After all, Feng Jue was not a roundworm in Jiang Pengji's stomach. How could he know everything?
Not to mention Feng Jue, even Wei Ci, who slept beside her, could not guess what Jiang Pengji was sincerely hiding.
Normally, that would be the case, but there were always accidents. Jiang Pengji's secret could not be hidden from anyone.
This person was not a bystander, but the old chief who knew Jiang Pengji's schemes very well.
[Your Dad]:???
Jiang Pengji was eating breakfast. Recently, her taste had changed. She would not be happy without spicy food. All the chilies in the kitchen were eaten by her.
Breakfast should be light and nutritious, but who dared to say no when Jiang Pengji was willful?
Under her strong request, the meat porridge and steamed bun for breakfast were also added with chili powder, and it was a super spicy chili!
The onlookers felt their tongues hurt when they looked at her, but Jiang Pengji acted as if nothing had happened. She finished the bowl of porridge in a few mouthfuls.
Not only did he like spicy food, but his appetite had also increased.
In the past, one bowl of porridge was enough to fill one's stomach. Now, he had to eat two big bowls for breakfast — basins as big as washbasins, and ten steamed buns.
If breakfast was already like this, then lunch and dinner should be even bigger. Roughly speaking, it should be 50% bigger than before.
Sanzhisongshu Snacking: "Is the host's stomach connected to a two-dimensional black hole?
Mala Tripe: "Is that the point? Wasn't the main point that the host didn't gain any weight despite eating and drinking so much? I'm so jealous!
They were born in an ancient gourmet country with eight major cuisines, yet they had bodies that would grow fat just by drinking water. That kind of pain was something they couldn't tell others about. Looking at Jiang Pengji's appetite, which had remained the same for more than a decade, their jealousy was about to overflow from their screens.
Even though Jiang Pengji was eating a dark dish of mushroom and beef porridge sprinkled with chili powder, the salted fish were hungry just by looking at it.
At this time, another eye-catching golden bullet screen flew across the screen — this was the exclusive privilege of the unique Almighty in the live broadcast room.
Don't Want to Lose Weight: Wow!!! It was the first time I saw a big shot say something.
The old chief was the only person that the salted fishes knew who could deal with Jiang Pengji. He was the boss of the bosses, or simply known as the Big Boss.
Lie Ping Ren Shou: "Grab the big boss's tail for a photo. Those who want a photo, line up!!!"
[Foodie Who Eats Delicacies]: Huh? Why did Boss send two "???" messages? Was there any meaning to it?
Fusheng Yuexiao: "I seem to be able to see through the three question marks in the boss's mind."
Jiang Pengji gulped down the last of the porridge. She picked up a folded handkerchief and wiped her mouth. She patted her flat belly and burped.
"Satisfied ~ ~ ~"
Jiang Pengji sighed and looked up to see the third "???" floating in the middle of the screen.
"Old Chief, your account was hacked?"
Three question marks in a row didn't seem to be her style. It seemed more like a random message from a little brat who had stolen her account.
Your Abba: You're the one who's been hacked!
With a tick, a private message was sent.
The old chief did not want five million people to watch the conversation between him and Jiang Pengji, so he chose to chat privately.
Jiang Pengji said, "If your account wasn't hacked, why didn't you say anything and only sent question marks?"
There was silence on the old commander's side for a long time.
Your Abba: "Don't play dumb. I don't believe you didn't notice the changes in your body."
In their era, the standard for determining death was from brain death to spirit dissipation. In other words, as long as the spirit did not dissipate, there was still a possibility of recovery. Under such circumstances, people paid more attention to their mental state. The old chief did not believe that Jiang Pengji did not notice.
What did she notice?
She noticed that there was a weak, small, and unfamiliar spiritual fluctuation in her spiritual world.
Yes, there was no mistake. A single strand!
The old chief realized that Jiang Pengji did not remove it. Instead, she showed a protective stance. That was thought-provoking.
Even if he had not seen a pig run, he had eaten pork. The old chief immediately thought that it was a natural pregnancy. In other words …
Jiang Pengji was pregnant!!!
The commander of the federal army knowingly broke the law!!!
Jiang Pengji rested her chin on her hand and said, "You noticed? That's right. I can't hide this from you. "
Just like how Jiang Pengji could tell that Jiang Nongqin was pregnant with a glance, the old chief could also determine whether Jiang Pengji was pregnant based on her mental state.
Your Abba: "Why so sudden?"
"I've been planning for the past few years. I'm only free this year. There are too many people urging me to get married. I want to give them a surprise. "
Your Abba: "Are you sure this isn't a shock?"
