C240 (1/2)

Ling Chaofeng quietly listened to Xiaowan's words. He knew that his wife knew what was good and what was bad.

If she could choose, Xiaowan would definitely not push her. If she could choose, she hoped that Third Lady could live, but she was still unwilling to let her feed her children.

She had to find cause and effect for these sins. Perhaps, from the moment when Sanniang was sold as a child's daughter-in-law, a good man was forced into a daze. With a single thought, he ended his painful life.

Xiaowan scattered the paper money into her Baisha River and told Ling Chaofeng that she would put this matter down. She did not do anything wrong, no matter what happened, no matter who it was, she would do everything she could to protect her child.

Ling Chaofeng guarded silently, his heart was already at peace.

When the incense was burnt out, they would go home.

On the other side, Little Pei was wrestling with Da Qing, so the Xiaowan called out to him clearly. ”Little Pei, we're going home.”

Da Qing carried Little Pei over, and laughed: ”This little guy, is getting more and more lively.”

The Xiaowan invited Da Qing to the tavern for lunch and the family headed back. On their Baisha River, the snow-white paper money slowly sank to the bottom of the river, bringing with them Xiaowan's blessings and wishes for the coming of this life of his.

However, this case, along with the ransom that Ling Xiao Inn had paid, were all sent to the capital. That hundred taels of gold from Prefect Liang and Zhixun did not dare to misappropriate it, and had already been handed over to the national treasury.

Within the Qingming Pavilion, the emperor looked at the reports that were being sent from all over the country and his heart sank when he flipped to this page. He called for the attendants and ordered them to send the reports over to the Culture Hall for the empress to read.

At that time, the Queen was playing with her daughter, and the mother and daughter pair were rolling on the floor with blankets. Hearing that the Emperor had sent someone to send them something, Siyan bowed and walked out of the tent gracefully.

He only saw the servants of the Qingming Pavilion handing over the memorials to her and taking it to a bright place to flip through it. The Queen couldn't help but frown, the dead were pitiful, while the Xiaowan was even more innocent.

”What does the Emperor mean?” Siyan asked solemnly.

”The Emperor only told his servant to send it over for the Empress to see. He didn't give any instructions.” It was rare for the palace maids to see the empress's cold face, they couldn't help but panic.

Siyan folded the silk on her arm, held the report in her hand and coldly said: ”Immediately order the clan's Ministry Of Justice people to come to the palace and see me.”

Everyone was shocked, the empress was meddling in government affairs, but they did not dare to go against her orders. They first transferred to Qingming Pavilion to ask the emperor's intentions, but did not expect to be reprimanded by the emperor, and asked if he did not put the empress in his eyes.

Thus, officials of the Ministry Of Justice and the Ministry of Revenue were summoned into the palace. They never would have thought that the empress would meet them personally and pass on a message from the Li Prefecture in the Culture Hall Hall.

”Milords, what do you think of this matter?” The empress was very polite and spoke with a tone of agreement.

The men who had immersed themselves in the official scene all thought that the empress was a woman. They all looked at each other with pity in their hearts, wanting to be perfunctory. The Ministry of Revenue's men were even more confused as to why the empress had called them here.

Siyan saw that these people wanted to trick her, so she was not polite and went straight to the point. She asked the Ministry of Revenue, from today onwards, to send orders to the officials in the various places, to improve the registration system for every town and village. From today onwards, Ministry Of Justice will be punished as long as there is the matter of casually buying and selling children. They will never forgive him.

People in the Ministry of Revenue felt that the empress was dreaming. With such a big country, with so many people, it was impossible to count the number of people and prevent the commoners from buying and selling their children in private.

He then asked the empress, ”Empress, if there is a family that cannot afford it and has no choice but to sell it to keep the child alive, how can you calculate this?”

Siyan laughed coldly: ”Isn't this what all lords should do? how to spread the emperor's decree throughout the entire Daqi, how to establish a perfect punishment system, how to prevent similar tragedies from happening again, wasn't this the responsibility of all the lords? Instead of asking me, you ask me, what should I do? ”

Everyone was momentarily at a loss for words, but there were some who were a bit bolder and sincerely said: ”Empress, the Daqi Rules have already been perfected. However, it's impossible for us to accomplish the same thing. The people in different places have different sentiments, and there are even people from the village who are united in their own affairs. Even if I have to put in a great deal of effort, I am unable to do what you wish for, this is the truth. ”

Siyan continued: ”The second princess is far from married to the Jin Nation, and can save the Jin Nation's woman, Yu Shui Huo. She once told the emperor, even if you can only save a woman, all that you have done is worth it. Even if today's scene cannot be realized, as long as one less child is bought and sold, and one less woman is forced to death, then that is the merit of this world. ”