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Chapter 728: A brilliant move & a risky move
Li Beichen was looking forward to starting over with Jiang Yuebai in the next life, and being together forever. But according to Yuan Jianzheng, they might not see each other again in the next life.

I feel very lost.

Thinking that I still have five years to treat her well, I cherish her more.

When Jiang Yuebai heard the news that they would never see each other again, he felt no emotion, but subconsciously he looked shocked and disappointed.

She was more concerned about how to claim the reward when the mission of "End of Life" was successfully completed, since the person was already dead. What was the mission reward? Would the person live a new life, or would the person travel to another world with the system?
Of course she ran to ask the system first, but the system told her that the reward was strictly confidential, but it was definitely worth it.

Jiang Yuebai thought to himself, system, you are just fooling around, you must have a system KPI.

The system only replied with a few words: [Hehehe. My host is indeed so terrifying.]

It’s still the same hippie style, but he’s become much more taciturn.

But the system suddenly asked her a question today.

【Don’t you feel any reluctance towards him? 】

Jiang Yuebai thought about it, maybe a little, but not much. If there is really a next life, I hope we won't see each other again.

[But this system thinks you have fallen in love with him. ]

Jiang Yuebai: So what? Wait. I'm tired.

[.You are such a heartless woman!]

The next morning, Jiang Yuebai was going to receive the homage of the concubines. It happened that the emperor didn't have to attend the morning court today, so they just chatted together.

After everyone arrived and counted the number of people, Jiang Yuebai was extremely shocked.

There were only nine people left, and Concubine Fan was still in the cold palace. She thought there were at least a dozen people. Add the five new people who entered the palace yesterday. There were a total of fourteen people alive, and thirteen people in the meeting.

Looking at the sparsely populated group of people and the new faces sitting below, Jiang Yuebai and Li Beichen looked at each other and both felt the cruelty of fate.

Among them was Ye Suhua’s younger sister, the prime minister’s daughter Ye Junyu, who was initially named Ye Zhaoyi.

The newlyweds walked to the center one by one, knelt down and bowed to the emperor and empress, then introduced themselves.

"My ancestral home is the Lanling Xiao family. I am fifteen years old. I come to see the emperor and the empress. I wish the emperor and the empress good health and happiness. I wish the empress good health and happiness."

When he heard the name Xiao, Li Beichen was obviously stunned for a moment. He couldn't help but think of Concubine Zhen, and asked in a gentle voice: "Two emperors, nine prime ministers. Concubine Xiao, what is your relationship with Lord Xiao Binglin's family?"

Xiao Binglin was Concubine Zhen's father.

Although the emperor's tone of voice when asking questions was flat, it was a great honor to receive special attention, which meant a greater chance of being favored in the future.

Everyone's eyes were instantly focused on Xiao.

"Your Majesty, he is my uncle." Xiao replied respectfully.

"I see. Who is your father?"

"Your Majesty, my father, Xiao Bingrui, is the Junior Secretary of the Honglu Temple." Xiao's voice was gentle, neither humble nor arrogant.

He served as Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple, a fifth-rank official with a good background.

Li Beichen smiled and nodded, not intending to continue the conversation, but asked about Concubine Xu again. Concubine Xu was just as lively and cheerful as she was at the ceremony of the coronation of the queen yesterday, and she always had a sweet smile on her face when she spoke, which made people happy.

Jiang Yuebai suggested that since it was a festive occasion, they might as well promote the positions of all the people in the palace to make things more festive. Li Beichen agreed on the spot.

Consort Xie De was given the title of Jin. Xia Liangyuan was promoted to Xia Wanyi, and Wei Cairen was promoted to Wei Guipin among the nine concubines. Jiang Changzai was promoted to Jiang Liangyuan. Su Changzai was promoted to Su Guiren, and Qin Changzai was promoted to Qin Cairen. Gu Xuanshi was promoted to Gu Changzai.

Basically everyone could be promoted, but the degree of promotion was somewhat different. Wei Cairen was promoted the most. Jiang Yuebai gave rewards to everyone.

As soon as he took office, he brought benefits to everyone. Except for Concubine Jinde who was not very happy, everyone else kowtowed in gratitude and thanked Jiang Yuebai.

Especially Xia Wanyi, who hadn't been promoted for many years, shed tears of excitement on the spot.

Finally, Li Beichen announced that the eldest prince would be given to Concubine Jinde to raise.

Concubine Jinde was stunned, and the others were even more surprised.

Jiang Yuebai thought to himself that this was a brilliant move, but also a risky one.

It showed the royal family's complete trust and reliance on the Huguo Gong family as always, and also reflected the compensation for not being able to make Xie Zhili the queen. If the eldest prince was finally made the crown prince, then the Xie family would be the biggest winner.

