The Crown Prince’s New Female Staff

Chapter 1: Prologue(1)

on March 05, 2022

In July, the 21st year of Xuande.

Qianjing has received plenty of rain this year, and it has rained for many days. Because of the muddy roads, there are many fewer pedestrians.
 

The people of the Qi Dynasty regarded black gold as a symbol of power, and the royal family was even more willing to wear black robes, but the prince himself only wore white robes on weekdays, which added to the clearness.

“Master, slow down.”

The eunuch, Tokugawa, bowed and followed behind the man, and with a creak, the black mansion gate lined with nine gold and bronze beads closed. With an umbrella in his hand, he immediately followed the man with small steps.

Tokugawa was thinking of holding the umbrella for the man, but the man turned around after taking the bamboo umbrella.

Tokugawa watched the tall figure go farther, and hurriedly gestured towards a few blue-clothed guards behind him.

"Follow up"

Several guards followed after the figure, but they didn't dare to get too close to the master in front of them. They kept a few meters away and followed suit.

Since taking charge of government affairs three years ago, the crown prince has independently moved out of the palace gate and formed his own government affairs team.

Since then, the court has been purged a lot and people's livelihood has improved. It is like the prelude to the Tang Emperor's enlightenment and prosperity. The reputation of ”Crown Prince Qianjing" has spread all over the world and is widely known.

However, the Lord(crown prince) himself said nothing about this. He still went to the Political Assembly Hall regularly every day to work hard on governance. By the way, he also solved(killed? who knows~) a few troublesome courtiers and occasionally played chess with Xiao Yi, the leader of the Jinyi Guard. His days are very dull.

Seeing that the rain was getting heavy again, Tokugawa put his hands in his sleeves, and told the female official who followed him, “Send a few more people to the Political Assembly Hall to serve, and burn more coal for heat.”

The Crown Prince was known to suffer from the cold, and everyone in Ganjing knew that this arrangement was reasonable.

Tokugawa took the whisk presented by his apprentice and entered the gate of the crown prince's mansion.

The female official looked up at the plaque of the “Crown Prince's Mansion”, and followed in for a while.

.....

In the Zhengyitang(political assembly hall), strands of incense curled up from the filigree porcelain stove, circled, and took off, until the ceiling of the wellhead painted with golden dragons slowly dissipated. There were only a few tables and seats in the hall, and even the maids were pitifully few.

Sitting in the hall, Huo Shijun was discussing matters with the crown prince.

“The Xie family patriarch has arrived in the capital, and just sent a letter to the mansion.”

Qi Liangye put down the booklet at hand, picked up the cold teacup beside him, and drank it lightly.

The man's eyebrows are cold, his facial features are atmospheric and exquisite, and there is an indescribable nobility hidden in his every move.

Huo Shijun is known as the renowned strategist in the world.

He is five or six years older than the crown prince. It is because of his age that he was still ambitious. He often wore a scholar's coat and held a certain book of scriptures and history in his hand, and read it whenever he had free time. 

Now dressed in black, he leaned slightly to his side and asked. He was also handsome and tough, with a loose temperament, and he could be seen at a glance in the crowd.

Qi Liangye raised his eyes slightly when he heard this and gently opened his lips:

"It is rumored that the Patriarch of the Xie family holds the Jianghu Lord's decree and can mobilize the Jianghu forces at will. Although he has already received my Qilin badge, it is still unknown whether that person can use it."

In the past few days, this ruler and minister have been discussing the Xie family patriarch, but when he entered the capital, they didn't even notice at the slightest. It can be said that this family patriarch is extremely capable.

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It was still raining outside the hall, and the rainwater in front of the door piled up into a stream and slowly drained into the ground along the ditch. The light rain was like pearls dripping on the ground, crisp and pleasant.

Huo Shijun looked at the sky outside. The rain made him feel uncomfortable, and he always feel that the icy wind was drilling into his body, and the coolness was penetrating.

“Om--”

Suddenly there was a very small buzzing sound in the rain. Huo Shijun didn't realize it and was still looking at the sky, but Qi Liangye's hand holding the teacup froze.

“Boom! ”

A few dark shadows suddenly smashed into the ground from the eaves of the house and fell down as softly as dead fishes.

Huo Shijun hadn't realized how many people were dead, but his instinct had made him shout loudly, "Guards!"

But the hall was empty, and none of the guards seemed to hear the sound.

The man in the main seat paused, and the next second he continued to calmly drink tea. However, Huo Shijun was like a big thorn, tightly protecting Qi Liangye.

But there is still no sound, it was so quiet——

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T/N: I got interested in this because the female lead seems like a badass. Hoping that this will not disappoint~