Of course, she did not favor one over another among her capable subordinates, such as Hui'an, Huiyun, Huiming, Qin Dafu, Yan Qingzhi, and Zhang Liu.

According to the rank of their officials, they were given mansions of different sizes and rewarded with gold and silver.

Even a female official like Huiyun, who was born into an official family in the capital, could not hide her excitement and heroism when she came to this luxurious mansion that belonged to her.

On the magnificent mansion hangs a gold-plated plaque with the two majestic words "Su Di" written on it.

This Su is no longer the Su of the Su family in Beijing, but her Su Huiyun.

Despite her status as a woman, she was granted the title of Second Assistant.

This luxurious mansion was formerly the residence of an earl. It was neither a dowry nor a private residence. It was a mansion that only officials of the third rank and above could be called a "house"!

Just the word "first" was something her arrogant father could not achieve even after struggling for most of his life.

If she adopts a few children in the future, she will be the ancestor of the family.

Even Huiyun felt like this, so Huiming and Zhang Liu, who came from lower classes, felt like they were dreaming when they were rewarded with such a huge mansion.

To bring honor to the family and change the family status, it must start with their generation!

Chen Qingzhu's decree was passed from Nandu to the local areas. Before the money was distributed, officials at all levels were already looking forward to it with great joy.

In order to distribute the maintenance silver to officials at all levels on time before the New Year, the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue were busy as hell.

Kong Shuya, a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue, lived almost directly in the yamen.

So, when the governor Yan Qingzhi returned to the mansion from a tour of inspection, he was greeted by the old women drinking and playing cards at the door and the lazy maids and servants in the courtyard.

Mrs. Yan is no longer virtuous.

The seasonal plum blossoms in the yard had not been trimmed at all, and there were still many dead branches and leaves on the ground that had not been swept away.

He had been exhausted from the journey and just wanted to have a hot meal and a hot bath.

However, even this simplest wish was unfulfilled.

The servants in the mansion had been unsupervised for who knows how long, and had become accustomed to laziness. Even a basin of hot water took a long time to be served.

The food was rushed out, and both the taste and the appearance were not satisfactory.

Ever since Madam went to work at the Ministry of Revenue, this house has become increasingly unmanageable.

He had already warned his wife about this matter before, but now he came back even worse than last time.

Yan Qingzhi was full of anger.

"Where's Madame?"

The servant replied:

"Master, the Ministry of Revenue is very busy right now, and Madam has been staying at the government office for several nights in a row."

Yan Qingzhi said with a serious face:

"Go and ask the lady to come back."

However, even though he sent someone to deliver the message, Kong Shuya still did not return home until after half past the hour of Hai (10 o'clock in the evening).

She was wearing an official robe, which was extremely simple in French style, and she had no makeup on her face.

When I saw him, he was not as caring and concerned as before.

He only said, "The master is back," and then yawned with a tired look on his face and said:

"I'm so sleepy. I have to go to the government office early tomorrow morning to do some work. I have to wash up and go to bed!"

As he said this, he was about to go to the bathroom.

Yan Qingzhi called her with a sullen face:

"Kong! Stop right there!"

Kong Shuya then realized that his face looked strange, and asked with a frown:

"What's going on? What's going on so late at night?"

Yan Qingzhi asked angrily:

"How dare you ask me what I'm doing? Look at this place yourself. Does it still look like a home? I came all the way here, but there's not even a hot dish or soup!"

"There is also the mansion that the God has given me. I asked the servants this afternoon. It has been a month since the mansion was given to me. Have you taken good care of it?"

Kong Shuya was a little angry when she heard this, but she still patiently explained:

"The Ministry of Revenue has been busy recently reviewing taxes paid by various places and distributing salaries to officials at all levels. I haven't been able to take care of these trivial matters for a while."

She was just about to say that after this busy period was over and the government office was closed, she would come to sort out the housework, but Yan Qingzhi interrupted her with an angry look on his face:

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