female concubine

There were officials and servants waiting in the middle hall of Liu's residence. Liu Miaoyi walked out calmly, and bowed to one of the servants with red lips and white teeth, who was dressed as a courtier, and said, "Master."

"I haven't seen you for many years, Miss Liu is still so young and beautiful."

"The same goes for Mr. Qi, the beauty is still the same."

"The villain summoned Miss Liu to serve as an official in the court according to the order of the official family."

There was no surprise on Liu Miaoyi's face, nor did she refuse immediately, she just smiled slightly and said, "Before the official family set up a female officer, did they focus on the slave family?"

"Ms. Liu's talent really shouldn't be buried."

"The officials asked Mr. Qi to come to the door in person, is this inevitable?"

Qi Liu just raised his hands and lowered his head.

Liu Miaoyi smiled again and said: "The official family went to Qishan, and they followed our family. They really can't miss anyone."

"The officials have said that all other female officials need to be assessed by a secretary, but Ms. Liu doesn't need it. Ms. Liu only needs to follow the villain to Da Nei to face the saint. The Ministry of Officials is already arranging official orders."

Liu Miaoyi lowered her head, then said with a slight smile, "If I had known earlier, I would not have come to the capital."

Qi Liu walked to the door and stretched out his hand to signal: "The carriage is waiting outside the door, please."

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The assessment of female officials is scheduled at the Secretary Province in front of Zuoye Gate, and the officials of the Secretary Province are responsible for the personnel assessment after being screened by the officials of the Dianzhong Province.

There are dozens of articles on the table of the officials in the scarlet robe, which have not been anonymized or transcribed, and most of the officials seem to be very slack about this matter, "You said that the government does not select concubines but chooses female officials.. .”

"It makes sense. Officials are always diligent and spend more time in the former province than in the inner palace. This possibility cannot be ruled out."

"The official family is the son of heaven, why bother to spend so much trouble?"

The carriage stopped at the gate of Xihua, and the servant jumped off beside the coachman, reaching out to help Liu Miaoyi down.

Liu Miaoyi looked up at the tall red lacquer city wall, and hesitated to stop.

"Is Miss Liu afraid?"

"I've passed by many times but never entered once."

"I have been serving the officials since I was a child. The officials were born and grew up in the forbidden city. I thought that the official family would never come back the year they left the cabinet..." Qi Liu raised his head, "Who knew this landing would be For a lifetime."

Qi Liuchao and Liu Miaoyi cupped their hands, "Please."

From time to time, there were ministers at the Xihua Gate who showed their waist amulets and left the palace. When they bowed to each other and left, they were each surprised, "Isn't this the second girl of Liu Xiang's family?"

"I heard that Liu Xiang's girl has never married."

"The courtiers beside you all know that the official family is going to accept a concubine?"

Qi Liu took her to Youchengtianmen, and said with emotion: "Ten years have passed, and the villain misses the days in Qishan County."

"The slave family also remembers that the official family also mentioned the matter of female officials on the night of the night talk with the official family, but I didn't know the identity of the official family, so I didn't pay much attention to it."

Qi Liu smiled and said: "There is no emperor in any dynasty who cares about women like the officials. The officials don't need to talk, they will definitely do what the officials decide, including amending the law and letting women stand in the hall as officials. Go up and compete with the boy."

"I thought this was what Her Royal Highness meant..."

"Her Majesty the Empress never begs the officials to do anything. Her Majesty the Emperor only cares about the officials, and so do the officials. It's just that the officials have another world in their hearts, a world with Her Majesty the Empress."

Liu Miaoyi blinked her eyes, "It's really enviable to be able to live like a day for decades, and it's indeed a good story."

At the gate of the forbidden horse palace, after the green robe greeted several colleagues, he turned around and saw the woman beside the servant.

The servant stepped forward and bowed to each other, "Jiang Yushi."

Jiang Luochuan narrowed his eyes, "Everybody knows this?"

"According to the order of the official family, the second daughter of Liu Xiang's family is summoned to meet."

Jiang Luochuan raised his eyebrows and looked, "Why, the official family wants to accept a concubine?"

