Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

Chapter 223 Court Meeting

He Jingye stepped out and said in a sonorous voice, "Since Minister Chen knows the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, do you know that men are responsible for the outside world and women are responsible for the inside world? Do you know that your body and hair are given by your parents?

A group of women asked a female doctor to teach them medicine for their own health. They recovered and gave back to their parents.

They can also give birth to children for us, take care of the whole family and let us have no worries. What's wrong with them?

Doesn't Censor Chen have any female relatives? Don't the female relatives in his family have any illnesses?

The women in your family don't want to learn some women's medicine, so why do you stop others from learning? What's the logic behind this?"

Censor Chen's face flushed, and he shouted, "It's unbecoming! How can you let these women's dirty deeds be made public like this?

They also promote the idea of ​​women marrying off later and forbid cousins ​​from marrying each other.

It is a challenge to the national laws and family rules, and it is to disregard etiquette and laws. The rules passed down from ancient times cannot be easily changed by a group of women!"

As the Imperial College's chief priest and He Jingye's relative, Su Hao Ning naturally had to speak up for He Jingye. Besides, he had also been implicated.

"Chen Yushi, Zuo Zhuan says that knowing one's mistakes and being able to correct them is the greatest virtue. Since ancient times, saints and sages have constantly examined themselves and corrected their mistakes. The same is true for the laws and rituals of a country.

Since the founding of our country, girls have been married off at the age of 13 or 14, and some even at the age of 11 or 12.

There are many women who become mothers at the age of fifteen or sixteen, but is this really right?

Everyone knows that babies are delicate and need to be carefully cared for, but aren’t teenage girls still immature?

Is it right that you are still a child but have to endure the pain of adulthood at such an early age?

Our noble families have court doctors and imperial physicians to take care of the health of their female relatives, keeping them in seclusion and letting them marry later. Even so, some of them still die young.

Do you know what the situation is like for girls from ordinary families? I think the law on women getting married should be changed!

Although marriages between relatives have been a practice since ancient times, the fact is that people with the same surname and clan will not marry each other.

If that is the case, then don’t our maternal relatives have the same blood as us?

It's just that no one has brought it up before. Now that someone has brought it up, and there are still a large number of innocent people with congenital defects born from marriages between close relatives, shouldn't it be changed?"

After saying this, he paused, glanced at the people who were lost in thought, and then continued,

"Since ancient times, there has been a distinction between yin and yang. Women are yin and give birth to children. Giving birth to children is a major human relationship that everyone has been taught and advised about. How come it has become a dirty and indecent thing for women to see a doctor and understand the symptoms?

Humans are not plants, how can they be free from illness and pain? What does this have to do with being a man or a woman? When a man is sick, he can call in doctors from all over the world to discuss his condition and get the best treatment, so why can't women do the same?"

After saying this, he added,

"As for Censor Chen saying that women's affairs are dirty, I think Censor Chen is the dirty person. He is in his sixties and has a lot of concubines in his house, but he still stares at the affairs of other people's women. He is really shameless."

As soon as these words came out, everyone laughed out loud. Although they didn't necessarily agree with Su Jijiu's words, they found it funny to think that Chen Yushi had a lot of concubines, but he was staring at the women in other people's houses and talking about menstruation.

Finally, Su Hao Ning bowed solemnly and said, "I beg Your Majesty to amend the national law to allow women to marry at the age of sixteen and prohibit people with blood relations for three generations from marrying."

He Jingye also said, "I second the motion."

The rest of the He Party also stepped forward to second the motion.

His Majesty did not make any decision at the moment, but asked everyone to submit their memorials first and then discuss the matter.

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A luxurious carriage was surrounded by two ordinary carriages in front and behind and stopped at the door of Tian Mi Mi.

A young woman with elegant temperament and wearing jewels and jade was helped down from the carriage by the maid who got off the first carriage.

Then she turned around and helped down a graceful old lady with white hair. The two of them looked somewhat similar.

All the people around the two were cleared away by several men who looked like guards, and the two were escorted into the sweet place.

The employees in the store were not panicked. He Shengtian smiled and went forward to deal with the leading guard. When he learned that they wanted to see Song Sanniang, He Shengtian arranged for them to wait in the luxurious box on the third floor.

Song Sanniang went up to the third floor after hearing the news. After she knocked on the door, someone opened it and let her into the private room. Seeing the two people sitting inside, she smiled and said, "Hello, two distinguished guests."

She didn't ask what they wanted right away, because that would be a bit abrupt. If they needed anything, they would naturally ask.

"This is Her Majesty the Princess and Princess Jiayin, why don't you quickly pay your respects?" the female official standing by said in a deep voice.

Song Sanniang was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that the two people were so important. She didn't know how to greet the royal family.

She could only kneel down subconsciously and kowtow, "This humble lady pays homage to the eldest princess and Princess Jiayin. This humble lady is short-sighted, so if there is any impropriety, please forgive me."

The princess originally wanted to wait for the lady-in-waiting to tell her her identity before talking to her, but she didn't expect her to be so honest. She knelt down immediately. The lady-in-waiting stepped forward to help her up.

The eldest princess smiled and said, "You are so quick with this great gift. We just want to talk to you and ask you something. Don't be nervous."

Song Sanniang quickly agreed and sat opposite her as instructed.

"Did you and He Jun come up with the idea of ​​the Pink House?" the princess asked.

"Yes, Princess." Song Sanniang thought about how she had always answered noble ladies in TV dramas, so she followed suit. However, the Princess didn't care.

She asked again, “Why do you want to do this?”

It was the first time that Song Sanniang was asked by someone why she wanted to do this. She didn't think much about it and answered truthfully, "I felt that those girls were too pitiful. This was also for myself and for my future children."

The princess nodded. "Aren't you afraid? You have no power or influence, and you only have a little money."

Song Sanniang thought about it seriously. "I didn't feel scared when I first started, but I felt scared after I started. I was afraid that I would be captured one day, and I would bring trouble to my family."

Princess Jiayin laughed and said, "Are you scared now? Do you know how much those old-fashioned people in the court want to arrest you and throw you in jail to teach you a lesson?"

Song Sanniang was a little bit incredulous when she heard this, "Those old men are not that boring, right? Why do they care so much about the affairs of the women?"

The princess chuckled, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes folded, but she looked very charming. "Of course it's because the dog is meddling in other people's business."

Song Sanniang didn't expect the princess to say such a thing, and was a little stunned.

The princess added, "Today's court has put your proposal on the legislative agenda. Let's see how it goes. If it doesn't work, what will you do?"

Song Sanniang thought for a moment, then replied, "Then I will continue to do what I should do, help those who should be helped, and let everyone pass on these ideas.

If I can’t do it alone, there are others. If others can’t do it, there are future generations.”

The eldest princess and Princess Jiayin both nodded slightly. Princess Jiayin said, "What you did is a good thing. It is for the good of us women. As a woman, I cannot stand idly by.

How about this, I also have some shops under my name, I will help publicize what you are doing, if you need anything, just tell my ladies-in-waiting and I will let them get it for you.”

After Song Sanniang thanked them, the two of them were surrounded by the crowd and left, leaving Song Sanniang confused. Did they come here just for this?