"Your Majesty, I admit my guilt, but my son is innocent, Your Majesty."

He couldn't escape death, but he wanted to take the woman who killed Cheng Zhe with him to be buried with him.

The old emperor saw that the man was "evil-minded" and added: "Punish the entire clan."

Cheng Shihang fell to the ground as if he was exhausted, and was finally dragged out like a dead dog.

Qin Ruchu: "System, the old emperor, why don't you let these poor women go?"

System: "The old emperor felt very sorry for them and decided to let them go."

The old emperor was very unhappy. He would be unhappy if anyone's thoughts were seen through by him.

Qin Ruchu secretly glanced at him, and the old emperor just turned around, so she could only see his back. She sighed: "I didn't expect the old emperor to be so compassionate to the weak. He seems to be a good emperor."

System: "Well, the old emperor looks at you like cattle and horses, so of course he hopes that you are well, otherwise where would he get the command from?"

Old emperor: "..." Don't say it so harshly, we are all Chinese people, of course we hope that our people can live a good life.

Sitting back in his chair, the old emperor's eyes fell on a group of poor women. "I know that you were all coerced by Cheng Zhe. Cheng Zhe's fate was entirely his own fault. I acquit you and release you."

"Thank you, Lord."

The women kowtowed to express their gratitude, but their faces did not show much joy. With their status, no good family would want them. Not to mention good families, even bachelors who could not find wives would not want to marry them. The lowest class of kilns would be their destination.

But they are all girls from wealthy families, how could they willingly degenerate?

The emperor waved his hand and asked them to leave. Only the old emperor, Tang Boqian and Qin Ruchu were left in the imperial study.

The old emperor looked at Qin Ruchu and said, "Qin has made great contributions in exposing the crime. I hereby appoint you as the official in charge of the Imperial Residence and concurrently as a member of the Ministry of Justice. I will also give you a reward of 100 taels of gold."

No more.

I feel really bad for the one hundred taels of silver.

Otherwise, if you get a basement of gold, you won't even pay a hundred taels.

Qin Ruchu was stunned, staring at the old emperor, and forgot to react: "System, did you hear me wrong? The old emperor actually let me be an official?"

You know, this dynasty is a bit like the Ming and Song dynasties in ancient times. Women must abide by the three obediences and four virtues, and the husband is the sky. Not to mention being an official, even showing your head in public is not allowed.

Girls from good families stay at home to incubate eggs, but, well, they never go out of the house. They only show up when life forces them to do so, even if they do, they will be pointed at and talked about.

Now, the emperor actually risked the world's disapproval and gave her an official title?

This...is she really not dreaming?

System: "I didn't expect that the host would become deaf at such a young age. You heard it right. The old emperor did give you an official title."

Qin Ruchu didn't care about the offense, and laughed: "That's great, you will be an official in the future, let's see who dares to look down on you. By the way, the old emperor is really old and shrewd, he can see that you have great talent at a glance."

The old emperor: “…” No, he didn’t see it. He just wanted to take advantage of the thing on her body that called itself a small barrel.

But why is it called a thin barrel? It's an ugly name.

Tang Woqian: "..." She's had enough, can you hold back a little? It's simply unbearable to watch.

놛 whispered, "Thank God for His grace."

"Oh, okay." Qin Ruchu came to his senses, propped up his hands on the ground, and said loudly, "Thank you, Your Majesty. Long live the emperor."