"Eunuch Zheng entered the palace at the age of six. When he was ten, he blocked an assassin's knife for you in the Royal Garden. You also took care of Eunuch Zheng for seven days without taking off your clothes." Shen Qingwu said with a smile, "Eunuch Zheng is loyal to you. No wonder he is a blessed man."
Zheng Hong often used this incident to praise the emperor. Many ministers in the court knew about it, and the matter had already spread.
However, the emperor still liked to hear such compliments on the emperor's benevolence, and asked with a smile, "What else do you see?"
"Eunuch Zheng is destined to have an adopted son, but for some reason, the relationship between father and son is shallow, and the son may die young." Shen Qingwu finally said something that had never been spread out.
The emperor's eyes changed slightly when he looked at Shen Qingwu. "Then can you tell how this child died?"
Shen Qingwu shook his head. "I can't tell. I can only see from the palm that there is such a fate, but I can't see the specific time. Or maybe it's not destined yet. If that day comes, Eunuch Zheng can come to me or someone else to seek a solution."
"Thank you, Miss Shen." Zheng Hong thanked her with a smile, as if nothing had happened.
But after lowering his head, his expression changed.
Shen Qingwu waved his hand indifferently and concentrated on eating the cakes, but in his heart he understood why Eunuch Zheng betrayed the emperor.
Eunuch Zheng's adopted son is the son of his only elder brother and the only heir of the Zheng family. However, he was targeted by the emperor seven years ago and was to be used as a human sacrifice because of his horoscope.
Eunuch Zheng learned the news in advance and wanted to save his nephew in the name of his adopted son, but the emperor already knew his relationship with the child and his thoughts, but still sacrificed the child.
Eunuch Zheng could only pretend that he didn't know that the culprit was the emperor.
How could Zheng Hong not feel resentful about this? It also made him clearly realize that the king is the king and the slave is the slave.
The past affection was all just his extravagant hope.
"Girl from the Shen family, the position of Grand Historian is still vacant. How about I let you take this position?" the emperor asked with a smile.
The bunch of useless people in Taishitai are getting worse and worse. When they come to Zheng Feng, they have become complete useless people.
"Grand Historian?" Shen Qingwu was slightly surprised, then shook his head. "I'd better not show off my limited skills. I can only read faces, not observe celestial phenomena."
"If you can't do it, no one else can take on this important task." The emperor shook his head.
"Your Majesty, there has never been a precedent of women holding official positions in the past hundred years. This is unreasonable." Shen Qingwu did not think this was a good job.
"Our Great Xia country has a female general who made outstanding contributions as a founding father. Doesn't the girl from the Shen family want to leave her name in history?" The emperor seemed to be coaxing a child.
Shen Qingwu shook his head. "I don't have any big ambitions. Being able to eat and wear warm clothes is my only pursuit."
"I have been sitting on this throne for more than 20 years, and I understand more and more that high positions and generous salaries should be given to those who are capable. Women are not necessarily inferior to men," said the emperor.
"Girl from the Shen family, to be honest with you, I want to leave my name in history." The emperor's eyes lit up, full of anticipation.
"However, the territory of Great Xia is now peaceful, only the barbarians are causing trouble. However, the area where the barbarians live is vast, and it is impossible to eradicate them. We can only drive them away to maintain stability. In this matter, I can no longer make greater achievements and leave my name in history."
"After much thought, I think that only by employing female officials, just like the founding emperor did, can we have a place in the history of our Great Xia nation."
The emperor spoke from the heart.
Shen Qingwu was so absorbed in what he heard that he forgot to get the cakes to eat.
If she hadn't seen what the emperor did in Zheng Hong's memory, she would really have thought that the man in front of her with a smile as warm as spring breeze was a wise emperor.
"Take Yang Tong, whom you met today, for example. I've long known that the Internal Affairs Secretary Zhang Panming is incapable of growing high-yield crops. All his achievements are due to Yang Tong. Every time I have to commend Zhang Panming, I feel guilty."
The emperor sighed helplessly, as if he was telling his troubles to an old friend.
Shen Qingwu stuffed another piece of cake into his mouth to block it.
"Xie Yuening's martial arts are better than many men in Kyoto, but because she is a woman, she has to get married and have children, wasting so many years. In the end, her daughter died of illness. The man always wants to marry someone else to continue the family line. Girl from the Shen family, don't you think all this is unfair?" The emperor asked seriously.
Shen Qingwu was a little confused about the person in front of him. "Your Majesty, do you mean to make me the Grand Historian and Yang Tong the Internal History? What about Xie Yuening?"
She seemed to have figured it out. No matter what the emperor's purpose was, the current conditions were very favorable to both her and Xie Yuening.
"Xie Yuening is a talented general. She told me before that she wanted to train a female army. I think this is a very good idea." The emperor seemed to treat Shen Qingwu as a close friend and began to confide in him.
"Then Your Majesty, if I were the Grand Historian, would it be okay if I didn't want to report for duty every day?" Shen Qingwu asked with a blink of an eye.
The emperor nodded, "As you wish."
"Your Majesty, since you are so pursuing fairness today, can you dismiss Sun Qiyun and Zhang Panming from their official posts? Demote them to commoners and never let them enter officialdom again?" Shen Qingwu boldly tested the emperor's bottom line.
The emperor continued to smile. "These two are not completely useless. They have done a lot for the people over the years and have done nothing wrong. Demoting them to commoners is far-fetched."
Shen Qingwu shrugged, "Then Your Majesty, can you give me another golden medal of immunity from death?"
The emperor narrowed his eyes dangerously.
"You know, divination is against destiny and may offend people accidentally. I am just making preparations for a rainy day. If you really want me to take this position, you can't be so stingy as to give me a golden medal of immunity from death, right?" Shen Qingwu also acted like a close friend.
The emperor snorted in his heart, but smiled indulgently on the surface, "Give it to me, you little devil! I want to see who dares to call you a fool again!"
"Your Majesty is wise." Shen Qingwu smiled harmlessly and took away a golden medal of immunity from death with satisfaction.
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"Sister, it's bad, something big has happened." As soon as Shen Qingwu walked out of the palace, Shen Qinglei rushed up to her in a hurry, and it looked like he was about to cry.
"What's wrong? What are you doing?" Shen Qingwu raised his hand to hold down the person who was about to bump into him, and asked with a frown.
"My mother, something happened to my mother. Didn't she go to the Big Buddha Temple to burn incense again today? But on the way back, she was ambushed by someone. Her eyes were poked out and her tongue was cut off." Shen Qinglei's tears still burst out.
No matter how bad that person is, she is still his biological mother.
Shen Qingwu was stunned. "Blinded, tongue cut out? Who did Zhao Qiuyi offend?"
"I don't know either, sister, what should I do?" Shen Qinglei wiped away his tears.
"No, something happened to your mother. Instead of asking a doctor to take care of her by her bedside and show your filial piety, why are you looking for me? Aren't your eldest brother and second brother at home now?" Shen Qingwu pulled Shen Qinglei into the carriage.
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