Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

"Invite her in."

A moment later, the Imperial Concubine walked briskly into the Imperial Study.

She wore an indigo palace dress, which was dignified but not dull or old-fashioned. Her light steps and radiant appearance made her look several years younger than she had three years ago.

"Your Majesty." The Noble Consort gave Yan Zhen a perfunctory bow. "Tomorrow is the first women's imperial examination, but I am very anxious."

"What's wrong?" Yan Zhen asked.

"I'm worried something might go wrong." The Dowager Consort's anxiety was written all over her face. "After all, we fought for this opportunity for three years, and the court officials opposed it so fiercely before. What if they try to trip us up..."

Six months after Yan Zhen ascended the throne, she began to fulfill her promises. When she first proposed the concept of women's civil service examinations, there was widespread opposition in the court.

An elderly minister, over sixty years old, was so agitated that he staged a "demonstration of resolve by striking a pillar" in the Fengtian Hall, threatening Yan Zhen with his death to abandon the idea.

After Yan Zhen had someone stop him, he directly told him to beg for his remains and go home to retire.

After three years of setbacks, the women's imperial examination system has finally been implemented, and tomorrow is the day of the examination. However, as the female official who promoted this policy, the Noble Consort Gui is still uneasy.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything," Yan Zhen reassured her. "However, your considerations are not without merit—Hongyu."

Hongyu immediately stepped forward, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty."

"Pass down the order: double the number of guards patrolling the women's examination hall tomorrow. Detain anyone found acting suspiciously. If anyone causes trouble in the examination hall and affects the candidates' performance, act first and report later."

After saying this, Yan Zhen thought for a moment and then said, "Then send Wen Yu as the patrol guard commander."

Wen Yu is the first female military officer in this dynasty. She was promoted two years ago and now holds the rank of fifth grade. Her official career is quite legendary.

Wen Yu was originally an ordinary citizen from a poor family. During her youth, the Great Jin Dynasty suffered from natural disasters year after year, and she could no longer survive, so she chose to join the army.

No one knows how she managed to pass the inspection and, as a man, entered the Imperial Guard and became a minor leader in the Imperial City Guard Battalion.

But two years ago, an accident revealed that she was a woman.

A woman disguised herself as a man to enter the army camp and stayed there for six years. This was a crime tantamount to deceiving the emperor, and her superiors wanted to execute her in order to prevent the situation from escalating.

However, Wen Yu had a colleague in the army with whom he had a good personal relationship. In order to save Wen Yu, the guard surnamed Zhao did not hesitate to stop the imperial carriage returning to the palace from the Agricultural and Sericultural Bureau, and knelt at Zhengyang Gate to reveal the matter.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

After listening to Guard Zhao's explanation of the whole story, Yan Zhen immediately summoned Wen Yu.

The fact that a woman could serve in the military for six years as a man and even rise to a minor leadership position is enough to prove that she has extraordinary abilities.

After meeting Wen Yu, Yan Zhen discovered that this person was not only highly skilled in martial arts, quick-witted, and thoughtful, but also possessed the empathy that most women have.

She exceptionally pardoned Wen Yu from the death penalty and promoted her to become the first female military officer in the Great Jin Dynasty.

Wen Yu's story became a celebrated tale, inspiring many women in the inner quarters to consider practicing martial arts.

The following spring, five or six new martial arts schools specializing in female students opened in Beijing.

"Commander Wen is a woman, and she knows the significance and importance of this women's imperial examination. She will be even more attentive to this matter." The Noble Consort clapped her hands. "Yes, send her."

Yan Zhen nodded; that was exactly what she meant.

With this matter settled, the Noble Consort felt much more at ease and then mentioned that she had recently funded the opening of several girls' schools in the neighborhood.

"The school has been opened, but not many women have enrolled. The reason is that daughters of noble families can attend clan schools, and their parents disdain to let them show their faces in public. Ordinary families can only afford to support one person to study, so the opportunity to study is naturally given priority to the male members of the family."

The Imperial Concubine sighed, "The matter of establishing a girls' school is difficult."

Yan Zhen thought for a moment and said, "How about this, the girls' school adds a few skills courses, such as embroidery and weaving, horticulture and farming, abacus and accounting, acupuncture and medicine, and even cooking. The school's original intention is to teach women skills that can help them support themselves and make a living, and they don't necessarily have to stick to reading and taking the imperial examinations."

Upon hearing this, the Imperial Concubine's eyes lit up: "That's right, how come I didn't think of that?"

Her mind started working, and she came up with a new idea: "Daughters from ordinary families have to work as laborers during the day, doing chores for their families, and only have free time at night. So I'll add evening classes so they can come to school at night. Oh, and the tuition fees need to be lowered again, so that their parents won't refuse to let them come because the fees are too high..."

The Imperial Concubine talked on and on, her eyes and brows radiating joy.

After finishing her important business, the Noble Consort remembered something else: "By the way, Your Majesty, my nephew from my maternal family has been promoted three ranks in two years in a row. That's too fast. Please don't promote him anymore."

Yan Zhen chuckled and said, "Others would love to send all their cats and dogs into officialdom, so why are you unhappy about it?"

“I know you’re only being nice to him because of me, but he’s stupid and can’t handle big responsibilities. Once he gets a high position, he’ll be bossy and domineering at home. I can’t stand his arrogant and pretentious attitude.”

The Noble Consort's eyes darted around, and she said slyly, "Keep this favor for now. I'll ask you for it again when my clever daughters from my family pass their exams."

Yan Zhen smiled slightly: "Okay."

-

Thirty-four years later, Yan Zhen died peacefully at the age of sixty, passing the throne to the young master he had raised.

Although Yan Zhen had kept many handsome male concubines over the decades, she never had any children of her own; *** was her adopted child.

As soon as Yan Zhen returned to the Main God Space after leaving the small world, Xiao Qi, with its noisy boyish voice, flew onto her shoulder and chattered, "Master, are you just leaving like that?"

Yan Zhen countered, "Otherwise what?"

"You raised that girl, she may be smart, but she has such a bad temper. Aren't you worried that she'll ruin the prosperous world you've built?"

"So what if it's ruined?" Yan Zhen said indifferently. "I was just doing a mission. I got the points after completing the mission, and I enjoyed the life of a superior person in that world for decades. I achieved all my goals. Do I have to provide after-sales service for it for decades or even centuries before I leave?"

Xiao Qi choked, then muttered softly, "Seeing how diligently you've managed the Great Jin Dynasty, I thought you had a deep affection for this world..."

Yan Zhen pushed open the door to the Main God Space and looked at the humanoid office that exuded the vibe of a corporate slave: "I only have feelings for points."

The man and the bird walked toward the office. Just as they rounded a corner, they heard a commotion ahead. A group of strangely shaped "colleagues" were crowded at the end of the corridor, craning their necks to look into one of the rooms.

"That's the hibernation pod area, right?" Yan Zhen asked curiously. "What happened?"

Upon hearing her question, Xiaoqi immediately shared the gossip she had gathered.

"The God of Mirror Sinking has run into trouble. He suffered a brain injury and went into hibernation for hundreds of years. After waking up, his brainwaves have been unstable. Zhou Bapi decided to send his divine consciousness down to the Three Thousand Worlds to be nurtured. However, an accident happened in the first world. He was killed by the creatures in the small world."

Xiao Qi flapped its wings and made an exaggerated gesture of being hit by an arrow and falling to the ground: "He was pierced by a thousand arrows and died a terrible death. He was greatly frightened. After his consciousness was withdrawn, his brainwaves became even more unstable. He has had an attack from time to time these past few days. His hibernation pod has been blown up several times."