Minister Qin slowly walked out of the Hall of Diligent Government. A middle-aged man followed half a step behind him.
"Only ten? Isn't that too few?" Chen Chong said with a frown.
This time, he represented the Chen family and a few other families. Regarding the matter of the academy's enrollment, Supervisor Li Yi could do whatever he wanted, but His Majesty had to give them an explanation.
The extra ten places were an explanation.
"All the officials and nobles in the court add up to only 34 people. Ten is not a small number." Minister Qin shook his head and asked, "How is His Highness these days?"
"I just saw him yesterday," Chen Chong said. "His Highness's body is recovering well, and his personality seems to have changed a lot. According to the two eunuchs, His Highness has spent most of his time reading. When he learned about the matter of the academy, he did not have much of a reaction."
'His Highness has finally grown up, but it's still a bit too late …' Qin Xiang sighed and said in his heart.
The expression on his face was somewhat gratified, but it was more of a pity.
He had never thought that the King of Shu would be a wise ruler, but he did not expect him to be so useless.
Now that the Qin family was tied to the King of Shu, even he was powerless to change anything. But during this period of time, the direction of the court had begun to change. His Majesty seemed to have no intention of making the King of Shu the heir apparent. The family of generals had always been the Emperor's most loyal supporters. Now, even many of the court officials who were originally inclined to the King of Shu had left them …
Sometimes, he also wondered when the King of Shu had gradually fallen from having the upper hand to this state.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, Minister Qin raised his head and saw a young man being led by two eunuchs toward the Hall of Diligent Government.
Seeing that figure, Chen Chong's expression darkened, and a fierce light quickly appeared in his eyes.
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In the Hall of Diligent Government, Emperor Jing casually threw a memorial to the side and asked, "It will be August soon. If I remember correctly, MIngzhu should be eighteen, right?"
Chang De stood behind him and replied, "Yes, it has been eighteen years."
"These people are even more anxious than I am." Emperor Jing shook his head and said, "However, this matter can't be delayed any longer. Let me ask MIngzhu first."
An unmarried princess at the age of eighteen would become a joke to the world. How could a dignified princess of a country not be able to get married?
"What has MIngzhu been doing these two days?" Emperor Jing picked up another memorial, flipped through it, and suddenly asked.
"The Princess has been going to the Imperial Physician Bureau for the past two days." Chang De thought for a moment and added, "His Highness also questioned the midwives in the palace a few times. It seems that the Empress also participated in what the Princess did."
"Imperial Physician Bureau … Midwife?" Emperor Jing looked confused. "And the Empress …"
Just as Emperor Jing finished speaking, an eunuch walked in and said, "Your Majesty, Princess Yongle requests an audience!"
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"Imperial Father, I have something to report to Imperial Father." MIngzhu handed a memorial to a eunuch. Her face looked tired. It was obvious that these two days were not easy.
Although MIngzhu was a girl, she was more concerned about the affairs of the country than the adult princes. She was also the only child who could share her worries in the affairs of the country. Seeing her serious face, Emperor Jing's expression became serious and he said, "Bring it up!"
Chang De walked down and took the memorial from the eunuch's hand. He respectfully handed it to Emperor Jing.
The memorial was not long. Emperor Jing quickly finished reading it. He closed the memorial and took a deep breath. He stood up and looked at MIngzhu. He asked, "Is this true?"
"The imperial physician is waiting outside the hall." MIngzhu said.
"Summon ~ ~ ~"
"Summon the imperial physician ~ ~ ~"
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"County Uncle Li, quickly go in. Don't let His Majesty wait." A eunuch looked at Li Yi and said with a bitter smile.
"What's the hurry? Didn't you see that the imperial physician has just been summoned? His Majesty is busy now. Don't you know …" Li Yi waved his hand at him and walked to the corner of the corridor. He looked at the figure with her hands crossed in front of her chest and her back facing him. He said, "Why, are you still angry …"
"I don't want to hear it. Tortoise chanting scriptures …" Princess Shouning covered her ears and shook her head like a rattle.
