In June of the 64th year of Chengyuan, Prince Jiang Huaiqian, who had been on the throne for a year, changed his reign name to Jinghe, and was known as Emperor Jinghe in history.
In September of the first year of Jinghe, Emperor Jinghe granted the title of harem. Crown Princess Lu was promoted to empress, and concubines Xie and An were promoted to noble concubines. They were in charge of everything in the harem, and the remaining concubines were promoted.
In March of the second year of Jinghe, Emperor Jinghe conferred the title of Honorary Noble. The third son of Marquis Baoxiang was conferred the title of Marquis of Chengzhong, the third son of Duke Sheng Guo was conferred the title of Marquis of Yongxing, and the only son of the former eldest son of Duke An was conferred the title of Marquis of Ancheng.
In March of the third year of Jinghe's reign, Emperor Jinghe was enshrined in Zen at Mount Tai. He returned and issued an edict to inform the world. He was the first to take the imperial examination for women. Later generations evaluated him as the "King of Enlightenment".
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In May of the third year of Jinghe, more than a month had passed since Emperor Jinghe issued the edict allowing girls to take the imperial examination, but the waves caused by this edict were still raging fiercely.
First, envoys from more than a dozen neighboring vassal states, including Ruan Zhi, Wei Tan, and Bu Chen, wrote to Emperor Jinghe asking him to think twice, but Emperor Jinghe scolded him back with the same official document.
Then there were successive fights between girls and husbands in local academies. Letters from male students to the emperor flew into the cabinet one after another like snowflakes.
After Emperor Jinghe read the imperial examination, he allowed male students from all over the world to study in Beijing, during which they were allowed to quarrel with Kyoto girls.
Therefore, starting from June, talents from all over the country rushed to Kyoto one after another, and in September, Kyoto became lively again.
On the ninth day of September, the Double Ninth Festival, a high platform was built outside Wenyuan Building in Kyoto. There were rows of seats on the left and right sides of the high platform. A wooden pole was erected on the edge of the seats on both sides. Two flags were flying on the pole. There are three big characters "Debate Hall".
Just at the third quarter of Maozheng, the high platform was crowded with people watching the excitement.
Even before both parties to the debate arrived, the atmosphere was boiling with the chatter of the people watching. Some even set up stalls to invite meddlers to buy the winner or loser of each party.
As soon as the soliciting stall owner opened his hand to collect gambling money, his wrist was grabbed by a fleshy little hand.
He lowered his head and looked up at the white and tender hand on his wrist, and saw a rich girl smiling at him:
"Hey! Uncle, you need to know that buying money to win or lose is called gambling. Whether it is a small bet for pleasure or a big bet that hurts the body, it is not a good thing! If everyone here dares to place a bet, I will report it to the police City Patrol Division!"
Stall owner: "..."
You're living a good life, why are you meddling in other people's business? !
If he hadn't seen an equally wealthy man standing on either side of her, he would have cursed her!
How can such a delicate person have such a naughty character!
Roar! These little fleshy claws are quite strong!
He cursed in his heart, but it did not stop him from flattering the three young men across from him: "The three nobles are joking! We are just joining in the fun, just a few pennies, it can't be called gambling at all!"
"That's right!" "Yes!" "Yes, yes, yes!"
Many people in Kyoto have eyes that can see noble people, and they can know the status of the other person through the Luo shirt.
Not to mention that the three people in front of me are so recognizable.
These three, one is the crown prince of Chengzhong Hou, the other is the youngest daughter of Yongxing Hou, and the other is Ancheng Hou himself. They are all influential figures in Kyoto, and the public calls them the nemesis of the dandy.
"Miss Sheng, look, we really have done nothing illegal. Why don't you move away? There's a new casino opened in the West City. You can go there and smash it!"...
He said this because last year, this little girl and her inseparable friends personally destroyed a gambling house in Dongcheng. It is said that the gambling house was backed by King Jing who returned to the capital. He was very domineering and no one dared to mess with him. .
Who would have thought that the gambling den, where the waiters would lower their jaws to look at people, would be reduced to rubble by three teenagers in the blink of an eye.
That scene at that time!
If the patrol team hadn't arrived quickly, we might have seen another actual battle.
Afterwards, when people in Kyoto saw Prince Jing's carriage entering the imperial city that day, they couldn't help but rush to tell each other and wait for the result.
Although there was no clear announcement of the outcome in the end, the place where the original gambling hall was was soon turned into a theater, and it was said that the person in charge was Princess Cheng's dowry, so everyone understood the result tacitly.
Since then, these three young men who played in the gym have become a presence that all the dandies in Kyoto cannot avoid.
Sheng Yuan also didn't expect that anyone would still remember the incident where he smashed the casino.
If someone hadn't lured her eldest brother Sheng Xin into gambling, she wouldn't be so angry that she would kick them out of the club.
Although her eldest brother, a twenty-five-year-old man who entered the casino in his 250s, had taken advantage of a trick. Not only was he not deceived, but he almost won the casino back with his exquisite skills learned outside, but it was true that the people in the casino had bad intentions!
When her family is living a good life, anyone who dares to cause trouble is the enemy of her Shengyuan. It is still light to smash it!
The memories of Sheng Yuan and the stall owner are all of a moment.
She let go of the stall owner's wrist, pressed the sheet he wanted to take away with her backhand, and said with a smile: "Hey! Boss, don't worry! I said gambling is not good! I didn't say you can't bet on the outcome, let's exchange the gambling money for That’s it.”
"That's right! Here, this is a reward for all of you to play with." Anyu asked the guard to throw down a heavy bag of broken silver and greeted everyone with a smile, "Come on, come on, let's all join in the fun!"
The stall owner swallowed his saliva, and was very excited when he saw that even if it was a copper plate, it would cost about twenty taels of silver.
People like them can get more than one or two even if they say less!
What's more, if these three people take action, how can they be embarrassed to take out the copper coins? It can't be said to be broken silver!
"It's easy to talk! It's easy to talk!" I couldn't wait to squeeze over, slapping my chest and promising, "Whatever you guys say, we'll bet on it."
"It's better to bet on winning or losing. The three of us bet on the girl from Kyoto to win, and you have to bet on the man from outside Kyoto to win. If we win, you losers will do something for us. Don't worry, we won't let you break the law! How about that? ?" Lu Sheng crossed his arms and looked around.
"Come on, is it that simple?" People who were originally not interested in betting couldn't help but join in.
"Yes, it's that simple." The three people nodded together.
"Then what are you waiting for! It's easy to say! It's easy to say! Count me in!"
"Count me in too! Count me in too!"
Suddenly, more people rushed towards them.
"No! No! We can't recruit so many people!" The stall owner became anxious when he saw it. Good guy, if there are more people, even if there are a hundred taels of silver in this purse, it won't be enough!
"It's okay! It's okay, no matter how many people there are, I guarantee that everyone can get two taels of silver!" Anyu directly took another banknote, "You can follow my escort to the bank to exchange money!"
His heroic shot immediately won continuous applause from the people around him.
In this way, enough people were quickly recruited to support the momentum.
Sheng Yuan's three guards formed a human wall, circled the participants aside, and then whispered to them in this way.
The people of Kyoto, who originally thought they were going to be hawks for these three, heard the end and felt excitedly as if they had picked up coins for nothing.
When they were patting their chests to ensure that they would complete the task, and even hoped that Shengyuan and the others would win, a gong sound suddenly sounded.
As the saying goes, the gong sounds and makes a brilliant appearance.
The two sides of the debate on the high platform have made their debut!
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Yuxuan
