The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family-Chapter 1139 - 260: The Death of Qian Wanxiu _2

"Heaven and Earth, Monarch’s Teacher." Xiao Guangzhao’s attitude was also very firm, Pei Qin not taking office would be a disgrace to Heaven and Earth, a disgrace to the Emperor!

"I won’t live anymore!" Pei Qin began a tantrum, first crying, then making a scene, and finally threatening to hang herself, grabbing the white silk around her neck, "I’m just a woman, I’ve risked my life to drive away Wa Ci and the Rong Clan, and I just don’t want to be an official, I just want to go home and take care of my children! Can’t even this last wish before I die be fulfilled? I don’t want to live anymore!"

The civil and military officials all had a collective twitch, "General Pei..."

"I won’t live anymore! I’m going to hang myself!" Pei Qin squeezed her eyes, but no tears came out, that didn’t matter, her voice was crying and that was enough, she took the white silk and looked up to find a beam to hang it on.

But when she looked up, the ceiling of the great hall was too high, she couldn’t reach it, and the white silk she had was too short; she couldn’t even reach the top of the door...

This scene made all the chancellors want to shake her to death. General Pei, you’ve become a real mess! As the Tiance General, you’re the legendary Deity General Pei Hansan! Enemies lose heart when they hear your name, and the people of Great Chu admire you. And now you’re pretending to cry in the great hall? And pretending to hang yourself?

"I won’t live anymore! I won’t live anymore!" Unable to find a place to hang the white silk, Pei Qin angrily sat down on the ground.

Mo Heng extended his foot, inviting her to sit on his feet.

Leaning against him, Pei Qin continued to feign crying, wrapping the white silk around her neck, "I can’t live like this! I don’t want to live anymore!" The white silk around her neck was actually quite warm. When she got back, she decided to make a fur scarf; fur always felt itchy on her neck.

The face of every official witnessing this, what a sight. A high-ranked Above First Rank Great General, practicing the antics of a shrew in the great hall: crying, making a scene, and threatening to hang herself.

And there were even some people who found her feigned crying and threats of hanging herself, cute!?

Everyone knew she was doing it on purpose, and she was shamelessly obvious about it. She just didn’t want to be an official! And she was adamant about it!

Xiao Guangzhao had not expected her to pull such a stunt, making a ruckus in the great hall; his face grew dark and ugly to behold.

"Emperor! If you dare to set the precedent of women becoming officials, I’ll smear shit on you!" Damn it, his face would be covered in crap!

Seeing her make a threatening statement, all the officials knelt down in unison, "We implore the Emperor to reconsider!"

Xiao Guangzhao, seeing his persistence failing and facing the opposition of the ministers, realized that the blame would fall upon him, the Emperor, and his face darkened further, "Pei Hansan’s position remains unchanged! Court dismissed!" With that, he got up and left.

"His Majesty is wise! Long live, long live, long live our Emperor!" the ministers chanted kneeling.

Pei Qin still did not resign from her position. But at the very least, Xiao Guangzhao no longer stubbornly pursued the precedent of women entering court as officials.

Mo Heng helped her up, "The Tiance General is but a nominal title, go home now!" Xiao Guangzhao had made up his mind not to let her resign. Now it was a contest to see who was the more cunning.

By then, Pei Qin truly had no energy left.

Mo Heng picked her up and walked away.

Just as the officials were getting up from the ground, they looked at each other, and then all watched Mo Heng carrying Pei Qin out of the court, thinking that it really wasn’t quite appropriate.

Someone came forward to speak, "General Pei..."

He had barely started speaking when Pei Qin turned her head to look at him mournfully, "I’m truly sick!"

The official who had tried to approach her froze on the spot.

Mo Heng strode out of the palace gates, carrying Pei Qin.

Back at home, Pei Qian and the others crowded around her, "How did it go? What happened?"

"Half success, half failure," Pei Qin jumped down from the carriage.

"The Emperor isn’t going to establish regulations for women to enter court as officials, but he also doesn’t agree to your resignation?" Pei Yuan asked.

Pei Qin nodded, yawned, and went inside.

Outside the gate of the Tiance General Mansion, the people who were building the archway had already started their work.

The people of Capital Jingcheng buzzed with discussion. After Pei Qin’s solo comedic act over the wall, she had gathered a strong fan base, but there were still some who thought that as a woman, she had only taken up arms reluctantly in desperate times and now that peace had returned, she should retire to domestic life and not compete with men for prominence. If she wanted glory and wealth, her husband Mo Heng was also covered in military honors and highly respected. As husband and wife, her glory was also his.

The more the talk spread, the sharper it got. The angry and resentful Fang Hui’s family spread rumors on the street, "One below ten thousand above, endless splendor and wealth! Who wouldn’t want it!? If she was truly noble-hearted, she wouldn’t have shown her face and led troops in battle; she could’ve supported her husband from behind, helping him with ammunition, aiding his glory and reputation! And then in the great hall, she goes and throws a tantrum, crying and making a scene, and threatening to hang herself, pretending to be against women becoming officials and disrupting the court order! Actually, she’s afraid that other talented women might become officials and steal her spotlight! She says she doesn’t want to be an official, but just look at her lifestyle, it’s all at the level of the Tiance General! She even dresses in men’s clothes! Those plaques and archways, all those generous rewards, aren’t they all taken back home by her!?"