Qi Liu gave Jiang Luochuan a cold look, "Some things should not be said indiscriminately, Jiang Yushi will still call Miss Liu "Enfu" when the official comes down.

"what?"

"Jiang Yushi probably doesn't know yet, Miss Liu is the housekeeper handpicked by the government."

"Her?" Jiang Luochuan's eyes widened, "The government wants a woman to be in charge of the law?"

"The villain doesn't know, it's just the order given to the official department."

"Second Niang..."

"Jiang Yushi!" Qi Liu stopped him, "The villain still has a purpose, please do it yourself."

Liu Miaoyi stepped forward, "Jiang Yushi, Miaoyi doesn't seem to be familiar with you. The censor can call Miaoyi by her name. If you are an official in the same dynasty in the future, please use your official title."

Jiang Luochuan took a step forward, "You..."

"Farewell, Miaoyi."

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Hanging Palace

The emperor put some letters from officials just now into his light yellow sleeves, "Has Su Yu left Beijing?"

Xue Jin stepped forward, "Go back to the official's house, and Su Yu will go south after the customs clearance order. He should be in Caizhou by now."

"How about the selection of officials in the secretary's province?"

"The results don't seem to be very good. There are not many women in total, and most of them are from poor families who are forced to make ends meet."

"Fresh things always have to be observed for a while first, don't worry."

Qi Liu stepped into the hall, "The official house, brought by Liu Miaoyi."

"Xuan."

"Yes."

Not long after Qi Liu went out, he brought in the woman who was waiting outside the hall.

The Changchao Hall is like an ordinary room, and there are only three steps to the throne. The hall is so quiet that there are only footsteps and the sound of papers flipping through the memorials.

Liu Miaoyi walked to the front and back of the imperial court, and the two servants bowed and retreated one after another.

"I have seen His Majesty, I wish His Majesty all blessings."

The emperor raised his head, immediately put down the memorial in his hand, stared at it for a while and asked, "Miss Liu must have been in the capital for more than ten years, right?"

"Going back to the official's house, I have been in Tokyo for 12 years, and the prosperous slaves under the government's rule have also seen it."

"12 years..." The emperor stood up on the chair, walked down the steps and raised his eyebrows, "So it's been so long." Looking at Mrs. Liu, he said, "I haven't seen it since the Shangyuan." Miss Liu."

The emperor has never met Liu, but she has seen the empress's frame who has traveled several times, "The official family manages a lot of things every day, and the slave is just a little girl."

"A woman is a woman, why bother to lower your status by adding a small character, I didn't ask you in advance, I made the decision to let you enter the court..."

"Actually, the slave has the heart but is powerless. Maybe the slave is used to living a comfortable life, but the government seems to not allow the slave to be a wild crane, but I guess it's not because the government has taken a fancy to the slave."

"how do I say this?"

"Your Majesty wants to set up a women's department and let women be in charge of the imperial edicts. Only slaves are the most suitable for civil and military affairs in the Manchu Dynasty. It is not because of talent and learning, but because slaves are the daughter of the left minister. At most, the courtiers dare not speak out."

"Everything His Majesty does is not random, nor is it as willful as those ministers said. They can't see what His Majesty wants to do, and naturally they don't understand it. Even if they have a long talk with His Majesty all night, they still don't like it. I will understand."

The emperor walked beside Liu Miaoyi with his hands behind his back, "Even if they understand, they won't agree. Of course, I don't need their approval. Only I am the king."

"I can enter the court, but I have to draft the imperial edict..." Liu Miaoyi turned and looked up at the emperor, "I'm afraid I'm not talented enough."

The emperor turned around and said with a smile: "Your talent and learning are better than them. As for edict writing, I will arrange for a bachelor to teach you. In addition to listening to the edict and drafting the edict in front of the imperial court, there is also the Chang Dynasty in the Chuigong Palace. It's just that Shuo Wang's deliberations are not yet clear. There is no way for you to participate, but... it won't be long." The emperor continued: "Don't think about it, you are the most important person, and your political achievements are related to whether I can open women's departments in the future."

"The minister can't assure His Majesty that the minister is fully competent."

