Chapter 7 Everyone Wants to Conquer Me
This person happened to be a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, and happened to be kneeling behind him. He was dragged out.
Seeing that the emperor was serious, the man immediately begged for mercy.
Hearing the commotion outside, everyone shuddered, looked up slightly to meet the eyes of their colleagues, their eyes filled with fear.
"This man obstructed the new policies and disrupted the court; he is hereby sentenced to death." Ji Huaizhi's hollow voice rang out: "Does anyone else have any objections?"
No one dared to speak anymore.
Zhou Yi and the Left Censor-in-Chief exchanged a glance and said in unison, "Your Majesty is wise."
"Court adjourned." Ji Huaizhi said expressionlessly, but inwardly he was overjoyed.
"Court adjourned!"
Two days later, Ji Huaizhi issued an imperial edict to confiscate the residences of two more court officials, accusing them of forming a clique for personal gain.
Coincidentally, these were all people associated with the Prime Minister and the Grand Secretary.
I heard that they stripped the two officials of their clothes.
All the officials in the imperial court were in a state of fear.
The emperor doesn't follow the rules; anyone who disobeys him is either sentenced to death or has their property confiscated.
Who dares to speak out of turn?
They were terrified that they would be the ones accused next.
Chen Duojin remarked that the emperor was becoming more and more imposing.
In the past, the emperor was capricious, tyrannical, and extremely suspicious. The servants lived in constant fear, as if walking on thin ice. Whenever the emperor was enraged, innocent people would lose their lives.
Although the current emperor still kills people, Chen Duojin feels that the emperor is not as scary as before.
He even dared to slack off behind the Emperor's back.
Chen Duojin even discovered that the emperor was no longer indiscriminately killing innocent people.
Those whose homes were ransacked and who were killed deserved to die.
"Your Majesty, Lord Zhou has presented us with a talking bird."
Upon hearing this, Ji Huaizhi raised an eyebrow: "Bring it here for me to see."
The talking bird must be a parrot, right?
Ji Huaizhi saw that what was presented was a black phoenix. The bird hopped around in its cage and occasionally let out a cry: "Long live the Emperor."
"Long live the Emperor."
Chen Duojin's eyes widened with delight: "There really are talking birds!"
"Chirp chirp~"
After teasing for a couple of minutes and realizing it was inappropriate, he backed down, saying, "Your Majesty, what do you think?"
"Hmm." Ji Huaizhi nodded: "Let's put it in the Qianqing Palace and assign two palace maids to take care of it."
"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"
Ji Huaizhi stepped forward with his hands behind his back and said, "Call me Father."
Xuanfeng tilted her head: "Call me Father!"
"Pfft!"
"..."
Chen Duojin pursed her lips, trying not to laugh.
~
While Ji Huaizhi was playing with birds in the palace, a eunuch bowed and served tea. Ji Huaizhi glanced at her casually and asked, "Where's Xiao Fuzi?"
"Your Majesty, Xiao Fuzi is unwell, so this servant is covering for him."
Ji Huaizhi felt that familiar feeling again.
His eyes lit up. Would this work?
The eunuch's hat suddenly fell off, and his dark, shiny hair fell onto his shoulder.
Her eyes were dark and bright, slowly captivating.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me." The woman dressed as a eunuch knelt on the ground.
She slowly raised her head and looked at Ji Huaizhi with a pitiful expression. Her dark blue eunuch's robes made her slender neck appear exceptionally fair.
"Your Majesty~"
Ji Huaizhi: "You're so slutty~" (Hong Shixian's face.)
The woman's face froze for a moment, then quickly returned to its usual somber expression: "Does His Majesty like it?"
Her eyes were full of affection as she spoke.
"What are you good at? I only like women who are useful." Ji Huaizhi's deep voice was captivating.
The woman's eyes were somewhat dazed, then her pupils dilated slightly, and her expression became blank.
"I know how to seduce men."
"Anything else?" Ji Huaizhi continued to ask.
"I can dance."
Ji Huaizhi frowned, and, unwilling to give up, asked again, "Are there any others?"
The woman's soft voice tickled one's heart: "I can give birth to seven babies in one pregnancy."
"No... are you sick in the head?" Ji Huaizhi had completely lost his patience.
The woman's pupils returned to normal, and she was momentarily stunned, not quite understanding what had just happened.
"Your Majesty, I am devoted to you." As she spoke, she was about to fall down beside Ji Huaizhi's legs.
Ji Huai took a step back and took a deep breath: "Someone come here."
When Chen Duojin and Xiao Fuzi entered, they were stunned to see this woman: "Your Majesty?"
"He is granted the right to commit suicide." With that, he turned and flung his sleeves away.
Before the woman could react, her voice cracked: "What the hell?"
Then she was taken away by guards.
"Your Majesty?" The woman's voice tightened again: "Aren't you going to look at me?"
