Su Fengyi walked out of the Zhenxia Pavilion and gave Wutong a wink.

When Wutong saw the eldest princess's expression, she knew something was wrong, but there were many people in the palace, so she didn't ask a word and followed the eldest princess out of the palace in a hurry.

It was not until they left the palace and reached a secluded place that Su Fengyi said to Wutong:

"Wutong, the emperor wants you to enter the palace, do you want to enter the palace?"

After hearing this, Wutong was completely stunned. He looked at Su Fengyi with a pale face, as if he was about to fall down in the next moment, and murmured:

"How? How? Why? Why?"

Seeing that she didn't reply, Su Fengyi continued:

“In fact, entering the palace is also a good way out.

In terms of appearance, although my younger brother does some naughty things, he is about the same age as you and has a handsome appearance, so it is not unfair to you.

If you look for someone else, it would be difficult to find one whose appearance can rival that of the emperor.

In terms of money, as a queen, with fine clothes and delicious food, the monthly salary would naturally be much higher than what she gets now in the Princess's Mansion, and she wouldn't have to work as hard as she does now.

In terms of your future, being a fifth-rank official like a Changshi is the limit of your career in the officialdom. If you want to make a name for yourself, get out of the Princess's Mansion, and seize power from those people, it will probably be difficult.

But in the palace, if you can gain favor, your future will naturally be limitless, and naturally longer-term than that of the chief historian.

So, Wutong, do you want to enter the palace?"

Wutong felt her head buzzing and she couldn't even stand steadily. She held onto the wall to steady herself. Tears welled up in her eyes and the voice she spoke didn't sound like her own. She replied:

"Your Highness, do you want me to enter the palace?

If Your Highness wants me to enter the palace, and if my entry into the palace would be useful to Your Highness.

I, your humble servant, am willing to..."

Su Fengyi interrupted her:

"Wutong, what I'm asking is whether you are willing or not, not whether I want to do it or whether it is useful to me.

It's you, Lu Qingtong, do you want to enter the palace and become a queen?"

Wutong looked at the princess's face and her sincere expression. Suddenly, a surge of courage rose from the bottom of her heart. She stood up straight and replied loudly:

"I don't want to, I don't want to, entering the palace to be a queen is just like being a concubine.

When my mother was my father's concubine, they were also in love under the moonlight.

My stepmother wanted to sell me and my mother, but he didn't say a word. He used the money from selling us to buy a young and beautiful concubine.

Your Highness, I don’t want to!”

Wutong suddenly started yelling so loudly that it almost deafened people. Su Fengyi covered her ears, threw the imperial edict to Wutong, and said:

"Okay, okay, if you don't want to, then don't want to. Why are you shouting so loudly? Are you afraid that the emperor can't hear you?

Take it carefully, this is the path you choose yourself, don’t cry when you regret it later.

Let's go to the Ministry of Personnel to get your official seal."

Wutong took it in a panic, opened it, and saw that it was the imperial edict appointing him as the chief secretary of the Princess's Mansion. He burst into tears and laughed, and chased after the Princess, shouting:

"Your Highness, were you teasing me just now?

Ahhhh, how can Your Highness act like a master like this? You even treat such things as a joke!

I took it seriously!"

Su Fengyi's smiling voice came from afar:

"Hurry up and come, or you will be late to get your rice allowance from the Ministry of Revenue.

Don't be stingy. Everyone who sees it will get a share. Take the rice back and I will get a bowl of it.

The chief secretary of the Prince's Palace has a monthly salary of 16 dan of rice. Do you think you can carry it with your small body?"

……

If you want to go to the rice warehouse to collect your salary, you must first go to the Ministry of Revenue to get your monthly salary certificate. If you want to get your monthly salary certificate, you must first have an official seal.

So Su Fengyi first took Wutong to the Ministry of Personnel to report and receive the official seal.

There was originally a chief secretary in the Princess's Mansion, a real Jinshi appointed by the court, and the official seal was also originally made.

However, in the original book, the eldest princess did not like having an old man living in her mansion and meddling in everything, so she dismissed the chief secretary, and the chief secretary's official seal was returned to the Ministry of Personnel and sealed.

The eldest princess came to the Ministry of Personnel in person, and the Minister of Personnel, Lord Meng, received her personally and welcomed Su Fengyi into the lobby of the Ministry of Personnel.

Su Fengyi didn't bother to be polite with him. She asked Wutong to give the imperial edict to Lord Meng and said directly:

"Sir Meng, the emperor has issued an edict to appoint Sir Lu Qingtong as the chief official of this palace. Sir Meng, please help me with the formalities and get the official seal."

Lord Meng is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel. As the head of the department, Lord Meng is best at building relationships and smoothing things over, and he never embarrasses anyone in person.

So although according to the rules, new officials need to come in person to receive the official seal, the eldest princess only brought a maid, and Lord Lu did not come at all, which was completely inconsistent with the rules for receiving the official seal.

Lord Meng didn't even frown. He smiled and ordered his subordinates to find the sealed official seal.

It would take some time to find the official seal, so Lord Meng accompanied the eldest princess to drink tea and chat with her.

While chatting, Lord Meng counted the officials in the court, inside and outside the capital, and went through the list of successful candidates in the past ten years in his mind, making sure that he had never heard of Lord Lu.

I don't know where this Lord Lu came from. He was able to receive the emperor's personal decree and gain the princess's favor, who even personally came to get the official seal for him.

He actually didn't know about such a person, which was really a dereliction of duty on his part.

Of course, no matter where this Lord Lu came from, they will be colleagues in the future, and he, as the Minister of Personnel, should find out and understand it clearly.

So Lord Meng sincerely asked:

"I wonder why Lord Lu didn't come in person today? I still want to make friends with him, congratulate him, and ask for a drink."

Su Fengyi looked at him with amusement:

"Lord Lu? Isn't he right here?"

Lord Meng looked around in confusion:

"Forgive me for my poor eyesight. I really didn't see anyone except Your Highness and His Highness..."

Lord Meng couldn't continue speaking. He saw the eldest princess' maid take a step forward.

Damn it, she looks like a woman no matter how you look at her!

Lord Meng looked at the princess's maid in surprise, then at the princess, still unconvinced, and asked cautiously:

"Could it be, could it be, this is it?"

Wutong said:

"It's me. I am Lu Qingtong. Why, Master Meng, am I not considered a human being?"

My God, listening to this voice, it really is a woman!

The emperor actually appointed a woman as an official in the court!

Lord Meng has been in the officialdom for more than ten years and has seen all kinds of absurd things, especially such absurd things.

Su Fengyi calmly watched Lord Meng, who looked very confused, adjusting himself, and then asked with a smile:

"Does Lord Meng have any objection to the imperial edict?"

Lord Meng immediately shook his head and denied it flatly:

"I dare not! I dare not! Your Majesty is wise and wise, how dare I have any objection!"

Let her be a woman, anyway, she is in the princess' own residence, she has her own chief secretary, and she doesn't have many opportunities to deal with the Ministry of Personnel on weekdays.

As long as he doesn't come to the court, Lord Meng decided to turn a blind eye and pretend he doesn't know!

After receiving the official seal, Su Fengyi took out the small seal, spread it on the palm of her hand, and asked Wutong with a smile:

"Wutong, do you know what this is?"

Wutong looked at the official seal in the eldest princess's hand and asked in confusion:

"Official seal?"

Su Fengyi took her hand, handed the official seal to her solemnly, and then said:

"No, it's power."

The world of power is not easily open to women. Lu Qingtong, since you have chosen to take this path, then accompany me all the way.

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