"…I obey your order!"

Ye Hongzhuang stood up and changed her address.

She glanced at Ruyi and saw the talisman she had received that night, and felt a sense of regret: She didn't know whether this amulet had protected Ziwei Fuxing, but it had indeed opened up a new situation for her.

But she also understood that she entered Wenyuan Pavilion first to pave the way for Ruyi.

The emperor will proceed step by step, and the pace of reform will surge towards the previous dynasty like a wave.

When we see hope, the storm is also coming!

Everyone in the room looked at each other with complicated expressions, and there was a feeling that a storm was about to come.

At this point, Minister Xiao had no choice but to pick up the Emperor's question and asked, "Your Majesty, is this palace examination also open to women? For example, can General Mu Rushuang also take part in the martial arts examination?"

Except for a fool, anyone can see the emperor's intention.

There are actually only two options:

One is to oppose to the end. If you win, things will be the same as before: the emperor will die, a new person will ascend the throne, and the political situation will remain unchanged.

If you lose, you go to hell.

The second is to choose to support and promote together.

But for a man who has been in power for many years, this is undoubtedly a revolution of his own life——

Later on, they had more competitors.

But the positions are still just that few!

But now that Ruyi is the daughter of the Xiao family, how can he not support her?

Besides, he also saw Ruyi's potential.

So he said: "Now that Northern Qi is weak, it is the time to recruit talents. We should be open to all kinds of people. This is a good thing for us."

"It's better to have more talented people than to have a bunch of people standing there and not being able to do anything when something goes wrong."

Some people clearly felt scolded.

But the emperor liked to hear this, because it meant that his decision was no longer arbitrary, but supported by others and was good, so he smiled and said, "Minister Xiao is right, the palace examination is open to women."

"From now on, we will change the process from once every three years to once a year. This way, we can select talents as quickly as possible and get rid of those who are just sitting there doing nothing."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Minister Xiao said in a cold sweat!

Ye Hongzhuang glanced at the emperor with sincere admiration in her eyes, and said directly: "If there is another war, Hongzhuang is willing to volunteer to fight and make sure that the enemy will not return!"

She is only in her thirties this year, and despite years of practicing Taoism, she does not look old. When she spoke, she revealed the charm of a mature woman, and she looked heroic and graceful, which made people fascinated.

Ruyi's eyes sparkled.

Her heart felt as if magma and hot blood were surging.

With Ye Hongzhuang coming out early, she had a guide on her way. This was different from the emperor, Li Xiangyi, and Zen Master Yikong.

This is a female.

She is walking her own path, no longer following a man's path.

Although, there are only two of them on this road now.

She is also very grateful to the male predecessors who have helped her. It was their broad-mindedness that made them willing to take the initiative to open the door and let them go out.

In a sense, they have transcended the boundaries between men and women.

Saw the vaster sky and earth.

At this time, many people also realized why the emperor came today——

Ziwei Fuxing’s family recognition party is not the same as Shen Jiaojiao’s.

This is a matter in the court.

And today, the emperor chose to go out of the palace to announce these things instead of in the court, in order to pave the way for Ye Hongzhuang!

Because Ye Hongzhuang couldn't enter the Golden Palace!

However, at Ruyi’s family reunion banquet, there were not so many details!

If the ministers in the court oppose Ruyi's entry into the court, and Ruyi is a newcomer and cannot crush the civil and military officials with his strength, then things will be difficult to move forward, and the emperor cannot be stubborn and self-willed.

But now, Ye Hongzhuang stood up.

Who can compete?

Even if everyone is dissatisfied, they can only hold it in.

Unable to win by beating or talking, he had to accept defeat and could not oppose the emperor anymore. The emperor successfully issued three imperial edicts.

Although it seemed like just a few words, the scene in the court was completely different.

After finishing the work, Minister Xiao smiled and entertained everyone, "Eat your food, eat your food..."

There was a lot of drinking and chatting in the room.

Ruyi also relaxed and spoke quietly to the emperor, "Your Majesty, thank you."

The emperor turned his head, glanced at the little girl beside him, and whispered: "Princess Mingzhuang is very powerful. She will pave the way for you when she enters Wenyuan Pavilion. You should get closer to her when you have time."

"good."

Ruyi's heart was filled with emotion.

The emperor nodded and sighed softly.

There is Princess Mingzhuang in front and Ruyi behind.

In fact, he had thought about training his own daughter. After all, he had even sent Mu Rushuang into the palace as a young general of the imperial guards, let alone his own daughter?

When the eldest princess was three years old, he sent her to Ye Hongzhuang for her teaching.

But the eldest princess cried and made a fuss and refused.

When the eldest princess was seven years old, he sent her to Guangwenguan.

The eldest princess still refused and formed cliques all day long in Guangwenguan. She didn't learn anything and instead got into a lot of trouble.

Later, a tutor was hired for her, but she did not study hard and kept pestering the tutor to take her to pursue Prince Yan.

…

The other two daughters also tried it.

They didn't seem interested in it.

In the end, she had no choice but to be raised as a little maid in the harem.

In fact, not all women want to wear military uniforms and become the jewels of the court. They hope to find a good husband and live a simple life.

That's good too.

Make way for those who want to come out, and let those who don’t want to come out continue their original life.

You don't have to take the road, but you can't live without it.

However, if there was a road but no one walked on it, it would become overgrown with weeds and no longer be a road.

The emperor thought about these things but couldn't figure out what was going on.

The taste of the food disappeared, but he thought of the girl he met in his youth. At that time, she was standing at the bow with her hands behind her back and said such words. For him, who was still a prince at the time, it was no less than an earthquake.

She turned her head and looked at him with a smile, "If the emperor really cares about the world, he should not be afraid to open a way out for women."

“Only when you get on the stage will you know if you can do it.”

“But you can’t say someone is incompetent just because they are not allowed to enter the ring.”

That makes sense.

The emperor nodded to himself. Although he was surrounded by many stars, he was not concerned about the hustle and bustle around him at this moment.

Bai Wanru is dead.

But there is always a light in his heart, and that light has never faded.

He thought that might be the charm of a woman. She looked back and smiled, as if illuminating something.

It is the power of water, the highest good.

They create, they tolerate, they smile, they cry, they are weak, they are strong, and this brings gentle hope to the world...

…

The hand warmer is completely cold.

The Queen Mother couldn't stand the cold anymore, so she took a deep breath and said, "The auspicious time has passed. Let's go."

The carriage started moving, returned to the street, and headed towards the Xiao family.

However, Eunuch Yuan stopped the carriage and said, "Empress Dowager, the Emperor said the auspicious time has passed, so you don't have to go."

The Queen Mother froze, "What did you say?"

Her expression was extremely ugly, "They didn't wait for me??!"

She and the emperor don't get along.

Firstly, she was her stepmother, and secondly, the emperor was unruly and never listened to her. But she really couldn't stand being slapped in the face in public.

Eunuch Yuan smiled with a fake smile, "Your Majesty, Ruyi is the lucky star of Ziwei. Her every move is related to the fate of the country. She must not be neglected."

"If her family recognition banquet misses the auspicious time, doesn't that mean that Northern Qi's national fortune has also passed the auspicious time and is going downhill?"

"It's not that I don't want to wait for you, my lady, it's that I can't wait."