wealthy queen

"Bump..."

"Well……"

In the cold and bleak night, the muffled sound of sticks touching flesh continued to sound. The two people who had been screaming and begging for mercy before could only whimper in pain. Their waists and buttocks were bloody, and there seemed to be blood foam with each stick. In the shooting, the eyes of all the palace people who were forced to watch were full of fear, and the only sitting couple, Pei Yuanlie and his wife, remained calm, and the few children who relied on them were very courageous, except that their small faces were a little pale. , the hands holding Shen Liang or Pei Yuanzheng are a little tight, there is basically nothing abnormal, and they all stare at them with wide eyes. Among them, Qin Yiteng is the most special one. Not only is he not afraid, but he also hugs Shen Hua intimately with his small arms The two Shen Lin brothers comforted each other softly from time to time.

"Crack..."

"Ah..." Y. U. X. I.

Accompanied by the clear sound of bones breaking, and another scream, Jin Lian tilted her head, stared and swallowed her last breath unwillingly. After a while, Chen Guizhi also met the same fate. Yin Zhui personally Going forward to check, after confirming that neither of them was breathing, he turned around and reported respectfully: "Your Majesty, empress, they have already died."

"Well, the body has been disposed of."

With a cold glance, after the little eunuchs quickly dragged the bodies of the two down, Shen Liang pushed the children aside and stood up: "I don't care how you operated in the past, or how the palace What kind of rules should it be? From today onwards, the Daxia Palace does not need female officials, maids, and nuns. Tomorrow, everyone will go to their stewards to register, and the stewards will hand over the roster to the chief steward, Yin Zhui. You will receive corresponding compensation and leave the palace in batches. As for the remaining eunuchs, you also need to re-register and wait for the palace to re-assign duties for you. Compensate accordingly."

At the beginning, he just wanted to deal with the people in the imperial harem. Now that he had already started, he simply implemented the New Deal and dealt with them all at once. The reason why he didn't force the eunuchs to be kicked out of the palace was mainly because they were physically handicapped. It is difficult to support oneself, but female officials and maids are different. Most of them have their own ways, and many of them still have relatives, especially female officials.

Fortunately, because Pei Yuanlie was not in the palace all the year round, Pei Yuanfeng who replaced him did not marry a wife for him. He did not know their preferences. There was no Shuang Er in the palace, otherwise there would undoubtedly be more people who would be dismissed.

In other words, before he said these words, there might have been people chattering about them, but he had just killed two people in front of their rolling pins, and no one dared to make any noise at this moment.

"This... Your Majesty, is this really the case?"

Yin Zhui looked at them back and forth, and opened his mouth bravely. Shen Liang glanced over and fell to his knees in fright: "Mother, please forgive me, this slave is just, just..."

"Okay, I know what you mean."

Whether a person respects him or not can be seen from his attitude. Shen Liang didn't get angry. After sitting down, he continued: "Your Majesty and this palace are both men, and there is no need for a woman to dangle in front of you. There are at least ten thousand eunuchs. Can’t they clean the palaces well? My Great Xia is getting stronger and stronger, but there are still many people who can’t afford to eat. Too many people will only cause waste. The Ministry of Internal Affairs The money and food saved every year are better distributed to the people as His Majesty’s benevolent government, you just follow my orders, and all the consequences will be borne by me.”

He knew that after this series of big actions, the previous dynasty might also be shaken. After all, many of the court ladies and nuns in the palace are probably their people, and eunuchs are no exception. He didn't have the spare energy to deal with those eunuchs. He didn't want to wrong himself anymore. Xia Guo's palace, he wanted it to become like Qingping Palace, the safest and most stable castle for them.

Of course, the waste and economy he mentioned is also one of the reasons, although they haven't seen it systematically, taking the Daqin Palace as an example, the eunuchs, maids, nuns and officials in the palace add up to at least tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, and they are a family of four. Well, even if the palace is huge and requires many people to maintain and clean it regularly, it won’t take that many people, right?

"Yes, the slave obeys."

