"Sheng Wenzhen, I have always had a question that has been lingering in my mind for a long time, and I have not been able to understand it for a long time. I wonder if you can answer it honestly today and help my princess clear up her doubts?"
Princess Yongping looked at the plump girl in front of her, and for the first time she looked at her without prejudice, jealousy, displeasure, or plotting.
This girl, who lived a magnificent life, had an all-powerful appearance but was concealed by her official authority.
When she appears in the crowd, what catches people's eyes is always her competitive and starry eyes.
A young girl entered the court. She had neither the anxiety of a newcomer nor the restraint of a girl. Instead, she barged in with fists drawn.
Not afraid of heaven and earth, looking for ministers to fight.
The beating made those rotten old ministers jump in anger and scold them.
Those people probably didn't realize that their counterattacks and criticisms were all aimed at Sheng Yuan's proposals, suggestions, actions, standards of wording and sentence construction, and the full range of political opponents and colleagues. In all the scolding process, there was almost no trace of contempt for the girl.
Looking at the compiled information, she sometimes wondered whether those ministers and old scholars had forgotten that Sheng Yuan was a girl.
How should I put it, making the old minister who cares most about the difference between men and women forget your gender is also a success to a certain extent.
For such a daring girl, Princess Yongping felt that it would be difficult for anyone not to love talents.
It's a pity that even though she repeatedly showed her kindness, the other party stayed away from her.
Thinking of this, Princess Yongping's originally calm mood began to turmoil again.
"Sheng Wenzhen, you are a smart man. You should understand that a good bird chooses a tree to roost in, and a good minister chooses his master to serve. Although the emperor has widely opened the imperial examination for women, it is not that easy for a girl to become an official among men... You yourself After taking office till now, you should have some insights."
Sheng Yuan nodded in approval, her dark eyes showing recognition: "It's not just in the officialdom. Girls work outside the home. If you want to have a good job, you have to dare to fight for it! As long as you are thicker-skinned, sharper in words, and have less baggage in your personal image , the more you can calculate, and the more you broaden your horizons, you’ll be fine!”
Princess Yongping: "..."
What's going on with this guy? She just wanted to make it clear that "you and I are both girls", and didn't really let her sum it up, okay?
She silently slammed the table in her heart. After a while, Princess Yongping calmed down again: "Of course, what you said is right, but we all know that a girl who can do what you said is very good. few."
After all, she had lived for thirty or forty years, and she had only seen this extremely thick-skinned girl in front of her.
"It is difficult for a girl to be equal to her husbands in the court by relying on herself. Only with the full support of the monarch above the throne can it be possible. As the saying goes, what is good from above will be effective from below."
Princess Yongping poured a cup of hot tea with her own hands, and slowly pushed the steaming teacup to Sheng Yuan: "It's as if the emperor single-handedly cut through the calluses that had been cultivated for thousands of years, and started the women's imperial examination. For the first time...this kind of courage is beyond the reach of ordinary people...Sheng Wenzhen, do you think Yuanning can have it?"
Sheng Yuan looked at the steaming secret-glazed tea bowl and said nothing.
This teacup was dug out from her small warehouse, and it was one of a set of sixteen cups.
Princess Yongping's ability to turn against guests is not bad.
"Teaching the Crown Prince how to govern the country is the responsibility of the high officials of the imperial court. It is something that the senior members of the cabinet need to worry about. Wen Zhen, a junior official in his term, is really incapable of thinking about this."
Sheng Yuan picked up the tea lid on the side and placed it on the tea bowl. She bent her eyes and looked at Princess Yongping opposite: "Wen Zhen is currently serving in the official office of Dali Temple. All he can think about is the files of Dali Temple and other matters. , no matter whether it is a big matter or a small matter, we all follow the principle of 'do not seek political power if you are not in your position'."
Her smile was gentle, not as sharp as the one in the court room.
But such gentleness made Princess Yongping extremely displeased.
"It's just you and me at the moment, and Wen Zhen is still so cautious with his words. Is it because he's afraid that the walls have ears?"
"Princess is joking and joking. It's all taught well by Mr. Academy. You should be careful and don't forget it."
"..." Princess Yongping felt like she was being choked.
In desperation, she looked at the inexperienced girl in front of her and sighed: "Sheng Wenzhen, in the past few years, I have been looking for you frequently. Although I want to be sincere, I still find you annoying.
Let's do this. I will give you a chance to quiet your ears. If you can give a convincing reason today, then I, the princess... will give up looking for you. How about that? "
Sheng Yuan did not expect that this person would change his strategy: "..."
You have to listen to her tell the truth no matter what, right?
It works!
Sheng Yuan took a deep breath and looked at Princess Yongping sternly: "Wen Zhen heard that the princess is generous, how much truth can he bear?"
"..." Princess Yongping pretended to be attentive and receptive to advice.
Although her relationship was wasted, Princess Yongping was still patient and promised gently: "As long as what you say is true, no matter how unpleasant it sounds, I promise that I will not hold a grudge, let alone take revenge."
