Tu Yufan stepped forward and said, "The palace doesn't keep idle people. Since Miss Si wants to stay in the palace, the laundry room is in urgent need of people. Come, take Miss Si to the laundry room."
Si Lingwei was horrified, and tears instantly came down when she looked at Yueyao.
"Your Majesty, your servant - your servant -"
For a moment, she didn't know how to beg for mercy. After all, she had just said that she would do anything as long as she could stay in the palace.
㫧 Yueyao was also caught off guard. Just as she was about to say something, Nanny quickly took Si Lingwei away.
The world suddenly became much quieter.
"Queen Ji, you don't have to worry about this matter. Just rest in the palace." Tu Yufan said this and left.
Now, Yueyao dare not keep any girl in the palace anymore.
A month later, at the constant request of the Minister of Personnel, Si Lingwei was sent home. At this time, her face was haggard, and her hands were red and swollen. She was completely different from her previous lively appearance.
After returning home, Si Lingwei felt deeply ashamed and hid at home for several months, not daring to come out again.
With this precedent, no one dared to send women into the palace without permission.
Tu Yufan finally settled down to govern the country. He imitated the policies of the female emperors in the previous world history and broke the situation where women were not allowed to participate in politics. Although he was opposed by many ministers at the beginning, it was under Tu Yufan's arbitrary style that the situation was gradually opened up and the status of women was greatly improved.
As one economy grew, the other declined. The Sixth Prince of Jin worked hard to govern the country, and the economic situation improved. However, due to his excessive dedication to his work, he died of overwork at his desk in just a few years.
After the death of the Sixth Prince, his legitimate son ascended the throne. He lived an extremely extravagant life and was lazy about state affairs, which led to the breeding of corruption in the court and the dominance of treacherous officials. The people of Beijin were living in misery, and the situation had reached the same level as the end of the Northern Xiang Kingdom.
Moreover, there were many frictions on the border between Jin State and Lan State. Tu Yufan was very annoyed and simply sent Zhang Ertou to guard the border and attack Jin State when necessary.
Zhang Ertou was almost going mouldy from being idle in Shuangjie City. If he could lead troops to fight again, he would be so excited that he couldn't sleep for days and nights.
When they arrived at the border, the Jin State provoked them many times. Zhang Ertou led his troops across the border and accidentally occupied several cities.
The State of Jin was now in a complete panic. The reigning emperor was as timid as a mouse and immediately summoned his confidants to ask what to do.
"Your Majesty, I have something important to tell you. Someone once saw the former prince of Yan at the coronation ceremony of Lan. He is now the emperor of Lan. I think that he was once a Jin. Can we have peace talks?"
The Emperor of Jin was slightly startled: "The Prince of Yan? The Prince of Yan who was exiled to the wilderness before, he is still alive and has become the Emperor of Lan?"
One of the men with shifty eyes said unhappily, "How could a mere prince of Yan State become the founding emperor of Lan State? He is violating the ancestral teachings and committing treason. He has ruined Yan State's reputation of being loyal to the emperor and patriotic."
Another lackey echoed, "How dare he invade our country? We must go and ask for an explanation."
The old minister sitting next to them twitched his beard and looked at them as if they were idiots. He said sarcastically, "If the former prince of Yan State is the emperor of Lan State, he is already on an equal footing with Your Majesty. Don't have any wishful thinking. The most important thing now is to see if we can stop the attack of Lan State through peace talks."
The shifty-looking man was quite unhappy about being humiliated and was just about to say something in rebuttal.
The emperor waved his hands impatiently: "I don't like to think about these troublesome things. You will give me an answer when the time comes. You must make Lan Kingdom withdraw its troops within a few days."
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