The court is quiet, the melon people are making trouble!

Chapter 7: Asking for an official position for someone else's daughter

Something must be wrong when things are out of the ordinary. Xu Zhiyuan retracted his gaze and decided to leave first. He immediately covered his chest:

"I don't know. As a member of the Ministry of Rites, I don't have the ability to know about the Ministry of Justice. You and Lord Xu should go ahead. I have a stomachache and want to go to the bathroom. Please allow me to leave first!"

The emperor laughed in anger. You always use this trick. You cover your chest when your stomach hurts. What's wrong? The filth is going to come out of your belly button!

"Xu Aiqing, what did you just say? Say it again!"

Xu Zishen's expression remained unchanged:

"I want Xu Qingqing, the second daughter of the Minister of Rites, to work in the Ministry of Justice."

Xu Zhiyuan, who was retreating, stopped immediately and picked his ears like the emperor:

"What did you say? Say it again!"

Xu Zishen said nothing, his expression was indifferent!

Xu Zhiyuan turned his inquiring gaze towards the emperor sitting on the throne and eunuch Fu beside the emperor. The emperor said nothing and had a calm expression!

Eunuch Fu tried to hold back his laughter and couldn't help but think of how these three little masters couldn't be together when they were kids, and these two were the same, teasing Xiao Yuan every day!

"Lord Xu requested a position for the second young lady in the mansion in the Ministry of Justice. When the emperor heard this, he attached great importance to it. Didn't he specially ask you to come here to listen..."

Xu Zhiyuan didn't wait for Eunuch Fu to finish his words. His eyes bulged with anger. He didn't care about his image as the Minister of Rites anymore and sat down on the ground.

"Wuwuwu...Xu Zishen, you are so heartless. I just asked the emperor to promote your son's official position some time ago, and now you come to harm my little cotton-padded jacket!"

"My little darling has suffered so much, and my wife and I haven't had enough of each other yet! You're dragging her into your gloomy Ministry of Justice!"

"I've never seen you act like an uncle to others. Now you know why you don't have any little girls, because even girls don't like you! You're so annoying!"

The emperor also felt that he was implied:

Just speak, why do you have to make personal attacks! I am proud that I don't have a daughter, I save fabric for the treasury!

"Zhiyuan! That's not what you said..."

It would have been fine if the emperor didn't say anything, but once Xu Zhiyuan spoke, he was directly against the emperor, almost crying:

"Your Majesty, you know how miserable my little daughter was! She was lost at the age of two. My wife and I are heartbroken!"

"When she came back, she was as thin as a stick. My wife and I were afraid that something might happen to her, so we have been taking good care of her until now."

Thinking of the imperial physician's euphemistic reminder: Miss Xu is in good health, she may be growing up and hasn't woken up yet. The emperor couldn't help laughing:

"Zhiyuan is right, the imperial physician said Jueduo is growing taller!"

Xu Zhiyuan thought of the emperor's concern for Qingqing, so he sent the 80-year-old chief of the Imperial Hospital over. The wailing stopped for a moment and he decided to let the emperor go.

Looking at his mortal enemy Xu Zishen, Xu Zishen spoke first:

"You said a few days ago that she is like your youngest son's hum. At least hum will hum the ground occasionally."

Xu Zhiyuan was angry:

"You're talking nonsense. I never said that. I just wanted to say Qingqing is cute!"

"You also said that she gets up at noon every day and is always grumpy when she wakes up. It's obvious that she's a lazy girl!"

"I didn't say anything. What's wrong with her, a person from the outside world, taking a rest?"

"You also said that she looks for food as soon as she gets out of bed. She wants to eat this and that. The point is, she's a picky eater!"

"You're talking nonsense, I didn't. My daughter said she was refining the mortal world, this is a big deal!"

The emperor was listening with great interest and could not help but speak:

"Zi Shen, is there anything else? Tell me more, I love to listen!"

"You also said..."

Xu Zhiyuan quickly got up from the ground, covered Xu Zishen's mouth with his hand, glanced at the emperor above him, and warned in a low voice:

"What do you want to do? I'm just nagging you about love, don't you understand?"

"You know he's not only a deadbeat but also a big mouth. If you tell the Queen, it means my wife knows about it. You want me to die!"

Xu Zishen took his hand off his mouth:

"I want my niece Qingqing to go to the Ministry of Justice!"

Xu Zhiyuan was so angry that he jumped up and down:

"What's wrong with you? Why do you insist on sending her to the Ministry of Justice?"

"The Great Gold Robbery!"

"What does the gold robbery have to do with her..."

Xu Zhiyuan signaled him to squat down with his eyes. Xu Zishen hesitated for a moment, lifted up his skirt, half-knelt on one knee and squatted down:

"No, maybe it was an accident that she knew that!"

Xu Zishen looked at Xu Zhiyuan with a look of "Do you think I believe it?"

"Yes, she is somewhat capable, but you want to be hit by the golden bell from time to time."

"Why don't you want her to take up a government post? There was a practice of female officials in the previous dynasty. This is obviously a good thing!"

The two of them spoke in increasingly low voices, their heads moving closer and closer:

"Nonsense, do you think I don't know this is a good thing? Just think about her brain that can't control itself!"

Xu Zishen pondered for a while:

"But my niece is a big treasure. If she were to sit in the Ministry of Justice, those strange cases, major cases, and unsolved cases would be solved easily. This is a blessing!"

Xu Zhiyuan had no way of refutation. It was true that there were playboys who came and went as they pleased in the Ministry of Justice, but there were also genuine false cases and wrongful convictions, and there were also people who were punished year after year.

"Tell me what's going on first. Everyone can tell that my niece is special!"

"That's not the case. The servants in the house can't do that. Since we knew about this situation, we didn't dare to let her attend the banquet."

"I was really surprised to know that you knew it that day!"

"So there's no pattern?"

Xu Zhiyuan's legs were numb from squatting, so he simply sat down cross-legged, pinching his chin and thinking:

"I don't know. There are outsiders who come to my house. For example, the prince, you can't see any facial changes!"

"Perhaps the prince can keep his composure?"

"Haha! I just want to ask if you kept your composure at that time!"

Xu Zishen thought of the affectionate gaze described by his niece, and couldn't help but shudder:

"I can't stay calm!"

"I don't even dare to bring her into our circle, for fear that she would make a big mistake. You actually suggested that she leave the government. Tell me, isn't this nonsense?"

“Maybe other people can’t hear it!”

"If only I could hear you!"

"What? Don't kick me!"

Xu Zhiyuan irritably slapped away the leg that was kicking his butt:

"Can't see we're busy!"

When I looked up, I saw the emperor's half-smiley face:

"Hey! You're talking about my son! What? Are you eating your rice?"

The two people who were too engrossed in the conversation suddenly looked miserable. They exchanged glances:

What do you want to say?

I can’t hide it anymore. I wonder how much the emperor has just heard!

The emperor stood in front of them, and seeing the two men still flirting with each other, one of them got angry and kicked them again:

"We can live together, but we can't be apart."