The young man who was a guest in the West Cross Courtyard was so shocked that his jaw dropped when he heard that Zhuo Ruoning had been appointed as an official of the imperial court. These children of officials and eunuchs, whose parents are officials of the seventh rank or above, have a child in the family who can get grace, but their fathers can only shade a loose official from the ninth rank from the fifth rank.

They couldn't figure it out, Old Lady Zhuo was a bachelor from Wupin before he was a waiter, because he was the teacher of the crown prince, he made an exception to give Zhongshun a doctor, but even if the emperor wanted to reward him, he should also give his grandson Zhuo Xiao an official, how could it be shaded on the head of the youngest granddaughter.

Can a woman be an official?

With these doubts, they gathered around Zhuo Ruoning to dig into the roots, asking what exactly had been done, so that the emperor, who had always been harsh, disregarded etiquette and gave her an official.

After all, the most important skill that people who intend to follow their career is to judge the direction of the court according to any actions of the emperor.

But where does Zhuo Ruoning know?

It wasn't just her who collapsed, the soles of Lin's feet were like stepping on cotton balls, and she returned to the inner courtyard and found that the inner courtyard had already exploded.

The ladies originally came to see Zhuo Xiao, and some looked at the four girls, but now they couldn't take care of it at all, and they couldn't listen to the play impatiently, so they pulled her to ask questions.

Everyone has never heard of women being able to become officials, and there is no such practice in previous dynasties.

Lin Shi was dizzy when asked, and reacted in hindsight: Her daughter is going to work in the Ministry of Rites like a man, isn't this dealing with miscellaneous people every day? How can everyone show up? What will the Marquis of Changxing think of her?

I'm scared to death!

Moon Shadow Xuan was also not at peace, when the news of Zhuo Ruoning's official appointment came, the little ladies could still sit still, and instigated the Zhuo sisters to hurry up and call their sister over.

They have to ask how she did it, after all, they are all women, and if Zhuo Ruoning can do it, they will definitely be able to do it.

In the evening, the guests were sent off, and the family held a meeting in the Weixian Hall.

And they were all on two sides, each with his own heart.

The old lady sat in the middle of the master's chair, stretching her neck to raise her head and bow her head for a while to adapt to his new glasses. Zhuo Ruoning was by his side to teach him how to use it, and whispered to persuade him not to change the lenses frequently, so as not to get dizzy.

Zhuo Yuan endured it for a long time, and finally spoke: "Father, what should you think about this?" ”

"It's good," Zhuo Yuan said happily, "This time I can see far and near." ”

"Father, don't worry about your glasses for now, what should you do about what you are missing. She is a boudoir woman, how can she know how to be an official? Lin looked at the grandparents and grandchildren who were completely out of tune, and his brain hurt in a hurry.

"Oh, you say that." Zhuo Yuan looked at her from the top of the lens and smacked his lips: "This is a good thing, what do you think of yourself?" ”

Zhuo Ruoning was very conflicted in her heart, and hesitated: "The holy decree has been announced, can you still resist the decree?" ”

She is most afraid of dealing with officials, she can't understand their thinking, and thinks that their process is so complicated, she would rather study the data for a few days and nights than make a report to the official.

But when you become an official, do you have room for free movement?

"If you don't want to go, the old lady will naturally go to explain to the emperor that your memory has not recovered now, and you can't even write well, how can you deal with the affairs in the yamen? If you do something wrong in the backyard, you only make jokes in the backyard, and if the errand is messed up, it will become a joke for the entire court. ”

Zhuo Li glared at Lin and reprimanded, "How can you have the final say now?" The emperor Shengming, since he has decreed the official, he has his own reason, you are a woman, what are you mixed with? ”

Lin's anxious eyes were red, although the eldest man lost his temper, but it was about her daughter, she couldn't back down, and was about to argue, but the second wife hurriedly stopped her and persuaded gently: "Sister-in-law, we don't understand the affairs of the imperial court, why don't you take the children out first and let them discuss." ”

Zhuo Ruozhen glanced at her eldest sister, and the two sisters stepped forward to support the Lin family.

Zhuo Ruobing persuaded softly: "Mother, let's go back to the room first." ”

Lin couldn't do it, so he stretched out his hand to Zhuo Ruoning and said, "Let's go, go back to the house." ”

Zhuo Ruoning lowered her head and followed, Zhuo Li said angrily: "Nian Nian stays, you go out." ”

The Lin family was anxious again, and the second wife pushed her out, "Nian Nian received the holy decree, and she is an official of the imperial court, and she has to listen to the old man to discuss important matters in the future." ”

After they left, Zhuo Ruoning secretly looked at her father's face and said cautiously: "Daddy, I'm willing to try, but I heard that the secretary is doing clerical work, and I can't write those official documents." ”

Zhuo Li waved his hand and pointed to the chair for everyone to sit down.

"There's no hurry, someone will teach you when you go, but you have to learn some etiquette for dealing with people first. Your official position is low, and you don't have to go to the Shuowang Dynasty to participate in the court, but you have to learn the etiquette of the previous court; There are also some rules in the yamen to greet the chief and colleagues...... You have to find someone to teach you. ”

Zhuo Cheng said with a smile: "Then tomorrow I will arrange for someone to go to the Ministry of Officials to report to Nian Nian, and complete the entry procedures." “

Zhuo Xiao was silent, and then asked: "I heard that Lian Lian Pei's case ended with Lian Guogong and his subordinates of the Ministry of Rites, and the Fuller Academy is under the control of the Ministry of Rites, and many people have suffered because of the private possession of gunpowder, and now the Ministry of Rites is empty, who will take care of Nian Nian?" ”

Zhuo Cheng said: "Last year, King Yan took his family back to Beijing to celebrate the emperor's birthday, and he never returned to Beiping. ”

Zhuo Xiao suddenly realized: "I said why didn't the emperor let King Yan go back, it turned out to be for this." ”

Zhuo Cheng wanted to test him, so he deliberately asked, "Why, do you want to talk about it?" ”

Zhuo Xiao glanced out, the gate of Weixian Hall was open, and there were people guarding the courtyard, far away from this side.

He lowered his voice and said: "The emperor has been more and more ruthless against Xungui in recent years, and the founding heroes have been purged several batches, and the rest of them know that it is only a matter of time before the emperor attacks them." Last year, King Yan led his troops back to Beijing, which must have been instructed by the emperor. The emperor should be eyeing someone, for fear of forcing the dog to jump off the wall in a hurry, but as a result, Lian Guogong hit the muzzle of the gun, so the emperor simply started with him, and uprooted his power in the Ministry of Rites by the way. “

Zhuo Yuan squinted his eyes, his fingers slowly brushing his beard, neither right nor wrong.

"Then tell me, why did the emperor let your sister join the Ministry of Rites?"

Zhuo Xiao thought for a while and said, "Nian Nian showed his loyalty in front of the emperor, which made the emperor happy. ”

Zhuo Cheng and Zhuo Li glanced at each other, and then asked: "There are so many people who are loyal to the emperor, why can she be in the emperor's eyes alone?" ”

Zhuo Xiao thought for a while and said: "Maybe it's because Niannian is a boudoir woman, naïve and ignorant, and her admiration for the emperor is not mixed with utilitarianism, so it is extraordinarily precious." ”

Zhuo Cheng smiled: "You, look at the problem is still floating on the surface. Let me ask you, why did the emperor end up with the Ministry of Rites if he wanted to cure the crime of being honest and honest? ”

"Lian Guogong is also the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites are all promoted by him."