Chapter 238 Turning Passivity into Initiative

The emperor grabbed her slender shoulders with both hands and turned her body to face him: "Yuer, look into my eyes..."

Jiang Xinyue's eyes were full of tears, and she looked into his affectionate and focused eyes obediently.

"I promise you that I will spend the rest of my life with you. With you, there is no room for others in my heart. I have never been a person who would wrong myself. After having you, I will not wrong myself to do the things you think with other concubines. But Yueer... I am the emperor, and I have times when I have no choice, but I promise you that if I betray our love, I will not die a good death. Are you relieved?"

Emperor Xuanwu thought that Jiang Xinyue would cover his mouth before he uttered his poisonous oath like the empress and Concubine De before.

Unexpectedly, she really listened to it carefully, and even felt a little unsatisfied.

What?

Didn't you think his oath was poisonous enough?

But Yue'er was just as cute when she was so frank and unpretentious.

Jiang Xinyue finally smiled: "I have a way to make the emperor no longer worry about how to balance the former court and the harem."

The emperor always knew that she was smart, so he leaned over to listen.

"Your Majesty is talking about the concubines' fathers who have made contributions, so he pampers their daughters in front of them, and also lets the officials of the previous dynasty know that your Majesty is not a cold-hearted person, and will reward according to merit and treat their daughters well."

"That's right."

"But why did your Majesty give them the initiative?"

Jiang Xinyue blinked her big, seductive eyes, and even her clear voice sounded as if she was guiding something: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, the master of the world. All the civil and military officials in the court receive salaries from the court, and they should bow to your Majesty and work hard until their death. Do we have to negotiate conditions with your Majesty to eat your salary and worry about your life?"

"That being said, this is human nature. If I don't express it, they will not be attentive next time and will make excuses to shirk my responsibility."

He is the emperor, but not an omnipotent god. The government needs those officials, and he doesn't want to be a tyrant who will be infamous for thousands of years, so he can only seek a balance.

"Your Majesty can take the initiative in your own hands!"

Jiang Xinyue put her arms around Emperor Xuanwu's neck and whispered in his ear: "In the future, if any concubine wants to be promoted, let their fathers and brothers make political achievements. Without political achievements, they cannot be promoted. It is better for the emperor to use his position to exchange for the loyalty of the courtiers than to use his body, right?"

If the father and brother of any concubine have made meritorious contributions, in addition to rewarding them themselves, they will also promote the status of their daughters and sisters in the harem. Even if the emperor himself does not do that, they will be very happy.

Apart from the love-minded ones, Jiang Xinyue didn't believe that anyone could refuse the promotion that was obtained without any effort and without having to please the emperor.

Although it was a bit despicable, it was equivalent to using their daughters and sisters who they cared about to force them to make political achievements, but didn't they threaten the emperor in the same way before?

Now it's just that the emperor and their situations are reversed.

Emperor Xuanwu's eyes lit up, yes!

The final result will be the same, but he instantly became the one who controlled the situation, and the process is still very different.

He kissed Jiang Xinyue on the face: "I will go back and arrange it now. Yue'er is really my little lucky star."

Jiang Xinyue smiled: "It's just my possessiveness that made me come up with such a clumsy method. The other shortcomings must be improved by the emperor himself to avoid endless troubles."

Emperor Xuanwu knew this himself. He rubbed Jiang Xinyue's soft long hair: "I will come to see you tomorrow."

The emperor returned to Chengqian Palace and only stayed for half an incense stick. He immediately rushed to the Yu Study and asked the eunuchs who were organizing the Yu Study to take out the memorials of important political decisions and results in the past year.

During this year, all the names of officials who had made a little contribution were selected to see if they had daughters or sisters who entered the palace as concubines.

All those who had family members in the harem were selected and their positions were promoted before going to the Qinzhou Palace to escape the summer heat.

That was not all. Emperor Xuanwu also asked Tang Shiliang to spread the news to the palace servants in Chengqian Palace that the emperor did not raise the positions of those noble ladies for no reason. It was because their fathers and brothers were capable and had made contributions to the emperor. This was just a small reward.

The next day, Jiang Xinyue took the imperial edict sent by Wang Dequan and asked Jiang Chuan to read it.

She looked very hardworking: "I have persuaded the emperor to treat all of you equally. If he wants, he can favor any of you at any time. But the Empress passed away recently, and the emperor is very indifferent to this matter. I can't push him too hard. I can't bear your honor, but I still have some say in your status."

Cheng Nianhe in Chuxiu Palace was promoted twice in one day, and went directly from a small concubine to a seventh-rank concubine.

Liu Xiaoxiao was also conferred a seventh-rank noble.

Ye Yan'er's family was humble, and Jiang Xinyue decided to confer her a seventh-rank concubine. The rest of the concubines, as well as several others whose families did not have fathers or brothers to use, were still serving as concubines in Chuxiu Palace.

That's enough.

These three people are not in harmony with each other, and they are calculating against each other everywhere. Let them fight to the death, there is no need for her to do anything.

In addition, Concubine Xiao of Shun'an Palace was also promoted to Xiao Ronghua, a sixth-rank concubine. The emperor allowed her to move out of Shun'an Palace and live in the main hall of Zhongcui Palace. The

demoted Zhang Ronghua also lives in Zhongcui Palace!

And this main hall was originally where Zhang Ronghua lived. Now suddenly a concubine who is also Ronghua like her moved in. She must be unwilling and unconvinced in her heart.

There will be a lot of good shows to watch in the next period of time.

The emperor is promoting in public but demoting in private, helping Jiang Xinyue vent her anger.

Who told her to talk too much, let Jiang Xinyue persuade the emperor to treat everyone equally.

Now, I have not received any blessing, which is really unfortunate.

Zhongcui Palace has been like a cold palace for a long time. How can I turn over there?

Zhang Ronghua is not easy to deal with.

Xiao Ronghua and her maid came out of Hexi Palace and walked to a secluded place before she dared to vent her anger: "The Imperial Concubine is taking revenge for personal reasons. She must be resentful of me for helping the Concubine Yu to deal with her before, so she deliberately asked the Emperor to move me to Zhongcui Palace."

How can Zhongcui Palace be better than Shun'an Palace?

The Concubine Yu gave birth to a big princess after all, and the Emperor would go there three or four times a month. Wouldn't her chance of regaining the Emperor's favor be greater?

Now, she went to the deserted Zhongcui Palace, and had to keep Zhang Ronghua company. Just thinking about it made her feel hopeless.

"Bang!"

Just as she was walking forward, a "ghost girl" with a bloody body, dishevelled hair and a face that could not be seen clearly suddenly emerged from the bushes.

"Ah——"

Her scream frightened the "ghost girl", and she limped away, crawling.