The Overlord of the Red Mansion

Inside the Yulu Palace, Jia Rong was sleeping peacefully.

When he doesn't speak, doesn't open his eyes, and doesn't get up, he gives people the illusion of gentleness.

Beside Jia Rong lay two tall, plump beauties with perfect figures, giving gentle comfort to the benevolent emperor.

There were women sitting by the beds nearby, reading books and newspapers. These maids could sit on the dragon bed or lie down and sleep when they were on night watch.

When you are bored, you can read books or newspapers, or even go to the bathroom.

In the open space about twenty or thirty meters away from Jia Rong, the stage originally used for performances was covered with many quilts, and the palace slaves who had performed dances before were resting here.

There were also many beauties who had just served Jia Rong resting here.

Li Tong, who had just been rescued, touched his belly and lay in the warm quilt with several little girls nearby.

Lily's daughter Feifei looked at this relative and reached out to touch her belly and chest.

"You're so thin."

Li Tong looked curiously at this older sister who was older than him. This older sister who was taller and fatter than him gave him food and drink and also helped him take a bath.

"Hmm." Li Tong didn't know how to answer, so he just said "hmm".

Feifei smiled and said, "Your mother is also thin and doesn't have enough food. We often get to eat meat and desserts with His Majesty. The white curved thing I just gave you is a banana. Isn't it delicious?"

Li Tong nodded quickly, "Delicious."

Feifei wanted to say more, but Lily, who was not far away, quickly scolded her softly: "Go to bed, don't disturb His Majesty's sleep!"

Feifei nodded quickly and soon took the initiative to hug the thin child to sleep together.

The child's mother was also sleeping on the ground nearby and had fallen asleep at this time.

The daughter of the Zeng family, the daughter of the Li family, and the daughter of the Zuo family were all here, and they all served the same person with their bodies.

Jia Rong, who had wiped out the Third Master's family, was sleeping peacefully not far from them.

There is no hatred, but endless love.

At this time, among these five or six hundred women, at least five hundred were willing to take the blame for Jia Rong.

Their bodies and souls have surrendered to this merciful Holy Lord, and they who remain here as sinners and palace slaves are more loyal than anyone else.

Even if a mother or daughter showed the slightest disrespect to the Holy Lord, she would be severely punished.

Here no one thinks about the original kinship relationship anymore. Everyone is a palace slave and they have only one master.

Once their master died, everyone would be buried with him.

Everyone is clear about some things.

Especially in the past two days, many female guards looked at them with murderous eyes, or some women who met their sons outside and heard the attitude of outsiders towards them knew very well that if they went out, they would die, and their life would be worse than death, being tortured to death by a group of people in the most cruel way.

When Li Fu woke up the next day, she felt the light. After getting up in panic, she found herself still sleeping on the floor covered with a warm quilt.

The women and little girls around had woken up and were tidying up their beds.

The Holy Lord in the distance has disappeared.

Zeng Wan'er urged, "Get up quickly! Make up your quilt! Today I will teach you the rules. Don't use your previous name or surname here. I am Wan'er, and you are palace slaves. I am the leader of the palace slaves who is responsible for disciplining you, Gong Wan'er."

"The emperor has already given you names. From now on, you will be called Fu Fu and she will be called Tong Tong. From now on, Tong Tong and Fei Fei will learn to read in the palace slave building, and you will learn dance and music with us, as well as the bed skills to serve the emperor."

After Li Fu was rescued by Jia Rong yesterday, she was favored by Jia Rong after she had a full meal and washed herself. Now seeing her former good sisters and sister-in-law, aunt, uncle, younger sister and cousins all here, she was very grateful to Jia Rong.

"Can Tongtong still go to school?"

Feifei helped her up. "We'll take you there after you're done packing. She'll go to school in a classroom more than ten meters away from us. There'll be a female teacher teaching her. The emperor is very kind to us and has given us a second life. You must remember, no matter what the emperor asks you to do, you must agree immediately without any hesitation."

Liv nodded quickly.

After living in the dark dungeon for seven or eight years, Li Fu yearned for a sunny world.

When a group of good sisters took her to eat a breakfast that was even more delicious than before, and they went out to see the Baicao Palace Glass Garden, which was full of spring even in winter, her eyes immediately filled with tears.

Li Fu had poor limb coordination and had become haggard after being in the dungeon for so long, so she learned to write together with the little girls Tongtong, Feifei, Jiaojiao, Huahua, Yaya, Bingbing and Aiai.

In the morning, in addition to practicing calligraphy, we also learn how to dance and pronounce, and do the bouncing dance together to make the body taller.

