The Argument of the Minister of Arts and Letters

Three days later, Qin Shuo had finally calmed himself down and went up to the court. Standing on the ground, the high-spirited officials all bowed to Qin Shuo, as Qin Shuo was thinking about asking the court officials about the Imperial examinations.

"Minister Wen," Qin Shuo called out majestically, although Yin Fufeng was the head of the hundred officials, his prestige in the imperial court was inferior to the Minister Wen, so most of the ministers there listened to the Minister Wen.

"This humble subject is here," the Minister Wen responded as he strode to the center of the great hall. He cupped his hands together and glanced at Yin Fufeng from the corner of his eyes.

In his heart, he was thinking, could it be that the Emperor wanted to talk about the matter of a woman being selected as an official in the Imperial Examinations?

Sure enough, Qin Shuo cleared his throat and asked coldly: "Minister Wen, why have we not carried out the test on women?"