Quick Wear: Under the Skirt, All Beings Are Equal

It's another year when the city is full of flowers, and the whole Chang'an is filled with the fragrance of flowers.

The sun has risen, but it is not very warm, casting only a thin layer of warm light. The emerald green leaves beside the girls' school make the blooming gardenias look even whiter than snow.

Several major events took place in this city.

One is that Nan Yusheng encountered bandits on the way and his life or death was unknown.

The second was the daughter of Minister Liu. When she went out shopping, she met a drunk and lecherous man and was molested on the street. Although no major disaster occurred, it was seen by many people and her reputation was ruined.

"What's there to argue about? You don't have much schoolwork, and you just gossip like gossipmongers in the school."

Chang Qing sat directly in the teacher's seat and looked at the people below with indifference.

"You don't want to study hard, you don't want to think about how to become a general or a prime minister. You should not be discussing Liu Feishu, but despising that beast named Wang."

A girl stood up and bowed to Chang Qingying.

"Thank you for your teachings, Master. We are ashamed."

Chang Qing waved his hand, and someone distributed the test papers.

After the emperor personally inspected her last time, he gave Changqing an eighth-rank official position. Although she could not attend court meetings, she was at least the first woman to hold an official position.

Not long after, a pale girl stood at the door. Her eyes were swollen and she looked like she had been crying all night.

"Feishu, test paper."

Chang Qing took a test paper, walked over and handed it to her, his eyes very gentle.

The people below also stopped writing and looked up at Liu Feishu. There was sympathy and pity in their eyes, but no disgust or contempt.

Liu Feishu's tears fell again, and her fingers were tightly clenched on the test paper. Her family thought she was a disgrace and wanted to send her to a temple on the mountain to become a nun, and they did not allow her to go out.

It was clearly not her fault, but everyone kept scolding her. Even though she cried until her eyes turned red and her voice became hoarse, everyone in the family just said coldly: "As if it's not shameful enough, either marry him as a concubine or go to the mountains to be a nun, and don't delay the marriage of your sisters at home."

If it were in the past, she would not dare to say anything, or she might find a white silk scarf to end her life.

Last night, she even prepared a dagger.

But she suddenly wanted to visit the girls' school, the place where she felt the freest. She ran out despite being stopped, passing through the bustling crowd and the rumors, until she stopped at the door.

Chang Qing reached out his hand and gently wiped away her tears, saying softly: "Okay, don't cry, finish the test paper first, and we can talk about anything else. The sisters are here."

Liu Feishu nodded and walked to her seat with the test paper. Seeing that her face was very pale, the sisters around her asked their maids to take out the snacks and fruits they had brought.

"Try it, my chef made it."

"And this, my brother sent it over from Jingzhou a few days ago. He also sent a piece of cloth. We can make a purse together and put some mosquito repellent spices in it."

Liu Feishu nodded while crying, and smiled when she looked at the worried eyes of others.

"Let's take the exam first. The teacher is very strict. If we can't finish the questions, we will be in trouble. We may not be able to go home for dinner tonight."

Chang Qing was sitting above, holding a pen and also doing an assignment, writing about how to control the flooding of the Yellow River. After she finished, she put the paper aside and picked up another piece of paper to write.

There was still an incense stick of time left before the papers were due when the girl from the Shen family came over with a sword in hand, looking very excited.

She looked at Chang Qing and said, "It's done."

Chang Qing nodded, and waited until everyone had handed in their papers before calling Liu Baishu out.

"A woman's innocence is never hidden under her skirt. Feishu, you did nothing wrong. Don't punish yourself for someone else's mistakes and think about dying. What we should do is take revenge."

"Miss Shen just gave the man surnamed Wang a lesson. He is protected by the Wang family, so it is not easy to touch him now. The Wang family still wants to take you as a concubine because they think you have ruined their reputation."

Liu Feishu's eyes were bloodshot with hatred: "Although my family background is not as good as the Wang family, and I don't have the support of the royal family, I am still the legitimate daughter of the family. How can I be a concubine?"

"Sister Zhi, I won't give up." She cried weakly.

"Well, then trample all those who bully you under your feet, send them to hell, make them afraid, make them terrified, make them kneel at your feet and look at your face to survive."

Changqing took her hand and went up to the highest point of the school, overlooking the beautiful scenery of Chang'an.

Liu Feishu was filled with bitterness and said with tears streaming down her face, "Sister, what should I do? Even my father doesn't dare to confront the Wang family, let alone a woman who lives in seclusion in her boudoir. However, I really can't accept this. I am so angry that my whole body is shaking."

"There will be an autumn retreat this year." Chang Qing said softly, looking at Liu Feishu's eyes that suddenly widened, and stretched out his finger, pointing to the holy place in the palace that all the poor children in the world yearned for.

"See? There."

"But how can a woman take part in the imperial examination?"

"It shouldn't be allowed, but..."

Chang Qing silently looked towards the direction of the imperial palace. Someone had risked his life to gain merit, but he did not want a promotion, just to fulfill the dream of his loved one.

In addition, the account books in her hand, as well as the list of people who formed a clique for personal gain and the evidence of harming court officials, were enough to exchange for an imperial examination that women could also participate in.

Nan Yusheng, wearing a purple official uniform with peacock and auspicious clouds, walked into the hall step by step. Ye Fuheng stood at the front of all the civil and military officials, his expression did not change much, neither sad nor happy.

The officials around him were all terrified and shaking like sieves, looking at Nan Yusheng in fear. Everyone knew that Nan Yusheng's trip was to investigate the matter of the Regent.

Didn't he say he was dead?

Why did he come back alive? Especially when he watched Nan Yusheng recounting the criminal facts word by word and once again asked many witnesses to come to the palace to testify, finally a minister could no longer bear it and fell to the ground with weak legs.

From the moment Nan Yusheng appeared, Ye Fuheng knew that there was no room for maneuver.

He had known that this day would come, but he did not regret it. He climbed up at all costs and finally overturned the case for the Ye family.

The only thing he regretted... A person's face flashed through Ye Fuheng's mind. Her light shone on him coldly and gently, and then turned into her desperate and paranoid look.

That was not his moon, but for a moment, the bright moon in Chang'an did illuminate him.

"I am suing the Regent Ye Fuheng..."

Finally, Ye Fuheng heard his own name, heard everything he had done in the past seven years, looked at the evidence presented, and suddenly felt a pain in his heart, as if a handful of the strongest liquor in the world was poured on him, burning his heart with fear.

He placed those in the secret compartment in his study.

In this world, there is only one person who can reach you besides yourself.