A year later, Emperor Chenguo died of a serious illness, and the little prince, who was only more than a year old, ascended the throne as emperor, and Shen Luqing, as the empress, was also successfully promoted to the queen mother.

Because the new emperor was too young to be in power, Shen Luqing listened to the government as the queen mother.

For the first time, the young new emperor wore a dragon robe and sat on a dragon chair that was too wide for him, he didn't understand anything, and he had to move from time to time, and the palace people standing next to him had to lower their voices to coax him, hoping that he could sit still obediently.

Behind the dragon chair hangs a veil, behind which is the seat of the Queen Mother.

Shen Luqing sat in the wide chair, his eyes penetrated the thin veil, and watched the civil and military officials kneel down and salute.

"Long live the emperor, long live the queen mother!"

Shen Luqing raised her right hand, the wide sleeves of her coat swayed, and the breeze caused the veil to sway gently.

"Zhong Aiqing, flat."

……

After a year of recuperation, the lives of the people were finally on track, the destroyed houses were rebuilt, and the abandoned fields were revitalized.

As for those unfortunate deaths, they remain in people's hearts forever.

Yu Yuanyuan and Xiao Ti paid money to open a number of tired bird schools in various parts of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, the school not only does not restrict, but also accepts male and female students at the same time regardless of gender, and if it is a student with particularly excellent academic performance, he can also get a scholarship to subsidize his family.

I heard that not only does it not cost money, but it may also make money, and many people send their children to the Tired Bird School.

As long as it's not the busy farming season, the school is always full.

Tang Guixi is ready to open a scientific examination, taking this opportunity to recruit talents, she often listens to Yu Yuan mention the things in the Tired Bird School, and knows that there are many girls in the school whose academic performance is very good, but she feels sorry because she can't get out.

So Tang Guixi waved his hand and directly crossed out the rule in the scientific examination system that only men were allowed to refer to, and changed it to anyone who is gender-neutral and can refer to it as long as he has both ability and political integrity.

As soon as this incident came out, everyone in the court protested.

In the early dynasties, officials argued with Tang Guixi to get her to change her mind.

But Tang Guixi didn't listen to them at all.

No matter how much others say, she always has a few words-

"I'm the emperor, and I've got the final say."

"You have the right to make suggestions, but I also have the right to refuse to listen."

"Do you look down on women? It just so happens that I am a woman, which of you looks down on me? Stand up and show me. ”

made the courtiers angry, but they didn't dare to do anything to her.

In the end, they could only hold their breath and go home.

After the official promulgation of the new imperial examination system, it also set off a huge reaction among the people, and everyone was shocked by this matter.

But when they thought that the emperor of the Eastern Tang Dynasty was a woman, she was able to govern the country in martial arts, Anbang and Wen, and she was not a man at all, and the people felt that this matter was not so difficult to accept.

On the day of the imperial examination, many women entered the examination room with their bags on their backs.

With Yu Yuan's encouragement, Ling Hai also went to participate in the scientific expedition.

It's a pity that Ling Hai didn't make much progress in his studies and failed to pass the exam.

After falling off the list, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, which aroused his fighting spirit, and he was determined to study hard and be on the list in the next scientific examination.

If he can be admitted to the office, he can also bring his family to live in Dongtang.

Even for the sake of his family, he had to work harder.

The first scientific examination since the founding of the Eastern Tang Dynasty finally ended, and after layers of screening and repeated examinations, in the end, 99 students were selected, including men and women.

They entered the court of the Eastern Tang Dynasty and became the pillars of a new batch.

Today coincides with the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there will be a lantern festival in the city of Xingning at night.

Yu Yuanxuan and Xiao Ti planned to take their daughter to the Lantern Festival, but Tang Guixi had to go with him when he learned about it.

Since she is going, Shen Xu naturally has to follow.

So a group of five people put on the clothes of ordinary people and quietly blended into the Lantern Festival.

Lanterns of different shapes are hung on both sides of the street, and each lantern has a note with a riddle written on it, and whoever guesses the riddle can take the lantern for free.

During this period, there were many vendors, and they sold a variety of things, including everything to eat.

Xiao Ti bought a rattle for his daughter.

Xiao Yining's little pot friend obviously likes this rattle very much, as long as Xiao Ti shakes the rattle, she will dance with excitement and giggle.

Xiao Ti handed her the rattle: "Take it." ”

Xiao Yining hugged the rattle tightly, and a brighter smile bloomed on her white and red face.

Tang Guixi saw that there were many people gathered in front of him, so he squeezed in curiously to take a look, and found that a theater troupe had built a stage here, and he was singing at this time.

She immediately squeezed out again and shouted at Yu Yuanxuan and the others.

"Come on, there's someone singing here, it's a good song!"

Yu Yuanyu was surprised: "Is it a foreign troupe?" ”

Tang Guixi: "Yes, I heard that the troupe is from Yujing, it seems to be called Qi...... What's the problem? ”

Yu Yuan's heart moved, and blurted out: "Is it Chery Theater?" ”

Tang Guixi nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, yes!" That's them! Have you heard of them? ”

Yu Yuan laughed: "It's not just that I've heard of it, but it's still an old acquaintance." ”

She turned her head to Xiao Ti and said, "Let's go, let's go and join in the fun." ”

"Hmm."

There were so many people gathered around the stage that some people couldn't squeeze in, so they had to climb to nearby trees or even rooftops to see.

Tang Guixi opened the way in front of him and squeezed out a way.

Shen Xu followed closely, Xiao Ti held her daughter in one hand and her curl in the other, lest she be squeezed out of the crowd.

They managed to squeeze into the front row.

Yu Yuan looked up and found that the person who was singing on the stage was Liu Sixing.

She seemed to have grown a little taller, her figure became slimmer, and her melodious singing voice fluttered out, winning bursts of applause.

At this moment, it is "Langwang Liaodongxing", the plot is full of twists and turns, fascinating, and the scenery on the stage is also unique, which is very different from ordinary opera troupes.

When the climax of the singing was reached, Tang Guixi couldn't help but applaud with everyone.

Yu Yuanxuan also shouted: "Sixing, awesome!" ”

On the stage, Liu Sixing heard someone shouting her name, she swept the stage with her afterglow, and saw Yu Xuan and Xiao Ti in the crowd at a glance.

She kept moving, and continued to sing in a flowing stream.

When the plot ended, the spectators threw bounties on the top and shouted for another play.

Liu Qirui came to the stage to thank everyone for their support, and said that tonight's performance is over, if you still want to watch, please come back tomorrow.

Seeing that there was no good show to watch, the spectators reluctantly dispersed this time.

Liu Qirui jumped off the stage and saluted Yu and Xiao Ti.

"Meet the King of Lang and the princess of Lang."

Yu Yuan reminded: "We are no longer the king and princess of Langjun of Dayan now. ”

Tang Guixi crossed his arms around his chest, quite complacent: "That's right, that's right, they have nothing to do with the wild geese, and now they are the founding dukes and dukes of our Eastern Tang Dynasty, don't call them wrong." ”

Liu Qirui hurriedly saluted again: "Meet the founding duke and the duchess of the country." ”

(End of chapter)