The officials keeping guard at the relay station had received the news early on. Before Jiang Changbai had even stepped inside, she saw them reverentially waiting outside. The Great Li's bureaucracy hadn't originally had women. Even in this small relay station, from the postmaster at the head, to the tea-pouring waiters at the bottom, not a single spot had been given to a woman. But in the turmoil of a month ago, it had been affected by the flames of war; the ones who'd worked here had died or fled, and once the situation was stabilised, only a single, empty building remained. Then, keeping up with the loosening of restrictions once Jiang Changbai had ascended the throne, now, in all parts of this relay station, the workers were, to the one, actually women. The postmaster, seeing Jiang Changbai and the group walking in, hurried to welcome them in, saying with a smile, "Daren, you must be tired from your travels; go on up and rest." Actually, the postmaster had no ...