He nodded numbly, throwing all his resentment into the clouds. What replaced it was a hint of sweetness and heart-stirring. It was sour, itchy, and sweet. Yeah, forget it. She had already admitted her mistake, so how could he still be calculative with her?
To be honest, she did not expect a general to be so fair and clean, like a weak scholar. She didn't expect Xiaosi to 'invite' this person over.
After meeting her, the person passed on the emperor's order to bring Xue Lin to Li to fulfill the engagement. Xue Lin pretended to be confused. General Li, are you talking about Princess Anping marrying your Emperor last year?”
Li Qi corrected him," Your Majesty, you know that the one you married is not the real Princess Anping. The real Princess Anping is you, Your Majesty." Your name is Feng Xuexi, and your title is Princess Anping. You are now the Emperor of the Feng Kingdom, right?”
"General Li, you must be joking again. I'm really not An Ping, I'm just Princess Xue Xi.”
"Then how do you explain this?" Li Qi took out a portrait and asked.
It was Xue Lin's portrait. She didn't expect Li Yuan to still remember her appearance and even specially get someone to draw it. Now, she couldn't deny it no matter how hard she tried.
"This is Your Majesty, right? His Majesty should be a man of his word. He wouldn't break the engagement, right? That's right, last year Emperor Xue Yao secretly swapped another woman as Princess An Ping to marry my emperor. It was a great insult to my Li Kingdom. This debt has not been settled yet. Now that she has passed away, it is better for Emperor Xue Xi to settle it!”
Xue Lin thought," If I, the emperor, marry you, then everything in the Feng Kingdom will become yours." Isn't she dreaming too much? However, she said," General Li, you saw it too. Zhen already has a man and a child. It's not polite to marry your Emperor. Why don't you forget about it?!"”
"His Majesty has ordered us to bring you back. Please don't make things difficult for me.”
"My body isn't convenient right now."
"Then I will take you away at your convenience.”
Xue Lin was completely speechless. It seemed that she could only use the second plan. She raised her slender right hand to touch her nose and coughed lightly. A large group of guards rushed in and surrounded Li Qi.
"Your Majesty, what do you mean?”Li Qi didn't panic at all, as if these people weren't here to capture him, but rather his guards.
" Nothing much," Xue Lin said with a smile. I heard that Li Country has always valued martial arts, so I thought that General Li likes to chat with the warriors, so I wanted to ask them to entertain you well. Didn't General say that he wanted to take me away from the country? Then let's wait for another month. After a month, I will officially ascend the throne. At that time, it will be most appropriate for General Li to attend my coronation ceremony as an envoy. Take the general away and treat him well!”
"You want to put me under house arrest?" Li Qi raised his voice.
"How could that be? General Li represents Li Kingdom to congratulate you. You are an honored guest. I am very happy. How can I be disrespectful to you? You're travel-worn. Go down and have a good rest!”
Li Qi did not see any trace of fear on Xue Lin's face. His heart skipped a beat as a myriad of questions welled up in his mind. His army was just outside the city, and she actually dared to detain him?
She actually dared!
She wasn't even afraid of the army that was leaving the country?
"Your Majesty, you might not understand the situation, right? My Li Kingdom's 100,000 strong army is currently stationed 50 miles outside the city. If anything happens to me, they will rush into the Imperial City and trample the Imperial Palace…"
"Take him away!" Xue Lin interrupted him and shouted at the guard.
After a while, it was finally quiet. Zi Qing walked out from the screen and said,""Xue, are we really going to lock him up?”
"If I don't arrest him, he will arrest me." Xue Lin said.
Zi Qing thought for a moment and agreed, so he didn't say anything more and sat quietly with her in his arms. Lin Xue ordered Xiaosi," Quickly gather all the women between the ages of 14 to 28 in the country. No matter their background, beauty, or ugliness, as long as they have the courage and courage. Whoever can take Li Qi in, I will make her the Minister of Justice." Hurry up and do it!"
Xiaosi blinked his eyes in confusion. He asked hesitantly,""Even commoners?"
"Yes, regardless of background. The children of officials, the children of aristocrats, civilians, even slaves and maids were fine. As long as anyone has the ability to take Li Qi in and make him willingly marry her and stay in the Feng Kingdom, I will give him a mansion and official title the next day, do you understand?”
"I know, I know. This servant will do it now!”Xiaosi stumbled out of the room, thinking that the emperor was too " special " in selecting talents. How could a commoner slave be an official? It was really unheard of!
