kingnovel Chapter 470 Taking office
Chapter 470 Taking office
The next day,
The little girl was sitting on the edge of the bed with her hair loose and wearing only her underwear.
She lowered her head and played with the jade pendant in her hand, "Nianniao, just find some clothes that are convenient for movement."
I saw Nianniang opening several closets containing clothes for the little girls and selecting items with a frown on her face.
Her voice was hoarse, but it was also full of excitement and seriousness. "Today is the first day of your appointment, Miss. You don't have an official robe, so you can't be careless about what you wear."
Jiang An didn't think there was anything wrong.
He muttered, "Clothes and such are enough to make beating people convenient."
She had a feeling that today would be an exciting day!
Since she has not yet arrived in her official uniform, normally speaking, she is not officially in office today, and she does not have the power to deploy officials under the Ministry of Justice.
Although the Dali Temple has the responsibility to investigate the case, it does not have the final power of execution.
At that time, she, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, would be needed to review the proposal of the Dali Temple and confiscate the property of those who should be confiscated and exile those who should be exiled!
It is impossible to catch the Queen Mother by her tail and pull her down from her high position in the harem in one fell swoop, but how many of her followers they can catch depends on the abilities of Wu Heting and Jiang An!
His Majesty also thought about the girl's lack of confidence on her first day in office, so he gave her a jade pendant.
This jade pendant carved with a dragon is a personal item of the emperor. Seeing it is like seeing His Majesty in person!
The little girl held the jade pendant and muttered, "Our Majesty is really considerate."
But it's a pity. Jiang An doesn't like to reason under normal circumstances, so she may not need this jade pendant~
"Miss, just wear this!"
The clothes Nianniang was holding were dark in color with gold embroidery patterns, and the waistband and arm guards were all made of fine iron...
Jiang An's eyes lit up, "Not bad, not bad~"
It hurts just to watch someone getting beaten!
About half an incense stick later...
Jiang An came out from behind the screen.
She tilted her head, and her high-tied hair moved with it, looking both free and easy and playful like a little girl.
"How is it~"
She turned around, and the dark patterns on her black robe surged, making the girl's skin look even whiter, like mutton-fat jade, and her eyebrows and eyes were clear.
"nice!"
Nianniao made a pertinent comment.
Her daughter looks good in anything, and she looks especially good in this outfit.
When he smiles, he looks like a replica of General Xie, unruly and unruly; if he gets angry, he is like a general on the battlefield, ruthless and courageous!
Jiang An chuckled and flexed his knuckles.
"Let's go and get to work!"
In front of the mansion gate, everyone in the mansion came out to see the little girl off.
His lady is on her first day in office, so of course we have to take it seriously!
Wu Heting was on horseback, looking at the darkness inside the mansion gate, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
The confidant who was also riding a horse beside him exclaimed in admiration, "Oh my god!"
Those who knew would think that Jiang An was taking office, while those who didn’t would think that the little girl was going to the battlefield!
He secretly counted them and said, "There must be a hundred of them!"
What were the soldiers guarding the city gate doing? They didn't have any suspicion when so many people entered the city at the same time?
"I'm leaving~"
Without her white tiger in Kyoto, the girl could only ride on horseback.
On the way to the Ministry of Justice, Wu Heting asked her, "Do you know who the Minister of Justice and the other Vice Minister are?"
"You are the Right Vice Minister, a 4th rank official, and above you is the Left Vice Minister, a 4th rank official."
Jiang An grabbed the reins of the horse and looked around at the street scene and the steaming buns on the stalls.
She shook her head frankly, "I don't know."
As soon as Wu Heting made a joke, he knew it!
Lord Wu resigned himself to his fate and had to tell her about the current personnel layout of the Ministry of Justice...
"Li Huai, the Minister of Justice, is from the Li family, a noble family in Kyoto. Although they have separated and live separately now, they still have a good relationship with their brothers."
