Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 796: Chapter 797: My Lord, I’ve Been Promoted_1

The Emperor decreed...

Unlike the reactions of those farmer’s sons, the several officials present were all shocked and frightened.

No matter how great her achievements, the special appointment of a woman as an official meant favor in the Emperor’s heart.

They were truly foolish, only now realizing this fact.

No wonder Lord Zhang, a third-ranking official, actually fell half a step behind An Jing at the time; so that was the reason...

After their shock, Master Zhou, Zhao, Qian, and Sun were all filled with trepidation. They felt that the previous wager had put them at odds with An Jing and feared she might harm them.

Li Jifan didn’t feel that he had offended An Jing in any way, so he wasn’t frightened. However, because An Jing was favored by the Emperor, he was even less likely to reveal his feelings of admiration for her.

Simply because, even if he lost face, he would not dare.

An Jing was very affectionate with Xiao Changyi, and if she became upset and told the Emperor about his coveting her, he might not be able to handle the consequences.

So, he had to keep his little thoughts hidden! Hidden! Hidden!

...

On September 16th, two imperial edicts arrived from the Capital.

One edict was sent to Master Zhou’s house in the Qilin County Agricultural Institute; Master Zhou was promoted from the sixth rank of agricultural direction to an official sixth rank of Farmers’ knowledge and was appointed on the spot as the manager of the Qilin County Agricultural Institute, in charge of all affairs therein.

Having been promoted again in his lifetime, he added glory to his ancestors, and Master Zhou was moved to tears.

The other edict was delivered to An Jing’s house.

An Jing was promoted two levels up, from a seventh rank Farmer Knight to the official sixth rank of Farmers’ knowledge.

Just like the first time she received an imperial edict, it was in the courtyard, where An Jing made a gesture without really kneeling when she accepted the edict.

After the bearer of good news had left, An Jing, holding the edict, led her four children into the inner chamber to comfort her husband, who was very unhappy that the Emperor of Xiyun had promoted her without a word.

In the inner chamber, Xiao Changyi sat on the rose chair with an expressionless face.

With hands behind her, An Jing walked up to Xiao Changyi, bent down, brought her face close to his, and holding back a laugh, she asked, ”Husband, I’ve been promoted, shouldn’t you be congratulating me? Why are you sulking in here instead?”

”You know why.” He paused, ”Next spring, we’re not going to the Capital.” That old man shouldn’t be too nice to him!

Understanding the deep meaning in Xiao Changyi’s words, An Jing immediately laughed, ”Didn’t the official who brought the good news say it? He said it was Chengyu who again asked for the promotion on my behalf, and my adoptive father went along with it.”

”You believe that?”

An Jing replied, ”I don’t. This time, it must have been my adoptive father who had Chengyu submit the request, and then he went along with it. However, he did this probably because he was afraid that you would be angry; otherwise, why would he do such a thing? He could directly promote me.”

She paused, then An Jing added, ”If you’re really angry, when we go to the Capital, you can ignore my adoptive father for a few days, let him worry himself sick - wouldn’t that do the trick?”

Xiao Changyi immediately replied, ”That sounds good.”

An Jing burst into laughter again, and after she stopped, she said, ”Then don’t be angry now, wait until we go to the Capital to be angry.”

Xiao Changyi actually nodded, ”Hmm.”

”Hahaha...” An Jing laughed even more.

Their four children were circling around Xiao Changyi and An Jing’s feet. Seeing An Jing laughing so freely and looking in high spirits, Su Yi Jing and Su Yixing looked up at her with puzzled expressions; An Yiqing, not caring why An Jing was laughing, joined in the laughter, quickly resembling a Maitreya Buddha; An Yiyun also didn’t know why An Jing was laughing, but he hugged one of her legs and, tilting his little head up to look at her, joined in her laughter.