I Am This Type of Woman

Chapter 405 Extra Story 1 (1)

Xizhou, a bitterly cold place in Yingchao, is windy and sandy, and the sun is scorching. It is so cold in the morning and evening, but it is so hot that people want to take off their clothes at noon.

A few years ago, the people in Xizhou were still hungry and poorly clothed. Since the establishment of the new dynasty and Emperor Cheng'an ascended the throne, their life has gradually become better. At least they can eat enough. The local officials are also very honest and dishonest. It is said that they were all taken to the capital and beheaded.

In the hearts of the common people, even if someone said that His Majesty the Emperor is superhuman, they would believe it ignorantly.

In the fourth year of Cheng'an, it was said that the capital wanted to select some women to enter the palace as female officials. The number of places was very limited and the requirements were strict. When the news reached Xizhou, it was many days late, but even so, many people were moved.

That is the imperial palace, if it can be selected, it will be a matter of honoring the ancestors.

Ordinary people didn't even have the chance to hear the news. They only saw some girls from non-members or scholars' families frequently running to the county magistrate's house.

In Xizhou's magistrate's office, Xie Qilin circled a few women who knew everything and had an innocent family background, and said to the servants around him: "Just follow this list and post it."

"My lord, the young lady of the Zhang family is knowledgeable and sensible, and she is quick-witted, why didn't you choose her?" The servant took advantage of Zhang Yuan's family, so he inevitably had to ask a few questions.

"In the harem... there is no need for court ladies who are well-educated and smart," Xie Qilin said calmly, "Go down."

"Yes." Seeing that his expression was not very good, the servants did not dare to ask any more questions, and walked out obediently holding the list.

After the list was posted, the selected girls were both apprehensive and happy. They were happy that they finally had the opportunity to go to Beijing, and even served as errands in the palace. They were worried about the high mountains and long roads in the capital, and they didn't know what the future would hold.

The posting list was surrounded by people watching the excitement. Some people said that the girl from this family was ordinary-looking, so why was she selected? The other said, that girl has a dull personality, how can she be qualified to serve His Majesty and Empress?

Standing in the corner, Shi Feixian listened to the people's conjecture and yearning for the harem, with a slightly sarcastic smile on his face. Do these people think that if they enter the palace and become a court lady, they will be able to rise to the top and make the whole family honorable?

Are there still few court ladies who died silently in the harem?

"What are you looking at?" A woman wearing the same sarong as her came out and whispered in her ear, "Don't think about running away, there have been people like you who were sent away before. The woman who came ran away and was finally found outside without a piece of good meat all over her body, and the wolves ate all of it."

Shi Feixian smiled bitterly: "Don't worry, I won't have such thoughts."

"You are also a smart person, you must not be stupid," the woman nodded, "Oh, it's a pity that the new emperor did not amnesty the world after he ascended the throne, otherwise people like you would be exempted from guilt."

Hearing this, the smile on Shi Feixian's face became even more bitter. She looked away and turned to see a man in an official robe riding a horse in the distance.

"Let's go, we should go back." The woman pulled her and was about to drag her to a dirty and broken donkey cart. The cart was driven by two shabby-dressed veterans with thick calluses on their hands. Half-closed eyes, as if never fully opened.

Shi Feixian grabbed the woman's hand and looked at the man in front of him in disbelief, why is he here?

Xie Qilin...why are you here?

"Miss Shi, don't offend the nobleman, come with me quickly." Seeing Shi Feixian staring at Xie Qilin, the woman thought that she was trying to seduce Lord Zhizhou because of her beauty, so she hurriedly persuaded, "Let's They are all guilty people, and these high-ranking figures are beyond our reach."

"Sister, let me go," Shi Feixian anxiously pushed the woman away, and ran forward a few steps, "Xie Qilin, Xie Qilin."

Five years, she has been suffering in Xizhou for five years. Her skin, which was originally delicate and smooth, was roughened by the wind and sand, and her complexion was dark and dry like that of the locals. She was only in her early twenties, but she looked like thirty. year old woman.

When the news of Rong Xia's ascension to the throne came, she was happy, because in this way, there would be an amnesty order.

However, her expectations soon came to nothing. Rong Xia didn't pardon anyone at all, he just reduced the taxes of the victims. Xizhou, as a place of bitter cold, was also exempted from taxes for one year after the conferment ceremony.

After the news came, the people in the whole Xizhou were overjoyed. Everyone thought of the empress's kindness and wished to erect a longevity monument for her.

Shi Feixian thought that she would not be able to survive a day, but she did not expect that she had such a strong desire to survive. Being bullied, ridiculed, and excluded, she also survived in this barren place for five years. She thought she would continue to survive At that time, Xie Qilin's appearance was like a straw after she drowned.

He is an official of the Ying Dynasty, and he will definitely be able to eliminate her crimes and save her.

The astonished eyes of the crowd and the vigilant gestures of the guards could not stop Shi Feixian's excitement. She felt that she had never run so fast before, and she had never been as nervous as she is now.

However, just as she was about to approach, two yamen servants with knives stopped her.

"My aunt, if you have any grievances, you can tell us first, and we will convey them for you."

"Auntie?" Shi Feixian looked at the yamen servant who was speaking as if struck by lightning. This yamen servant had a round face and looked no more than seventeen or eighteen years old. She touched her face, and she was at the age of being called aunt ?

She looked up again and found that Xie Qilin was going further and further away, so she hurriedly said: "I am an old acquaintance of your lord, please let me meet with lord Xie."

"Old acquaintance?" The little yamen servant looked at Shi Feixian suspiciously, this woman was dressed in coarse clothes, she looked like a convict in hard labor, how could such a person be an old acquaintance with their adults?

Seeing that the yamen servant didn't believe her words, Shi Feixian said anxiously: "I'm really an old acquaintance of your lord, if you don't believe me, go ask him if he knows Shi Feixian?"

Aristocratic women's names are generally not told to men of low status, but now that she has come to such a fate, why does she care about her name?

Seeing Shi Feixian's swearing appearance, the yamen servant reluctantly nodded and said: "You wait here now, let me ask."

"Thank you, thank you." Shi Feixian thanked repeatedly, she wiped the tears from her face, her rough palms ached her eye sockets.

Xie Qilin planned to go to the outskirts to see the growth of this year's crops. When the yamen guard called him to stop, he stopped the horse and looked down at the yamen servant standing in front of him with folded hands, "What's wrong?"