Shengyuan nodded: "Princess Kuanheya!"
Although the guarantee given by the royal family, supported by flexible bottom lines and unprincipled changes, sometimes seems unreliable, but even if a princess said this, Sheng Yuan would not be stupid enough to question it loudly.
"Although Wen Zhen is a girl, she has read the books of saints and sages since she was a child, and learned the way of being an official. In this world, people who work hard for a living, Sheng Yuan only sees the difference between 'scholars, farmers, industry and merchants', not girls and husbands. Difference.
The prosperous age of Chu that Wen Zhen wants to bring about is a prosperous age shared by girls and husbands, not a prosperous age in which men indulge in romantic affairs alone. "
Sheng Yuan pushed the tea bowl to her hand and leaned slightly to look at Princess Yongping: "And in Wen Zhen's eyes, the emperor and the crown prince are the emperor and the prince, not the husband and wife! The king of a country should care about the country, the country, and the country, and he should also consider It is eternal.
It is said that everything in the world is not the land of the king, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers. All the girls and men in the world are the king's subjects. Why distinguish between men and women?
The battle for the crown prince is about the country, the world, and the entire country. Wen Zhen did not dare to comment on the methods and strategies used in the process, but he only hoped that the progress would not be reversed, and that the girl would not be put back into misery again. "
Princess Yongping couldn't hold back her smile after hearing the last part: "Does Wen Zhen think that this princess doesn't care about the girl's situation?"
"The light of the gender camp can hardly break through the walls of class."
"???" Princess Yongping didn't understand these strange words, but this did not affect her understanding of Sheng Yuan's meaning.
However, before waiting for her luck, Sheng Yuan asked another question: "Wen Zhen dares to ask the princess for now... We are both descendants of the great ancestor. Since the princess has great ambitions, why don't they recommend themselves to the competition and instead introduce the heir of King Jing?" "
Princess Yongping was shocked when she heard this.
The simple rhetorical question made her whole body seem to be enlightened.
Seeing her reaction, Sheng Yuan sighed silently: "Princess, do you know that after the incident in the family garden, there have been constant attacks on women's imperial examinations in various places?"
Princess Yongping looked at Sheng Yuan in a daze. She opened her mouth, but she didn't know where to say the words.
"The women's imperial examination is just a bud, and it really cannot withstand the ravages of the storm! If there are only a few people like Gaozu and the emperor, Princess Yuanning is the heir, and there are still three years without changing the constraints of her father's ways. Only then can the women's imperial examination have some breathing space. machine."
Sheng Yuan stopped talking and didn't mention what would happen if someone else succeeded.
But he changed his words and looked at Princess Yongping and said: "A girl must walk across from her husband to gain respect and recognition."
She still spoke vaguely, but Princess Yongping's cheeks felt hot when she heard it.
That's right, how can a princess who subconsciously agrees that Xiao Zong's husband has more inheritance rights make others believe that she won't betray the interests of the girls in order to gain support from the husband's camp?
At least the ambitious Sheng Wenzhen in front of him didn't believe it.
"Be taught." Princess Yongping looked at Sheng Yuan with complicated eyes, stood up, and forced out a smile with difficulty.
Seeing how ugly her face was, Sheng Yuan couldn't help but stand up and asked with concern: "Princess, does what I said before still count?"
"..." Princess Yongping said half of the sentence in one breath and held it back.
"This princess always keeps her promise. If she says she won't be angry, she won't be angry!" Princess Yongping, who gritted her molar teeth, couldn't stay still after squeezing out these words from her teeth.
Sheng Yuan smiled and praised: "Princess has such a big heart!"
"Haha." The livid Princess Yongping gave her a sly smile.
"Farewell! Prime Minister Shengsi is here to stay. There is no need to see you off." The moment she said these words, Princess Yongping strode away without looking back.
[Sister Yuan, I see that Princess Yongping has the appearance of a dragon, but Princess Yuanning just looks rich and noble. Why don’t you choose her? 】
The system, which had been silent for several days, suddenly said this, successfully making Sheng Yuan laugh: "You can also read faces!"
[The main system training course is not for nothing! 】The system patted its chest, hiding the guilty conscience in its eyes: it used its own training points to exchange information with the system classmate who knew how to read faces, and it counted the rounding.
Although Sheng Yuan didn't know the truth, he was somewhat aware of the lack of knowledge and skill in his own system, so he didn't mention it much. He just said: "You know, I'm not suitable for taking shortcuts, so this is still considered as the merit of following the dragon." Yes, we just serve the emperor down-to-earth."
The system heard this, thought it was reasonable, and turned around to play happily.
Main system eavesdropping through the system: "[...]"
If it remembers it correctly, it is this girl who makes all the ministers frightened, right? !
Haha, look at this person who talks shamelessly, tells lies with open eyes, and is extremely thick-skinned. He is really a good prospect for the Chief Assistant!
Or to put it another way, there is only the wrong major, not the wrong talent!
The main system, it, really made the right choice!