"I can dance, I can sing, and I can write. Why don't you open your eyes and look at me?"
Ji Huaizhi closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and finally uttered three words through gritted teeth: "Bestow! Self! Suicide!"
As the woman was dragged out, she clung to the door, managing to peek her head out: "Your Majesty~~ Open your eyes and look at me! I don't believe your eyes are empty~"
Chen Duojin and Xiao Fuzi dared not utter a sound, for fear of displeasing the Emperor.
Ji Huaizhi looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle: "Give me something useful."
Suddenly a noise came from outside.
Chen Duojin rushed out to check the situation. Seeing what was happening outside, he pointed and shouted sharply, his fingers trembling, "Guards! Protect the Emperor!"
"Your Majesty, please be careful."
Just as Chen Duojin was about to close the door, he noticed a flash of yellow passing by.
Ji Huaizhi saw that the delicate little eunuch from before had suddenly transformed into a muscular Barbie.
Perhaps during the struggle, his eunuch robe was torn, and Ji Huaizhi could vaguely see the muscles underneath.
His eyes lit up instantly; thank goodness, he almost misjudged him.
She single-handedly took down several guards, and Chen Duojin's voice of protecting the emperor attracted the attention of the other guards.
Ji Huaizhi smirked: "Come at me all at once!"
The woman's fighting style clearly indicated she was a trained fighter. Ji Huaizhi's eyes lit up; if he wasn't mistaken, she must have come from that place.
Several guards collapsed around the woman. She looked up and saw the Emperor gazing at her with excited eyes; immediately, she collapsed weakly to the ground.
"Oh dear, these people are so fierce, they scared me to death."
Everyone: "..."
Chen Duojin said worriedly, "Your Majesty must be careful."
"It's useful, it's useful." Xuanfeng jumped excitedly in the birdcage, speaking Ji Huaizhi's innermost thoughts.
"What's your name?" Ji Huaizhi asked, his hands behind his back.
"My name is He Jiaojiao."
"Your kung fu is pretty good."
He Jiaojiao: "This servant doesn't know kung fu, this servant is just a little strong, actually this servant has long admired the Emperor..."
"Someone, take He Jiaojiao to the military camp!" Ji Huaizhi didn't want to watch her act.
Fake! So obviously fake!
However, it was just an act; the military still trained her very well.
He Jiaojiao's eyes widened in disbelief when she heard that he wanted to send her to the military camp: "You're going to send me to be a military prostitute?"
That's utterly despicable!
She wasn't the only one who thought so; others did too.
I'm still thinking how ruthless the emperor really is.
Ji Huaizhi's deep eyes gazed at her: "I'm sending you to become a female general, to help me conquer the world!"
He Jiaojiao looked at him as if he were crazy: "I want to be your woman!"
“I don’t lack women, I lack a capable woman.” Ji Huaizhi stepped forward: “I see you have extraordinary talent, you are a good prospect, I will give you an elite army.”
He Jiaojiao was tempted.
That's a female general, you know.
Ji Huaizhi smiled and understood the look in her eyes.
Chen Duojin's lips twitched when he heard this.
The emperor wasn't choosing concubines, but rather choosing capable people.
The most important question is, where did these people come from? Does the Emperor really trust them that much?
The young women have already entered the palace.
All the young women in the imperial harem had a look in their eyes that said they were determined to win.
One of the women, dressed in blue, was gazing intently at the scenery inside the palace. She was Hu Yao, the daughter of a merchant. In her previous life, she had mistakenly trusted her stepmother and married her childhood sweetheart, only to discover that he had already colluded with her stepsister.
She was humiliated and trampled upon, and her own child mistook a thief for his mother.
In this second life, she breaks off her engagement with the scumbag, slaps her stepmother in the face, and is determined to reclaim everything that belongs to her.
Ji Huaizhi looked at her with a puzzled expression, holding the birdcage, wondering: What exactly is she burning?
"My lady, the palace is heavily guarded. Let's go back quickly," said Hu Yao's personal maid.
"Caiju, I will definitely become Empress! I will make all those who look down on me trample them under my feet! I will make those who humiliate me pay the price!"
"My lady, you absolutely mustn't say that!" The maid was terrified.
Why does she feel that her mistress has changed so much? Has she forgotten the Emperor's fearsome reputation?
"You're right, there's plenty of time in the future." Hu Yao turned and left.
The jewelry on her head swayed and dangled.
The maid looked miserable: When did she ever say there was plenty of time?
Ji Huaizhi: "..."
The merchant's daughter?
To be an empress?
Did they get a rebirth script?
She's been reborn; if he were to force her to commit suicide, it would make him seem unromantic.
That's enough.
As Ji Huaizhi walked, it suddenly occurred to him: a merchant's daughter? A reborn female protagonist?
My treasury should be full by now!
