Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress-Chapter 1271 - 1277 Xiang Yun’s Thoughts (1)

News of Xiang Yun’s attack reached inside the palace early in the morning, and at that time Empress Mu was reviewing the list of palace maids to be released and arranging their overdue wages. She was greatly shocked upon hearing it, and only relaxed after learning Xiang Yun was unharmed. She immediately dispatched Liu Xi from the palace to find out what had happened, and secretly sent Chang Mei to protect Xiang Yun. freewebnøvel.coɱ

She was very busy now and couldn’t personally visit Xiang Yun. The matter of the release of the palace maids had been decided. The maids would leave in the next few days. Cai Wei was busy checking the numbers of those leaving, calculating the compensation to be given to them, and adjusting the remaining staff to ensure no area was understaffed.

When the maids learned they could leave the palace and that the Empress Dowager was also paying their overdue wages for the years they had worked inside the palace, their joy was like being reborn. They gratefully touched their heads with their hands, spreading the news, and arranged to come outside the Royal study to kowtow to Cai Wei. Among these maids were young charming maidens, old maids who were old and faded, and even very old women who struggled to walk. Everyone knelt in front of the Royal study, sincerely kowtowing to the Empress Dowager, tearfully thanking her.

When Cai Wei heard the crowd had arrived, she, supported by Huan Qiu, came out and gently urged everyone to rise, saying, "Although it was I who proposed this, it was the Emperor who overcame all opposition in the court to make this happen. I hope everyone lives well after going back, and does not betray the great effort the Emperor has invested in this. Moreover, old maids with no one at home can stay in Local Nursing Homes, and those who do not wish to travel far can stay in the Nursing Homes in the Capital. I will also purchase a plot of land for a cemetery, so that any Palace Maids and Eunuchs who die inside the Palace in the future can have a coffin and be laid to rest peacefully!"

"Thank you, Empress Dowager, long live the Empress for a thousand years—"

Hearing the words of the Empress Dowager, everybody was even more moved, tears streaming down their faces. They had nothing to repay the Empress with, so they just kept fervently kowtowing to her, some even had red foreheads!

When Nangong Yi returned, he happened to see this scene and said rather emotionally, "With Madam’s single-handed effort, you have benefitted so many people. Madam truly is a paragon of virtue and goodness!"

Cai Wei responded, "Being able to do more good deeds and benefit others is also a way to accumulate blessings for oneself. The Emperor, as the Monarch of a country, should do the same. Often a small action of yours can benefit many citizens, and a small misstep can bring disaster upon many. Thus, the Emperor must always consider the people first, correct his own conduct, extend more blessings, and reduce executions, so that our Great Jin Nation can be stable and enduring!"

Moved by her words, Nangong Yi nodded and said, "What Madam has said is very true, and I have taken it to heart."

After the maids dispersed, Nangong Yi and Cai Wei walked together into the Royal study, entered the Eastern Room, and Nangong Yi saw the account books and abacus placed on the kang table. He casually picked up an account book to see, and laughed, "Is Madam supplementing the departing maids’ wages from her own purse? It is quite an expense, especially since some of the maids are already in their sixties and seventies who have spent most of their lives in the palace. One person could get four or five hundred taels, and for more than six thousand departing maids, along with the cost of their transportation, it will certainly cost hundreds of thousands of taels."

Cai Wei nonchalantly replied, "This issue was initiated by me, and I am already grateful that you helped me accomplish it. Thus, I will cover the silver for compensating these maids myself, to avoid troubling you with discussions and complaints about using the National Treasury."

Nangong Yi laughed and said, "Madam really is financially strong, to not even blink an eye while donating hundreds of thousands of taels. It truly makes me want to cling to your coattails even more!"

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