Quick Wear: Cannon Fodder

The Ye family began to pursue a policy of keeping a low profile. A large number of middle and lower-level officers at the border resigned, and loyal servants also left with various supplies. Except for Ye Zhiqiu's brothers, everyone else who could leave left. If the emperor had not refused to let them go, they would have been willing to leave.

Establishing a brand new regime from scratch is much more interesting than working for the emperor in the capital. There is a risk of life at any time in war. There are enemies to be killed on the battlefield. If you fail to kill them, you will lose your life. Killing the emperor in the capital may make them too successful and threaten the master, which may also result in loss of life.

High risk and low return, it is better to work hard for your family. No matter how small the land is, it is yours. The court despises the land because it is deserted, but the Ye family does not despise it. Master Ye did not expect that the sister in the palace could be so smart and courageous. If he had known that she had this ability, he should not have sent her to the palace. What a pity.

A queen mother has limited role to play, but it is different in the Ye family's own territory, where she can do a lot of work. Master Ye once again lamented that talents are hard to come by. Servants are willing to follow them, and there is no shortage of low-level military officers loyal to the Ye family, but there is a shortage of clerks to manage local affairs. Where can he capture a few scholars and bring them back?

This problem stumped the Ye family. Not to mention the territories outside the Great Wall, even the borders lacked scholars. The court finally sent an official here, but he wanted to transfer and run away before he got familiar with the job. Uncle Ye looked down on such officials. He knew these scholars too well. If they didn't really want to stay and work, forcing them by force would not have a good result.

At the very least, they engage in passive resistance, and at worst, they do bad things behind the scenes.

Such people are hard to come by, and if that is not possible, we can only train the children of the clan, hoping to find useful talents, even if it is only one or two.

Ye Zhiqiu found a good place for the Ye family, which also put his original self’s mind at ease.

The system didn't understand and asked: "Your original body has a bad relationship with your mother's family, so why do you still bother to help the Ye family?"

Ye Zhiqiu glanced at the system. She was sure that if she killed the entire Ye family, the original body would not thank her, and she would not be able to get a high score for this task. Forget it. The system might not understand even if she explained so much. She should say less and stay focused to watch the show.

She couldn't see the big drama in the court, but there were many good dramas in the harem.

The emperor's harem was small, but the queen and two concubines could cause a lot of trouble every day. Li was busy administering justice every day, and recently she had no time to go to Renshou Palace to show off her eldest son. Without her, Renshou Palace was much quieter, forcing her to go to the Imperial Garden to watch a play.

Shannai couldn't understand Ye Zhiqiu's habit of running outside every day, but the master had the final say, and she was a servant, so she could only obey. Well, the master used to be depressed, but now he has learned to be happy on his own, and can live a more relaxed life. When the master is in a good mood, everyone around him will be in a good mood too, and they don't have to worry when working.

In order to watch the fun, Ye Zhiqiu was fully prepared, snacks and tea were necessary, as well as melon seeds. Although there were no sunflower seeds at this time, fortunately she was smart and made preparations in advance and stored seeds in the space. With seeds and land in the palace, she could eat melon seeds all summer.

She regretted that she didn't have watermelon seeds, and didn't know how to plant them. She wanted to eat plum-flavored watermelon seeds. She had space, but she couldn't eat them openly. It was meaningless to eat them secretly, and the happiness was halved. Spiritual food tasted better when shared with others, so she waved her hand and asked the senior palace maids around her to sit down. Without outsiders around, there was no need to be too serious or too pretentious.

When Empress Liu arrived at the Imperial Garden, she happened to see the master and servant having fun together. She despised Ye Zhiqiu for not being well behaved, but she still politely paid her respects. She didn't want to pay her respects, but she was afraid of being beaten. Not to mention her, the emperor would be scolded if he didn't go to Renshou Palace to pay his respects, so it was better for her to be honest.

Since the Liu family master's accident, Empress Liu has been much more honest in the harem. She is not stupid. She has realized that the emperor does not love her very much. He chose her to be the empress because she is the easiest to control. Her status and position are not as good as others, and she is not as smart as others. If the emperor wants to depose her one day, she may not even be able to save her life.

With this speculation, Empress Liu acted more cautiously. She wanted to be a smart queen and wait to reap the benefits. The two imperial concubines were smarter than each other. They had families behind them and were not in a hurry to have sons. Instead, they pretended to be virtuous in the harem every day and pushed the emperor up, just to have sons later.

Liu was not a smart person. Since the two imperial concubines did not want to have a son, she followed suit and drove the emperor out. Unfortunately, she only learned a little bit and knew the method but not the skills. She angered the emperor without saying anything right, and directly embarrassed her in front of the palace people.

It would have been fine if he had only embarrassed the empress in Kunning Palace, but the emperor even took away the empress's right to drive a sedan chair in the palace. When this matter spread, Concubine Jing could no longer resist her impulse and went to visit the garden every day, dragging Concubine Chen along. When they were tired of visiting, they would send a message to Empress Liu to invite her to enjoy the scenery together.

Queen Liu didn't want to lose face, but she couldn't resist the Imperial Concubine Jing's invitation every day, and she found different reasons every day. Queen Liu could refuse once or twice, but after so many times, she had to accept the invitation. So the threesome became a joke in the harem. The two imperial concubines had cars to ride, but the queen could only walk.

Queen Liu refused at first, thinking that it was okay to go once, but she would be stupid to go again. But she didn't expect that if she didn't go, the two concubines would invite her to go shopping together, saying that it was their fault before, and they didn't know that the queen could save money even on carriages. They should also learn from the queen and walk when they go out in the future, and resume riding carriages when the treasury has money.

Ye Zhiqiu knew that this was a hint that she should save money, but why? After the emperor got married, she handed over the power of the palace to the queen. Ever since the emperor cried poor and said he had no money, she had to pay for all the expenses of Renshou Palace with her own money. She didn't care where other people's money came from. She could make others suffer, but she would not make herself and the people around her suffer.

The servants in the palace were not stupid. Seeing that the situation was not right, they learned to cry poor in front of their masters, and some even tried to transfer to Renshou Palace. Ye Zhiqiu didn't want any of them, but it didn't affect her showing up in the Imperial Garden every day with good things. Watching the show was a side job, mainly to let the servants in other palaces see that Renshou Palace was living a good life.

She didn't care what other people thought, but Queen Liu couldn't ignore it.

Had she known this would happen, Queen Liu swore that she would never take back the power from Renshou Palace. If she hadn't taken it back, the power would still be in the hands of Renshou Palace. The lack of expenses in the harem would be Renshou Palace's business, not hers.

Ye Zhiqiu smiled coldly. Queen Liu thought this was an easy job. It was indeed a good job when she had money, but it was hard work when she had no money. Now she could watch the show with peace of mind and stroll around the garden every day. From time to time, she could see the queen and the two concubines asking her for help.

These three people really care about the emperor. They know that the good life in Renshou Palace is all subsidized privately by Ye Zhiqiu, but they don't care who the money belongs to and ask her to take the lead in saving expenses every day.