I'm in the Red Mansion

There is another reason for this. In the book "Dream of Red Mansions", Shi Xiangyun likes Jia Baoyu, and her feelings for him have even reached the point where they can no longer be concealed.

However, because the fallen flowers are affectionate but the flowing water is merciless, Shi Xiangyun had to put away these thoughts.

Because he had traveled through time, after the construction of the Grand View Garden, he excluded Baoyu from the Grand View Garden.

Perhaps because of his sudden appearance, Jia Cong could feel that Shi Xiangyun did not seem to have that much affection for Jia Baoyu.

However, Jia Cong still wanted to ask Shi Xiangyun a question.

After all, you still have to ask her opinion first.

Hearing Jia Cong's question, Shi Xiangyun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is a man of heaven, both in literature and military strategy. I like your poems very much, especially the poems written by your Majesty."

"I am willing to stay in the palace so that I can keep Sister Lin, Sister Xue and the others company!"

After listening to this, Jia Cong nodded, and then kept Shi Xiangyun.

After Shi Xiangyun, batches of beautiful girls passed by, but Jia Cong did not select any one.

After a day, a total of three people were selected, including Shi Xiangyun.

At the end of the day, Jia Cong was called by the Queen Mother.

When he arrived at the Cining Palace, Jia Cong discovered that the empress dowager had not only called him, but also Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai and other girls.

Even Shi Xiangyun came along.

It can be seen that the Queen Mother also likes Shi Xiangyun very much. Jia Cong suddenly thought that perhaps the Shi family dared to send Shi Xiangyun to the selection without consulting the Queen Mother in advance.

Otherwise, why would historians be so bold?

Aren’t they afraid that they will be blamed because Shi Xiangyun was once engaged?
In fact, Shi Xiangyun was very close to the Empress Dowager.

When she was in Ningguo Mansion, Shi Xiangyun also worshipped the Empress Dowager as her adoptive mother.

During that period, Shi Xiangyun no longer called him Third Brother Cong, but just called him Brother.

This is probably the reason behind it.

Jia Cong paid his respects to the Queen Mother, who hurriedly asked Jia Cong to sit down and talk.

After everyone chatted and laughed for a while, the Queen Mother couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, I heard that you went through more than a thousand beauties in one day, but in the end you only selected three."

"Among these three people, there is also a girl named Yun."

"How can you do this? If you select people this way, you can only select a dozen people."

"This number is really too low. There aren't enough maids in the palace right now."

"Besides, the maids in the palace are all elderly now. I think if there are enough manpower, we can just let them go in the future."

"There's no point in letting them waste their youth in this cold palace."

"I remember reading Yuan Zhen's poem about the imperial palace: The ancient imperial palace is desolate, and the palace flowers are lonely and red. The white-haired palace maids are there, sitting and talking about Emperor Xuanzong."

"When I read this poem, I was thinking in my heart, if I were the queen, I would never allow white-haired maids in the palace."

"After thinking about it, I laughed. With my status, how could I become the Queen Mother in this life? It's just wishful thinking."

"I never expected that, by some strange coincidence, I would actually become the Queen Mother."

"Therefore, I do not want to forget my original intention. Some of the maids in the palace are now older and have passed the age of 25."

"If they are released now, they will all be old maids. After they are released, I plan to instruct local officials to properly handle their lifelong affairs."

"After all, they have worked hard in the palace. I don't want to delay their lifelong happiness. I feel bad about it."

Xue Baochai couldn't help but say, "The Queen Mother is a blessed person, and she is also kind and compassionate. This is also a blessing for these palace maids."

Lin Daiyu smiled and said, "My idea is the same as the Queen Mother's. In this case, why not let the Emperor choose more later?"

The Queen Mother laughed and said, "The Emperor has always had very positive ideas since he was young. I'm afraid he won't listen even if I tell him."

"I saw quite a few good ones among the beauties he selected today, so I selected dozens more."

"Tomorrow, you might as well pick some out for your listening pleasure."

All the women said together, "Yes, Queen Mother."

Jia Cong had no choice but to say, "Mother, since you have spoken, I will select a few more tomorrow."

Everyone chatted and laughed and left happily.

Shi Xiangyun was newly selected into the palace and had not yet received any reward, so she was supposed to learn the rules obediently.

However, Shi Xiangyun was already close friends with the empress, imperial concubine and other ladies, and they had a very good relationship with each other.

