amaotonovel Chapter 186 Yu Piaolan's Anger
Chapter 186 Yu Piaolan's Anger
Jiang Niannian now has Lan Qingwu taking her to the palace to be raised from time to time. In her future marriage, she will not be criticized for not being raised by a mother and not knowing etiquette. Jiang Qi can finally put his worries to rest.
However, Lady Rongguo did not give up on remarrying for her son. Mother and son had been estranged for years because of Gao Lanyan and the cousin. Unwilling to let his daughter and son suffer, Jiang Qi delayed the marriage for five years. Only when Lady Rongguo became seriously ill did Jiang Qi take the daughter of a minor family as a concubine to silence his mother. Jiang Qi never had any other children.
Lan Qingwu has returned to the Suowu Palace in the imperial city for more than ten days. Seeing the Sixth Prince becoming more obedient and lovely day by day, she feels extremely satisfied.
Empress Dowager Li suffered a great blow because of the incident involving her maternal brother, and became even more silent than usual. Lan Qingwu would bring the Sixth Prince to pay her respects to Empress Dowager Li from time to time, adding a lot of laughter and joy to the Cining Palace.
In the previous dynasty, there was the solemn and majestic Golden Throne Hall.
Lin Suzhi, the prefect of the Imperial City, bowed and stepped out of the procession. His voice trembled slightly, "Your Majesty, this is a memorial written by a scholar from Shanyuan County, the county seat of Yuanzhou City. Please review it!"
Emperor Shenwu raised his eyebrows slightly: "A scholar?"
Li Xiang has submitted the memorial to Emperor Shenwu.
Emperor Shenwu opened it and read it at a glance. His brows were slightly furrowed, and he did not say a word for a moment.
Lin Suzhi stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Shanyuan County, relying on its remote location, completely disregards the laws of Dasheng. The county's official prison is filled with girls under the age of fifteen. What's worse, there are also many girls as young as seven or eight! Your Majesty, isn't this even more sinful than those kidnappers who traffic people? And according to that scholar, these women have not committed any crime at all, but were forcibly imprisoned in the county dungeon by the county government. In recent years, the women of Shanyuan County have been severely abused, and some young and strong men have even fled far away because they have no wives to marry!"
Emperor Shenwu threw down the memorial in his hand and looked at the civil and military officials in the hall. Some of them were whispering to each other, while others were looking at each other in confusion. He ordered directly: "Investigate! I also want to know where these officials sent these women and to whom they gave them!"
In Qingci Courtyard, Madam Qian looked at Yu Piaolan, who was stamping her feet in anger, and could not help but persuade her, "Piaolan, His Majesty has ordered an investigation into this case. You should just wait for news. This is so far away from us, we can't do anything about it!"
Yu Piaolan calmed herself down a bit, "Don't be offended, Sister Hui. I'm so sad and angry because I'm shocked that something like this can happen again!"
"Again?"
Yu Piaolan calmed herself down and said, "Sister Hui, Mulan, Chunlan, Xialan, Xiulan, and Guilan in Qingciyuan were all imprisoned in wooden cells when they were young. If it weren't for Concubine Yi, we sisters wouldn't be alive today."
Mrs. Qian suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. Then back then..."
"Miss Lan, who was still a little girl back then, saved us. She knew we would eventually be sold if we stayed in our original home, so she bought us all and found wealthy families for us to work and support ourselves. Some of us went to a nearby charity house to learn a trade. And I heard a long time later that the county magistrate was dismissed and investigated! I thought such evil things would never happen again."
Madam Qian guessed, "It must be... someone from the Lan family!"
Yu Piaolan nodded: "I guess so too. In short, it is a blessing for us sisters to meet the Empress Yi from that time! You don't know what kind of fate the women who were imprisoned there will face!"
Yu Piaolan's voice became lower and lower.
Madam Qian held the handkerchief in her hand, a little puzzled: "Speaking of this Lord Lin Suzhi, he actually submitted the scholar's memorial directly. After all, there are still people who take care of injustices."
"I've heard that. The scholar's sweetheart was also imprisoned in a dungeon, so the scholar was filled with grief and indignation. However, the county magistrate was like a local tyrant in that remote county, so who could do anything to him? So, the scholar took the risk and made a desperate bet."
Several days had passed since Lan Qingwu heard about this incident, and the matter was almost coming to an end. She sighed softly, "I never thought that while I was busy taking care of the Sixth Prince these days, something like this would happen!"
Ru Ping consoled him, "Master, His Majesty has thoroughly investigated this matter, and they will all be severely punished."
Lan Qingwu lowered his eyes slightly. "It's just a temporary solution. As long as there's a women's prison, those who take advantage of it will never be eradicated. By the way, that scholar..."
Ru Ping seemed reluctant: "I heard that the scholar's sweetheart has passed away. The scholar is heartbroken and has been seriously ill for several days."
Lan Qingwu was stunned for a moment: "Is that so!"
When Emperor Shenwu arrived at Suowu Palace, he could clearly feel that Lan Qingwu was absent-minded.
Emperor Shenwu grabbed Lan Qingwu's snow-white chin and asked, "What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"
Lan Qingwu quickly regained his composure: "I was just thinking about that scholar. I wonder if he can make it through this."
Emperor Shenwu recalled the handwriting on the memorial: "I, the weak one, have also heard about this matter. That man is quite brave and resourceful, but the time interval is too long, and there are almost no women who can be rescued safely."
Lan Qingwu hesitated to speak.
"what you want to say?"
"I just think that if there were no women's prison, women who committed crimes could be punished just like men, and could be thrown into the dungeon. Then there wouldn't be..."
The Emperor Shenwu's brows suddenly grew fierce, and he hid the light in his eyes: "The iron laws of Dasheng, which have been in place for hundreds of years, cannot even be easily changed by me. Weak, you think so..."
"I've said too much, but I just think that if the iron laws of Dasheng hundreds of years ago can be changed, then if there is an opportunity hundreds of years later, the iron laws of Dasheng can also be changed!"
The Emperor of God Wu frowned slightly, then held Lan Qingwu's hand again: "Alright, weakling, now just worry about yourself and our child, don't worry about anything else."
Lan Qingwu knew that he couldn't say any more, so he told Emperor Shenwu about the interesting things about Chu Ming.
A few days later, a minor crime occurred in the imperial city. A female criminal escaped from prison. To be more precise, she escaped from the women's prison! She escaped from the wooden cage that held her.
Because this incident happened at a similar time to the Shanyuan County incident, some officials compared it to the Shanyuan County incident in the Imperial Palace. Some officials even believed that the Shanyuan County incident was just an isolated incident and that the escaped female prisoner deserved a more severe punishment.