Escape: I rely on the food exchange system to survive to the extreme

Chapter 279: Hit the list
Seeing that he was on the list, although the ranking was very low, Lingjiao breathed a sigh of relief.

Lingjiao didn't rush to cheer for passing the exam, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She did not let Mei Qian down.

Afterwards, Lingjiao also looked at the lists of people posted by other departments. Among them, the top of the Ministry of Rites was also a woman named Chu Yuan.

Lingjiao was surprised and wanted to take a closer look at the other party's identity, but unexpectedly, Nasha, who had accompanied her to see the list, cheered after finding out that she had won.

Nasha didn't move at all at that time, but her laughter could be heard half a mile away.

"Keep your voice down. If the censor sees you like this, he will report you again."

Lingjiao still remembers clearly the last fight that Nasha had.

If Mei Qian had not taken the initiative to submit a memorial to the court the next day to impeach someone, the matter of Nasha would definitely have been the biggest point of contention that day.

Mei Qian did not mention Nasha's fight in the memorial at that time, he only mentioned that those people spread rumors.

Lingjiao was not at the scene, but Nasha was, and it was Nasha who later told Lingjiao about this.

At that time, Nasha didn't expect that Mei Qian would really dare to say it. She would say whatever others spread in private. Everyone in the court was silent.

How dare you speak directly about such private matters?

Even the emperor was involved.

There were also officials present who tactfully reminded Mei Qian, but Mei Qian responded by asking, "How can this be considered my personal matter?
Are rumors and slander considered private matters?
I am standing here because of my honest achievements.

Are the sweet potatoes that have already started to be harvested this year fake? !

Could it be that the Xirong soldiers that I defeated with a smaller force were also fake? !
The weapons I improved have now been shipped to the northern border. Is it true that the Western Rong soldiers were driven back home in a panic? !
You don't have the ability to hide in a dark corner and attack someone from behind. You are such a coward! "

Mei Qian insisted on adding the word "male" in the middle of the word "villain", which made someone so angry that he questioned Mei Qian on the spot, asking her why she had to add the word "male" when calling someone a villain.

Mei Qian responded calmly:

"Yes, when people do bad things, they don't distinguish between men and women, they are called 'villains'.

Officials in the court are divided into men and women. Men rely on their abilities, while women rely on their "private affairs", right?"

Although this statement sounded unreasonable, no one dared to continue arguing with Mei Qian on it.

If we continue to argue, wouldn't this involve the emperor again?

Everyone is aware of the emperor's special feelings for Mei Qian, but are you trying to use the emperor's special feelings for Mei Qian to erase Mei Qian's previous achievements?

Before he came to power, this man had dealt with some people who wanted to erase Mei Qian's achievements. The subordinates who had been following Qi Chen all knew about these things.

Those who did not follow Qi Chen and were still able to become officials after Qi Chen ascended the throne are not fools.

How can you talk nonsense about such things?
If you talk nonsense, you will be pulled out and beaten up, and the whole thing will become a big deal. It's obvious who is unlucky, isn't it?
Other people's minds are as cunning as a hornet's nest. Nasha, who doesn't have so many cunning minds, was shocked at the time that Mei Qian could be so irritable.

She even glanced at the Imperial Censor standing on the civil service side and saw that he was wiping his sweat from beginning to end.

Nasha had good eyesight and she could see clearly that the board in the man's hand was filled with words densely written on it about what he was going to say in court today.

This person originally planned to report himself for beating an official in the street.

I just didn't expect that the matter would end up like this. I'm not stupid enough to know that all the excuses I prepared were useless.

After all, he pointed out that those officials had been demoted to commoners before they even reported the case.

Although it is wrong for officials to beat up "ordinary people", after Mei Qian's brutal outburst just now, he also suggested that Nasha should be praised for her "heroic act".

"If it weren't for General Nasha, I wouldn't have known that I had to bear such a huge amount of dirty water. General Nasha is so chivalrous and his behavior of protecting his colleagues is really worthy of praise from Your Majesty!"

At that time, Mei Qian even rolled her eyes at the people from the Censorate after she finished speaking.

What?
Consult Nasha again, and then let Mei Qian hit the target against the output of their Censorate?

They are trolls, not fools.

