Begging for mercy

In the blink of an eye, the end of February came, and Qi Xian couldn't wait any longer, so he set off alone to return to Henan Road as early as the beginning of February.

On the last day of February, the Tulexi crime that shocked the capital city finally came to an end.

It was found out that the wife of Yang Wuji, Minister of the Ministry of War, was the leader of the secret stake placed by Tu Le in Shendu. However, she was the only one working for Tu Le, and neither his husband nor his children knew about it.

Although Yang Wuji's innocence was confirmed, as Minister of the Ministry of War, he had been a loving couple with a craftsman for more than thirty years. The empress was furious and wanted to allocate all the Yang family's male members over ten years old to the female dependents and male members under ten years old.

They all serve as official slaves.

In the early morning court, King Zuo Qiuyue of Henan came forward to intercede and tried to protect the Yang family.

He made a sincere appeal, first listing Yang Wuji's past military exploits, and then saying that he had been conscientious since he was promoted to Minister of War, and had never been careless in political matters. He was loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and he worked hard even without merit.

The words "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism" reminded the empress of Yang Wuji's support for her in the past, and aroused her compassion.

"I hope your Majesty will think twice!"

At this time, Sun Jingxu, the eldest son in charge of the case, also stood up: "Your Majesty, it has been verified that although Tu Le Xizuo is the mistress of the Shangshu Mansion, he has not used this status to collect important secrets for Tu Le over the years.

From this point of view, although Yang Wuji was guilty of negligence, he did not cause any disaster."

"So I hope your Majesty will be lenient and deal with the Yang family leniently."

All the courtiers looked at the two people standing in the center of the hall holding wat tablets, and they really couldn't figure out who Yang Wuji was, that he could actually let these two people come forward to intercede on his behalf.

In order to avoid the suspicion of forming a clique for personal gain, both Zuo Qiuyue and Changsun Jingxu only talked about matters and ignored people in court. They had never seen anyone begging for love.

Just when everyone was marveling and wondering in their hearts, they suddenly saw the newly canonized King of Guannei also coming out.

"I second my opinion and ask your Majesty to deal with the Yang family leniently."

He actually interceded for Yang Wuji!

Everyone's eyes almost fell out of shock.

And a few people who were most attentive to the direction of the wind had already stepped forward to second their opinions while everyone was busy pressing their eyeballs back into their sockets.

In the blink of an eye, most of the court began to plead for Yang Wuji and the Yang family.

Those imperial censors even quoted classics and eloquent words, describing Yang Wuji as a loyal minister and good general who would leave a name in history. And every word of intercession for Yang Wuji secretly praised the empress as a rare sage and wise emperor.

This made the generals who only knew how to say "I second my opinion" and "Please have mercy on your majesty" realized once again that they were no different from a mute when it came to speaking.

The empress was also surprised that Zuo Qiu Yue and Sun Jingxu, the president of Zuo Qiu Yao, actually came forward to plead for the Yang family.

But seeing the three of them working hard for one thing, the empress was happy.

Finally, when the eldest grandson Zhao'er also stood up and seconded his opinion, the empress finally relented and changed her decision to punish the Yang family.

"This result has exceeded my expectations." When Zuo Qiuyue said the final result, Fourteen breathed a sigh of relief, "Everyone has been saved, which is the best result."

The empress dismissed Yang Wuji from his post, confiscated the Yang family's property, and ordered their family to return to their place of origin. Yang Wuji's place of origin was in Huazhou, and his in-laws' Zhong family was also in Huazhou. With their protection, life would not be too difficult.

"You asked me to plead for the Yang family, do you really have no other considerations other than pity that they are innocent and implicated?"

Tomorrow will set off to return to Henan Road. Xiao Wu and Yin Zhu both went to watch people packing their luggage. Shi Shi had not stepped out of the gate of the Henan Palace since she was injured. She originally wanted to take advantage of the nice weather to go horse racing in the countryside. Zuo

Before Qiu Yue left early in the morning, he insisted that she wait for him to come back and go with him.

