Chapter 306
In order to look more like a man, Hua Hanyu tanned her fair skin, covered her ear piercings, put a fake Adam's apple on her neck, hid things in her crotch, walked like a man, and spoke in a low voice all day.
After watching it again, Chu Liuzheng still felt that Hua Hanyu was very hardworking. In order to act more manly, she really took every aspect into consideration.
Fortunately, I have naturally small breasts, so they are not noticeable after a little wrapping, otherwise I would have to suffer the pain of wearing a breast wrap.
Chu Liuzheng tried it when he was pretending to be a eunuch. It was really uncomfortable and suffocating, and it hurt when he untied it.
Hua Hanyu only wants to do practical things for the people and dislikes the flattery of officials. She's a notorious troublemaker and difficult to control. Yet, she's managed to achieve top marks in her performance appraisals for three consecutive years. Firstly, her achievements are truly outstanding, and secondly, who made her flaunt the tyrant's reputation in her first year as an official?
Hearing this, Xiao Jingfan suddenly remembered that the year he ascended the throne, the Lanjiang River flooded, affecting many towns along the way. However, due to the selfish delays of a few fools, the court was unable to provide relief in time, resulting in countless civilian deaths, piles of corpses floating on the surface, and a plague.
He was furious and chopped those idiots to pieces in public, which frightened all the officials.
It was at that time that he received a report from the Embroidered Uniform Guard that the magistrate of Lancheng County, regardless of his own safety, personally led medical officers to distribute medicine in the streets, spent all his family wealth to purchase food and medicinal materials, and saved countless people.
That was the first good news he received during that period. He immediately issued three imperial edicts to praise him highly, and he also paid close attention to the newly appointed magistrate of Lancheng County.
Thinking of the past, Xiao Jingfan felt complicated. He looked at Hua Tingke... no, it should be Hua Hanyu. His eyes were also complicated when he looked at Hua Hanyu.
Impersonating an official is punishable by death, and disguising as a man to deceive the emperor is punishable by death. However, during her three years in office, Hua Hanyu not only encouraged people to engage in farming and sericulture, and built dikes and dams, but also organized local gentry to build roads and bridges, renovate canals, and construct charity halls, so that the widows and orphans could have a place to live and the people could live in peace. She was indeed a good official.
What he needs are officials who are willing to consider the people and can get things done.
But Hua Hanyu is a woman, and women should not be officials.
Xiao Jingfan was torn between his conscience and his desires as he slowly stroked the Bodhi beads on his wrist.
Hua Hanyu made him break out in a cold sweat on his back.
Could it be that her reaction just now was too unnatural, and the person on the throne noticed something?
Wang Qi felt inexplicably nervous, put down the snack in his hand, and dared not eat anymore.
Li Yuwan also noticed the change in the atmosphere in the palace. She looked at Xiao Jingfan and then at Hua Hanyu, thinking to herself, could it be that Lord Hua had rejected His Majesty's kindness several times just now, making His Majesty angry?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but secretly worry for Hua Hanyu.
Chu Liuzheng glanced at Xiao Jingfan stealthily, feeling strange.
[Why is Tyrant suddenly silent? Didn't he call Hua Xiaomei here specifically for the iron mine matter?]
"Hua Xiaomei will be going to Shisong County to take up her post in a couple of days. At least give him some words of encouragement. You can't go back on your word just because he's impotent, right?"
[I'm a girl, how can you ask me to do that? Don't be so discriminatory!]
What a mess!
Xiao Jingfan's thoughts were interrupted for a moment, and he couldn't help but glare at Chu Liuzheng.
Chu Liuzheng is extremely innocent.
【Why are you glaring at me? I didn't do anything to you.】
She lowered her eyes, muttering to herself while searching the system.
[There's a gold mine underneath the iron mine in Shisong County. That scumbag, the Loyal and Brave Marquis, didn't even know about it after digging for five years. His luck is incredibly bad.]
Xiao Jingfan's eyes widened slightly, gold mine!
Once the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery's Mansion falls, the Shisong County area will be reorganized, creating chaos. This is perfect for someone with a thorny personality like Hua Xiaomei to calm things down. Not only can she sort things out in the shortest possible time, but she can also reorganize the workforce to mine the iron ore.
