Chapter 252 Time flies

However, if she thought about it too much, her identity would inevitably be exposed, so she agreed reluctantly.

In order to appease his younger brother, Lu Zhanyan opened his private warehouse and rewarded him with two carts of good things.

After getting on the carriage, Lu Zhanxing's face instantly turned into a smile. He earned two more carts of treasures. That was great!

No matter what, he still lived the life he wanted, and Lu Zhanxing was in a very good mood.

Although he no longer attended the morning court, Lu Zhanxing still had to help his brother review memorials every hour.

In fact, she did not approve many memorials, and mostly she just accompanied others.

He also ate and drank well in the imperial study, and when he was tired he would occupy his brother's throne and sleep.

The day passed very comfortably, and Lu Zhanyan let her do whatever she wanted...

After that, Lu Zhanxing spent three days every month in the West City mansion, and enjoyed the company of different handsome men. With the help of love pills, everyone who had sex with her didn't know that she was a girl.

She is indeed not a loyal person. She didn't have the ability to live such a life in her previous life. Now that she is here, she naturally does whatever makes her happy.

Of course, these people were not left idle. Some of the cases in the Heavenly Punishment Division would be handed over to them for judgment, and Mu Qingli would just need to review them, which also relieved a lot of pressure on him.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was already the eighth year of Zhaoyuan.

This is the eighth year since Lu Zhanyan ascended the throne.

Batch after batch of old officials over the age of 60 retired, and most of them were replaced by young and promising new scholars.

Even the elderly Lu Jin resigned from his official position and stayed at home enjoying the company of his grandchildren.

There were many more children in Prince Yi's Mansion. Lu Xihua gave birth to a son, Lu Xihan gave birth to a son after a daughter, Lu Xifei and Yan Yusheng gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, after they got married, and Xiao Lanjue and Luo Qiuyu also had a boy.

In order to liven up the family, Luo would take the children to Prince Yi's mansion to play every once in a while. The only regret was that her son only wanted one child. She knew that her son's identity could not be exposed, and it was a great fortune for him to have Ling'er.

Fortunately, women can now become officials, and husbands no longer urge their sons to have a second child. With so many children around them, what is there to be dissatisfied about?

Yes, in the fourth year of the development of the Daqian Dynasty, women were allowed to serve as officials in the court.

As the Daqian Dynasty grew stronger and stronger, the status of women changed dramatically.

In the fourth year of Zhaoyuan, the court announced that women could serve as officials.

Some women who graduated from Yaochi Academy entered the palace as female historians, while others passed the imperial examinations and entered the court.

In fact, ever since Lu Xihua became a female general, officials in the court had already anticipated this day.

Court officials have tried to stop it in recent years, but Emperor Zhaoyuan is not easy to deal with. Discriminating against women is tantamount to discriminating against one's own father and mother. Such unfilial officials will be directly dismissed from their posts.

In the eighth year of Zhaoyuan, more and more women served as officials in the court.

Not even half as good as men.

Emperor Zhaoyuan did not hold a beauty contest. In the third year after Your Majesty ascended the throne, Empress Chu gave birth to another boy and girl. The second daughter was five years old, and the third son was three years old.

Prince Lu Chengyun and Ling'er are already nine years old and have become little adults.

Lu Chengyun studied at the Yanxing Academy opened by Emperor Zhaoyuan. The name of this academy reveals that it belongs to His Majesty and Prince Yi. After so many years, Prince Yi is still deeply favored by the emperor.

The dean in charge of this men's college is His Majesty, and the principal is the retired Lord Wei.

With the popularity of academies, some retired officials also jointly opened academies. Since the examination for Yanxing Academy was strict, not everyone could enter and become the emperor's disciple.

Therefore, the emergence of other academies just solved the worries of those who could not enter Tianzi Academy.

Over the past eight years, there are now six men's colleges and three women's colleges.

The emperor and empress would hold a competition between male and female academies every year. Neither side would admit defeat, so there would be winners and losers.

The emperor and empress promised the top three that if they failed the imperial examination, they could directly join the Heavenly Punishment Department.

This provides them with job security. After all, the Heavenly Punishment Department is now becoming more and more strict in selecting personnel, and it is not as simple as it was at the beginning when the status of women was improved.

