Chapter 2114
Chapter 2114
Chapter 2114
The attendants carried in several sandalwood boxes. When the boxes were opened, they shone brightly, filled with Beiyi's dowry of night-shining pearls, gold, silver, jewels and other rare treasures.
"Your Majesty!" Zhong Su suddenly knelt. "This old minister is dull. It's just..." He looked up at the emperor, as if he was about to bang his head against the pillar to make a remonstration. "If the empress's dowry treasures were used to fill the national treasury, the backbones of our Xiliang officials and generals would be broken."
Who among the prominent men in the world would dare to touch his wife's dowry? Not to mention that he was the Yu Emperor, the ruler of a country!
If this gets out, how can the Liang State hold their head up high?
Emperor Yu sat on the dragon throne and suddenly chuckled, "Mr. Zhong, you worry too much. I will not use a single cent of the Queen's dowry. But I must let you all know that the Queen's mind and bearing are beyond the reach of ordinary people."
He just wanted to show the ministers what the queen they had been scheming against all day was like? How much did she trust her husband to be willing to use her dowry to fill the national treasury?
Zhong Su: “…”
Manchu civil and military officials: "......"
I was inexplicably upset by the love between the emperor and the empress.
Then I heard Emperor Yu say, "I accept the Queen's wishes and appreciate her feelings. So I declare that from today on, the regulations of the six palaces will be abolished."
Zhong Su: “!!!”
Manchu officials and military officials: "!!!"
I was so shocked that I completely forgot how this got to the point of abolishing the six palace regulations?
In particular, some officials still had fantasies and wanted to send their daughters to the palace to be favored. Some of their daughters had seen the handsome and peerless face of Emperor Yu from afar during the wedding of the emperor and empress, and had fallen in love with him since then. Now they were practicing palace rules and manners with great enthusiasm.
Now the Feather Emperor says he wants to abolish the regulations of the six palaces?
No! no! Absolutely not!
The Feather Emperor's fingertips brushed over a stack of flowery paper on the desk. It was the secret report presented by the secret guards yesterday: the daughter of the Minister of State had been fasting for three days to ask to enter the palace, and the daughter of a fifth-rank official burned ambergris and prayed to the moon every day, hoping that the Emperor would have mercy on her.
In this case, the old system of six palaces was abolished.
The ministers were excited when they heard this.
"The etiquette cannot be abolished, Your Majesty, please think twice!"
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
“Your Majesty cannot ignore the women of Liang State just because of a princess of Beiyi. Your Majesty, the noble ladies of aristocratic families have been learning “Rules for Women” and “Instructions for Women” since childhood, all for the purpose of serving the Emperor one day. If the six palaces are abolished, it doesn’t matter if the future of the noble ladies is ruined. The aristocratic families behind them are the foundation of the stability of the court.” Zhong Su knelt on the ground, then raised his head and puffed out his chest. He once again wished he could bang his body against the pillar to wake Emperor Yu up.
In his opinion, Emperor Yu was bewitched by the woman from the North Wing.
Emperor Yu was not annoyed, he just smiled faintly, but his eyes were cold.
It is true that most of the concubines in the six palaces were selected from the daughters of important officials, and they were married to gain the support of the court. His abolition of the six palaces was equivalent to severing the marriage ties with the aristocratic families.
Abolishing the six palaces also meant that there would be no more marriages with princesses from other countries, which was equivalent to giving up soft diplomatic means.
This move is indeed shocking.
Of course, abolishing the Six Palaces is imperative. As long as the means are strong enough, the attitude is tough enough, and the preparations are sufficient.
Emperor Yu asked calmly, "When I, a deposed emperor on the run, fought my way back to the throne, was there any noble family that helped me?"
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