Chapter 18: I wonder how the palace intrigue is going.

The Crown Prince escorted the person to the entrance of the government office before leaving, and Ji Yingying followed her superior, Tang An'an, inside.

The room was like a primary school classroom, with one desk for each student and many memorials on the desks.

"Everyone, this is Young Master Ji. Jiang Haoxuan and Ji Li, you two will be following Young Master Ji from now on."

"yes."

"Greetings, Lord Ji!"

"Hey hey hey... Hello everyone!"

Both of these boys come from prominent families. Jiang Haoxuan is the second son of the Jiang family, but he's an illegitimate son and is often bullied by his stepmother. It seems his mother was killed by her. He's a pitiful little thing, hiding his talents from a young age. If it weren't for his decent father who knew to find him a job, he would have rotted away in the Jiang family for the rest of his life.

As for the poor kid in this season... he's of good character and didn't abandon his wife just because he became an official and became capable. He's not bad at all. He just has a few quirks, like collecting women's products and cosmetics. But that's not a big deal, we should respect that!

After hearing her words, Tang An'an couldn't help but sigh. Thank goodness, she didn't report his scandal, otherwise he, as her superior, would have felt embarrassed.

"Young Master Ji, this is your desk."

"Okay, okay, you guys go ahead with your work, I can stay here by myself."

After sending the person away, Ji Yingying sat down obediently, looked around, and sighed helplessly: [Going to work is like being in jail, fine, if I'm going to be in jail, I'll act like one. I'm going to slack off now~]

The three who hadn't gone far couldn't help but turn back to look at the people in the room; no one would think that way.

"You two should do more work in the future. As you've seen, Lord Ji is just someone the Emperor sent to supervise the officials. You can read those memorials if you want, but if you can't make up your mind, then ask me."

"yes"

After watching Tang An'an leave, the two of them sighed and went back to their work.

Ji Yingying slacked off and left on time. During this time, she came up with a storybook titled: The President's Beloved!

I even projected myself onto the character, feeling really good about it!

Little did they know that the storybook had been delivered to the Emperor that very night.

After reading it, the Emperor snorted coldly: "She's still a young girl. But this immortal is too pitiful. Chasing after his wife led him to the crematorium. But it's a good thing he's an immortal, otherwise he would have been reincarnated countless times."

"Have you sent someone to keep an eye on Minister Ji?"

"Your Majesty, a team has already been dispatched to secretly protect Lord Ji."

"Yes, Rong Yi, put your team out in the open and form a... Imperial City Guard. On one hand, protect Minister Ji, and on the other hand, arrest anyone who does anything she's thinking of!"

"Yes." Originally, the Emperor had sent Rong Yi and his team to secretly protect Ji Yingying, and now he had a good reason to stay by Ji Yingying's side.

...

When Ji Yingying got off work and arrived at her doorstep, she encountered her neighbors moving house next door, so she simply squatted down at the door to watch.

It wasn't until she saw the nanny who adored her son that Ji Yingying realized the family was planning to move away.

I wonder what happened?

【Oh, so the head of this family was murdered. Without a head of the family, the whole family naturally moved back to their hometown. Come, let me see who killed their head of the family.】

[Damn it, the Jiang family. Jiang Haoxuan's eldest brother, he likes older men. The neighbor's boss was a bit handsome, so he tricked him into coming back and raped him. After raping him, he killed him. Just because he didn't submit, his body isn't even cold yet, and this family is already leaving. After all, they offended the Jiang family.]

[The Chiang family produced a concubine, and the whole family relied on her to commit evil deeds. I wonder if this dog emperor was happy about it? He married so many wives, each with a powerful family, and then he was portrayed as a tyrant. After he was killed, the whole nation rejoiced, celebrating the end of a scourge!]

[What a pity, all because of the families of these concubines. Oh dear, they've even brought out a coffin! Are they planning to take the coffin back with them? Wait, this head of the household is truly pitiful. The wife is his, but the son isn't! Even his mistress is helping him carry the coffin. I wonder if she'll jump out of it in anger. But it doesn't matter, the legitimate son isn't his, but the illegitimate son is. Look how handsome this illegitimate son is! It's a pity he'll be separated from the family after returning home; he'll have to live a hard life from now on.]

It's alright. No pain, no gain. What others do is none of my business.

"Son, you're back, why don't you come in?"

"Hey mom, I see the neighbors are moving. Want to come take a look?"

"Mother won't look anymore. There's still something else. Mother isn't old."

"Yes, yes, my mom is the youngest. Mom, go back and eat, I'm hungry!"

As soon as she entered, Rong Yi immediately sent these heartfelt words to the palace, and at the same time, had Young Master Jiang arrested and imprisoned.

The Jiang family cried out for justice, even contacting the empress in the palace. As a result, their aunt was sent to the cold palace because of their actions.

It will be difficult to see each other again in the future.

"Your Highness, do you think I was wrong? My father asked me to have more children before he died, but..." Half of the children were not his blood, and two or three of them were always eyeing his position.

I want to kill him!

What's even more outrageous is that these imperial concubines are so powerful that they actually let their families use his influence to bully and oppress others!

"Your subject..." Ning Qingran didn't know what to say. Anyway, he only had one Crown Princess, which was enough.

"Alright, go and find out who else is abusing my name to bully others."

"yes"

After Ning Qingran left, she immediately arranged for someone to investigate. There were quite a few fewer people in the harem these past few days. She didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing!

The next day, dawn was breaking.

Ji Yingying was carried onto the carriage by Granny Xia.

"My son, you'll get used to it. There will be many more opportunities to attend court in the future!"

"Dad, do we have weekends off?"

Upon hearing about the two-day weekend, Ji Cailiang's face turned red, and he angrily scolded, "Nonsense! Don't talk nonsense outside anymore."

"No, it's a day off! Two days off, a double weekend. I don't want to be in court all year round, I'm exhausted~ Dad~"

"Yes, we can take a day off in two more days."

Upon hearing that there would be a break, Ji Yingying was overjoyed. Her eyes widened, and she ate quickly.

Upon arriving at the Hall of Diligent Governance, they happily looked around the hall.

[Oh dear, we arrived too early and haven't seen this main hall yet. It's so beautiful! This palace is gorgeous too.]

With so many concubines, I wonder what the palace intrigue is like? Is there any poisoning, saffron, or attempts to cause miscarriages? I've heard there are even wells in the harem where hundreds of corpses are hidden. I suddenly really want to watch palace dramas!

[After all, the palace intrigues on TV can't compare to real-life ones! Was the Emperor used as a pawn? What about the Empress Dowager? What about the Empress? No, wait, the Empress is a good person; she entered the palace for the Crown Prince's sake, otherwise she would have eloped with her beloved.]

[If the Empress is ruled out, what about the Empress Dowager? Could she be trying to strengthen her family and then forcefully send her daughters into the palace to compete with the other concubines? This is going to be a big show! I'd love to watch!]