Fu Fu and Tong Tong were given nutritious porridge for lunch, and the portion was controlled to prevent them from overeating.

After the meal, everyone was given half a banana and asked to eat a banana in pairs.

Jia Rong has always been a rude person, doing whatever he wants to have fun, but for everyone in the Palace Slave Building, this is undoubtedly a blessing.

For most people, bananas are not a common fruit, and some people have never eaten a banana in their entire lives.

Relying on railway transportation, various southern fruits are transported to the Holy Palace every few days, but the queen and concubines in the palace... have not eaten them for a long time.

Inside the Nuanxiang Palace
A maidservant cried and complained to her master.

"Your Highness! At noon, I saw the palace maids delivering food to the Palace Slave Building. I saw a lot of bananas on the cart, so I wanted to ask them to deliver it to Your Highness. But they refused to do so. They insisted that His Majesty had asked them to deliver it to the Palace Slave Building and refused to deliver it to the Nuanxiang Palace!"

Tanchun's maid complained to a group of ladies.

"I said a few words and they got angry. As soon as I reached out to touch the bananas, they started beating me!"

"Are bananas really a good thing? Why can't our queen, the princes and princesses eat them, but those damn palace slaves can?!"

Seeing someone complain, people nearby felt very uncomfortable.

Qingwen scolded, "What do you mean the emperor ordered it? I think those old cart drivers wanted to steal it for themselves. If you can't get it, I'll go and ask for it myself and see if they give it to me!"

After Qingwen finished speaking, she was ready to take action, not willing to suffer any loss at all.

Sheyue beside her quickly held her back and said, "Don't be impulsive, madam. Those old women dared to steal a few bananas, but they didn't dare to steal a whole cart of bananas. It must be sent by the emperor. If you go and cause trouble, what will happen if the news reaches the emperor?"

Qingwen struggled to break free from Sheyue's obstruction and said bluntly, "I'm not afraid even if the news gets to His Majesty! I just want His Majesty to judge the matter!"

Seeing that Xue Baochai, Jia Tanchun and the others did not try to persuade her, Musk Moon anxiously grabbed Wen Qing's arm and said, "Do you still think you are still young?! What good will you do if you anger His Majesty?!"

Qingwen was stunned, and then stood there blankly.

Some things have to be awakened before people can realize them.

Qingwen is no longer the delicate girl of sixteen or seventeen years old.

Although I am not old now, I can no longer compare with those girls who are 17 or 18 years old since I gave birth to a child.

Time makes people grow old

Now that she has a child, she has lost the emperor's favor and has not been favored by Jia Rong for several years.

Musk Moon sighed in her heart and quickly consoled him, "This matter has nothing to do with us. What's the big deal about just one or two bananas? We can ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send them back later. Why bother with those palace servants?" Qing Wen felt relieved after hearing this and snorted, "It's already the coldest time of the year. Why eat bananas? Let's have some frozen pears tonight."

"Yes!" Musk Moon breathed a sigh of relief, and together with Bihen Xiren, she pulled the lady aside to sit down.

Xiren and others used to be the maids who helped Jia Rong bathe, but they only did that for two or three years. Later, after Jia Rong became emperor, he replaced him with young and beautiful noble ladies to help him bathe and massage his body.

Seeing that Qingwen was not trying to show off, Jia Tanchun said to her maids, "It's almost the New Year now. You are so spoiled by me that you even question the arrangements made by the emperor."

"The emperor sent bananas over, and he had his own intentions. Why did you insist on picking two? There are so many foods in the palace, aren't they enough to fill your rotten mouths?!"

Jia Tanchun scolded coldly, and the maid who was about to complain and show off quickly knelt on the ground after hearing it.

"Your Majesty, calm down! I dare not do that. I am really doing this for the good of you ladies. According to the palace rules, the good things should be used by you ladies, except for Your Majesty. How can those palace slaves have the right to eat bananas!"

Jia Tanchun said angrily, "How dare you talk back?! The emperor gives it to whoever he wants. It's not your turn as a servant to set the rules here. If I don't punish you today, will you dare to use the palace rules to control the emperor tomorrow?!"

The maid quickly shouted, "I dare not! I dare not! Madam, spare my life!"

Jia Tanchun gave orders directly to the palace maids nearby.

"Expel her from the palace! Calculate her salary and take it all away from her! Cui Mo will go to Baicao Palace to report this to His Majesty and ask for His Majesty's approval."

Except for allowing palace maids to get married on a regular basis, all other times of sending people away had to get Jia Rong's consent.

