Chapter 423 Climbing the Social Ladder
"One bowl per person is about right, but I doubt it will be enough."
“You have to drink mung bean soup, otherwise you’ll definitely get heatstroke. I got a blueprint for this thing. It can blow air. Study it and get the Ministry of Works to make it as soon as possible.”
Lin Mingqian had already drunk some drinks when he arrived.
"This windmill is different from the previous one. This one is definitely better and saves effort."
Murong Yuanzhou glanced at Lin Mingqian and said, "My brother and sister-in-law are such diligent and hardworking people, how could they have given birth to such an ignorant and incompetent person like you? I find it very strange."
It's not that he's ignorant or incompetent; he just genuinely doesn't want to climb the social ladder. He's indifferent to everything, and his only interest is in how to make himself more comfortable.
Lin Mingqian touched his ear. "Stop scolding me. You can only sleep peacefully if I'm not ambitious. Otherwise, the day you sit on the throne, you'll dream in the middle of the night that I've overthrown you."
Murong Yuanzhou was speechless for a moment. "You're really good at spouting nonsense. Get back to work."
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The mung bean soup was distributed, but there were too many people in the Ministry of Works, so it wasn't enough. Murong Yuanzhou then paid for it out of his own pocket.
"Come and drink some mung bean soup, it's a gift from His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"My goodness, it's so hot today! Your Highness's mung bean soup is like a timely rain!"
"Wow, it's still chilled! Only His Highness the Crown Prince would be so generous!"
The crowd rushed over in a flurry, and Chen Sixu, who was tidying up her things, heard it too, but she only came over after she had put her things away.
"Sixu, it's too hot today. After you drink the mung bean soup, go sit down and rest for a while. No one will say anything. Don't tire yourself out."
The person distributing the mung bean soup was Xiao Cheng from the Ministry of Works, who looked at Chen Sixu with great concern.
Xiao Cheng is not yet married, and a beautiful young woman has come to visit. All his eyes are on her.
"It's alright, everyone's busy, so it's only right that I'm busy too. There's no reason for me to rest when everyone else is busy." Shen Sixu shook her head and smiled shyly.
She took a sip of the sweet and icy mung bean soup and thought to herself, "His Highness the Crown Prince is such a good person."
There must be a lot of sugar in this; it tastes so good, completely different from the mung bean soup she's had before.
An older worker nearby joked, "Hey Cheng, we've been on duty together for so long, why haven't you ever shown me any concern? It's true what they say, seeing a beautiful woman really makes a difference."
This person is already married, and when he jokes around, he sometimes makes jokes that are neither purely offensive nor purely offensive.
Xiao Cheng blushed for a moment, "What nonsense are you talking about? She's a newcomer, it's only right that I ask her a few words of concern."
"Haha, what a nice thing to do! Little Hu is a newcomer too, why don't you show him more concern? Your feelings are practically written all over your face, do you think we don't know?"
Chen Sixu ignored the laughter and focused intently on his work after finishing his mung bean soup.
Since turning twelve, her figure has become exquisite, and coupled with her troublesome face, she attracts all sorts of teasing and attention whenever he goes out.
As long as she doesn't say anything, these people don't dare to do anything.
However, because she didn't speak, the teasing became even more unrestrained, and the words became increasingly outrageous.
Some people even encouraged Xiao Cheng to help Chen Sixu, and maybe he could even take the opportunity to hold hands with her, and perhaps they could eventually propose marriage.
Some of these people knew about the previous incident where the Jin people harassed Shen Sixu. They liked her beauty, but felt that such a woman would ruin her reputation and therefore could not marry her.
She lowered her head, looking somewhat distressed.
“Chen Sixu, come over here, I need you to draw a pattern.”
Ge Yue's appearance instantly silenced the scene.
Chen Sixu approached with her head down, "Yes."
Ge Yue glanced at the men and said, "Instead of joking around, you should put more effort into yourselves. You're not even as good as a new girl. I'm really sorry."
"This Lord Ge has quite a temper; we were just joking around."
Seeing Ge Yue leave with a thoughtful expression, a man beside her said, "If a woman doesn't find a husband, she'll develop a problem over time; she'll find fault with everything."
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he lowered his voice and said, "This is not what I said, but what the doctor in the clinic said. If you don't believe me, you can ask the doctor."
"Alright, alright, let's get back to work."
With a nervous heart, Shen Sixu followed Ge Yue to her office.
All the way there, she kept thinking that maybe she hadn't done something right, and that's why Lord Ge didn't want her anymore.
Or is it because her face is too attractive to men?
Ge Yue asked her to sit down and said directly, "Chen Sixu, you are very beautiful. Isn't it a bit of a stretch for you to work here?"
She heard everything they were saying.
Shen Sixu's face turned pale. "My lord, please don't send me away. I will definitely work hard. I have no other thoughts. I just want to do my job well."
She really loves this job and doesn't want to leave.
Ge Yue sighed, "Don't worry about it. As long as you do your job well, I won't kick you out for no reason."
"I called you here just to tell you that if you've been bullied, just tell me and I'll stand up for you."
"Thank you, Lord Ge." Shen Sixu was somewhat surprised and quickly expressed her gratitude.
"It's alright, you can go ahead and do your work."
Ge Yue told Shen Sixu to get busy, as she was going to the palace to see Ye Wan today.
Chen Sixu was still feeling melancholy as she left the house, wondering how she would manage in the future. She wasn't paying attention to where she was going and almost bumped into someone.
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry."
I looked up and froze.
"It's you? Miss Shen, what brings you to the Ministry of Works?"
Upon seeing Murong Yuanzhou, Shen Sixu hurriedly knelt down and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince."
"Get up, no need to kneel." Murong Yuanzhou thought to himself, "He's not that scary, is he? He's scared the man into kneeling."
But this girl is really pretty.
Chen Sixu hurriedly got up, lowered her head, and made way for him.
"You still haven't told me why you came to the Ministry of Works?" Murong Yuanzhou asked again.
Chen Sixu lowered her head and said, "I... I draw pictures for Lord Ge."
"Okay, do a good job. If anyone dares to bully you, just tell me."
Murong Yuanzhou left immediately after speaking, without lingering.
Seeing him walk away, Chen Sixu breathed a long sigh of relief.
Your Highness, please don't think she's trying to curry favor with the powerful. She has no such intention whatsoever.
Murong Yuanzhou hadn't really thought that way. After looking at her drawing, he thought the girl was quite talented. He hadn't realized she was just a pretty face.
But they are really too timid.
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