Chapter 431: New Life
"By the way, there is something you need to do..." Chang Sunxian looked at Jiang Yuandao, his brows inadvertently showing the majesty unique to an emperor.
"Your Majesty, just ask!" Jiang Yuan said on his knees.
Regarding the deserted palace, Chang Sunxian had many ideas, the simplest of which was to add more people.
The palace is not so easy to enter, not to mention that no one can get in, even if they are carefully selected, the eldest grandson will doubt whether there are spies planted by others.
Therefore, it is best to find some old acquaintances.
That night, the eldest grandson ordered the eunuchs and maids in the palace to clean out the empty halls in the harem. The maids were confused after hearing this, but they still followed the instructions.
The next day, when the adults in the court retired and returned home, they heard news from the informants at home.
It is said that a lot of carriages came to the side door today, roughly a dozen of them.
These carriages are all printed with royal logos, and they come from nowhere. The curtains of the carriages are closed tightly, and the people inside cannot be seen clearly.
But one thing is certain, the carriage was heavily rutted when it came, which proved that there were many people sitting on the carriage.
Everyone began to wonder, what does Your Majesty want to do?
What kind of people have been brought into the palace?
They don’t even know if it’s a boy or a girl!
It’s really heart-breaking!
After the eldest grandson went down to court, he heard the news that the carriage had entered the palace. He led the palace maid to the back garden with brisk steps and pleasant eyes.
Before entering the Imperial Garden, I heard the chirping of warblers and swallows all over the house, which added a lot of color to the withered Imperial Garden.
Everything calmed down with the appearance of the eldest grandson.
"See you, Your Majesty!" A group of women of various ages wearing plain clothes saluted.
The movements of this group of women were uniform, as if they had been well-trained, their tone of voice was soft, and their postures were elegant.
"In terms of seniority, all the concubines are my elders, so there is no need to be so polite." The eldest grandson said with a smile.
"Get up quickly!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Everyone raised their heads one by one, and thousands of amorous feelings were displayed in front of the eldest grandson.
Whether they are dressed plainly and shabby, or their faces are wrinkled and their temples are gray, you can see from their faces the appearance that once captivated the nation.
"I suddenly brought the concubines over, which shocked them, so they asked the people below to prepare some gifts, which will be delivered to their respective palaces later." Chang Sunxian said with a friendly smile.
"This is Liu Shang Palace. If you happen to have any affairs on weekdays, you can let her handle it." Chang Sunxian introduced the woman wearing palace clothes next to him.
"...I still have some excerpts that I haven't read yet. I'll come back tonight to take care of the concubines!"
One of the beautiful women stood up and said, "Your Majesty can remember us old ladies and take us back to the palace from the Ancestral Temple. It is a great blessing for us. How can we trouble Your Majesty to take care of us all the time? Your Majesty is busy.
Go for it!”
"Yes, His Majesty's state affairs are important!"
"I'm leaving first!"
"Farewell Your Majesty!" Everyone saluted again.
When the eldest grandson came to the back garden, he specially took Zhong Da with him and let him see the bustle of the garden.
On the way back, the eldest grandson asked with a relaxed smile: "Grandpa Zhong, what do you think of the current harem? Is it still deserted?"
Zhong Da changed from being astonished when he entered the garden to being silent now. He nodded helplessly, "It's lively, it's really lively. Your Majesty, this...this method can only be done by you, Your Majesty."
The concubines had lived in the Imperial Ancestral Temple for a long time without anyone taking care of them, and he had heard the news about the poor conditions there.
However, everyone who could leave left, and the remaining people had no other place to go but to the Ancestral Temple.
If it were any other emperor, the matter of bringing all the concubines into the palace and raising them in the back garden would definitely have caused objections from the courtiers one after another, and even a lesson from the clan.
Your Majesty... Your Majesty is a woman, so it is most appropriate for you to do these things.
"There will be a lot of excitement in the palace from now on!" Zhong Da added.
He just took a look and saw that the group of concubines combined was much larger than the late emperor's harem. With so many people crowded together, there was quite a movement even when they drank water.
"That's natural!" Chang Sunxian smiled.
She brought the concubines back, not only to bring them back to live in, but also for other great uses.
In the imperial garden on the other side, Liu Shanggong was smiling and cordially entertaining all the concubines.
"Your Majesty, the concubines can live wherever they like. Except for those main halls where they cannot live, everything else is fine." He then reported those main halls that cannot be lived in.
Except for the main hall where the former emperor lived and where the queens and queens of the past generations lived, you can live in other main halls.
This made many people extremely happy.
Many of them have extremely low status and have never touched any of the good palaces. Now that they can live anywhere, they naturally have to choose a good one.
"His Majesty has had the harem renovated. The west and south halls used to be cold, but now there are a lot of kangs and fire pots fully prepared in winter. It will never be cold again in winter..."
"There are not many people around Your Majesty, and a group of servants have been sent out, so there are fewer people who can serve the concubines. Your Majesty means that the concubines can only have at most one maid to serve them..." Liu Shanggong said this
As he spoke, he looked at everyone's faces.
You must know that the concubine with the lowest rank in the harem has four maids to serve her, but now there is only one, I am afraid she is a little dissatisfied.
A woman in her thirties standing on the left smiled, as if she had read Liu Shanggong's thoughts.
"Don't worry, Shang Gong! Our group lives in the Ancestral Temple. We eat and drink by ourselves on weekdays, let alone alone, even if there is no one to take care of us."
Upon seeing this, Liu Shanggong smiled and said, "Then I will take the concubines around first to see which hall they want to live in, and then bring the palace maids over."
"Walk!"
"What are you waiting for? I can't wait any longer!" someone in the crowd cheered.
Being able to return to the palace again was something they never dreamed of, let alone living in the harem.
Each one looked at this familiar yet unfamiliar palace with joy, caressed the vermilion palace walls, and gently smelled the unique atmosphere of this imperial city.
"What kind of place is this? It's so gray. I've seen it by the Ancestral Temple before, but no one around me knows about it." A charming voice sounded.
"Toffee, this is the concrete floor."
"Cement? It's watery and muddy. You can't see any mud on it! It's hard when you walk on it, so you won't rub any mud on it."
"This cement floor came from the south. It is said that it is made by mixing water and lime mud and drying it. Walking on it is flatter than stone slabs. Although the cement floor is easy to walk on, it is also easy to accumulate water, so Your Majesty only allows paving.
I made a road and asked the craftsmen to draw patterns on it."
"When it rains, water can flow from this pattern to the soil next to it, so that there will be no accumulation of water."
"Oh! I see this tree is different from before? What kind of flower is this?"
"Toffee, these are fruit trees."
Chapter completed!