In the first year of Yongning, on the sixth day of the twelfth month at midnight, Empress Chu Heyi gave birth to a daughter. The new emperor Xie Lin stayed in the delivery room without leaving for a moment. As soon as the child was born, she was named Princess Zhaoqing.
"Thank you, Kenchun. It's sunny." Xie Lin held Chu Heyi's hand tightly and kissed her sweaty forehead: "Thank you, I'm very happy that she came."
Chu Heyi cried, "Giving birth is so painful. I don't want to have another one in the future."
She was just acting like a spoiled brat, but Xie Lin promised: "Okay, I won't have any more children, just this one."
"But you are the emperor. If I don't give birth, won't you have three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines?"
"No, you're the only one."
Chu Heyi thought, no matter if it would happen in the future, at least what Xie Lin said at the moment was nice, so let’s just leave it at that for now, she was tired and decided to take a nap first.
Three months later, Xie Linxing's coronation ceremony and Chu Heyi's coronation ceremony were held on the same day.
The previous emperor became the emperor emeritus and moved to Luozhou.
Apart from not interfering in state affairs, he had all the beautiful women and delicious food, but he was not allowed to leave the Luozhou Palace. Thousands of guards were guarding there at all times. All the children born to the beautiful women were sent back to Shengjing City, and raised and educated by special personnel.
The crimes of the Queen were made public, but no one said that Xie Lin and Chu Heyi had done anything wrong. Instead, they felt sorry for their experiences, cursed the Queen's viciousness, and praised Baihua's bravery. Xie Lin did not punish the Yuan family. Except for Yuan Yun, the Yuan family gradually left Shengjing City and moved to other prefectures, completely staying away from the center of power.
Da Qi gradually entered an unprecedented era of prosperity, and surrounding small countries continued to come to pay tribute, among which Zhou Mo Chi of Northern Zhou was the most diligent.
Spring of the fifth year of Yongning.
Princess Zhaoqing was four years old, but her mother's belly was still not moving, and there were no other concubines in the harem. This made the court officials very anxious, fearing that there would be no one to succeed to the throne.
In order to stop the gossips, Xie Lin brought the little princess to court. Facing the little princess's pretty pink face sitting on Xie Lin's lap, the court officials could not say anything to ask the emperor to enrich his harem, nor to ask the emperor and the empress to give birth to a prince as soon as possible.
Whenever a minister mentioned it, the little princess would get off Xie Lin's lap, walk to the steps, blink at him with her big eyes, and ask in a childish but serious voice, "Isn't this princess good enough? Why did you let my father and mother give birth to brothers and sisters?"
Who dares to say that Princess Zhaoqing is not good?
Isn't that just waiting to be punished by the Emperor and Empress?
The ministers could only say, "Your Highness, we ask the Emperor and the Queen to give birth to a prince. It's not because Your Highness is not good. Your Highness is naturally very good, but Daqi needs a crown prince, and the crown prince must be a prince."
Princess Zhaoqing was angry: "Since I am so good, why can't I be the crown prince?"
She ran back to Xie Lin and said, "Father, Zhaoqing is going to be the crown prince."
The court officials were stunned, and then comforted themselves by saying that children should not worry about what they say.
Xie Lin hugged the little princess, feeling very soft-hearted: "Xiao Zhaoqing, what do you think the crown prince does?"
"It's just to learn how to become an emperor when I grow up." The little princess answered in a baby voice, very seriously, like a little adult.
"So what does Xiao Zhaoqing think should be a good emperor?"
The little princess puffed out her chest and said, "Isn't this very simple? Make our country rich and strong, so that other countries won't dare to invade, and let our people have enough food to eat!"
Xie Lin was a little surprised. He had never said these words to Xiao Zhaoqing. If a minister said this, it would be very normal, but Xiao Zhaoqing was only four years old.
"Then father, let Zhaoqing give it a try to see if he can be a good crown prince." Xie Lin said, and in front of the astonished eyes of the court officials, he carried the child and left the morning court.
After returning to the imperial study, he asked someone to invite a teacher for Xiao Zhaoqing, and Cai Ning was one of her many teachers.
Cai Ning is the only female official in Daqi who can participate in state affairs. Many officials look down on her, most of whom have stubborn ideas and believe that women are incapable of handling state affairs.
But Xiao Zhaoqing liked Cai Ning very much. Her mother once said to her: "When a woman defies all odds and becomes the only female official among men, it not only means that she is excellent, but also that she is better than other men, even much better. Otherwise, she would not be seen among so many men."
No one took Xiao Zhaoqing's words about wanting to be the crown prince seriously, not even her teacher. Therefore, when teaching her, she was not required to meet the standards of a crown prince. Xiao Zhaoqing noticed this.
Only Cai Ning, without asking for the results, tried her best to teach her, which was why Xiao Zhaoqing liked Cai Ning the most.
Once, Xiao Zhaoqing asked Cai Ning: "Is there any specific way to be a good crown prince?"
Cai Ning smiled and shook his head: "There is no specific answer to this question, nor is there only one answer. But I can tell your highness how I went from being a wine-making girl to becoming the only female official in Daqi. Maybe I can provide your highness with some ideas."
