After divorcing my ex-husband, I became the princess of the county

Chapter 425
Spring turned to winter, and more than half a year passed in the blink of an eye. As the New Year approached, there was a big happy event in the palace. Princess Heyi was pregnant. Everyone in the palace and the Prince of Chu's palace were happy.

However, after the New Year, bad news came from Jiangnan. Emperor Jingyuan fell asleep after planting in the spring.

The funeral ceremony of Emperor Jingyuan took half a year. Along the way back to Chang'an, the people in both groups spontaneously dressed in plain clothes and knelt down to pay homage to each other. This shows that Emperor Jingyuan won the hearts of the people.

After the big funeral, Emperor Jing'an's body gradually collapsed. He often fell ill from time to time, and he would not go to court for three to five days from time to time.

At first, Zhao Heng thought that Zhao Jue was pretending to be sick again, but after entering the palace, he discovered that Zhao Jue was really sick.

Zhao Jue didn't take good care of his body and bones when he was young, and he drank too much, but he finally got his comeuppance.

In the palace, Zhao Heng saw the weak Zhao Jue and said, "Don't you deserve this? But Uncle Huang is gone, you can't leave again! I don't want everyone around me to leave."

Zhao Jue looked at Zhao Heng's eyes and said, "Don't you hate me for taking Cheng'er away?"

"I hate it, but I don't want to die!" Zhao Heng said, "If you leave, there will be no one in this world who can support me."

Zhao Jue said: "Isn't it because Cheng'er is supporting you?"

Zhao Heng said: "I am his father, and I am enough to support him. You must not die."

Meng Jingshu came over with a medicine bowl and said: "The imperial doctor said that Your Majesty needs to rest. How can you say that you can rest if you can rest in a busy country?"

Zhao Heng wiped his tears and said: "It's not that you can't rest. You can go to Brother Liang Wang to recuperate. He is a good place to recuperate. I will help you supervise the country."

Zhao Jue said: "You? I really don't trust you. Letting you supervise the country will only make me worry more."

Zhao Heng said: "..."

Zhao Jue held on for another year, but eventually his body and bones were getting weaker. After eight years in Jing'an, Emperor Jing'an decided to go to Jiangnan to recuperate and let the prince supervise the country.

Zhao Heng was appointed regent, and Lu Wanzhi was appointed imperial tutor to tutor the Crown Prince.

As soon as this imperial edict came out, everyone was surprised. His Majesty was not in good health, so it was okay to let the prince supervise the country. The prince was only 17 years old after all, so it was understandable for Prince Ming to be the regent in charge of the young prince.

But Lu Wanzhi is a member of the female stream and is the emperor's master?How can it be?
A waterfall of memorials filled the Zichen Hall.

Zhao Cheng was full of annoyance when he saw the memorial: "My mother's literary talent is so good, why is she not worthy of being the emperor's teacher?"

Zhao Heng said at the side: "These people are just idle. Why don't you issue an imperial edict to allow women to take part in the imperial examination and serve as officials in the court? If women are allowed to take the imperial examination this year, they will probably not stop your mother from doing so." The emperor’s master.”

Zhao Chengdao: "But, I'm afraid those veterans will splatter their blood in the hall!"

Zhao Heng said: "Isn't this simple? You ask the eunuchs to tie quilts on the pillars of the hall in advance tomorrow morning. They won't be killed even if they bump into them!"

"But……"

"Listen to daddy!" Zhao Heng patted Zhao Cheng on the shoulder.

Zhao Chengdao: "Do you want to discuss it with mother?"

"No need!"

The next morning, when the ministers came to attend the morning court, they were surprised to see the pillars covered with brocade quilts. Lu Wanzhi also looked at Zhao Heng sitting next to Zhao Cheng in confusion.

Zhao Cheng coughed and said, "Come here and announce the decree."

The chamberlain opened the imperial edict and said in a sharp voice: "The women of Jiangnan Qinglan Academy are no less talented in literature than the men. A talented woman cannot serve the court because she is a woman. This is actually a loss to the court. We hereby declare that from today on From now on, if a woman is recommended by the academy, she can also take part in the autumn and spring examinations and become an official in the court, I appreciate this!"

"what?"

"His Royal Highness must not!"

"A woman's participation in the imperial examination is like a chicken sitting in the morning, and the country will be in chaos!"

