Qu Cheng'an took the military order given by Sultan Ruo and mobilized more than 100,000 people to garrison on the border of Jingyong State.
Another part of them was separated and entered Jingyong State in batches, stationed near the imperial city and waited for news.
Sultan Ruo had been asking people in the army to secretly pass on news about Qu Cheng'an to him.
If Qu Chengan is in any danger, she will be the first to know and save him.
The progress on Qu Chengan's side has been smooth.
If the new emperor ascends the throne, there is still a lot to do.
The first thing to be affected is the imperial examination that is about to begin.
Because of her usurpation of the throne, the imperial examination that was originally scheduled to be held has been postponed until now.
The students taking the imperial examinations in Beijing have already begun to complain.
If the Sultan asks his courtiers during the morning court session how the examination should be conducted.
Many ministers remained silent.
They wanted to see whether the new emperor, Sultan Ruo, was capable of sitting on the throne of this country.
If she only cared about pursuing her own interests like the previous empress and ignored the people, they would not be loyal to her.
Although Qi Bohou has always supported Sultan Ruo, he is just a military officer and cannot provide any help to Sultan Ruo.
When the Sultan saw that no one spoke, he began to call the roll.
"Someone from the Ministry of Rites, please come out and speak!"
The members of the Ministry of Rites were named, and they looked at each other, not knowing what to do. Finally, they all looked at the Minister of Rites.
Minister of Rites Yao Shangshu began to shirk responsibility.
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Examination has always been presided over by the Minister of State. Your Majesty, please ask for his opinion."
Seeing that he was kicked out by his boss to serve as a watchman, the Minister of Rites Tan Ran had no choice but to step forward and salute respectfully to Sultan Ruo.
Only then did Sultan see clearly that the Minister of Rites was also a woman.
The Fengyang State had no objection to women serving as officials.
But there are still more men serving as officials in the court.
Sultan Ruo was also much more polite to the Minister of Rites, who was also a woman.
“Since the Minister of Rites always presided over the event before, let Minister Tan preside over it again this year!
Minister Tan, do you have any objections?"
Tan Ran stood in the center of the hall and said firmly, "I have no objection."
Sudan was worried that Tan Ran would be targeted and tripped up, so he added:
"After the court session, please stay and discuss the specific matters with me! This year is a little different from previous years, so we must handle it properly.
If the other ministers have nothing else to report, please withdraw from the court!"
Tan Ran stayed and was called by Sultan Ruo to the meeting room in the inner hall.
Sudan said:
"The imperial examinations will be held as usual this year, but since it is winter now, candidates should take extra precautions to keep warm.
At the same time, favoritism and fraud must never occur.
I know that when the late emperor was in office last year, many people paid money to get their positions. I don't want to see similar things happen again this year. Do you understand? "
Tan Ran was stunned for a moment. She thought that this empress was no different from the previous one!
When the previous empress first came to power, she was a little excited.
For so many years, she endured humiliation in the court and was often ridiculed by others for how a woman could handle national affairs.
She has always wanted to prove herself, and she was greatly encouraged after the previous empress came to power.
Since women can become emperors, why can't she be a good female official?
During that time, she devoted herself to the empress and did a lot of things.
Later it was discovered that the empress didn't care about the common people at all.
She even began to doubt the idea of women serving as officials or emperors.
I wonder if women are really not suitable for doing this.
Later, the empress was pulled away by the person in front of her. She began to feel confused and didn't know whether she could still trust the new empress.
But now she is no longer confused.
The bad things the previous empress did during her tenure were not because she was a woman, but because she was bad in nature.
After hearing what Sultan Ruo just said, she knew that this was a good emperor who cared about the country and the people.
She replied:
"I will definitely fulfill my mission!"
Her tone was full of determination, and even her eyes staring at the ground were much firmer.
Sudanruo took out a token from his pocket and handed it to Tan Ran.
"I give you this token. Seeing it is like seeing me in person. With it, you can get things done much more easily.
Just go for it, no matter what happens, I'll take care of you, don't let me down."
Tan Ran took the token with excitement in his eyes, and repeatedly assured himself that he would definitely get the job done.
If the Sultan believed that a girl like Tan Ran could reach the position of Minister of Rites in this dynasty, she must have some ability.
So I handed the matter over to Tan Ran with confidence.
Tan Ran did not let Su Danruo down. No matter who wanted to accept bribes from her, she refused them all.
If any minister in the court wanted to bribe people, she would write down their names one by one and leave evidence, and hand it over to Sultan Ruo.
When Su Danruo saw the name that Tan Ran handed over, he quietly put the things away.
She told Tan Ran not to alert the enemy and to prepare to capture these people in one fell swoop after the scientific expedition was over.
Tan Ran did an excellent job in organizing this scientific expedition very successfully.
Qi Xinyuan also participated in this imperial examination and entered the palace examination with the first place.
The next time Sultan Ruo met Qi Xinyuan was in the main hall, when Sultan Ruo selected the top scholar.
Sudan Ruo looked at Qi Xinyuan in the audience and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.
Qi Xinyuan really did what he said at the beginning.
But this time it is she who is the empress, not the previous tyrant.
Qi Xinyuan won the first place in the palace examination with excellent results and became the top scholar this year.
The Sultan personally bestowed upon him a sixth-rank position in the Hanlin Academy.
The imperial examination was successfully concluded, and Sultan Ruo also took this opportunity to clean up a large number of pests in the court who were loyal to the emperor but only ate the emperor's money.
This move gave some old ministers in the court hope.
The atmosphere in the court began to improve.
Under the leadership of Sultan Ruo, Fengyang Kingdom became prosperous and its people lived in peace.
The ministers in the court began to advise the Sultan on how to choose a concubine.
"Your Majesty, our Fengyang Kingdom has been in turmoil because the previous emperor had difficulty in having children.
Now that you are young and healthy, you should take this opportunity to choose more concubines and have children!"
Sudanruo was given a headache by the urging, and she finally understood the bitterness of the male protagonists in the past.
Being nagging by a group of old men every day is something that not everyone can bear.
Sultan told them directly that she was three months pregnant.
The old ministers looked at each other, all of them unable to believe it.
"Your Majesty, you were unmarried before you ascended the throne. This..."
Seeing the disbelieving expressions of the old ministers, Sultan called the imperial physician to take his pulse on the spot.
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