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

This is Cheng Wan’s second time in Beijing. Cheng Wan’s biggest feeling at this moment is that Beijing is worthy of being Beijing.

Eight streets and nine alleys, soft red fragrant soil.

The prosperous capital is back.

The people in the capital stood on both sides of the wide streets, looking out at this strange and huge team passing by, their eyes full of curiosity and excitement.

"Why is the leader a girl? Could it be that the princess is leading the team herself?" Some people were talking in a very low voice to the person next to them.

"It doesn't look like that. Besides, a princess of her size wouldn't show up in public."

"If it's not a princess, then it can't be the queen, right? I guess it's most likely the princess."

A man next to him turned his head and looked at the two people who were talking in a low voice: "Haven't you heard? When the emperor was in Liangzhou, he made an exception and appointed a woman as an official. This woman is extraordinary. She has made many great contributions. Some time ago, the emperor issued an edict to appoint her as a marquis!"

!!!

The people nearby all looked over, their eyes wider than each other.

They really haven't heard about this.

"So, the woman who led the group just now is... the newly appointed marquis by the emperor?!"

The man who released the "bomb" nodded and sighed: "I guess it's that person."

"This...this..., I've never heard of a woman being able to become an official or a noble!"

"How is this possible?"

"Yeah, how is that possible?"

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The people were shocked and confused, feeling that their previous understanding had suddenly become confused.

Some people even pinched themselves hard, wondering if they were dreaming.

Cheng Wan had no idea how much psychological shock her high-profile entry into the city had caused to the people of the capital. At this moment, she was thinking about the Zhaoping Marquis Mansion, which she had never seen before.

Just after entering the city, Xu Zhinian's uncle Mao Yuanyi sent the attendant who had always been with him to deliver a letter to Cheng Wan.

The meaning of the letter is simple.

Xu Zhinian will first stay at the Mao Mansion. In addition, Cheng Wan must first go to the emperor to report. Old Lady Lin and others at the end of the team will be led by people sent by Mao Yuanyi to the Zhaoping Marquis Mansion, so Cheng Wan can rest assured.

Cheng Wan was naturally relieved, but he felt a little regretful that he could not step into the Marquis Zhaoping Mansion for the first time with Old Lady Lin and others.

She was really looking forward to what the Zhaoping Marquisate that the emperor bestowed upon her would look like...

Outside the gate of the imperial city, the Minister of Rites was holding the imperial edict, and a group of officials had been waiting there for a long time.

Cheng Wanli saw the scene at the gate of the imperial city from afar and immediately understood that who would become the queen would be decided today.

Sure enough, the imperial edict in the hands of the Minister of Rites was the one that conferred the title of empress.

Concubine Liu finally got what she wanted.

From now on, Concubine Liu is the queen who rules the country and the emperor's legitimate wife.

After the imperial edict was read, Concubine Liu, no, the Queen was helped to stand up by Leng He. She took the imperial edict, turned around and looked at the people kneeling on the ground, with burning ambition in her eyes.

"The Queen is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

"The Queen is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

"The Queen is a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

Cheng Wan knelt on the ground with an honest look on his face, and shouted "Long live the Queen" three times with the others.

"Flat body."

"Thank you, empress."

The imperial city has the most honorable hostess, and the other noble masters will naturally be arranged by the queen.

At this point, Cheng Wan had completed ninety-eight steps of this mission, with only two steps left: one was to hand over the sweet potatoes to the Ministry of Revenue, and the other was to report to the emperor.

Jiaotai Hall.

The emperor was sitting at the top, looking at the report in his hand, and said in a steady voice: "You have done a good job. The store deed you wanted has been placed in your mansion. You may leave now."

"Your Majesty, I have a favor to ask."

Cheng Wan bowed his head, his voice full of absolute respect.

The emperor turned his eyes away from the report and turned to Cheng Wan, with no extra emotion on his face: "What's the matter?"

"Thanks to the Emperor's grace, I have been granted the title of Marquis. My mother and grandmother have also been fortunate enough to receive the title of Marquis. However, my family is of ordinary origin and knows very little about many rules and etiquette. Therefore, I would like to ask the Emperor to grant me two etiquette aunts so that my family can adapt to the capital as soon as possible."

Cheng Wan asked the emperor for etiquette for two reasons.

First, as Cheng Wan just said, the Cheng family needs an etiquette aunt.

The second is to show the emperor that everything in Zhaoping Marquis Mansion comes from the emperor's grace. Without the emperor, the Cheng family is nothing. Cheng Wan wants to "tie Zhaoping Marquis Mansion" and the emperor together as much as possible, so that the emperor feels that Zhaoping Marquis Mansion cannot do without him and Zhaoping Marquis Mansion is "his own people".

The emperor frowned slightly and said, "Changfu, go pick two aunts for Marquis Zhaoping."

"Yes, old slave, go right away."

Chang Fu bowed and retreated, quickly calculating in his mind which two aunts were more honest and decent.

Marquis Zhaoping personally asked the emperor for his aunts, and the emperor agreed. If the two aunts did not recognize their own identities after going to Marquis Zhaoping's mansion and put on airs in front of Marquis Zhaoping's family, wouldn't that destroy the relationship between the emperor and Marquis Zhaoping?

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Cheng Wan's voice was sincere and he bent his waist even lower. To anyone who could see it, he looked very grateful to the emperor.

"Take care of your family affairs as soon as possible, then report to the Ministry of Personnel, and leave now."

"My minister retire."

Cheng Wan bowed and said goodbye, then turned and left.

The emperor continued to read the report, but a hint of joy flashed across his eyes.

He was very pleased that Cheng Wan would always come to him for help whenever he had any problem.

This is the good minister that he can trust...

Cheng Wan went into the palace and when he left, he was followed by two aunts from the palace.

The two aunts, one named Xia Yun and the other named Zhichun, both seemed gentle and easy-going, and they were very respectful to Cheng Wan.

Cheng Wan didn't know whether her two aunts would feel resentful because she had taken them from the palace to Marquis Zhaoping's Mansion.

Regardless of whether they have grievances or not, once they enter the Marquis Zhaoping's Mansion, they are his people. As long as the two aunts do their jobs well, Cheng Wan will naturally not treat them unfairly.

The official duties came to a temporary end. Cheng Wan suppressed his excitement and hurried to the Marquis Zhaoping's Mansion with his two aunts.

The Marquis Zhaoping Mansion was not too far from the imperial city, and the area was inhabited by the rich and powerful. Cheng Wan found the location of the Marquis Zhaoping Mansion without much effort, and then she saw Old Lady Lin and others standing outside the gate of the mansion.

"Grandma, Dad, Mom, what are you doing standing outside the door? Why don't you go in?"

When Old Lady Lin saw Cheng Wan coming back, she felt like she had seen a savior. Just as she was about to run towards Cheng Wan, she noticed that there were two women following Cheng Wan who were obviously not ordinary people.

Mrs. Lin cleared her throat, and speaking slowly with a ladylike demeanor, "Ah Wan is back. We thought that since you are the head of the family, it is your first time entering the mansion, so we should wait for you to go in together."

Wang and Cheng Daniu looked at each other.

Waiting for Ah Wan to enter the mansion together was certainly one reason, but the main reason was actually because they were a little scared by the grandness of the mansion gate, and wanted to wait for Ah Wan to come back so that they would have the confidence to enter the mansion...