The eldest princess is obsessed with rebellion, but there are six male protagonists

Dangui and the others studied hard day and night to prepare for the exam, so the job of serving Su Fengyi personally was temporarily taken over by several maids newly promoted by Dangui.

When Shen Quan came to see Su Fengyi in the evening, he immediately noticed this change.

All the closest people around him have been replaced. This is a big deal. Shen Quan wanted to ask about it, but thinking that the business was more important, he held it back and didn't ask.

The two of them were whispering to each other, and after finishing their work, they hugged each other to catch their breath and rest. Shen Quan asked:

"Your Highness' personal maids have all been replaced. What's the reason? Did something happen in the mansion?"

Su Fengyi had just been sent up to the sky by him, and her whole body was floating as if in the clouds. She was still a little dazed and could not react for a moment to what he was asking, so she did not answer.

I don't know if it's because he has to leave for Pingcheng to inspect the defense tomorrow, but Shen Quan was very pestering tonight. Seeing that Su Fengyi didn't answer, he couldn't wait to ask again, so he covered her again and whispered:

"Your Highness likes it? Then let's do it again, huh?"

Shen Quan is not as gimmicky as Pei Yu. He likes to be straightforward, but he is good at persisting.

The fight lasted until the fourth watch. Shen Quan wiped Su Fengyi's sweat with a towel and wanted to fight again. Su Fengyi put her finger on his shoulder:

"We are going on a long journey tomorrow. Aren't you going to sleep? Aren't you afraid of falling off your horse tomorrow?"

Shen Quan grabbed her hand, put it on his cheek, and said a little aggrievedly:

“Shen is reluctant to sleep. I will be away for such a long time this time. If I don’t behave well, what will happen if His Highness forgets me?

Mr. Shen has been away for so long this time, maybe Your Highness will think of me occasionally?"

General Shen wanted it occasionally, and Su Fengyi agreed:

"Okay, I thought about it."

Shen Quan was delighted after getting the promise. He hugged her and whispered in her ear:

"Mr. Shen will also miss your highness day and night, and will try to come back before the New Year to spend the New Year with your highness."

Shen Quan paused for a moment and then said:

"If Shen He returns before Shen, please help take care of him, Your Highness, and tell him not to run around, and wait for Shen to come back to celebrate the New Year together."

Even though Shen He has been granted the title of marquis, he can stand on his own on the battlefield and is a man who can accomplish great things.

But I am afraid that in my brother's heart, I will always be a child who will never grow up.

Therefore, Su Fengyi did not think there was anything wrong with General Shen's entrustment and agreed on the spot:

"General Shen, there's no need to be so polite. Your brother is my brother. There's no need to talk about taking care of him. It's my duty."

Brother?

Shen Quan didn't know whether he should be happy for himself or sad for Shen He. It was obvious that the eldest princess only treated Shen He as a child, and his silly brother would be sad.

That's fine, let him be sad, he will get better after a while, after all, they are all adults, he will not back down or give in.

Because he was leaving tomorrow, Shen Quan was still worried about the replacement of the princess' personal maids, so he asked again:

"Your Highness's maidservant has been replaced. Is there something wrong with that?"

Before in Xuanfu, Su Fengyi discovered that the general is a general. He looks rough but is actually delicate. He always pays attention to the minor but key details.

To reassure him, Su Fengyi smiled and said:

“It’s not what you think, there’s nothing wrong with it.

I just want them to prepare for next year's county exam. The imperial examination is more important, so I won't let these trivial matters distract them."

Shen Quan suddenly realized:

"I was wondering why the decree that 'women can also take part in the imperial examinations' progressed so smoothly this time, and no one in the court opposed it. It turned out that it was the work of Your Highness.

Your Highness took advantage of Qiao Gui's downfall and everyone in the court was in danger to push this matter forward. I admire your highness's accurate grasp of the timing.

If you were on the battlefield, Your Highness would surely be a famous general who is good at planning and fighting just by virtue of your ability to grasp the opportunity."

Shen Quan and she have always had a tacit understanding, and his guess couldn't be more correct.

