Sometimes the palace is sunny

Chapter 168 Darkness Chen Cang

Mi Xinlan did not come to Qingzhou alone, she came with two hundred brocade guards and several young female officials.

Watching those Jinyi guards enter the Qingzhou government office half-negotiated and half-forced, the prefect of Qingzhou Lu Zhongqi closed his back teeth tightly, and his hands hidden in his official robe trembled slightly.

"Your Majesty Lu, don't worry about it. These soldiers have other important tasks to do here."

Mi Xinlan held the shining golden folding fan in her hand, her fair face was free of makeup, but she had the bearing of an official.

Who did His Majesty send as an imperial envoy? Someone in the court sent a fast horse to deliver a message. Lu Zhongqi knew that the person in front of him was not only a mere fifth-rank imperial envoy, but also the wife of the chief assistant Li Congyuan. He bowed slightly and said with an apologetic smile. :
"Miff...Master Mi has been running all the way, why don't you rest earlier?"

Mi Xinlan shook the fan in her hand, making Lu Zhongqi tremble with fear.

"There's no need to rest. It's rare for an official to go out once, so let's take a stroll around Qingzhou Mansion first."

she says.

In the afternoon of this day, Lu Zhongqi received news that Mi Xinlan had really been shopping on the streets of Qingzhou Mansion all afternoon, and brought those young female officials to buy some silk, jewelry, gems, etc. The old lady who sold dried persimmons bought a paper bag by herself, and just after paying the money, she saw the seller of preserved peaches again, so she surrounded her again.

In just half a day, most of the city of Qingzhou knew that there were a few official-speaking ladies in the city, not only generous, but also kind.

Looking at the news sent by his subordinates, Lu Zhongqi frowned.

"This Mie..."

His staff stood aside and said in a low voice, "My lord, I'm afraid this is Mi's trick."

Lu Zhongqi nodded.

On the second day, the genius was dim, before Lu Zhongqi put on his trousers, he heard that Mi Xinlan had taken those female officials out again, so he quickly sent someone to watch over them, only to learn that Mi Xinlan and the others were eating, drinking and having fun again. A whole day passed.

On the third day, Mi Xinlan finally didn't go out in the morning, but took the case file of Wang's self-harm to avoid the selection of female officials to read.

Lu Zhongqi knew that Mi Xinlan was about to make a move, but after waiting for a day, he learned that Mi Xinlan was called by a female officer to choose the clothes she bought before after reading the case file for an hour.

Lu Zhongqi: "..."

His aides earnestly said: "My lord, this Mi Shi was selected by His Majesty as an imperial envoy in the back house. There must be something extraordinary. You must not take it lightly!"

"I don't wait to take it lightly, so what can I do now?" Lu Zhongqi's eyes were dark, "You have read Brother Qian Shi's letter, and His Majesty was so angry this time that he refuted a group of important officials... then Mi Shi is really, really You bastard, those two hundred Jinyiwei are still in our mansion!"

Walking back and forth in the study for a few times, Lu Zhongqi told his staff:

"Then Mrs. Wang is already blind in one eye. Why can't I find him? Write a letter to Changle and let them find him quickly!"

When he said the word "found", Lu Zhongqi showed his killing intent.

Before, he had people hunt down Wang Shi because as long as Wang Shi's body was found and there was no proof of death, he would let him describe the matter.

At that time, he can say that the common people are ignorant. Hearing that His Majesty wants to choose someone to enter the palace, he thinks that he is picking a embroidered girl. His magistrate said that breaking the sky was nothing more than a fine, and he might not even be demoted.

Now the imperial court has sent Mi Shi as an imperial envoy to investigate this matter. His negligence is inevitable. If he wants to keep his fame and head, he has to push out more people as scapegoats.

"The Wang family is from Linzi. You write to the county magistrate of Linzi and ask him to clean up Wang's family."

The staff froze for a moment before nodding in agreement.

Lu Zhongqi narrowed his eyes.

The Wang family had to die, and so did the county magistrate of Linzi.

If that wasn't enough...

