After spending only a short while with Hanlin Attendant Jian, Dantai Mo's emotions had soared and plunged, and his Corruption Value had nearly shot up to maximum.
Once the Black Tortoise System finished scavenging, he hurried away with it before he could be angered to death.
Jian Ruonan had enjoyed her gossip and collected her reward, and was happily preparing to clock out when Eunuch Cao arrived.
Cao Degui was Emperor Deyuan's trusted favorite. Even the Fourth Prince had to show him some respect.
Eunuch Cao's face blossomed into a smile when he saw Jian Ruonan. "Official Jian, His Majesty sent me to ask whether you've settled in on your first day of duty."
The assembled Hanlin scholars were stunned. As expected of Great Xia's first woman to overturn a table by imperial decree! On her very first day, Emperor Deyuan had personally sent someone to check on her-and someone as important as Eunuch Cao, at that.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty, and yours, Chief Eunuch Cao," Jian Ruonan replied. "This humble subject has settled in quite well."
She had done no work, slept all morning, enjoyed some gossip, made a little progress with the Fourth Prince along the way, received five hundred taels of gold, and earned twenty points.
What a fulfilling day!
"That's good," said Eunuch Cao. "We were worried you might have overworked yourself."
"Not at all, not at all," Jian Ruonan said.
If you have something to say, spit it out! Stop dawdling. This Hanlin Attendant still needs to wear her official uniform home and show Grandmother!
Although a Hanlin Attendant was only of the Subordinate Ninth Rank, it was still an official appointment and came with an official uniform—the Blue Sparrow Court Uniform.
Honestly, putting it on made her feel as though she