Women dressed as men: powerful officials

Early the next morning, the news of Qi Shengxin's return to Beijing spread like wildfire.

In the capital, there are two noble young men.

One is Shen Yichuan and the other is Qi Shengxin.

The two people have been compared many times.

Shen Yichuan is a reckless man. Although he is the owner of the Poetry Pavilion and the eldest son of the Grand Tutor's Mansion, his marriage was arranged by the Queen Mother herself.

Therefore, the noble ladies in the capital all focused their attention on Qi Shengxin.

Qi Shengxin is gentle and elegant, and his father Qi Chengen is the head of all officials. There is no mistress in the mansion, only a young sister-in-law who is about to get married. If she marries, she will not be bothered by her mother-in-law, and there will be no trouble.

In comparison, Qishengxin is a better choice.

It’s not that there are no other noblemen in the capital, but compared to those two, the others are much inferior.

As for Qi Shengxin, she won't suffer any loss if she can't marry into the Qi family.

Therefore, many people held this idea and gathered at the city gate, as if a great general had returned to the capital and the people were lining the streets to welcome him.

Qi Cheng'en had not yet finished his morning court session and did not come to greet them, but Qi Shengzhu had been waiting at the city gate with her maid Diao Yun early in the morning.

Like everyone else, Qi Shengzhu was happy.

Qi Shengxin was ordered to escort Princess Geshu back to the Geshu tribe. He will return to the capital today to report on his work, and he will definitely be granted an official position.

From today onwards, her brother has officially entered the officialdom.

With her father mediating in the court, it was only a matter of time before her brother Qi Shengxin was conferred the title of nobility and appointed as prime minister.

Cheng Zhicheng went to the Geshu tribe with Qi Shengxin.

Today I also went to the capital with Qi Shengxin.

When Xu Yuan and Zhang Yue were not at home, Cheng Zhicheng supported the family for Xu Yuan and Zhang Yue. Therefore, when Cheng Zhicheng arrived in the capital today, Xu Yuan's family, including Nanny Yi, went to the city gate to wait.

However, there were too many people coming and going, and Xu Yuan was afraid that she would not be able to find Cheng Zhicheng, so she asked Xu Wenxian and the others to sit in the teahouse nearby, while she and Huamei waited at the city gate.

The wait was not long.

Not long after, there was a surge in the crowd, and someone shouted loudly: "Master Qi is here!"

With one call, a hundred people responded and the crowd quickly poured in.

When the guards at the city gate saw that something was wrong, they immediately stopped the excited crowd.

Xuyuan was not in a hurry. Taking advantage of a few opportunities to push and shove, he pulled Huamei to the back and waited.

At the end of the field of vision, a carriage slowly approached.

The coachman had been sleeping in the open air for a long time and was already tired, but when he saw the words "Capital" from afar, his eyes immediately lit up.

He said happily: "Sir, we have arrived in the capital!"

Behind this carriage, there were other ministers.

Hearing this, everyone was extremely excited.

The Royal Guards received the news early in the morning and did not try to stop it, allowing the carriage to pass. At once, many people rushed up.

Some people came to take a look at Qi Shengxin, and some were relatives of ministers who were ordered to go to Geshu.

Many people had tears in their eyes.

Qi Shengxin originally planned to ask his servant to drive the carriage directly to Qi's house. It was really inappropriate for him to meet the emperor at this moment in his outfit.

But the moment he looked out, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure in the crowd——

Make a wish.

He deliberately took a detour and stayed in Sishui County for a day, hoping that Xuyuan could lead the way for him.

Unexpectedly, Xuyuan left.

Later, he returned from the Geshu tribe and thought Xuyuan should have returned, so he deliberately took a detour to Sishui County, but Xuyuan was still not there.

A carriage passed by.

The wishes made by the crowd almost passed by in a flash.

Qi Shengxin knew that he shouldn't stop at this moment, but he couldn't help but said, "Rongchang, stop."

Rongchang was the servant who served him along the way.

Hearing Qi Shengxin's words, Rongchang let out a "whoa" and the horse stopped. The coachman behind guessed that Qi Shengxin must have run into his family, so he stopped, so he slightly changed direction and drove the carriage away first.

They all had to escort their masters back to the palace first, change their clothes, and then go to meet the emperor.

After all, if you go to see the emperor in a dirty state, you never know what he will say.

Qi Shengxin jumped off the carriage and followed the people making wishes in the crowd.

Just after taking two steps, I heard a voice from afar: "Brother!"

Qi Shengzhu himself didn't like being in the crowd.

She waved outside, and Diao Yun followed and said, "Master, we are here."

Qi Shengxin's eyes darkened and he glanced at Xu Yuan without saying a word.

Cheng Zhicheng also got off the carriage, and at this moment the two of them were chatting and laughing.

Qi Shengxin suddenly felt that the smile was a little dazzling.

Before he could continue reading, Diao Yun called out again, "Young Master."

Qi Shengxin then stepped forward.

After finding Cheng Zhicheng, Xu Yuan took Cheng Zhicheng to the teahouse.

Although the two had spent some time together before, they hadn't seen each other for more than half a year. Cheng Zhicheng didn't know what to say, so he just talked about what he saw and heard in the Geshu tribe, and also talked about some interesting things on the way back to Beijing.

Finally he said, "Make a wish. The princess wrote you a letter. I wanted to take it myself, but Lord Qi asked for it and said he would give it to you personally."

Cheng Zhicheng has been troubled by this matter more than once.

He was afraid that Song Xiujing had written something shameful, so he wanted to take the letter and give it to Xu Yuan himself, but Qi Shengxin refused.

He was dressed in white, and Qi Shengxin was an official.

Moreover, he had to rely on Qi Shengxin to go to the capital, so he was too embarrassed to speak along the way.

I don’t know whether Qi Shengxin will take a peek at the letter.

Xu Yuan frowned and said, "Why is he holding onto a letter for no reason?"

Huamei reacted very quickly and said, "Master Qi won't peek, right?"

"He is a man of noble character, so he certainly wouldn't do that, but I really don't know why he would do that."

Xu Yuan couldn't figure it out, but for Qi Shengxin, it didn't seem to matter whether he figured it out or not.

In a blink of an eye, she put the matter out of her mind.

Because we have arrived at the teahouse.

After not seeing each other for a long time, Zhang Qingyu's eyes turned red when she saw Cheng Zhicheng for the first time and said, "You have lost weight. You must have suffered a lot along the way, right?"

"It's okay." Cheng Zhicheng smiled broadly, "Don't worry, Master's wife, it's just been exposed to the wind and sun for a long time! It will be fine in two days."

Cheng Zhicheng recounted all that he had seen and heard along the way, and finally said to Xu Wenxian, "Master, I have seen a lot along the way following Lord Qi. After we sent the princess to the Geshu tribe, we headed south back to the capital. We should have arrived more than a month earlier, but Lord Qi saw that many local officials were corrupt and took bribes, making life miserable for the people, so he stayed a little longer and arrested many corrupt officials."

At the end, Cheng Zhicheng said with emotion: "He is really a good official."

If Sishui County had a caring official like Qi Shengxin at that time, the dirty things that happened in the Cheng family would not have happened.

Xu Wenxian's eyes moved slightly, "There are many good officials in this world, but not many good officials can continue to be good."

Cheng Zhicheng did not hear the hidden meaning of Xu Wenxian's words, and still said with emotion: "Master Qi will not do that. I can see that he is different from other officials!"