Chapter 1 — Brother Poinsettia Forced Me to Replace Him as Official

My brother Tham Tri Hanh, 17 years old, passed the postgraduate position, entered the Cabinet for three years, and every time the whole civil and martial court mentioned him, they had to give him a thumbs up and praise: "Young and talented young master Tham is the pillar of the country!" But only I know, this guy finds it difficult to even wake up early. The day he crossed his legs and lay on the rocking chair, munching on sugar gourd and said to me:

"Sister, from today onwards, on odd days you come to court, on even days you go."

I thought he was talking nonsense. Until he put the mandarin hat on my head and stuffed the mandarin's uniform into my lap. I looked at the bronze mirror, saw the same face as him in the mirror, my whole body was not okay.

"Brother, have you forgotten something? I'm a woman!"

"What are we afraid of? Even our mother can't tell the difference."

What I'm afraid of is not being able to tell the difference?! What I'm afraid of is losing my head! 【Chapter one】 The story is like this. My name is Tham Tri Y, daughter of the Tham family, twin sister of brother Tham Tri Hanh. The two of us grew up exactly the same. When we were young, my father once carried me by mistake, my mother also admitted her mistake. Even the lady next door said: "I'm afraid these two children are not made from the same mold." But the personality is completely two extremes. My brother —— genius. He has a memory better than anyone else, he never forgets at a glance, seven steps into poetry, at the age of seventeen he passed the Poinsettia exam, the essay he wrote made the examiner that year shed tears, repeatedly exclaiming: "It's hard to meet in a hundred years." I —— waste. Telling me to recite a book "Three Character Sutras", I just read "First of Humanity, Good Nature" and started to feel sleepy. For a while, my father still doubted whether I was his biological son or not. But such a wonderfully talented genius, in his bones is a salty fish even saltier than salty fish. The first year he joined the Cabinet, he complained to me:

"The act of entering the court is too early, the Mao has to get up now, there is no humanity."

Second year:

"Standing for two hours causes back pain and shortens longevity."

The third year, which is also this year, he directly played his cards——

"Sister, I really can't stand it anymore."

"If you can't resist, please resign!"

"I can't help it." He took a bite of sugar gourd, his expression extremely innocent. "Your Majesty said, if I dare to resign, you will confiscate my family's assets."

So your solution is to let your sister die???

"Think about it." He raised his finger to calculate with me. "Thirty days a month, I'm in court for fifteen days, you're in court for fifteen days, my workload is directly reduced by half, so I can live to be eighty years old."

"So what about you?! What should I do if I die?!"

"I won't die."

When he said these words, his tone was extremely certain.

"Those people in the court, if you argue, you can argue, but no one can argue with me. You just need to stand there, whoever talks to you, you say 'let me think more', then wait for the court to end."

"What if someone finds out?"

"No." He yawned. "Normally I don't talk much at court, I just stand there."

"Then you can stand!"

"Standing is tiring."

I almost spit out a mouthful of old blood on his face. But but but. I still agree. Because This bastard said one sentence ——

"You come to court for me for one day, I'll give you fifty taels of silver."

That's fifty taels of silver, sisters. I am a rich woman, my pocket money is only two taels of silver each month. Fifty taels of silver is enough for me to eat flower waffles for a whole month. Poor people are short-minded. I accept my destiny. On the first even day, it was not yet dawn when my brother Tham Tri Hanh pulled me up from the blanket. He personally tied my hair in a bun, put on a mandarin uniform, put on a mandarin hat, and gesticulated on my face for a long time to confirm there were no loopholes.

"Remember well." He finally advised me. "Speak less, nod more. If anyone talks to me, I just say 'yes'. Don't panic, don't tremble, don't look around."

"Is there anything else?"

"Don't go to the toilet."

I wear a head that can fall off at any moment, sit on a carriage and enter the palace. Arriving in front of the palace gate, I showed the card at my waist, the guard looked at me and did not stop me. A large rock immediately dropped from my heart. At least this face's hurdle has been passed. After that, I followed the flow of people towards the main hall. Along the way, officials constantly greeted me ——

"Good morning Sir Shen."

"Master Shen's face is not bad today."

"Lord Shen, did you sleep well last night?"

Very good, all the way "yes", I felt like I was not going to court, but was doing a military parade. Entering the main hall, I stood in the exact position that brother Tham Tri Hanh had told me to do. On the left is an old man with a white beard, on the right is a big man with a black face. I didn't dare look at anyone, I just stared at the tip of my shoe.

"Your Majesty is here——"

I followed everyone and knelt down. Heart beats like a drum.

"Calm down everyone."

A young voice, carrying some laziness, came down from above. I secretly raised my head and looked at the person sitting on the long chair. Young, handsome, but those eyes were as cold as blades, just one glance made all the hair on my body stand up. That is the reigning Saint, Tieu Duc. According to what his brother Tham Tri Hanh said, this man was twenty-two years old when he ascended the throne, his methods were cruel, half of the old foxes in the court were purged, no one dared to act rudely in front of him. I shrank my neck. Okay, just don't look at me. Next are the work presentations. It's the Ministry of Home Affairs reporting books, it's the Ministry of Defense mobilizing defense, it's the Ministry of Public Works repairing dykes. I don't understand a word. But it's okay, no one asked me anyway. I just stood there, just like a column. Just when I thought I could get through this day safely ——

"Tham Khanh."

That cold voice suddenly rang out. The whole person trembled. The white-bearded old man on the left gently nudged me with his elbow. Only then did I react, step out of the line, clasp my hands and say:

"God is present."