Now that he said so and the emperor didn't object, Yin Zhui finally stopped hesitating.

"It's all gone. Go back and clean up the ones that need to be cleaned up. From tomorrow onwards, all the dismissed ones will be sent out in units of each palace."

"Yes."

Everyone bent down unanimously, no one dared to say no, and not all the female officials and maids were unwilling to go out of the palace. Some still wanted to go out of the palace early to reunite with their families and marry a good family while they were young.

"Yiteng, Dabao, are you afraid?"

Back in the hall, Shen Liang pulled a few children, hugged Xiao Shitou and Shen Hua respectively and looked at the older Qin Yiteng and Dabao. One of the two children looked indifferent, not like a child at all, and the other was pale, obviously I have lingering fears.

"Don't be afraid, they don't respect the master, damn it!"

Raising his head to meet his gaze, Qin Yiteng shook his head, darkness, death and blood, he has experienced it a long time ago, these years in Daxia, Uncle Pei did not shy away from him, regardless of his young age, his experience is better than that of many adults Must be rich, but also the most calm and fearless.

"Well, where's Dabao?"

Shen Liang's eyes couldn't hide his distress. If he hadn't been sent away back then, it might have been better if he had stayed by his side, but at that time, he really had no choice but to save him was already his greatest limit. After all, no matter how powerful he is, he is only an individual, not a god!

"I, I won't be afraid."

Fan Jincheng looked at his parents and younger brothers with a pale face, and said firmly with his fists clenched.

"Hey, don't be afraid, you will go through this sooner or later."

Reaching out to touch his head, Shen Liang gave Fan Zhongyun a look, beckoning to comfort the child, then turned to the few children around him, thinking about it, or starting from the oldest Shen You: "Your, you Are you afraid? Do you think uncle is scary?"

"Don't be afraid, they are not good and don't listen to uncle."

Xiao Shenyou shook his head and spoke very seriously. In his opinion, anyone who disobeyed his uncle's words should be punished, including his third uncle.

"You'er has been bold since she was a child, uncle is worried too much."

After confirming that there was really no fear in his eyes, Shen Liang smiled, his family's Yuer, who is going to inherit his father's career and become a general in the future, how could he be afraid of such a little blood.

"Father, father...Little Douzi, don't be afraid."

Seeing that the empress father only praised the big brother, Xiaodouzi was dissatisfied, and pulled his arm coquettishly to make fun of him, and Xiao Shitou followed suit: "Father is good, they are bad!"

"Haha... As expected of my son, he really looks like a father, good, very good!"

Before Shen Liang, Pei Yuanlie hugged them in a good mood, and one of them gave them a slap in the face, but the two buns didn't agree with him, they wiped their little faces in disgust and shouted: "Father is a bad boy!" , want the queen father, kiss me!"

"Yes, Xiaodouzi wants it too, kiss the queen father."

"little bastard!"

Pei Yuanlie couldn't laugh or cry immediately, and finally he could understand the feelings of Mrs. Shen Dafu who was disliked by his little ancestors. In the eyes of these children, he, the emperor, might not even be as cool as a strand of hair.

"Okay, dear father, little Shitou and little Douzi are all good."

Ignoring His Majesty the emperor who was full of grievances after being rejected by his family, Shen Liang reached out and hugged them, and kissed their white and tender faces respectively: "Little Stone, Little Douzi, tomorrow your father will be canonized in the court hall." You guys, remember, one of you is a prince, and the other is a prince. In the whole world, except for the father, the emperor, and the queen, you are the biggest. If others offend you, you must not let them know? However, you should not rely on your own Your status bullies the weak at will, and you can’t find trouble if you are not provoked by others. In the end, grandpa and uncle are elders, Lao Lin is your mentor, and will be your grand master in the future. Even if your status is more noble than them, you can’t help but respect them , It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, just remember what your father said, and when you grow up, you will naturally understand.”

