Chapter 172
In the morning, Ye Qingluan followed Cui Qian to Dali Temple to formally enroll and perform his duties.

On the way, Cui Qian always tilted his head to look at her.

She greeted her quietly with a smile: "I washed my face this morning, don't you see where it's buried?"

Cui Qian's face suddenly turned red.

"It's the first time I've seen your true colors so clearly."

He purposely raised his head arrogantly: "...Although she is not a peerless beauty, she is quite pretty."

Ye Qingluan: "..."
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That's right, since this morning, Ye Qingluan officially washed off the heavy ink on her face when she rolled up her Taoist hair bun.

From today onwards, she is no longer Xi Niangzi of Xishi, she is a female official of Dali Temple.

Then, the professional makeup that once belonged to Xi Niangzi is no longer needed.

Even the concealment and camouflage that professional makeup once played, she had already decided to throw it away the moment she woke up from the dream this morning.

In the past, she used that makeup to avoid her enemies, to protect herself and her uncle—especially to protect him.

But now, he is already a prince, so naturally he doesn't need her to protect him anymore;

As for herself...

When she woke up from this long dream, she suddenly felt that she couldn't hide the makeup from the enemy she had to guard against.

Now she even hopes that if some enemies really recognize her because of her appearance, they will come to her!
Coincidentally, she is now serving in Dali Temple, so she should be arrested on the spot!

So this morning, she washed off the lead and walked in front of Cui Qian.

Cui Nan almost sat down in fright.

Cui Qian just squinted his eyes, but he didn't seem to be frightened by her at all.

She was still a little sad in her heart, quite a little regretful.

So she casually picked up the tassels on the curtain of the carriage door, pulled one, stuffed it into her mouth and bit it: "Of course~~ What kind of face, compared with my previous makeup, is beautiful."

Cui Qian looked serious.

"It's not compared with your previous makeup, or compared with all the women in the world."

She smiled again: "Cut, return all the women in the world... Cui Shaoqing, how many women have you just stared at like this? Except for Wu Niang and the female relatives in your family, there are not many of them." Bar."

"Where do you have the right to say that~~"

After she finished speaking, she laughed, "If Lu Qi said so, I can barely believe it."

Cui Qian looked at her for a while, then turned his head away abruptly.

From Ye Qingluan's perspective, he could see his puffed up cheeks.

Ouch, this one is so angry.
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When I went to Dali Temple to go through the "entry procedures", all the people who were working looked at her as if they were looking at a western scene.

It's just that Cui Qian was in front of them, so they didn't dare to say anything.

Looking at the occasional opportunity when Cui Qian was not in front of them, they all said to her in private: "This is an unprecedented event! When did our Dali Temple have a female official?!"

Ye Qingluan thought about it, "Then you Dali Temple, there should have been women working in the past, right? For example, collecting female corpses, autopsy and so on..."

Ye Qingluan scratched her scalp, "What do maids do?"

The two clerks looked at each other in blank dismay: "What is 'Wu Zuo'?"

Ye Qingluan was startled: "Don't tell me, Datang... isn't called 'Wu Zuo'?"

The clerk looked at her seriously: "Dancing?"

Ye Qingluan raised her forehead: "It's the kind of autopsy I'm talking about... especially for women, checking female corpses, stillbirths, etc."

The clerk nodded: "Oh, that's not called 'Wu Zuo'."

Ye Qingluan raised her eyebrows, "Is there no one in the yamen who specializes in such an errand?"

The clerk waved his head: "No."

Ye Qingluan was a little confused: "Then, who will do this?"

The clerk said as if it was a matter of course: "Of course, these can't be done by people in the yamen. They must be done by those who do dead work."

"For example, to find the merchants in the paper making shop and coffin shop, or the monks in Buddhist temples and Taoist temples where the corpses can be temporarily stored; and you can also find stable women who can deliver babies, which is naturally the most convenient for inspection. Female corpses, stillbirths and the like.”

Ye Qingluan could only sigh: "Oh."

She had originally hoped that Dali Temple would have a job as a maidservant, and that she would be able to be a companion with her in the future.

But now that she knows that there is no female widow work in Datang, not even the word "wife work", she has no choice but to give up.

but……

She looked back suddenly: "What did you two just say? The autopsy in the yamen, and sometimes monks and Taoists?"

The clerk nodded vigorously: "That's right. Some corpses that died in foreign lands, or are temporarily inconvenient to be buried, will not be sent to Buddhist temples or Taoist temples, where will they be placed?"

Ye Qingluan immediately asked: "Is there no Yizhuang?"

The two clerks were dumbfounded again: "What is 'Yizhuang'?"

Ye Qingluan thought about it hard, and then remembered that "Yizhuang" seemed to be the first creation of Fan Zhongyan, that is, it was all in the Song Dynasty...

Ye Qingluan nodded, "So, is it possible that there are many bones in the Taoist temple?"

The two clerks glanced left and right, and said in a low voice, "That's inevitable! Otherwise, why would Buddhist temples and Taoist temples close their doors to thank visitors as soon as the sun goes down and the sky is still dark?"

Rao Ye Qingluan, suddenly couldn't help hugging himself tightly at this moment, and brushed the outside of his arm.

Tsk, goosebumps are up.
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After completing the entry, the two clerks were still muttering to her, "...Ye Lushi is really lucky, to have such a consort of His Majesty the Holy Queen, it is truly unprecedented."

Ye Qingluan could only sigh, "I don't know if it's empty or not, but it must be endless anyway."

Because this is the era of Wu Zetian!Even though they have not proclaimed themselves emperor yet, female officials have started to flourish in this era.Don't say that she is a ninth-rank female recorder in Dali Temple, and there will be "female prime ministers" in the future!

But the two clerks didn't understand, they grabbed her and asked, "What news did Ye Lushi get from the palace?"

She hurriedly said: "Ah, haha, no, no. I'm not self-effacing."

Both clerks laughed, "Looking at Ye Lushi's beautiful face, I thought Ye Lushi was a boudoir; but I didn't expect Ye Lushi to be so forthright."

Ye Qingluan's eyes turned a little blue: "...I, my face, is it beautiful?"

"What are you talking about?" Before she could wait for the reply from the two office workers, she saw Cui Qian floating over like a dark cloud.

Cui Qian stood in the court and glared at the two officials with his hands behind his back: "Ye Lushi is the ninth-rank recorder personally appointed by the Holy Empress, and he is my official in the Tang Dynasty!"

"She is the superior of the two of you. You two have said such abrupt words. Has it been a long time since you hit the board?"

When the two errands heard this, they were so shocked that they hurried around and were about to kneel down to plead guilty to Ye Qingluan.

Ye Qingluan stared at Cui Qian wonderingly.

My heart said: People praise her for being beautiful, but he disagrees?
(End of this chapter)

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