Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

In the nave, the original relaxed atmosphere suddenly disappeared, leaving only a suffocating silence.

King Rui sat upright, with bottomless eyes. No one could guess what was inside, "Do you know what you are talking about?"

Gu Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he was ready to plead for Cheng Wan if King Rui got angry.

No matter what, he wouldn't let anything happen to Cheng Wan.

Cheng Wan walked to the middle step by step and looked at Prince Rui calmly, "I know, and I am extremely sober. Your Majesty, I want to enter the officialdom and be an official!"

"Officials have always been men."

"If you allow me, starting from me, there will be women as officials."

"You are only fourteen or fifteen years old. Even if a man is an official, you cannot enter the officialdom at such a young age."

"Special circumstances are treated with special treatment. I feel that my mental age is not young at all."

"Are you literate? How many books have you read? You can't become an official just by talking about it."

"I am literate and have memorized the books required for the scholar examination. I am self-aware and do not expect to be a big official. I just want to be a small official first."

"First? Does that mean you are still planning to climb up in the future?"

"Why not? Men are your subjects, but as a woman, am I not?"

Prince Rui narrowed his eyes at Cheng Wan and said in a deep voice, "Cheng Wan, you are going to risk the disapproval of the world."

"Your Majesty, you have the final say in this world."

"If this king allows you, the officials and the scholars below will definitely be dissatisfied and start a riot."

"I'm the one who asked for the official. They can come to me if they want. I promise not to hurt their lives."

Prince Rui looked at Cheng Wan and said nothing for a long time.

"Cheng Wan, this road is very dangerous."

"I'm ready, I just ask you to give me a chance." Cheng Wan arched her eyebrows, "Your Majesty, I won't embarrass you in the history books."

King Rui turned his finger and stopped talking.

Cheng Wan knew that Prince Rui was thinking about the feasibility of this matter, so she stood quietly waiting for Prince Rui to make a decision.

Gu Yan wanted to speak for Cheng Wan, but Cheng Wan stopped him with his eyes.

She can only discuss this matter with Prince Rui herself.

At this moment, Chang Fu came in holding an exquisite plate.

"Your Majesty, the sweet potatoes are cooked and my servant has cut them into segments."

Chang Fu bowed and stood beside King Rui, slightly raising the plate in his hand. King Rui reached out and pinched a piece of sweet potato, put it in front of his nose, smelled it, then opened his mouth and took a bite.

"It tastes good. Mingfang and Yanchu, you two should try it too."

Chang Fu quickly held the plate and walked to Mu Yao and Gu Yan one after another. Mu Yao and Gu Yan each reached out and took a piece of sweet potato.

Mu Yao chewed the sweet potato and frowned slightly, "It tastes really good."

King Rui finished the sweet potato in his hand in two bites, took the brocade handkerchief handed over by Chang Fu and wiped the corners of his mouth and hands, "Chang Fu, please arrange for someone to quickly inform the chiefs of Sima and Sixth Division that they are here to discuss matters."

"Yes."

Chang Fu was about to bow and exit when Cheng Wan suddenly said: "Your Majesty, could you please send someone to Suilou to tell Minnu's family that Minnu will not go back for lunch at noon, so as not to worry them."

Prince Rui nodded casually, "Chang Fu, you arranged this matter."

"Yes." Chang Fu bowed and retreated.

"Wait for them to come." After saying that, Prince Rui sat back in his chair, closed his eyes to rest, and stopped talking.

Cheng Wan's eyes flashed, knowing that there would be a bigger tough battle to be fought later.

Two quarters of an hour later, Sima from Liangzhou arrived first.

"I'm meeting with the prince and the crown prince. I wonder why the prince has summoned me so urgently."

Prince Rui turned his finger without answering Sima's question first, "Chang Fu."

Chang Fu walked to Sima holding the plate he took off the heat preservation stove and said, "Sir Yan, please."

Lord Sima Yan looked at the things on the plate inexplicably, then looked up at Prince Rui, "Your Majesty, is this...?"

"This thing is called sweet potato. It's a new food. You need to taste it first."

Master Yan reached for a piece of sweet potato and put it to his mouth and took a bite.

"how?"

Master Yan looked conflicted, and finally decided to tell the truth: "Your Majesty, this sweet potato tastes okay. It's novel, but it's not that delicious."

Prince Rui leaned forward, stared at Master Yan, and said slowly: "What if I tell you that this thing can produce three to four thousand kilograms per mu?"

Master Yan: "???!!!"

Master Yan looked down at the sweet potato in his hand that he had taken a bite from, his face was dull, as if he was talking to Prince Rui, or talking to himself: "My lord, are you kidding me? Where in the world are you kidding me?" Is there a magical creature that can produce three or four thousand kilograms per mu? But how could you, my lord, joke about such a thing? So what you are saying, my lord, must be true. In other words, this food called sweet potato can really produce three or four thousand kilograms per mu. Thousand catties, three or four thousand catties!”

"Your Majesty!" Lord Yan suddenly raised his head and looked at Prince Rui, his eyes bursting with astonishing light.

Prince Rui smiled and nodded, "The people of the world are blessed, and I, the king, am also blessed. Sima, these sweet potatoes and the previous Quyuan plow were all donated by this Miss Cheng."

Master Yan turned to look at Cheng Wan, who was standing quietly aside, stroking his gray beard and nodding in appreciation.

"The hibiscus comes from the water, the jade is made from heaven, the girl is great!"

Lord Yan looked at Prince Rui again, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Miss Cheng must be well rewarded for her great achievements!"

"That's natural." Prince Rui stood up and walked not far away from Lord Yan, "Sima, I am going to appoint Miss Cheng as a ninth-grade minister and serve in Xingnong Yamen. What do you think?"

Cheng Wan's heart skipped a beat, and she clenched her hands into fists under her sleeves, trying to control the excitement in her heart.

Contrary to Cheng Wan, Master Yan, who was originally smiling, froze completely. He looked up at Prince Rui in disbelief, wondering who had kicked Prince Rui's brain.

"Prince"

"Sima," Prince Rui narrowed his eyes slightly, and his voice was plain but filled with supreme majesty, "I think you will support me, right?"

Lord Yan met King Rui's unfathomable eyes, his heart trembled, he swallowed, but he still mustered up the courage to say: "Wang, Wangye, she...she is a woman, and she has no fame. , if you appoint her as an official, it will definitely cause turmoil. At this time, this move is too risky!"

Mr. Yan became more and more obedient as he spoke, "Your Majesty, if you really want to reward Miss Cheng, you can reward Miss Cheng with ten thousand taels of gold, good farmland and a shop, or reward your father and brother. Or if things are done, you can make Miss Cheng the county head. You can just grant her the title directly." For Miss Cheng to be an official, this is really..."

Lord Yan knelt down on the ground with a plop, "My lord, please think again."

Prince Rui lowered his eyes and looked at Master Yan's head, turned his finger, and said calmly: "With the plow and sweet potatoes in hand, the people can return to their hearts. How much turmoil can an insignificant ninth-grade sesame official cause in the general situation?"

"Sima, is your behavior really for the overall situation, or is it for selfishness?"