The next day, the residences of two more officials were raided. The method was the same as before, but Ji Huaizhi felt that he should prepare some capital.
What if Consort Hu in the harem wants to start a business?
Hu Yao suddenly sneezed in her palace. She was thinking about how to get close to the emperor. She would never ask for love again in this life. She had money. She wanted power!
The Prime Minister's face was contorted with rage: "This is outrageous!"
"Prime Minister, you must make a decision quickly! Who knows, our mansion might be raided one day too."
"Now that you're not in court, he's going further and further a day. He'll either order your execution or confiscate your property!"
These officials complained to the prime minister, "He is utterly unfit to be emperor!"
"But he is the emperor." The prime minister also harbored resentment; his cronies had almost all been wiped out by the emperor.
Once her daughter, whom he had sent to the palace, became pregnant with the emperor's child, he would immediately seize power and command the feudal lords!
"Prime Minister, Lord Deng has suddenly fallen ill. Because the dog emperor confiscated his property, he doesn't even have money to buy medicine." The speaker was Li Enci, whose property had been confiscated.
After their homes were searched, they immediately received news that they had been dismissed from their posts and were under investigation.
The prime minister frowned; he had no desire to hear news from these useless people.
But his cronies are all here; if he doesn't take care of them...
Others will feel disheartened, thinking that everyone is only working for their own benefit.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" The Prime Minister frowned, as if he was particularly worried about him.
Li Enci felt a sense of desolation: "He sent someone to the Prime Minister's residence a long time ago, but I don't know which servant chased them away."
The others listened without speaking, their eyes filled with a thirst for knowledge as they looked at the Prime Minister.
"Outrageous!" The Prime Minister slammed his fist on the table in anger. "No one even reported this to me. Don't worry, Lord Li, I will definitely teach that servant a lesson."
After saying that, he had someone from the manor bring him a bag of silver: "Send these over first, and I will invite a famous doctor to come and treat him tomorrow."
Li Enci squeezed the money pouch, inwardly cursing the old man for being so stingy.
Have we forgotten that his home was also raided?
What can you do with this little bit of money?
Ji Huaizhi was outside the palace at this time, taking care of the people's plight.
The refugees' houses have been built, and everyone is reclaiming wasteland.
When passing through these places, one often hears people praising the emperor.
Life is tough now, but at least not many people have starved to death. In fact, thanks to the female bodhisattva sent by the emperor, they are eating their fill.
Ji Huaizhi went to Lu Haitang's residence. When Lu Haitang saw him, she knelt down to pay her respects, her eyes shining with expectation: "Your Majesty."
Lu Haitang wondered if he had come to pick her up: "Your Majesty, are you here to pick me up? I'm exhausted. There are so many people who can't even get enough to eat these days. Can I finally stop working here?"
Seeing how tired and thin she looked, Ji Huaizhi coughed lightly, feeling guilty, and said, "You don't need to work here anymore."
Lu Haitang was overjoyed to hear this.
Covering her face, she was so happy she looked like a fool: "Finally, I'm free! Lin Yi even said I looked like a lump of coal from the sun. I'm going to relax properly."
She glanced at the emperor and said, "I've done so much work for you, is it alright for me to rest in the palace for a while?"
Ji Huaizhi: "Of course, I will reward you for your service!"
Lu Haitang couldn't help but smile: "No need for that. Just try to like me and then take me home."
"I still don't feel right here and want to go back."
Lin Yi heard what she said as soon as he entered, lowered his eyes and cupped his hands: "Your Majesty."
Ji Huaizhi: "You and Lin Er take Haitang back to the palace to rest for a while. Once you've rested, you can set off."
Lin Yi glanced at Lu Haitang: "Yes."
Lu Haitang stood up: "What do you mean? Which way are we going?"
Is he planning to abandon me after using me, and then send me to die?
"Your Majesty! Explain yourself! What do you mean?"
Ji Huaizhi turned and left without even looking at her, his tall figure giving the impression of a hasty retreat.
Lin Yi looked up at her expressionlessly: "Go to another place for 'disaster relief'."
Upon hearing this, Lu Haitang took a deep breath and couldn't help but collapse.
Lin Yi wanted to step forward and catch her, but stopped himself from reaching out: "During the time we were outside the palace, the Emperor held a selection of concubines. Even if the Emperor likes you, he can only give you a rank at most."
He pursed his lips and sighed as he looked at her lying on the ground, looking utterly hopeless.
Lu Haitang: "You ancient people are really going too far."
Lin Yi: "Are you sad because the Emperor sent you to another place? Or are you sad because he doesn't like you?"
Lu Haitang opened her eyes and looked up at Lin Yi's upside-down posture: "I'm sad for myself."
"I want to go home!"
"I want to go home to my mom! I don't want to stay here, waaaaaah!"
Hearing the crying inside, Ji Huaizhi felt a little guilty, wondering if he had gone too far.
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