After transmigrating into a stepmother, I transformed my whole family to work on farming

It's getting colder day by day.

The Baili family's ancestor worship ceremony was not affected by the death of King Feng.

The grand ancestor worship ceremony was held as scheduled.

However, on the day of ancestor worship, the emperor was unable to muster the energy to preside over the ceremony.

After discussing with the Ministry of Rites, the Empress Dowager decided to do something that broke the old system.

The Crown Prince offered sacrifices to heaven and the Empress offered sacrifices to earth.

Heaven is yang and earth is yin, women are inherently yin, and the queen is the mother of a country and the head of thousands of women. In the past, sacrifices to heaven and earth were offered by men, which is actually not in line with the laws of yin and yang of heaven and earth.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were convinced, and the national teacher asked for divination and got the approval of the Earth Mother.

When the ancestor worship ceremony came to the process of worshiping the earth, the old system was changed. The Holy Queen led the clan ladies and female generals with outstanding military achievements to be responsible for worshiping Mother Earth.

This small change seemed to be a helpless move as the emperor was seriously ill and unable to attend, but it invisibly broke the rule that women were not allowed to enter the ancestral hall to worship.

At least, if women are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors now, they can loudly use the Queen's act of offering sacrifices to the Earth Mother to give those old stubborn people a heavy blow.

Could they still go against the royal family?

Ordinary people naturally wouldn’t dare to do that.

Women also have contributions to maintaining the prosperity of the family, so why can't they enter the ancestral hall!
Ordinary people may not feel much about this small change. After all, people in the countryside can hardly fill their stomachs, so who would care whether women or men enter the ancestral hall?
However, among the old families in Kyoto, a huge uproar broke out, strongly opposing the harem's interference in government affairs.

Seeing the group of old officials kneeling outside the Ming Palace and preparing to write a letter to the emperor to impeach him, Xu Wenqing just wanted to take a pair of scissors and cut off their tongues.

Instead of talking so much, you might as well just be mute.

In the past, it was this group of people who snatched away the throne that she was about to obtain, and helped Baili Cang, a little man with no ambition, to become king.

Today it's them again, trying to kill her!
Are they so afraid of a woman being king?

Of course they are afraid, after all, these people have never been very tolerant towards women.

Judging from one's own experience, it is natural that women will not be tolerant towards them either.

Xu Wenqing was guarding the gate of Ming Palace. On the pretext of disturbing the emperor's recuperation, he asked the palace servants to give each of them a rag and told them to cover their mouths.

If anyone disobeys, no matter who you are, duke, marquis, or earl, you will be beaten with ten sticks!
The imperial palace is an important place, how can we allow them to act so recklessly?

For a while, the wailing and cursing coming from the Ziwei Palace were endless.

The people living on the other side of the river could see people entering the palace upright and being carried out horizontally every day.

Of course, there were also many people who knew what was happening and withdrew immediately to avoid this physical pain.

However, they thought they were smart and since the emperor couldn't see them, they would go find the prince.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a reasonable person and will definitely be able to make the decision for them.

However, on the first day of my visit, I returned disappointed.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince only saw officials who came to report government affairs, and did not see any other idle people.

Some people managed to get through and successfully meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but they only got a firm reply: "I am not good at government affairs, and it is my luck that my mother is willing to give me some advice."

"If you continue to talk nonsense about the Queen Mother, don't blame me for disregarding our past friendship!"

After saying this, the prince took out the military intelligence from the Western Regions and showed it to them.

Instead of letting them have the leisure time to impeach the queen, it would be better to find a few more young generals to go to the Western Regions to quell the rebellion.

All the old men were suddenly silent.

Children at home are our treasures, who would be willing to send them to the battlefield?
Moreover, the Chinese New Year is only two or three months away. If I go to the Western Regions, we will definitely not be able to reunite on New Year's Eve.