It is definitely impossible for children who have just turned four years old to fully understand what he said, and he does not require them to understand it now. Instilling their own life experience in them is just a way of educating them. I don't know if his outlook on life is completely correct, but he can at least be sure that they will not be bullied after they have developed this outlook.

"Ah."

The two brothers, who were still a little confused before, nodded forcefully at the same time. The queen father is always right, and they are right if they obediently listen to the queen father.

"Uncle, Lin Lin wants too, kiss."

Shen Lin on the other side tugged at his sleeve eagerly, Shen Liang turned his head and saw that the two brothers were all aggrieved and pursed their mouths, obviously feeling that they were left out, Shen Liang smiled slightly, let go of the little stone brothers and changed Hugging them: "Okay, uncle, why don't you come one by one, Lin'er and Hua'er are also uncle's little treasures."

"Ah."

Finally got the uncle's kiss and comfort, the little brothers laughed happily, Shen Liang didn't ask them if they were afraid, if they were afraid, they wouldn't be in the mood to ask for a kiss, their children He was not raised delicately, and he was quite courageous, so his previous worries were basically unnecessary.

"Little Shitou, Little Douzi, you already have big names."

Seeing this, Wei Zeqian leaned forward and pulled the two little grandsons to look at the little Shitou brothers. The latter tilted his head and asked in confusion: "What is a big name?"

"Ha ha……"

Seeing their naive reactions, everyone in the room laughed. Shen Liang explained to them the difference between a real name and a baby name in detail, and then said seriously: "Little Shitou, from now on you will be called Xia Qinlin, Xiaodouzi, your name is Xia Qinfu, let Lao Lin teach you how to write your own names another day."

"it is good."

The two brothers looked at Lao Lin in unison, and agreed with one voice.

"Okay, it's getting late. Tomorrow, Grandpa will take you to play outside the palace. Father also allows you to take Xiaobai and the others with you. Go to rest early, or you won't be able to get up."

Patting the little buttocks of the two brothers respectively, Shen Liang raised his head and nodded to Lei Yi and the others.

"Good night, queen father."

The two little brothers leaned up together and gave him a sip on one cheek, and then turned to their father, although they liked the queen more, so did the father.

"Good night, uncle!"

The remaining little buns stepped forward one after another, Qin Yiteng looked at him longingly, and wanted to kiss him, but was a little embarrassed, Shen Liang took the initiative to pull him over, leaned forward and kissed him on the forehead : "Yiteng will live with Youer and the others for the time being. When you go out tomorrow, remember to go to Xiayang Palace and tell the concubine and the others not to be an ungrateful person, you know?"

"Ah."

Qin Yiteng's face was blushing, Shen Liang retreated to realize that the little ancestor of their family was looking at him dissatisfiedly with pursed lips, Shen Liang immediately felt distressed: "What's wrong with You'er?"

As soon as he said it, everyone couldn't help looking at it, and Pei Yuanlie, who always liked to tease him, joked: "Shouldn't the little ancestor be jealous?"

"I want you to take care of it, slightly..."

Angrily making a face at him, Shen You threw himself into Shen Liang's arms, hugged them and said in a muffled voice: "Uncle didn't kiss Youer, but Youer wants to be kissed by uncle, uncle, you love Youer."

Who can bear this soft and coquettish voice?

Shen Liang quickly pulled him out, held his small face and kissed each other: "Okay, okay, how can uncle not love our Yuer."

"Well, good night, uncle."

Finally satisfied, Xiao Shenyou leaned forward and slapped him on the face again, Pei Yuanlie's voice came from the side: "I'm so jealous!"

"slightly……"

"Ha ha……"

Xiao Shenyou turned his head and made another grimace, which made everyone in the room dumbfounded. His Majesty the Emperor must have been at odds with their father and son. It seemed that they didn't want to see him, but he still teased them every time he got the chance , often made the whole family cry or laugh.

"Okay, go to sleep now,"

"it is good."

Under Shen Liang's urging, Xiao Shenyou finally walked over and took the initiative to hold Lei Yi's hand. After a group of little buns left, the hall finally fell silent. They went home to rest.