The envoy from Da'an arrived in the capital as promised, but was unable to report to Yuwen Xuan Hongneng.
This story begins with Da Ni'er, and it's quite simple.
Da'an heard that a new brothel in the capital was full of beautiful women, so this old lecher decided to go in and take a look.
Once inside, he couldn't move. If he couldn't redeem his daughter, surely he could redeem the maids?
So he pulled Cen's mother aside and talked about redeeming her.
It just so happens that Da Ni'er is short of money recently, so Huo Xiaolong arranged for her to work at the brothel to keep watch. Otherwise, she wouldn't have much to do all day except review official documents.
The dark-skinned girl leaped forward and kicked the man away.
Despite the cold winter, the streets of the capital were still quite crowded. When a man was seen flying out of the brothel, a crowd of onlookers quickly gathered at the entrance.
The man lying on the ground pointed at Da Nier and said...
Do you know who I am?
"I am an envoy from Da'an. Believe me or not, the government will shut down your brothel."
Da Ni'er's disdain was practically overflowing. The girl raised an eyebrow, tilted her head back, and looked down at people with her nose in her mouth, then said...
"You can do whatever you want. I am Wang Dani'er. Go ahead and complain to the Emperor."
After saying that, the girl put her hands behind her back and swaggered into the brothel.
"Your Majesty, the envoy from Da'an has been unable to enter the palace recently."
Lu Kai served the emperor, poured him a cup of tea, and reported the news.
Why?
The chief steward glanced at the door of the imperial study and whispered in Yuwen Xuanhong's ear:
"He went to a brothel and got beaten up by the King of the Grasslands. His legs were broken. If he wants to come and pay his respects to you, he'll probably have to be carried over."
"unlucky."
It's really bad luck. Why did they have to mess with that ancestor? Is he afraid to touch the grassland king? He doesn't dare. The border town has just calmed down for a while, and everyone is relying on Da Ni'er to make a living.
Don't think you're some kind of envoy from Da'an. Your own son was beaten by the king of the grasslands. What are you anyway? Go back to your emperor and ask him to avenge you.
"Give him some money so he can take good care of his leg. We'll talk about it again when he's better."
"yes."
The mission to the Great Yan was put on hold for now, and Huo Xiaolong is currently focusing on preparing for next year's imperial examination.
"Next year, I plan to send Lijian on a scientific expedition as well."
Huo Xiaolong's study was very warm, and he and his girlfriends were chatting in their summer clothes.
Upon hearing this news, Li Jian, who was standing nearby, was taken aback. She had thought that this matter would take a long time, at least until the prince sat in that position.
"We expect to decide who the chief examiner will be before the end of the year, and we can take care of this matter at the same time."
"You're making it sound so simple. What are we going to do? The rule that women can't take the imperial examinations has been in place for so many years, at least several hundred. You can't just change it like that."
The girl felt it was a bit difficult. This was different from others. Once this precedent was set, who knew how many women would leave their homes afterward? Would those men agree to it?
She didn't believe it.
Besides, given the Emperor's temperament, he would absolutely not agree!
The hand holding the paper with a sharp sword flinched upon hearing Hou Xiangxiang's words. Then she looked at Huo Xiaolong, wanting to stand up and say something to her.
I know what you're trying to say.
The girl waved her hand, interrupting Huo Panli's thoughts, and then continued...
"There's no need to wait any longer. The Emperor has no one to rely on right now. He wants to use those from humble backgrounds, but those from poor families are just too untalented. Noble families have been passed down for so many years, and the children they produce are not fools."
"He wants talent, so I'll give him talent."
"Whether it's a man or a woman, it doesn't matter."
Whether he cares or not is his business, whether I can get him to agree is my business, but whether he passes the exam and how well he does is your business.
Huo Xiaolong crossed one leg, resting her right hand on it, and deliberately lowered her head slightly to speak these words to Li Jian.
She was telling herself that she didn't need to worry about things at court; she just needed to focus on preparing for the imperial examinations.
The girl rubbed the pearl on the jade pendant at her waist a couple of times, clicked her tongue, and then continued speaking to the sword.
“Take care of Sun Zixi for a while, and don’t let her help Da Ni’er with official documents anymore. Let her do it too.”
The dark-skinned girl immediately became displeased, stood up from the kang (a heated brick bed), looked down at Huo Xiaolong, and said with a ferocious expression.
"You're trying to kill me!"
"I'll return it to you after the exam."
"Forget it, the exam will take almost a year to prepare."
"Why don't you, the king of the grasslands, approve my memorials yourself, and instead keep nagging my staff?"
Huo Xiaolong said to her while biting into an apple.
Right, staff member.
Da Ni'er immediately calmed down. She sat down and said seriously to Huo Xiaolong...
“Then I’ll return Sun Zixi to you, and lend me Sun Ziyang.”
"???"
"Ni'er, did the Sun siblings owe you something in their past life?" Even as an outsider, Sister Xiaoxiao felt sorry for the Sun siblings.
Because they're childhood friends who've been through thick and thin together, I even felt like laughing a little. It's so sad, hahaha.
"Don't laugh at others like that, you have to take the exam too," Huo Xiaolong said to the little girl.
"I'm a doctor! What am I supposed to be tested on?"
"Don't you want to be the head of the Imperial Medical Academy? You should at least be a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations), otherwise how can you get into the Imperial Medical Academy?"
Hou Xiangxiang lay flat on the bed, legs crossed, her little feet swinging leisurely.
"Getting into the Imperial Hospital? This young lady can just nod her head and be in, you know?"
"I have connections!"
The head of the Imperial Medical Academy is my senior brother, and my master is someone even the emperor has to respect. The Imperial Medical Academy is a force to be reckoned with!
"But if you want the Great Yan to know that you, Hou Xiangxiang, are the head of the Imperial Hospital, you must take the imperial examination, because you need to enter the Imperial Hospital legitimately."
The sausage in the little girl's hand suddenly didn't smell so good anymore.
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