Seeing Shen Xiyao's cup bottoming out, Chu Qingying smiled slightly.
"Sister, you are bold and not a weak man. But you should drink it slowly. This wine is made from several kinds of fruits. Although it is sweet and sour, you will get sick if you drink too much."
Shen Xiyao smiled at Chu Qingying and nodded, thanking her for the reminder.
After drinking for three rounds, Shen Xiyao put down her chopsticks first.
"Chu..."
"Sister, just call me Qingying."
"Okay. Qingying, princess, thank you for your hospitality today. I hope you will accept this small gift. Yunxiang."
Yunxiang agreed and stepped forward holding a box.
Princess Zhu'an nodded, and the maid beside her took the gift.
"Sister, you're welcome. My sister used to dominate the army, and she almost won the first place in the military performance by overwhelming all the other teams. In addition, every time my ancestor mentioned her in the past few days, she praised her greatly. Qingying became curious, and today she heard about her sister again. Gao Sheng. Firstly, I want to congratulate my sister, and secondly, I want to get close to my sister. From now on, when I become an official in the same court, I will need my sister to take care of me."
Shen Xiyao was a little surprised. Was it herself that Mr. Chu admired?
But the second half of the sentence surprised Shen Xiyao.
"Are you also an official in the court?"
Chu Qingying smiled and nodded, then glanced at Princess Zhu'an Yang Ruoni, who nodded slightly.
"Sister, do you know how many girls there are in the court?"
Shen Xiyao pondered but did not answer.
Chu Qingying did not wait for Shen Xiyao to answer, and continued: "Except for the military, there are a total of forty-one women in various yamen who are officials. However, most of them are only in the seventh or eighth rank. Only my sister is in the fifth rank and can participate in government affairs. .”
Shen Xiyao looked at Chu Qingying in surprise.
She knew that the children of some officials in the court had also been awarded official positions. These official positions were not empty positions that only received salary, but required actual work. However, she did not expect that there would be so many women as officials.
"Does Changshi Shen know why this is?"
Princess Zhu'an stretched out her orchid finger to pick up the wine cup and brought it to her lips and asked.
After asking, he drank all the wine in the cup.
Shen Xiyao slowly shook her head.
"Then do you know the bloody night in Wei Capital more than ten years ago?"
"I heard my grandfather talk about it."
"After the Bloody Night, the power of the aristocratic families was expelled, but the great Wei court was also reduced to eight out of ten. There was almost no one available in the yamen at all levels, and the government was paralyzed. With no choice, the emperor ordered the remaining academies to select students to join the court. The surviving children of officials, regardless of gender, can join the court as officials as long as they are educated and know etiquette. This also set the precedent for women to become officials in the Wei Dynasty."
Chu Qingying went on to say: "So in order to ensure the normal operation of the court, some yamen positions can only be filled by women. We people don't know much, but fortunately we all know how to read and write, and some of them copy and write, and collect and organize them. Things can still be done.”
Shen Xiyao understood that there was really no one available in the Great Wei Dynasty, and the only choice was to be the general among the dwarfs.
"In the past ten years, the number of female officials in the court has become smaller and smaller, and their official ranks have become lower and lower."
Shen Xiyao looked at the two of them with some confusion.
"Doesn't this mean that the Wei Dynasty is developing in a good direction? Didn't all men serve as officials in the previous dynasties?"
Princess Zhu'an said: "Changshi Shen, you are wrong. There is still a shortage of people in the Wei Dynasty, but the officials do not bother to serve as officials in the same court as women like me. They think that we have snatched the official positions that belong to them, and the women are It's unbecoming of an official. Some of them are virtuous, but some villains use some despicable means to force us to resign."
Chu Qingying continued: "So, all the female officials in the court are attached to the princess. Once something happens, we ask the princess to stand up for us."
Shen Xiyao was a little surprised.
"Qingying, you are the granddaughter of the prime minister. Could anyone try to make things difficult for you?"
Chu Qingying showed a wry smile.
"Obviously, they don't dare to embarrass me. But they don't have any scruples about the others. This time I invite my sister to come here because I want to invite her to join us. My sister can participate in the government affairs and play the right role in the court. At critical moments, I can also ask my sister to speak for me and others. .”
Shen Xiyao hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement.
"Okay, I'll join."
The scene suddenly relaxed. Chu Qingying said excitedly: "Thank you sister, I'll give you a toast."
The three of them chatted casually some more. Seeing that it was getting late, Shen Xiyao stood up.
"Princess, Qingying, thank you for your hospitality today. I have to go back today to wait for your Majesty's summons, so I will take my leave now."
Chu Qingying and Princess Zhu'an also stood up.
"Chang Shi Shen is busy with official duties, so it is inconvenient for me to stay here longer. I will be taking a rest the day after tomorrow, so please come here again then."
"Okay, thank you very much."
Princess Zhu'an and Chu Qingying sent Shen Xiyao out of Qingya Garden. Shen Xiyao got on the carriage and returned to the Jibei Marquis Mansion. She changed into court clothes again before rushing back to the palace.
