A family of three travels through time together, and the golden finger is turned on

"A few years ago, I was on a campaign and came across a secluded village. My ancestors had lived here in seclusion to avoid the chaos of war. The village is secluded and few outsiders have ever set foot here. Marriages between close relatives are common in the village. Not to mention cousins, there are quite a few cases of siblings marrying each other."

"Isn't this unethical?"

"That's exactly why the children in the village are born different and don't live long."

"This is a punishment from heaven." someone shouted.

"But what's so strange about this?"

"It's strange, what I've seen and heard in other places. A few years ago, when I was away, I passed through many places and encountered many women who gave birth to deformed children. They all said that the women were immoral and had been infected with bad habits. Divorcing their wives was the most merciful measure. Some had been drowned in ponds, buried alive, or burned. I couldn't help but intervene. Your Majesty, what do you think the result was?"

"how?"

"Nine out of ten of these people are close relatives marrying. The closer the bloodline, the more different the offspring will be. This practice of marrying close relatives has been around since ancient times, but these cases are truly shocking."

"You mean, if close relatives marry, the offspring will be deformed."

"I don't understand the reason either, but I've had people visit over the years and found that nine out of ten cases of close relatives marrying are like this. Even if they don't have deformities, their health is extremely poor and they don't live to adulthood. There are very few who are normal, and even those who are normal will not have many children or their children will be abnormal."

"Why didn't you report it earlier?" Yun Hua said solemnly. Concubine Shu intended for the Second Prince to marry her niece, and if a deformed child was born, it would be considered a punishment from heaven.

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. Rumors are frightening. Many children are drowned or buried immediately after birth. I have asked people to inquire from many sources, but the information they have found is less than one in ten thousand. Since ancient times, it has been normal for two families to marry and strengthen the relationship between relatives." Bai Can was helpless. What could she do if she reported it? She just knew that if she didn't bring it up, those women and babies would be innocent.

"Well, let's not talk about this matter anymore." Yun Hua also knew that Bai Can's words made sense, so he could only put it aside for the time being.

After hearing what Bai Can said, everyone was in a trance and the palace banquet ended early.

All the civil and military officials returned and asked their families about the matter.

The result was speechless. Those deformed children were not a punishment from heaven, but were simply the result of inbreeding.

After the New Year's Day, when the court began, Yun Hua received memorials from civil and military officials.

If this matter were made known to the world, it would surely cause unrest.

But can we continue to make such mistakes? Those women and babies are so innocent.

After thinking for a long time, Yun Hua asked someone to call Bai Can in. When Bai Can entered the hall, Yun Hua pointed directly at the memorial on the table next to him and asked Bai Can to read it himself.

Bai Can had already guessed it. It turned out to be due to the inbreeding issue.

"What does the emperor want to do?" Bai Can asked.

"What do you think I should do? Incestuous marriages are commonplace in the world. If this were to become public, how would you expect those people to cope?"

"But are we just going to let them spend the rest of their lives bearing the stigma of being evil?"

"Since you brought up this matter, then you should take care of it." The more Yun Hua thought about it, the more he felt that it was appropriate. Whoever proposed it should take charge of it.

"Yes, but if someone doesn't cooperate."

"This is for you. Seeing the token is like seeing me. This is the most important matter right now. No civil or military official dares to stop me. You can do as you see fit. No need to report back."

Bai Can took the token and turned to leave the hall.

After returning to the general's mansion, Bai Can immediately issued several instructions. Each of the capable people around him received a secret order and began to act.

Yun Hua would often hear that Bai Can had bought several barren hills and hired many people to build houses there. He brought back many women, most of whom had been tortured beyond recognition.

Bai Can hired a doctor and bought medicinal herbs to treat the women.

The rumor that close relatives shouldn't marry spread within a small circle. More and more women were brought to those barren mountains. Later, those mountains acquired a resounding name: Hope Technical College.

Ten years passed, and Hope Technical Colleges opened across the Yun Kingdom. That same year, Yun Hua issued an edict prohibiting marriages between close relatives within three generations. During these ten years, Bai Can had numerous women, who had been tortured by their husbands' families after having children born from incestuous marriages, brought them to technical colleges, and taught them a trade to earn a living, starting a new life.

The dangers of inbreeding spread to every corner of Yun Country through the lives of these women. More and more women came to Hope Technical College.

Ten years later, the number of consanguineous marriages has decreased significantly, and people have gradually accepted it. Therefore, the ban on consanguineous marriages did not cause much repercussions.

This was also Yun Hua's last imperial decree. The following year, Yun Hua abdicated, and the eldest prince succeeded to the throne.

As Hope Technical Colleges opened across Yun Country, so too did Hope Weaving Workshops, Hope Garment Workshops, Hope Dyeing Workshops, Hope Restaurants, Hope Women's Clinics, and other businesses, including the most unique Hope Escort Agency.

Hope Technical College not only teaches women culinary skills, but also literacy, numeracy, medicine, and martial arts. Only when these women truly become self-reliant can they find a new life and help more women in the future. This is the hope Bai Can leaves for all the women of Yun Country.

After Yun Hua abdicated, Bai Can also resigned from all his positions and traveled around the world. Later, he chose a valley full of birdsong and flowers as her burial place.

“Wow wow wow”

"Sister, why are there children crying?" On the mountain road, two young girls, wearing the same style of clothing, met. Their pure white gowns had cloud patterns embroidered only on the cuffs and collar.

"Yes, be careful. Few people come here. Don't be afraid that some evil spirits are trying to kill us both." After the other woman said this, the two of them carefully walked in the direction where the crying sound came from.

In the bushes, there was a tattered bamboo basket, and inside it was a baby. It looked like it had been thrown out right after birth, wrapped in nothing but a tattered piece of clothing. The shorter woman stepped forward to examine the baby.

"Senior sister, it's a girl." The woman said, frowning.

"It was probably thrown out by someone nearby. Let's take it back to the mountain and let Master make the decision." Both of them felt a little sad because they were also brought back to the sect by Master in this way.

The two sisters took out their own clean clothes, cleaned the baby girl briefly, and wrapped her up. They carefully carried her back to their sect. Their sect was called the Yunxiao Sect, a moderately small, barely second-rate sect.

The sect is composed of women, most of whom are baby girls abandoned by their families.

"Senior Sister and Second Sister are back." The little girl guarding the mountain gate jumped up happily.

"Yun'an, you are too greedy and you didn't listen to the class carefully." The eldest sister walked forward helplessly and tapped the little girl's forehead.

"Master said that the eldest and second senior sisters should be back today, so he gave us half a day off. Is this the youngest junior sister?" Yun An asked immediately when he saw the baby in the second senior sister's arms.

"Let's go in first." The eldest sister took Yun'an's hand, and they walked towards the master's Yunxiao Palace.

"Master."

"It's good that you're back. This baby looks like it was just born." Yun Chun looked at the baby in the second disciple's arms and walked forward with some heartache.

"Yeah, when we saw him, he was still covered in blood."

"People look down on women, so we should help each other. You've done a great job. Go and rest first. I'll keep this little one with me." Yun Chun gently held the baby in his arms and asked the two disciples to rest first.

"Yes." The two of them took Yun An out of Yunxiao Palace.