Zhao Zongquan's plan would have been fine if it weren't for the anxiety and fatigue of recent days that caused the entire court to become upset.

But the auspicious day has already been chosen, and the sacrificial items have also been prepared. If we say we won’t go now, wouldn’t that be deceiving heaven and earth?

So, after thinking it over for a long time and calling a few trusted men to hold a small meeting, Zhao Zongquan finally made a decision that went against his ancestors:

The Empress was allowed to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth on her behalf, and all the civil and military officials in the court were represented by their families.

As soon as this decree was issued, it caused an uproar in the entire Bianjing City. Naturally, there were also old antiques and pedantic scholars who cursed the officials for being brainless and how could they do such a perverse thing! ?

The importance of the country lies in sacrifices and wars.

Since ancient times, no women have participated in sacrificial ceremonies!

They are not even worthy of entering the ancestral hall, so how can they preside over such a big event as offering sacrifices to heaven and earth!

If we disrupt the moral order like this, wouldn't that make God angry and bring disaster upon us? !

In response, Xiao Qin said: Is the disaster you are talking about me?

There were many voices of opposition, but after these old-timers also got angry, they all shut up.

There is no other reason. Although the ghost fetus cannot be aborted, once it is disturbed, the pain will be really painful!

You see, whenever it’s none of their business, there are always rational people jumping out to point fingers at the person involved. However, once they start to feel pain, won’t they make the same choice?

Xiao Qinshi intended to speed up the process of replacing the rules of heaven. Therefore, when the worried women, led by the queen, came to worship her, the wronged soul whose name was written as "妖邪" and pronounced as "真仙", they directly pulled away the heavy clouds and released the sun that had not risen for even a moon.

At this moment, golden light shines on everything, and the warm sunshine falls on the women's bodies and also into their hearts.

All the women couldn't help but squint their eyes and looked up at the golden sun. They had obviously not seen the sunlight for only a few dozen days, but somehow, they always felt as if they had traveled through thousands of years to finally touch this ray of sunshine.

"In the past there was a wise king named Wu Ding, and his successor Fu Hao. During her reign, she was in charge of sacrifices and military affairs. She destroyed the Guifang tribes and conquered the four barbarians. She was an outstanding person of her generation."

After the empress led hundreds of officials and their wives to perform the ceremony of three kneelings and nine kowtows to Xiao Qin on the altar, Xiao Qin, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly lowered her eyes and spoke.

Her voice was still as loud as a bell, but no longer as harsh and pointed as the day she was born. Instead, it sounded like a spring breeze to the Queen and others, which instantly calmed them down and made them listen attentively to the imperial decree with bated breath.

At this moment, they all reached a consensus in their hearts: what Xiao Qin said to them today was very important!

It is important enough to subvert the world.

It is also enough to determine what kind of future they should move towards!

The flames in the sky were surging, and from time to time they condensed into the images of women one after another: Lü Zhi, Deng Sui, Pingyang Zhao, Wu Zetian...

Some of them are praised by men for having a good reputation, while others have a particularly bad reputation;

Some are involved in politics, and some are involved in literature;

Some became generals, others became diplomats;

Some were forced to marry into the clan to maintain the country's security, while others relied on their eloquence to stir up foreign forces and achieve hegemony.

Some of them successfully left their names in history and in the pens of men, but more of them, like Xiao Qinshi, lost their names.

Many outstanding women were given their husbands' official titles. They became Ms. So-and-so or Mrs. So-and-so, but not themselves.

The most ridiculous thing is that the highest praise men can give them is to paint them into the so-called "Pictures of 100 Beauties of Ancient and Modern Times".

It seems that they have nothing except their beauty.

And today, they have finally broken free from those dirty and obscene imaginations, from the shackles of the so-called men's pens, and, burning with flickering flames, have traveled through endless years and come to their descendants.

——You should know our names, you should know what we do.

You, us...we should stand upright under the red sun, instead of becoming vassals of others!

They stood in the sky, and together with Xiao Qin, they stared at the women kneeling on the ground. The balls of fire were brighter than the sun.

At this moment, the women seemed to hear countless voices, some near, some far away, but when they came together, they sounded so loud and firm.

They said—"Stand up!"

stand up!

The queen was the first to stand up. With her as the leader, the second, the third, and so on followed.

After all the women stood up, the fire figures behind Xiao Qin all laughed gently. They laughed louder and louder, and finally turned into balls of fireworks, lighting up the entire sky.

Perhaps, their lives are just like this grand fireworks display, which has bloomed and shined brightly, but they have never regretted it.

The fireworks at that moment were so brilliant that even the scorching sun could not avoid them.

They disappeared so quickly and were fleeting, but they were deeply imprinted in the hearts of every woman present.

The queen suddenly exchanged glances with Xiao Qin from a distance for a long time. Then she led all the female relatives and bowed down once again.

This time, there is no more fear and anxiety. Ambition turns into firewood and desire turns into stairs. Now that they have stood up, they will firmly grasp this opportunity and never kneel down again!

Never again, kneel down!

They came quietly, with their backs hunched and waists bent, but when they left, they straightened their spines involuntarily, no longer bound by the so-called etiquette of ladies from wealthy families, and instead walked forward with big strides.

Why haven’t I thought about it before?

The "ancestral foundation" and "ancestral rules" that men talk about should also be theirs, but why do they make it seem as if only men can be ancestors from generation to generation!

Xiao Qin silently watched their backs as they left. She did not expect to change everyone's mind overnight. After all, the thousand-year-old ethics had already bent the backs of countless women.

However, as long as the seeds of today's fire are planted in her heart, she believes that as long as there are one or two people willing to take the lead, there will always be someone who jumps out of the cage and breaks free.

She would give them this chance, not just for herself.

This grand and splendid sacrificial ceremony ended just like that. The men were blinded by Xiao Qin's magic and could not see the phantoms of the past.

Just looking at the sun that finally jumped out of the clouds today, I felt uneasy and angry.

They thought to themselves: If we had known the sun would come out today, we should have endured the pain and performed the sacrifice. But now, such a great merit has been snatched away by a group of women.

Alas, human greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant, and when the world is in trouble, the mantis will catch the cicada.

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