Mind reading, the emperor saw my fist hard

Chapter 178: Tricking Princess Wuyang

Xu Jinyu was so proud when he walked out of the court room today.

From the first female official to the first princess, she has set an example for the women of Daqian.

As soon as I walked past the corner, Princess Wuyang jumped out.

"Xu Jinyu, congratulations on becoming a prince."

"Congratulations, Wuyang! Since you are now an inner guard, why didn't I see you in the court room today?"

Princess Wuyang raised her hands and cried to Xu Jinyu: "Father is considerate of me and let me copy things in the back, but copying things is so tiring. Look at my hands, they are swollen."

Xu Jinyu held Princess Wuyang's soft and boneless hands, drooling with envy, and comforted Wuyang perfunctorily: "When it comes to work, you hate every job you do. There are 360 ​​jobs, and every job is your sworn enemy, the kind that is mortal enemy."

"So you have to get used to it."

But in my mind, it was another scene.

[I want this skin, this softness, and these tender hands without any calluses.]

Princess Wuyang was in a bad mood just now, but when she heard Xu Jinyu's voice, her face immediately broke into a smile.

"Tai'an, do you think I should continue to be an official? Being an official is too tiring."

Xu Jinyu raised an eyebrow and looked over. Princess Wuyang was frowning and rubbing her wrist constantly. It seemed that her wrist was really painful.

But is it necessary for the emperor to assign such an important task to his daughter?

Xu Jinyu lowered his head to look through the system.

Then he raised his head expressionlessly. This emperor was always right in trying to trick his daughter.

[Should I tell her that because Princess Changle and she have become officials, all the princesses in the harem are clamoring to become officials, and several underage princesses are even clinging to the emperor's thighs and making a fuss, which is giving the emperor a headache.]

[The emperor specifically assigned Wuyang many unimportant but very strenuous tasks, hoping that Wuyang would give up and then tell other princesses, "Look! Being an official is very tiring, Wuyang doesn't want to do it anymore."]

[As for Changle, she is middle-aged, has no children, no husband, and is too bored, so she finds something to do for herself.]

Wuyang's face puffed up like a balloon. How could her father do this? Since she said she wanted to be an official, she would do it well.

Wuyang secretly clenched her fists. She decided that no matter how heavy the work was, she would not shirk it and she must continue to do the job of internal security.

[But I can’t tell Wuyang directly. If I tell him directly, Wuyang will be furious. Since he is an official, he must continue to be an official, even if it means irritating the emperor.]

【It’s time to get a little more sophisticated. 】

Princess Wuyang blinked in confusion, wondering what "high-end" meant.

"Wuyang."

The expression on Xu Jinyu's face was extremely heavy.

Princess Wuyang stood up straight involuntarily.

"Do you know how children from ordinary families live?"

"I heard from the palace maids around me that they were not well fed and warmly clothed."

"This is just the lightest hardship. The life of an ordinary girl is to endure hunger and have endless work to do every day."

"When they are old enough, they will get married immediately and go to another family to work non-stop, have children, serve their parents-in-law, raise their children, and take care of their husbands. They will work from the time they learn to speak to the time they are old. If their children have a conscience, they can spend their old age in peace. If they don't, the end is nothing but death."

"If there is a natural disaster or man-made disaster, the first people to be sold are daughters and mothers. Selling them is still considered good. Have you heard of two-legged sheep? It's said that people were eaten during the famine."

"And the first to be eaten are women, because they can't resist. Women's lives are constantly busy and they dare not stop for a moment."

"These are still talking about ordinary and smooth lives. Many girls were sold into brothels and died at a young age. Some were beaten to death by their husbands, employers, or their own parents."

"Women who are beaten to death by the powerful are not just lives, they are the cheapest consumables..."

Xu Jinyu thought about the fate of women in history books and told them to Princess Wuyang.

"Woo woo woo woo..."

Xu Jinyu looked up and saw Wuyang crying with tears in her eyes.

"Are girls from commoner families...haha...having such a miserable life?"

[Oops, I'm being too sentimental.]

But Xu Jinyu still nodded.

"The status of women in Daqian has never been high, so Wuyang wants to improve the status of women. Not to say that women are superior to others, but at least women will not be sold so easily."

Wuyang: “Wow… I think so.”

Xu Jinyu: "So improving the status of women starts with women becoming officials. When we become high-ranking officials, we can find ways to improve the status of women."

Wu Yang nodded vigorously and waved her arms fiercely: "I must continue to be this female official. No matter what my father asks me to do, I can ask the sisters in the palace for help."

"That's right."

[That's right, he would rather die than resign, and make the emperor angry to death. ]

Wuyang raised her head with tears in her eyes. She didn't understand what the connection was between her being an official and angering her father to death.

After tricking Princess Wuyang, Xu Jinyu quickly coaxed the girl.

"Wuyang, we won't cry anymore. What we want is not tears, but unwavering determination."

"Yes! What we need is determination."

Wuyang wiped away her tears.

"So what do we do now?"

Xu Jinyu thought about what she was going to do today: "Of course, I'm going to my glass shop. The glass shop is open today. I hired a lot of girls. These girls can make money, and their parents won't sell them out easily."

"I will also be selective when choosing marriages for them.

"Even if their parents took all their wages, at least they could have enough to eat in the glass shop."

"Then let's go together."

Wuyang wiped away her tears and became full of fighting spirit.

As soon as the two walked out of the palace gate, they met an old man in official uniform waiting at the door.

"This old minister greets Lord Xu and Princess Wuyang."

"Is there anything I can do for you, sir?"

Xu Jinyu asked.

"My son is getting married today. I wonder if I have the honor to invite Lord Xu to attend the wedding."

By the way, please help me see what this new bride looks like.

Huo Renshan, the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, added something in his mind.

If it weren't for Pan Yang, who would have thought of this use for Lord Xu? Although this use is a bit risky, it is better than marrying his daughter to a murderer.

So today I was waiting at the palace gate specifically to invite Xu Jinyu.

Xu Jinyu smiled: "No problem, no problem."

[Someone came to see me again. I told you that my popularity is not that bad. People must not be familiar with me, so they didn’t invite me.]

[You see there was a first one, and then there was a second one, and I’ve never been to a wedding that was so quaint.]

Wuyang looked at Xu Jinyu who changed his mind before he could even say two words.

Isn't it to save women? Isn't it to improve the status of women?

"Tai'an, that Liuli shop..."

Xu Jinyu pulled Princess Wuyang over and said, "The glass shop is there anyway, so there's no harm in going to see it in a few days."

"Then... Lord Xu, please!"

"Princess Wuyang, please!"

"please!"