Chapter 1060: Not Heavy at All
An emperor like Si Yanruchu was exceptionally rare.
Despite taking the throne with a different surname, he played both the Imperial Court and the jianghu like a fiddle. During his reign, he launched several sweeping reforms, preserving the best of his predecessors while discarding the rest. Spanning dozens of areas—military, governance, livelihood, and agriculture—these reforms pushed an entire era to its absolute peak.
But an emperor like him might only appear once in centuries. Now that he was gone, who would still care about the female official system? No one would likely give it a second glance.
"The common people are ignorant."
Master Jin San gently patted Tong Nianyi's head and said, "Don't stick your neck out for ignorant people."
He didn't hesitate to speak such heavy words, even if they weren't something a child should hear.
But he said them to make Tong Nianyi understand that reality was different from her books. She needed to be cautious in everything she did, rather than charging blindly forward.
Tong Nianyi turned her head. "Grandpa Jin, Nianyi understands what you mean."
Master Jin San nodded and laughed. "Who told our Nianyi to be so smart? Haha..."