The difficult problem was handed over to the Xie family. He established a persona of a benevolent monarch who never forgot his gratitude, was tolerant and generous, and followed the will of heaven.

Moreover, they originally had to be on high alert against other people trying to murder the eldest prince, but now the responsibility has been handed over to the Xie family. Regardless of their interests or responsibilities, the Xie family must take good care of the eldest prince and do their utmost to protect his safety.

The eldest prince was infected with the mother-child Gu and became the emperor's counter-attack bargaining chip. All he had to do was to firmly control the woman named Aya.

It depends on what the Xie family chooses.

Although it was cruel to use one's own son as a pawn, it must be said to be a brilliant move.

At this time, the newcomers were still temporarily living in Chuxiu Palace, and they had not yet been assigned dormitories. After everyone left, Li Beichen dismissed his attendants and took out the distribution map to study it with Jiang Yuebai.

Li Beichen's eyes fell on Kunning Palace, which was located at the central axis. "Jiaojiao, I'm sorry for making you suffer. How about changing the name to Fengyi Palace? Or decorate Qianqing Palace and move there."

The two of them knew tacitly why in order to stabilize the Xie family and Xie Zhili, they had to keep the queen's coffin in Kunning Palace for the time being.

This kind of unlucky matter had to be dealt with by the Imperial Observatory and the Ministry of Rites. But this was a matter for the future, and it had to be done with a legitimate reason.

Jiang Yuebai smiled lightly and shook her head gently, "I feel very comfortable living here. It has all the plants and trees of the south of the Yangtze River. I will leave the name change to your Majesty. I like the word 'Yonghe' very much. Of course, Fengyi Palace is not bad either."

"I'm here again?" Li Beichen smiled, "Let's change it to Fengyi Palace. The office sign can't be messed up."

"Then listen to what the boss says." Jiang Yue smiled at Li Beichen and turned to look at the roster. "The six palaces in the east and west are too empty. Those who used to live alone in the small courtyards should move back in. It's not good to leave the house empty. It's not popular."

Li Beichen's eyes were gentle, "Okay. You are the queen. You make the arrangements."

Then he stood behind Jiang Yuebai and put his hands on her shoulders, "I will be responsible for rubbing your shoulders."

Jiang Yuebai tilted her head and looked at Li Beichen, "Did you sleep well last night? Does your head still hurt?" In fact, it still hurt last night, but it was not severe. Li Beichen pretended to be teasing and said, "On the wedding night, I was a little too excited and couldn't sleep."

Jiang Yuebai pursed her lips, too lazy to pay attention to him, lest he continue to talk more outrageous things.

Among the six eastern palaces, only Zhongyu Palace is currently occupied by Xia Wanyi and Gu Changzai. The other palaces are empty.

Let Jingren Palace remain empty for the time being.

Since Concubine Su originally lived in Chengfu Palace, she was allowed to move back to Chengfu Palace, and a new Concubine Xu was assigned to live in the main palace.

Concubine Wei from Fanghuaju moved to the main hall of Yanxi Palace, and was paired with a new concubine, Concubine Zhou Lanfang.

Jingyang Palace was also empty. It was previously occupied by Ye Suhua. Let her sister Ye Zhaoyi move in next and arrange for her to live in the main hall, paired with Qin Cairen.

Jiang Liangyuan moved to the east side hall of Changchun Palace and lived there temporarily. After she was promoted, she would move to the main hall.

The new bride, Concubine Lu Zhuang, had a nice name, Lu Meiling. She was born in the famous Fanyang Lu family, whose family was famous for poetry and literature. Many of her family members served as officials in the court, and her father was a member of the Ministry of Rites. Jiang Yuebai thought about it and arranged for her to live with Jiang Liangyuan in the main hall.

As for the newcomer Xiao Jieyu, Xiao Mingyu, whom Li Beichen paid special attention to, Jiang Yuebai arranged a separate courtyard, Mingyuexuan, for her to live in.

After arranging accommodation for the concubines, Jiang Yuebai showed it to Li Beichen who was reading a book.

Li Beichen took a quick look and his gaze stayed on Xiao's name for two seconds. He instantly realized Jiang Yuebai's feelings and kissed her on the forehead. "Thank you Queen for your concern. Let's follow this arrangement."

Jiang Yuebai smiled secretly, "How do you arrange the sleeping arrangements?"

Li Beichen raised his eyes to look at her, and looked into Jiang Yuebai's eyes, trying to see through her thoughts, and finally asked, "Listen to the Queen's arrangements."

"If I arrange it, you'll be miserable." Jiang Yuebai's smile was a bit naughty. Many torturous plans suddenly appeared in her mind.