As a result, he had not gone to court early, and the wife of Li Jingjie, the Minister of Rites, came to visit with her granddaughter Li Ruoyu, the wife of Right Minister Gu Qingshan brought her granddaughter Gu Yunzhang, and Meng Changhuai's eldest daughter-in-law, Du Shi, came to visit with their children, Meng Shen and Meng Heng.

The other fourteen people didn't need to be seen, but she had to come out to meet these few, regardless of their status or friendship. This social interaction ended at noon.

When the two of them were having lunch together, a light rain suddenly started falling in the sky. Naturally, the trip to the countryside for horse racing had to be temporarily cancelled.

Spring rain is as precious as oil. Although it disrupted the plan, Fourteen did not hate it. He ordered someone to open the window, and the two of them sat on the soft couch beside the bed, playing chess while listening to the rain.

After Zuo Qiuyue made one move, he waited for fourteen moves and her answer.

"I suddenly remembered that the granddaughter of Li Shangshu's family was so young, but she was so good at playing chess. She was really powerful." The fourteenth piece was trapped by Zuo Qiuyue, and when she wanted to come up with a strategy, she took off.

, I thought of Li Ruoyu.

"Oh, there is also Gu Yunzhang, the granddaughter of the Right Prime Minister. I heard A Yan say that her ideal is to take the imperial examination and become a female official, and her goal is to join the Dali Temple or the Ministry of Punishment." Fourteen asked Zuo Qiuyue, "Are these little ladies very powerful?

?No worse than men at all?"

"What are you thinking about?" Seeing Zuo Qiuyue in a daze, Shi Shi asked him.

"It's nothing." Zuo Qiuyue came back to her senses and said, "I just think what you just said sounded familiar. I've heard it somewhere before."

"Which sentence sounds familiar? Where have you heard it?"

"Women are no worse than men." Zuo Qiuyue said, "When I was very young, I heard His Majesty say that."

Zuo Qiuyue could not remember the scene clearly at that time, but she remembered the conversation between the empress and her father, Prince Yu, very clearly.

At that time, his father was already secretly planning to overthrow the empress, or in other words, he never stopped planning. At first, the decision-maker was the first prince, but after the first prince was executed for treason, he became his father.

The empress compared herself with the late emperor and asked her father: "Are women no worse than men?"

What was my father's answer at that time? He said: "How many women are there like my mother? In the end, the world is held up by men."

"What do you think?" Fourteen asked Zuo Qiuyue.

"Do you want me to tell the truth?"

"certainly."

Zuo Qiuyue took out the chess piece from the chess box and did not fall for a long time. He thought for a moment and looked at Shi Shi and said: "Men are strong, women are weak. Physical strength is given by God and cannot be reversed. There are many things that men can do but women cannot do.

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"Although there are exceptions in everything, there are also women like you and Your Majesty. The civil servants can govern the country, and the military officers can go to battle to ensure peace. But exceptions are exceptions after all. Even if she is as strong as Your Majesty, she will not be able to defeat the civil and military officials of the dynasty.

The fact that he is a man. Throughout ancient times and modern times, women’s lives depend on men. This world is indeed a man’s world.”

"But..." Fourteen was about to speak, but Zuo Qiuyue's voice suddenly changed, "If I just want to answer your question just now, some women are indeed as good as women and are stronger than many men."

"You shouldn't use the word 'rely'." After listening to this, Shi Shi said, "In my opinion, the relationship between women and men is not a subordinate relationship, but a cooperative relationship."

"Men do support the court and the world, but I will only give you one example. If there are no women to manage the inner house and raise children, can men manage the country and the world while breastfeeding their children?"

Zuo Qiuyue paused slightly, stared at Fourteen for a long time, and said, "Be taught."
Chapter completed!