books44 Chapter 305 Doomsday Training Class - An Lingrong + Huanbi (6)
Chapter 305 Doomsday Training Class - An Lingrong + Huanbi (6)
Zhen Huan has always been favored. As a member of Zhen Huan's family, Lin Xiu was canonized as a noble lady, and even Shi Yi's identity as the old lady of the An family was canonized.
Zhen Huan often corresponded with Lin Xiu. The attentive Zhen Huan soon discovered the sense of disharmony that had existed for many years: her mother's so-called family seemed to be involved with the royal family.
Zhen Huan was afraid that her family was involved in some royal secret, so she began to test An Lingrong when she came to her palace. An Lingrong immediately understood Zhen Huan's concerns, and at this moment, she suddenly wanted to tell Zhen Huan the truth.
On this day, Zhen Huan's worldview collapsed: "Are you saying that I am actually the original eldest daughter of the Zhen family?"
After Huanbi replaced Prince Guo, the eldest daughter of the Zhen family, Zhen Yuhuan, had been missing since childhood. At this moment, when she learned that she was Zhen Yuhuan, Zhen Huan was at a loss.
"But I grew up in Songyang County, I..." Zhen Huan couldn't go on. An Lingrong was the emperor, there was no need to lie to her, but how did she get from the capital to Songyang County?
An Lingrong had no intention of making things difficult for Zhen Huan. She only asked Zhen Huan one question: whether she wanted to return to the Zhen family or the An family.
Zhen Huan blinked her eyes, she didn't know.
"Perhaps, you want to become a court lady?" Thinking of Zhen Huan's intelligence, An Lingrong felt that it would be better not to waste it.
Although in An Lingrong's eyes, Zhen Huan used to be a pretentious girl who loved poetry, but that was in the past, when Zhen Huan was bound by the harem. Now Zhen Huan is only twenty years old and has plenty of time to study.
When Zhen Huan heard this, her eyes lit up: "I want to be a female official, Your Majesty, I, your concubine, no, I want to serve Your Majesty and the court."
An Lingrong had wanted to train female officials for a long time, but in this era, there were few women who could read and write, let alone those who could serve as officials in the court.
An Lingrong secretly cultivated some people, including Prince Yong's wife Yixiu, Princess Cao Qinmo, Wei Yichun in the palace, Meng Jingxian who was rejected by Prince Guo, and so on, and now there is one more person, Zhen Huan.
These people were all taught by the masters of the Shangshufang. In the eyes of the masters, they were all princesses of the previous emperor. Although they did not know why the emperor wanted them to teach these things, it was ingrained in their bones that they must not disobey the emperor's orders.
With an excellent educational environment, everyone is not stupid and learns quickly. Prince Yong will not notice that he has fewer wives and concubines. He is having a passionate affair with his new favorites, who are all women similar to his deceased wife.
Hongxi was taught personally by Shiyi. As the second young lady of the Zhen family, she was the first person to be appointed as a female official by the emperor An Lingrong, and she was the prince's tutor.
Naturally, the court officials disagreed, so Shi Yi set up a fighting arena at the door. After court each day, he allowed anyone to challenge him. The content of the challenge could be anything, and it was normal to fight with both words and fists in the beginning.
Later, some common people even competed with her in talent, such as sugar painting, sparklers, velvet flowers, singing, dancing, as long as there was something to do, they would perform. The scene in front of the Zhen residence was like a theatre troupe every day. There was no need for Shiyi to go on stage herself a long time ago, and everyone performed spontaneously.
The winners could also receive rewards, and some capable women had the opportunity to obtain official positions. Gradually, this encouraged many women to learn skills, just to make a splash in front of Shi Yi.
At this time, An Lingrong announced that shaving heads would no longer be compulsory in the future. When this order came out, the Manchus all opposed it, but the Han people cheered.
You know, besides the fact that the Han people were unwilling to submit to the rule of the Manchus, the biggest reason for not wanting to shave their heads was that it looked ugly. We are all human beings with normal aesthetic sense and of course we would not accept such an ugly hairstyle.