May this scumbag husband, who favored his concubine over his wife, rest in peace.

After circling around the east side of the city, Wen Yuanshu stood in front of a teahouse and asked, "My lord, what do you think of this place?"

"A teahouse?" The female official was somewhat taken aback. "This place is a melting pot of all sorts of people... how can it be used as a testing ground?"

Wen Yuanshu led the female official inside and said, "We can rent this teahouse for a few days. All the tables on the first floor can be cleared out, and from the second floor, you can see the entire first floor."

Storytelling is an essential part of teahouses, and most teahouses have this feature so that customers can watch.

Now we can use it directly.

Hearing Wen Yuanshu say this, the female official understood: "That's very good."

Now that the two had agreed, Chunhua went forward to discuss the price.

The Empress Dowager gave a lot of money, so renting a teahouse was nothing. The manager, seeing that the visitors were of noble status and generous, naturally had no objections.

Once the venue was decided, Wen Yuanshu began to have people post notices all over the city, setting the time for the assessment five days later.

Any woman with a skill is welcome to give it a try.

If you can pass the exam, you can enter the girls' school to teach, earn money, and be in charge of your own life.

Once this notice was posted, it caused an uproar in the capital.

Most of the women were eager to try.

After all, as long as people live in this world, they will be subject to circumstances beyond their control. Women are subject to circumstances far more often than men, but these circumstances are usually not taken seriously and are easily dismissed with a casual remark like, "What big deal can a woman have?"

Who wouldn't want to be in charge of their own life?

Although some men were unhappy, most of them didn't think it was a big deal, so at first, things went quite well.

On the day of registration, the crowd almost blocked half of the eastern part of the city; you couldn't even see the end of the line. Of course, there were also many people who were just there to watch the excitement.

However, with the Right Imperial Guards, responsible for maintaining order in the capital, there to help keep things in order, Wen Yuanshu wasn't too worried.

But before she could fully relax, she heard a sudden commotion in the crowd.

"What kind of behavior is it for a woman to go out in public instead of staying home to be a good wife and mother?!"

"That's right! This girls' school wants to tear us apart, cause our families to be destroyed, and make us die!"

"The Empress Dowager must have been bewitched by Wen Yuanshu to let her do such reckless things! We can't let the Empress Dowager remain in the dark forever!"

"That's right!"

The unrest grew larger and larger, with the target being Wen Yuanshu. Even a fool could see that something was wrong.

The Right Imperial Guards immediately stepped forward, shielding Wen Yuanshu and the female officials behind them: "With the Imperial Guards here, who dares to be disrespectful!"

Seeing the dazzlingly bright sword tip, some of those who had been spurred on to rush forward regained some of their composure.

Wen Yuanshu watched the farce unfold before her with a cold eye, a sneer in her heart.

The person behind it was cautious and knew they couldn't afford to offend the Empress Dowager, so when they caused trouble, they first distanced themselves from the Empress Dowager and targeted only her.

The Imperial Guards' intimidation was effective for a short time, but they ultimately couldn't bring themselves to kill these civilians, so the best course of action was to avoid them.

But Wen Yuanshu could not avoid it.

With this avoidance, the girls' school could not be opened.

Even if it could be started, it certainly wouldn't achieve the effect she envisioned.

Wen Yuanshu took a deep breath, her gaze falling on the group of troublemakers, then turning to those who had been instigated.

"Gentlemen, calm down and think about this carefully. Wouldn't an extra source of income for your families be an extra source of support for them?"

"Why would I possibly mess with money?"

"This is clearly a good thing. I don't understand where the idea of ​​families being torn apart came from," Wen Yuanshu said with a hint of coldness in her gaze as she looked at those who had started the trouble. "A woman's independence does not hinder anyone, and the idea of ​​families being destroyed is utterly absurd!"

Wen Yuanshu's voice was exceptionally firm.

She came from a military family and had held a high position for many years. Her words were reasonable and well-founded, and she immediately put the audience in awe.