Women attending court?
This is even more of a shock to the ministers' nerves than the Empress Dowager presiding over court affairs.
The Empress Dowager regents, although attending court, sits at the Emperor's side, representing not herself but the late Emperor.
However, Wang Shijiu, as a woman, presents a memorial to the court, which carries significant meaning.
This, this—
"A hen crowing at dawn! Reversal of yin and yang!"
"A woman actually dares to come to the Imperial court?"
"Why can't she? Haven't you heard that Wang Shijiu is a scholar at Bowen Academy? Fifth-rank, just enough qualification to attend court!"
"Fifth-rank? Isn't it just a frivolous title, how can it truly allow for court participation?"
"Fifth-rank is indeed fifth-rank, when has an official of the court ever been presumed 'frivolous'?"
"What does Empress Dowager He intend to do? Does she wish to become Empress Lv, randomly interfering in court affairs through Bowen Academy?"
