An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 1291 Loyalty Is The Most Important

When Yun Shang walked near the Taiji Palace, she heard someone talking inside. Yun Shang lowered

her voice and asked the servant at the door, "His Majesty is meeting the ministers?"

"Yes, majesty," The servant replied in a low voice, "general Claude, general Shenwei and general

Dingyuan are all inside."

Yun Shang nodded and thought to herself, 'Since the people inside the hall are all generals, the

discussion must have something to do with the war.'.

"Is there any news from the frontier?" Yun Shang asked the servant.

The servant shook his head and replied, "I just came to guard half an hour ago. I don't know what

happened before that."

Yun Shang asked thoughtfully, "How long have the three generals been inside there?"

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Yun Shang nodded. They had been inside for fifteen minutes. She was afraid that the meeting inside

wouldn't be finished in a short time.

Yun Shang was about to turn around when she saw Wang Wanzhi come out of the Taiji Palace with a

stack of memorials in her arms.

Seeing Yun Shang, Wang Wanzhi suddenly stopped and bowed to her, "Greetings, your majesty."

Yun Shang nodded, "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to the privy council. The emperor has finished reading the memorials. I'll send them there."

"Well, I want to go back to imperial household. Follow me down there with me."

Wang Wanzhi knew that Yun Shang had something to ask her, so she nodded and followed Yun Shang

out of the Taiji Palace.

"His Majesty is having a meeting with the three generals. Is there anything wrong at the frontier?" Yun

Shang asked.

Wang Wanzhi nodded and said, "But it's not a bad thing. Under the pincer attack of the State of Xia as

well as the State of Ning, the state of Yelang had been defeated step by step and had lost several

battles in a row. Now that the morale of the State of Yelang has been lost, the defeat will only happen

sooner or later."

Yun Shang breathed a sigh of relief. "Then why did his majesty summon the three generals?"

"His majesty thinks the war with the State of Yelang is almost settled. Now the State of Yelang is only

trying to delay, splitting all the troops into small teams and harassing neighboring countries. However, it

won't affect too much. It's just to slow down the speed of our troops marching.

His majesty just thinks that to keep General Sun and General Zhao in the battlefield to fight with the

State of Yelang, it will be a bit of a waste of talents. Thus he plans to send the three generals to the

border, replace one general there so that he can return to the Jin City, and train the soldiers or so

something like that."

Wang Wanzhi sounded quite optimistic.

Yun Shang also knew that Wang Wanzhi had been with Luo Qingyan for a long time, so she was

influenced and optimistic.

But she had learned from Luo Yi that Luo Qingyan had sent secret guards to Deer City and Yunzhou to

secretly investigate. After hearing the news, Yun Shang thought more.

Maybe Luo Qingyan asked either Zhao Yingjie or Sun Bingzhi to come back , or maybe he didn't want

him to come back for training actually.

Perhaps it was because he sensed that something might be wrong in the coastal area to the East, he

asked one of them to come back and stand by.

In this way, they could make a plan in advance in case anything happened in either Deer City or

Yunzhou.

But Yun Shang would not tell Wang Wanzhi about it. She just smiled and said, "That's good."

"Yes." Wang Wanzhi also smiled, "When the war against the State of Yelang comes to an end, the

world will be peaceful for a period of time."

"I hope so,"

Yun Shang replied. After a pause, she then asked, "After the incident of the Changting Garden, his

majesty selected a new group of officials. It has been so long, and you should be familiar with those

officials. What do you think of them in the court now? "

"To tell you the truth, I have observed these new officials for a period of time. The new officials are

much younger than the old ones in the court. Maybe it's just because they are young, they are more

energetic and quicker when dealing with the government affairs in accordance with the emperor's

arrangement.

Thus there have been fewer officials who cheat or goof around , fewer officials who hold down their

jobs without doing a stroke of work, and fewer officials who embezzle and pervert the law.

It's also just because they are a little younger, they don't seem to be calm enough. They can't be

considerate enough..."

Yun Shang chuckled, "After all, they have just entered the court. And all the elders in the court have

also come from this way before. After they experience more, watch more and hear more, everything

will be fine. "

"Yes, your majesty." Wang Wanzhi nodded, "So in my eyes, these officials in the court are much better

than those old officials before.

At least, I can see that most of them are loyal to his majesty."

Yun Shang nodded slightly and paused for a while, "You're right. Young officials may not do things, or

may not be considerate enough, but they can learn. Loyalty is the most important thing for a minister.

I can only hope that their loyalty won't change even if they have been working in the court for a longer

time, or because others give them more and more bargaining chips,"

after saying that, Yun Shang smiled, "All right. You can go ahead with your work. I'm going back to the

Weiyang Palace."

Wang Wanzhi bowed and paid her respect.

Wang Wanzhi didn't stand up until Yun Shang left for the imperial household. She sorted out the

memorial in his hand, turned around and went to the privy council.

The weather was getting hotter, but the rain was good this year.

According to the secret letters sent from different parts of the State of Xia, most of the places had a rain

every four or five days. It had rained quite heavily, so it was neither too dry nor flooded.

Everything had seemed to be fine.

Yun Shang smiled and breathed a sigh of relief.

This was the first year after the emperor's enthronement ceremony. She hadn't been the Empress

before. She was always afraid that she hadn't thought thoroughly about what she had done. On the

other hand, she was worried that Luo Qingyan would be too busy with the government affairs and be

negligent about some other things. She always wanted to take care of everything, but she felt that she

was not capable enough.

Yun Shang put the secret letter aside and said to Qian Zhuo in a low voice, "Send a message to them.

Tell them to mention the weather if there is something important to report. If there is nothing important,

don't send any message just to report the weather. Or, it's a waste to send messages that way. "

Nowadays, there was lack of manpower. It was often the case these days that when they need people,

no one was available. They couldn't waste it like this.

Thinking of this, Yun Shang lowered her voice and asked, "Is there any news from the State of Ning?"

Qian Zhuo shook her head and said, "It will take three or four months to spread messages from Jin city

to the State of Ning. The news has just been spread for more than a month. It's still early."

As soon as Qian Zhuo finished her words, Luo Qingyan's voice came from outside, "What news is the

Empress waiting for in the State of Ning? I just received a message from the State of Ning... "