sbdcsierra Chapter 265: Strength in Numbers
Chapter 265: Strength in Numbers
Yun Mei Niang was the first to find her voice again: "We are women, can we really go to court? Will women be beheaded if they get involved in politics?"
Yu Jiuer's eyes froze. Could it be that Yun Meiniang's usual bold and reckless appearance was just an act?
It's outrageous that your legs are shaking like this!
Shu Ling's breathing was rapid, but there was a light in her eyes.
She said excitedly, "That's great! I can finally do something earth-shattering! Even if I have to be beheaded, I will go!"
Yu Jiuer shook her head and laughed. If the Dali Shiqing knew that her daughter was so fearless, she wondered whether he would be happy or sad.
Xie Shier's chest rose and fell violently: "Are we really going to the throne room? I'm so nervous! I don't know if I can still walk by then?"
Xiao Qingqing was stunned and murmured, "This is unbelievable! Going to the Golden Palace? Is this possible? I never dared to think about this even in my dreams!"
The other two female gentlemen, Zuo Xiaozhen, daughter of Zuo Yushi, and Xi Jing'er, daughter of Honglu Temple, were also so nervous that their legs and feet were shaking.
"With the prince and me here, everything is possible! The emperor has agreed to open a special examination for women, which means that he has implicitly agreed to women's involvement in politics. As long as it doesn't go too far and doesn't cross the emperor's bottom line, it's fine!" Yu Jiuer tried her best to encourage them.
"Didn't you say you have ambitions and want to take the imperial examinations to achieve success? Then what you learn and understand in the future will inevitably involve political affairs.
Who knows, some of them may have extraordinary abilities and may even be able to attend the morning court with the ministers and participate in political discussions!
So, could you guys please be more thoughtful and stop shaking like this?
Now in the court, your fathers and husbands are against our establishment of Lishan Academy, and the prince’s political enemies also don’t want Lishan Academy to come into being. It seems that there are very few ministers standing on our side in the court, and we can only rely on ourselves.
Going up to the throne room is like going to war, you have to show your strength!
If you are shaking like this, how can you argue with the ministers and convince the emperor?"
"Do you think everyone has your courage?" Yun Mei Niang took a deep breath and continued, "You have to give us some time!"
"Yes! My legs are shaking because I sprained my ankle!" Xie Shier gave a good reason and even raised her foot to show Yu Jiuer.
Xiao Qingqing was inspired and also raised her claws that were wrapped like bear paws: "My hands are shaking uncontrollably because they were burned. I will definitely not shake when I go to the Golden Throne Hall!"
Shu Ling tried to keep her voice calm: "Let's take our time. After we are ready, we will definitely not embarrass you when we go to the Golden Throne Hall!"
Yun Mei Niang finally gathered her scattered courage and shouted, "Don't be afraid of it! Let's go to the Golden Palace together tomorrow morning! Kill everyone!"
Yu Jiuer looked at them and the corners of her mouth twitched. This group of injured shrimp soldiers and crab generals either had injuries on their hands or feet. Either their hair was burned like hers and could only be wrapped with gauze, or the rest of their bodies were wrapped like dumplings.
How miserable!
Yu Jiuer thought about it and made up her mind: "You should call all the students to the courtyard. Going to the Golden Palace is important for momentum, but the number of people is also important.
There is courage in numbers! Let's call up the students who are willing to join us in breaking into the Golden Palace and turn it upside down!"
Not long after, a crowd of more than a hundred people came to the library of Lishan Academy. Fortunately, this library had not been inhabited before and had not been harmed.
Yu Jiuer's neck and head were red and swollen, which looked a little scary, so she had to cover them with a veil.
After Jun Mo helped her out, he said to her, "It is inconvenient for me to get involved in your affairs. I will leave first. Please make your conversation short and rest early after things are settled!"
Yu Jiuer nodded in agreement. If Jun Mo got involved in this matter, it would involve too many things and would be difficult to carry out.
After Jun Mo left, she looked at the students who were still in shock.
Fortunately, most people only inhaled the smoke and were not seriously injured.
A few people were burned and their wounds were bandaged.
Even Yutao came out with the help of servants.
Yu Jiuer announced sadly: "Everyone, the emperor has issued an order this morning to suspend the opening of women's academies. I'm afraid our academy can't be opened!"
There was a sudden thunderclap, and everyone was thrown into panic.
Someone asked: "If there are no academies, will there be no women's imperial examinations?"
Yu Jiuer shook her head and replied, "The Emperor only abolished the women's academy, not the women's imperial examination! Go back and study hard, and you can still take the Tongsheng exam and the Academy exam next year!"
But even so, everyone still looked anxious:
"Without the academy, we would be like headless flies when we go home to study on our own. We don't know where to start!"
