The inner voice was overheard, and the whole court was eating melons together

What did they hear? The morbidity rate of children born to direct blood relatives or collateral blood relatives within three generations will be very high.

They knew that marriage between direct blood relatives was prohibited, but this was the first time they heard of marriage between collateral blood relatives within three generations being prohibited.

After so many years, has everyone been wrong?

Guagua's voice continues:

[Direct blood relatives refer to relatives with whom you have a direct blood relationship, that is, the relatives who gave birth to you and the generations above and below you, such as parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, grandparents and grandchildren, etc.

Collateral relatives within three generations refer to relatives within three generations of oneself, including:

Brothers and sisters who have the same parents (including half brothers and sisters).

Cousins ​​who have the same grandparents.

Uncles, aunts and nephews and nieces who are descended from grandparents, and uncles, aunts and nephews and nieces who are descended from grandparents.

No matter what the relationship between the man in the hall and his cousin was, as far as blood ties were concerned, it was absolutely not allowed for him to marry his cousin.

Host, the matter of close-kin marriage must be explained clearly to the Emperor and everyone else. 】

Song Yaoyao: [I know.]

Song Yaoyao stood up, walked to the center of the hall, bowed, and said:

“Your Majesty, I suggest that marriages between collateral relatives within three generations be prohibited.

Because the fertility rate of closely related men and women will decrease after marriage, the mortality rate of their offspring will increase, and their offspring will often suffer from congenital malformations and genetic diseases.

When cousins ​​marry, the incidence of dementia in children is 150 times higher than that of non-consanguineous relatives, and the neonatal mortality and malformation rates are more than 3 times higher than that of non-consanguineous relatives.

The rate of death before the age of 20 among children of consanguineous relatives is 13.9%, while that among children of non-consanguineous relatives is only 1.7%.

Therefore, inbreeding is detrimental to future generations and should be prohibited.

The Emperor can also send people to investigate and collect evidence in this regard."

The emperor had already learned about this from the conversation between Song Yaoyao and Guagua, but he pretended to have just learned about it and asked:

"Is what Princess Jiahe said true?"

"It's true."

"I know about it. I will send someone to investigate."

The Emperor looked at the crowd and said:

"Did everyone hear what Princess Jiahe said just now?

I will send people to investigate and collect evidence.

Therefore, until the results of the investigation come out, collateral relatives within three generations are temporarily prohibited from marrying each other, and those who violate the order will be executed."

"Yes."

It took a long time for everyone to recover from the consequences of marriage between collateral relatives within three generations.

They had previously believed that marrying closer relatives could make the relationship between them stronger, but they did not expect it would bring such consequences.

They have already thought about it in their minds, wondering if there were any children born from previous marriages between close relatives with congenital diseases?

They hadn't noticed it before, so they were really shocked when they thought about it.

They knew of several families in which some children died at birth, and a few others survived but were in poor health and would fall ill easily.

I didn’t know the reason before, but now I know the crux of the problem.

The banquet ended in the afternoon, and the emperor and the empress dowager left first.

Everyone was ready to leave.

Song Yaoyao urged:

[Guagua, have you seen Bu Songru? ]

Guagua: [Right in front, with his family.]

Song Yaoyao said to Madam Song:

"Mom, let's go back home quickly."

Mrs. Song cooperated and said, "Okay."

The Song family members quickened their pace. When passing by Bu Songru, Song Yaoyao deliberately bumped into him and took the opportunity to stuff the evidence into his body.

Bu Songru already felt that there was something extra on him, but he still pretended to know nothing, bowed to Song Yaoyao, and asked:

"Princess Jiahe, are you okay?"

Song Yaoyao waved her hand:

"It's okay, it's okay. I was in a hurry to get home and accidentally bumped into you."

"It's okay."

"Then I'll take the first step."

After Song Yaoyao left, Bu Songru took out the note and held it in his hand.

After getting on the carriage, Bu Songru opened the note and started reading it. Every piece of evidence on it was clearly stated.

The first thing Bu Songru did when he returned home was to call the whole family to the hall and asked the servant to call for a doctor.

When Bu Xinming and Feng Miaochan learned that they had to ask for a doctor, they had a bad feeling. Could it be that Bu Songru knew something?

Feng Miaochan asked cautiously:

"My husband, are you feeling unwell?"

Bu Xinming also said attentively:

"Brother, you have to take care of yourself!"

Stepmother also asked anxiously:

"Song'er, what's wrong with you? Tell me right now!"

Bu's father: "Song'er..."

Bu Songru interrupted everyone's questions and said:

"I'm fine, don't worry, I just asked the doctor to check everyone's pulse."

After hearing this, Bu Xinming and Feng Miaochan's faces changed drastically.

Feng Miaochan wanted to struggle again:

"My husband, it's New Year's Day and you're inviting a doctor to your house. How unlucky!"

Bu Xinming: "Yes, brother!

Besides, we are both in good health, so there is no need to check our pulse, right?"

Bu Songru looked at the two of them and said:

"I have made my decision, no need to say more."

Bu Xinming and Feng Miaochan looked at Bu Songru's unquestionable eyes and knew it was over.

A quarter of an hour later, the doctor came.

The doctor took the pulse of the Bu family members, and when it came to Feng Miaochan, she willingly stretched out her arm.

After a moment, the doctor said:

"Congratulations, Master and Madam. This young lady has been pregnant for more than a month."

When everyone heard this, their faces changed.

Stepmother asked in disbelief:

"Doctor, did you make a wrong diagnosis?"

The doctor said firmly:

"I have been practicing medicine for decades. I will never make a mistake in diagnosing whether a woman is pregnant or not with this kind of pulse!"

The doctor has noticed that something is wrong.

When they heard that the young lady was pregnant, there was no joy on the family's faces, only shock.

Bu's mother wanted to ask more questions but was stopped by Bu Songru. He gave the doctor some money and asked the servants to send the doctor away.

As soon as the doctor left, Bu Songru asked:

"Tell me, who is the adulterer?"

Bu's mother stepped forward and gave Feng Miaochan a few big blows:

"You lowly creature, can't you stand the loneliness? You are so bold as to cheat on my son.

No wonder you were so reluctant to let the doctor take your pulse just now, it turns out you have something to hide!

Tell me, who is the adulterer?

Feng Miaochan's hair was disheveled from being beaten, but she bit her lips tightly and didn't say a word.

Bu Songru: "Why? Is this question difficult to answer?

Since I was able to find a doctor to take your pulse, it means I already know everything.

I also know exactly how you harmed my sister Lan Wei."