Talisman Reincarnation - All My Clones Are Dao Ancestors-Chapter 78: Reprimanding those without Merit nor Virtue
Looking at all these, A’qi asked the next question "Who is the most important person in the Imperial family? His majesty the emperor, her majesty the empress, the honourable elegant imperial concubines, high highness the crown prince or his highnesses the siblings of his majesty the emperor?"
As the question sounded throughout the hall, no one dared to speak.
This question... was somewhat tricky.
Talking about the emperor in the first place was not something you were supposed to do casually. Ranking the importance of them all was something even trickier. Lastly, it was tricky because the one present was also an imperial prince, child of the emperor!
If they said the wrong thing, they might experience a line of repercussions!
Of all the eight, only two stepped forward. The girl next to Yuanyun and a young boy.
The girl didn’t wait for him and asked, "Important for what?"
No answer came. The boy, thinking this girl was making a joke out of herself, replied with calculation "First is the emperor, second is the crown prince, third are the siblings of the emperors. The rest are the empress and then the concubines."
Mu Yan looked over and shook his head "As a Royal Descendant, you neither have the respect to stay quiet nor the intelligence to ask for further information, and not even the correct values or understanding.
Why is his majesty the emperor on top? It’s because the whole empire depends on him. What about his highness the crown prince, why is the second? Is he irreplaceable? No. There are many princes below who can replace him.
What about the Royal Princes? They have lost their inheritance right. If their importance is high, sure, you can say they are all noble families. But if you say they are third after the prince, then you are wrong, because they have already left the imperial family and are lower than the empress or the concubines carrying the suffix ’imperial’.
If the crown prince isn’t the second, who is? Naturally it’s the empress. A child is a matter of bearing it for ten months and raising it for twenty years. With her majesty the empress’s good health, bearing a few more crown princes won’t be difficult.
As for the concubines... they each take care of the emperor and their children all become Imperial Princes, who will one day become the heads of various noble families. Their role in stabilising the empire is second only to the empress.
You hold neither virtue nor merit, lacking in many things. Return to your position and don’t step forward again."
Mu Yan deeply rejected this closed-mindedness and lack of respect.
He was a Royal Eunuch who already entered the path, but these Royal Descendants, technically were still just children. Only after they entered the path would they have the same formal suffix of Royal.
Looking over to Yuanyun’s sister, he was satisfied, "Observing the situation and getting more information is the way of a strategist or general.
You have the might to step forward, the wits to ask and the intelligence to ask the correct question.
That’s right, what do we rank them? Importance in what?
But this ranking doesn’t matter. Regardless of the question, his majesty the emperor is on top and her majesty the empress is second. The position of the others can be shuffled at will with the hands of either the emperor or the empress.
You can also step back."
With this, Mu Yan was sure who to decide. He looked over to A’qi and nodded in approval, indeed, these two were the most suitable.
A’qi smiled, happy to have done his job well.
On the other side, Lu Shang, when he heard this, didn’t fully agree with Mu Yan’s approach. He felt that while the other two were truly less important, the position of the crown prince was definitely third and also rather stable.
But since their difference wasn’t too large, he didn’t talk in between.
Listening to the words and world views of other eunuchs was beneficial for him. At least now, he felt that compared to the Royal Princes, the concubines were still more important. One was the producer, the other the product.
A relation with these concubines would be more beneficial than with the princes.
Initially his connection to the legitimate wife came from his senior brother’s connection with the Royal Prince, but now he felt like he should rather focus on the mother.
Maybe in the future, he could take an Imperial Prince as a second child to take care of.
He ignored the rest of the questionnaire, not paying any more attention. Today he would only take the Royal Prince’s second son.
Afterward, some time passed until the next eunuch stepped forward and asked a few questions.
In the end, only the boy rejected so thoroughly by Mu Yan remained.
Most of the eunuchs had chosen two descendants, only two eunuchs remained with one.
One was a eunuch from the Great Bliss Eunuch Palace, the other was Lu Shang.
Looking at the young man, the eunuch shook his head. They who came from Great Bliss generally had a closer relationship with the imperial concubines. The ranking of this guy had gone against their values. Like this senior eunuch Mu Yan said, without virtue and merit this person wasn’t suitable for assignment.
Lu Shang had already made his decision.
The boy looked over at the last two, his expression somewhat desperate.
Every Royal Descendant could only attend two assignments. Most usually entered the first, but if they didn’t the chance at getting assigned at the following assignment was lower.
The eunuchs would know the reason for his rejection, in the end, the chance of not being assigned at all was quite high.
Without an assignment, he couldn’t enter the awakening.
While the awakening of these Royal Descendants was different, it was still a ceremony that required investment.
If the eunuchs rejected someone so outright, the chances of getting investment would be extremely low.
From then on, the descendant had to choose to either live in the Royal Quarters for life or enter the path on his own...
Mu Yan, seeing this, didn’t care.
He might be cruel, but if he was soft, there would be another stupid person in the world.
There were already enough as is, why should he add more?
Teaching can only get you so far. A teacher is only half the education, the other rests with the parents.