"We women are not as good as men. I learned all this secretly by myself. Wouldn't it be a laughing stock if I took the imperial examination with such little knowledge? I thought there would be hope in coming to Lishan Academy, but now it's gone?"
"Without the academy, we women have no future at all! Can we ask the emperor for help?"
"Yes! Concubine Yu, let's go and beg the emperor. Maybe the emperor doesn't understand the hardships and desires of us women to study, so he banned it. He doesn't know that we would rather give up our lives than give up this hard-earned dream!"
This is what she was waiting for. With a gleam in her eyes, Yu Jiuer said loudly, "After discussing with the female teachers of Mount Li Academy, we have unanimously decided to go to the Golden Palace together tomorrow morning to ask the emperor to revoke his order and allow us to continue to run Mount Li Academy!
Anyone who dares to join us in breaking into the Golden Palace, please stand up!"
What Yu Jiuer didn't expect was that after this fire, no one retreated?
All the students, including her servants who came to the academy to do odd jobs, stood up together!
Yu Jiuer was moved and resisted the urge to cry, saying, "In that case, we can just elect ten student representatives! Those who go to the Golden Palace must be bold and careful, wise and strategic, and have the courage and spirit to debate with the scholars!"
After some screening, Yu Jiuer and the female teachers selected ten female students to fight with them.
There were ten female students, seven female teachers, and her, the "leader of the organization", a total of eighteen people.
After the number of people was determined, they quickly went into the house to continue discussing the battle strategy for tomorrow morning's court session.
"Given our emperor's character, playing the victim is the best way to arouse his sympathy!" Yu Jiuer suggested based on her previous experience in negotiations with the emperor.
"Tomorrow you should exaggerate your injuries a little, which will help to arouse the emperor's sympathy!"
The next morning.
Yu Jiuer saw Yu Tao walking out of the room with her hands on her chest, and asked, "Yu Tao, are you sure you can do this?"
"I just smoked a few more cigarettes, no problem! How can you go to war without me?" Yu Tao looked determined.
Yu Jiuer nodded without saying anything else. She turned her head to look at other people, and the muscles on her face trembled again and again.
Why do these people look like wounded soldiers who just came back from the battlefield?
"Xie Shier, you just sprained your ankle. How can you still walk properly with it wrapped like this?"
As soon as Yu Jiuer finished speaking, she saw Xiao Qingqing's figure out of the corner of her eye and asked in astonishment, "Didn't you only hurt your palm a little? How come your whole arm is hanging?"
She realized something was wrong and quickly turned to look at the others, saying in surprise, "And you guys, why are you following my lead and wrapping your necks and heads like dumplings?"
Yu Jiuer grabbed Yun Meiniang's arm and said, "Yun Meiniang, why is there still blood on your arm? Aren't you guys exaggerating?"
"Didn't you say you wanted to play the victim?" Yun Mei Niang pressed her arm, trying to squeeze out more blood, and even showed off to Yu Jiuer as if to take credit.
"This is fox blood. I had a hard time getting it from my brother. Does it look like human blood?"
Yu Jiuer was completely defeated: "What I mean is, on top of being injured, you can just make a slightly painful expression, so that the emperor can feel that you are determined to open the Lishan Academy even if your body and hair are damaged and your life is threatened!
I'm not asking you to fake it! Do you think the emperor is so easy to deceive? This is deceiving the emperor!"
"Then, what should we do?"
The word "deceiving the king" made these fearless women, who had finally mustered up the courage, turn pale in an instant.
Yu Jiuer said helplessly: "Get rid of these fake ones!
If you have sore feet, go to the Golden Throne Hall and try your best to show your perseverance in moving forward despite the severe pain.
If you have a hand injury, try to raise the wound and expose it to the emperor's eyes;
Those who are in pain, try to hold their chests and speak with difficulty... that's enough!"
After some explanation, everyone finally understood the "truth" and hurried back to readjust their attire.
When they gathered together again, Yu Jiuer finally liked everyone better.
She asked loudly, "Is everyone ready?"
"Ready!" everyone said in unison.
Yu Jiuer nodded with satisfaction. After a night of ideological struggle and psychological preparation, they no longer felt the tension and fear they had yesterday.
Each of them looked like brave female generals, with green light in their eyes, and their mental state was better than she expected!
"set off!"
At Yu Jiuer's command, everyone quickly got into the prepared carriage and headed straight for the palace.
Thanks to Jun Mo's advance deployment, a group of eighteen people marched through the palace gate in a heroic and high-spirited manner and went straight in!
At this time, court officials came to court one after another.
Seeing a group of women appear on the road leading to the Golden Palace, all the ministers in the court were shocked!