"I have no such intention." The Right Prime Minister denied, "There is no precedent for this matter. I hope Your Majesty will think twice."
"Your Majesty, please think twice."
Except for the Crown Prince, Minister Jiang, the Grand Tutor and several civil and military officials, all other officials in the hall came out and begged Emperor Yuan to reconsider.
Emperor Yuan wanted to act arbitrarily when he saw this, but when he thought of what the queen had said to him last night, he swallowed his tough words.
Instead, he took a step back and asked, "What is the reason for the strong opposition from all the ministers? Is it because she did not pass the imperial examination? Why not choose a day to start the imperial examination for women?"
"No." The right prime minister objected again.
Emperor Yuan had a gloomy face and said, "Right Prime Minister, do you still insist that you don't discriminate against women?"
"Your Majesty, there is no precedent for this."
Emperor Yuan slammed the dragon table and said angrily: "Then I will create this precedent."
At that time, all the words that the Queen had told him were completely forgotten.
The emperor was furious, and all the civil and military officials in the hall knelt on the ground.
Minister Jiang was in a dilemma, kneeling or not kneeling. After thinking for a while, he came out and said, "Your Majesty, I think this happened suddenly, and it is understandable that everyone is having trouble accepting it. Why don't you let my daughter accompany me to court for a few days, so that everyone can understand my daughter's knowledge before making a judgment."
"What do you think, Right Prime Minister?" Emperor Yuan asked in a cold voice.
The Right Prime Minister still didn't want to agree, but he knew it was not a good time to anger Emperor Yuan again.
So he said, "Just as Minister Jiang said, I also want to see Miss Jiang's talent."
Emperor Yuan snorted in his heart, "Do you have anything else to say?"
Lady Wanpin's brother, Lord Qian, stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, Lady Wanpin was wrong to offend Your Majesty, but her crime is not worthy of being banished to the cold palace. Please forgive her, Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, please show some mercy." Two more ministers followed closely and came forward to plead for mercy.
"My dear Qian, I wanted to tell you about Concubine Wan in private. Concubine Wan..."
When Lord Qian heard Emperor Yuan's tone, he couldn't help but hold his breath and felt a little uneasy.
"Wanpin hanged herself in the cold palace last night. I followed her wishes and kept her death a secret. I will send her back to her hometown for burial on a certain day."
Master Qian fell to the ground with a thud, shaking his head and saying, "No... Impossible. Sister... How could sister commit suicide?"
Emperor Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, "What do you mean, Mr. Qian?"
Lord Qian's heart skipped a beat, and he kowtowed and said, "I just heard the bad news about my sister, and I spoke carelessly. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"That's fine, it's human nature."
Emperor Yuan glanced at Li Fuquan, who understood what he meant and said loudly, "If you have something to report, please submit it. If you don't, please leave the court."
After waiting for a while and seeing that no one came out, Emperor Yuan stood up and left.
Lord Qian looked dazed and stumbled out of the hall. His colleagues all advised him to mourn less.
But he didn't know that while he was in court, the Queen summoned his wife into the palace.
Soon, Mrs. Qian brought the eleventh princess back to the Qian family.
When he returned home, he saw that Princess Eleven was dazed.
Madam Qian told Lord Qian what the Queen had said to her, and Lord Qian then learned the true cause of his sister's death.
"Sister is confused!"
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Minister Jiang got off the carriage tiredly. It was the first time he felt so tired after being an official for so many years.
After the court session, he was called to the study by His Majesty.
His Majesty asked him to guide his daughter to eat the gossip of the ministers in the court at all costs, so that his colleagues would agree to let their daughter attend the court to discuss state affairs.
They said they were discussing politics, but in fact they were serving as a knife for the emperor.
A knife to supervise all officials.
Alas~Who should I target tomorrow?
"Dad, you're back? Mom is waiting for you inside." Jiang Yueyang greeted casually and walked out.
Minister Jiang reached out and grabbed her collar and pulled her back, "Where are you going now?"
His Majesty just told him that the affair between the eldest daughter of the Lin family and someone else was something she found out from eating melons.
"I'm not going anywhere. I'm just walking around the street."
"You are not allowed to go anywhere today. I have something to tell you." Minister Jiang loosened her collar and walked straight into the mansion.
Jiang Yueyang glanced outside, then glanced at her father's back, and finally went back with her head hung.
In Minister Jiang’s study.
"Yangyang, you will go to court with me tomorrow."
Jiang Yueyang didn't quite understand what her father said, and asked in confusion, "Dad, what are you talking about?"
"I said, you will go to court with me tomorrow."
"Why?" Jiang Yueyang shouted.
Minister Jiang was startled, and after a moment's pause he said, "The Queen said that you are well-educated and comparable to the top scholar in the imperial examination. Therefore, His Majesty wants to appoint you as a fifth-rank editor, responsible for repairing the books in the library."
"Has the Queen been threatened?"
Minister Jiang: “…”
Jiang Yueyang understood his father's speechlessness, "Otherwise, why would the Queen say that I am knowledgeable? I clearly told her that the poem was not written by me!"
"I don't know."
"Dad, why don't you explain it to me?" Jiang Yueyang complained, "No, how could the civil and military officials agree to something that is against etiquette?"
"I disagree. So, I won't grant you an official position for now. I'll let you follow me to court for a few days to see how things go before I decide whether to grant you an official position."
"Ah..." Jiang Yueyang looked hopeless, "I don't want to go to work. Dad, go tell His Majesty that I am not up to the task and ask him to find another good minister."
"I won't go. His Majesty has already said that he wants to see him alive tomorrow, or his body if he's dead."
Emperor Yuan: I didn't, I didn't say that. Don't slander me, or I'll sue you for defamation.
[Fuck! Is your Majesty crazy? Woohoo… Little melon, I don’t want to go to work.]
Minister Jiang: “…”
System: [I just heard your father say that he wants to give you a few days of probation. If you pass the probation, you will be given an official position. If you fail the probation, there will be no such thing as an official position. Su Zong just doesn't want to go to work, so perform a little worse tomorrow.]
[Why did you behave so poorly? Did you fall asleep during the court session? Did you know nothing about anything? ]
[It is recommended that the host act in his true colors, so that it does not appear too fake. ]
Jiang Yueyang: [...Xiaogua, I think you are scolding me.]
Minister Jiang tried to hold back his laughter.
The system said seriously: [Host, I didn't, I am just analyzing objectively. Think about it, you are not good at playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and you have not learned the Four Books and Five Classics at all. If you want to mess up the probation period, playing yourself is the best choice. ]
[Okay... I really don't understand what's wrong with His Majesty's brain. First he assigned a secret guard to me, and now he inexplicably wants me to attend court. The ancients were not wrong, the emperors are fickle.]
Minister Jiang coughed heavily a few times and said, "Alright, stay at home today and don't go anywhere. Go to bed early tonight, and come with me to court at 3:30 am tomorrow."
[What time is Maoshi... Shit, it's five in the morning! ]
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