Lu Zhongqi looked at the letter sent by Qian Zhaojing, the Minister of Rites on the table.

"My lord, when are we going to investigate the selection of female officials in Qingzhou Prefecture?"

"Ms. Luo, you don't need to ask Mrs. Mi about such matters. I know that we are new to Qingzhou, and we are not familiar with the place of life. If we rush to investigate, we will just enter the cages made up and down in the Qingzhou mansion, and wait for them to show themselves. When we break the game."

When Mi Xinlan heard this sentence, she raised her head slightly and looked at the woman who was talking.

This woman's surname is Qi, and her name is Qi Xiaoxing. She was the first name in the selection of female officials in Gyeonggi last time. Xu Gongling took her by his side to teach her personally, and the female officials always jokingly called her "Qi Zhuangyuan".On the way here, Mi Xinlan has already discovered that this person is extremely talented and intelligent, but he has no arrogance of talent and enthusiasm like a child.

"Miss Qi, when do you think this Qingzhou mansion will show its feet?"

Hearing Mi Xinlan ask herself, the thin Qi Xiaoxing pursed his lips and thought for a while before saying:
"In fact, Qingzhou Mansion has been full of lies for a long time. When we went to buy jewelry yesterday, the shopkeeper said that they had recently sent a batch of jewelry to the magistrate's office. Lu Zhongqi's wife had been left at home by him to serve his parents. All the concubines live in the side yard, how could they get a batch of jewelry with great fanfare? I'm afraid that those jewelry are used to decorate the 'female officials', so that people can believe that the selection of female officials by the court is what they say What is the matter of finding someone to give birth to the queen, but those women must have been sent away now."

Mi Xinlan nodded.

She looked at the folding fan in her hand, slowly unfolded it, and fanned again.

"Don't worry about other things, find out the official robe tomorrow, let's go to the government school to have a look."

A group of women raised their heads to look at her, and saw the first female imperial envoy of the Yong Dynasty waving the imperial golden fan in her hand, and said with a smile:
"We have to let everyone in Qingzhou know what a real female official looks like."

"Yes."

On the second day, when women in Qingzhou city that almost everyone knew appeared in front of the Qingzhou government school wearing official robes and official hats with hairpin flowers, the whole Qingzhou was alarmed.

The so-called prefectural schools are also Confucian temples, where Confucius is worshiped, and it is a place where you can actually learn the books of sages and sages. How can a group of women be allowed to enter?
Some Confucian scholars came here one after another when they heard about this, and saw that those women had really entered the government school but they could not enter because of their lack of status, they almost turned their noses away and sat crookedly on the steps in front of the school. The upper face is red and the neck is thicker.

After a while, a small official ran out in a hurry.

"Something happened, something happened!"

A group of Suan Confucianists immediately rolled on the spot and stood up:

"When did it happen? But did Confucius appear?"

The little official looked up at the sour Confucian who spoke, and waved his hands again and again:

"It's because there is a master in our government school who doesn't feel that a woman can be an official. The female adult from the capital said that the female official should compare with the students of the government school. The adult asked me to invite the magistrate and the masters to be a witness."

Everyone was stunned.

Someone immediately laughed and said eagerly:

"It's so good! Those girls became arrogant by virtue of the grace, and even dare to become officials, so the adults in the government school should kill their arrogance!"

Some people shook their heads again and again:
"What kind of decency is it, what kind of decency is it, it's really a decline in the world, and a group of women are allowed to enter the Confucian Temple to be rampant."

At this time, someone slapped his thigh and cursed angrily:
"Too bad, the adults were tricked. How can those women deserve to compete with Confucian scholars in the Confucian Temple? Letting them talk is flattering them!"

He spoke in a loud voice, but no one paid any attention to him at this time.

Because those female officials came out of the government school, behind them was a group of Confucian scholars.

The place for the competition was chosen in front of the Confucian Temple.

The people who were buying new year's goods flocked to this place one after another when they got the news. When Lu Zhongqi arrived, the sedan chair couldn't get in at all, so he had to go around to the back door of the Confucian Temple.

On this day, the people of Qingzhou really gained their knowledge.

