The carriage had just stopped when the young servant outside said,
"Sir, we have arrived."
Assistant Minister Song reached out and nudged Song Yaoyao.
"Yaoyao, wake up. We are here."
Song Yaoyao was extremely sleepy, and knowing that her old man was calling her, she ignored him and continued to keep her eyes closed, looking as though no amount of calling could wake her.
After Assistant Minister Song resignedly dismounted from the carriage, he hoisted Song Yaoyao onto his shoulder.
The spot where the carriage stopped was still some distance from the palace gates, requiring a walk to get there. He would wake Yaoyao up once they reached the palace gates!
Several other carriages parked nearby had also stopped one after another.
Several officials got down from them!
Seeing Song Yaoyao carried on Assistant Minister Song's shoulder, they were also left utterly speechless!
The news that Song Yaoyao had been appointed by the Emperor as a Court Recorder of the Subordinate Sixth Rank had already spread throughout the capital!
Song Yaoyao was the very first person able to attend court as a woman.
Some people felt envy, while others felt jealousy, but none of them possessed Song Yaoyao's special abilities.
Presumably, the reason the Emperor bestowed an official post upon Song Yaoyao must also be due to her special abilities!
However, wasn't this Song Yaoyao a bit too lazy? What twelve-year-old young lady still made her old man carry her around on his back?
One of them, Lord Yan, Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Rites, had not attended the palace banquet a few days prior due to feeling unwell, and thus did not yet know about Song Yaoyao's special abilities!
Furthermore, the Emperor had issued an imperial decree forbidding anyone from spreading word of what happened at the Palace Banquet, and even more so, forbidding anyone from letting Song Yaoyao herself know that everyone could hear her inner voice. Although everyone was extremely curious, not a single person dared to defy the imperial decree by discussing the events of that day.
Lord Yan usually did not get along with Assistant Minister Song, and he was completely unaware of what had transpired at the palace banquet.
Upon learning that Assistant Minister Song's legitimate second daughter, Song Yaoyao, had been appointed as a Court Recorder of the Subordinate Sixth Rank, he was extremely unconvinced!
A newly minted top scholar still had to start out as a Subordinate Ninth Rank county magistrate, so why should a good-for-nothing little girl be appointed to an official post of the Subordinate Sixth Rank?
The more he thought about it, the more unconvinced he felt!
Assistant Minister Yan was still cursing inwardly, thinking that Assistant Minister Song's family had run into blind dog shit luck, and a moment later cursing the Emperor for being a senile old fool!
Having just seen Assistant Minister Song carrying that good-for-nothing little girl, his anger flared up instantly!
Lord Yan hurried forward, caught up to Assistant Minister Song, and then said in a yin-yang tone,
"Assistant Minister Song, your family has truly run into blind dog shit luck. I hear your legitimate second daughter has been appointed as a Court Recorder of the Subordinate Sixth Rank!
Since the child is now an official, she ought to look the part.
Look at you, carrying Junior Official Song like this, what kind of system is this?
Assistant Minister Song, it's not that I want to find fault, but while there is nothing wrong with doting on a child, there must be limits. You simply cannot spoil a child rotten.
As for children, they still need to be disciplined from a young age.
Whose twelve-year-old young lady still makes her old man carry her around? If word of this gets out, how will she ever get married in the future?
If a child has lazy bones, it's simply because she hasn't taken enough beatings.
Let me tell you, since ancient times we have abided by the principles that filial children come from beneath the rod, and top scholars come from beneath the rod!
This girl of yours clearly hasn't been beaten enough."
Song Yaoyao instantly opened her eyes, a flash of cold light sweeping through them:
"Dad, put me down."
When she was getting out of the carriage, although Song Yaoyao's eyes had been closed, she had actually been wide awake for a long time. She didn't want to walk, and her old man wanted to carry her on his back, which suited her desires perfectly.
Her mood had been perfectly fine, but whose pants failed to tie properly, letting some piece of trash like this crawl out?
He came right up speaking in a yin-yang tone, and even said she wouldn't be able to get married!
