Mind reading, the emperor saw my fist hard

[The Xie family has the life experiences of all the officials in the court. As long as one person is selected as the chief examiner, the Xie family can immediately calculate the questions that the chief examiner may ask based on the habits and preferences of this person.]

[The Xie family can predict at least half of these questions. If the candidates who come to take the exam agree to be loyal to the Xie family, the Xie family will hand over the predicted questions with both hands.]

[Over the years, there are not many people from the Xie family who serve as officials in the court, but there are many officials under the Xie family. ]

Emperor Xuan finally couldn't bear it anymore and glanced outside the door with a cold look.

An inner guard came in quickly from outside the door, whispered something to Emperor Xuan, then straightened up and looked at the two people kneeling on the ground with sharp eyes.

"Snapped!"

The bed frame was shaken by Emperor Xuan's slaps: "Mr. Xie! Am I too kind to you noble families? How dare you interfere in the imperial examinations?"

Patriarch Xie knelt down neatly.

"Your Majesty, spare my life!"

If you say anything more, you might die faster.

Xie Yuan was also kneeling with his head down, his extremely intelligent mind filled with confusion.

He just killed a princess, but how come all the affairs of the Xie family were revealed?

Especially when it comes to interfering in the imperial examinations, this matter was kept extremely secret, and both the Xie family and those officials who passed the imperial examinations kept their mouths shut.

If any of this matter is leaked, it will be a capital crime, so no one dares to disclose it.

Something went wrong and the court discovered it.

Several important officials looked at the two people kneeling on the ground with sympathy.

Otherwise, why do you think Emperor Xuan brought Lord Xu with him? Was it really to comfort Princess Changle?

Your Majesty wants to see if the Xie family is bold enough to kill the princess and what else they dare to do.

And Lord Xu lived up to everyone's expectations and dug up all the secrets of the Xie family.

As for comforting Princess Changle, is Princess Changle someone who needs comfort?

Princess Changle was someone who could fight with the Imperial Guards on equal terms back then.

Xu Jinyu was startled by the sound of Emperor Xuan slapping the bed. He stood properly and dared not look at the system again.

It's like a student who was caught by the teacher while daydreaming in class.

"Come here! Take all the Xie family members to jail and postpone the trial. Now go back to court."

Xu Jinyu looked at Princess Changle who was leaning on the bed.

[Didn't you ask me to comfort the princess? Are you not going to comfort her anymore?]

Princess Changle looked at Xu Jinyu's puzzled eyes and showed a pale bitter smile on her face.

"Your Majesty, I'm tired and want to go back to the Princess's Mansion."

[Oh! I see. The princess has excellent self-regulation ability. No need to comfort her. I am just a backup option.]

Just like that, Xu Jinyu was dragged back to the court room and continued to attend court.

As soon as Xu Jinyu stood in the meeting room, he was met with two pairs of sparkling eyes.

They are the officials on Xu Jinyu's left and right, the Inspector-Censor Zuo Yuanying and the Director of the Ministry of Revenue Xiao Chen.

The two asked Xu Jinyu almost in unison: "What happened?"

“Nothing.”

After a trip to Xie's house, Xu Jinyu felt sleepy again.

He said listlessly, "Prince Consort Xie is planning to kill the princess and replace her with another wife."

"hiss!"

"hiss!"

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There were simultaneous gasps, showing how shocking the news was.

"Please elaborate!"

“Let me tell you…”

Speaking of gossip, Xu Jinyu's sleepiness suddenly disappeared, and she enthusiastically told everyone about Princess Changle's experience.

The officials next to him stretched their necks further and further, and even squeezed towards Xu Jinyu without making a sound.

Anyway, the things that can be discussed in the court are important matters, and have little to do with these sixth and seventh rank officials.

Emperor Xuan glanced at the group of people gathered around Xu Jinyu. He didn't have time to deal with them now and would deal with them later.

When royal gossip is so good.

Xu Jinyu was talking happily when she was suddenly startled by a voice and raised her head.

"Your Majesty! Xie Jiazi intends to kill his wife. I have no objection to his immediate execution."

"The princess is a member of the royal family, of noble status. If the son of the Xie family wants to kill his wife, even if he kills all nine generations of his clan, it wouldn't be too much."

