The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

The female general in silver armor is heroic and valiant.

After receiving the seal of the General of the Sixteen Imperial Guards, Jun Yuexin thanked him and stood up. The emperor nodded at her and said, "It is not in vain that the former general has a pair of children like you."

"It is because of your Majesty's appreciation that my brother and I have the opportunity to serve the country. If my father knew about this in the afterlife, I hope he would not think that my brother and I are naughty and stupid and have brought shame to him." Jun Yuexin spoke in a very relaxed manner.

The emperor was amused: "General Jun is also a talented man, but it's a pity that he is stationed in the capital and missed the opportunity to march south. Instead, his sister has to run ahead of him, her brother."

After he finished speaking, everyone laughed colorfully.

Jun Yuexin didn't feel embarrassed at all, instead she cupped her hands and said, "He has been like this since he was young, moving when pushed, and keeping his mouth shut like a dumb melon gourd. Of course he can't win against me. Even when we were playing together when we were young, he was always the one who got beaten when I got into trouble!"

"You, you are so mischievous." Xie Yuzhen cursed with a smile.

Jun Yuexin also smiled at her.

Seeing that the time was almost up, the emperor asked Jun Yuexin to stand on the side of the military generals first. Zhu Queyin, who was following behind, heard his name and stepped forward with stiff hands and feet. He imitated Jun Yuexin's salute and after taking his official seal, he subconsciously performed the etiquette between mountain people.

Before any sour old scholar could come out and accuse her of being impolite, Xie Yuzhen asked her to take a few steps forward and asked, "Did you imitate the flapping of a bird's wings when you made that gesture just now?"

Seeing that the Queen was so friendly and beautiful, Zhu Queyin's nervousness was relieved a lot: "Yes, ah, Your Majesty, my people believe that birds are the apostles of the Mother Goddess, and they are also the children of the Mother Goddess like us, so we usually greet our people with this kind of etiquette."

"Since you are also the child of your Mother Goddess, why do you decorate yourself with her feathers?" The emperor suddenly interrupted and asked as if to provoke trouble.

Xie Yuzhen looked at him - if this man said he didn't know the customs of the Yuewu tribe, no one would believe him. The reason he asked this question was just to see whether this newly promoted female official could handle it.

In short, the old habit of "I'll test and teach you" has come back again.

Zhuqueyin didn't understand what he meant, but answered seriously: "Even sisters and brothers can fight each other. When I was a child, a cousin wanted to push me into a valley while I was hunting, just because the girl he liked liked me."

The mountain girl didn't realize how much of a shock her words had on the courtiers in the palace, who had been taught etiquette and comfortable since childhood. Anyway, the most honorable emperor and empress didn't stop her, so she continued to speak at her own pace: "I cut off his head, and made a bone bowl and bone beads using the methods of our tribe. They look so beautiful in my room!"

"Unfortunately, my mother later told us to naturalize and learn the writing and etiquette of the Central Plains Celestial Empire. We can't behave like that anymore. She also asked me to find a place to burn my cousin's bones."

Killing blood relatives, removing their flesh and bones, making bone tools, and finally grinding their bones to dust...

Many court officials could not help but shiver and quietly moved their feet, trying to stay away from those proud mountain people.

Zhu Queyin seemed to realize that her words were not appropriate, and hurriedly assured her again and again: "Your Majesty, we don't do that anymore, really."

Xie Yuzhen looked at the emperor with amusement: "Your Majesty, the customs of the barbarians are barbaric, but with the living examples of Lord Zhuqueyin and the following lords standing here, it is enough to show that your contribution to educating the four barbarians is not insignificant."

Half coaxing, half teasing.

The emperor reluctantly signaled Zhuqueyin to leave. He was not in the mood to question the next few people who received official positions in detail. The ceremony lasted until the court was adjourned at noon.

The newly appointed male and female officials followed the court officials and left one after another.

Jun Yuexin walked slowly at the end of the crowd. When she stepped out of the hall and onto the white jade steps, she suddenly heard an old voice in front of her. The voice was full of anger: "... The world is going downhill, and we have to... to serve in the same hall with such a barbaric woman..."

"Marquis Anguo!" The old man called out to Marquis Anguo and grabbed his belt, forcing him to stop. "Your Ruan family has been loyal and good for generations and have made contributions to the country. Why are you... involved in corruption today?"

This old man must be very angry.

Jun Yuexin took out a handful of fried soybeans from her sleeve and walked over leisurely.

All I heard was the cold words of the Marquis of Anguo: "What do you mean, Lord Huang? What do you mean by going along with the crowd? I am just doing my duty. Whose crowd and what kind of filth am I going along with?"

"You..." Old Man Huang pointed at the hand of Marquis Anguo and began to tremble. "Women are weaker than men. If you hadn't been ordered by..., how could a weak woman achieve success in such a dangerous place in the southwest? Aren't you afraid that this action will chill the hearts of the soldiers?"

Marquis Anguo frowned and retorted: "I have no objection to the merits of the female generals. If you, Lord Huang, have not been to the battlefield in person and witnessed the soldiers killing the enemy, it would be better not to talk nonsense, lest you cause trouble!"

He pushed Old Man Huang away forcefully, ignoring the latter's vicious voice saying that he would definitely find evidence of Marquis Anguo's collusion with the woman to plot military exploits, and severely criticized him for his words - what a joke, instead of spending his time here listening to an old confused thing's chatter, he might as well take the imperial edict to appoint the crown prince home quickly and teach his daughter well. Even if he doesn't expect her to make meritorious services to the country, he must take her out and make sure she doesn't do such ignorant things again!

Old man Huang looked at his back and felt so angry that his chest was suffocated. Before he could calm down, he heard a deep female voice coming from behind him: "Old man, don't block my way."

Before he could answer, he felt a pulling sensation on his back, and soon, his feet left the ground lightly. The sudden feeling of being suspended in the air made Old Man Huang scream uncontrollably, attracting the attention of the officials who were dispersing from the court.

The tall, silver-armored female general lifted up Old Man Huang with one hand, like she was holding a little chicken, and put him aside: "Stand still."

Jun Yuexin didn't do anything mean when she let him go, but Old Man Huang still fell to the ground. Seeing him groaning and holding his lower back, the instigator blinked his eyes and laughed loudly, "How can this old man be so weak that he can't even stand properly?"

Zhu Queyin, who had spotted Jun Yuexin's back in the crowd and followed closely, poked his head out from behind and said, "Wow, such a long beard! The grandfathers in our village died very quickly when their beards grew this long."