In contrast, the Princess's Mansion had already appointed the Prince Consort as the "General of the Western Regions" and immediately set out for the Western Regions. The difference between the two is obvious at a glance. Whoever conquers the country will feel the pain.

There is another war on the border, but it is a battle that is sure to be won.

The battle was over before the people in the country had even adapted to the news of the war.

This time, there was an internal split within the Qiang royal family in the Western Regions, and the eldest prince advocated continuing to maintain a subordinate relationship with the Sheng Kingdom.

But the second prince advocated independence. On the pretext of avenging his grandfather, he united with several small countries in the central region and attacked the Protectorate set up by Sheng Kingdom in the Western Regions, intending to advance eastward.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the eldest prince immediately sent someone secretly to inform the court of Sheng State about the second prince's rebellion, in order to ask Sheng State to send troops to quell the rebellion.

Of course, Sheng State would accept this request from a good ally.

Not only did Xu Wenqing send the eldest princess and her husband to lead the troops, he also wrote a letter to the King of the Northern Barbarians, Chan, who had just left Sheng Kingdom not long ago, asking his relative to come and help.

The barbarian king, Da Yanshi, had just given birth to a prince, and Sheng Kingdom and the Northern Barbarians were now in their honeymoon period, so naturally there was no response.

In less than half a month, the second prince of the Qiang tribe was beheaded.

For Shengguo at that time, it could teach any of the surrounding vassal states a lesson if it wanted to.

The eldest prince of the Qiang tribe soon brought the second prince's head to the capital in person to receive the reward.

The Sheng Kingdom named him king, and named his eldest son the crown prince and his youngest daughter the princess.

The King of Qiang was also very sensible. He left the Crown Prince and the little princess in Kyoto on the pretext of studying, and then went back happily with generous rewards.

When the Qiang King left, it was winter and the twelfth month was approaching.

The long vacation that children look forward to all year is finally coming.

After school in the evening, Si Niang, wearing a thick cotton jacket and dragging her school box, ran into the house skipping and jumping.

The weather is cold, and thick cloth curtains have been hung on the door frame of the main hall.

Through the curtain, Si Niang shouted excitedly: "Mother! On the first day of the twelfth month, the day after tomorrow, you don't have to go to the women's garden!"

"Also, there is a new student in the school today. The dean arranged her to share a classroom with us, saying that she should come here first to get familiar with the school, and will study with us in the girls' garden after the New Year."

Si Niang opened the curtain and walked in chattering.

The warmth in the room hit her in the face, and the combination of cold and heat made Si Niang's face turn red.

Qin Yao, who was sitting in the main room reading a book by the fire wrapped in a quilt, put down the book and waved her hand. The little girl immediately dropped her bookcase and rushed towards her.

"Are you cold?" Qin Yao asked with concern while touching the child's hands and face.

Si Niang shook her head, "It's not cold at all, I ran all the way back and I'm still hot."

Qin Yao felt her warm little hand, believed her, and asked curiously:
"A new person is coming to the female garden at this time?"

Si Niang nodded, stepped out of A Niang's arms, moved a stool over, and followed Qin Yao's example, covering her knees with the quilt and putting her hands and feet in to feel the warmth of the charcoal fire.

"She has two names. One is a gibberish name that I can't learn, and the other is Xia He, which is said to be her name from Shengguo."

At this point, Si Niang lowered her head and chuckled, "Ah Niang, she says Mandarin is interesting, she says books are rats, she says food is annoying, and at lunchtime everyone just says eat eat, but she keeps saying annoying, annoying, annoying, annoying!"

Si Niang knew that it was not good to make fun of others, but it was really hard to hold back from laughing.

She buried her head in the quilt, shivered for a long time before she raised her head with tears in her eyes and a tense face.

Qin Yao was amused. There were many foreigners in the capital, and their accents were varied. Sometimes she wanted to laugh when she heard them.

But she swore that she had no ill intentions. (End of this chapter)