Chapter 1603 The Demeanor of Ordinary Practice Is Gone

As soon as these words came out, the ministers who just smiled like old fathers were still dreaming of their daughter entering the palace and pampering the backyard.

Right now, His Majesty the Emperor poured a basin of ice-cold water on his face, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

In the past year, no one knew that concubines in the harem were not favored.

The only empress ever favored, the emperor said that because of depression, she lived in the Yuanmingyuan to recuperate.

It has been a year. Although the emperor has lived in the Old Summer Palace several times, the empress has never been back to the Forbidden City.

I guess he was so depressed that he couldn't see anyone.

Such a person is definitely not worthy of being a queen.

And it will be a matter of time before the emperor abolishes the empress.

Then, the future queen is likely to be born among this year's rookies.

That's why they dreamed one after another, flying out of the skylight.

Who knew that the emperor suddenly said that he would fast and observe the precepts.

The emperor did the same, he didn't say that he was going to the Taimiao to eat fast and observe the precepts, but he just pointed out in the household department that he would eat fast and observe the precepts during the election of the show girl.

Are you sure that the emperor found an excuse to dismiss them because he didn't want to enrich the harem?

This made them think that the emperor had never been to the harem since the earthquake.

Could it be that after the earthquake, the emperor once again lost his ability to be a man?

Otherwise, how could a powerful man not love beauties?

At this time, an official immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, if you don't participate in the election of the best girls, how can you choose?"

Those women who came to participate in the show girl election, not all of them came for the emperor.

Now that the emperor isn't going to be elected, what kind of election is this?

This is not up to the grade at all.

There was one who dared to speak out, and the others also spoke out one after another, saving their Buddhist and ascetic emperor His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, it's been a year since the earthquake last year. Didn't you already condemn yourself at that time?"

"Nowadays, there are only a few concubines in the harem, and there are not many heirs. Are you really not enriching the harem?"

"Your Majesty, in the royal family, the most important thing is to spread the branches and spread the leaves, and spread the descendants, so that the country can last for thousands of years, and there will be people from generation to generation."

Advice like this sounded in the next chapter.

But no one said that it was not good for fourth master to fast for the common people.

Above, Su Peisheng looked at the courtiers trying to persuade the emperor, and he secretly glanced at Fourth Master.

Others don't know, but he knows that the emperor must be because he has a queen in his heart, or he has made some promises with the queen.

So after the earthquake, even though the empress was gone, the emperor still did not stop in the harem, let alone accept concubines.

Now it's even the three-year-old show girl election, and they don't want the show girls to enrich the harem.

But even if it was because of the queen, it was impossible for the emperor to use the queen to speak out.

Otherwise, it would be bringing hatred to the queen.

It can only be said that it is for the common people who died in the earthquake last year to eat fast and keep fast, so that no one of those ministers dare to say anything wrong.

Only those who win the hearts of the people can win the world.

As the emperor, the emperor prays for the common people, who dares to say otherwise?

Aren't you afraid of being drowned by the spittle of the people all over the world!

Fasting and keeping the precepts for three years, whether it is long or short, is not short.

The emperor can't say that he has to eat fast and keep the precepts all his life. That's no different from being a monk. Wouldn't the ministers below be jumping up?

Facing the persuasion of the ministers, the fourth master held his lips, and said in a deep voice: "I will not participate in the election of the beautiful women, and there will be many elder brothers and royal family members. At that time, the selection will be supervised by several high-ranking concubines in the harem."

Ministers: "..."

The fourth master seemed casual and said: "It's not that there is no emperor's heir in the harem now, and I have only been on the throne for five years, so you can say that the country has been around for thousands of years, and there are people from generation to generation who are anxious to urge the branches and leaves to spread. This is a disservice to the current prince. Are you dissatisfied, or do you think that the Qing Dynasty was not governed well during my reign?"

As soon as these words came out, the lower ministers immediately kowtowed and pressed their heads to the ground, "Your servants, I dare not."

One of the ministers boldly said: "Your Majesty, the emperors of all dynasties, as well as our Great Qing Dynasty, will participate in the election of beautiful women every time. If you do this, don't you break the rules?"

Hearing this, Fourth Master locked his eyes on the minister, "As the saying goes, there is no rule without rules. It is good to strictly abide by the rules, but sometimes you need to be flexible."

"Just like the year before last, I and the Queen pointed out that the status of women in the current dynasty was too low, and there were core problems. For this reason, the relevant laws and regulations of the Qing Dynasty were rectified, so that when women were oppressed, the laws of the Qing Dynasty could protect their personal safety. And. Promote women's education, industry, and labor."

"Before this, there was no precedent in all dynasties, and these were not allowed by the rules. Even when the law was rectified, it was also disapproved by many people. But one or two years have passed, and now, no matter men or women, Approve and applaud this because it's a breakthrough demonstration of what women can do."

"In a situation like this, we should adopt a contingency attitude and not stick to the rules."

Ministers: "..."

The fourth master continued: "Similarly, there are still many people in the capital who have not recovered from the grief in the earthquake and the loss of relatives. Do you think that I still have the heart to recruit concubines? Indulge in sensual pleasures in the harem?!"

Princes and ministers: "..."

What the emperor said made sense, but they were speechless and did not dare to refute.

Immediately afterwards, the fourth master increased his voice: "Yes, the draft is a rule passed down by the ancestors, but in this case, the rules are nothing!"

Suddenly, a thunderous voice sounded in the hall.

At this moment, no matter how calm and domineering the emperor was in the past, the imperial demeanor he had cultivated in his daily life was gone.

The heads of princes and ministers were buried even lower.

Although the emperor is very poisonous, he often scolds people in the court without a smile on his face.

Even scolding people when reviewing the memorial.

But every time it is remarkable, there is something to say.

Now, it is just to persuade him to enrich the harem, even if the emperor is not happy, there is no need to scold him.

But they didn't dare to say anything, with a low profile of "you are the emperor, you have the final say".

The fourth master bowed his head under the hall, and asked in a deep voice: "Who else has any objections to this matter?"

"..." All the ministers bowed their backs and fell on the ground, not daring to make any further suggestions.

If the Qing Dynasty is not peaceful, they can boldly persuade them again.

But the emperor managed the Qing Dynasty so well, even if they were capricious once in a while, they had no place to find fault.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak any more, Fourth Master got up, "Okay, step back!"

After speaking, he left the hall first from the side.

Seeing this, Su Peisheng followed with his whisk on his arm.

In the past, the emperor had just ascended the throne, the throne was unstable, and the court was in turmoil.

If you don't choose a group of beautiful girls from good families to enrich the harem and win over those big families, then those beautiful girls and big families will go to win over other royal family members.