This also made the students study very hard.

The entire dynasty was thriving.

But someone had spread the rumor that Prince Yi was a homosexual.

Emperor Zhaoyuan immediately sent people to suppress the rebellion and absolutely would not allow anyone to criticize Xingdi.

Lu Zhanxing didn’t know how his story had spread. Perhaps he was seen by someone when he went to the West City mansion!

Moreover, she was deeply favored by the emperor, and there were always people who disliked her and wanted to find something to hold against her.

Such rumors died down in just one day, just like the rumors that she had ulterior motives.

Rumors spread quickly and disappear quickly.

However, Mu Qingli found out the person who exposed the truth among the top ten handsome men.

After interrogation, it was discovered that he was a spy sent by the State of Qi.

Mu Qingli directly spread the news that it was the people of Qi who wanted to harm His Majesty and Prince Yi and destroy the royal reputation.

Many people still believed in Prince Yi. After all, Prince Yi had always been a playboy and a womanizer, often going in and out of pleasure boats, brothels, theaters, and other places. Most of the people he flirted with were women. How could he possibly like men?

Even if Prince Yi liked men, that was Prince Yi's romantic affair.

Moreover, the owner of the Qingyao Painting Boat clarified that the prince likes women, and it is absolutely nonsense to say that he likes men.

The owners of the pleasure boats testified, and the people became more convinced that Prince Yi was being plotted against by someone with ulterior motives.

Lu Zhanxing never thought that his past immorality would save her from disaster.

In fact, it wouldn't be a big deal if she was discovered to be gay, but she was worried that Su Xianye and her family wouldn't be able to accept it, so she decided to keep it a secret for as long as possible!

After this incident, Emperor Zhaoyuan issued another law that true love knows no gender or national boundaries. The Daqian Dynasty supports same-sex love and no one should be discriminated against. The Daqian Dynasty is a very inclusive country. You may not agree, but you must respect the choices of others.

As soon as this announcement came out, many men and women who dared not express their feelings liberated their nature.

It was also in the eighth year of Zhaoyuan that there were many more same-sex marriages.

Of course, some people are dissatisfied, but they dare not speak out and can only endure it.

"Brother, will this hinder the reproduction of the Daqian Dynasty?"

Lu Zhanxing lazily lay on the imperial desk and asked his brother who was reviewing memorials.

"No, eight years have passed, and the population of the Daqian Dynasty has reached one billion. Homosexuals are only a minority after all. Brother Xing, you don't need to worry."

He just gave special groups of people a chance, but did not require them to be with the same sex.

Over the past eight years, even with restrictions on monogamy, the population has grown very rapidly.

In particular, they sent the navy out to sea, and brought back a lot of food to fill their stomachs, with an astonishing output.

With the rise of the dynasty, the people were able to have enough food and warmth, and women could also serve as officials, which naturally changed the family's status and the survival rate of children was naturally higher.

So Xingdi’s worries are completely impossible.

"That's good!" Lu Zhanxing yawned, then fell asleep on the table.

Lu Zhanyan looked at the memorial in his hand with a frown on his face. He turned around to talk to his younger brother, but he found that person had fallen asleep.

He sighed helplessly. This guy had gone out to have fun again last night and didn't know how to restrain himself.

After covering his younger brother with a cloak, Lu Zhanyan returned to his seat and continued reading the memorials.

Seven years ago, when the crown prince of Qi ascended the throne, the prime minister made the greatest contribution and naturally made his daughter a royal concubine.

A year later, the Queen of Qi died suddenly of illness. The imperial concubine took charge of the harem, and the prime minister took charge of the former dynasty. The new emperor's position was unstable and had long been completely sidelined. Finally, this year, the prime minister plotted to usurp the throne and became the new emperor.

The country's name was changed to Daqi. There were early signs of a change of dynasty in Qi, but Lu Zhanyan was busy reforming the Daqian Dynasty at the time, so he allowed internal strife to take place.

Now that Da Qi has been established and the spies have exposed this matter, it also proves that Da Qi is ambitious.

If nothing unexpected happens, I'm afraid war will break out again!