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This time, Zhao Hanzhang went directly to the street outside the county government office and waited. He called a child, gave him two cents, and asked him to send a small note to Chang Ning in the county government office.

Chang Ning was reading in the public room and was heartbroken when she received this little note.

I told you to think about it carefully, why are you here again after only two hours apart?

He is still a member of Magistrate Chai County. Is she really not afraid of being discovered?

Chang Ning thinks Zhao Hanzhang is a very smart person, why is he so irrational in this matter? This is too slimy!

Although he thought so, Chang Ning still collected the note and went out.

As soon as she left the county office, she saw Zhao Hanzhang sitting in the stall opposite. She had brought Qiu Wu and was eating wontons. When she saw him, she immediately stood up and waved attentively.

Chang Ning walked forward wordlessly, "Why is the girl here again?"

Zhao Hanzhang said with a smile: "I was only thinking about drinking at noon, and I forgot to invite you to dinner, so I came here to make up for it. This wonton restaurant is located opposite the county government office. It should taste pretty good. If you don't mind, please sit down and have a bowl." "

It was almost evening, and it was indeed almost time for dinner.

At the end of autumn, the sun set a little early. At this time, someone was going out in the county government office. Chang Ning glanced back like a cheating wife, and asked Zhao Hanzhang in a guilty voice in a low voice, "Aren't you afraid that the county king will see you?"

Of course Zhao Hanzhang is not afraid anymore. If Magistrate Chai sees it, she will take advantage of the situation and ask him for help.

Of course, you couldn't say that in front of Chang Ning. She ordered a bowl of wontons for him first, and then said: "I went back and thought about it again. I'm really impatient. I can't sit still even if I don't get a reply from my husband for a moment."

Chang Ning raised his eyelids, glanced at her, and asked, "Are you forcing me to make a decision?"

"Of course not," Zhao Hanzhang said immediately, "I can't bear to force you to do this, but there is something I want to tell you. If you are willing to come to me, I would like you to be in charge of the household housing in Xiping County."

Chang Ning frowned, "Isn't the chief registrar of Xiping County Ji Yuan? The girl asked me to help Ji Yuan?"

"No, you are the chief registrar of Xiping County."

Chang Ning looked at Zhao Hanzhang in surprise, and the two looked at each other silently for a moment. There were some things that didn't need to be said in detail, and both of them knew very well that Zhao Hanzhang had given him the position of chief secretary.

Then Ji Yuan will stay in Shangcai.

Why is he staying in Shangcai?

Chang Ning could figure it out with his toes, and he sighed slightly when he thought about Magistrate Chai who was trusting Ji Yuan more and more.

Zhao Hanzhang did not rush him and waited quietly for him to make a decision.

Chang Ning thought for a long time and finally came back to her senses and asked the question she had always wanted to ask, "Sanniang is a woman. As long as she marries into the Fu family, she can easily have enough food and clothing and live a stable life. Why do you want to be like a man?" How about fighting on the battlefield and competing with men for officialdom?"

"First you took control of Xiping County, and now you are aiming to go to Cai. Where will your end be?" Chang Ning asked, "Is this what Sanniang wanted to do, or was it ordered by Zhao?"

He had to find out the purpose before he could decide whether to seek refuge.

Zhao Hanzhang was silent for a while and then said: "Mr. Chang, in this world, even emperors and concubines cannot be stable. I am just an ordinary woman. How can I calmly think that as long as I get married, I can live a stable life?"

"For a woman who relies on her husband's family, if her husband's family is not even stable, can the woman still be stable?" Zhao Hanzhang said: "So I don't want to put my stability on others. I want to hold it in my own hands. Whether I am stable or not depends on it." I have the final say myself.”

She answered the second question, "The Zhao family is the Zhao family, and I am Zhao Hanzhang!"

When Chang Ning heard this, he raised his head and looked into her eyes. His back straightened and he asked, "What does that girl want?"

Zhao Hanzhang said: "I am determined to be in Yuzhou. I want to protect my family, family, and people living in Yuzhou with the power of one state."

This is to separate one side.

Chang Ning did not panic. He had already thought about it. He thought that Zhao Hanzhang and the Zhao family were aiming for Runan County, but he did not expect that her ambition was even greater, and it turned out to be the entire Yuzhou.

Well...it's not impossible.

Chang Ning swallowed and whispered: "Sanniang, I'm just a commoner. I don't have a certain status. I'm afraid it won't be possible for me to be an official."

Zhao Hanzhang waved his hand nonchalantly and said: "What I value is your talent. What the people of Xiping County need is your talent and character. It doesn't matter whether you are a fake or not."

Zhao Hanzhang said: "If you can make great contributions, sir, you will judge your promotion based on your merits, rather than the comments of one or two people."

Chang Ning looked at Zhao Hanzhang blankly, her heart became hot, and she responded immediately on impulse, "Thank you, girl."

He picked up the almost cold wontons and held them up to Zhao Hanzhang as if they were wine, "My lord has not failed Zi Ning, and Zi Ning will definitely live up to his lord in the future."

When Zhao Hanzhang heard this title for the first time, he happily raised his wonton bowl and touched it with him. The two of them took a big mouthful of wonton soup and said, "It's a deal!"

Zhao Hanzhang asked him very thoughtfully, "Do you want me to come forward and tell Magistrate Chai?"

"No need," Chang Ning said, "My lady, let's go back to Xiping first. I'll go there later. I'm here to say goodbye to the county prince. Since it's easy for us to get together, it's also easy to part ways."

Chang Ning knew Magistrate Chai best and knew how to persuade him to let him go.

Zhao Hanzhang stopped mentioning it and said with a smile: "Then I will meet you in Xiping, sir."

Chang Ning nodded and saw Zhao Hanzhang lowering his head to eat the cold wontons. The setting sun was right behind her, making her whole body blurry and seemed to turn orange, making her originally domineering person look softer.

Perhaps because the atmosphere was so good, Chang Ning couldn't help but ask: "It's rare for a woman to have such ambitions. How did she think of... dominating a country at such a young age?"

"I didn't think so much at first," she said. "I originally just wanted to build an indestructible fort in Shangcai Manor to protect myself and my family. But when I got to Shangcai, I realized that the world is difficult. , a Wubao can't protect myself at all, nor can it protect everyone I care about."

"Moreover," Zhao Hanzhang pointed to the stall owners and pedestrians on the street and said, "Sir, don't you think they are cute? I live here and all I can see is them. I can't ignore their suffering and death, so I I want to do more.”

Chang Ning turned to look at those people and thought to herself: But after Xiping and Shangcai there is Yaoyang, beyond Runan is Yuzhou, and beyond Yuzhou is the Central Plains. In the future, she will see more and more people and the places she will see. When the time comes, how can Yuzhou be enough?

Chang Ning intuitively felt that such an idea was too rebellious, but...

He looked vacantly at the county government across the street. Wasn't this kind of ambition what he had always wanted?

For the sake of the people, for the ambition of this world, instead of just muddle along like Magistrate Chai, just to spend every day in confusion just to avoid being held accountable.

Even if this road does not go far, or even ends well in the end, he is moving towards his ambition. Zhao Hanzhang is a rare woman, and maybe he can follow her and leave a mark in history.

In this way, this life is worth it.

Chang Ning laughed, raised his bowl to Zhao Hanzhang and drank all the wonton soup.

Zhao Hanzhang became entangled. Her bowl was empty. She couldn't order another bowl of wontons, right?

The abandoned Magistrate Chai: I was the last one to know, are you polite?