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Chapter 612 0609 [Do you want to emulate Shangguan Wan'er? ]

As expected, Li Nanjia was assigned to the table with women and children again.

Looking at the ladies around him and the queen sitting in the main seat, Li Nanjia sighed softly.

The women gathered together and chatted about nothing but family matters and gossip.

The concubine of a certain family was having an affair and was caught by the mistress.

The young master of family XX has gotten into trouble again.

Yirenfang has launched a new incense called Soul-Stirring. Just one drop can make you fragrant all day long...

She couldn't join in the conversation and had no interest in it at all, so she could only drink alone.

In the side hall, several copper furnaces continuously emitted waves of heat.

It was freezing cold outside the palace, but warm as spring inside.

Perhaps the heat from the copper furnace was too strong, Li Nanjia felt irritated. After informing the female official on duty, she put on her cloak, stood up and walked out of the hall.

After leaving the hall, a biting cold wind blew in her face, which shocked her.

The noisy sounds of clinking glasses from the main hall next door could be heard faintly.

The scenery of Yeonbokgung Palace is extremely beautiful. Even in the deep winter when it is covered with heavy snow, it still has a unique charm.

After all, this palace was carefully designed by several eunuchs such as Yang Jian and Tong Guan, and was built at great expense by hiring great craftsmen. It has its own beauty in each season.

The originally clear sky suddenly became gloomy.

Li Nanjia was in mixed mood as she strolled in the flower garden, her eyes filled with confusion.

Since she was a child, her father told her that the Zhao Song and Li families had an irreconcilable feud.

Destroy my country, destroy my ancestral temple, and insult my ancestors...

There are so many things that it is difficult to list them all.

Therefore, destroying Zhao Song became her only goal.

For this reason, she behaved like a man despite being a girl. She practiced martial arts since she was young and practiced diligently without stopping, rain or shine, without ever stopping for a single day or slacking off for a single moment.

His hands, which were supposed to be as delicate as porcelain, became rough. Years of holding knives left a thick layer of calluses at the base of his thumb.

The fair, tender and delicate skin also becomes hard.

You can even see several lumps with distinct shapes on the lower abdomen.

Today, the Zhao Song Dynasty has been completely destroyed. Although the Zhao emperor is not dead, he is sweeping the Imperial Street and has lost all face.

She should have felt extremely happy after avenging her blood feud, but she felt empty in her heart, as if her soul had been drained out. Apart from going into battle and killing the enemy, she had no interest in anything else.

For example, today, being conferred a title was a great joyous event, but she felt no emotion at all.

I don’t know how long I walked, but Li Nanjia just felt a slight chill on the tip of his nose.

Looking up, I saw willow catkins and snowflakes falling from the sky.

"This is the third snowfall of the year."

Li Nanjia sighed softly, turned and walked towards the side hall.

"Princess Moling."

Just then, a call came from not far away.

Li Nanjia turned around and saw Liu Chang, the chief eunuch in the palace, walking towards him.

She paused, bowed and asked, "What does Manager Liu want me to do?"

Liu Chang replied: "Your Majesty wants to see Princess Moling."

Han Zhen?

Li Nanjia's calm heart was moved by a wave of ripples: "Please trouble Manager Liu to lead the way."

"Princess Moling is too polite."

Liu Chang led the way with a smile on his face.

After passing a rockery, a pavilion came into view.

Han Zhen, wearing a dragon robe, stood under the pavilion with his hands behind his back, seemingly admiring the snowy scenery.

The two of them walked to the outside of the pavilion one after the other. Liu Chang tactfully stopped and turned his back. Li Nanjia took a deep breath and walked into the pavilion: "I greet your majesty."

Han Zhen slowly turned around and asked, "Why aren't you having a feast in the palace?"

He was forced to drink a lot of alcohol, so he found an excuse to go out and hide away, but he unexpectedly met Li Nanjia.

Seeing that she looked unhappy, he ordered Liu Chang to call her over.

"I felt hot and stuffy in the palace, so I came out to get some fresh air," Li Nanjia replied.

Han Zhen chuckled and said, "You and I are old acquaintances. Tell me what's really in your heart. Do you blame me for placing you in the same palace with the imperial ladies?"

Hearing this, Li Nanjia blurted out, "I got my title and position by fighting on the battlefield. Why can't I have a banquet in the main hall?"

Han Zhen said solemnly, "Throughout the dynasties, there has never been a woman who served as an official in the court. As the commander-in-chief of the navy, I can use the merit of presenting the imperial seal to silence the mouths of the civil and military officials. But if you want to have a banquet in the main hall as a court official, your current achievements are far from enough."

It was unprecedented for a woman to serve as an official.

Li Nanjia is a great admiral, so Han Zhen can use his contribution of presenting the imperial seal as an excuse.

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After all, the imperial seal had disappeared for nearly two hundred years. Its recovery was of great significance. With this achievement, all the officials could only accept it with a pinch of their noses.

But if we go a step further and make Li Nanjia, a woman, no different from the court officials, we will certainly be opposed by the officials.

It was for this reason that Han Zhen bestowed upon her the title of Princess Moling and arranged a banquet with the ladies of noble birth in a side hall.

Li Nanjia retorted: "Why can Shangguan Wan'er?"

"Ah."

Han Zhen was immediately amused and joked, "Although Shangguan Wan'er is powerful, she is a concubine in the harem. Why do you want to follow Shangguan Wan'er's example and enter my harem?"

Yes, Shangguan Wan'er was not a court official, but a concubine of Emperor Zhongzong Li Xian.

At first, Shangguan Wan'er was an inner servant, a proper female official in the harem.

Later, after being favored by Wu Zetian, she was conferred the titles of Jieyushi and Zhaorong, even though Li Xian was still imprisoned in the countryside of Fangzhou at that time.

Although she holds tremendous power, she is essentially still a concubine in the harem.

Even when Wu Zetian wanted to employ women, she couldn't directly grant them official titles. She had to go through a roundabout way and pretend to appoint them as concubines in the harem. You can imagine how much resistance there was for women to become officials.

Many officials are afraid of death, and when faced with the sword or the axe, they often abandon their integrity as literati.

But these seemingly weak officials also have bottom lines that cannot be violated.

One of them is women serving as officials.

If Han Zhen and Li Nanjia had a banquet in the main hall openly today, he would be spitted in the face at best. I'm afraid that there would be a few more officials who committed suicide on the dragon pillars in the hall.

"..."

Han Zhen's joking words set off a huge wave in Li Nanjia's heart.

She felt her cheeks were terribly hot and even her breathing became faster.

Suppressing the shame in her heart, she tried to keep her tone normal: "Your Majesty means that as long as the merits are sufficient, I can enter the main hall?"

"good."

Han Zhen nodded and instructed: "After the seventh day, go to the palace. I have something to do for you."

After saying this, Han Zhen walked away.

The banquet had not yet ended, and as the emperor he could not leave for too long.

After watching Han Zhen's back disappear in the snow and wind, it was a long time before Li Nanjia left the pavilion.

……

After the grand court meeting, Han Zhen finally had some free time to spend some time with his wife and children.

All the court officials also had a seven-day break.

The eighth day of the lunar month.

Early in the morning, more than a dozen officials were waiting outside Xuande Gate.

After the holiday, officials from various ministries and agencies returned to work. At the beginning of the new year, there were naturally many things to report to the government.

(End of this chapter)