I was vying for favor with four big daddy

Chapter 575 The Tall Rich Dad

The man trembled in fright, immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and said in a crying voice:
"His Royal Highness, please forgive me, the daughter of the people did not come here to sabotage the poetry festival on purpose, Your Highness..."

As soon as she spoke, she exposed her daughter's body, and the Confucian scholar immediately muttered in a low voice, most of them were still unacceptable.

TangTang helped her up: "I won't punish you, what's your name, and where are you from?"

The woman buried her pale face behind her hair and whispered softly:
"The civilian girl's surname is Lu, her name is Banruo, she is from Anping Prefecture, and she lives in Changqing Lane in the south of the city."

While speaking, the official in charge of reviewing the identity of Confucian scholars had already run over, sweating profusely.

Holding the roster in his hand, he quickly found a family named Lu who lived in Changqing Lane:

"Lu, Banruo, hey, you are indeed the person in the portrait, but why are you a woman? This... Evergreen Academy didn't say you were a woman."

He immediately knelt on the ground: "Your Highness, this Lu Banruo is a well-known scholar in the Changqing private school. His knowledge is first-class, and he was recommended by the master of the school."

"I checked Lu's house. There are only two siblings in the family, and there are no other irrelevant relatives and friends. The family background is clean. I didn't expect it to be a woman..."

Tangtang heard his voice getting smaller and smaller, and snorted: "Who are you asking?"

The official was terrified: "My minister is guilty."

Lu Banruo quickly kowtowed: "This matter is Minnv's own idea, if His Highness wants to punish Minv, he will punish Minnv."

"Minnv wanted to go to school like her younger brother since she was a child, but her parents didn't let her go out; her younger brother died of illness last year, and Minnv wanted to study in his identity."

"Minnv and my younger brother are twins, and they look almost exactly alike. My wife and neighbors don't know about it these years, let alone this adult."

The official kneeling on the ground quickly said, "That's right, that's what happened, Your Highness, please forgive me."

Ming Wuci was so annoyed that he kicked him directly: "Shut up."

"Whether Lu Banruo is a man or a woman is your fault in the review. Today is a girl who is going to participate in a poetry meeting. What if the one who comes is a spy who wants to assassinate His Highness, drag it on!"

The academy suddenly fell into silence.

Tangtang asked Lu Banruo: "Do you really want to study?"

Lu Banruo nodded vigorously and wiped away tears: "At first, there was a husband in the Lu family, but after mother passed away and there was a stepmother, the husband left."

"After my father passed away, my younger brother was also sent to a private school, and my stepmother betrothed her to another family."

"The girl is only 14 years old, she wants to study, but she doesn't want to marry..."

Lu Banruo tried his best to swallow the tears back: "But there is no private school in Anping Prefecture that is willing to accept female students."

"Not only Minnv, but also Minnv's little sisters, if you want to read, you can either ask your husband to learn a few books at will, so you don't want to be blind, or you can only peek at your brother's books."

She boldly took a look at Tangtang: "Minnv heard that there are female disciples in Chongwen Museum and Palace School, why is there no one in Anping Prefecture to accept female disciples? It's not fair."

"His Royal Highness worshiped Xun Shengren as his teacher, and studied in Chongwen Hall. He is aloof. Naturally, he doesn't know how much effort the people have to expend to achieve their wishes, and it is even in vain."

After Lu Banruo finished speaking, she knelt down again: "The girl has said everything she wanted to say. Your Highness wants to be beaten and punished. The girl admits it."

Tangtang neither asked her to stand up nor punished her, but asked her to bring her poems.

She looked at it for a while, then handed it to Tang Bi and Xie Jingyun.

The two people looked at it, and they all showed approving eyes.

Only then did Tangtang say, "You are 14 years old, you still have time to take the imperial examination."

"The two top scholars both praised your literary talents, so I will exempt you from the childbirth examination, but the provincial examination, the general examination and even the imperial examination will be up to you."

Lu Banruo was surprised and speechless.

She never expected that her identity was dismantled, not only she was not punished, but she became a female scholar.

Not only her, but all the Confucian scholars and officials present did not expect that women can also take the imperial examination.

The older cabinet minister reminded in a low voice: "Your Highness, this is unreasonable. There has never been a precedent for a woman to enter an official through the imperial examination."

Tangtang smiled: "There wasn't one before, so let's start today. There are also many female ministers and maidservants in the history of the other six countries. Why can't Liang Kingdom have them?"

"Men can be the pillars of the country, and so can women. Generals Qian Shuang and Ming Wu Ci are no worse than your male generals!"

The ministers didn't dare to refute anymore, but brought Feng Mingyuan out: "The old minister will go up and ask His Highness the Crown Prince for instructions."

Tangtang nodded: "By the way, when I was asking for instructions, Liang Guo opened up women's imperial examinations, and every state capital needs to open women's schools."

"If an elder does not allow a girl to study, you can directly sue the officials. If the family is in financial difficulties, you can go to any bank of the Su family to collect the tuition fee."

"Your Highness..."

Everyone present was stunned. They didn't expect such a big change in the entire imperial examination because of a fake female Confucian scholar.

Su Qingyun, who had been standing for a long time, smiled at this moment, and told her followers: "Did you understand what your Highness said?"

"As the order goes on, Su's Bank will open a 'Ji School' in every state capital, specially for those children who have no money to study, regardless of gender, they will be treated equally."

The entourage replied with a particularly loud voice: "Yes, the villain will do it now."

Tangtang secretly laughed, and gave Su Qingyun a thumbs up: "Rich dad is awesome!"
Gong Ziyun smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, and suddenly felt that his image was much taller, and his fan was about to fly away.

The first person to react was Lu Banruo, her tears kept streaming, she cried and laughed: "Your Highness is wise, Your Highness is wise."

Then there are those Confucian scholars, many of them have also suffered such hardships, and they feel the same for Lu Prajna's words.

However, I didn't expect that in my lifetime, it would be solved by His Highness the Empress Dowager, and she immediately chanted along with Lu Banruo:
"His Highness Shengming—"

The entire academy was boiling.

Lu Banruo stood up from the ground, wiped away tears, looked up and saw Xie Jingyun standing beside Tangtang.

She froze for a moment, then nodded to him, her face full of joy.

Xie Jingyun just smiled back. In the bustling sea, no one noticed them.

At the end of the poetry meeting, Tangtang was still explaining to the minister when she returned to the academy:
"Tomorrow there will be many idle officials in the academy. I think there are many learned people among them. Let's find out if anyone is willing to be a teacher in a girls' school."

The ministers hesitated for a moment: "...Yes, but there is always a difference between men and women. Mr. of this girls' school, does Your Highness..."

Tangtang snorted: "You didn't let girls study just now, so what can you do if you don't let people study, sir, can you grow one in your field? They are all bad people!"

Minister: "..."

The minister's family has no land.

(End of this chapter)