The princess is so powerful that the fish pond is full of people

Sitting in the private room with the best view in Wangjiang Tower, the barbecue was already served. The charcoal-grilled barbecue smelled good. Liang Chongyue personally picked up a piece for Li Yuan:

"Try it and see which tastes better, the one outside or the one in the palace."

Liang Chongyue was not very interested in these barbecues. Eating too much would easily cause getting a sore throat, so she only ate a few pieces and stopped. However, she saw that Li Yuan seemed to like them very much.

"If you like, come back in a few days. If you want, ask the chef in the imperial kitchen to learn how to make it. Don't overeat. I don't want to return to the palace so early."

Liang Chongyue came out today not only to see the situation in the Imperial Examination Hall, but also to see the overall situation of this year's candidates.

"I am a man, so I have a bigger appetite. When I was not in good health before, I couldn't eat these, but now I prefer them a little more."

Liang Chongyue had seen Li Yu'an when he was delicate and frail. Although he looked like a ghost, his physique was like that of a porcelain doll, and he wished it would break if touched.

"Then you eat slowly, I'll go to the window and take a look."

Liang Chongyue stood up and walked to the window, looking down. The location of Wangjiang Tower was excellent, and he could see very far at a glance.

Because of the different attire of the examinees, Liang Chongyue could tell at a glance which of them were going to Beijing to take the exam. Some were curious about everything, while others were filled with worry and anxiety about their future...

The imperial examination is a watershed in life. As Liang Chongyue watched, his gaze focused on the women who were simply dressed and had alert eyes.

These people were also candidates who came to Beijing to take the imperial examinations. They passed the Tongshi and Xiangshi examinations in just one year. If they did not love reading, they would never have been able to do it so quickly.

She opened a special imperial examination, allowing women to take the exam. However, as candidates, men walking on the street would not worry about any bad guys appearing, but it was different for women. The people living under the imperial city were all powerful and wealthy. Those with better-off families would have servants with them. Most of them were afraid that the mountains were high and the roads were long, and the women might encounter accidents on the way. However, there were also women with half-as-well-off families.

To be able to stand here today, they have to put in a thousand times more effort than men, and only they themselves know the hardship involved.

Liang Chongyue was lost in thought as she watched, and only came back to her senses when Li Yu'an stood beside her, pointed and spoke towards the crowd below.

"Your Majesty, look over there. It seems that woman is also coming to the capital to take the imperial examination, but she doesn't look well."

Liang Chongyue looked in the direction of Li Yu'an's finger, and indeed saw a woman carrying a book box on her back, walking unsteadily and unsteadily.

"Safety."

Liang Chongyue greeted him and Ping'an immediately pushed the door open and walked in.

"The slave is here."

Liang Chongyue pointed at the woman's current position and said to Ping An:

"Go and help, don't let me lose a talented person."

Ping An received the order and quickly headed downstairs. Liang Chongyue stood by the window, looking at the various lives below and fell into deep thought.

The woman at the bottom of Wangjiang Tower couldn't hold on before Ping An arrived, and she staggered and fell to the side of the road. Soon people surrounded her. Liang Chongyue slapped her hand on the window frame. For the first time, she complained that Ping An was running too slowly. If she had known earlier, she would have asked Cheng Zhao to go.

Just as I finished complaining in my heart, Ping An appeared in my sight and squeezed into the crowd.

With Ping'an around, Liang Chongyue felt a little relieved. After a while, the crowd dispersed, but it was not Ping'an who was with the woman.

Liang Chongyue looked at Ping'an standing there at a loss. There was already an old woman and a middle-aged man beside the woman. The two bought food and fed the woman, then stayed by her side, waiting for her to wake up.

I didn't make it in time, and for the first time I didn't complete the task assigned by His Majesty, and it felt like thousands of horses were trampling through my heart.

Liang Chongyue noticed Ping An's gaze looking up for instructions, and waved his finger downwards, signaling him not to come back yet.

Liang Chongyue saw that the old woman and the man were dressed so they should live in the capital, but their families must not be very wealthy. The food at Wangjiang Tower was not cheap these days.

"Your Majesty has only been holding the special examination for women for two years, and this is only the second year. There will only be more and more women like this who can pass the provincial examination despite being from poor families. The examination will be held after March, when the spring chill is still here. Everything in the capital is expensive, and it's not something women like them can afford."

Li Yu'an's words were full of hidden meaning. She was not only talking about how difficult it was for a woman to take the imperial examination, but more importantly, the fact that men were superior to women since ancient times. Now she has been on the throne for just over a year, and this road was fought for, and she walked on countless mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Countless ministers who did not want her to ascend the throne died at her hands. It would be a long and difficult road for her to change the old custom of male superiority and female inferiority, and it would not be achieved overnight.

The fact that these women were able to come to the capital to take part in the imperial examinations was the result of their own efforts. She did not believe that before she ascended the throne, any family would use threats or bribes to coerce their daughters into not wanting to study. Parents wanted their sons to become successful, but they also hoped that their daughters would marry into a wealthy family so that they could continue to help their brothers.

She set a precedent that women could become emperors and allowed women to take the imperial examinations, but she could not influence the thoughts of their parents. These women had suffered a lot to get to where they are today. Regardless of their family background, if they failed to pass the examinations, they would not receive the comfort of their parents or the encouragement of relatives and friends like men who failed.

A man who passed the imperial examination at a young age could be called the incarnation of Wenquxing, but these women who passed the Tongshi and Xiangshi within a year and came here failed and returned home, might not know what was waiting for them but a simple red silk hanging in the house and a rough red wedding dress that had been prepared since the day they left home.

In the end, after all her efforts, she could only double her betrothal gift, renovate her dilapidated house, get her brother married, and then she got married.

This is not what Liang Chongyue wants. A woman who can get here in just one year cannot be an ordinary person. If she wants to completely change the fundamental system of male superiority and female inferiority, she must support these women in this matter.

Only by cutting off this worry can she wait for more women who are awakened and unwilling to be content with the status quo.

The imperial examination for men is related to the rise and fall of several families, while the imperial examination for women is more like a road to self-salvation. This road is full of thorns. If you want to get through it, you have to be skinned alive, endure the pain, and endure the loneliness on this road until your flesh and blood grows back.

"Yu'an has such a kind heart. I was right."

Liang Chongyue's gaze returned to the woman who slowly woke up. She already had her own calculations in mind. This might risk the wrath of the world, but she had been planning this unorthodox path before she was even born.