The eight beauties bestowed upon them by the emperor went to the Royal Military Academy and the Royal Medical Clinic, respectively, according to their own strengths and the needs of Princess Xie.
However, although they made their choice, they were willing to trust Princess Xie.
They were still a little worried—would those sleazy men take advantage of them?
Even if it's not blatant flirting or lewdness, just looking at them with that flirtatious, wanton gaze is enough to embarrass and humiliate them.
Luo Peiyu came from a scholarly family, so she chose to become a female teacher.
On her second day at the job, the college arranged classes for her.
Before class, Luo Peiyu felt uneasy and even a little anxious.
She sought advice from Zhao Jinxiu, who was also a female teacher, "Ms. Zhao, do you have any tips for teaching these military officers?"
After working as a female teacher for a while, Zhao Jinxiu has lost her former eagerness for quick success, impetuousness, and hypocrisy.
She seems to have truly found her purpose in life, and has begun to settle down and dedicate herself to teaching.
Perhaps it was because she experienced a long-lost sense of "respect" while teaching!
Zhao Jinxiu had her own experience, and she knew very well what Luo Peiyu was worried about.
She didn't answer with any "secret," but smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Luo, the military officers of our Yue Wang Mansion are all upright heroes, and they all respect you very much."
Mr. Luo?
When Luo Peiyu heard someone actually call him "Mr. Luo", he was first taken aback.
It's worth noting that there are quite a few "Mr. Luo"s in their family, but they are either her grandfather, her uncle, or her father.
She was just a woman, and only after her family fell into ruin and she was called "Mr."
This impact was considerable for Luo Peiyu.
While Luo Peiyu was stunned, Zhao Jinxiu continued, "Moreover, the military officers in our Yue Prince's Mansion are not just men, but also women!"
"There are women too?"
Luo Peiyu was stunned again.
How is that possible?
The presence of female officials, while surprising, was not without precedent.
After all, in the palace, the empress had female officials by her side.
But how could there be women in a military camp?
It's unbelievable just thinking about it.
Luo Peiyu stared wide-eyed at Zhao Jinxiu.
She tried to find any trace of joking on Zhao Jinxiu's face.
Zhao Jinxiu laughed, "I'm not lying to you. Our Yue Prince's Mansion still has female soldiers. These are the Princess Consort's troops."
The original female soldiers numbered only a dozen or so, and most of them were slaves or daughters of disgraced officials.
However, after more than a year of development and expansion, Xie Yuan also recruited some local women.
Lingnan is remote and doesn't have many rules and dogmas. In tribes like the Li and Liao people, many women are queens or chieftains.
Some tribes are even matrilineal.
Therefore, in many parts of Lingnan, influenced by the indigenous peoples, women have a high status and are quite fierce.
In the past, the officials of Yuezhou were all traditional Confucian scholars who adhered to the ideas of male superiority and female inferiority, and that men were responsible for external affairs while women were responsible for internal affairs.
They basically don't give women the opportunity to show their faces in public.
As for the female leaders of the Liao and Li people, their attitude was even more disapproving—"A hen crowing at dawn!" They were truly ignorant and uncivilized fools, actually letting women be their leaders!
The government officials disliked the female commanders, and the female commanders were unwilling to deal with these arrogant and pedantic scholars.
The tension between the two sides is partly due to this.
After Helian Jue and Xie Yuan arrived in Yuezhou, they gradually changed this situation.
Xie Yuan, in particular, was able to stand on her own, and as a woman, she supported the entire palace.
Later, Helian Jue no longer needed to pretend, but he still needed to fight outside. Xie Yuan was still in charge of the Prince's mansion.
Xie Yuan not only recruited soldiers for the Prince's Palace, but she also took the opportunity to recruit many female soldiers for herself.
Princess Xie's assertiveness was admired by some of the chieftains of the surrounding indigenous tribes.
They are quite different from the Li tribe and the Wuyuan tribe.
Although they are also a tribe, they are not located deep in the mountains.
Their village is relatively close to the county seat, and they have some connection with the Hakka people.
Their information network is therefore quite advanced.
Some of the chieftains' children even intermarried with powerful Hakka families.
Xie Yuan's actions and all her measures were known to the neighboring tribes.
I heard that Princess Xie is going to recruit female soldiers to form some kind of women's army, and the benefits are super good!
One person joins the army, and the whole family is worry-free!
These eight words truly resonated with many people!
Some women in the tribe were tempted.
Now, Xie Yuan's female soldiers number five hundred.
Ten men can form a squad leader, and a hundred men can form a centurion.
Five hundred men, five centurions.
The minimum qualification for admission to the Royal Military Academy is centurion!
Therefore, five of the female soldiers also participated in the special training at the Prince's Military Academy.
"The Princess Consort also has troops? And the number reaches five hundred?"
Luo Peiyu was speechless.
This news once again shattered her understanding.
She knew that the matriarchs of some prominent families wielded immense power within their households.
However, private soldiers, or rather, retainers, which form the foundation of a family, are rarely led by women.
Princess Xie, the wife of King Yue, actually had a private army of five hundred men. Did King Yue not know this?
How could he trust the Xie family so much?
As if guessing Luo Peiyu's doubts, Zhao Jinxiu said with a smile, "This is nothing. You don't know, the soldiers of our Yue Prince's Mansion were initially recruited and trained by Her Highness the Princess herself!"
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