Besides, she was the empress dowager's goddaughter. Although she had just entered the palace, she was embarrassed to call her the empress dowager.

But the Queen Mother obviously had not forgotten her, and her appearance beside her today was proof of that.

Therefore, the Queen Mother directly exempted Shi Xiangyun from the rules.

After the Empress Dowager's banquet was over, Shi Xiangyun was taken to Kunning Palace by Lin Daiyu to talk.

Shi Xiangyun and Lin Daiyu had a very good relationship when Lin Daiyu was still living in the Grand View Garden.

Whenever Shi Xiangyun came to the Jia Mansion, she lived with Lin Daiyu in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Shi Xiangyun's personality is inherently magnanimous and broad-minded.

When I first arrived, I was a little restrained, but later on, I relaxed.

The girls chatted and laughed together, and it felt a bit like they were getting along in the Grand View Garden.

After a while, Jia Cong also arrived, and the party became even more lively.

Everyone left happily. Lin Daiyu had already arranged a palace for Shi Xiangyun to live in.

He also asked Jia Cong to accompany Shi Xiangyun tonight.

Jia Cong did not refuse Lin Daiyu's kindness.

The two of them came to the new house together. After entering the inner room, Shi Xiangyun became restrained and shy.

Jia Cong seldom saw Shi Xiangyun behaving like a little girl, and he couldn't help but laugh.

Jia Cong took two steps forward, hugged her in his arms, and couldn't help asking, "Sister Yun, why are you so shy?"

"emperor……"

After shouting this, Shi Xiangyun suddenly hugged Jia Cong and couldn't help crying.

Jia Cong wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, picked her up and walked towards the bed.

This night was filled with so much romance and tenderness that there is no need to describe it in words.

The next morning, Jia Cong woke up early.

He saw Shi Xiangyun sleeping soundly, half leaning over him, with a snow-white arm exposed.

Jia Cong smiled and shook his head. This Yun girl was not a good person even when she was sleeping.

He couldn't help but raise his hand to tuck the corner of the quilt for Shi Xiangyun.

Shi Xiangyun woke up in shock and opened her sleepy eyes.

He had just woken up and didn't react for a moment, with a look of confusion in his eyes.

After a while, she found herself lying in a man's arms and couldn't help but scream.

Only now did I finally remember what happened last night.

Shi Xiangyun was so shy that she quickly buried her head in Jia Cong's arms and dared not look up again.

Shi Xiangyun also has a great figure, second only to Xue Baochai, and probably because she exercises a lot, her figure is much tighter and has a different kind of charm.

With the beauty in his arms at this moment, Jia Cong couldn't help but feel aroused again.

Shi Xiangyun cried out in surprise, and after a while, she started chirping again...

Half an hour later, the two got up.

Shi Xiangyun forced herself to stay together and went to pay her respects to the empress dowager.

When the Empress Dowager saw Shi Xiangyun's appearance, she smiled with relief.

He also told her to go back and rest quickly, without having to follow so many rules.

……

But on the second day, Jia Cong selected more people.

On that day, a total of thirty people were selected. The Queen Mother, Empress, Imperial Concubine, and others also selected a number of people.

In this way, after five days, the draft was finally over.

This time, four or five hundred people were selected.

Under the empress dowager's sharp eyes, no beautiful girl with good looks or good temperament escaped.

This is probably a common problem among mothers.

As a wife, naturally, she does not want her husband to keep taking concubines and have many women around him.

But mothers would think that the more women serving their sons, the better.

Of course, if he is really addicted to it, as a mother, she will start to worry about her son's health.

After the selection was over, Jia Cong appointed six more talents.

Two of them were Shen Wei and Huang Rong, the ones chosen by Jia Cong on the first day.

There were a few more people in the harem, but Jia Cong still stayed mostly at the Queen's place.

She did not neglect the other concubines, nor did she show too much favor to the six newly appointed talents.

Now, Jia Cong feels that there are enough women around him.

All the concubines together numbered more than twenty people.

On average, it takes about a month to get a rotation.

This may make them feel resentful.

Therefore, Jia Cong has decided not to add any more people to the harem in the future.

During this period, several concubines became pregnant again, which was a great joy.

By the end of the year, Lin Ruhai finally finished his affairs in Jiangnan and returned to Beijing to report.

A large number of officials were laid off in Jiangnan, and as many as 90% of them were replaced from top to bottom.

House raids were carried out almost every day.

