The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

The minister who said he wanted to follow the old rules suddenly broke out in a sweat and glared at Minister Xi with a look on his face as if to say, "You old man are harming me."

Regardless of what kind of crime the mistakes in "Sheng Shi" constitute, let's just follow the old precedent.

Should we follow the old custom and confer an imperial decree on Lin Qiao and send her home to get married?

and then?

Like Empress Taizu's grandmother, Lady Situ, she came from a family with some assets and was the only daughter, so she had to find a husband after giving birth. Then what?

Give birth to another daughter, marry her to... ahem, a future traitor who may exist but not necessarily exist, and then give birth to the founding empress of the next dynasty?

What kind of bullshit old precedent is this? It's clearly an opportunity to hang the heads of my entire family on the city wall as a warning to future generations!

Although people today cannot see the old grandmother, the founding empress and the former Princess of Qian were both tough women, which are all recorded in the annals. Even if not every one of these fierce and capable women will follow the life trajectory described above, it is definitely not easy to fool them.

not to mention......

Many people secretly glanced at the gold-embroidered phoenix on the corner of Empress Xie's clothes - never mind what Mr. Lin was like, the woman standing proudly among the men was the most difficult one to deal with.

Think about Empress Xie's accomplices... Minister Xi and a few civil officials and lackeys can still be restrained, but... General Jun of Yunhui is now training troops every day in the Yulin Guard; although her brother is only a Lang Jiang, he serves in the Jinwu Guard that protects the imperial city, and it is said that he has long been a member of the Xie family.

And what about the Marquis of Anguo, who had just made great achievements as a commander-in-chief? Didn’t his only daughter become the only female crown prince since the founding of the country thanks to the efforts of Queen Xie and her party?

This family is definitely a member of the Tie Xie Party.

Hundreds of officials in the capital rushed to the Yongjia Marquis' Mansion as soon as the wind blew towards it. After careful consideration, some of them were even more shocked and horrified to find that women could actually take part in the imperial examinations. In just one year, Empress Xie had accumulated a force that could not be ignored even without the emperor's support.

Moreover, this force is only those that are floating on the surface. Who can know how many unknown forces Queen Xie has hidden beneath the surface?

For example, the princesses of Dasheng who have always been unruly.

For example...the female officials from the foreign countries who had always been deliberately ignored by a group of male officials, but can now stand openly in the previous dynasty.

Some people become more disheartened the more they think about it.

For some people, the more they think about it, the more they feel that they are on a big ship.

The latter are people like Minister Xi who gained benefits by relying on Empress Xie, while the former are court officials who still oppose women's participation in politics but retain a certain degree of rationality.

Of course, everything in the world has its pros and cons. Since there are people who can remain rational despite holding opposing opinions, there are naturally also smart people who oppose women's participation in politics but have completely lost their rationality.

"......Empress Taizu has always been a role model for daughters of my royal family. However, I have never thought that her elder actually had such an anecdote. No wonder she once established girls' schools in various states of Dasheng..." It's a pity that when Empress Taizu was still alive, the custom of imprisoning women in the previous dynasty had not completely dissipated. Not only was the establishment of girls' schools fraught with difficulties, but it was also shelved several times due to her death.

Later, the girls' schools established in various states of Dasheng were either converted into ordinary academies, or became places where officials sent their daughters to learn poetry, song, calligraphy, painting, needlework and etiquette.

After sighing, before Xie Yuzhen could continue the topic and get to the position he wanted, he saw Yuan Juren, whose face turned purple, suddenly stood up and said, "It can be seen that if a woman is too stubborn when studying, the consequences will be endless!"

The irrational and clever opposition has emerged!

Xie Yuzhen stared at Mr. Yuan's neck dangerously, and Minister Xi immediately stepped forward and asked, "You, the candidate, are you blaming the Empress Taizu?"

"Accusing me of Dasheng as a legacy of disaster?!"

"Well, I was wondering how could you be so ignorant about the fact that our dynasty never prohibited women from taking the imperial examinations? It turns out..." Shangshu Xi, who was an expert at accusing others, snorted twice, "It turns out that you are a remnant of the previous dynasty! Even if you are not a remnant of the previous dynasty, you are most likely a spy from a foreign race! Otherwise, how could you be so ignorant? You have been pretending well over the years, and you even passed the imperial examination, haha. Now you are exposed!"

"You..." Being blocked again and again, Mr. Yuan no longer cared about hierarchy. He just felt that today's experience was too magical.

Even if...even if the laws of Dasheng did not explicitly prohibit women from taking the imperial examinations, she, Lin Qiao, concealed her true gender and participated in the imperial examinations, which was a crime of deceiving the emperor!

Mr. Yuan started shouting and behaving like a madman.

The emperor was used to seeing his subordinates break down and go crazy. After all, no one could be crazier than him, so he lazily added, "I knew about this long ago and even issued an edict to allow Lim Guan Eng to do as he pleased."

The crime of deceiving the king, the crime of deceiving the king. If the king does not feel that he is being deceived, this crime naturally does not exist.

Xie Yuzhen had originally wanted to trick the emperor into granting Lin Qiao an ambiguous decree of protection in order to prevent this crime, but she had never expected that the emperor would discover that she had been deceived, and not only would he not mind at all, but he would also actively participate in it and personally slap men like Mr. Yuan in the face.

Of course, the emperor also had his own considerations - his precious daughter would inherit the throne in the future, so he couldn't have her surrounded by a group of male officials, right? It wasn't that he minded the separation of men and women, but he just felt uncomfortable.

That's his precious daughter!

The emperor's precious daughter!

A empress who is unrivaled in the world and unrivaled in ancient and modern times!

Don’t get close to my baby, you bastard! ← This is probably how the emperor feels right now.

Moreover, ever since he had met Empress Dowager Hu, Queen Wang, and Xie Yuzhen's family, the emperor felt more and more that there were quite a few talented women, and that women who could make a name for themselves must be far superior to men of the same age in some aspects. So, it seems that his own workers... no, wouldn't the talent pool be able to usher in a major expansion?

No matter whether they are men or women, as long as they are born in the land of Dasheng and have talents that can be exploited by me, they are my good subjects and subordinates!

Unlike the emperor who was relaxed and at ease, after hearing these words, Yuan Juren felt as if he had been hit in the face by the bottom of a pot, his face dark and stiff.

He opened his toad-like eyes wide and eagerly sought support from his accomplices - if you don't come out and work with me, this woman will really snatch our positions as officials in the court!