In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

In the past, women were not allowed to take the imperial examinations. Before this was brought up, the young prince did not think there was anything wrong with it.

But as soon as this was brought up, the young prince realized that there was something seriously wrong with this.

Why can't women take the imperial examinations, but men can?! There's definitely something wrong.

Later he would have a good talk with his brother, the Emperor, and insist that women be allowed to take the imperial examination as well.

There was no distinction between men and women in the young prince's ignorant eyes.

As for the older children, such as Leng Bingnian, he fell into deep thought.

His eyes were gloomy, and he estimated that this was unlikely to happen.

Bai Lu also fell into deep thought.

I guess even if Xiao Wang proposed this, it would be impossible.

As for this matter, it depends on the emperor's wishes.

Very difficult to implement.

If the imperial examination for women could be implemented, what would the selected candidates do after the examination? The selected candidates, such as the top scholar, the second scholar, and the third scholar, would serve as court ladies in the palace.

Doesn't that mean I'll have to stay in the palace for the rest of my life?

And who knows, she might even be favored by some royal relative, who might ask the emperor to make her a concubine.

That's totally useless.

What if I don't go to the palace to be a female official and serve as an official in the court with those adults?

It is possible to serve as officials in the same dynasty, but since everyone is so close to each other, physical contact is inevitable.

What's more, the clothes they wear are different from those of normal women. I don't know if other women will think they are weird, which will ruin their reputation and make it difficult for them to get married.

In ancient times, some women had to get married. Even though they took the imperial examinations, it did not necessarily mean that they would not get married.

So all aspects still need to be taken into consideration.

Bai Lu's heart sank. Even if the emperor allowed this matter, there would probably be many worries.

We’ll talk about it when the time comes. Anyway, the imperial examination has not been relaxed yet.

Bai Lu touched their little heads. Although the young prince said that he would talk to the emperor and ask him to relax the imperial examination system, who could guarantee that what the young prince said would come true?

She felt that it would not work for the young prince to ask the emperor to relax the imperial examination system since he was so young.

More on that later.

Bai Lu smiled at them.

"Okay, okay, let's continue. You can play whatever you want to play."

"..."

In recent days, the situation outside has been tense and many people can no longer afford to eat.

The war and the lack of food caused panic among the people.

Bai Lu was also afraid that these people would start a riot and specifically rush into the homes of wealthy businessmen like himself to rob them.

Although the maids in the house are all skilled in martial arts, Bai Lu is concerned that there are too many people and she may not be able to resist.

And...even though the maid at home is very skilled in martial arts, Bai Lu doesn't want to kill the common people.

People’s lives are also lives.

It's because they really can't afford to live anymore and the only option is death, so they try their best to find a way out.

Everyone is trying to survive, so it's hard to say whether it's moral or immoral, so Bai Lu was able to take the people's feelings into consideration and simply bought some black flour and corn grits, which are the common foods for the people, from the system mall.

Some were moldy, some were infested with termites, and they were all sold to the people at low prices.

One penny for three pounds.

It's like not asking for money.

In these troubled times, all this grain costs only five cents per pound, and it’s also old and not very good.

It’s not that Bailu doesn’t want to sell them some good food, but now...if she sells some good food, those people will probably know that Bailu still has a lot of good food and will come to Bailu.

Now, if I sell some of this grain to the people, they will just think that Bailu is so good.

The usually quiet Changyi Lane was now lined with a long queue.

It's a bit cold in winter. Some people are wearing little and their clothes are full of patches. They are shivering with cold and their faces are red or even purple, but they still don't make a sound.

For the sake of their families, these strong men took the risk of the chaotic times and went out to buy food.

These people, who were shivering with cold, had to use the few cents they had saved at home to buy some food so that their families could have a full meal.

The common people all looked with sparkling eyes at the two maids, Shaoyao and Mudan, who were distributing food at the gate of the Bai family outside Changyi Lane.

The Bai family sent people to notify every household door and ask them if they wanted to buy food.

Of course they bought it.

Especially the villagers in the villages under Lianhua Town, they can no longer afford to buy food, and they have no place to buy food.

Coincidentally, Bai Lu got some food for them.

Some people were worried at first and asked, "Is the food sold by White Lady expensive? If the food is too good... we can't afford it. I heard that White Lady usually sells rice."

"Not expensive, not expensive. This time, Lady White took out some moldy rice and flour from her warehouse. They are all bad. We can buy them without worry."

"This kind of inferior rice and flour costs one penny for three pounds at Bailu."

"!!!"

The people were very surprised when they heard the price, "Oh my God, White Snake is making money at this price."

"Opening the warehouse to give us grain at this time means they don't want to make money."

"The reason she accepted a penny was because she didn't want to be so high-profile and didn't want others to know about her good deed of releasing grain to the warehouse!"

"I understand. Those of us who bought the food should not go out and talk nonsense. White Snake's family has plenty of food, plenty of rice and flour! We should all keep this news secret."

"White Lady is so kind, White Lady is so kind!!"

"How can White Snake be so nice? Such a nice person deserves to make money in the future."

"When the war is over, let's all go to White Lady's house and buy her something."

"Yes, if I don't go to her house to buy things for her, I can go to the store under Bai Niangzi's name and buy some things. This will more or less help Bai Niangzi."

"No wonder they make money! Look at them!"

"Oh my God! Thank you, White Lady, thank you, White Lady!"

"..."

The common people were all smart people. Even though they were sometimes jealous of Bai Lu's family because they were rich and had food, they felt sorry for her when they thought about how Bai Lu, an orphan and a widow with seven children, had worked so hard to run the family into this state.

Now that they have also benefited, they naturally won't be so jealous of Bai Lu.

Even if I am jealous, I would be jealous of other wealthy businessmen. Why aren't other wealthy businessmen as generous as Bai Lu and sell grain in waves?

Other wealthy businessmen probably have some inventory at home, but they won’t sell it as cheaply as Bai Lu. Instead, they will sell it to them at least 4 cents per pound.