Raising a concubine under her nose, the reborn mistress marries the prince

After the death of the previous emperor, the new emperor ascended the throne and, according to custom, properly arranged and sent all of the previous emperor's concubines out of the palace.

With the departure of these concubines, the harem, which was originally bustling and full of beauties, suddenly became deserted and more than half of it was empty.

Since going to the temple to pray did not require a large number of palace maids and eunuchs to accompany them, the masters left the palace with only their most trusted and closest confidants.

As a result, the queen, who was high and mighty, was the only one left in the huge palace.

At the same time, there were still a large number of palace maids and eunuchs. Compared with the somewhat empty and lonely palace at this time, their presence seemed a little excessive.

Seeing this situation, Jiang Chuwei made a prompt decision and issued an imperial decree: all palace maids who were 25 years old or above could be released from the palace and regain their freedom.

As for those who are under the age of 25 but still want to leave the palace, they only need to register and receive 20 taels of silver to leave the palace.

Jiang Chuwei did not make any special requests for the eunuchs in the palace.

Anyone who voluntarily chooses to leave the palace and make a living on their own will be allowed to go.

Those who temporarily had nowhere to go or wished to continue serving in the palace were all retained.

For the elderly eunuchs, Jiang Chuwei bought a courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing. Those who wanted to go could go, and those who wanted to return home would receive twenty taels of silver.

After all, if the eunuchs left the palace to venture out, their lives would inevitably become more difficult and harsh.

Besides, the palace always needs people to handle various affairs, so as long as someone is willing to stay, they can stay.

The eunuchs and palace maids were all grateful that the queen gave them the freedom to choose.

Those who stay will feel at ease, and those who choose to leave the palace will be happy.

All the affairs of the harem were left to the Queen, while the front court was a busy scene, especially Lin Muheng, who was busy all day long.

You know, during the reign of Emperor Rong Sheng, Daqing's treasury had already become empty.

For such a large country, whether it is military construction, improvement of people's livelihood or repair of infrastructure, all aspects urgently need a large amount of capital investment.

Faced with such a grim situation, Lin Muheng knew that the only way to restore Daqing's former glory was through thorough reform.

To this end, he was determined to carry out a large-scale rectification and reform of the entire court, like a storm about to sweep in.

Fortunately, the ministers in the court still have some self-awareness.

They knew in their hearts that the current Emperor Shenwu was not so easy to fool. If they did not have real talent and knowledge, it would be difficult to get away with it with sweet words alone.

As a result, some ministers who felt that they were incompetent or worried about being implicated chose to resign and retire.

At the same time, due to the previous downfall of Prince Jin and his party, many key positions were vacated.

In this way, the court of Daqing ushered in an unprecedented reshuffle.

In just a few short days, the Daqing Dynasty changed dramatically.

And neighboring countries are ready to take action.

The Nanning Kingdom refused to change its bad habits and wanted to send a large number of beautiful women as tribute in an attempt to please and curry favor with the newly appointed Emperor of Daqing.

Their thinking was simple. When the emperor was still the Prince of Yu, he was always able to remain steadfast and unmoved in the face of the temptations of various beautiful women.

The situation is different now. Prince Yu has transformed himself into the ruler of a country. Even though he has a queen as ferocious as a she-demon at home, I'm afraid no one would dare to interfere with the emperor's decision to recruit concubines.

Hearing that Nanning Kingdom was about to offer beauties again, Lin Muheng frowned and gave an order without hesitation: "Pass on my order, order them to turn back immediately and not set foot in the capital!"

His voice was majestic and cold, and one could tell that the emperor was suppressing his anger.

"Yes, I obey your order." Jiang Hai responded hurriedly.

He was the newly promoted Minister of Rites, and was fully aware of the weight of responsibility on this matter, so he dared not slack off in the slightest.

However, just as Jiang Hai was about to get up and leave, Lin Muheng suddenly raised his hand and motioned for him to wait a moment.

Lin Muheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Wait a minute, send back the women from Nanning State in the harem as well."

"Yes! I will obey your Majesty's order." Jiang Hai hurriedly turned around and left to carry out the emperor's order.

Ye Feng, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but twitch his lips slightly when he saw this. The emperor of Nanning was really a complete coward who actually tried to use beautiful women as a diplomatic means to establish connections.

It's a pity that others may not know it, but they, the close guards, know it very well - except for the Queen, the Emperor will not even glance at any other woman.

Those women who came from Nanning were placed in remote and desolate palaces by the previous emperor since they entered the palace, and were trapped there like birds in a cage.

Lin Muheng has been thinking about how to deal with them.

Of course he knew that even if he killed these people, the Nanning Kingdom would not dare to provoke him again.

He transferred the rivers to southern Xinjiang.

The state of Nanning cast a shadow over the rivers.

They dare not violate the border these days.

As for the Nanning women in the palace, they had no means or channels to obtain information from the outside world, so they did not learn any intelligence about Daqing at all.

In this way, Lin Muheng naturally does not have to worry about the news leaking to Nanning Kingdom.

These women are just kept in the palace and waste food.

however……

In fact, Lin Muheng already knew their final outcome.

Princess Nanning, who came with them, was implicated in Prince Jin's rebellion and was executed early by beheading in public.

If that is the case, how could Emperor Nanning easily let go of the women who came with Princess Nanning?

There was no way he would allow them to return to Nanning safely.

As for the fate of these people, that is not within the scope of Lin Muheng's concern or thought.

After all, he had many more important and urgent things waiting for him to deal with.

Sure enough, after a few days, Lin Muheng received the news.

When the women were on their way back to Nanning, several carriages fell off a cliff at the same time and no one survived.

Lin Muheng didn't even raise his head. It was not just today that he had heard that the Emperor of Nanning was stupid and evil.

Lin Muheng thought for a moment and said, "Let's go and meet the Second Prince of Nanning."