A total of four competitions were set for Jingshi Ziji's answering questions, and a petite female official defeated the entire government school within an hour with only one person's strength.

Qi Xiaoxing looked at the Confucian scholars who had been killed by him, and he was a little bit unsatisfied:
"Qingzhou is the hometown of Shen Dashi after all, why don't you even have half of his demeanor back then? Is there anything else you can answer? Come quickly!"

Confucian scholars usually claim to be the pillars of the country, and they dream of being in the imperial court. How did they expect that one day they would be compared to such a woman?They all hid their faces and said nothing.

Seeing this, Qi Xiaoxing laughed: "Where are the female officials you selected before in Qingzhou Mansion? Let them also come out and compare with me!"

The people of Qingzhou looked at each other in blank dismay, how could the female officials selected by them know so many sage books?Didn't they say they gave birth to the emperor's lord?
In the silence, suddenly a woman's voice sounded:
"Wang Cunshu, a civilian woman, was unsuccessful in the selection of female officials in Qingzhou. I ask this lord to give me some advice."

The crowd dispersed one after another, and a woman with a white cloth covering her head was supported by someone, walking step by step in front of the crowd.

Lu Zhongqi never expected that Wang Cunshu would show up at this time. He stood up quickly and wanted someone to take Wang Cunshu down, but his neck suddenly felt cold.

A woman put a short sword on his neck.

"Lv Zhongqi, you colluded with others in the selection of female officials, deceived the superiors and distorted the holy will, causing the people of the whole state to misunderstand the Holy Majesty. This is one crime, and you have framed and killed Wang Cunshu several times. Disregarding human life, this is the second crime. The meritorious deeds of being a female official will benefit the country and the people for thousands of years, but you use your own selfishness to injure the court, this is three crimes..."

It was only then that Lu Zhongqi noticed that the people he had brought with him were no longer by his side at some point, and several tall guards in Jinyi were already double-teaming him.

"You, who are you? I am the prefect of Qingzhou, you..."

The woman sneered: "I'm an imperial envoy who was ordered to picket the selection of female officials from various places. It's your bad luck that I got into my hands this time!"

After finishing speaking, she ignored Lu Zhongqi, and just raised her eyes to look at the two women who were fighting in public not far away.

Qi Xiaoxing showed his sharp edge and momentum like a rainbow, Wang Cunshu was steady and steady at every step, the two of them were going back and forth, and they didn't know the winner for an entire hour.

The woman holding the dagger yawned.

She was not tired after protecting Wang Cunshu to flee for her life in the mountains for so many days, but listening to them talking about classics and history made her tired.

But she still held the knife firmly in her hand.

Perhaps, it was precisely because she had a knife in her hand that she had the opportunity for the two of them to speak in front of everyone.

There was a movement in the woman's heart, and a bit of arrogance suddenly arose in her heart.

At this time, someone behind her whispered:

"Your Majesty, it's already the 27th of the first lunar month, it's time for you to go back to the palace."

The arrogance in her chest dissipated, and Lin Miaozhen, whose alias was Lin Jinxue, rubbed the hilt of the sword in her hand, feeling countless reluctance for a while.

Irresponsible Side Story 2
What kid?
Zhao Surui patted his belly, the whole dog was dumbfounded.

"It's been more than two months now."

More than two months?

Counting the days with his fingers, Zhao Surui's ears gradually turned red to his face.

It was his birthday more than two months ago, he went to the mountain academy to beg for nothing, act coquettishly, and sell idiots, but he drank too much and couldn't remember many things, only remembering Shen Sanwas hands with thin calluses on his waist Lingering on the abdomen, rubbing and playing carefully.

Why, why is this here?

"Girl, let's go back to Beijing quickly."

Hearing Achi's persuasion, Zhao Surui nodded again and again, yes, yes, this is Shen Sanwa's body, how could he, he, the dignified Emperor Zhaode have a child!Change back quickly, change back quickly!

"Ma'am, you can't go."

The doctor on the side said.

"You have to save the baby."

4.19 A very important chapter is unsatisfactory
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