"Master!"
Seeing Ms. Li's landing posture, Fu Bao couldn't help but widen his eyes. Even though her second brother just waved his hand casually, her second brother's strength was beyond the reach of an ordinary palace female official.
Therefore, this female official sent by the Queen Mother is not an ordinary character.
"But in front of Uncle Yongwu?"
Ms. Li landed, stabilized her figure, and quickly saluted Xu Laoer.
"Who are you?"
"What do you want to do by stopping my little sister?"
Xu Laoer had just come back, so naturally he didn't know the identity of Ms. Li. Of course, even if he knew that Ms. Li was sent by the Queen Mother, he probably wouldn't take it seriously.
"Uncle Yongwu misunderstood!"
Seeing that Xu Laoer looked unkind, Ms. Li quickly explained her identity.
When Xu Laoer knew the identity of the other party, he just said "Oh", then waved his hand and said: "Since my little sister doesn't want to have a portrait, don't stay here for nothing."
"It's thirty this year, so hurry up and go home to celebrate the New Year!"
After saying this, Xu Laoer took Fu Bao's hand and left directly.
Ms. Li was stunned on the spot, not knowing how to respond. Going home for the New Year? Where does she come from? From the day she entered the palace and became a female official, she became homeless.
"Ms. Li, do we still have portraits?"
The two old painters who came with Ms. Li immediately looked at Ms. Li.
The two had outstanding painting skills and often painted portraits of the royal family. However, their official ranks were much lower than that of Ms. Li.
"You two have also met the Lord of Defu County. If you go back now, can you draw a picture of the Lord of Defu County?"
"This is still okay!"
"In that case, let's go back to painting!"
Although the Queen Mother asked them to paint in person, but now that there is no chance to do so in person, they can only settle for the next best thing.
Ms. Li quickly left Lingshui Village with her people and went straight to Sanhe Town.
They came on this trip, and there were quite a few of them.
Although the boss of the old Xu family has enough rooms, Mr. Xu obviously has no intention of keeping guests. Naturally, it was impossible for Ms. Li to stay in Lingshui Village, so she could only stay temporarily in an inn in the town.
As for returning to the capital at this time
As Xu Laoer said, today is the New Year's Eve. Although I can't go home, I still have to celebrate the New Year.
The inn in Sanhe Town is owned by the Zhao family.
Mr. Xu's Xu's restaurant has a holiday during the Chinese New Year, not to mention the Zhao's inn.
When Ms. Li and her party arrived outside the inn, they sadly found that the inn was empty.
The helpless group of people could only return to the county town and stay in the government post house.
Unfortunately, the new magistrate of Anshun County also took office today. Officials of all sizes in the county are now welcoming the new magistrate.
There are only two postmen left behind at the post house.
Although Ms. Li and her party stayed in the post house, they didn't have anything they wanted.
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At this moment, in the county government office of Anshun County, the county magistrate Yang Yunyi was looking at the new county magistrate in front of him with an unkind expression. The reason why he looked so unhappy was because Yang Yunyi was fired.
The new county magistrate Kong Zhirong arrived, accompanied by the new county magistrate.
Although the county magistrate is a lower-ranking official, as the second-in-command in a county, he is still designated by the imperial staff.
"The grassroots resign!"
Although his teeth ached with hatred, Yang Yunyi understood that on the surface, he had to obey the superior's arrangements.
"Are you the acting registrar?"
"You can go too!"
After Kong Zhirong read out the official document, he looked at Xu Laosan who was standing with Yang Yunyi.
"Students resign!"
Xu Laosan was not as angry as Yang Yunyi.
As the acting head of the book, he was originally just trying to get the job done. If he hadn't considered the issue of reputation, he would have quit a long time ago.
Before, when he was acting as the bookkeeper, he was not in the village when Fu Bao was kidnapped. He was upset about this for a long time. Now he can finally be freed, which he has been dreaming of!
After sending Yang Yunyi and Xu Laosan away, Kong Zhirong fired some other officials in the county government and replaced them with people he brought.
As a person from a wealthy family, he came to Anshun County to serve as an official, but he was fully prepared. In order to prevent the local clan from embarrassing him, he specially brought a large group of people from the clan over.
In order to completely control the entire Anshun County, Kong Zhirong even replaced the postmaster of the posthouse with his people.
After Yi Cheng, who originally received the news, was dismissed, he simply threw up his sleeves and walked away without saying anything.
Because today is the New Year's Eve, in order to win over people's hearts, the new county magistrate very considerately gave everyone a holiday, and these people he brought gathered together. After all, it is necessary to celebrate the New Year. It's a bit lively.
As a result, Ms. Li and others in the posthouse were completely left aside.
"Go to the county office!"
By mid-afternoon, when the sun was almost setting and there was still no movement in the post house, Ms. Li finally got angry.
As a female official next to the Queen Mother, although she rarely leaves the palace, when she does, even first- and second-rank officials are polite to her.
Now in Anshun County, a mere seventh-grade county magistrate actually doesn't take her seriously. How can I tolerate this
Originally, what Ms. Li was thinking was that since there were Marquis Fugui, Marquis Wucheng, and Princess Yuyan here, she still had to restrain herself. But now, the magistrate of Anshun County is so aggressive. If she does nothing, it will be the Queen Mother who loses her face in the end.
With the accompanying Yulin Guards, Ms. Li went directly to the county government office.
At this time, the county government office was bustling.
The new county magistrate directly held a banquet in the lobby of the county government office. In addition, the ambitious county magistrate also invited women from the county's brothels.
When Ms. Li arrived, she almost lost her temper when she saw the ridiculous scene in the county government hall.
They wanted to eat or drink at the inn, but here they were singing, dancing and having a banquet. It was simply unreasonable!
So, naturally there was a fuss.
Kong Zhirong, the trustworthy county magistrate, was whipped several times by Ms. Li on the spot.
Kong Zhirong was a little drunk at first, but when the whip fell on his body, he suddenly woke up from the severe pain. When he sobered up, he wanted to show off to the county magistrate Breeze, but when he saw the clothes of the people coming, especially the armor of those from the Yulin Guards, his drunkenness instantly dissipated.
"Kong Zhirong, the magistrate of Anshun County, please come to see your superior!"
Kong Zhirong woke up and fell to his knees on the ground.
"Kong Zhirong? Your last name is Kong? Which Kong?"
After hearing Kong Zhirong's words, Ms. Li immediately darkened her face and asked coldly.
"Back to Shangguan, Xiaguan comes from the Kong clan in Xingyang!"
Kong Zhirong replied cautiously, and then said, "Concubine Li is the aunt of a lower official!"
Upon hearing these words, Ms. Li's face changed slightly.
Concubine Li is the most favored concubine of Emperor Yongping at the moment. (End of chapter)