Ever since she pushed Wutong to the position of Chief Clerk of the Princess's Mansion, Su Fengyi had the idea of ​​promoting women to take part in the imperial examinations. The reason why she never brought it up on the table was because she had been waiting for the right opportunity.

A time with the least resistance, the lowest cost and the highest chance of success.

Although there is no precedent for women taking the imperial examinations, is it really a heinous act?

For the ministers in the court who might become obstacles, if it were a peaceful and prosperous time, they would naturally quote classics, argue with reason, stir up public outrage, and use the four words of propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame to ruin the matter.

But when a person's own life is in danger, how can he care about these trivial matters that have nothing to do with him?

Now, at this moment, Su Fengyi waited until she was about to take action against Qiao Gui before initiating this matter, and this was the reason.

Compared with the huge waves caused by Qiao Gui's downfall, the issue of women taking the imperial examinations, the court's plan to rebuild the navy and reopen maritime trade were all like a small stone thrown into the huge waves, without causing any ripples.

When Qiao Gui's incident happened, the emperor was furious.

After Qiao Gui fell from power, the Emperor wanted to investigate the remnants of Qiao's party.

The word "remnants" provides a lot of room for maneuver.

After all, during these years when the factory manager was in charge of the government, how many people dared to say that they had kept themselves clean, were innocent, and had no dependence on Qiao Gui and had nothing to do with Qiao Gui?

If there really are such people, I'm afraid they are almost dead.

Xie Xuan is arresting people outside every day, and the Jinyiwei prison is almost full. Among the ministers in the court, who is not afraid?

The decree allowing women to take the imperial examinations was issued by the emperor. At this critical juncture where one could lose their heads, there were not many people who dared to go against the emperor and submit memorials to question his will.

Of course there are not many, but there are some. A few days ago, an imperial censor really took the lead and submitted a memorial to impeach this matter.

Before Su Fengyi made a move, Pei Yu took action first.

This censor was a rare person who had no connection with Qiao Gui. It might be because he held a low-ranking official position and had no chance to appear in front of Qiao Gui.

Pei Yu did not debate with the censor whether women could take part in the imperial examinations. If he really wanted to debate it, he would just follow the censor's wishes, which would put him in a passive position.

The Pei family has extensive connections, so Pei Yu took a different approach and found out that the censor had raped a widow, who was a distant relative of the censor and could be considered his aunt.

So on the second day, memorials impeaching the censor for his evil deeds of stealing money and killing people, murdering his uncle, and usurping his aunt's property flew into the court like snowflakes.

The censor could not even last three days. He submitted his resignation yesterday and returned home sadly.

Pei Yu had recently been trying to perform well in front of Su Fengyi and ease the relationship between them, so he did this but did not take credit for it, while continuing to have people submit memorials.

The Pei family cited classics and praised the emperor from various angles as the most enlightened and wise monarch of all time, and praised this matter highly.

The Wang family has always been against the Pei family, but this time they changed their strategy. Instead of opposing the Pei family, they wanted to compete with the Pei family to see who could praise harder and who could win the eldest princess' heart.

So the next day after Shen Quan left the capital for Pingcheng, Xie Xuan spent a whole month capturing the remnants of Qiao's party, and the Wang and Pei families also sang praises for a whole month.

The Wang and Pei families also each opened a clan school for girls at home, and both expressed their intention to send girls from their clan to take the imperial examinations next year.

With these two families taking the lead, and with the rumor spreading, the emperor agreed to allow women to take the imperial examinations because he liked knowledgeable women.

So, this is the reason why the emperor has not married a queen for so many years?

The emperor's real intention is not to marry, but to choose a queen for himself through the imperial examination!

No wonder the Wang and Pei families are so excited, the position of the queen is vacant! So what are you waiting for, hurry up and grab it!

As a result, the atmosphere in the capital changed suddenly, and sending girls of marriageable age to take part in the imperial examination next year became the top priority.

The heat was not suppressed until the winter month, when the envoys sent to the Northern Barbarians to persuade them to surrender brought Prince Zhongshun and Princess Zhongshun to Beijing to accept the surrender.