Such a big change did not cause chaos in Jiangnan, and this was certainly due to the contribution of Feng Ziying's army.

But Lin Ruhai’s contribution is absolutely indispensable.

Jia Cong also established a good rule for officials in China through the affairs of Jiangnan.

In China, there is no such thing as the law not punishing everyone.

Anyone found to be corrupt will be severely punished, even if it means replacing everyone from top to bottom.

The emperor's murderous intent is comparable to that of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, officials from all levels in China have become much more restrained.

When Lin Ruhai came back to report, he praised Feng Ziying and recommended credit for him.

Jia Cong was generous in giving rewards.

After communicating with Lin Ruhai for a while, he asked Lin Ruhai to go and meet the queen.

Lin Ruhai took the order and left.

Before we knew it, winter had arrived and the weather started to get colder day by day.

Jia Cong took a copy of the Daxia Monthly and began to read it.

Now, a new section has been added to the Daxia Monthly Report.

There is a humanities and geography section, as well as a world affairs section.

In particular, the section on world affairs was a new section developed under the leadership of Jia Cong.

This section is somewhat similar to the categories of local news in later generations.

The articles in this section are very bold.

You can publish news about good people and good deeds, filial sons and grandchildren, bridge building and road paving, etc.

You can also publish where disasters occurred or where murders took place.

Even news about corruption among local officials, injustices happening in certain places, etc. can be published.

And any such matter, once published, will be rewarded handsomely.

Of course, in this kind of situation, the authenticity of the event must be guaranteed.

The Jinyiwei will also send people to verify it, and only after verification will it be published.

As long as something is published in the Daxia Monthly News, it can be resolved in minutes.

Daxia Monthly Report, there will be follow-up feedback in the next issue.

This section is somewhat similar to the combination of short videos and focus interviews in later generations.

As soon as this section came out, it became the most popular section among the people.

Because this section can truly serve the people, uphold justice for the weak and serve the people.

Once this section is adopted, the rewards are very generous.

Nowadays, throughout Daxia, there are many people who specialize in this kind of work.

As soon as they hear that there are corrupt officials or lawless activities somewhere, they will rush to the place like sharks smelling blood.

This is also one of Jia Cong's channels to rectify the officialdom.

Supervise officials through public opinion.

Naturally, this channel is at best a supplement.

There will naturally be other channels later.

At least for now, this channel seems to be very useful.

After Jia Cong finished reading the Daxia Monthly, he put the newspaper aside.

Not long after the court session ended, the Queen Mother sent someone to invite him.

Jia Cong hurried to the Qianqing Palace and greeted the Queen Mother, who couldn't help but say:

"Your Majesty, Duke Rong has a baby boy. Three days later, the baby will be one month old. They will hold a full-month banquet then."

"I have watched Huan'er grow up since she was a child, so I told the Queen that we will go to Rongguo Mansion when the time comes."

"I have been in the palace for such a long time, and I am eager to go out for a walk. I will let the emperor know first."

After hearing this, Jia Cong's heart was moved.

Yes, the Queen Mother is now high and mighty, enjoying endless wealth and glory.

However, once he entered the palace, he was actually imprisoned in the palace in disguise.

In fact, isn’t it the same for the Queen?
It would be good to let them go out for a walk if they have this opportunity.

Thinking of this, Jia Cong could not help but say: "Just go, mother. I will send a team of guards to protect you when the time comes."

After thinking for a while, Jia Cong said, "Since we are going out once, we might as well go wherever we want to go."

"They are imprisoned in the palace. I think they must be bored. It would be better to let them go out for a walk."

"Oh, by the way, I'm afraid it won't be easy to entertain you in Rongguo Mansion. Why don't you all go to the Grand View Garden?"

After hearing this, the Queen Mother readily agreed.

Three days later, the Rongguo Mansion was filled with distinguished guests.

The Rongguo Mansion today is no longer the same as before.

Today's Rongguo Mansion has surpassed the glory of his ancestors during their heyday.

Just as the banquet was about to begin, someone came from the palace.

It turned out to be the Queen Mother, the Empress, the Imperial Concubine and others who all came to congratulate.

This made the entire Rongguo Mansion suddenly panic, but also full of joy.

What an honor it is to have the Queen Mother, the Empress, the Imperial Concubine and others come to the banquet to congratulate us!
Not to mention the people in Rongguo Mansion, even the guests who came to the banquet were envious. (End of this chapter)