Zi Qing also looked at her in surprise. Xue Lin spoke again,""Ziqing, these matters in the court will depend on you in the future. You know that I don't know anything. Can you help me?”
Zi Qing was shocked again. The harem was not allowed to interfere with politics. This had been a rule for many years.
Xue Lin saw through his thoughts and said,""I'm at ease with you handling it. Right, immediately inform the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, and the other six ministers and assistant ministers to make a list of the most difficult things to do and hand it over to me. Ziqing, ask your sister Ziran to come up with a few more questions and hand them over to me before noon tomorrow."”
"What is it used for?"
"The examination questions for the selection of officials. Don't let others know about these things. Otherwise, if the questions were leaked, the real talent wouldn't be selected.”Xue Lin replied, but she was thinking that it should at least be as difficult as the civil service examination.
"Choose officials? Aren't all the officials in the court fine? Moreover, weren't there usually recommendations from the left disciples and various officials?”Zi Qing was suspicious again.
Xue Lin smiled." This time, there will be an open selection across the country. Regardless of background, gender, anyone can participate. Those with outstanding results will become officials."”
What was that? Zi Qing said worriedly,"This will cause chaos in the world!" Not to mention his background, just the fact that men could participate would be strongly advised by the ministers! Xue, why don't we wait a little longer?"
How could she not know? However, as Xue Yao had said, how could she not wantonly select all the officials in the country who were almost useless? All the officials in the court were to be replaced. How many people would be needed to fill these vacancies?
Usually, she would lie quietly on the bed and sleep. In fact, she could not sleep at all, but there was very little she could do during this critical period. For the time being, she lived like a little pig. However, she couldn't not think about anything. Although many things were handed over to Ziqing, she had to know the general process, right? What worried her the most was the matter of Li Qi. The people she sent were all defeated, so she could only call Xiaosi over and give him more instructions. She also asked Zi Qing to bring the people of the Ming Palace to personally select talents.
There was no progress that night.
The next morning, the people of the Ming Palace came to say that General Ji's youngest daughter was also willing to come and try. According to their assessment, she was very suitable in all aspects and was the best among a large group of people. She was just a little young and was only a few days away from turning 14. Xue Lin felt a headache coming on. Wasn't this girl too unreasonable? She was still a young girl under the age of 14, yet she still wanted to subdue Li Qi? She refused without thinking. "No! She was too young. Li Yu was 28 years old this year, half her age. She couldn't do this.”
"Yes, this old servant said the same thing, but Miss Ji said that it was only a few days away, so what? Moreover, she was 120% sure and said that she was 100% confident.”the Ming Palace attendant replied.
"Did she really say that? Newborn calves really aren't afraid of tigers. Does General Ji know about this?”Xue Lin asked.
"I know. General Ji was also very supportive of her. This young lady was capable of literature and martial arts, and her beauty was also very outstanding. At such a young age, she had already become slender and elegant.”
Xue Lin shook her head in disbelief. This is crazy. Is there something wrong with General Ji's brain? "Fine, fine. Since she's willing, let her try! As the saying goes, ambition does not lie in age. Go!”
After thinking about it, she was a little worried. General Ji had a lot of troops under his command. If her daughter could really complete the mission and become the Minister of Justice, how much of a threat would her power pose to her?
However, she couldn't care so much at the moment. Moreover, Ziran's matter worried her even more! This Zi Ran was Zi Qing's younger sister. She was 16 years old this year and had actually been elected as well. However, it was no wonder. She was born in the Prime Minister's family and was the eldest daughter of a legitimate wife. She had received a good education and cultural influence since she was young. She was also extremely beautiful and had an excellent personality. In this world, she was the second woman who could be called a proud daughter of heaven other than Yun Miao. Needless to say, she had a higher chance of success, but that would make things even more troublesome. The Prime Minister's family was already at the height of power, and with Wei Ziran... It was obvious that there would be a change of dynasty.
Compared to their family background, Zhen Xiaowan was much more reassuring. Zhen Xiaowan came from a commoner family. Her mother owned an embroidery workshop that specialized in making clothes and embroidery for others. His father took care of his wife and raised his children at home, but he was the only male head of the family. She had a younger brother and sister at home. Zhen Xiaowan was the eldest daughter of the family and was 20 years old this year. Although she was born a commoner, she had been studying in a private school since she was young. Her grades had always been excellent, and she was smart enough. Her appearance was very delicate and elegant, and her personality was gentle and cheerful. It was said that when she smiled, she had two beautiful dimples on her face. There was an endless stream of people who went to propose marriage to her, but so far, she had yet to decide on a marriage.
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