"If Your Highness does not take back his orders, I am willing to splatter the court with blood!"

Zhao Heng raised his eyebrows and said: "Then you splash one. I tried it. If you hit it, it will only cause a bump on your head!"

Lu Wanzhi looked at Zhao Heng'er who was sitting upright, playing with the dandy, and wondered if Zhao Jue, who had just left for a few days, would come back immediately with regrets. This was too nonsense, too childish... But for the ministers, no matter what, , if a woman can participate in the autumn examination, it is just child's play.

The courtiers said something to each other, but Shen Luozhi agreed first: "Your Highness is wise!"

Lu Teng also said immediately: "Your Highness, Sheng Ming."

Most of the students in the Tianzi class are now court officials, including Jiang Li, the minister of the Ministry of War, Zhang Yuan, the minister of the Ministry of Rites and minister of the Honglu Temple, Sun Ting, the right guard, Meng Ao, the imperial censor, and Gu Qing, the doctor of the household department. Chi...each of them holds important positions.

One by one, they knelt down with Shen Luozhi and shouted loudly. The remaining courtiers also knew that their arms could not hold their thighs up. They wanted to show their loyalty by splattering blood, but the blood could not be splattered, so they had no choice but to comply with this imperial edict.

Women can take the imperial examination and serve as officials in the court. The whole country was shocked by this imperial edict.

In Princess Huaying's mansion, He Zhifei, who heard this imperial edict, also said to He Yue with great joy: "Mom, I want to give it a try!"

He Yue said: "Zhifei... You have to be locked up in the examination room for several days in the autumn and spring exams. Your illness..."

"Mom, I've caught up with this good time and I don't want to miss it."

He Yue looked at her daughter who had grown up in front of her and said with a smile: "There is still a lot of time before the autumn exam. Compared with you taking the exam, the most important thing is to find a husband for you. You are now fifteen. But we can’t delay it any longer.”

He Zhifei said helplessly: "Mom, I don't want to get married."

"Oh, you don't want to get married. I want to get married but I can't get married."

Xu Hongshan came in to play with He Zhifei, happened to hear her words, and sighed.

He Yue said: "Zhao Yue hasn't discovered your thoughts yet? He is already seventeen, right?"

Xu Hongshan sighed again: "Oh! If I don't get married, I should go back to Shanyin."

He Zhifei said: "Why don't you tell Brother Yue directly that your sweetheart is him? He thinks you have another sweetheart?"

Xu Hongshan said: "I am a girl after all, so why do I have the nerve to say it?"

He Zhifei smiled and said: "I have a way. You find a beggar and insist on marrying him. Brother Yue will definitely stop him if he finds out. If you say that if you don't marry the beggar, there will be no one to marry. Brother Yue will definitely be willing to do so." Marry you."

"Really?" Xu Hongshan asked.

He Zhifei said: "Why don't you give it a try? The spring has been good recently. Tomorrow I will go out to Brother Yue and let him see that you have settled down with a beggar for the rest of your life, and then let the beggar go looking for flowers and willows. Brother Yue will definitely come to persuade you to give up being a beggar. of."

Xu Hongshan thought for a while and said: "Now we can only use this method. A dead horse is treated as a living horse doctor!"

……

Zhao Yue rarely went out to play since the time when Zhao Cheng supervised the country. He Zhifei's body could not go out to play at all, so he forced himself to study. Fortunately, he could finally read three or four poems before falling asleep. It’s not like falling asleep after one or two poems.

"elder brother."

Zhao Yue saw He Zhifei entering and said, "Sister Zhifei."

He Zhifei smiled and said, "It's a rare spring day today. I want to go out for a walk. Can you accompany me?"

"Of course it's okay!" Zhao Yue stood up and said, "I heard from the imperial doctor that you have been getting sick more and more recently."

He Zhifei said: "It's okay, just take more medicine and it will be fine."

Zhao Yue said: "I have sent people to look for thousand-year ginseng. They will definitely find it."

"Ah."

The two walked onto the street.

Zhao Yue saw Xu Hongshan struggling with a dirty beggar in ragged clothes. When he got closer, Xu Hongshan actually gave her handkerchief and purse to the beggar, "Erlang, don't let me down my love for you. This is The silver I gave you."

Zhao Yue stepped forward and said to Xu Hongshan: "Xu Hongshan, what are you doing?"

(End of this chapter)