"— —"
"Who taught her this?" Li Yi's expression was a little depressed. It was hard to provoke a loli, but it was even harder to coax her!
"I don't like you anymore. You should go. I don't want to see you again." The proud loli finally put down her hand and said while wiping her tears.
Seeing that there were still tears in her eyes, Li Yi felt a little guilty in his heart. She was just an 11-year-old child. What did an 11-year-old child know? She might just be gluttonous and playful. She might have developed a trace of dependence on him, who could take her to do these things.
This was just a little girl's fantasy. Wouldn't it be too cruel to let her dream be shattered like this?
"How about I take you to go shopping today?" Li Yi asked tentatively.
The proud loli was unmoved.
"Go to see a play? Legend of the White Snake, Journey to the West, The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl?"
Princess Shouning twisted her body and turned her head to look at him with a pair of red and swollen eyes. She said, "You have to apologize to me."
Finally, she spoke. Li Yi felt relieved and said, "I'm sorry. It's all my fault."
Then he was a little depressed. What was wrong with him?
"Pa!" The proud loli slapped the wall and looked at him. With a "fierce" face, she said, "Do you think a simple 'sorry' is enough?"
Li Yi looked at her in a daze. Could it be that all women, regardless of age or age, learned this trick without a teacher?
He squatted down and said, "Then tell me, what do you want?"
"I want tanghulu, I want Xi Zhi Lang, I want chocolate, I want ice cream, I want White Rabbit …" The proud loli counted with her fingers and said, "Oh right, I want Barbie dolls too …"
Li Yi looked at her teary eyes and tried hard to recall something. He couldn't help but doubt his life.
He was actually … tricked by an 11-year-old girl?
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"Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness is not wrong at all. In our Jing Kingdom, women giving birth is like walking through the gates of hell. Therefore, three out of ten women die. The younger they are, the more dangerous it is. It is said in the Canon of Internal Medicine that when a woman is fourteen years old, her conception meridian will be unblocked and her Taichong meridian will flourish. That means that after a woman is fourteen years old, she will have the ability to give birth. However, if she breaks her yin too early, it will hurt her blood.
The best age for giving birth has to be delayed … "The explanation of the imperial physician, Liu Jimin, was very thorough. However, the number on the memorial in Emperor Jing's hand was even more shocking.
When a woman gave birth at the age of cardamom, there was a 40% chance that she would die. If it was delayed for a few years, it would be reduced to less than 10%.
Thinking of so many innocent women dying every year in the imperial court, Emperor Jing looked at Liu Jimin and said angrily, "Since you know this, why didn't you report it earlier? What is the imperial physician doing!"
The imperial physician, Liu Jimin, hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, if Her Royal Highness had not come to the imperial physician's office to investigate, I would not have realized this. I have failed in my duty. Please punish me!"
At this time, he could only say this. It was rare for a woman to die because of dystocia when she was in her prime. However, for various reasons, the country was always developing the population. How could they let a woman wait until she was twenty years old to get married?
If he justified this, wouldn't it mean that the culprit of all this was His Majesty?
"40%, 40% …" Emperor Jing murmured a few words and shook his head. He said, "It's too high. Can't the imperial physician's office think of a way to reduce the casualties during childbirth?"
Delaying a woman's marriage age involved too many things. It was not just a matter of an imperial edict. In contrast, Emperor Jing hoped to solve this matter from other aspects.
Liu Jimin thought for a moment and said, "Can you allow me to consult County Uncle Li about this matter?"
Only then did Emperor Jing remember something. He waved to a servant at the entrance of the hall and asked, "Where is Li Yi? Why hasn't he arrived yet?"
"Your Majesty," The servant looked bitter and said, "County Uncle Li is coaxing Princess Shouning outside."
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