"This is the young lord they've been looking forward to for a long time. Isn't the shock followed by ecstasy? I don't want them to rush to me one by one. "
Jiang Pengji yawned. Although pregnancy did not put much of a burden on her, she still felt sleepy and weak from time to time.
Your Abba: "What do the others say?"
Jiang Pengji said, "I won't let them know for now. It'll save us a lot of trouble and prevent people with ulterior motives from deliberately plotting against us."
The longer the pregnancy, the more opportunities there were for people to plot against her. Jiang Pengji did not want to waste her energy dealing with those demons and monsters.
Perhaps her state of mind had changed. Jiang Pengji also planned to pave the way for the child in her womb.
No, it might not be a child.
"When the time is right, I'll announce it to the public."
When would the time be right?
Wait!
She and the old chief's conversation was in a private channel. No one knew what they talked about except for the two of them.
After that day, Jiang Pengji's appetite and taste changed again. She ate more, and her taste became darker.
Somehow, word of her appetite got out and became a topic of conversation among the common people.
Wanzhou was a place where plump was considered beautiful. The people thought that Jiang Pengji ate hard because she wanted to gain weight, but she just could not gain weight.
"These rumors are too outrageous. Who spread them?"
Jiang Pengji was indignant. Her appetite was normal, and she did not shed tears because she was thin!
The guy who spread the rumors came out to be beaten!
Wei Ci said, "The governance of the manor is strict. No one dares to spread rumors, but does my lord still remember having a meal with Feng Jue, the third son of the Feng family, at Zhike House? No matter how strict the management of Zhike House is, it's still a public place. There are many people coming and going. There must be people who saw my lord eat a little too much … "
Jiang Pengji, Feng Jue, and Huang Song were the only ones in the private room, but the three of them ate like 30 people.
With a little inquiry, they knew whose stomach most of the food went to.
Jiang Pengji became famous with one meal.
Just as Yang Tao once complained, Jiang Pengji conquered the world mostly because of her appetite. If she did not conquer the world, she would not be able to support herself.
When this matter reached the ears of the people, there were countless speculations.
It was normal to speculate that Jiang Pengji ate a lot to gain weight. Some people even said that she was the reincarnation of Taotie. She ate a lot and was cruel.
Of course, there were also people who said that Jiang Pengji practiced divine skills and that she consumed a lot of energy to fly in the sky and travel underground. It was because the food in the mortal world did not have enough spiritual energy. Although she had eaten the food of 20 strong men, the spiritual energy she had absorbed was barely enough for her to be 80% full.
Some people said that Jiang Pengji was not actually alone. She had thousands of doppelgangers, so her appetite was huge …
Jiang Pengji was speechless.
Had the people of Wanzhou been brainwashed by the novelists under Wei Ci?
Weren't they afraid that their wild imagination could not be stopped?
It was impossible to stop it. Without imagination, life would be as boring as stagnant water.
Fortunately, as the end of May approached, the people no longer focused on Jiang Pengji's appetite. Their attention was attracted by other gossips. Not only was the examination the liveliest event in the history of Wanzhou, but it was also a large-scale face-slapping scene.
How many gentry gentry swore that they did not want to participate in the examination and compete with gentry gentry gentry?
At the end of the face-slapping, they said, "How delicious."
It was impossible not to participate in the examination. It would never be possible, because Jiang Pengji, the shameless woman, had banned the recommendation, abolished filial piety, and inspection. Of course, it was not right to say that it was abolished. The official reason was that after the examination, there would be sufficient manpower for the time being. The places in each place would be given priority to the gentry who passed the examination. Only then would they live up to their trust and hard work.
Jiang Pengji would give it a try first. If the gentry who passed the examination was not good enough, she would replace them with people who were qualified to inspect the examination or those who were filial piety.
If the gentry who passed the examination was not enough, people who entered officialdom through other means could replace them.
Jiang Pengji did not make it clear, but looking at the students of the Golden Scale Academy, a batch of leeks would mature in one or two years … No, a batch of students would graduate … If they were given priority every year, would the other gentry who did not belong to the academy stand out?
In other words, if they did not participate in the examination, they would not have the chance to become an official.
In the past, they could join some families as advisors or serve as incompetent military advisers in the local government, using it as a stepping stone to climb up, but now this path was cut off. When Jiang Pengji announced the news, some gentry who had a keen sense immediately realized that something was wrong.
Even if they were humiliated, they had to participate in the examination.
If they missed this opportunity, they did not know if they would have another chance in the future.
With similar thoughts, many gentry gentry who were from the side branches secretly asked their servants to sign up for them.
