After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 987 Reminder
Haitang would certainly help Jin Jiashu find a solution. Sooner or later, she would marry him, and his troubles would become hers. She didn't want the mansion she lived in to be filled with people with ulterior motives.

However, the servants in this house cannot be eliminated all at once, but must be dealt with according to different categories.

Haitang analyzed to Jin Jiashu: "The old servants left behind by the Sun family's followers are newly arranged. If they are loyal servants of their old masters, they should be sold after the house is confiscated. Those who can pass the royal screening and stay to continue serving should all be newcomers with clean backgrounds. If you can use them, use them. If you can't, temporarily transfer them to the corners of the house and deal with them later. You have a large manor in Yutian County and a hot spring villa. You have no shortage of land. You can always find a place to put the unwanted servants. You don't need to sell them all at once."

As long as he didn't sell servants in large quantities, Jin Jiashu wanted to move his servants from the mansion in the capital to the farm in the countryside. It was all internal affairs. Who would bother to ask about it? Even if the servants left by the treacherous party and criminal officials were sent to the countryside to farm, who would jump out to defend them? Even if the palace knew about it, they would only think that Jin Jiashu acted cautiously and would not have any objections.

As for the servants and spies sent by the late emperor, Haitang thought that Jin Jiashu should send them all back: "You are not a royal family, so you cannot afford the servants of the royal estate. Your refusal of these self-important male and female servants shows your humility and courtesy. Outsiders will not be able to find fault with you. When the time comes, you can also send back the late emperor's spies, and there is no need to act separately. But for the sake of prudence, you'd better say hello to the new monarch and tell him who the spies sent by the late emperor are. In this way, if the new monarch wants to recruit a group of people for himself and use them for other purposes, he can also make arrangements."

Jin Jiashu hesitated: "Is this... possible? The Empress Dowager gave me this house, and the people in it were all arranged by her. If I find an excuse to return it, I'm afraid the Empress Dowager will have some thoughts in her mind, and outsiders... may also think that I don't know what's good for me..."

The most important thing is that Queen Mother Xu has always been trying to save face for her "nephew" in front of others, fearing that others would look down on him and neglect him. How could she accept his reason that he was of humble status and unworthy of commanding the imperial servants? In Queen Mother Xu's mind, his status was no less than that of a prince!

Haitang sighed, "What's the big deal? This excuse is just to fool outsiders. Just tell the truth to the Empress Dowager. These servants who came from the imperial farm may not take you seriously. There are spies deliberately arranged by the late emperor. How can you live comfortably if you keep them in the house? Even if the Empress Dowager cares about your daily life and wants to keep a confidant by your side, there is no need to use the late emperor's spies. Professional spies should be placed in more appropriate positions. Is it necessary for you, a young man who has no ulterior motives, is loyal to the new emperor, and studies hard for the imperial examinations, to have such people around you?"

Haitang felt that as long as Queen Mother Xu and the new emperor truly cared for Jin Jiashu, there was no reason to force him to keep these servants he disliked. Just as Jin Jiashu said before, if he was in good health and had the time, it was not impossible for him to compete with the servants in the mansion and completely win them over. But his health is not well yet, and next year will be the provincial examination, and he must take a chance. With so many important things to do, how could he have the time to compete with the servants at home? Just keep a few honest servants, and return the others to the palace. The servants of the imperial farm will continue to serve in the imperial farm, and the spies in the palace can continue to shine in positions where they are more needed, and they don't have to stay and cause trouble for Jin Jiashu.

Queen Mother Xu and the new emperor were not strangers to Jin Jiashu, and if he told them the truth, they would understand. If Jin Jiashu was always worried and kept things secret from them, he would suffer losses.

Jin Jiashu was thoughtful after hearing this: "That's true. If I say that I'm not in good health and don't have the energy to compete with others, the Queen Mother will not say much." As for others... The mansion was given by Queen Mother Xu, and it was her responsibility that there were so many troublesome servants in the middle. Jin Jiashu wanted to return the servants. As long as Queen Mother Xu had no objection, why would others say anything? Even if the Empress Dowager or the new emperor asked, Jin Jiashu would just tell the truth. After Jin Jiashu made up his mind, he couldn't help but sighed: "If this matter can be resolved smoothly, I can feel more at ease. To be honest, I am not unhappy to suddenly get such a big house. Who would not live in the big house and rent a small house outside? If there were not so many troubles in the big house, and the Queen Mother arranged people to keep an eye on me, how could I be unwilling to live in it?"

Haitang advised him softly, "The Queen Mother has good intentions. She made this arrangement because she cares about your health. Don't always confront her head-on. When you are summoned to the palace, tell her more about your daily life and let her know more about you. If she is satisfied and knows that you are unhappy, she will not place spies around you anymore. Even if she insists on sending a nanny to take care of you, that nanny will focus on you and will not dare to treat you with disrespect."

Jin Jiashu was silent for a while after hearing this, and then he said, "I know in my heart that my aunt cares about me. My biological mother...died early, and she is my mother's only sister. It is said that she looks very much like my mother when she was alive, so when I look at her, I feel close to her and often have admiration for her. But every time I take the initiative to get close to her and treat her as my own mother, I am always awakened by her words and deeds, as if a basin of cold water was poured over my head...At that time, I knew that the emperor was her closest flesh and blood. Although I am...her elder sister's son, her own nephew, and she is willing to take care of me from time to time, I can't compare with the emperor..."

The words were a bit confusing, but Haitang still understood them.

If it weren't for the fact that the true relationship between Jin Jiashu and Empress Dowager Xu was already known, people who heard this would definitely feel confused, right? A nephew naturally cannot be compared to a biological son, and Jin Jiashu who complained about this is the weird one...

But in fact, Jin Jiashu and the new emperor are both the flesh and blood of Empress Dowager Xu. The latter has abandoned the former for many years. Now that mother and son are finally reunited, she puts the younger son before the older son in everything. The older son will inevitably feel aggrieved.

But things don't work that way. The existence of the new emperor is the foundation of Queen Mother Xu's wealth and stability. Only when the new emperor is good can she live a good life, and she won't have to worry about the rest of her life. Jin Jiashu will also benefit from it, and he can guarantee a prosperous and wealthy life for half his life. It is natural for her to pay more attention to the new emperor.

Moreover, not long after Jin Jiashu was born, the Queen Mother separated him from his mother and son, and they lived apart from each other until this year when they finally met again. In terms of affection, how could he compare with the new emperor who was personally raised by Queen Mother Xu since childhood? People's hearts are biased. Since Jin Jiashu had offered a plan and defined his relationship with Queen Mother Xu as that of aunt and nephew, he should not think too much about some things.

Thinking of this, Haitang hesitated for a moment, and still used a cruel way to remind Jin Jiashu: "Of course, the Empress Dowager is your aunt, not your biological mother. She and the Emperor are the closest flesh and blood. You can't really treat the Empress Dowager as your mother just because she looks like your mother. Brother Jin, you are close to the royal family, and sometimes you need to be careful about the extent. Don't be confused and lose sight of your own position just because the royal family treats you so well..."