"But the ten-year prison sentence for the Marquis of Pingyang and the Left Censor-in-Chief for murdering their wives is too heavy! Both of them are important officials of the court. In Daqian, wives have always been inferior to husbands. A husband who kills his wife should not be sentenced so severely."

"Besides, the wives of Zuodu Yushi and Pingyang Hou were both of humble origins. Their marriages into high-ranking families had already raised their family status."

"Ten years in prison is too heavy. At most one year in prison plus a fine."

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After this man finished speaking, another official came up and started talking a lot.

The main idea is that Zuodu Yushi and Pingyang Hou were high-ranking officials, and it was just killing their wives, so it was not a big deal.

It would be enough to just show your respect, why deprive him of his title and imprison him?

Serious! Too serious!

These officials were so passionate that their words were spitting everywhere.

Xu Jinyu stared at the officials in amazement, feeling nauseous.

What do you mean by the husband is noble and the wife is humble? Is this what people say?

It turns out that they have no sisters or daughters, or these people think deep down that women are inferior to men.

Xu Jinyu was so angry that he laughed. In ancient China, killing one's wife without reason would be sentenced to death by hanging. Why is it that in Daqian, killing one's wife is not considered a serious crime?

Isn’t a woman’s life a life?

Xu Jinyu knew that women had a low status in ancient times, but she didn't expect it to be so low.

[Yes, yes, yes! You kill your wife, I kill my wife, let's all kill our wives together. ]

[Anyway, there are no serious consequences for killing your wife.]

[You are single, I am single, we are all single, it would be best if all the women in Daqian were killed so that they dare not marry, in addition to the baby girls who were drowned at birth, and the women who died in various accidents during their growth. ]

[Then Daqian came and destroyed the country without an heir, which is the first in ancient and modern times, hehe...]

Xu Jinyu has more than ten years of Xu Zhaodi's memories, including a newborn baby girl who was drowned, a girl who starved to death, and a girl who died of illness.

The ancient world was very hostile to women, and any accident could cost them their lives.

Girls are worthless anyway.

The quarrel in front stopped at once.

The cold expression on Emperor Xuan's face began to crack bit by bit. Are the consequences of killing his wife without receiving a heavy sentence so serious?

As an emperor, Emperor Xuan certainly understood the importance of population. Women did not dare to marry easily, or there were fewer women than men. Such a situation would be very serious.

Fewer women means fewer people having children, and fewer people having children means that the population will decrease little by little.

If the population decreases, who will go to fight, who will go to farm, who will go to work...

When the Daqian Dynasty was founded, women had a very high status. Widows were encouraged to remarry and women were encouraged to work.

At that time, the population was sparse due to the war, and there were no men, so women had to take over.

Over the years, as Daqian stabilized and its population grew, the status of women became lower and lower when the emperor was not paying attention.

After Xu Jinyu's reminder, Emperor Xuan noticed it immediately.

No! If this continues, although it is not as serious as Xu Jinyu said, it is inevitable that the population growth will slow down.

Murdering a wife must be severely punished!

All the officials shuddered as they watched the anger on Emperor Xuan's face grow as Xu Jinyu spoke.

Officials are not stupid. After Xu Jinyu said this, everyone realized the seriousness of the matter.

He looked at the ministers who had just been so passionate with sympathy.

The ministers also heard Xu Jinyu's inner voice, and their passionate speeches suddenly came to a halt.

I frantically tried to find excuses to justify what I had just said.

Before they could find a reason, Emperor Xuan slapped the dragon throne.

"Snapped!"

The jade ring on Emperor Xuan's hand broke into two pieces, which shows how much strength Emperor Xuan used.

"Decree! From today onwards, anyone who kills his wife without reason will be sentenced to immediate execution, regardless of their status. A husband who kills his wife and a wife who kills her husband will be punished equally. If a woman dies accidentally, she will be allowed to be buried only after the government has examined her..."

"If a couple is not harmonious, they can divorce. If a couple divorces, the woman can remarry. The woman's family cannot prevent her from remarrying..."

A series of policies to improve the status of women came from Emperor Xuan's mouth.