here to serve because of the grace of the Saint King.

Everyone really wants to do something to prove their own worth, but the things Jia Rong can get them to do are all very...particularly difficult to talk about.

I was willing to do so, but I just felt... I really wanted to do something more meaningful.

Instead of being touched on the butt and thighs all day long, or having your legs spread out, or having your butt twitched while dancing.

The self-worth of life, the meaning of struggle, one's own irreplaceability, a sense of accomplishment and the like are all... difficult to obtain from Jia Rong.

Being around the Saint King Jia Rong, one can indeed see that this man is extremely talented and capable. He has all the strength, power, wisdom, talent, authority, and gentleness that a man should have.

But any woman around him who has a bit of ambition will find... endless grass! Endless grass! There is absolutely nothing she can do to prove herself.

There are many women like Ji Rong who take the initiative to find things to do. No matter what, many people still don't want to be useless.

Or maybe after seeing other people being useless, some people realized that they couldn't continue to be useless like that and should do something.

Some people will lie down when they see others struggling, while some people will stand up and struggle when they see others lying down. (End of this chapter)