When the bright moon comes and goes over the fiefdoms of various princes, in the name of inspectors, corrupt officials are beheaded to restore peace and prosperity to the people.
The reputation of this female inspector gradually spread. She became the most trusted figure in the hearts of the people, and also a sword hanging over the heads of those officials with guilty consciences.
Especially after the corruption, bribery, and violations of laws and regulations by the princes in their fiefdoms over the years were revealed one by one, their titles were stripped by the emperor, and even their fiefdoms were taken back. Except for a few of their descendants who committed many crimes and were sentenced to exile, most of the others were demoted to commoners.
Those petty officials who depended on them knew that their backers had fallen, so they could not help but tighten their skin and learn to behave themselves.
However, the law of nature is long and wide, and nothing can escape it. When sentencing and punishing people, the bright moon never considers their false performance today, but only listens to the words of the people.
Therefore, those who do evil will eventually suffer the consequences.
There were also people who wanted to resist this predetermined fate. Mingyue encountered assassinations, poisonings, bribery and threats of all sizes several times a day on the way.
But the Dragon Shadow Guards are not just named for nothing, as they are the emperor's personal guards, they can be said to be all-round guardians when it comes to protecting people's safety.
So those people failed to kill Mingyue, and were only punished more severely.
In addition to the hardships that Mingyue faced, Murong Zhen also bore most of the pressure.
Ever since Mingyue's identity was exposed, great scholars and imperial censors would occasionally question the emperor in the court: How could a woman be an official? Moreover, she was an official of the first rank, such as the inspector. What virtue and ability did Chen Mingyue, the daughter of a guilty marquis, have
When they heard Mingyue directly take action against those local officials, killing them or demoting them, the ministers' opposition became even louder, and they scolded Mingyue as a hen who crows at dawn and only cares about the family. They also advised the emperor that if he continued to allow her to do such a thing, the country would be in danger!
As a woman, you actually want to have the rights of a man. This is the greatest crime.
But now that Murong Zhen has seen the perfect answer given by Mingyue, how could he possibly give up such a great opportunity to restore peace and prosperity to the country
You have to know that the people of Murong family have been waiting for this day for a long time.
So what if she is a woman? Mingyue has done what men cannot do, and they are not as good as a woman.
So no matter how the ministers tried to persuade him, Murong Zhen just resisted the pressure and refused to give in. Mingyue also became more and more stable in the position of Inspector.
After a year, Mingyue traveled to all the fiefs of kings and princes, and won the bet with the emperor.
When the things Mingyue did became known, the common people admired her very much. She was deeply loved by the people. Anyone who dared to say a bad word about her would be immediately drowned in the people's spit.
Even the ministers no longer mentioned that women should not enter the court.
The following year, Mingyue returned and officially entered the court as a second-rank imperial censor in charge of supervision, and officially appeared in front of all the ministers.
Although she was a first-rank inspector before, she has now become a second-rank official, but anyone with a discerning eye can tell that this is a demotion in public but a promotion in private.
Not to mention that the Censor has the power to supervise all officials, she holds the Dragon-Slaying Sword bestowed by the Emperor himself. Not only can she execute first and report later, she also has the ability to protect loyal officials and eliminate treacherous officials.
This first female official in history is amazing!
And this female official who was envied by the ministers also had her own troubles. Ever since Mingyue became a female official, the aunts of the Yun family, who were not familiar with her, would come to the Ming Mansion with their maids from time to time, always acting like elders preaching.
For the sake of Yun Feiyan and Yun's maternal grandfather's uncles, Mingyue maintained politeness and tolerated their unreasonable behavior.
But she never expected that these aunts would increasingly treat her as an outsider, and recently they even took the initiative to arrange a marriage for her.
Even though Mingyue refused without hesitation, these aunts seemed to not understand and thought she was being shy. They also said that marriage was always decided by parents and matchmakers. They also said that her mother was not dedicated and went to be a shopkeeper, so they, the aunts, had to worry about it.
The aunts praised the man to the skies and said that if it weren't for their sake, the man would not have been attracted to Mingyue, who was always out in public.
The smile on Mingyue's face became fainter and fainter, but her aunts still thought she was a soft persimmon and continued to belittle her and praise the man.
"Mingyue, what's so good about being a female official? No one can starve you even if you stay at home. Why do you have to crowd together with a bunch of men all day long? It's really immoral and you've lost your reputation for no reason."
"Yes, now that someone is willing to marry you, you should resign your official position and concentrate on being a noble lady in the house. Then you can give birth to a son, and then you will have hope for the future."
"We are your closest relatives, how could we harm you? You are right to listen to us, otherwise when you are old and ugly, you will never meet a man who doesn't dislike you."
"… "
As the aunts talked one after another, Mingyue finally frowned.
She thought she had tolerated them a lot, but if they were always ignorant, then she would have to teach them what respect was.
Mingyue said with a hint of sarcasm: "I have said it many times, I will never marry again in this life. If you aunts want to get married, then you can marry more times. If you think that man is good, you can divorce your uncles and marry again. You don't have to keep nagging in front of me. I have to go to the government office later, so I won't keep you any longer."
The aunts never expected that she would say such words, and they didn't have time to react after she said that.
Then Mingyue called Manager Du over again, and in front of them, she said loudly: "Aunt Yuan, don't invite those idle people into the house in the future. My mother is in the shop every day, and I have to go to the government office every day. How can I have time to listen to idle talk?"
Steward Du looked at the ladies of the old master's family, then looked at the expression of the eldest lady, and finally stood on the side of his own lady: "Yes, I understand."
The faces of the Yun family ladies turned pale and blue, and they were so angry looking at Mingyue that they were speechless.
With their status, they are respected and admired wherever they go. But this time, they lost face in front of their own niece, and people said that they were outsiders and were talking nonsense.
It's really infuriating.
But Mingyue directly asked Manager Du to see the guests off, which was equivalent to kicking them out.
Manager Du sighed: "Hey, Madam, Madam, Madam, Madam... Please come in."
It's the last day, I'll secretly add 10,000 words, thank you for reading this~
(End of this chapter)