Jia Tanchun essentially handed the matter over to Jia Rong for decision.

The maid was still begging for mercy, but was soon taken out by the maids.

After the noisy maid left, Shi Xiangyun said helplessly: "It's just a few bananas, why is it so serious?"

Jia Tanchun said calmly, "You don't want to eat them, and your maids don't want to eat them either? Thousands of people in the entire Nuanxiang Palace don't want to eat them? Just send two or three hundred bananas to the Palace Slave Building, and at least three or four bananas to us."

Shi Xiangyun put one hand on the table and rested half of her face on it. "Never mind, it has nothing to do with me. I just want to eat and drink."

Lin Daiyu smiled and joked: "You are so chubby, and you don't even pay attention to yourself."

Shi Xiangyun reached out and picked up the wine pot on the table, "Let's drink today and worry about tomorrow tomorrow."

Lin Daiyu said to the maid beside her: "Zijuan, go and talk to the emperor about this matter."

"Yes."

Zijuan quickly took the cloak handed to her by a nearby maid and took a sedan chair to Baicao Palace.

Jia Rong was in the study looking at the craftsmen's drawings of aircraft modifications, and soon learned from the female official why Zijuan had come.

The study was not a suitable place to talk, so Jia Rong walked out and met Zijuan in the living room.

Zijuan quickly knelt down and saluted.

"Your Highness! Long live the Holy Emperor!"

Jia Rong walked up to Zijuan and placed his hands on her head.

Today's Jia Rong is still a non-human.

Zijuan blushed and said quickly: "Your Majesty... the master is still waiting for my reply..."

Jia Rong smiled and said, "Tanchun handled it well. Just do as she said. I'm quite busy these days. I'll go over there to have some fun during the New Year. Let them wash themselves and keep their weight normal. Don't drink all day and smell of alcohol and cigarettes."

"Yes! Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zijuan was finally relieved that His Majesty did not neglect the women of Nuanxiang Palace.

Jia Rong patted Zijuan's head and said, "Alright, I still have court affairs to deal with, you can go back now."

"Qingwen is looking for trouble, so I'll fine her half a month's salary."

"Mushu Yue is still so sensible. I will have someone give you and Mushu Yue a baby girl. You can raise her as your daughter and subordinate. She will accompany you in the palace so that you won't feel lonely when you are bored."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zijuan thanked Jia Rong gratefully and kowtowed to express her gratitude.

Jia Rong had just exterminated the three clans of Zong Zheng, but killing children and women was not Jia Rong's style. It just so happened that Zong Zheng's brothers, sisters and younger sisters had children at home, so he took them in and raised them in the palace.

Zong Zheng has already paid child support anyway.

Jia Rong has never been afraid of revenge, and even less of revenge from the daughter of his enemy.

Boys and baby boys will be left to be raised by others, and there are many families willing to raise boys.

As for those who were over 10 years old and harbored hatred, they were naturally killed to avoid wasting food.

"It's not good to take too many birth control pills. I feel like the effect is a little longer this time. Logically, I should have immunity, right?"

Jia Rong felt very strange as to why his body was not immune to the effects of the medicine.

After I went back and thought about it for a few minutes, I quickly figured out the reason.

"Even if I'm immune, those people aren't!"

"How much medicine did I give you last time..."

Jia Rong wanted to think about this problem, but he didn't want to think about it.

"Who cares? There's no going back. What's the point of thinking about this? In the end, isn't it the Emperor who's to blame?"

Jia Rong soon stopped thinking about this matter.

If you don’t want to get pregnant, then don’t get pregnant. Anyway, the ones who should have had children would have already had them. Not having children is a blessing.

After stopping thinking about the more troublesome things, Jia Rong looked at the memorial submitted by the Ministry of Works.

“The summer resort has been repaired, but I don’t want to live there at all.”

"Being an emperor is too tiring. It's about time I abdicated and let someone more capable take over."

"Why not just find an island to live in seclusion, such as Australia or New Zealand down there."

Jia Rong suddenly felt it was very interesting. Compared to being an emperor, it would be more interesting to go out and establish a country.

Jia Rong does whatever he wants without considering the consequences or impact.

"Let the prince come back to celebrate the New Year this year."

The female official quickly conveyed Jia Rong's order.

An hour later, Jia Yuanchun in Nuanxiang Palace learned the news from the palace maid.

Jia Yuanchun smiled. The little thing of not being able to eat bananas was nothing compared to her son coming home.

Lin Daiyu and others quickly smiled and congratulated.

"Congratulations, Madam!" (End of this chapter)