However, it was the first examination. The publicity was not strong and the impact was not deeply rooted in people's hearts. Not many people signed up for the examination.
Including the first batch of graduates of the Golden Scale Academy, there were only about a thousand gentry who signed up for the examination.
This was incomparable to the million gentry who signed up for the national examination in the salted fish dimension.
Jiang Pengji had a list of vacant positions in the government offices of various prefectures, counties, and towns. Even if the thousand gentry were accepted, there would still be a lot of vacancies. Of course, Jiang Pengji did not plan to accept all of them. Some important positions would be filled first. She would let the various offices operate first and enter a virtuous cycle. When the next batch of leeks … No, when the students graduate, the situation would get better.
Because of her health, Jiang Pengji did not personally preside over the examination. Other than the court examination, which she attended, the officials took care of the rest. Perhaps it was because Jiang Pengji often did not do anything, but no one suspected the deeper meaning behind her laziness.
Moreover, Jiang Pengji did not preside over the examination, but she did a lot of things.
"The characters of these gentry should also be assessed. Those with good characters and honest temperaments can be sent far away to train. Those who are disobedient can be placed nearby. Their positions don't have to be too high. Let's suppress their arrogance." Jiang Pengji said casually, but it made things difficult for others.
Feng Zhen asked, "How do we assess their character?"
It was hard to know what was in a man's heart. If one met someone with good acting skills, even a devil could be packaged as a flourishing white lotus.
Jiang Pengji said, "Don't the records of the graduates of the Golden Scale Academy remain? Check … If this batch of students is of good standard and can pass the examination, then they should be sent far away to train for three to four years. When the time comes, we can transfer them to a higher position. That way, I can be more at ease … "
Feng Zhen was surprised.
According to the rules of officialdom, a position close to the political center … Even a small official was a level higher than a high official in a remote and desolate place.
She probably did not understand. Simply put, those who were far away were not valued. Those who were placed nearby were the ones who were in the emperor's heart.
How could the mayor of the capital and the mayor of a local area be of the same rank?
Feng Zhen thought that Jiang Pengji had misunderstood and was about to explain.
Jiang Pengji said, "Do you know what 'the mountains are high and the emperor is far away' means? If people with imperfections in character or fierce temperaments are placed in places that I cannot control, they will deceive their superiors and the people will suffer in the end. Although this batch of students from the Golden Scale Academy is a little naive, they all have a drive in them. They often dare to do things that old foxes do not dare to do. This kind of person is also the best at seeking the welfare of the people. By sending them far away, not only can we use difficulties to hone their abilities, but we can also make them do good things for the people. "
Her way of thinking was different from others, but she always had her reasons.
With that said, Feng Zhen understood.
"Stubborn diseases need strong medicine. My lord's painstaking efforts … I hope they can understand."
Jiang Pengji said, "I will guide them."
There was always a reason why those places were backward and barren.
Perhaps it was a natural disaster, or a man-made disaster, or perhaps it was the collusion of local tyrants and local officials. For example, in some small places on the salted fish dimension, people from a small village with dozens of households would fight to be the village chief. They would show off their official authority, but in private, they would embezzle the tens of millions of assets from the village's immigration plan. In ancient times when information was not developed, there were many examples of such corruption. This phenomenon was the "stubborn disease" that Feng Zhen spoke of. The students from the Golden Scale Academy were a strong medicine. Even if one dose could not eradicate the disease, it could more or less improve the focus of the disease …
"Has Wen Zheng sent any battle reports today?"
Jiang Pengji had been paying special attention to the situation in Zhongzhao recently. She would ask if there was any new news almost every day.
"Yes."
When Feng Zhen saw the orange panda emblem stamped on the envelope, he was shocked.
Previously, the battle reports sent from Zhongzhao were all green emblems, which meant that they were daily news, nothing major.
According to the weight of the battle reports, the emblems stamped on the envelope were green, yellow, orange, crimson, and pure black.
Although the orange emblem was not at the level of using fast horses for transportation, it also meant that the situation in Zhongzhao had changed. They needed to be vigilant.
Jiang Pengji opened the battle report and read it carefully, then put it away and burned it.
"When the next battle report arrives, send it here immediately."
Feng Zhen was anxious. "The situation in Zhongzhao has changed?"
Jiang Pengji smiled and said, "There has been a change, but it's a good thing. As for how big a good thing it is, I'm not sure yet. "
You Abba: "Why are you hiding it?
"Of course it's to build momentum. What else? There are no coincidences in this world, only painstaking planning. You should understand this principle, old chief. "
You Abba: "Build momentum?
Jiang Pengji said, "For the little enemy in my belly."
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