The emperor stared at Liu Miaoyi, and then walked back to the throne, "You said you have the heart but no energy, the former is because of some past, and the latter is because you think it is impossible to achieve as a woman, and now there are not many people in the Jiang family. The court has passed, and there is only one son left, I can hand him over to you, and let you decide whether he will stay or not." The emperor raised his eyes, "Life or death."

"..." Liu Miaoyi took a step forward, "Isn't he a cousin of Her Majesty the Empress? If Her Majesty wants to dispose of him, won't she be afraid of Her Majesty's displeasure?"

"I have given him many chances, but he just relied on his surname to think that I dare not do anything, but my tolerance is limited."

"So this is the grace bestowed by His Majesty as an official?"

"You can understand that."

"I won't do anything to him, he has become so narrow because of me, but His Majesty didn't blame me for it."

"He is not narrow-minded because of you. He will become like this, which shows that he is like this deep in his heart. His obsession gets deeper and deeper and finally becomes extreme."

"I know that he and Mr. Wenmu are the same kind of people, but there are more than one person in the court, and there is no right or wrong. The best way to punish an extreme person is to let him witness what he hates. Climb on top of his head."

"Miss Liu...it really is a good idea."

"Your Majesty made Taoism the state religion, changed the law, encouraged women to enter school, and set up female officials who are different from introspection..." Liu Miaoyi stared at the emperor on the throne, "Why does Your Majesty care about women so much?"

The emperor propped himself up on the table, and said with a mysterious smile: "You guess."

"I'm not the roundworm in your majesty's stomach, how can you guess..." Liu Miaoyi stared at the emperor for a while, "more than ten years later, your majesty's appearance is still the same as before, it's just that people who have experienced war have more eyes. It's a bit of killing, and it's more like an emperor."

The emperor bowed his head and thought for a while, "From the time I can remember to when I came out of the court, the number of times I have seen adults can be counted on the fingers, so I don't know what my father's love is like, I only know my sister, my mother, my sister, my brother, and... "The emperor withdrew his hands from the table and leaned on the seat, "And the emperor's sister-in-law, Princess Shu, you should know about the anecdote I heard when I was young."

Liu Miaoyi laughed suddenly, "Is it the romantic and elegant affairs of the little prince?"

"When I was young, I was surrounded by almost all women, but nine times out of ten I was sad. All misfortunes were accompanied by a word of virtue."

Liu Miaoyi blessed her body, "Sorry, I reminded His Majesty of the sad past."

The emperor shook his head, "It's all because of these past events that I can get to where I am today."

"Your Majesty's views on things are different from those of previous emperors. The pattern in your Majesty's heart..." Liu Miaoyi raised her head, and immediately stepped forward to make a man's obeisance, "I am not talented, and I am willing to do my best to assist Your Majesty."

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Kunning Palace

A good-looking lion cat was lying in Xiao Youqing's arms, with its eyes closed, enjoying the gentle touch of its owner very lazily.

"The second girl has been sent back to the palace's son-in-law's house."

"Have Jiji's congratulatory gifts been prepared?"

"Everything is prepared according to the order of the saint."

"Xichun."

"girl."

"Take half of the dowry from my account, and send it to Prince Zhao's house after the ceremony. It is said that Xi'er has been in the palace for 15 years, so she can be regarded as the adopted daughter of me and the official family, and it will be given as Xi'er's dowry."

"Yes."

Zhao Ping stepped forward, "The news just came from other provinces that the official ordered Qi Du to go out of the palace and bring the second daughter of Liu Xianggong's family into the palace."

"I know that the officials want Mrs. Liu to be the butcher."

"After all, the saint is in the inner palace, and the officials are in the front office during the day, and the female officials are in front of the emperor every day... Nowadays, many ministers say that the official's female officials are actually..."

"Is it actually a cover for choosing a concubine?" Xiao Youqing stroked the lion and cat, raised his head and said, "If I was born 20 years later and lived in the official family, I might not force myself to choose."

Then he lowered his head and ran along the long hair of the lion cat, "But I just want to be her wife instead of being her minister."