[With Miss Yihua's personality, even if she found gold, she wouldn't keep it for herself. But with someone else, that's not necessarily the case. They'd either accept some hard work pay or simply keep it a secret from the tyrant.]
With these words, Xiao Jingfan's already biased balance completely tilted towards Hua Hanyu's side.
She is just a woman. As long as she is capable enough to get things done, she is no worse than a man. Anyway, other people don’t know that Hua Hanyu is a woman.
Having made up his mind, Xiao Jingfan's gaze towards Hua Hanyu softened, returning to the concerned look he had shown before when looking at his capable minister.
Noticing this change, although she didn't understand why, Hua Hanyu felt relieved.
Xiao Jingfan talked about business with her, and entrusted Li Yuwan and Wang Qi to her, asking her to take them to Shisong County when she took up her post and take care of them.
Hua Hanyu naturally had no choice but to respond.
She had also heard about the tragedy at Dongjingzhuang, and felt a bit of pity for the young boy Wang Qi. Li Yuwan's act of sacrificing her own relatives for the sake of justice also made her look at her with new eyes.
After the three people left, Xiao Jingfan had a quick lunch. Before he had time to rest, a minister came to present a memorial to the emperor. In the middle, he summoned ministers to discuss matters. By the time he finally had some free time, it was already dark outside the window.
He raised his hand to press his brow, leaned back in his chair, and let out a deep breath.
Zhou Yuande felt distressed watching this. He had finally managed to grow some meat, but it was gone right before his eyes.
He gently reminded: "Your Majesty, it's time for dinner."
"I have no appetite." Xiao Jingfan closed his eyes, but his brows showed fatigue.
Zhou Yuande gently advised: "You've been tired all day, use some."
Xiao Jingfan opened his eyes, glanced around the hall, and asked, "Where are the people?"
Zhou Yuande said, "Miss Liu Zheng went to the imperial kitchen and said that Your Majesty had been tired all day and probably didn't have much of an appetite. She asked the imperial kitchen to prepare some appetizing dishes and send them over."
"These matters can be dealt with with instructions. Why does she need to go in person?" Even so, Xiao Jingfan inexplicably felt a little hungry. He stood up and said, "Serve the food."
Zhou Yuande was delighted and quickly ordered the meal to be served.
Chu Liuzheng washed his hands and served the dishes.
She is now a skilled worker and does not need to look at the system to determine Xiao Jingfan's preferences.
Although Xiao Jingfan didn't have much of an appetite, habit took over and he finished the food in the bowl bit by bit.
By the time Chu Liuzheng stopped serving the dishes, he was already about 70% full, and he didn't even feel uncomfortable eating.
【Little tyrant, catch it! 】
Chu Liuzheng felt that sooner or later she could feed the tyrant ten pounds, and then the Queen Mother would reward her and Eunuch Zhou.
Grasp?
Xiao Jingfan raised his eyelids to look at her. Chu Liuzheng quickly poured a small bowl of soup and placed it in front of him. He said with a smile, "I saw that there was fresh snow fish in the imperial kitchen, so I asked Chef Qi to stew it. It is delicious. Please try it."
Her eyes are curved and look pleasing.
Xiao Jingfan picked up the bowl, lowered his eyes and drank slowly, his long and thick eyelashes cast a fan-shaped shadow on his eyelids.
Zhou Yuande was delighted by what he saw and secretly gave Chu Liuzheng a thumbs up.
Chu Liuzheng smiled, feeling that the reward was waving at him.
Before leaving the palace, any extra money she earned was good, as it was the capital for her to open a shop.
After dinner, Xiao Jingfan planned to take a walk in the Imperial Garden, but before he could leave, Xie Hui arrived.
He had no choice but to turn back and order tea.
Xie Hui came here for the explosives and mechanisms in the tunnel.
Although the surrounding residents were evacuated, they could not find a way to shut down the mechanism and did not dare to try it rashly.
Blowing up the house is a small matter, but the things stored inside must not be blown up.
Xiao Jingfan frowned and asked, "The Ministry of Industry can't do anything about it?"
Xie Hui shook his head: "Although the Ministry of Industry sent craftsmen to dismantle the mechanisms, the mechanisms are too intricately designed and we have no clue yet."
【That’s because you didn’t find the right person.】
Chu Liuzheng secretly opened the system.
[Tsk tsk, you mistook a fish eye for a pearl.]
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