Did the eldest daughter ascend the throne today?

These people were in high spirits and burst out with unprecedented enthusiasm, studying and working day and night.

Not only do they have to study the law, take moral education classes, go to farms for training and work with experienced farmers, they also have to go deep into the market to observe people's livelihood and customs, learn how to read account books, and go to the Ministry of Justice to learn how to try cases. They are busy every day.

All of these were written down in a memorial and submitted to the emperor.

This is also their exam topic.

You will all become local officials in the future, but if you know nothing, you will be marginalized by the local petty officials and aristocratic families and become a decoration.

So, these are basic skills.

Everyone is busy and stressed every day and has no time to do little things.

Ning Zhiwei appeased this group of people and handed them over to Shengxia for management. These were the sparks that would become the cornerstone of the Yong Dynasty in the future.

They must have a sense of belief, identity, honor, and loyalty. What could be more cohesive and participatory than working together to formulate the first set of laws for the dynasty?

In this process, they will identify themselves as the first batch of ministers of the Yong Dynasty, the lawmakers, and the guardians of the empire.

In fact, they did not disappoint Ning Zhiwei's high hopes. They scattered to various places in the Yong Dynasty, became local officials, and did many practical things that benefited the country and the people.

A group of loyal and capable ministers also emerged and devoted themselves to the dynasty.

Among them, there were many famous officials, and two of them even entered the Hall of Meritorious Officials and became famous forever.

The Cui family in Jiangnan is a noble family that has existed for thousands of years. It has a long history, many descendants, and great influence.

The Cui family owned a large amount of land, occupied a lot of mountains and rivers, and had countless slaves and hired farmers. It can be said that they formed a small country of their own.

Here, they have their own private armed forces and huge power to ensure their own safety and property security.

Here, the Cui family is the king, and the words of the Cui family are the imperial decree.

The imperial decree here is just a piece of dead paper.

Changes of dynasties will not affect them, and whoever becomes emperor will have to decide based on their wishes.

Dynasties come and go, but aristocratic families remain forever; this is the influence of the aristocratic families.

Even if the Empress of the Yong Dynasty issued an edict to ask the heads of their four major families to come to the capital for an audience, they could not be allowed to leave.

The head of the Cui family was clearly in the capital, but when he heard the imperial edict, instead of going to see the empress, he left the capital and only let his heir go to the capital to meet the emperor on his behalf.

Today is the birthday of his most beloved concubine, and he has held a three-day banquet that is extremely extravagant.

The in-laws and friends all came, and everyone gathered together to discuss the big plan. Celebrating the concubine's birthday was just a cover.

"Brother Cui, you called us here as soon as you came back from the capital, what's the matter?"

Patriarch Cui frowned, "The Empress's abilities are hundreds of times stronger than those of the previous monarch. We must make a choice as soon as possible."

Patriarch Li was a little surprised. "It's still the old rules. Three sides stand together and invest together. Whichever side wins will make our power rise to a higher level."

"Actually, I prefer troubled times."

They can fish in troubled waters and no one is watching them.

The head of the Cui family had a very bad premonition and had been feeling frightened these past few days, as if something bad was going to happen.

"I don't think the empress would buy this. She even dares to touch the side branches of our Cui family."

Others disagreed, saying, "There was something wrong with the company itself, it was killed from within."

"Brother Cui, don't be so worried. This is not like you at all. Come, have a drink and cheer up."

"Brother Cui, even if the sky falls, it won't fall on us, so what are you afraid of?"

“Hey, what are those women laughing at? Why are they laughing so happily?

The concubine who celebrated her birthday was dressed in jewels and jade, and accepted everyone's congratulations in a grand manner.

She also showed off the huge jade necklace on her neck. "There is only one such rare treasure in the world. My master searched all over the world for it just to give it to me as a birthday present."

Everyone was envious, "This string of eighteen jade beads are all the same size, which is very rare. No wonder it is a one-of-a-kind treasure."

The emerald necklace exudes a charming glow in the sun, making women unable to take their eyes away.

"Is the night-shining pearl in this phoenix hairpin?"

The concubine lifted her skirt slightly, revealing a pair of extremely gorgeous shoes.

"Yes, it matches the night-shining pearls on my shoes."

Everyone stared at them in amazement. "Oh my god, one of these night-shining pearls can be a family heirloom, and you have three of them. I'm so envious. Patriarch Cui really loves you."

Even the wife had to avoid the limelight, claiming to be sick in such occasions and recuperating behind closed doors.

However, Mr. Cui's love has a time limit, three months is the limit, and he always replaces her with a new one.

The concubine raised her hand, revealing a bracelet that was shining brightly.

"What's the big deal? This bracelet of mine was worn by the founding queen of the Jiang Dynasty. It is made of thousand-year-old warm jade. It is warm and moist when worn, and it can prolong your life."

She looked proud, "Even the empress doesn't have such a treasure."

After her master came back from the capital, he kept thinking about the empress in the capital, which made her feel very uncomfortable. She had never met her, so why was he thinking about her?

Everyone flattered her wildly, "Madam Ru, you are more fortunate than the empress. You have everything she has, and you also have everything she doesn't have."

Madam Ru smiled brightly, "You must not learn from the Empress, who worked so hard to conquer the world and was exhausted. Why bother?"

She said proudly, "Why not learn from me and find a good man to marry? Then he will bring all the treasures in the world to you and you won't have to worry about anything."

How to say this, everyone looked at each other, can a concubine say she is married?

A noblewoman smiled and flattered, "That's right. How can you be a good woman if you are ambitious? A woman who depends on a man, listens to him obediently, and lets him get what she wants is a blessed and good woman."

She looked at her daughter beside her, "Bilian, did you hear that?"

Bilian was puzzled. Instead of learning from the empress, why not learn from Madam Ru, who was born a skinny girl?

You must be crazy.

"But the empress can wipe out the Cui family's branch with just one sentence."

The whole audience was silent. Ask yourself, are they really not envious?

Madam Ru curled her lips, "So what? My cousin is an official. He was caught and punished by mistake. We are not officials, so the empress can't do anything to us."

"Yeah, she takes care of her own politics, and we do our own things. We don't interfere with each other."

Mrs. Ru laughed at her, "She is a girl who grew up in the northwest. She will never know what it feels like to enjoy the world's most luxurious life. How pitiful."

"I heard that she only eats four dishes for one meal. Hahahaha, it's so funny. She's not even as good as my servants."

"Hahaha." Everyone laughed.

At this moment, a voice sounded, "Xiao Linfeng, the special envoy of Emperor Zhaoming, has arrived."

The laughter stopped abruptly, and he was terrified. Xiao Linfeng? The former commander of the Jinyiwei?