Minister Wen was filled with informants in the palace, and the news of the wedding was quickly transmitted to his ears.
"What!" Minister Wen placed the cup heavily on the table. His eyes widened and became cloudy, surprised to the extreme.
"Lord, the Empress has proposed to the Emperor that he grant the Emperor a marriage for Red Armored Cavalry." The guard bowed and said respectfully with his hands cupped in front of him.
This was getting more and more outrageous! In a while, he would suggest for the woman to take the Imperial Examinations, and in a while, he would suggest for her to get married for Red Armored Cavalry.
"Ridiculous!" Minister Wen swallowed the strong tea in his mouth, almost choking to death.
Therefore, it was as if Hu Xiao was the one in charge in East Court. Whenever she had the thought, she would bring it up and put it into practice, and doing so would simply increase the status of the woman in East Court, and increase the position of the woman. Correspondingly, the man’s position would drop.
"Go and invite Master Lee and the others over." The Minister Wen was breathing heavily, not caring at all that it was already late at night.
Seeing that his master was so angry, the guards couldn’t do anything to persuade him. They had no choice but to find some people to come over.
With the Minister Wen at the center, everyone formed a circle and the Minister Wen described the news that they had just heard. When all the lords heard it, they could not help but gasp.
"When the Empress was promoting women’s studies, we should have made up our minds to stop her. We have never heard of the Monarch giving marriage to a soldier." The Master Lee said angrily, Red Armored Cavalry in his eyes, was just a few lowly female soldiers.
Even though they had been training diligently, in the eyes of the nobles, they were just a powerhouse who couldn’t support Ah Dou. Sooner or later, this team would be disbanded.
Hearing their complaints, the Minister Wen sneered and said, "My attitude was very firm from the beginning to the end. If it wasn’t for you all listening to her blabbering, you wouldn’t have ended up like this."
Thinking about this, Minister Wen got angry, if these people did not loosen up, it would not have been possible for the woman to take the exam.
"Master Wen, you can’t say it like that. When the Empress was pressing us down, if we didn’t agree, she would have set us up a trap. Moreover, the Emperor’s heart is biased towards the Empress, if we didn’t agree, the Emperor and Queen would keep on wasting our time." Master Lee immediately followed up by saying that he was dissatisfied with Minister Wen’s expression. Minister Wen’s words were basically shunning responsibility.
Master Wen, Master Lee, let us first think of a way to resolve this problem. Vice Minister Chen who was sitting beside Master Lee hurriedly said.
They had come out in the middle of the night not to argue, but to discuss things.
Hearing this, Minister Wen’s and Imperial Censor Li’s expression softened. They looked at each other, and at that moment, their conflict turned into nothingness.
"Milords, do you all have any thoughts?" Minister Wen squinted his eyes and asked seriously.
When the Emperor bestowed a marriage, he would usually choose the son of an imperial noble. They didn’t want their own son to marry Red Armored Cavalry.
Not only did the Minister Wen have the same thoughts, the others also had the same thoughts.
All the lords looked at each other in dismay. How could they dare to have any thoughts about this when they were supporting the emperor!
Minister Wen swept his eyes across them with a sharp gaze, then said in a firm voice, "Demon Empress, do you want to see your nation be destroyed by her?"
Minister Wen was determined to fight against Hu Xiao. In front of his comrades, he had to convince them from inside.
Of course they wouldn’t think about it. If they let Hu Xiao destroy their East Court, then where would they hide their faces!
"Master Wen, what do you think we should do?" Master Lee stared at Minister Wen and asked resolutely. As long as it was a Minister Wen, they would listen to him.
"Since the emperor has already agreed to this matter, then our strength alone won’t suffice." At this point, the Minister Wen paused. "We can use the power of the citizens to pressure the Emperor."
The next day, everyone on the streets of the imperial city was shouting angrily about women’s hegemony.
"Where does the Empress place us men at, the women who have the power?" Minister Wen spread the news of a woman’s tyranny among the people, hoping to arouse the discontent of the people towards Hu Xiao.
"First, it was a woman’s Imperial Examinations, and now they’re encouraging the emperor to grant them a marriage. Isn’t the Empress doing this to raise the status of the ladies? Let them marry a good family, and I can clearly see Empress’s little scheme." The crowd gathered around as they discussed the matter.
"We were talking about equality between men and women earlier, but if it’s true that we are equal, then our status will drop and we will be the ones to suffer."
When Minister Wen went up to court, he passed by the street and heard these words. He nodded with satisfaction.
In the imperial court, the ministers were not idle either. They suggested for the commoners to participate in the talent show.
"Why do all my beloved officials have such requests?" Qin Shuo coughed lightly and asked calmly.
"Reporting to the emperor, since the emperor wishes to grant marriage to someone from the Red Armored Cavalry, in order to be fair, we must also advocate for the participation of commoners in the selection. This is the equality of all people mentioned by the Empress." Vice Minister Chen took a step forward and said in all seriousness.
"Oh? "How could I not know that my beloved official had taken the Empress’s words to heart? That’s true, everyone is equal. I will have to consider this proposal carefully." Qin Shuo sneered, and did not immediately agree.
Another day passed, and within the Red Armored Cavalry, the matter of many women being annulled and annulled began to spread.
After Hu Xiao heard this, she had an idea in her heart.
"Empress, what are you thinking?" Seeing Hu Xiao lying prone by the window in a daze, Zhi Lan moved closer and asked.
"It’s not fair for them to have their marriage annulled due to Red Armored Cavalry, so I’m thinking of a way to stop them from suffering such a loss." Hu Xiao bit her lips, the one who lost her marriage was still a woman.
After this, he could marry her again, but as for women, it was hard to say whether or not they would marry her.
"Empress, do you have any thoughts?" Seeing Hu Xiao’s eyes flicker, she guessed that Hu Xiao already had a plan in mind.
"I still have some ideas, I will go discuss it with Qin Shuo." Hu Xiao laughed, whether or not this could work depended on Qin Shuo.
Inside the Imperial Study, Hu Xiao was sitting opposite to Qin Shuo. Looking at Qin Shuo seriously reading the imperial reports, she felt extremely satisfied in her heart.
"Xiao-Xiao, why are you looking at me?" Qin Shuo couldn’t help but ask as he felt goosebumps all over his body from her gaze.
Can’t you just say something? You have to look at it this way!
In fact, Hu Xiao had yet to think of how to explain it, but the idea in her heart was slowly forming into a model.
"It’s nothing, Qin Shuo, I’ve been thinking about a problem this whole time." Hu Xiao said thoughtfully as his eyes flashed. He was staring at Qin Shuo.
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