After becoming the king of the subjugated country

As the saying goes: Knowing a son is like knowing a father.The reverse of this sentence is also applicable.

As Master Zhao's prostitute, Zhao Xiu's daughter, Zhao Shu, has lived in the Zhao Mansion for 17 years. She knows how rigid and inflexible her father is.

When at home, in order to have a safe life, Mr. Zhao said that women must be dignified and quiet, and behave well, so Zhao Shu followed his requirements.Only when she saw a bold girl riding a horse and crossing the street in groups of three or four, Zhao Shu would unconsciously shake her head and watch them leave with some envy.For the rest of the time, she was the gentle and graceful daughter of the Zhao family.

I still remember when I left the house to go to the palace, Mr. Zhao complained to her that some women behaved out of line, and some two men behaved too much, and asked her to fight for a high position and persuade His Majesty in the harem to make everything right.

At that time, Zhao Shu really did not expect that she would one day become a member of the "chaos" that her father said.

Of course, it may be that the past 17 years have exhausted her suppleness. After coming to the palace, every scene she saw made her heart flutter.

——However, Zhao Shu didn't expect that she would see her father again so soon, and it was still in this scene!

There are more than a dozen cases in this room, and there are various account books and files on them. Originally, there were only Xiu Nu here, and everyone knew each other. They were talking and laughing while handling official business, and the atmosphere was very happy.

But after Mr. Zhao came in, it was like a wolf blocking the door of the sheep pen. The original laughter and laughter suddenly disappeared, and the group of sheep trembled.

There was a dead silence all around, Master Zhao took a closer look at the room, and saw a group of beautiful women in palace attire, all dressed very neatly, he hurriedly glanced away, not daring to look more, and couldn't help looking at the sun outside the window.

Well, it's in the east, and now it's about to be, the sun's position is no problem.

Mr. Zhao took two steps back, and glanced at the door plaque, only to see that [Donglin Garden] was clearly marked on it, and he did not go to the wrong place, this is where his superiors told him to come to check accounts.

There was no way, Mr. Zhao pinched himself again, he grinned his teeth in pain, and tried to endure the pain on his face, pretending to be nonchalant.

So, why are there so many show girls here?

Mr. Zhao has a lot to say, but there are too many people here, so he can only wink at Zhao Shu.

A thin layer of cold sweat broke out on Zhao Shu's back, and she finally calmed down after receiving the caring and eager eyes of the little sisters around her, and tried her best to recall the expressions of the adults she had seen, imitating them to show a confident and calm smile , got up and said to the other show girls: "You guys do it first, I have something to do, go out for a moment, and I will come to check later."

Seeing his daughter easily comprehending his intentions, Mr. Zhao relaxed a lot. Seeing his daughter give orders to other beautiful girls, he even showed a smile. After Zhao Shu finished explaining the matter, he and Zhao Shu walked away together. to the outside.

Mr. Zhao pulled Zhao Shu to stand outside under the shade of the tree. Seeing that they seemed to have something to say, the palace servants who stood in the distance quickly found an excuse to leave and gave them enough space.

"Shu'er," Master Zhao hesitated to speak, he frowned and glanced at Zhao Shu's attire, "How could you..."

How can you dress like this!

Where is the beauty of my daughter's house?

Mr. Zhao is full of things to say, but this is the imperial palace, not Zhao's mansion, and Zhao Shu's current identity is a beautiful girl, so he can't easily teach her a lesson.

Zhao Shu quickly explained: "Father, it's not that I dress like this, but His Majesty said that he prefers us to dress like this. You see, in order to meet His Majesty's wishes, I even took off all the jade bracelets on my head and my hand. .” She didn’t believe that anyone would dare to seek proof from His Majesty.

Mr. Zhao was skeptical at first, but then suddenly realized, oh, Your Majesty likes men, so it is rare for women to dress up as men.

Ah, that's fine.

Zhao Shu didn't know what Master Zhao was thinking about, but when he saw his expression calm down, he simply lowered his head and looked aggrieved, "I don't want to be like this, but the princess is also dressed like this, and she said that anyone who behaves badly will be punished." Send it out, Father, as I see it—"

"In my opinion, you have persisted for so long, so you should persist until the end," Mr. Zhao dissuaded with a gentle face, quickly blocking Zhao Shu's unspoken words, "Actually, you are not bad in dressing up as a man. , I’m afraid I’ll think I’ve got another son. Don’t worry, I’ll tell your mother, if you behave well in the palace, our family will be proud of you.”

Zhao Shu also sighed a little, as if thinking about Mr. Zhao's words, then raised her head and smiled again, "Father, don't worry."

Master Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again: "Then why are there so many beautiful girls gathered there?"

Zhao Shu lowered her voice, "Father, let me tell you quietly that His Majesty valued his daughter, so he put those beautiful girls by his side and asked her to manage them. A few days ago, I also met with Your Majesty and told His Majesty In a few words, His Majesty even praised me."

