Big Moon Ballad

Chapter 2506 Candidates

Ji Jiashu looked at the thin girl in front of him and felt a terrible pain in his heart.

Although the girl in front of him was a Level 2 practitioner, she was still a flesh and blood body.

After so many days of life-and-death battles, Ying Baoyue's body and mind had already reached their limits, and she suffered a huge blow from Li Ji's departure. But she couldn't show anything, and she had to deal with a huge number of people and things every day.

She should have collapsed a long time ago, but she couldn't.

She became the ruler of a country at the saddest and most painful time.

The fate of the entire country and even the entire continent depends on her.

Anyone can fall down, but she cannot.

Even though her heart was broken, Ying Baoyue still had to maintain her usual attitude in handling state affairs, because there were countless eyes staring at her under the throne all the time, waiting for her to make the slightest mistake and then pounce on her and bite her.

After saying that, Ying Baoyue turned around and went back to the desk, took out another memorial and began to write his instructions.

The fragility in her eyes when she stood by the window just now seemed to be just an illusion of Ji Jiashu.

"Hug the moon."

Ji Jiashu didn't know what to say, so he could only walk over to her and return the memorial he had taken away to her.

Ying Baoyue opened it and stared at the words on the memorial with a frown on his face.

"What's wrong?" Ji Jiashu couldn't help but ask.

"Nothing, just the same old tune."

Ying Baoyue glanced at it briefly and threw the memorial into a basket beside the table.

Only then did Ji Jiashu realize that there were several baskets at her feet, filled with a large number of memorials piled up in a messy manner like garbage.

Ji Jiashu squatted down and turned over, unable to help but smile bitterly.

He understood why Ying Baoyue treated these memorials in this way.

The memorials in these baskets can be divided into three main categories. One is the flattering nonsense asking Your Majesty how your health is today; the other is the nonsense asking Your Majesty to appoint a king as soon as possible, stabilize the harem and produce offspring.

Ji Jiashu's scalp tingled and his face distorted when he read the contents of these memorials.

The king's wife... the harem... some even recommended their own descendants...

He didn't know whether these Former Qin officials were too receptive or were using their marriage leave to test the attitude of the first queen of the continent.

Anyway, let's put this matter aside for now.

The last category left is the basket that Ying Baoyue just threw in.

The memorials there were all requesting Ying Baoyue to confirm the candidate for the national teacher as soon as possible.

Many of these titles came from the remnants of the Former Qin Dynasty, who strongly requested in their memorials that Ying Baoyue enthrone Ying Xun as the national teacher.

Ying Xun...

Ji Jiashu clenched the memorial in his hand, his eyes becoming complicated.

Ying Baoyue, as the first queen of the Former Qin Dynasty, replaced Ying Xun and ascended the throne. The status of Ying Xun, who originally had the right of inheritance, suddenly became awkward.

In past dynasties, someone with Ying Xun's status would have been eliminated by the new king sooner or later.

Many people are wondering how Ying Baoyue will treat the only son of the former emperor's eldest son.

After ascending the throne, Ying Baoyue did not say much. He just restored the title of Prince of Hejian that Ying Hanri had conferred on Ying Xun, and asked him to return to the Prince's Mansion in Guiyang City to rest. He was not allowed to enter the palace without an imperial edict.

Ying Baoyue did not imprison Ying Xun, but for the past three days Ying Xun had been refusing visitors and staying in the Prince's Mansion without going out.

Ying Xun voluntarily gave up the fight for the throne, but the group of ministers loyal to him were not willing to accept it.

Ying Baoyue had already ordered the imperial tutor appointed by Ying Hanri to retire and return home, and had not decided on a new imperial tutor since then. This gave various forces an opportunity to make some moves.

Ying Baoyue now holds military power, and there are few forces that dare to covet her throne, so they have all set their sights on the undecided position of national teacher.

With the precedent of Lin Shubai, the Qin State's national teacher possessed extremely high power. He controlled both the Imperial Prayer Department and the imperial court, and was above the three highest officials in the court. He could even hold military power in times of war.

In order to help Ying Baoyue, Ji Jiashu carefully studied the laws of the Former Qin Dynasty these days. Only then did he discover how special the Qin Dynasty's national teacher was, and he also deeply realized how much power Lin Shubai had in his hands back then.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is the second emperor.

Although Qin's laws gave the imperial teacher great power, not everyone could control it.

For example, the national teacher appointed by Ying Hanri before, because his realm was not high enough, he could not convince the people in the Imperial Prayer Ministry and the court, and was tantamount to a mere formality.

"Isn't it a bit reluctant for these ministers to want Ying Xun to be the imperial teacher?"

Ji Jiashu put down the memorial in his hand and stood up, "Your realm is not high enough, right?"

Ying Baoyue wrote something quickly on the memorial in his hand, "They are testing my attitude and want some compensation."

In the eyes of that group of people, Ying Xun, as the legitimate royal family, voluntarily gave up the throne, so she had to give him a high and powerful position to compensate him.

"If I don't agree, their next step will probably be to ask me to arrange a fiefdom for Ying Xun."

Ji Jiashu frowned, "He should have had a fiefdom originally, right?"

According to convention, a prince would have his own fiefdom, which was usually a place the size of a county.

"They think the place Ying Hanri gave them is too small and too remote, so they want this place."

Ying Baoyue turned around and drew a circle on the map of the six countries behind him.

Ji Jiashu was shocked when he saw it. They were actually the ten richest counties bordering Former Qin and Southern Chu, accounting for one third of Former Qin’s land.

Combined with the power of Ying Xun's grandfather in Southern Chu, if Ying Xun really got this fiefdom, it would be equivalent to owning half of the Former Qin Dynasty and he could directly challenge Ying Baoyue.

"What a pipe dream! This is an attempt to split up the Former Qin!"

"Yes," Ying Baoyue said calmly, "So I threw all these memorials into the basket."

"I don't have time to deal with those people for now."

She had more important things to do, and as long as this group of people didn't jump around too much, she was going to put this issue aside for now.

Ji Jiashu glanced at Ying Baoyue, then held back and said nothing.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye knows how to deal with this problem.

Ying Xun's identity is too sensitive. As long as he lives, the disputes surrounding him will not stop, and there will definitely be people with ulterior motives who will cause trouble for him.

Not to mention that Ying Xun was briefly on the throne and was called His Majesty, and even took charge of the imperial guards.

Any normal king, even if he does not take action now, will eventually solve this disaster with a glass of poisoned wine.

Ji Jiashu had no idea what Ying Baoyue was thinking.

If it was her, Ji Jiashu believed that she would never hurt Ying Xun. But now she is no longer just Ying Baoyue, she is the King of Former Qin.

His father told him since he was a child that no matter whether he was a king or a national teacher, there were some things that were beyond his control.

"What do you see me doing?"

Ying Baoyue stopped writing and asked, "Are you worried that I might give Ying Xun a cup of poisoned wine at some point?"

Ji Jiashu was startled, "Baoyue, I..."

Ying Baoyue smiled and said, "Let me be frank with you. I will never hurt him."