Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 106 What I want is power
The emperor turned his head and glanced at Xia Yu displeasedly, raised his eagle eyebrows slightly, and asked:

"Aren't you allowed to come out?!"

Seeing the majestic expression on the emperor's face, Xia Yu felt a little thump in her heart and panicked for a moment. But when she lowered her eyes and saw the emperor holding her hand, she immediately felt at ease and said with a sweet smile:

"When Qian'er saw that she was here, he came out boldly... I can also do her job. I don't want to be separated from Your Majesty, and I can't bear to leave her for a moment."

Her eyes glanced at Wu Rou at first, and then she stared at the emperor and came close to his cheek, almost touching the emperor's face. Her expression was shy, and her extremely soft and charming posture and voice made everyone present. Everyone was embarrassed.

The prince was even more shocked beyond words.When has there ever been such an explicit woman in the harem?How can you do this in front of everyone?
What was even more difficult for him to accept was that his father actually indulged her?
Wu Rou also blushed and lowered her head slightly to hide her embarrassment.

The emperor glanced at Wu Rou, then patted her hand and said:
"You can't do this. Go back quickly. If you disturb me again, I will send you to the Clothing Bureau to do the laundry!"

Xia Yu twisted and pursed her lips reluctantly, then turned around and went back.

The emperor looked up and saw the prince's incredulous expression, smiled awkwardly and said:
"Where did you just say that?"

The prince pursed his lips and suppressed the questions in his heart. The frown between his brows showed indifference and impatience, but he still took the words in a gentle voice:

"I've finished talking about the Huaizhou governor. Yesterday, my third brother agreed to stay in Chang'an to help me. I asked my father to issue a decree and give him an official position suitable for going to court."

Seeing that his son was unhappy, the emperor felt guilty for a moment, and his old face was a little embarrassed, but after hearing this, he still rolled his eyes at him and said:
"Allowing him to stay in Chang'an is already controversial enough. What more official position is needed? Isn't the King of Wu enough? Just look back. The court should think that I have the intention to change my position."

The emperor turned his head, pulled the memorial opened by Wu Rou towards his eyes, and said decisively and domineeringly:

"No!"

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In February, the palace's regulations for the release of palace maids began to go away.

In the Xiliang Pavilion, Wu Rou looked at the several maids around him, including the yellow-haired Arthur and Caiyi, who were both from Bingzhou and looked very similar to each other.

It has been six years since she entered the palace. Arthurs has also reached the age of 30 and has reached the eighth rank. Caiyi, San Chun Si Qiu and the others have become ninth rank female officials based on their age.

Wu Rou looked at them and sighed, saying:

"It's all my fault. You've followed me for so many years and you haven't benefited from anything."

Sanchun and Siqiu chirped:
"How could it be possible? How could the talent's reward not be shared with us? Isn't this benefit enough?"

"That's right. Rank doesn't matter. The martial arts people are kind to us and give us many rewards. We live a better life than other palace ladies!"

Caiyi nodded and said seriously:
"Yes, others are envious of us for having such a good master."

Arthur lowered his eyes and said:
"It's good to follow talented people."

Wu Rou couldn't hide the disappointment in her eyebrows, and said warmly:

"It's been six years. You won't be able to make any big progress by following me in the future. If you want to leave the palace, it's a good plan. I support it."

San Chun Qiu Si Xian said:
"If we don't go back, there will be no one at home. We will have to make other plans to leave the palace. It will be too difficult."

"We have discussed it. If we want to live in the palace until we grow old, it would be best to be a minister of the Food Bureau or the Clothing Bureau or something like that."

Fengyu, the fifth rank, is almost the highest official position that an ordinary palace maid can achieve.Most of them are borne by old maids who have been working in the palace for many years.

Wu Rou smiled and said:
"You two are quite ambitious."

She looked at Caiyi again and asked:

"What about you? Do you want to leave the palace?"

When Caiyi heard this, she became a little nervous and said hesitantly: "I don't know... my family said they won't let me go back, and they all said that people our age probably won't be released."

Wu Rou looked at Arthurs again. Arthur lowered his head and glanced at Wu Rou secretly. His blue eyes were obviously timid and he said nothing.

Wu Rou then smiled and said:
"Look what I'm doing. I know you want to leave. You've been planning it since early years. You want to go out and settle down in Chang'an or Luoyang. I've been hearing this for years."

She sighed and said:
"Although it's a little late, it's not too late. Go out now and don't delay getting married and having children."

As she said this, she turned around and walked to her dormitory, took out a lot of cash notes, and gave them to Arthur.

Arthur was shocked when he saw such a thick stack, and asked tremblingly:

"Taito is missing me...what do you want me to do for you?"

Wu Rou glanced at her eyes and said:
"They are all for you to use when you go out. It is not easy for a woman to leave the palace and settle down. You can't let others bully you. If you have more money, you can protect yourself."

Miharu stretched out his head and said enviously:

"Wow~ So many...I want to go out."

Wu Rou looked at the cashed tickets as if they were nothing, and said nonchalantly:

"If you want to go out, you can."

Arthur's hands were trembling while he was holding the check, and he said:
"No, no... I can't accept these things, there are too many. Keep them for yourself, they will be of great use in the future."

Wu Rou sneered like a self-mockery and said:

"What other great use can I be of? ...I am different from you. I have two powerful brothers above me.

Even after I left the palace, I would not be able to use the extra money except to benefit them. "

Her eyes were cold, with a hint of resentment in the sharp corners of her eyes, and she murmured:

"What I need is a powerful position. As long as I have a powerful position, I will naturally not be short of money."

She came back to her senses, pushed the stack of redemption tickets over firmly, and said:
"Take it, even if I become a nun in the future, I will not be without food and drink. You need these things more than me."

Arthur took the cashed tickets, tremblingly knelt down to Wu Rou, and cried:

"Thank you, Talent. You will be my master for the rest of my life. Even if I go out, I will never forget you."

Wu Rou looked at her, the corners of her eyes were a little moist, she stretched out her hand to pick her up and said:
"I'll listen to you. It will be a comfort to me to live my own life after leaving the palace. Otherwise, after all these years, I always feel that my hard work has been in vain."

When Arthur heard this, he hugged her waist and cried even harder.

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In February, Xia Yu became pregnant. From the imperial daughter of the ninth rank, she was granted the title of Baolin, who was the sixth rank.

The imperial concubine issued the edict in accordance with the rules.

Xia Yu was unconvinced and cried out to the emperor:
"Your Majesty... you see Wu Cairen is not pregnant. She is a fifth-grade woman. I already have a prince. How can I be Baolin... Is the imperial concubine deliberately targeting me?"

At that time, Wu Rou was grinding ink next to the emperor. She pressed her hand on the inkstone and turned it around slowly and unhurriedly, pretending not to hear him at all.

Prince Li Shan, who was sitting behind his desk and reading the memorial, held his forehead with one hand and stared at Xia Yu with raised eyes. His usually calm and gentle eyebrows were filled with a bit of hatred, and he was almost gnashing his teeth.

(End of this chapter)