While talking, Zhao Shu recalled what happened that day, and couldn't help showing a genuine smile.

She took the account book to His Majesty to make a final report. Although it was only a cup of tea, His Majesty treated her gently and carefully, neither being overly tolerant nor underestimating her because she was a woman, but just giving a few words of advice. Let her study.

No wonder sisters Ning and Bi are willing to follow His Majesty. Such a king is indeed rare.

Mr. Zhao was also very satisfied. After listening to Zhao Shu's words and seeing her reaction, he felt that his daughter would definitely be the top of this group of beautiful women. It seemed that the position of the third lady was not inconclusive, and the queen seemed to be able to imagine it.

The revival of the family is just around the corner.

The ideas of the two were completely different, but in the end they also achieved a scene of harmony between father and daughter.

After finishing whispering, Mr. Zhao finally remembered to do serious business, and returned to [Donglin Garden], and started to reconcile accounts, that's right, the group of people in front of him are all beautiful women, why does it feel so weird...

Mr. Zhao was still thinking about it while reconciling the account. The beautiful woman in charge of him couldn't stand it anymore, "Mr. Zhao, are you paying attention!"

Although this beautiful girl is dressed like a man, she has red nails on her slender fingers, and now the nails have poked on the page in front of him, "Master Zhao, thanks to the fact that you are still an official of the Ministry of Household Affairs, why haven't you understood this new style yet?" How to do the account? Depreciation and depreciation! Why is the price of new rice and old rice still the same? Are you embezzled or did you not read the account carefully at all!"

Xiunu still felt puzzled. She was a little panicked at first, but the more she looked at the account book, the more angry she became. Now she can't wait to eat this Mr. Zhao alive. !"

Master Zhao: "..."

Why did he think about it, this sentence is like what his father scolded him when he was a child...

Mr. Zhao wiped his face, he couldn't get angry and couldn't care about it, after all, he really made a mistake, and the girl in front of him was a beautiful woman, and her fortune was behind her.

This new-style account was proposed by Bi Xuan, and Qin Sheng sorted out the past usages. In addition, all the original Chinese characters were changed to numbers for accounting, and they were really dizzy when using it.

Zhao Shu took a few steps forward and said thoughtfully, "Why don't I do it for my father. During this time, the mothers in the palace have also taught me something. Father, why don't you sit by the side and rest first."

Mr. Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, said yes, and agreed without saying a word.

More and more people came in, and more and more people sat beside Mr. Zhao, drinking tea with him.

Only a handful of people were busy checking accounts with these show girls. They were busy until dusk, and Mr. Zhao and others also drank tea until dusk.

On the second day, Mr. Zhao and others still came to drink tea, and the group of them chatted about the recent popular dramas in Kyoto.

On the third day, they began to talk freely about state affairs.

On the fourth day, the gap between the two groups became more and more obvious.

Number one...Master Zhao finally realized that there was nothing left for him at all, except that the miscellaneous things had been taken care of.

Master Zhao was amazed in his heart, and looked at the people beside him, "They are just thinking about inviting names for a while, so why don't we give them some pointers and modify a few places."

The people beside him nodded, and patted Mr. Zhao on the shoulder, "Well, let's drink tea, these girls will go back to continue the final selection soon."

Yes, they will enter the harem in the future and will not come out again.

They are not colleagues, and they will not work together in the future. As long as they don't meet in the future, it will be fine.

What they expected to see was revealed to be impossible on the seventh day.

On the second day after the completion of this matter, they were all called away again to participate in the final election.

The layout of the harem this time is five bureaus. The original Shangju was directly cut off. Now it is Shanggong Bureau, Shangyi Bureau, Shangfu Bureau, Shangshi Bureau, Shanggong Bureau, and part of the content of the six parts naturally overlaps. of.

Ji Chen didn't intend to stimulate the courtiers to death on the spot at once, so he just briefly introduced the situation of the next five rounds to these show girls and asked them to choose by themselves.

Whether to stay as a female officer, or go home and marry.

Ji Chen just used the fifth bureau as a buffer, first to fool them not to easily oppose the work of the female officials, to give the courtiers room to accept, and let them see that the female officials also have the same talent.

Bai Qi stood in the distance, watching them silently, a ray of sunlight shone in through the window, the ice and snow outside the house melted, and spring had arrived.

He only felt that he seemed to be witnessing the future and fate.

Finally, someone moved.

The most outstanding show girl, Zhao Shu, stepped forward first, and then walked to the token of the Shang Palace Bureau.Her palms seemed a little sweaty, she first flipped the token with her fingers, then took a deep breath and clenched it tightly, "I want to be a female officer."

She wants to go outside.

The fringed tassels dangled under her palm, glistening in the incoming sunlight.

On the tenth day of March, it is advisable to move, cut clothes, and open the market.

Yesterday, all the beautiful girls returned home, and today, the imperial decree of entrustment will come down.

