Mrs. Zheng's face turned livid when she received the news. Her daughter Zheng Yinian bit her lower lip tightly, with deep reluctance on her face.
Zheng Yinian did not participate in the first batch of exams last year. At that time, the Zheng family was still waiting to see the matter, worried that the female official incident would be just a flash in the pan. If their family rashly entered the situation and lost the reputation of their own girl, it would be more gain than loss.
Just looking at this period of time, Princess Qionghua is in great power and has unlimited fame in Yaozhou. Even the female officials around her have real power. They even have official uniforms and are treated like ordinary people.
The same as the officials. The Zheng family and other families who had been waiting and watching suddenly couldn't sit still. If they continued to delay, they would not even be able to drink soup, let alone eat meat. So after the year, Princess Qionghua selected the second batch of female officials, Zheng Yinian
The girl couldn't wait to sign up.
Zheng Yinian's talent is not inferior to that of Yin Yuewei. During this time, she studied Princess Qionghua's character. Whether it was the answer sheet or the interview, she tried her best to stick to the type she admired, so she was successfully selected this time.
Although her official position was Ji Shan, who was in the eighth rank, she was quite satisfied. This was just the beginning. Her goal was to be the position of You Changshi. But after she knew that the diary book of the ninth rank had been taken away by Shen Jingzhu, her mentality changed.
Collapse. Although Dian Bo's official position is lower than that of Ji Shan, he is closer to the princess and is easier to be trained by the princess as a confidant.
If it were anyone else, that would be fine, but she was just a ruined flower that had been tainted by thieves. Thinking of working with such a woman, Zheng Yinian felt as disgusted as swallowing a fly.
"Then Princess Qionghua, why don't you pick anyone? Doesn't she feel dirty?"
A person with Shen Jingzhu's experience is not even qualified to be a current person in their house.
Mrs. Zheng was also very angry, "It's dirty to talk about her experience. How can she have the nerve to participate in the election of officials?"
"If I were her, I wouldn't be able to survive, and I would just commit suicide with a piece of white silk, let alone become an official."
Mrs. Zheng became furious at the thought of her daughter having to stay under the same roof with such a dirty woman.
Zheng Yinian said: "Who knows what means she used to deceive the princess. The princess was soft-hearted, so she gave her this opportunity."
Zheng Yinian didn't dare to blame Princess Qionghua, so he blamed Shen Jingzhu, feeling that she was deep-tempered and good at acting.
Mrs. Zheng said: "You can't keep her with the princess, otherwise the reputation of you female officials will be ruined by her."
She is a good girl, and the reason for letting her go to the princess's mansion is to get gold and make connections.
Zheng Yinian sighed, "But the princess gave her the position in the book, which shows that she appreciates her very much. Moreover, the princess's character is very good. If I make suggestions to her, I'm afraid she will have a grudge against me because of this matter."
She was a little annoyed in her heart: Didn't Yin Yuewei say that he was very favored by the princess? Why didn't she stop this, how could she tolerate her existence?
Mrs. Zheng thought for a while, held her hand, and narrowed her eyes slightly, "You are right, my girl is a noble jade vase, and she cannot be broken because of a mouse. I can just arrange this.
In front of the princess, don't show your displeasure towards her. Just wait, we won't be the only ones who oppose her."
Of course, because of the Yin family's experience, everyone also realized that the mother-daughter pair, Princess Wei and Princess Qionghua, had stronger control over Yaozhou than they imagined. She had to carefully erase the traces and not destroy their Zheng family. exposed.
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After the news came out, people were talking about it in the streets and alleys in the past few days, and there were also some covert opponents who added fuel to the fire.
In the teahouse, the white-haired old man shook his head, "The princess is so confused, how could she appoint such a person?"
"That's right, if you have to choose, you should choose an innocent girl. Doesn't this ruin the reputation of a female official?"
"Then Shen Dianbo shouldn't accept it shamelessly. People like her should go to the temple to cleanse and atone for their sins."
"The princess must depose Shen Dianbo. She is young and doesn't understand these things. How can we just watch her make mistakes."
They were talking very excitedly here, and a woman next to them sneered: "You people, you have no control over the princess. Since the princess has chosen her, it means that her talent is worthy of this." The position shows that the princess does not care about family background, only ability. You keep saying that Shen Dianbo is not innocent, but aren't you stinky men the ones who harmed her? With that kind of ability, you men might as well take care of yourselves. Why didn't you look at it? How about when you castrate all the men who bully women?"
"You're not satisfied that she didn't commit suicide like other injured women, right?"
The woman once had a daughter who was taken advantage of by the village gangsters and was sent to be soaked in a pig cage. At that time, no matter how she cried, she could not save her daughter. She also did not understand that her daughter was the one who was hurt the most. That person, why do they all insult their daughter, think she has dirty family status, and insist on putting her to death?
The princess treated Shen Dianbo equally and did not despise her because of her past. If the princess had been there at that time and knew about this, she would have been able to save her daughter, right?
The death of her daughter was like a scar in her heart. Perhaps because of some empathy, the woman was particularly reluctant to let others speak ill of Shen Dianbo. After Princess Qionghua came to Yaozhou, the lives of their people were visible to the naked eye. The land was good, and the female officials she selected worked hard and did much better than the other male officials. She believed in the princess's vision! So when some other people were dissatisfied with the old man's remarks but still stayed on the sidelines, the woman The first one to stand up and speak for Shen Jingzhu.
After she opened her mouth, others started to speak up.
"That is, you have the ability to say this in front of the princess, but you don't have the courage. You only dare to talk about your innocence behind your back, and you don't even think about it. This is all the sin of your men. What law says that people like her can't As an official, you have to commit suicide?"
"What kind of person is Princess Qionghua? Her vision is much further than yours. Princess Wei didn't stop her, so it shows that she agrees. Can you be smarter and far-sighted than the two princesses?"
Even though Shen Jingzhu was very powerful in talking about these people just now, it was called aloof, but if they were asked to say something wrong with Su Yueling and Su Youning, they really didn't have the courage.
"No matter how smart the two princesses are, they may be deceived."
They held it in for a long time and could only come out with this sentence.
"Then the emperor is still watching. If the emperor feels something is inappropriate, he will naturally stop it."
Those who disagreed with them moved out of the emperor's house. Now the old man and others were speechless. They could only curse in their hearts. When the emperor's decree came down, they would see what else these ignorant women had to say. They did not believe that the emperor really