Mind Reading: Who understands? The emperor finally has a princess.

Chapter 156 Will the Emperor sell them all out for the Emperor's younger sister?

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but wonder what this student's educational journey was like.

Yang Lusheng thought about it now and sighed.

[This student's name is so strange, Yang Lusheng? Could he have been born on the street?]

Long Xianxian dug further into Yang Lusheng's experience and saw that on a country road, Yang Lusheng's parents were originally taking his three sisters to the county town, but unexpectedly, his mother gave birth to him halfway.

Yang Lusheng was born prematurely, and his family was afraid they wouldn't be able to raise him, so they gave him this name.

[He was really born on the roadside! He really survived a disaster! When his mother gave birth to him on the roadside, she almost had a difficult labor. Fortunately, a midwife passed by and saved him.]

Everyone looked at Yang Lusheng and couldn't help but sigh that this student was really lucky.

However, those who survive a great disaster will surely be blessed in the future. Look, he has passed the imperial examination and his future is naturally limitless.

The emperor felt that the problem raised by the student was indeed a problem.

He thought about it and realized that although the imperial examination was used to select talents, his ancestors had established civil and military examinations in order to select useful people.

But throughout the dynasties, most of those who passed the imperial examinations came from official families.

They have better educational resources, such as the capital, especially the Imperial College and the Imperial Academy.

All the powerful and wealthy people in the capital sent their children there to study.

The lecturers there were all scholars from the Hanlin Academy. They were all good candidates for the imperial examinations, and some of them were even great scholars for generations.

The emperor couldn't help but think of deeper issues.

Deep down, he hopes that Dayong will be rich and the people will be strong, but are the people really strong?

He heard a clue from the student's words just now. There is a serious gap between the rich and the poor in Guoqiang, Dayong, and the problem of students in poor areas seeking education is just one manifestation of it.

The Emperor said: "Well said. You have gained such insights from your studies, and you are able to use your knowledge to think of ways to benefit the country and the people in the future. You are indeed a pillar of society."

The emperor felt that this person could be of great use and might be able to change the current situation.

All the ministers looked at the student, some supported him, but some disagreed.

[I don't know if he's a pillar of strength, but the difficulty he faces in studying isn't his own, it's his family's!]

Yang Lusheng blushed, "Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty. I've only made it this far thanks to my family's support. If it weren't for my father's unwavering support, I would have dropped out of school long ago. He always believed that knowledge could change one's destiny, and he always taught me this."

Emperor: "You have a good father!"

[Father, his father has already forced him to study. Can you please stop forcing me to study in the future? I don't want to at all. I feel that this is unfair to my brothers. Let them bear the hardship of studying!]

The princes were all stunned!

What are you talking about, my sister?

God knows they started learning as soon as they were enlightened and have not stopped until now.

Although the imperial sister is a princess, the emperor will definitely not let her be illiterate.

All the princes thought in unison, "Royal sister, you'd better give up!"

Yang Lusheng: "I thank Your Majesty on behalf of my father!"

[But his father did nothing. He just pored over books all day long. He is still a scholar. He constantly pushed him to study, but never gave him money to go to school. His father taught him himself in the early years, but his father was not good at studying, so he failed the exam in his first year.]

Later, he decided to go to school, and his mother worked to support him and his father. After his mother collapsed from exhaustion, his three sisters began to earn money for his education, but the money they earned was not enough for the two of them.

[So, every time he passed the exam, his father would marry off one of his daughters and give him all the betrothal gifts as travel expenses for his studies. Even more outrageous, when his younger sister was thirteen, she married a local man in his eighties. That man gave him the most money, and that's how he was able to study at the government office!]

[Why do I feel like the father and son treat his mother and sister like blood bags! ]

Everyone was shocked when they heard it.

Many people in the court are children of nobles in the capital. Although some of them favor boys over girls, they would never go to such an extent.

When Yang Lusheng heard what the little princess said, he thought that his father was right. Only when he became successful could their Yang family hold their head high in the local area.

Once my sisters get married, they will belong to someone else, so of course the betrothal gift should be given to him.

The emperor was suddenly stunned!

He looked at his daughter. So this was what she meant when she said she would give up her studies to her brother, the emperor.

The emperor has only one daughter, and he treasures her very much.

How could one possibly think of marrying off his daughter for the sake of a dowry?

The emperor still wants to skin the prince of Southern Xinjiang, the last person who proposed this idea, to death!

The princes couldn't help but fall silent. Would their father sell them all for the sake of his sister?

When the princes thought of this, they couldn't help but panic.

Father can really do it!

At this moment, Bai Jinxi stood up.

Bai Jinxi: "Your Majesty, I am Bai Jinxi. I originally had an agenda, but after hearing what this classmate said, I changed it."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Bai Jinxi.

This person was once a noble in the palace. He ranked fifth in the gold category of the imperial examination. Everyone in the court knew that the names were sealed when the papers were marked, so there was no favoritism. This student was truly talented.

It also takes courage to change the topic temporarily.

The emperor nodded in appreciation: "Okay, tell me about it."

Bai Jinxi: "I think the first half of what this student said is correct. My family is not in the capital, and my father is a prefect. So my education was influenced by my father and I did receive a good education. So I deeply understand what this student said."

"But what I want to talk about today is a more serious problem than what this student has mentioned. It's even more difficult for girls to study. I once ran a girls' school in my hometown. Girls also yearn for an education, but very few families support their studies. I've encountered many such problems. One student in the girls' school was taken away by her family to marry off. For a mere dowry, she was married off to an eighty-year-old man."

"Just like this classmate, do you have sisters? Since you are from a family of scholars, were your sisters treated equally by your father? Did they also go to school and study like you? Did they take the imperial examinations like you? Your path to education was difficult. Did you also use their betrothal gifts or wages to support your studies?"

When Bai Jinxi said this, Yang Lusheng was stunned.

Yang Lusheng: "Classmate, I do have three older sisters. It's normal for them to support me in my studies. Besides, a man should have ambitions. My sisters marrying up to support my studies is also a reward for our Yang family raising them. Hasn't it been like this since ancient times?"

Bai Jinxi snorted coldly: "Then may I ask, will you do the same when you have a daughter?"

Yang Lusheng: "Of course!"

"This Yang Lusheng is so shameless! You eat and drink your sister's food, and you don't even say thank you. How shameless! Is this what the sages' books teach you? Is this what the sages' books all teach?"

"If that's the case, Father, please don't force me to study! I'm the strongest person in Xuanling Continent. How could I become a bloodbath for my brothers?"

All the princes: Sister, could you please not take us with you? Don’t you see the murderous look in our father’s eyes?