Naturally, the Zhao family couldn't help mobilizing teachers and mobilizing the crowd, prepared the case table, got up early to burn incense and bathe, took the family to drink tea in the hall, and waited to receive the imperial edict.

As he expected, around noon, a group of eunuchs dressed in dark blue came with the imperial decree, and declared the decree directly without saying a word: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the decree said: Zhao's females are Minhui, outstanding, and canonize as empress A sixth-rank female official in the Palace Bureau enjoys the treatment of a sixth-rank official in the court."

Zhao Shuhuan happily accepted the order, but Mr. Zhao was struck by lightning. Why, why did he become a female official? ?

Shouldn't Zhao Shu be named wife?No matter how bad it is, she should get one of the nine concubines, right?

The eunuch looked solemn, squinted his eyes, and reminded: "Master Zhao..."

Zhao Shu interjected: "My father is so happy that he is stupid."

Mr. Zhao came back to his senses immediately, and tried to squeeze out a smile, "Yes, yes, I am so happy."

Thunder, rain and dew are all due to Jun's kindness, he dared to show his face on the spot, and the eunuch dared to write it down for him on the spot, and immediately returned to the palace to report.

The eunuch nodded unconsciously, looking a little silly, forget it, bear with it.

After the eunuch left, the Zhao family was in chaos.

Mrs. Zhao held her handkerchief and wept, "My poor daughter."

Zhao Shu carefully read the words and sentences on the imperial decree, unconsciously raised the corners of her mouth, and played with the female officer's seal that was sent along with her, ignoring the troubles and sorrows of the people around her, feeling very happy.

Mr. Zhao broke three teacups, panting and pointed at the butler, "Go, you go and ask me immediately, which one is the queen or concubine, and ask me about their identities! "

Each family is happy and each family is sad. When the people who come and go to inquire accidentally meet each other, they each tell their own information, and they finally find out...

This batch of show girls were all sacked, no one entered the harem at all, and all of them became female officials!

No matter how good-sounding the female official's name was, they didn't take it to heart at all, and they didn't like it at all.

In the teahouse, when Qin Shu announced the news, the people next to him couldn't believe it, and asked, "What did you say? What happened to Xiu Nu?"

Qin Shu said generously: "I said that they all became female officials, but they all have grades and are quite powerful."

The hands of the tea drinkers trembled, and the cups broke;

The worst thing was the walking guest. He slipped his foot in agitation, did splits on the spot, and screamed loudly: "Ah——!"

It can be said that it is very sad.

In the casino, Boss Zhou cheerfully rolled up [-] strips of red silk about Xiunv, and asked someone to bring in the taels of silver. He smiled while ordering the boxes.

He made a lot of money!

Those who participated in the gambling game looked at him through gritted teeth, their eyes were almost red, "How could there be no one?"

The people next to him also looked at him tremblingly, in disbelief and feeling that this matter was outrageous.

Boss Zhou pointed to the remaining two red silks, "Why aren't there? Aren't there two people left? Maybe one of them is the queen and the other is the imperial concubine."

A howl came from the crowd, "But they are men!"

Boss Zhou rubbed his chin, "Damn, let's do this, who would make His Majesty happy."

Boss Zhou didn't understand the situation in the court, so he could only guess vaguely. It shouldn't be that simple.

The door of the Qin family was knocked quickly, this time Qin Sheng got the news of Ji Chen first, and left Beijing on business without a word, leaving only his poor old father at home surrounded by a crowd.

Not only the Qin family, but also the other old cabinet families were approached by people. There was an endless stream of people at the door of more than a dozen families, all of them bowed their heads and dared not say a word when they went out.

On the same day, the number of scrapped porcelains reached a new high.

A group of people looked at each other in blank dismay, and the draft family who had avoided suspicion and suppressed each other had to find a place to meet.

Under the dim light, someone spoke first, "Is it true that everyone is a female officer?"

"Can't lie to you, how can we hide this matter!"

"My girl is so outstanding, not to mention the beauty of the country, she is also like a flower, she has never been out of the door since she was a child—"

"Then what's wrong with my family? I have been raised by gold and jade since I was a child, and I just hope that they will have such a day!"

They were dissatisfied at first, and finally someone patted the table and said: "I don't believe it. In the first general election, can His Majesty not seal anyone? Even if you don't want a queen, you should choose a good one as a concubine, so that you can give birth to children." !"

"It may not be that there are none." The person listening on the side touched his beard and analyzed seriously: "After all, there are still two who have not come out with their will. If you really count, this election is not annihilated."

Master Zhao: "..."

The rest of the people: "..."

To be honest, this is even more terrifying.

The thought of one of the two of them becoming a queen made their scalps tingle, and they felt that the heavens were going to kill them.

Moreover, all of you here have basically publicly expressed your opposition to His Majesty's request for a male draft, and believe that men should not enter the harem.

Just... is there still a chance to regret it now?