Cai Ning told Xiao Zhaoqing about her experience, and Xiao Zhaoqing listened with great interest and praised sincerely: "Teacher is amazing."
Xiao Zhaoqing is very good at thinking from other people's perspectives. When Cai Ning talked about her own experiences, she put herself in Cai Ning's shoes instead of her own little princess's shoes.
Cai Ning told her, "Compared to being powerful, your mother is the most powerful. Although she was born as the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, she was raised in the countryside and suffered a lot, but in the end she was able to lead the army into battle. She recovered the cities of Yan and Lan. Today's Beizhou Prefecture was once the Northern Zhou Kingdom, and it surrendered because of the Queen.
"If your Highness wants to become more powerful, you can learn more from the Queen."
Xiao Zhaoqing laughed and said, "I will go find my mother now and listen to her talk about her past."
Cai Ning touched her head and said, "Okay, little princess, please go down."
She watched the little princess run away and couldn't help laughing. She really couldn't give the little princess a specific answer, nor could she lecture on many principles and cite many historical facts like other princess teachers, but she could establish more images of ordinary but extraordinary people in the little princess' heart. With the little princess's intelligence and understanding, she would definitely be able to think of specific answers when facing difficulties in the future.
In the sixth year of Yongning, the Western Rong always harassed the western border, and the local people could not live in peace.
Princess Zhaoqing was already five years old at this time. She still followed Xie Lin to court and proposed in the court: "Then let all the people of Xijing serve as soldiers, so that the Xirong soldiers will not dare to harass easily."
"How can we mobilize all the people to serve as soldiers?" A childish voice emerged when discussing border issues. The ministers were unhappy and just wanted to suppress it and vent their anger.
Xiao Zhaoqing got off Xie Lin's lap and said, "Each household will select one male. Five households form a group, ten households form a ten, and a hundred households form a village. They will be trained during the slack season and take turns patrolling day and night. This will not only maintain local stability and reduce thieves, but also prevent sudden harassment from enemy countries. They can even contribute in times of drought or flood and reduce the need for support from the imperial court. It will kill three birds with one stone."
The court officials looked at each other in bewilderment. Xie Lin made a decision on the spot to implement the princess's plan, but he needed his subordinates to work out a more detailed plan, including a reward and punishment system and so on.
Naturally, there was great resistance during the implementation process. Xie Lin sent Yang Qi to the western border to suppress the rebellion together with Luo Cheng. Finally, the system introduced by the princess could be implemented smoothly.
For a time, Princess Zhaoqing became famous.
But she did not become proud of it, nor did she indulge in the joy of victory. Instead, she continued to work hard to acquire knowledge from everywhere, and she enjoyed it very much and did not feel it was hard at all.
It is worth mentioning that she is very energetic and emotionally stable. When children of the same age need to sleep five hours a day, she only needs four hours, and the amount of sleep gradually decreases, but she does not feel that she does not have enough energy.
Bending the bow and shooting arrows are no problem at all.
In the tenth year of Yongnian, she left the palace for a private tour and came to a village. It was the busy farming season, and the children were playing in the yard while the adults were busy in the fields. Unexpectedly, a wild wolf attacked the edge of the village and carried away a child.
Princess Zhaoqing rode her horse after the wolf, shot an arrow with her bow, killed the wolf and saved the child.
Princess Zhaoqing's fame spread far and wide again.
It was also in this year that Xie Lin, against all odds and despite opposition from court officials, canonized Zhaoqing as the Crown Princess.
Crown Princess Zhaoqing did a very good job. She cared for the people and won their hearts. She was a role model for women in Daqi.
Later, Zhaoqing became the first female emperor of Daqi. Although the road to the throne was full of difficulties, those capable but stubborn men were unwilling to be loyal to her and requested to resign one after another to threaten her and Xie Lin. However, Xie Lin and Chu Heyi always stood behind her in the wind and snow, supporting her at all times.
Her life lets the world know that women also have countless possibilities.
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[Everyone has their own definition of a heroine. Some people think it is being an empress, some people think being a queen is also acceptable. As for me, it is difficult to define whether my heroine Chu Heyi is a heroine. But I think it is amazing if a woman can fight against fate, create happiness and joy for herself, not rely on others, and keeps growing. In this case, "heroine" is just a way of saying it.
[The rights we women have today were won with the blood and tears of countless ancestors. It was very difficult to be an empress in ancient times. But Princess Zhaoqing was born with everything. She had the military power of her mother's family and the imperial power of her father's family. Therefore, the author simply used a bigger imagination and let her be the empress. After all, the heroine has been reborn, the supporting actress has traveled through time, and the background is fictional. What's wrong with that? ]
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[Thank you for reading this. There are some familiar IDs that appear from time to time. I always say to myself in my heart: Thank you, thank you!
[Many times, I did not reply to these familiar IDs because I was afraid that one day those IDs would no longer appear, and I would be sad. I would silently accept everyone coming and going. Hahahaha, the author is as fragile as a shell and is afraid of having his heart touched.
【Goodbye, and I wish you all the best. 】
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