Whether she got married or not was a matter of indifference to Song Yaoyao, but instigating her own old man to beat her was truly something even an aunt couldn't tolerate, let alone an uncle!
Assistant Minister Song was just about to start arguing with Lord Yan when he heard his little daughter's voice, and hurriedly halted his steps to put Song Yaoyao down:
"Yaoyao, you're awake."
"Mn, I'm awake."
Song Yaoyao glanced at Assistant Minister Yan, and Song the Retorter instantly went online:
"This official, what did you have for breakfast today?"
Assistant Minister Yan was somewhat bewildered by Song Yaoyao's sudden question, but still replied,
"I had porridge this morning."
Song Yaoyao nodded and said,
"No wonder!
I suppose while drinking porridge, you must have eaten quite a few salted radishes, right?
No wonder you are eating salted radishes and worrying over idle things!
So it turns out you ate too many salted radishes and need to vent the salty taste!"
Assistant Minister Yan was flushed red with anger:
"You, you, you audacious, you lawless girl!"
"You what you.
I'll give you a five or a six as well!
Truly eating your own family's food while worrying about another family's business!
Aren't you afraid of worrying too much and dropping dead on the spot?"
"How dare you curse me to die?"
"Did I name any names?
In this day and age, I've heard of people fighting over money, credit, and good reputations, but this is the first time I've ever heard of someone fighting to go die."
"Impudent child, how dare you speak to me like this?"
"Old vegetable leaf, what kind of airs are you putting on here? Others might be afraid of you, but I am not.
Whether I'm lazy or not is none of your damn business, and yet you instigate my dad to beat me. You really think highly of yourself!
He who provokes first is cheap!"
More and more officials nearby were watching the commotion, never expecting that Assistant Minister Song's little daughter had such a sharp tongue!
Neither did Assistant Minister Yan expect that a little girl would dare to curse him like this!
Even her father, Assistant Minister Song, wouldn't dare point at the bridge of his nose and curse him like that, so how dared this girl?
Unable to win a verbal sparring match against the little girl, he turned his head to tell Assistant Minister Song,
"Assistant Minister Song, is this how you teach your daughter?
You just let a little girl like this point at her elder and curse him?"
Assistant Minister Song glanced at Lord Yan and said,
"My daughter spoke correctly. He who provokes first is cheap!"
"You, you..."
Song Yaoyao looked at the fucking idiot before her and said,
"Whose elder are you?
Don't think that just because you're old, you can act as an elder to anyone?
Really treating yourself like some big garlic bulb!"
"You, you..."
Assistant Minister Yan pointed a trembling finger at Song Yaoyao, too enraged to utter a single word!
All the officials present were dumbfounded!
These officials would occasionally bicker a few words on ordinary days, and when truly pushed to the point of anger, they would still mind each other's status and exchange a few veiled curses that skirted the issue.
Where had anyone ever seen someone like Song Yaoyao, who started cursing directly and straightforwardly!
Moreover, not a single swear word was used in any of her sentences!
Seeing that the man had been angered to the point of speechlessness for half a day and looked as though he was about to keel over on the spot, Song Yaoyao said to Assistant Minister Song,
"Dad, let's hurry up and leave. Is this guy going to lie down on the ground and pull a scam later?
If he claims we angered him into fainting and tries to extort money from us, what then?
This is only my very first day on the job, and I haven't even collected my monthly stipend yet!"
Assistant Minister Song also chimed in as if it were a serious matter:
"Mn, looking at him, he really does seem to be getting ready to lie on the ground.
Yaoyao, let's hurry and leave!"
Anything involving money could never be taken lightly! They absolutely could not let someone extort them!
Upon hearing these words, Song Yaoyao lifted her feet and walked away, with Assistant Minister Song following closely behind!
The surrounding officials all dropped their jaws. You could insult people this brutally?
This Junior Official Song was truly venomous-tongued enough!
Noting that Assistant Minister Yan was so angry he was practically on the verge of fainting, he forcefully managed to hold on after hearing Junior Official Song's final remarks!