In the inner hall of Qianqing Palace, a woman was choking and crying, kneeling on the ground as weakly as a puddle of mud.
Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the upper stage, just looked at the memorial in his hand indifferently.
After waiting for a while, the woman's crying gradually disappeared. Zhu Youxiao put down the memorial and said softly:
"Nanny, listen to me and get out of the palace!"
The woman crying in the palace was Zhu Youxiao's nanny, Hakka.
She had not seen the emperor for several months since the emperor's personal expedition. When she heard the emperor's edict today, she thought it was because the emperor missed her, so she happily came to Qianqing Palace, which she had not set foot in for a long time.
But she didn't expect that the emperor didn't respond to her with a smile as usual.
As soon as she entered the palace, the emperor issued an order to her and expelled her from the palace.
Keshi felt that the sky was falling, her vision went dark, and she collapsed on the spot. Then she quickly stepped forward, wanting to get closer to the emperor and ask for more information.
But before she could take a few steps, a guard wearing a flying fish uniform stopped her. This person was Yang Huan.
She suddenly became furious, tearing and beating the person she hated.
Yang Huan didn't give her any face and pushed her to the ground. The emperor who she single-handedly raised and sat on the dragon throne didn't help her, and didn't even make a sound.
He just sat there and continued to review the memorial, without even looking at it, and not caring about what was happening in front of him.
At this moment, she finally understood that the emperor was determined to expel her from the palace. There was no place for her in this huge palace.
"Nanny, I am not a mean and ungrateful person. I also hope that the nanny will always stay by my side. However, things go against my wishes. All the ministers in the dynasty have come forward to advise me, and I have no choice."
After saying this, he winked at Wang Chaofu, who immediately picked up a dozen memorials placed in the corner and walked down, placing these memorials in front of Hakka's eyes.
These memorials were submitted by previous ministers. Zhu Youxiao did not destroy them, but kept them intact. They just came in handy this time.
Zhu Youxiao didn't want to break up with her. After all, it was she who raised him. Without her, he might have died long ago. She still had nurturing kindness for Zhu Youxiao.
And she hasn't done anything outrageous so far, so I try to save face for her and politely ask her to leave the palace instead of kicking her out directly.
Keshi looked at the thick stack of memorials in front of her and had no desire to read through them, because she knew in her heart that this was just an excuse made by the emperor to expel her from the palace.
"If you want to go back to your hometown, nurse, I will send someone to escort you home. If you want to stay in the capital, I have also chosen a good house in the inner city. Everything has been taken care of there. That's all I can do." , let the wet nurse choose!”
Hearing the emperor's cold voice, Keshi couldn't help but feel even more sad, but she had no choice but to obey the emperor's order.
She choked in a low voice and said:
"This slave obeys your order. Your Majesty must decide where this slave will go!"
It seems that she still holds on to a glimmer of hope. Zhu Youxiao said bluntly:
"I can't make a decision. Although the capital is good, the nanny will inevitably be weak when she is alone. She is not as comfortable and comfortable as her hometown!"
"Nanny, please live in the capital for the time being. You have served me for so many years. Now you have the opportunity to enjoy the prosperity of the capital. If the nanny misses her hometown in the future, please ask Jin Yiwei to send me a message. I will make the nanny prosperous.
Return home.”
Seeing that the emperor did not miss his old friendship at all, Keshi was heartbroken and replied helplessly:
"My slave knows!"
"My companion, go to the warehouse to get one thousand taels of silver. Also prepare some other jewelry and send them to the nanny's house."
"Send a nanny for me and tell your people that the nanny's things must be packed carefully and don't leave anything behind!"
"The nanny has served me and worked hard for half my life. I don't want the nanny to have to work hard for the rest of her life, so I will select a few smarter maids to come out of the palace to serve the nanny!"
Naturally, Wang Chaofu understood the implication of the emperor's words. This was to completely draw a clear line. It seemed that the Hakka family would not be able to return to the palace in the future.
After the guest family left, Yang Huan raised his hands to the imperial platform and said:
"Your Majesty, why don't you just send her back to your hometown? Wouldn't it be easier?"
Zhu Youxiao glared at him and said:
"What do you know? As long as you leave the palace, it doesn't matter whether you are in your hometown or not? Could it be that she can make some waves in the capital?"
"After all, I grew up on her milk. Without her, I don't know if I would have grown up. Why do I have to be so awesome!"
Zhu Youxiao also wanted to send her directly back to his hometown, but after thinking about it, it was not appropriate. Anyway, he would not see her again in the future. After she lived in the capital for a while, she would naturally understand the meaning, and there was no need to say it himself.
She will also leave on her own.
Yang Huan quickly bowed and said:
"This is a lie. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
He knew that Yang Huan was ruthless. If it weren't for Hakka's special status, he might not have advised him to let Hakka return to his hometown.
"Send two people to protect her secretly so that nothing happens to her. Once she returns to her hometown, you won't have to worry about her anymore!"
"Your Majesty, don't worry, as long as you are in the capital, you will be safe and sound!"
"Follow me to the harem!"
After saying that, he walked quickly outside the palace, with Yang Huan and the guards in the palace following closely behind the emperor.
The Hakka problem has been solved, but the harem has not yet begun.
Those old fritters, if they want to play tricks, ordinary people really can't beat them. Zhang Yan is only fifteen years old now, and she has never even taken a step out of the door, let alone the scheming of the city government.
Moreover, Zhang Yan herself has no scheming intentions, otherwise she would not have been so suppressed by the Hakka family in history.
Now that he has chosen her as his queen, he must spare no effort to support her. The emperor and the queen are one, and both represent the majesty of the Ming Dynasty and the supreme imperial power.
This kind of authority does not allow anyone to provoke anyone. Even if Zhu Youxiao is a modern thinker, he will inevitably follow the local customs, because this is how the feudal dynasty was, and only in this way can the foundation of the country be stabilized.
Like other time-travelers, it is impossible to be brothers with this person and chat and laugh with that person.
Because the emperor's authority is like this, it must be aloof. You can impose severe punishments, or you can be friendly with your ministers like those benevolent emperors, but there must be a certain degree of moderation, otherwise you will foster evil.
Before Taizu aspired to conquer the world, his relationship with Xu Datanghe could no longer be described as good. They grew up together. But after he ascended the throne and became emperor, the status gap naturally widened.
He can continue to call Xu Datanghe brother, but Xudatanghe can only call him His Majesty the Emperor. This is the rule and this is the supreme imperial power.
In order to pave the way for her and stabilize her position as the lord of the palace, I really worried a lot.