When the emperor first started teaching Zimu, he was often shocked by Zimu's weird ideas, so the old and the young would often argue endlessly about one thing.

But in the end, the emperor always felt that what Zimu said made a lot of sense, and since he really liked Zimu, he slowly changed his mindset.

To Zimu, who spent the most time with the emperor, the current emperor was definitely a benevolent ruler who cared about the people.

The most important thing is that the emperor is obedient. As long as someone persistently analyzes the pros and cons with the emperor and makes the emperor think that what this person says makes sense, the emperor will really agree.

Zi Mu lamented more than once that if General Yue Fei had met this emperor, he would never have imagined how happy he would be fighting.

At Zimu's request, the Emperor and the Empress gathered together the younger palace maids who had been sold into the palace by their families and asked Zimu to select them.

This type of palace maids will only be released from the palace to marry when they reach a certain age.

Of course, those who are favored by nobles can stay in the palace as low-level female officials. When they are promoted through their abilities and seniority and reach a certain age, they can resign and return home.

There is another type of person, like Madam Kong, who comes from a branch of the great Confucian family such as the Kong family in Shandong. Every ten years or so, the emperor would send people to the branch to select one or two to enter the palace directly as female officials.

"Zi Mu pays respect to His Majesty and the Queen."

The queen extended her hand and called out to Mu, saying, "Miss Zimu is here. The ages of these palace maids all meet your requirements. You can choose for yourself."

"The servants pay their respects to the princess."

"You guys get up first."

He asked the ages of the dozen or so palace maids in front of him one by one. Most of them were around ten years old, and a few were already thirteen or fourteen years old.

"I need some medical students here. You may have to go to war as a female doctor in the future. But if you do that, I'm afraid you won't be able to go home and get married as per the customary rule when you reach the age of maturity."

Zi Mu looked at the palace maids who were wavering and continued, "It all depends on your willingness. If you don't want to, you can leave."

The four palace maids who still had hope for their parents knelt down before the emperor and empress and then left.

Zi Mu also sent all the palace maids who volunteered to stay to the imperial pharmacy to learn basic medical skills and identify herbs from the best group of imperial physicians in the dynasty.

Before leaving, the palace maids also received the emperor's promise that they could stay with Zimu after they finished their studies.

Those palace maids who had some ideas in mind also understood that this was the only chance for them to fight for a future for themselves, not to mention a future that did not require them to rely on men. Why not do it?

In the past, when a palace maid returned home at a certain age, if she was lucky and her parents were still alive and kind and felt guilty, she could use some of the monthly salary she had saved to marry into an ordinary family and become the principal wife.

Those who were unlucky had little family affection due to being away from home for many years. When they returned home, their parents and brothers would take away the monthly salary they had saved for many years under various excuses and send them directly to merchants as concubines. This was the majority of them.

Just like what the older palace maids who stayed behind just now said, they had been sold once by their families and did not want to be sold as concubines again.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and the Queen, for your help."

"Queen, look at this girl Zimu. Only after I agree to her proposal will this girl be able to bow to me obediently."

The queen chuckled and did not agree with the emperor's words, saying, "Your Majesty, if you really think Zimu is too annoying and difficult to deal with, then leave her to me. I will teach her myself and will never let your Majesty worry."

Hearing what the queen said, the emperor touched his nose and said reluctantly: "That's not necessary, this girl is not that annoying."

A few days later, the emperor added a new law that anyone who sold themselves into the palace to be a maid would need to be issued a certificate by the court when they reached the age to leave the palace. The maids could then return home with the certificate and register as female households in any prefecture or county.

This law is just short of directly stating that those palace maids who have reached a certain age and are released from the palace have no one else to decide on their marriages except themselves, and the same goes for their parents.

This time, even Rongtuan was sighing repeatedly that this emperor was really obedient and really cared about the people. Unfortunately, just like Zimu had said before, this emperor was too narrow-minded and short-sighted.

The emperor believed that war was costly and the people would inevitably suffer. This idea was correct, but it depended on the time.

It's fine when the imperial court is prosperous, but the villains around it will inevitably be wary and dare not go to war easily. But once the imperial court shows signs of decline, just wait for those villains to attack and devour it.

It seemed that Zimu needed to learn more every day, and even handed over some of the crossbows and mechanisms left by Shao Shang in the first small world.

After the people of Bianjing City saw the Seven-Shot Crossbow, a weapon with two shots that had extremely strong shield-breaking penetration, all the military families were convinced by Zimu.

It was especially exciting to see the huge siege crossbow that could shoot crossbow arrows with iron chains through the enemy's city walls and connect to an aerial plank road.

In addition to the large weapons used to attack the city gates, there are also those mechanical hidden weapons. The military generals said that the practical effects were good, and the civil officials did not dare to force Zimu to be cruel when they saw it.

After the generals were happy, they gathered together to celebrate.

Even the Duke of Ying said to his children and his fellow soldiers, "Fortunately, Princess Jinyang is the princess of our dynasty."

The implication is almost like saying directly that if Zimuruo is on the enemy side, then these generals will be in big trouble.

After shocking the entire court, Zimu handed over the manufacturing methods and drawings of weapons and mechanisms to the emperor without hesitation.

The emperor assigned it to the Ministry of Works for unified production. Suddenly, everyone in the court and the country seemed to understand why this little Princess Jinyang became a princess.

Originally, there was a child in the family who was of similar age to Zimu, and they wanted their son to develop a relationship with Zimu, so that the nobles and marquises who had gotten there first would no longer dare to set their sights on Zimu.

After all, between obtaining the Holy Heart and the lives of his sons and grandsons, the lives of his sons and grandsons are more important.

Of course, the Duke of Qi’s Mansion is an exception.

The Duke of Qi has only one wife, Princess Pingning, and no concubines. The couple has only one son, the young Duke of Qi.

The couple has only one son, Young Master Qi, and they are unable to defeat their own son.

Duke Qi was fine. He felt that as long as he and Princess Pingning were doing well, his son's future marriage would take its course.

Princess Pingning was different. Before, she was worried that her son would not be able to take a beating, but now she was only afraid that her son would not be able to survive.

Princess Pingning took her son to pray to gods and Buddha more and more frequently. Every time she prayed, she made a wish that her son would marry a gentle and virtuous woman when he grew up.

The reason for bringing Young Master Qi along was very simple. Princess Pingning was afraid that when the Bodhisattva appeared, she would not be able to find or recognize her son, so she always brought Young Master Qi along.

And Master Qi, who accompanied his mother to burn incense and pray to the gods every time, also made a wish every time that he could marry his princess sister in the future.

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Princess Pingning: Bodhisattva, may my son Yuanruo marry a gentle, virtuous girl who is of equal social status as his wife in the future.

Qi Heng: Bodhisattva, may Yuan Ruo marry the princess's sister in the future.

Bodhisattva: I...who should I listen to?

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