After marrying the fierce god, her handsome young husband was pampered to the extreme.

Lin Nian was waiting to see what kind of trouble the He family father and son would cause next, but unexpectedly, Gui Shi came back to report that His Majesty had drugged the father and son.

"This matter has even alarmed His Majesty; the He family father and son must have gone too far." Lin Nian gasped, then asked curiously, "What kind of medicine did they use?"

"I don't know, His Majesty's secret guards didn't explain in detail."

Lin Nian said, "This matter must be kept from the Prince."

Gui Shi: "...Your Majesty, the secret guards will never betray their master."

"But what if His Highness becomes dissatisfied with His Majesty after he finds out?" Lin Nian was very worried. "Although the He family father and son were indeed very wrong, His Highness must still have some old feelings for them. He already feels guilty, and if something happens to the He family father and son, he will definitely be even more upset."

Gui Shi: "..."

Gui Shi was in immense inner turmoil.

Lin Nian sighed, not wanting to make things difficult for Gui Shi, and said with a worried expression, "Alright, I'll talk to him myself."

Gui Shi felt even more tormented.

"Gui Shi, go and call the Prince back," Lin Nian said. "Now that His Majesty has intervened, the He family father and son will probably not come again."

"……yes."

……

Inside the palace, Yin Cheng glared at Bai Yuchen through gritted teeth.

I don't know what's wrong with Lord Bai, he's always hanging around his brother.

He used to be the highly skilled physician, Brother Bai; now he's a treacherous and wicked minister who stole his own brother's favor!

Yin Cheng wanted to draw his sword several times.

No wonder Brother Lin used to look at him so fiercely; now he looks at Bai Yuchen in almost the same way.

"Brother Bai, why are you still here? Don't you people in Baishui City celebrate the Spring Festival?"

Bai Yuchen said, "Yes, but I'm all alone, so I have no choice but to come and seek refuge with Xiao Mo."

Yin Cheng forced himself to sit between the two, like a villain trying to break up a loving couple, "What 'Xiao Mo'? Who are you to call 'Xiao Mo'?"

The two of them would always make a fuss during breakfast, and the emperor was used to it. He didn't even lift his eyelids, but coaxed, "Would you like some xiaolongbao?"

Yin Cheng said, "Then it's still food."

The emperor picked up a small steamed bun and placed it on the plate in front of his younger brother.

Lord Bai coughed at the opportune moment.

The emperor picked up another one and placed it on the plate in front of Lord Bai.

The younger brother, who was halfway through his smugness, snapped, "Don't you have hands?"

Lord Bai went even further, saying, "Little Mo feeds me."

"You brat!" Yin Cheng rolled up his sleeves, determined that a fight was inevitable today.

The emperor said casually, "After breakfast, have Lord Bai accompany you back to examine Nian-ge'er's pulse."

Upon hearing this, Yin Cheng immediately ate his meal obediently and stopped making a fuss.

"Oh, by the way," the Emperor said, "yesterday at Yingqing Tower, your junior brother knocked Nian-ge'er unconscious."

Yin Cheng's face immediately darkened, and his body seemed to cool down. He stood up and walked out.

"Come back," the emperor said. "Why are you still so impatient? You won't even listen to what I'm saying."

"Nian-ge'er is fine, he's just faking it. Your junior brother didn't manage to hit him."

Yin Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, sat down, and complained, "Brother, don't talk so dramatically."

Seeing his younger brother's carefree attitude, the emperor tentatively asked, "I heard that this man named Hemu is quite mediocre in martial arts. Could he be your master?"

Yin Cheng said, "Nominally yes."

"But what's the reality?"

"..."

The emperor was suspicious. "You can't even tell me the truth?"

Yin Cheng said, "I don't know how to say it."

"Just tell me, who taught you martial arts?" The emperor was practically heartbroken for his brother. "And your master, he used to say in your letters that he was a very good person. How come you have such poor taste in men?"

"I learned it on my own," Yin Cheng said. "Some of it was taught by my master."

"Then why worship such a person?" The emperor said, angrily poking his brother's forehead. "Are you stupid? Kneeling for three days for someone like that? Are your knees worthless?!"

Yin Cheng said, "I wasn't kneeling to him, I was kneeling to my master."

The emperor said, "Since that's the case, why not just formally become my master's disciple?"

"My master said he was a boy and couldn't be my master," Yin Cheng confessed truthfully. "He told me to become a disciple of the master of Tianji Manor so that I could legitimately learn the martial arts of Tianji Manor."

Bai Yuchen said, "If you can reach this level through self-study, your martial arts would probably be even more advanced if you had a good teacher to help you."

"How can boys not be teachers!" The emperor said with great enthusiasm, as if he had thought of something. "One day, I will not only want boys to be able to start families and build careers like men, but also for them to be able to take the imperial examinations and enter officialdom, so that they can live in this world with dignity, just like men."

Perhaps realizing that his emotions were too intense, the emperor calmed himself down and then looked at his younger brother with some concern.

These remarks are truly unconventional, shattering the unshakable social status of male supremacy that has existed for thousands of years.

Bai Yuchen had always known what kind of person Xiao Mo was, so he wasn't surprised to hear this.

The emperor coughed awkwardly twice, "Xiao Cheng..."

"Huh?" Yin Cheng was holding a bowl, ready to show off, when he was suddenly called on. "What's wrong?"

"Do you think my son is capable of entering officialdom?" the emperor asked tentatively. "If I were to establish a separate imperial examination specifically for him, would you support me?"

Yin Cheng didn't understand, "Why hold a separate imperial examination?"

The emperor was somewhat disheartened. As expected... even his own brother... couldn't understand the injustices his son suffered in this world.

How could men, living in the sunlight, possibly understand a young man's plight?

Yin Cheng said, "We're all human, we can all take the exam together. Who separates the college entrance exam by gender?"

Although the emperor didn't understand the last sentence, it didn't prevent him from understanding his brother's meaning.

"You mean...you support the imperial examination system?"

Yin Cheng stuffed a bun into his mouth and nodded vaguely, "Mmm."

The emperor's breath hitched, and he almost instinctively wanted to ask him a question.

Do you support the young master becoming emperor? ...Are you willing to acknowledge your brother who is impersonating the young master?

Yin Cheng swallowed his food. "We still have young men joining the army in our northern border region."

The emperor hesitated for a long time, but in the end he could not reveal his secret. He only said, "The imperial examination is not an easy task for my son. Let's talk about it later."

Yin Cheng didn't understand what his brother was worried about. "Why not just issue an imperial edict?"

The emperor said, "It's not that easy. Not to mention the civil and military officials, I alone cannot silence the opinions of the people throughout the land."

Yin Cheng put down his bowl. "Why should you care what others say?"

"But if they don't submit to me, they will rebel against me, and the Great Yin cannot be ruined in my hands."

"What's there to be afraid of?" Yin Cheng said nonchalantly. "I'm best at fighting. Whoever rebels against you, I'll beat them up."

Looking at his younger brother, the emperor suddenly felt a surge of confidence to speak frankly, "What if I were the young master?"

Seeing that Yin Cheng did not respond, the emperor asked again.

"What if I were a young master?"