"His elder brother is guarding the border in the south with Marquis Dingyuan, and his younger brother is a censor. He was the one who was reprimanded by Your Majesty the day before and fell to the ground in fear when he first entered the court."
The little girl twitched her eyebrows slightly and said with some amusement: "These people in the Li family all have their own talents."
Wu Heting also smiled, "Li Huai was also a military commander when he was young, but later on for some reason he went to the Ministry of Justice and became a minister."
"This person is not very smooth, and he is very mediocre in official circles..."
It was purely luck that I became the Shangshu.
When the Xie family occasionally needed the Ministry of Justice's help, he would either obey orders silently or pretend to be deaf and dumb.
The same applies when Your Majesty wants to use the Ministry of Justice...
The Ministry of Justice was like a big hole under his management.
Therefore, although Empress Dowager Xie and His Majesty did not like him, with their checks and balances, Li Huai's position as the Minister was stable.
Jiang An listened, frowning.
She looked at Wu Heting and asked doubtfully, "Has he always been like this?"
Wu Heting seemed to remember something. "It wasn't always like this. I met him a few times when he was young. He was a high-spirited man. He separated from the Li family because my mother didn't like his wife."
Li Huai was worried that his wife would be bullied by her mother-in-law, so he divided the family property in a fit of anger.
As an official appointed by the imperial court, his reputation is extremely important. How could a mediocre person be able to do such a rebellious act as dividing the family?
Jiang An didn't believe it.
Likewise, she became more curious.
"Where is the Left Assistant Minister?"
"He..." When mentioning this person, disgust flashed in Wu Heting's eyes.
"He is a member of the Xie family. The proposal submitted to the Dali Temple has caused him a lot of trouble."
"Li Huai is mediocre. He is the head of the Ministry of Justice and has done many evil things."
If a powerful person committed a crime that violated the law, even if the Dali Temple had him imprisoned on death row, he could take money and have the person acquitted during the retrial.
If he wasn't an official, Wu Heting would have killed such people hundreds of times!
"If you have a conflict with him, don't hold back, just fight!"
Jiang An smiled brightly, "Then I will listen to our Lord Wu~"
"drive!"
The horse galloped down the street, and although it did not cause any harm, it frightened the people on the street.
The passing carriages were even more frightened, and the ladies in the carriages screamed.
The light curtains on the carriage window were blown away by the wind, revealing a gap...
Jiang An tightened the reins and apologized to the beautiful girl in the carriage with an apologetic look on his face.
"Feel sorry…"
I was so used to horse racing on the streets of the North that for a moment I forgot that this was Kyoto.
She picked up the most beautiful flower from the roadside peony stall and handed it to the beautiful sister, "This is an apology gift."
The sister in the car accepted the flowers, and when she looked up again, the young man on horseback had already gone far away.
She stretched out her slender fingers to pluck the petals, smiled and murmured, "He is a handsome young man..."
The maid accompanying her in the car looked at her teasingly, "Are you moved, young lady?"
"what…"
"You are such a short-sighted little girl."
The maid didn't know why the girl said that, and when she asked again, she got an ambiguous smile from her girl.
Jiang An's outfit really made her look like a young master from a wealthy family. Although her face was as delicate as a girl's, she was overwhelmed by the murderous aura. No wonder the maid mistook her for her.
Ministry of Justice,
As soon as Jiang An dismounted, he was stopped by Chiyu in front of the main gate of the Ministry of Justice. "Who are you?"
"Jiang An!"
The little girl glanced around at the Akabane guards with stern faces, calmly stretched out her hand to break their obstruction, and stepped over the horizontal bar in the shocked gazes of the two men.
"grown ups…"
The golden guard beside Wu Heting grinned, "This ancestor doesn't look like he's here to take up a post, but rather to fight."
If she continues like this, will she not be impeached by the censors at the morning court tomorrow?
Wu Heting raised his eyebrows, "I would be surprised if she came to work honestly!"
OK...
Now that it has been delivered, they just have to wait at the door for the ancestor to come out.