Chapter 763: A Sure-Win Battle

It was 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 the ancestor worship ceremony, the emperor was unable to hold up his spirit to preside over it.

After discussing with the Ministry of Rites, the Holy Queen planned to do something that broke the old system.

The prince worshipped the sky, and the queen worshipped the earth.

The sky is yang and the earth is yin. Women are yin. The queen is the mother of a country and the head of thousands of women. In the past, the heaven and the earth were worshipped by men, which was actually not in line with the law of yin and yang of heaven and earth.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites were persuaded, 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 women and the female generals with outstanding military achievements to worship the Earth Mother.

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

At least, if women cannot enter the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors now, they can loudly use the actions of the Holy Queen to worship the Earth Mother to give those old stubborn people a heavy blow.

Could they still go against the royal family?

Ordinary families, of course, dare not.

Women also have contributions to maintaining the prosperity of the family, how can they not enter the ancestral hall!

Ordinary people may not feel much about this small change. After all, it is difficult for rural families to fill their stomachs, so who cares about women and men entering the ancestral hall?

But among the old families in Kyoto, a big storm of fierce opposition to the harem's interference in politics has been set off.

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

So many words, it is better to be dumb.

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

Today, they are again, wanting to put her to death!

Are they so afraid of a woman being the king?

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

Judging others by their own experience, they naturally think that women will not be tolerant of them either.

Xu Wenqing guarded the gate of Ming Palace, and asked the palace servants to give each of them a rag and told them to cover their mouths on the grounds that they disturbed the emperor's recuperation.

If anyone disobeyed, no matter who you are, you will be beaten with ten sticks!

How could they be allowed to be so presumptuous in the palace?

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

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

Of course, there were also many people who knew the current situation and withdrew immediately to avoid this physical pain.

But they were smart. Since the emperor could not see them, they would go to the prince.

His Royal Highness the Prince was reasonable and would definitely make the decision for them.

However, on the first day of their visit, they returned disappointed.

His Royal Highness only saw officials who had government affairs to report, and all the other people were not seen.

Some people managed to get by and successfully met His Royal Highness, but they only got a firm sentence: "I am not good at government affairs, and it is my luck that my mother is willing to give me advice."

"If you continue to talk about the Queen Mother, don't blame me for ignoring our old feelings!"

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

Instead of letting them have the leisure 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.

The old men were suddenly silent.

The children at home are all treasures, who would be willing to send them to the battlefield?

And it's only two or three months away from the Chinese New Year. If they go to the Western Regions, they will definitely not be reunited on New Year's Eve.

In contrast, the Princess's Mansion has already let the son-in-law take the position of "General of the Western Regions" and set off to the Western Regions immediately.

The difference between the two is obvious at a glance. Whoever conquers the country will feel sorry for it.

There was another war on the border, but it was a battle that was sure to win.

The people in the country had not even adapted to the news of the war, and the battle was over.

This time, the royal family of the Qiang people in the Western Regions was divided, and the eldest prince advocated continuing to maintain a subordinate relationship with Sheng State.

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

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

Sheng State must certainly accept such a request from a good ally.

Xu Wenqing not only sent the eldest princess and her husband to lead the troops, but also wrote a letter to the King of the Northern Barbarians, who had just left Sheng State not long ago, asking his relatives to come and help.

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

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

For Sheng State at that time, the surrounding vassal states could teach anyone a lesson.

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

Sheng State made him king, and made 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 princess in Kyoto on the pretext of studying, and then went back happily with generous rewards.

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

The long vacation that the children had been looking forward to for a year was finally coming.

In the evening, after school, Si Niang, wearing a thick cotton jacket, dragged her book box, and ran into the door.

The weather was cold, and a thick cloth curtain had been hung on the door frame of the main hall.

Through the curtain, Siniang shouted excitedly: "Aniang! The day after tomorrow, the first day of December, there is no need to go to the Women's Garden!"

"Also, there is a new student in the school today. The dean arranged for her to be in a classroom with us. He said that she would come here first to get familiar with each other, and then she would study with us in the Women's Garden after the new year."

Si Niang opened the curtain and walked in chirping.

The warmth in the room hit her face, the mixture of hot and cold, and Siniang's face turned red.

Qin Yao, who was sitting around the quilt in the main room warming herself by the fire and reading a book, put down her book and waved to her. The little girl immediately dropped her book box and rushed towards her with open hands.

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

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

Qin Yao touched her warm little hand, believed her, and asked curiously:

"Is there a newcomer to the Women's Garden at this time?"

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

"She has two names, one is a gibberish one that I can't learn, and the other is Xia He, which is said to be the name of her prosperous country."

Speaking of this, Siniang lowered her head and snickered, "Auntie, it's interesting when she talks in Mandarin. She talks about rats when writing books. She says about annoying when eating. At lunchtime, everyone talks about eating and eating. She keeps saying annoying about annoying!"

Si Niang knew that it was not good to make fun of others, but it was really difficult to hold back her laughter.

He buried his head on the quilt and shivered for a while before raising his head with tears in his eyes and a sullen face.

Qin Yao was amused. There were many foreigners in the capital with various accents. Sometimes she wanted to laugh when she heard them.

But she swore she meant no harm. (End of chapter)