Li Beichen was amused by her playful appearance, "What evil thoughts are you thinking about? Are you jealous? If you are jealous, just tell me."

Jiang Yuebai originally wanted to ask, can you dismiss the harem? Then he suddenly thought, this is like asking the leader whether the company's public relations department can be cut. The leader will say, if you don't do public relations, no projects will come in, and you will have nothing to eat.

The state is actually a super-large group company. On the surface, it is a family business with a hereditary system. In fact, the ministers are all shareholders of this company. If you don't give them equity and benefits, who will work hard for you? It's better to overthrow it and replace the chairman, or try to do it yourself.

All the concubines in the harem are actually offices stationed in the harem, representing the interests of each minister.

Even mascots must be placed in a prominent place and wiped from time to time.

Jiang Yuebai just smiled faintly and said seriously, "How to arrange it? I will consult Doctor Jiang and Master Yuan first. After all, you have just recovered from a serious illness and cannot be overworked."

"When you say that, I feel like a duck."

Jiang Yuebai said in his heart, you can remove the "feeling", and it is Peking duck, but he said, "How can that be. Everyone is waiting for the emperor to visit and be blessed by the emperor."

What she was thinking about was just the official courtesy on the surface, but to Li Beichen, it sounded like flirting and was a source of imagination.

Li Beichen smiled and leaned close to her ear and said, "I really want to show you my favor."

"Let's talk about business, business." Jiang Yuebai said quickly.

Li Beichen suddenly put down the book and said to Jiang Yuebai very seriously, "I'm afraid it's not possible to dismiss the harem. But if you don't want me to go, I won't go, and it's not a big problem. Anyway, I'm not in good health now."

"Yeah." Jiang Yuebai didn't want to discuss this topic, so he put down the accommodation arrangement he had drawn and said, "I'm going to go get some water."

Then he called Xia Zhi in, "Make two copies of this, keep one for safekeeping, and give one to Su Su, and send it to Gong Zhengsi, and ask them to arrange it as soon as possible."

After entering the room, Jiang Yuebai drank water absentmindedly.

If you don't know that the other person is a modern person, it's fine, just treat the other person as a traditional feudal person. After knowing that the other person is a modern person, it feels very strange to share a man, be the first wife, and manage a bunch of concubines.

On second thought, having power and having three palaces and six courtyards is probably the dream of all men. Otherwise, those rich and powerful officials would not have kept mistresses and used all kinds of hidden rules.

Thinking that this is human nature, Jiang Yuebai felt a little discouraged.

Forget it.

I won't be using shared bikes for a year or so anyway, so if someone wants to ride one, just let them ride it, since it's shared anyway. I'll have five kids soon, so there's no need to compete for their favors. I'll just do it perfunctorily and occasionally hand in homework.

Moreover, there are more and more concubines in the harem, all of them are young and beautiful, with various appearances. He sleeps with one for a few days, and then sleeps with another for a few days. By then, it is estimated that he will not get his turn many times a year. It is not a big problem.

After thinking about this, Jiang Yuebai came to his senses and said to Li Beichen with a smile, "Your Majesty, why don't you stay back at the Qinzheng Palace tonight? It will be more convenient to turn over the cards there."

"Are you serious?" Li Beichen looked at her in disbelief. How could a woman push the man she loves into the arms of another woman?

Jiang Yuebai nodded sincerely. "I can sleep better without you."

"seriously."

Li Beichen said discouragedly, "You definitely don't love me."

"Then what should I do? You are not allowed to leave, and you are not allowed to favor other women. You can only stay with me." Jiang Yuebai said pretentiously.

"That's totally possible." Li Beichen nodded.

Jiang Yuebai felt very puzzled. He had slept with this and that before, and he didn't seem to have any guilty conscience. "Didn't you sleep with the entire harem before?"

Speaking of this, Li Beichen was choked.

In the past, when I fell asleep one by one, I was indeed very comfortable and happy. But now why do I hope that Jiang Yuebai has requirements for me, and hope that we can be wholeheartedly devoted to each other?

He didn't understand it for a moment, and said irritably, "It's different. The past was the past, and the present is the present."

Jiang Yuebai nodded, "You are not allowed to pamper others, you can only pamper me."

I thought to myself, this is a really strange mentality. I don't allow the other person to be disappointed in me, I don't have any expectations, but I can disappoint the other person.

She was held in Li Beichen's arms, and heard him murmur, "It's different now anyway. You are my wife."

Not long after, Liang Xiaobao whispered in Li Beichen's ear that Li Beizhi, the prince of Liuyang, was taken to the Qinzheng Palace.

Before leaving, Li Beichen kissed Jiang Yuebai on the cheek, as if they were in love.