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Chapter 712 The target of public criticism
Xuantian Gate is an extremely special gate, where the imperial city, the inner palace, and the ancestral temple converge, and its effect is comparable to the Dengwen Drum reserved for nobles.

The fact that the women of the clan knelt there was tantamount to announcing to the whole world that Princess Yongchang was a person without talent or virtue.

This incident caused quite a stir back then, but it was limited to the inner palace, because the Empress Dowager received the news and quickly sealed off the Xuantian Gate with the late Emperor.

At that time, the late emperor was not yet senile, and like her, he doted on Xiao Yaoguang and worried about her being harmed.

Princess Yongchang was only twelve years old at the time. She saw someone propose to restart the marriage alliance system in order to seek friendly relations with neighboring countries, turn hostility into friendship, and reduce disputes.

But Princess Yongchang didn't understand why war had to come at the cost of women's marriages. Couldn't there be other ways to negotiate peace?
Moreover, Da Chang is not a weak country on this continent, so why would it have to do this?
So Princess Yongchang went to investigate and found that the people generally believed this was the best way, because everyone believed that women only had the ability to bear children, which was their natural mission. Anyway, they were all going to get married and have children, so did it matter where they got married and who they had children with? Sacrificing them was the same as not sacrificing them at all.

When Princess Yongchang first learned of this trend in public opinion, she almost went crazy. She never imagined that people would view women in such a harsh and distorted way.

She believes that only by bringing more and more women into the center of power can they speak out for themselves and defend their lives.

"Yes, I was very naive back then, about your age, and I only thought I was doing the right thing." Old Mrs. Wang also forced a smile, and it was clear that she no longer cared about this matter. "I thought that my father and brothers, the emperor brother, or those tutors would stop me. But after I brought it up, everyone just remained silent and did not give me an answer. Before I even left the inner palace, I heard that many noblewomen had come to Xuantian Gate, all saying that I was spreading heresy and wanted to destroy Dachang. What virtue or ability do I have to bear such a crime?"

Those people were terrified, believing that Princess Yongchang wanted to put them on the hot seat to enhance her own reputation for virtue.

They said that since ancient times, men have been responsible for external affairs and women for internal affairs. Wouldn't it be a hardship for women to go out and show their faces in public?

They also said that having children is something they enjoy, and how could a young girl understand the joy of it? She even made some outrageous remarks, thinking that she was saving them, but little did she know that she wanted to drag them out of their comfortable nest and push them into a pit of fire!
They also said that their fathers, brothers, and sons had dedicated their lives to serving their country, and in the end, they would be the ones to stab them in the back and steal their credit. They couldn't do that, and they weren't that malicious.

There was also an old woman whose head was broken from kowtowing, who begged the late emperor to revoke the title of Yongchang and order her execution.

Fortunately, Duke Anguo acted swiftly and decisively. His wife, eldest daughter, and second daughter of the Duke's mansion directly entered Xuantian Gate with guns in hand, their entire family willing to risk their lives to clear Yongchang's name.

The Empress Dowager and the late Emperor, along with some of the concubines from powerful families in the inner palace, vouched for Yongchang, and the matter was finally suppressed.

However, Princess Yongchang learned the whole story and was deeply shocked, remaining depressed for a long time.

"Perhaps it was from that time that Xiao Yaoguang began to harbor the idea of ​​leaving this place." The Empress Dowager ignored Old Madam Wang's expression and said to the dumbfounded Ayu, "Now, do you still think that running a girls' academy will be as simple as you imagine?"

(End of this chapter)