Quickly wear "I am the empress"

After a while, Zhao Zhen let out a long sigh, his elegant and gentle face full of sorrow and helplessness.

"An'er, Ruihe is still young."

“There are too many variables.”

Zhiyu shook his head, "Dad, I'm only a teenager now."

"If I don't have any illness or disaster, I will definitely have no problem living to 50 or 60 years old."

"Ruihe is still young now, but in thirty or forty years, she will not be young anymore."

Zhao Zhen shook his head and said with some disapproval, "I'm afraid your idea is not appropriate."

Zhiyu smiled faintly, "Whether it is appropriate or not, we will know in the future."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhen said nothing more and walked out with a worried look on his face.

After Zhao Zhen left, Madam Miao looked at Zhiyu worriedly, "An'er, have you really decided not to find a royal husband and have children?"

Zhiyu nodded: "Sister, this is the decision I made after careful consideration."

"After Empress Wu Zetian, I am the second woman to ascend the throne."

"Now that I am in this position, I naturally have to do something for the women of the world............"

"Sister, now I can only move forward and cannot retreat."

"If I take even a single wrong step, all my efforts will be wasted."

Hearing Zhiyu say this, Madam Miao sighed deeply, with an unremovable worry in her eyes.

"An'er, since you have made up your mind, I won't say anything more."

"You've grown up and have your own ideas. No matter what you do, your sister will support you."

"Life is only a few short decades long. I don't want you to be unhappy."

Zhiyu felt a little touched when he heard what Madam Miao said.

"Thank you sister."

Madam Miao shook her head gently and lovingly, "You don't need to thank me."

"I am your mother. What I hope most in my heart is that you live a peaceful and happy life."

"As long as you feel happy, I support you no matter what you choose to do."

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After Zhao Zhen came back, Zhiyu kept him in the court on the pretext that he was busy with government affairs and wanted him to help deal with some matters.

What Zhiyu gave him was the current war between the Song Dynasty and Western Xia.

Zhao Zhen had little knowledge of warfare, so Zhiyu naturally did not ask him to command the battlefield, but to attract the firepower of court officials.

The court officials have always felt that the Song Dynasty's current fighting style lacks the magnanimity of a great country, so they have been urging Zhiyu to withdraw his troops.

It was impossible to withdraw the troops, so let Zhao Zhen, the retired emperor, deal with the court officials. She didn't want to talk to these people anyway.

They are a group of people with broken spines. No matter what you say to them, nothing makes sense.

When Zhao Zhen saw Zhiyu asking him for help, he was very happy at first, thinking that he could help his daughter.

Who would have thought that after arguing for a few days with several ministers who insisted on withdrawing the troops, he was so heartbroken that he was ready to give up.

He thought it would be better for him to go out and travel and not cause trouble for An'er.

As soon as he saw those few people who kept shouting to retreat, he wanted to have them dragged down and chopped to pieces.

Now that his daughter has conquered Khitan and avenged her previous humiliation, these people did not choose to pursue the victory and conquer Western Xia again, but instead retreated at the slightest provocation.

Why is it that the way we fight nowadays lacks the magnanimity of a great power? Isn’t this how those ethnic minorities in the north harass the Central Plains?

Now the Song Dynasty is trying to retaliate against them in their own way, so why is it not working?

Seeing that Zhao Zhen was visibly exhausted, Zhiyu couldn't help but send a message to Madam Miao, asking her to send someone to trouble Zhao Zhen more.

A month later, Zhiyu announced in the court that she decided to allow women to participate in the imperial examinations.

Zhiyu's words were like a bomb thrown into the water, instantly causing a thousand waves.

This time, not only did other ministers oppose it, but even the ministers who had always stood on Zhiyu's side were urging her to take back her decision.

Zhiyu did not say anything, but just listened quietly to the arguments of the officials below.

Seeing that all the civil and military officials in the court were against her, Zhiyu was not discouraged and brought up this matter every morning during the court session.

Half a month later, Zhao Zhen, who got up early every day to listen to the ministers' arguments, exploded.

He stood up from his own chair and said, "You people keep saying that the Song Dynasty lacks the generosity of a great country."

"I see that you don't even have the tolerance to tolerate others."

"The emperors of our Song Dynasty were all women, so why can't women be officials?"

"Why, the throne of emperor is not exclusive to men, but officials can only be held by men, right?"

"Are you more valuable than the emperor?"

After that, Zhao Zhen waved his hands in annoyance, "Stop arguing all day long. I agree with women taking the imperial examinations."

Upon hearing this, all the civil and military officials in the court knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please reconsider."

Zhao Zhen now felt a severe headache. He rubbed his temples and said to everyone irritably: "I won't think twice."

"What can you do to me?"

"You people, when I was the emperor, you made me think twice before doing anything. Now that I am the emperor emeritus, you still make me think twice."

“Will thinking twice be useful?”

"If I had listened to you and thought twice about everything, would the Song Dynasty have been able to conquer Khitan? Would the Dali Kingdom have surrendered?"

"You keep thinking twice about everything. Why? If I think twice, will my Song Dynasty be safe?"

Seeing that Zhao Zhen started to attack, Zhiyu secretly curled his lips and smiled.

Sure enough, how can one not be crazy at work?

Zhao Zhen's illness had not recurred for several years, but now that he had come to Bian Jing, it recurred within a few months.

At this time, Zhao Zhen's emotions were out of control. He had only one thought in mind, to protect his daughter.

This is a habit he has developed over the past decade.

Seeing Zhao Zhen's crazy look, the older court officials were suddenly startled.

Why did their emperor fall ill at this time?

Zhao Zhen didn't care about these people's reactions. He just glanced at the people below.

"You're still asking me to think twice?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other and no one made a sound.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhen laughed sarcastically.

He pointed at the people below with a frivolous gait and said: "Since I ascended the throne, you people have always made me think twice."

"I've thought about it over and over again, but I didn't realize that if I thought about it again, the Song Dynasty would be fine."

"Sometimes, I even wonder if you are undercover agents sent by other countries. Otherwise...why is it that even after I have listened to you and thought twice, the Song Dynasty is still governed in such a mess?"

"Now that I have given up my position to my daughter, are you going to force her to think twice?"

"I'm telling you, you can force me, but I won't let you force my daughter."

"My daughter is the emperor. She is the emperor who destroyed the Khitan. Just based on this, you can't force her."

"Don't think that you are so great just because you have lived a few years longer than my father and I."

"If you are really that great, why haven't you conquered Khitan in all these years?

"Don't you claim to be both talented and virtuous?"

"Why, with your help, the Song Dynasty that I govern has to pay tribute to the Khitan and the Western Xia every year?"