"Dad, why are you unhappy?" Xu Jiao asked coquettishly.
For the first time in his life, Xu Yuanzhi said nothing, but his mind was filled with his daughter's inner voice cursing the emperor.
It wasn't until Xu Jiao asked again that Xu Yuanzhi came to his senses and forced a smile: "Dad is just hungry."
"Hahaha, when Dad finds out that Mom has found his private money, he probably won't be hungry anymore!" Xu Jiao's inner voice emerged.
Xu Yuanzhi, however, paid no attention to Xu Jiao's feelings, let alone his private money. He began to scrutinize Xu Jiao. His Xu family was full of loyal and honest people, yet this daughter was actually insulting the emperor in her heart... This...
But he couldn't speak. He couldn't tell his daughter that he could hear her thoughts, could he? It seemed that he could only go and discuss it with his wife.
When Fang Zhiyi saw Xu Yuanzhi coming with his daughter and saying that girls should not go to court, Fang Zhiyi was happy.
As Xu Jiao surveyed the Imperial Study, she grumbled inwardly, "This Imperial Study is too luxurious! Only the Emperor knows how to enjoy it... Speaking of which, Big Brother must still be suffering at the border, right? The conditions there are awful. I should ask Dad to submit a petition someday to improve Big Brother's treatment."
Fang Zhiyi took a deep breath.
Improve treatment? Doesn't she understand what dynasty we're in? What's productivity? It's good enough to not delay military pay and prevent soldiers on the border from starving or freezing! And she's specifically raising her eldest brother's salary?
Xu Yuanzhi's face looked a little ugly. He carefully observed the emperor in front of him, but the emperor still looked normal.
My daughter's inner voice is only heard by her family, but for the sake of peace in the future, I'd better let her stay at home.
"General Xu, you are an old general, right?"
Xu Yuanzhi nodded quickly: "Yes."
"The Queen Mother was fond of your daughter and allowed her to accompany you to court. I even issued a special decree to that effect. Now you suddenly say she can't come. So I want to ask, do you look down on the Queen Mother, or do you look down on me?"
Xu Yuan was stunned, his face full of panic as he raised his head: "Your Majesty, this old minister did not..."
"What does the emperor mean? If he doesn't agree, then so be it. Anyway, I enjoy watching those idiots quarrel. Why is he threatening my father?"
"Our dynasty has a long history of women serving as officials. I believe that women hold up half the sky. Do you agree?"
Xu Yuanzhi's legs trembled a little. This was a bit too much! But he didn't have the courage to refute Fang Zhiyi.
Xu Jiao was actually excited: "That's it! I shouldn't have scolded you before. You are the emperor! The great emperor! Yoshi!"
"As ordered, from this day forward, Xu Jiao will be the Supervisory Censor, seventh rank." Fang Zhiyi said as he looked at Xu Jiao with a meaningful look in his eyes, "You must work hard."
Xu Jiao was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty! Xu Jiao will definitely become an official!"
"Your Majesty, this..." Xu Yuanzhi was a little flustered. What did she mean by a promotion to the seventh rank? And to the position of Censor, wouldn't that be an offensive job? In the past, Xu Jiao would only curse in her heart, but what would happen if she became a Censor?
But the emperor's order is hard to disobey, so this is how it's done.
Almost that night, all court officials knew that Xu Yuanzhi had brought his daughter into the palace, and then Xu Jiao was transformed into a supervisory censor. Although he was only a seventh-rank official, don't forget that the position of supervisory censor really allows you to scold anyone you want!
At the same time, they also understood one thing: the emperor really could not hear Xu Jiao's voice, and it was impossible for him not to cause trouble for the Xu family and give them an official position.
The next day, when court was held, Fang Zhiyi sat there in high spirits, and the opening was still familiar.
The officials all had different expressions. Some of them secretly turned their heads to look at Xu Jiao behind them. When they saw that she was indeed wearing the official uniform of the Censor, they were a little surprised.
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