Accidentally dressed as an empress

Zhong Yi changed out of his shorts and put on a long robe for going out, ready to go.

Yunxiu also asked Su Qing to prepare the carriage. Zhong Yi was going to the Weaponry Department, and Yunxiu also wanted to go to the Internal Affairs Office.

Hearing that Yunxiu was going to the Neishi Mansion, Zhong Yi was still a little confused and asked, "Your Highness, do you have something to report to the authorities?"

I once had an SSR in front of me, but I didn't cherish it. Yunxiu sighed, "It's okay, I just want to go talk to the Internal Secretary."

Su Qing and Li Xian seemed to get along pretty well, so she took Su Qing with her to find Li Xian to improve his impression of her.

When we arrived at the Neishi Mansion, we saw that the building was made of ancient blue bricks and blue tiles, and there were two stone-carved Xiezhi beasts squatting at the door.

Xiezhi, when seeing people fighting, will attack what is not right, and when hearing people talking, will complain what is not right.

The Xiezhi has a horn on its forehead. When people have conflicts or disputes, the Xiezhi can use its horn to point at the unreasonable party. If a wicked person commits a capital crime, the Xiezhi will also use its horn to gore the person to death.

Xiezhi can distinguish right from wrong, good from evil, loyalty from treachery, and is a mythical beast that symbolizes fairness and justice.

Now, the Neishi Mansion is surrounded by the people again. Is there something exciting to watch?

Yunxiu and Su Qing squeezed into the crowd. The people who were squeezed wanted to curse, but when they saw her clothes, they made way.

Yunxiu asked the person next to him, "Old man, what happened in there?"

The old man said, "A teenager accidentally killed another teenager, and now the deceased's mother has reported it to the police."

Another old woman said, "You are still young and don't know right from wrong."

"What? Just because you're young doesn't mean you can't kill someone."

Li Xian sat in the hall and asked, "Sir, please tell me your name. Where do you live? Why did you get into a fight?"

The kneeling child looked calm and fearless, but his eyes were gloomy and he didn't speak.

The onlookers said, "Oh, so the child is mute."

The body of the deceased was also laid out in the hall. His mother cried, "He hit my son to death with a stone. It was a bloody mess. Look, sir, how many times did he hit him?"

"Nonsense, my son just pushed him down."

"You're talking nonsense. Your son Huzi is just pretending to be dumb."

Li Xian said, "Even a mute cannot escape punishment. Put this child in jail first."

Hu Zi suddenly stood up and shouted, "He hit me first, so what if I beat him to death?"

Li Xian said, "He hit you, and you hit him back. The debt between you two is now settled."

"But you beat him to death. His mother lost her son, and the debt between you and his mother remains. Pay your life as compensation to the deceased's mother, and the debt between you and his mother will be cleared."

"Your mother gave you life and raised you to this age. You suddenly became violent and committed murder. You are unworthy of your mother's kindness in raising you."

Li Xian shouted, "Huzi, do you admit your guilt?"

Hu Zi glanced at his mother and turned his head away.

As long as you kill someone, the debt remains.

The mother of the criminal boy refused to accept the news, "My Tiger, he is the one being bullied!"

The deceased's mother also refused to accept the news. "She's lying! My son is the one who gets beaten all the time. He goes out to play and comes back covered in bruises!"

Therefore, it is unclear who is bullying whom.

Li Xian slammed the gavel and shouted, "Silence!"

"Call the witness."

The inspector brought in an old man in a straw raincoat. He said, "Yesterday evening, I was fishing by the river, and I saw with my own eyes that tall man raised a stone and hit the shorter man on the head about ten times. Then he pushed the shorter man into the creek and ran away."

A child from the same village said, "On weekdays, Hu Zi always asks Xiao Zhi for toys, and if Xiao Zhi doesn't give them, she will be beaten."

"The truth has been revealed. Hu Zi bullied the deceased, and the deceased resisted, and was beaten to death by Hu Zi."

This is the perpetrator and the sentence shall not be reduced.

Li Xian gave the guilty boy a cold look. "Yun Guo Law stipulates that killing someone means paying with one's life. Imprison this child and execute him in the autumn."

Li Xian looked at the crowd and said, "God knows that anyone who does evil will be punished."

Hu Zi was taken away by the patrol officer, and his mother started crying, "It's all my fault. I didn't teach him well..."

Someone in the crowd said, "Neighbors see each other every day, isn't it good to get along well?"

Another person said, "No matter how the process was, murder must be punished with death."

"The children at home are fighting and have no sense of propriety. Go back and educate them properly."

"If you can't afford to offend someone, avoid them. If you encounter a bully, it's better to move away."

"That's right, let's move."

"No matter what, you can't beat someone to death. Raising a child is not easy."

The crowd dispersed, and Yunxiu also left after watching the verdict.

The deceased was Xiaozhi, who had been bullied for a long time. He had only resisted a little, and was beaten to death by his abuser. Now Xiaozhi lies there quietly, unable to speak forever.

Good people are often bullied. People must be a little sharp and not so easy to mess with.

Yunxiu sighed, and without bothering to look for Li Xian, turned around and left the Nei Shi Mansion.

Yunxiu got on a carriage and went to the weapons department to pick up Zhong Yi and bring him back home.

Zhong Yi was already waiting at the gate of the Ordnance Department.

He got on the carriage, Yunxiu opened her arms, Zhong Yi laughed and sat in her arms.

Yunxiu hugged him and said, "Today I went to the Nei Shi Mansion and witnessed a case." Then she told Zhong Yi the story of the case.

After listening to this, Zhong Yi praised, "Master Li is very good at distinguishing right from wrong. The child who was bullied and beaten to death is truly innocent."

Zhong Yi lowered his eyes, "May he be reborn into a good family in his next life."

"When a person dies, they don't reincarnate. Instead, they disappear into the world." Yunxiu's eyes shone with pity. "But he escaped suffering early. Otherwise, when he grew up, he would have simply married a peasant girl from the same village, with her farming and the man weaving for the rest of his life, or he would have been sent to work as a servant in the landlord's house in town."

Zhong Yi sighed, "What a twist of fate."

No one in this world is free from suffering.

This was the predetermined life trajectory for the children in the village. To others, it seemed perfectly normal; this was how they had lived their lives.

Working from sunrise to sunset, can they see even a single change? No. If they were born into a farming family, they would spend their entire lives farming. If they were born into a wealthy family, they would live a life of luxury. This is determined by their birth.

In the slave society, there are deep-rooted class differences, which the simple farmers today are unaware of. They are willing to work in the fields for food, believing that this is their fate.

The nobles naturally don't want them to realize it. If they realize it, their status as nobles will be in jeopardy.

As vested interests, will the hereditary nobles, big and small, revolutionize themselves and cut off their own flesh?

Yunxiu discovered that her current identity also made her a beneficiary of this system.

She said she wanted to change society, but now it seems she can't change anything.

The solution to changing hereditary succession and increasing class mobility was the imperial examination system. Even in modern society, the idea that one exam determines one's entire life persists.

Ordinary people can change their fate by taking exams, but there is a limit to their potential. The highest level they can reach is only a fraction of a degree above heaven.

There is no use being discouraged. You have to eat one bite at a time, do one thing at a time, and take one step at a time.

At present, what she can do is to improve productivity and transform society by developing ancient science and technology.