Chapter 195 Yuan Hongqu Wants to Become an Official

Liu Qianrou was born without crying and her face was covered in bruises. Yuan Hongqu guessed that she was probably lacking oxygen.

Everyone thought she wouldn't survive, but when they took her outside and put her in the cold, she started crying.

Yuan Hongqu thought that this might be because Liu Qianrou was stimulated by the cold air, and that she was breathing on her own, which is why she cried out and inhaled fresh air into her lungs.

However, Liu Qianrou was not very clever from a young age. Her family were all military men, and they raised their children in a carefree manner, not paying much attention to Liu Qianrou's lack of intelligence.

Although Liu Qianrou is not very clever, this is reflected in her slow learning, easy distraction, inability to read other people's expressions, and her straightforward and impulsive nature.

Her father was like that too.

Her grandfather was the same way.

So their family believes it's due to genetics.

I never imagined that the child's brain was damaged due to lack of oxygen during birth.

But even if we knew, there was nothing we could do. The child is already so old, and we don't have the means to treat him now.

Apart from that, Liu Qianrou grew up healthy and strong.

Duke Liguo was an extremely protective father, a typical doting father to his daughter.

I do whatever my daughter says, even though sometimes her requests are really brainless, as if her brain has been eaten by zombies.

However, coincidentally, the Duke of Liguo was not among them either.

Therefore, the father and daughter are on the same wavelength, and others cannot understand their thoughts.

They don't need anyone else to understand them.

Those who know their character won't hold it against them.

I'm too lazy to argue with a brainless idiot if I don't understand!

Daiyu and Yuan Hongqu talked about the Liu family for a while before going to sleep.

Yuan Hongqu, however, did not sleep.

She felt a bit miserable; even in ancient times, she still had to take exams.

After studying diligently for over a decade, only a small portion of the knowledge is actually applicable here, and I have to learn it all again and retake the exams…

For Daiyu's sake, keep going!

While Daiyu was sleeping, Yuan Hongqu went back to her room and slipped into the spatial dimension.

The space was spacious and bright, and there was even a time-cheating device, so she didn't have to worry about burning the midnight oil and going blind.

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Yuan Hongqu and Daiyu always lived a secluded life behind closed doors, and when they went out to socialize, they only went to the Rongguo Mansion, and had virtually no other social interactions.

Firstly, Daiyu was still observing mourning, and secondly, Yuan Hongqu's original identity was not suitable.

In other families, the lady of the house would go out to socialize with her daughter, but in the Lin family, it was the governess who took her out.

This will cause Daiyu to experience a psychological letdown.

Therefore, Yuan Hongqu decided to change her identity.

Having heard that there were female officials in the imperial court, she decided to apply for the position.

When Daiyu is out of mourning and can socialize normally, I will take her out with me.

Although she was not a noblewoman or any high-ranking official, if she became a female official, wouldn't her children no longer have to be inferior to others?

Whatever other families have, Daiyu must have too; whatever other families don't have, her family must have as well, so that Daiyu doesn't fall too far behind others.

With great ambition, Yuan Hongqu opened the book bag. She had asked someone to buy it from the bookstore, but she hadn't had time to read it yet.

She took out the first book and opened it to the first page:

Female Official Code of Conduct

author,

Originally called Red Lotus.

Yuan Hongqu paused for a moment, then flipped through the book.

Some memories seemed to flood her mind, but she felt as if something inside her was suppressing them, preventing her from accessing those memories at all.

Whenever she tries to recall, her mind feels like it's exploding with pain.

Yuan Hongqu threw the book aside.

She wasn't ambitious; at worst, she would just give up being a lady-in-waiting, and she had other ways to help Daiyu socialize.

But her mind was still a mess, and she couldn't calm down even after sitting quietly for a while.

Since I can't calm down, I'll go do some farm work in the yard.

Tomatoes need trellises, cucumbers need pollination, and this batch of chives has produced chive blossoms, which can be made into chive blossom sauce.

The cherries are ready to be harvested. The lychees are ripe, but they're too conspicuous to display now, so let's skip them.

A goose and its ducklings are singing "Singing with necks bent towards the sky."

The rooster and the hen are deeply in love.

Yuan Hongqu took off her shoes and stepped barefoot on the ground in the space, feeling as if the soil was nourishing her.

The feeling of my brain about to explode and my brain cells about to pop out was like a dream.

I felt instantly healed.

This is her space, her yard; everything here is real, not an illusion.

One book doesn't mean anything!

Yuan Hongqu was busy in the space until midnight, and finally her heart calmed down.

She replanted rice seedlings, harvested wheat, planted red beans, and planted peanuts.

We dug up some yams and picked some corn...

The grains are safely stored away.

Yuan Hongqu, like a diligent little hamster, harvested this and planted that.

Overnight, the space transformed once again.

Yuan Hongqu then felt a little sleepy.

I'm getting old and can't keep up anymore. I've never been this dramatic before, even when I used to stay up all night writing documents, making plans, and editing videos!

Daiyu's twenty-seven-month mourning period will end this year.

If one cannot become a female official through the normal examination, then one can only rely on other means.

For example, presenting treasures or making achievements.

Offering treasures is risky; when asked about their origin, she can't always claim they were brought by friends overseas.

It's more about achievements!

After all, she's a master at racking up achievements.

She had written quite a few things during the snowstorm before the Lunar New Year.

From disaster relief plans to epidemic prevention and post-disaster reconstruction, the influence of Yuan Hongqu can be seen everywhere.

And next to Yuan Hongqu was Daiyu, who belonged to the Lin family.

After being removed from the disaster relief team, the Lin family listened to the girl's advice the next day and went to the disaster area to distribute porridge and medicine.

The Lin family's porridge stall remained open until New Year's Eve before finally closing down.

On New Year's Eve, Miss Lin even took a whole ginseng root, had it ground into powder on the spot, and sprinkled it into the porridge.

The final ginseng porridge served as a perfect ending to the Lin family's porridge distribution campaign.

The Lin family's reputation also became extremely prominent among the disaster victims...

It was precisely because of these foundational elements that

Otherwise, Daiyu wouldn't have become a princess so easily.

The snow from a few days ago melted too quickly; I heard the riverbed couldn't hold up and the river has already swelled.

After receiving the warning, several counties downstream have begun to raise the river embankments to prevent flooding.

This time, Yuan Hongqu did not cooperate with Prince Xian, but went directly to the Ministry of Works.

The Minister of Works personally received them.

Yuan Hongqu was surprised to find that it was the head of the Ministry of Works who came to receive her. She wondered if it was because of the last time when all the nations came to pay tribute that someone remembered her name.

She didn't think much of it.

He simply shared his observations and solutions, and the Minister of Works accepted them all with a pleasant expression.

Yuan Hongqu never expected things to go so smoothly.

Looking back now, it's riddled with flaws.

Their own actions were full of flaws, but they all accepted them without question.

What exactly went wrong?