Fortunately, Yang Ke did not summon Shen Xiyao today, but only sent a message to her to hand over the method of sand casting of mother's money as soon as possible.
Shen Xiyao had a sad look on her face. She didn't know how to cast mother's money in sand.
late at night.
Yunxiang sat opposite Mu Jianming slightly awkwardly and told Mu Jianming everything she knew.
In the past two years, although she has also had sex with her own lady...
Well……
Now this one can be regarded as my own lady!
Sit face to face with your lady and tell her something.
But she still felt that she was just a little maid in Shen Mansion, and even if her own lady asked her to sit, she was still a little guilty.
Mu Jianming sat across from Yunxiang, stroking his chin and couldn't help but complain.
Regular attendant?
Shen Xiyao was named a regular attendant!
He doesn't like this official position.
In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the chaos at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was not only caused by the ten permanent servants, but those people were also dead eunuchs.
Now this official position falls on Shen Xiyao.
Although the official position of Changshi was changed by Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei Dynasty, it was no longer an official position of eunuch.
But I still don’t like it!
Let’s talk about the banquet in Qingya Garden.
He also had a headache.
What does Princess Zhuan mean?
In later history, the daughters of clans either married distant relatives to ease ethnic relations, or married internally as a means to win over courtiers.
But a group of officials gathered around Zhu An. Even if these people were only female officials and their official positions were not high, it was not a good thing.
Shen Xiyao foolishly agreed to join.
Does this princess yearn for power? Or is it the helplessness of the Wei Dynasty when no one is available, which stimulates the feminist consciousness?
He did not mean to look down on women, and even had a somewhat tolerant attitude. In later generations, women accounted for half of the sky, and even did some jobs better than men.
But in today's society and in this environment, he feels that this may not be a good thing.
besides……
The unequal information received by Shen Xiyao's own body consciousness must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise something will happen sooner or later.
Relying on Yunxiang alone to convey the message between herself and Shen Xiyao was too late.
After all, there are some places that a little maid cannot go to, such as the palace.
What happened there was unless, like the previous two times, Shen Xiyao's body requested her to appear, or she forcibly expelled her body consciousness.
But even so, there is a danger. When he appears, he has no idea what kind of environment is outside. Otherwise, he would not have made Chu Rupeng so angry when he played the right song before.
Also, although he believes that human nature is inherently good, if Yun Xiang has any thoughts, he and Shen Xiyao can easily be manipulated.
This is using desire to test morality.
It is equivalent to Yunxiang having gold and silver in front of her, but without any protective measures. She just asks Yunxiang to not take these things that do not belong to her from a moral point of view.
He believes that there are people in the world who have high moral standards and adhere to moral principles.
But he didn't believe that he was so lucky to meet someone.
On the other hand, this is unfair to Yunxiang.
Hey! It’s so difficult!
After all, Shen Xiyao finally enjoyed the benefits of being a civil servant.
Hugh!
But she still has things to do today.
In the past two days, I have been promoted and attended banquets. I haven't had time to say goodbye to Pao Ze in the Tianfeng Army.
In the Tianfeng Army's barracks, the group of troops that Shen Xiyao once commanded stood neatly at the gate of the camp with bright helmets. They looked like beautiful girls, but they had a murderous aura. But lingering in it.
Shen Xiyao stood on the carriage and looked across the face of a famous soldier.
There are new recruits here who have just joined the Tianfeng Army, and there are soldiers who have lived and ate with me for nearly two years. Outside the camp gate there are several veterans who have led the army and are now married.
Some of these people have learned martial arts from me, some have taught me some military skills, and some have helped me.
Fan Danwu, who had been promoted to the position of Quan Xiaowei, drew out his sword and saluted Shen Xiyao.
The soldiers under his command slapped their weapons, making a "ping ping" sound, and yelled to pay tribute to the former superior officer.
Shen Xiyao's eyes were a little red. She raised her head and tried hard not to let the tears in her eyes overflow. She choked and said: "I am just transferred and leaving, not a separation of life and death. I told you not to do this. But you still..."
Fan Danwu raised the long knife in his hand, and the team fell silent instantly. Everyone looked at Shen Xiyao silently.
Shen Xiyao turned around, raised her hand and wiped the tears with her fingers. Then she turned back.
"Tianfeng Army!"
Everyone in the camp responded.
"have!"
"Disband and return to camp!"
None of the soldiers moved.
Fan Danwu bit her lips and saluted, "I have your order."
Others followed suit and saluted.
"Here!"
He promised that no one would leave.
Shen Xiyao knew that if she didn't leave, no one would leave. Seeing this, Shen Xiyao became heartbroken, lifted the curtain and got into the car.
Yunxiang sighed secretly and looked at her young lady sitting in the carriage. Her face was originally cold, but now it was even more gloomy.
The car had started to move, and while the wheels were rolling, Shen Xiyao raised the curtains of the car again and looked at the military camp that was gradually disappearing. There were shadows in the camp, and the Tianfeng soldiers who had gathered had begun to disperse.
"Miss……"
"I'm fine, let's go to Qingya Garden."
"But now you look like someone owes you a few bucks. Is it appropriate to go to the appointment?"