【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

"System, am I nagging?"

"Host, you are not nagging, you are doing it for the greater good of the country. It is this emperor who has no conscience and will not listen to your advice."

"Forget it, I don't care about him."

Feng An went out for a short while and then hurried back to tell the emperor what happened in the study.

Yun Xi nodded. Zhang Lai was still young and didn't know how to train a deputy, which made the emperor angry.

"Go tell him it's time to train a deputy."

"Yes." Feng An turned and left to do it himself.

At this time, Aunt Xiu came in hurriedly, "Empress Dowager, Aunt Mo from the Queen's side wants to see you."

"What's wrong? Let her in."

Aunt Mo entered the hall quickly. Although her face was full of anxiety, she was very polite and followed the standard palace etiquette.

"Your servant Mo Qingyu greets the Empress Dowager. Please greet Her Majesty the Empress Dowager."

Yun Xi was very serious and said, "Get up, what are you doing here?"

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, it was last year that the palace maids were released. The eunuchs and maids who were released at that time were fine. The elderly ones used their savings to buy a few houses and land and hired someone to take care of them. Most of the maids were hired by nobles or officials to teach the daughters of their families. They lived a good life. However, most of the palace maids who were released did not have a smooth life after getting married. Some of them who could not make ends meet recently came to see the Empress for help."

Aunt Mo spoke clearly and explained the situation in a few words.

"Didn't I allow them to go out and set up a household as a daughter? Can't they live like this?" Yun Xi was very disappointed.

"This……"

Aunt Mo thought that most women didn't have that much courage. After returning home, they either depended on their parents' family or wanted to get married and depend on their husband's family. Few of them were self-reliant.

Yun Xi sighed and immediately made arrangements. "Feng An, go get the Queen's list and take someone to investigate the maids' recent situation after they left the palace. Jin Zhi, familiarize yourself with the laws and sort out the sections of the Lian Dynasty Law regarding women."

Feng An, the errand boy, nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I'll do it right away."

The quiet Jinzhi stepped forward and responded.

Although Jinzhi is quiet, in fact, her ancestors were once glorious. Her great-grandfather was a juren and her grandfather was a chuanlu. Unfortunately, there was no successor, and the family gradually fell into decline. In her generation, there were only her and her brother. Her brother was of little promise and had to live on the family business. Only her nephew had some talent for studying. In order to help her family, Jinzhi participated in the selection, hoping that she would be lucky enough to be noticed by the royal family. Unfortunately, her luck has always been bad, and she has just begun to show her talent here with Yunxi. Her grandfather took pity on her and raised her as a boy since she was a child. He taught her the Four Books and Five Classics in detail, which just came in handy.

"Alright, Your Majesty and I will handle this matter as quickly as possible. Let the Queen comfort you."

Aunt Mo thought to herself, what is this for? She responded respectfully, bowed, and left.

What was Yun Xi going to do? Of course, she was going to change some laws, loosen some of the restrictions on women, and also set up a women's branch of the Imperial Academy and appoint female officials to the palace.

To change the situation of women, we must change it legally. In addition, we must find ways to enlighten women's minds, and finally, put ourselves in their shoes and treat them fairly in practice. All three are indispensable, but ideological progress cannot be achieved overnight and needs to be done slowly.

Just as the arrangements were made, Nanny Yue came in again, "Your Majesty, the young master of the Shouning Marquis's family has caught a cold, and we've sent for the imperial physician."

Yun Xi narrowed her eyes, feeling something was wrong. "What's going on? Hasn't Ling'er always been healthy?"

When my brother's wife was pregnant, she was worried that the baby would not be healthy when it was born because she was an older woman. She didn't know about it in the first three months, but she took a lot of supplements in the middle three months. She didn't eat much in the last three months, but she exercised properly every day. Therefore, when the baby was born, it weighed nine pounds. My brother's wife almost had a dystocia, and she was taken good care of after she was born. Logically, she was in such good health, so how could she suddenly fall ill in the hot summer?

Nanny Yue was also confused. As an only child, she had to hold the baby in her mouth for fear of it melting, and hold it in her hands for fear of losing it. How could she get sick? It was really unbelievable.

"Yue'er, go to the warehouse to find some medicinal herbs and come with me. Call a few more imperial doctors to diagnose the disease, and by the way, find out the details of this matter before reporting back." Yun Xi waved her hand.

"Yes, old slave, go right away."

Xiu Er realized that she couldn't fall behind others, so she quickly said, "Master, it's almost the end of the afternoon, time to practice Tai Chi."

"Well, call them out."

After traveling through time, Yun Xi not only drank physical fitness liquid, but also took a walk after meals every day, read in the morning, and practiced Tai Chi and fishing in the afternoon. As a result of cultivating her body and mind, her forty-year-old body did not look old at all. On the contrary, because she ate a lot of supplements, she looked radiant and in great health.

The concubines were reluctant at first, but as their health improved, they fell in love with exercise and became very active.

After Yun Xi and the concubines and palace maids practiced intermittently for more than half an hour, they took their fishing rods and went fishing in the small lake in the small garden behind.

The small lake is full of running water, and the fish in it all come downstream through the underground river. Therefore, the fish today are fooled and tempted by the bait, and the fish that come the next day are unaware of the situation and will be fooled again. It is very interesting.

System: "The only lesson humans have learned from history is that humans don't learn anything from history, and the same goes for fish."

"That's human nature." Yun Xi chuckled. "Look, I've completed so many tasks, but I still worry too much and get called a nag."

System: "You have your difficulties, and I understand you best. I won't get bored even if you talk about them all day and all night."

Yun Xi said, "What you said reminds me: It's better to have a barbecued pork than a child. Haha."

The system responded with a curse, "Your son is worse than barbecued pork. Why do you worry so much about him? Is it for your kingdom, not the Lian family's? You really don't know what's good for you."

Yun Xi was silent. The system was confused. It calculated the data for a long time but still couldn't figure out what the host was thinking.

"Host, why are you silent? You are not going to scold me because of your barbecued pork son, are you?" The system sounded aggrieved as it spoke.

The fishing float broke, and Yun Xi came back to her senses. She said helplessly: "What is the system thinking! Do I have such a heartless heart? How long have I known that barbecued pork son? How long have I known you? How could he possibly surpass you!"

The system proudly put its hands on its hips and said, "Hmph, that does make some sense. By the way, what were you thinking about when you didn't say anything just now?"

"I was thinking, since I'm so worried and hardworking, why should I work for others? Wouldn't it be better to work for myself?" Yun Xi said it all in one breath. "Do you think I'm being a bit rebellious?"

The system didn't care. "High treason? No, you didn't become empress for power or pleasure. You wanted to do things for the world, so how could that be high treason?"