The wives of the concubines are empresses

Watching the man sleeping soundly, Shangguan Wanjun felt unbalanced. Why was he sleeping so soundly while she felt sore and achy all over? The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She kicked him. Defei Mu Wennian suddenly woke up and froze at the woman who was sulking at him.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

Shangguan Wanjun couldn't help but complain: "How dare you sleep? You've tormented me so much that I'm sore all over. Humph."

She was angry. Why did the woman suffer in lovemaking? It was always like this. Her waist felt broken.

Defei-Mu Wennian's face turned red with embarrassment at her words.

"Your Majesty, this is my first time eating this, so I'm inevitably a little excited."

Shangguan Wanjun was stunned: What did he say, first time?

"You are not lying to me, are you?" Why didn't she believe it?

"Your Majesty, if I lie to you, I will be guilty of deceiving the emperor. Every word I say is absolutely true."

Shangguan Wanjun half-believed and half-doubted, "You've never had a concubine before?"

Concubine De-Mu Wennian said: "Your Majesty is my husband's first woman."

"Really? Why do I feel like you're not like the first time?" As if you were very familiar with me.

Shangguan Wanjun was about to stand up, but her legs went weak and she fell into the arms of Concubine De - Mu Wennian.

"Your Majesty, are you okay?"

Shangguan Wanjun said, "Don't bother me next time. I'm sure I'll be fine."

Defei Mu Wennian understood what she said and looked a little unnatural.

"Let your husband carry you down." Shangguan Wanjun was carried to the dressing table and sat down. Lianhua and others came in to help her wash, change clothes and put on makeup.

She felt sore all over and just wanted to feel refreshed, so she wore a gentle purple dress, a moonlight-colored belt, and a simple purple headband on her hair. There was no other ornament on her hair, and the whole look was simple and beautiful.

"Defei, please massage my arms for me." Defei - Mu Wennian massaged her arms as she walked.

"Your Majesty, is the strength appropriate?"

"Not bad, keep up the good work."

Seeing her being naughty for a rare time, Concubine De-Mu Wennian smiled lightly.

"Okay, my husband, try your best."

Their breakfast today was vegetable, carrot and yam porridge, accompanied by braised eggs, white flour buns and corn flour buns. The last three were what she often ate, almost every time.

Defei - Mu Wennian peeled the egg and handed it to Shangguan Wanjun who was eating the nutritious porridge seriously.

"Thank you, Concubine De!" Her smiling face was very pleasing to the eye, and she was particularly attractive, the more you looked at her, the more beautiful she became.

The news that Defei Mu Wennian had served in the imperial court had already spread throughout the harem, and the Empress Dowager of the Eastern Palace smiled slightly when she heard about it.

"The emperor has done a great job of treating everyone equally."

Nanny Li smiled when she heard this and said, "This way the harem will be more harmonious."

Princess Shu-Gao Zihao was reading a book in his palace. Thinking of what his followers said, he felt a little confused.

Since the Emperor had performed the marriage ceremony with Chenchen Jun - Lin Xueyu in advance, the next ones to serve him in bed were Concubine Wen and Concubine Wu. Looking at Concubine De's service last night, it seemed as if they came in order.

"The emperor is really fair and just." He should be the next one. After waiting for more than a year, the time is finally here. Should he read some books on the subject in advance to learn more? Otherwise, what if the emperor thinks she is not capable?

Suburban areas of Beijing

Minglan checked the collected registration information one by one. Some people could weave farm tools (woven baskets, backpacks, baskets, cow muzzles, flails, steamer lids...), which could be woven with vines and bamboo; some people could also make other farm tools, such as spinning wheels, harrows, plows, windmills, rice measures, wooden barrels (water barrels), steamer barrels (tools for steaming rice), pot lids, carts and other items.

Like most women, she can also mend clothes, shoes and socks, as well as embroider clothes and shoes.

What she didn't expect was that there were people who could make candied haws, dragon beard cakes, sugar paintings, umbrellas, kites, masks, hairpins, as well as blacksmiths and carpenters. She was really pleasantly surprised.

Thinking of people who can read and write, Minglan wants to set up a school, no, it should be more like an academy.

In the tent at night, she thought it over and decided to write a letter to the emperor.

After a good night's sleep, she sent someone to deliver a letter at dawn and began to gather people who were willing to set up stalls.

"Fellow villagers, we've done some research before and found that everyone has different skills. We want everyone to set up stalls and do business, so as to boost the local economy and improve everyone's living standards. What do you think?"

The people looked at each other and began to discuss among themselves.

"Setting up a stall? Can we do that too?"

"But we don't have any money, so we can't do anything even if we want to."

"No."

"Mom, is this stall realistic?"

"Mom, if I could really set up a stall, I would embroider and sell it."

"Don't think too much yet, let's see what the adults say."

Minglan didn't try to stop their lively discussion for a moment. After all, it was normal for people to have questions. After almost two quarters of an hour, she clapped her hands for silence.

"Everyone, please be patient and listen to me as I explain in detail."

The people looked ahead and listened attentively.

"Sir, you have something to say, and we are all listening." If the economy can really be boosted, it will be a blessing for their people.

Some people echoed: "Yes, sir."

"If you don't have enough money or don't have any, I can lend you silver in the name of the court and charge a small amount of interest. This policy is currently only for you." After all, we are all refugees here, and everyone is very poor.

Under her persuasion and that of the village heads, a total of twenty families signed up, donating food, clothing, daily necessities and other items.

Shangguan Wanjun was processing memorials in the imperial study when she received a letter sent back by her subordinates.

"Your Majesty, this is a letter from Master Ming."

Shangguan Wanjun took the letter from Liu Cheng, quickly read it, and pursed her lips in thought.

Set up a college?

But just like her previous policies, Shangguan Wanjun thought that if she wanted to get rich, she had to build roads first, considering the inconvenient transportation there. She also allocated 10,000 taels of silver worth one million copper coins, lent it out in her personal name, and then directly transferred it from the national treasury.

This way, she could save a lot of time and effort, and the national treasury would not dare to owe her money, so she saved herself a lot of trouble.

Seeing the emperor slightly curling his lips, Liu Cheng wondered what must have made the emperor happy.

"Deliver the letter personally to Lord Ming."

The guard took the letter and left, then mounted his horse and rode towards the palace gate.

Shangguan Wanjun suddenly stood up. She was looking forward to Minglan giving her a big surprise.

After standing in silence for a while, Shangguan Wanjun continued to deal with memorials.

Defei Mu Wennian, who is on duty at the Ministry of Works, kept thinking back to the madness of last night. They had just slept together, but he was already looking forward to the next time he would sleep with her.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was too restless, so he decided to find something to do so that he wouldn't keep recalling those fragments of last night.

When Minglan received the reply letter, she opened it immediately and was pleasantly surprised.

The emperor really understands her. It is her fortune and the people's blessing to have such a boss.

She immediately sent people to gather young men and women. She wanted to start building roads so that these 10,000 or so people could live more like human beings.