They argue with people over unreasonable things, and the other party's fighting ability is extremely strong. Are they mentally ill?
So after that day, those who wanted to spread bad things about Mei Qian stopped doing so for a while. After all, if they spread these things in private, they had to consider what to do if Mei Qian traced the source and found out that it was them.

It is said that Marquis Yongning had a good relationship with the commander of the Imperial City Bureau. How could his body be intact after entering the Imperial City Bureau?

Ah, this is also a rumor, it’s better not to talk about it.

Having said that, after Lingjiao passed the exam this time, he went back and told Mei Qian, who was also very happy.

He also said that the Ministry of Revenue was a good place and asked Lingjiao to work hard.

The reason why Lingjiao got the job in the Ministry of Revenue this time was thanks to her good math skills. There were many math problems behind the questions in the Ministry of Revenue, and some of them were so difficult that even the people in the Ministry of Revenue were scratching their heads after reading them.

Lingjiao doesn’t know how to write either, but even if she can’t write the big questions, she must know more about the previous questions than others, right?

Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to make up for the points she lost in the basic literature section.

"I heard that some court officials live in Qingzhu Lane. After you assign the tasks, go back and find someone from the brokerage business to inquire about the situation of the houses over there.

When you become an official in the future, you will also be a person of status. It would be bad if you continued to live with me and run errands for me."

When Mei Qian talked about this, Lingjiao was still a little flustered and asked, "Miss, are you going to chase me away?"

"No. Now that you have entered the court as an official, you have your own status and you should establish yourself. I welcome you to come to see me on weekdays."

"But, but..."

Lingjiao was unwilling to sell herself into a slave before, and Mei Qian did not let her become a slave. She always took her with her and treated her so well. She also taught Lingjiao to read and write, and cultivated her step by step to where she is today.

Thinking of the past, Lingjiao couldn't help but burst into tears and knelt directly in front of Mei Qian. Before Mei Qian helped her up, she hugged Mei Qian's thighs and cried non-stop.

Lingjiao was crying and speaking in intermittent sobs. Mei Qian listened carefully for a long time before she understood what Lingjiao was saying.

Ask her how she can repay herself.

Mei Qian thought for a moment and chuckled, "You, just be a good official and do your job well. That will be the greatest reward for me."

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"It's just looking for a house, but you made it look like a life-and-death separation. No wonder the adults laughed at you in the end."

At night, the lights in Pingkangfang of the capital were bright. Outside, the sounds of actors performing acrobatics and ring-tossing songs continued to pour into the restaurants on both sides of the street.

Lin Manman, who was sitting by the open window, heard that Lingjiao had passed the exam, so she specially invited Lingjiao out for a drink in the evening to celebrate.

When Lingjiao told Lin Manman about his troubles during the day, she couldn't stop laughing.

"Humph! How long have I been with the girl? It's normal for me to be reluctant to let her go. It's just you who moved out as soon as you returned to the capital."

Speaking of which, the former capital city was also a sad place for Lin Manman. As a result, after returning again, Lin Manman felt a lot more relaxed. She also got to know a lady who used to make rouge and powder. After that, she directly set up a rouge shop again with that lady.

As for the perfume now, since the Jiangnan court has not yet been conquered, Lin Manman cannot risk her life and travel across mountains and rivers to Nan'an Prefecture.

It would be better for her to put the knowledge she has learned into practice and improve some existing cosmetics recipes, so that she will have the capital to go to the south in the future.

Mei Qian was very supportive of this and even lent some money to Lin Manman.

Later, when Lin Manman opened a shop with others, because Mei Qian's mansion was too far away from her shop, she simply moved there to live with that lady.

Compared with Lin Manman's decisiveness, Lingjiao's behavior does seem a little childish.

Listening to what Lingjiao said just now, Lin Manman chuckled and shook her head, looking at the flying stars outside the window, feeling a sense of emotion in her heart.

She had indeed known Mei Qian for a short time.

Just like the time she had known this capital city.

This was the capital city she had dreamed of when she was a child, prosperous, splendid, and full of vitality everywhere.

The capital city that shattered her nightmare, she could only be thankful that it was just a nightmare.

Mei Qian woke her up and gave her another way to live. Now looking at this place again, this can be called the capital~
I went out for a walk by the lake in the evening, and came back with my legs covered with bites. I counted them carefully and found that there were more than ten on one leg... As expected, the mosquito repellent patch didn't seem to be very useful.