Chapter 36: 36. Empress Xing

The live of an Empress was quite different from when she was a princess.

Probably, it was because she was the one who had to attend the court because of her higher status. Still, Feng Ning never saw Lin Zi Xuan looked angry or anything like that. He simply followed her words and whenever she wanted to express her idea, he let her speak first.

This often made her wonder whether Lin Zi Xuan was being patience of whether he was actually trying to build an image in front of others.

Still, she could see the imploring gaze Lin Zi Xuan had towards her from time to time.

He could ask.

But he never did.

Time passed quietly and Feng Ning slowly decreased her time in speaking up during the court. She had already passed a lot of usable information that was useful to build the kingdom to be better.

Irrigation, water channel, farming, and even medicines.

It has been five months.

Time is running out.

And it has been a week since the last time Feng Ning uttered her idea in the morning court. As she could see, the people there worked well under Lin Zi Xuan and that there was nothing else she should add.

It was good enough.

“Your Majesty, Princess Lin Xie Ni is here to pay a visit.”

“Bring her in.”

Princess Lin Xie Ni followed the maidservant and greeted Feng Ning in accordance to etiquette. In the past few months, she had heard her husband said that her niece was something else and that being an Empress might be the best position for her.

She originally thought that it was nothing much.

It was only when Feng Ning proposed for her to allow small schools for village women to learn embroidery and then worked did she realized that her husband was right. Her niece had many ingenious ideas that seemed to be out of their time.

While many people were still worrying about the matter of wars and all, she was thinking of improving in many other matters.

Once the prosperity is increased, people in Lin Tang Kingdom would definitely be able to live better.

“Your Majesty, this subject aunt has heard the response from the people. Many people are happy with this class. Even though it’s quite expensive, the loan method is very useful.” Princess Lin Xie Ni was basically the one who take care of the embroidery matter.

Feng Ning wanted it to be useful for people from villages, so she made a loan system. That way, they would be able to learn and then worked for 10 years to pay off their debt when their skills were good enough. Of course, they would have their meals and living place provided.

This would allow them to be able to work well and once they had finished their 10 years of working to pay off their loan, they would be able to continue working with salary in accordance to their skills.

It was a very profitable business.

And the women also liked the result of the embroidery. If there were excess, they could even sell it outside the city.

So, it was quite popular.

“That’s good.” Feng Ning wrote on the paper.

“It’s all thanks to your idea. A lot of cities are using this method and the number of people who signed up are a lot. Right now, it’s not giving too much revenue but within a few years, I’m sure that it’ll be very profitable.” Lin Xie Ni’s eyes were shining.

She was only a moment short from wiping her saliva from drooling because of the large amount of money that she would be able to produce.

Feng Ning smiled.

This was an idea that she had when she heard about her maidservant’s living condition. Rather than letting their parents sold their children away, it would be better to let them learn how to make a living.

Not everyone was born the same way.

And if they had the talent to become an embroidery girl, it might be better than selling themselves to some master who would treat them like trash.

“I’ll keep giving the report to you, Your Majesty.”

Feng Ning nodded.

“Make sure to build more places if there are not enough living quarter.”

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“There’s no need to worry. I’ll make sure that they prepare everything.” Princess Lin Xie Ni smiled brightly. She looked at her niece and felt that this young woman looked even more pleasing to the eye.

Even though Feng Ning had become the Empress, she still acted within propriety and didn’t seem to mind that she was talking a bit informally. It has been a long time since the last time she had so much fun talking with someone.

“But, Your Majesty, you look tired. You have to make sure that you rest enough, alright?” Lin Xie Ni noticed that Feng Ning did look a bit tired. Probably, it was because she was busy at the court.

Feng Ning was taken aback then nodded.

Her aunt used to look at her with hostility that was visible even from a long distance. But she was also the same person who was worrying about her health now.

It was a change that Feng Ning couldn’t get used to easily.

“Don’t worry, I’m fine.”

Princess Lin Xie Ni gave a few more advices before she walked away. In any case, she had to make sure that she was able to finish the work that was delegated to her.

On the other hand, Feng Ning looked at the mirror. Truth to be told, she was truly tired because she was taking care of so many things at once. Since she had prepared for the books in the past, she could finish them earlier.

The problem was this place.

Cleaning up those people who were against the decision of having her as the Empress was not easy. There were a lot of people who wanted to see her fall and all.

But they had failed so far.

As someone who studied medicine, it was harder to poison Feng Ning than other people. She managed to detect them earlier and sent those servants away. If they thought that she would neglect the inner compound because of the state matters, then they were wrong.

She was done with it anyway.

The rest was left for Lin Zi Xuan to settle as she no longer had any willingness to involve herself in those matters.

“Your Majesty, Xiao Lu is planning to get married.” Xiao Yu was a bit nervous. “She’s asking for permission to leave earlier in order to prepare for the marriage.”

It was still mourning period, so naturally Xiao Lu wouldn’t be able to get married. Since this is a national mourning period because the one who fell was the Emperor, no one was allowed to celebrate anything.

Marriage was naturally included.

“In that case, she can settle her last payment earlier.” Feng Ning smiled.

“Really?” Xiao Lu’s eyes shone.

The three servants were actually a bit worried about this because it meant that Feng Ning would have less people who served her. They had accompanied her ever since she was very young, so they were a bit hesitant about this decision too.

“Yes.” Feng Ning wrote on the paper.

“Thank you very much, Your Majesty!” Xiao Lu was extremely happy.

Feng Ning looked at the other two as if asking whether the two of them were also planning to get married anytime soon.

“I’m not going anywhere, Your Majesty.” Xiao Yu smiled. “I have been accompanying you for a long time. As long as you don’t despise me, please let this servant continued to serve you.”

“Me too.” Xiao Mu nodded her head. She didn’t really have any relatives left who would care for her. Rather than going out, it would be better for her to continue living in this palace and served the Empress.

There were a lot of maidservants who longed to be able to become Feng Ning’s maidservants. Right now, the list was so long that it would be able to fill a room. There was no way Xiao Mu wanted to let go of this position.

Feng Ning smiled and nodded.

“You can stay.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Feng Ning looked at her three maidservants and thought about her own plan. She had already visited those places that only the Emperor previously could pay a visit and noticed that the Emperor had a lot of secret.

And now that those secrets were in her hand, she wanted to make use of those well.

“Call for Imperial Doctor Wu tomorrow. Tell the court that I won’t be attending.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

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