The emperor's gaze toward Zhao Dajia grew increasingly disgusted. "Zhao Dajia, you're utterly repulsive!" The emperor could no longer even bring himself to address him as "my beloved minister."
Huang Wang, the secretary of the Department of Revenue, was originally standing next to Zhao Dajia, but now he was almost squeezed onto his colleague on the other side.
Zhao Dajia was so embarrassed he wanted to bury his head in the ground; he was truly too ashamed to go out...
[Actually, it's not surprising that Brother Renjia is like this. He's an orphan who was raised by an old monk since he was a child. Most of the temple's donation money went to his education, so they had to cut back on food and daily necessities as much as possible.]
Growing up in such an environment, it's understandable that people would be a bit stingy.
Chuanwen nodded in understanding, feeling quite saddened by Zhao Dajia's pitiful background.
Zhao Dajia was not ashamed of his background; on the contrary, he was very proud. In such a simple environment, who else could endure poverty and loneliness, break through the encirclement, pass the imperial examination, and become a government official in the capital?
So he often used it to boast about how intelligent and virtuous he was, and his colleagues were tired of hearing it. Whenever they heard about Zhao Dajia's background, the officials would reflexively fall silent.
But today is different. They actually feel a bit sorry for Zhao Dajia, just like Chuanwen did. "Brother, I still have some toilet paper at my place. We don't need to pick up someone else's used toilet paper!" Hahahaha!
For the rest of the morning court session, Zhao Dajia kept his head down and remained silent, trying his best to act as if he were invisible. He had originally wanted to speak up for his daughter, but he didn't dare to say a word.
After catching up on the gossip, Chuanwen lost all interest in the politics being discussed by the older men. Just as he was about to doze off, someone suddenly shouted, startling Chuanwen and the little princess awake.
After staring at each other innocently for a while, the little princess pouted and tears welled up in her eyes, as if she was about to burst into tears. Chuanwen quickly and gently shook her to comfort her, afraid that if she was a step too late, the little princess would start wailing and she would be punished by the emperor for not taking good care of the little princess.
Fortunately, the little princess was easy to coax. Perhaps it was because Chuanwen's gentle movements were very approachable, but the little princess's pouting mouth gradually relaxed and her little eyes slowly closed again. Chuanwen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. What a close call!
A smile appeared on the emperor's lips. Although the court was in turmoil, he kept an eye on Chuanwen out of the corner of his eye. Chuanwen was a lively person, and she had been sitting there for a while when she got bored and started to doze off. The little princess and the two of them, one big and one small, gradually closed their eyes, creating a rather heartwarming scene. The emperor couldn't help but think how wonderful it would be if Chuanwen were his daughter. Just then, a commotion broke out in the court, startling Chuanwen so much that she almost threw the little princess out. The emperor was sweating bullets and was about to catch her, but thankfully the little princess didn't slip from his grasp.
At this moment, Chuanwen regained his senses and looked down angrily. The emperor smiled and thought, "This is going to be good."
In the imperial court, several officials were arguing fiercely about filling the vacancies created by the previous embezzlement of disaster relief funds. Both the Third Prince's faction and the Crown Prince's faction wanted to promote their own people, but both strongly opposed the other's proposal.
Chuanwen heard the gist of the conversation, and when he heard the name Zhang Qing among the chaotic names, he immediately became interested.
[Zhang Qing? He's a good candidate. He's resourceful, honest, and incorruptible—a good official. In the original story, if he hadn't been recruited into the Third Prince's harem, he would definitely have achieved great things.]
The official who proposed promoting Zhang Qing to the position of principal officer in the Ministry of Revenue was initially quite pleased to hear Chuanwen's opinion. "See? He said Zhang Qing is capable of the job!" he thought, and the argument with the opposing official became even more heated.
But upon hearing the second half of the sentence, he stiffened. The Third Prince really... liked men!
That's bad enough, but Zhang Qing is also a homosexual!
Well, well, judging from this, Zhang Qing is going to get involved with their Third Prince, so we should promote him even more. He will definitely become a great help to them in the future!
After a moment of hesitation, the loyalist Third Prince's faction launched an even fiercer attack.
Chuan Wen continued to think to himself: [I mainly want to see Zhang Qing confront Grandpa Zhang.]
She found the earlier episodes very enjoyable; the arrogant Old Master Zhang, who was punishing her by making her recite the "Admonitions for Women" ten thousand times, was forced to feign unconsciousness by Zhang Qing's sharp retorts, hahaha...
If Grandpa Zhang knew that Zhang Qing was his daughter who had been sent to the countryside, he would definitely faint, hahaha.
Daughter, daughter, daughter, daughter, daughter!
The official who had just intensified his attack, spitting everywhere, almost tripped and fell flat on his face!
Oh no, they've started fighting?
Chuanwen glanced at the official below who had nearly tripped, then at the dark-bearded man closest to him. [This guy looks really strong; he must have been the one who did it!]
The black-bearded official quickly jumped back three feet, his innocent eyes wide: I'm innocent...
Look at you, you ran so far, it's like you're trying to hide something obvious!
The black-bearded official was even more innocent: It's you, it's you, okay!
The emperor snapped out of his shock, coughed to attract the attention of his ministers, and then decided on the candidate: "Let Zhang Qing be the head of the Ministry of Revenue."
Some ministers wanted to object, but they all knew that Zhang Qing was a woman. It was already good enough that she wasn't punished; how could they let her continue to serve as an official?
But before he could voice his objection, he saw the emperor's malicious smile. The emperor... wouldn't he also want to see Zhang Qing confront Grandpa Zhang, oh no, Prime Minister Zhang?
Looking around at his colleagues, he was surprised to find that not a single one objected. Even the officials who had vehemently disagreed earlier were now silent. Uh... you guys... don't all want to see Zhang Qing confront Prime Minister Zhang, do you?
Well, actually he was quite interested in seeing it too, so the minister silently shut his mouth.
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