On the day the Princess's residence was completed, the Emperor bestowed upon Ye Jingshu the title Zhaoming, which means "brightness".

Princess Zhaoming's residence violated ancestral rules, the establishment of official offices in the residence violated ancestral rules, the number of chief officials in the residence violated ancestral rules, and the number of personal guards in the residence also violated ancestral rules!

Even the title 'Zhaoming' was impeached by the censors, who said it violated ancestral rules.

In short, everything violates ancestral rules!

The censors submitted memorials one after another to impeach the emperor, but he didn't take them seriously at all. These officials could only resort to ancestral rules to make a fuss!

Parents' love for their children is innate.

The emperor felt that he was a very good father. No emperor in history had ever loved his children as much as he did. He should be praised and sung about!

The emperor was very pleased, but the powerful and noble families were very dissatisfied.

The princess has already left the palace to establish her own residence, so why not hold a coming-of-age ceremony?

If the princess doesn't hold a coming-of-age ceremony, how can they possibly win her over like a golden phoenix?

Over the years, those who openly or secretly coveted the princess have all been taught a lesson by the emperor under various pretexts.

But the more the emperor showed concern for the eldest princess, the more restless the noble families in the capital became, all wanting their own children and grandchildren to be the lucky ones who rose to power overnight.

Ye Jingchen can now understand the mentality of modern parents who have daughters and are wary of young men with bad taste. Although he agreed to Ye Jingshu's plan to leave the palace and establish her own residence, he was very worried that this beautiful and delicate girl would be taken advantage of by a scoundrel!

He put a lot of thought into the group of people Ye Jingshu brought out of the palace. Even if outsiders thought the princess's residence was raising wicked servants, he couldn't let others think Ye Jingshu was easy to bully.

He set many rules for the princess's residence: First, uninvited male guests were not allowed to enter. And whenever the princess held a banquet, male guests were not invited.

Secondly, any noblewoman or lady of high rank who wished to see the princess could only do so by personally entering the princess's residence; the eldest princess never visited the residences or mansions of any of her subjects.

Third, the princess's personal guards patrolled the area around the residence without interruption for twelve hours. Anyone suspicious lingering near the princess's residence was considered to be showing contempt for the royal family.

The crime of disrespecting the royal family can be serious or minor. At first, this rule was not taken seriously by many people, until the princess's guards arrested several people near the princess's residence, tortured them severely, and found out the mastermind behind it. The princess's chief official led his guards to the princess's residence to question her directly, making the whole capital city aware of the matter.

After this happened a few times, no one dared to have any more wicked thoughts.

Ye Jingshu insisted on leaving the palace to establish her own residence because of a thought that had been brewing in her mind since she was ten years old.

She was grateful to be born a princess, with a noble birth, a loving and indulgent father, and a younger brother who was her guiding light and a source of inspiration.

Since she was born a woman, she should speak up for women.

Why is a woman's value only reflected in bearing and raising children?

Why are women expected to follow the Three Obediences and Four Virtues?

Even though it's an equal marital relationship, why does everyone see the woman as dependent? What's most frightening is that even the woman thinks this way!

Why do people generally think that men are superior and women are inferior?

Ye Jingshu had many questions.

The more women she met, the more doubts she had.

She couldn't understand why men looked down on women; but she couldn't understand even more why women looked down on themselves.

Worldly views and constraints are too deep, layer upon layer imposed on women. Only knowledge can break through these constraints and allow them to have a clearer understanding of themselves.

Therefore, she wanted to establish a women's academy so that women could study, understand principles, and become self-reliant.

From the age of ten, Ye Jingshu often held banquets in the palace, inviting the female relatives of court officials to the palace to hold poetry gatherings and compose essays. All the female relatives who attended the banquets knew that the princess loved reading.

Following the example set by those in power, in recent years most of the women from court officials and aristocratic families have begun to study. As they read, their minds naturally become clearer.

After Ye Jingshu left the palace and established her own residence, it became much easier for her to interact with these women or to hold poetry gatherings.

In recent years, she has also found some women who share her ideals. Some of them simply love reading, while others, like Ye Jingshu, hope to awaken women and change their status through reading.

When news spread that Princess Chang wanted to build a girls' academy, it caused a sensation in the capital, with countless people cursing it as absurd behind her back.

But they only dared to criticize behind his back.

The censor who was advising and impeaching the emperor had barely begun his statement when the emperor ordered him to be dragged away and flogged.

The censors were upright and fearless, so the emperor naturally didn't care about them. He would beat them for speaking up, and eventually no one dared to speak up anymore.

This has always been the case. For him, the impeachment by the censors falls into two categories: if it doesn't matter, he'll let them impeach him as they please, because he doesn't care.

But if it's something he cares about, even if the censor wants to remonstrate to the death, it won't move him in the slightest. His main principle is to do things his own way. If you're not afraid of death, then speak up.

The emperor wanted to protect and support the princess's girls' academy, so it was impossible for the academy not to be established.

The emperor even chose the location of the academy next to the Imperial College, and required that its area and scale not be less than those of the Imperial College.

The emperor certainly doted on his children, but he also genuinely felt that there was nothing wrong with girls being literate, since it wouldn't threaten his rule. He didn't care about anything else; as long as his children were happy, that was all that mattered.

Building an academy is easy, and even finding female teachers is not difficult; the most difficult thing is finding students.

Fortunately, the Salesian Bureau has many girls who can be enrolled in the first batch of free schools.

Ye Jingshu named the academy Fengming Academy, meaning "If it does not make a sound, it will be a great success."

Men are forbidden from entering Fengming Academy; all the teachers, guards, helpers, and servants in the academy are women.

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