Chapter 314 You Are Making up Excuses
"They are Lan Yue and Hong Shang." Yan Li turned around and walked to the two of them, briefly introducing everyone present, "Hong Shang is the concubine of the Zuo Deputy Commander, and Lan Yue is the concubine of Qi Zixuan. So the purpose of bringing the two of them into the palace was to let them personally confirm what happened on the Nanyuan campus today. These two are the real victims, and they were tortured to the point of losing their souls in half a day. "
Hongshang and Lanyue kowtowed together: "My slave, please see the Queen!"
"But I suddenly changed my mind." Yan Li glanced at Qi Shangshu coldly, "In the eyes of arrogant men like Mr. Qi, women should be of low status, and it is their duty to be trampled on by men. They cannot cry out for injustice and cannot stand for it. To seek justice for yourself, you should not have any thoughts of resistance or any intention of disobedience, so this princess realizes that this is not a matter of one person, and the crime is not the fault of Qi Zixuan and Deputy Commander Zuo, but the fault of thousands of people of the Jin Dynasty. Thousands of men think this way.”
Jiang Yi sat expressionless and closed her eyes gently.
Yan Li sneered: "So it doesn't matter whether Hong Shang and Lan Yue tell the truth or not, because the facts are in front of you, and all the adults know it well, and think that these are trivial matters and not worthy of accusation."
Several censors hesitated to speak.
They wanted to refute, wanted to defend Qi Shangshu's words sonorously and forcefully, wanted to maintain the rights of men, and wanted to accuse the eldest princess of being unreasonable and making trivial matters into big ones, disturbing everyone in the court.
However, seeing Qi Shangshu kneeling on the ground, and thinking of the imperial guards who had already left the palace and gone to Qi Shangshu's mansion, the censors did not dare to speak for a moment.
Perhaps they should save their words until the Guardsmen return.
As long as it turns out that the eldest princess is lying and that she deliberately wronged the important ministers of the court, the censors' saliva will surely drown her.
"The laws of Jin need to be improved." Yan Li looked around coldly, "If anyone again openly believes that women are born inferior, he will sell his own mother, wife, and daughter into a brothel, and let these self-righteous men live a good life. Look at how their wives, daughters and mothers are being trampled upon!"
"Eldest Princess, these are strong words." Wang Yushi endured it, but still couldn't hold it back, "Women are humble only in relative terms. How can the female family members of an official's family be compared with the women of a brothel?"
"So what Mr. Wang means is that it's not that women are inferior, but that women without status are inferior?" Yan Li's cold eyes shuddered, "Is that what you mean?"
Wang Yushi nodded: "Indeed -"
"How can a man without status be so noble?"
Wang Yushi hesitated and said harshly: "Men can protect their families and their country."
"Whose home is the home? Whose country is the country?" Yan Li looked at him coldly, "To protect the home and the country, we protect the people in the world. What Mr. Wang means is that these people do not include women. You Just to protect men?”
"Of course not!" Wang Yushi retorted sharply, "When a man protects his family and country, he protects all the people, regardless of gender."
"Since you know that women are part of the common people, why do you always belittle and suppress women? Do you want to protect them or suppress them?"
Wang Yushi's face turned red: "The eldest princess can only use strong words to reason!"
"Your Majesty the Censor is very eloquent, but at this moment you are defeated by a little girl like me. It's not because I use strong words to make sense, but because everything you say is unreasonable."
Wang Yushi became angry: "That's nonsense! The eldest princess is simply——"
Yan Li sneered: "The female emperor of the Southern Kingdom rules the country, and men and women have equal status. If a woman is good at martial arts, she can also go to the battlefield; if she is good at strategy, she can also serve as an official in the court. The Southern Kingdom is far superior to the other eight countries in terms of military strength and economy. Above!"
Wang Yushi gritted his teeth: "The two countries have different national conditions, how can they be compared?"
"If the men in the Southern Kingdom were as derogatory and discriminatory against women as in the Jin Kingdom, they would never be as powerful as they are today. Only in this way can they be compared with the Jin Kingdom, right?"
The voice that was supposed to be cold and melodious seemed to be carrying a thousand pounds of power at this time, and the thunderous words shook people's hearts. They were based on powerful facts, leaving everyone present speechless and unable to utter a word.
Wang Yushi's cheeks twitched rapidly, and his face turned blue and white. He didn't know whether he was angry or speechless, so that his lips kept trembling, but he could no longer say a word.
In the tense and depressing atmosphere, footsteps came urgently: "My son, Yan Zheng, please see my mother!"
Jiang Yi raised her eyes: "Come in."
Yan Zheng walked into the Qinzheng Hall and saw the scene in the hall. His heart sank slightly and he subconsciously turned to look at Yan Li: "I received news that someone accused the imperial sister of being arrogant and domineering, and looking for trouble everywhere because of her identity as the eldest princess. The provocation made a good fight a mess and ruined everyone’s hopes. I didn’t go up the mountain today and I don’t know what’s going on, so I came here specifically to ask the princess.”
"Did the eldest brother come here specifically to question me or to accuse me?" Yan Li asked lightly, "But no matter whether it is to ask or to accuse me, the eldest brother came a step too late. We have already finished what we need to say. Now we just have to Waiting for a result."
"Imperial sister." Yan Zheng frowned, with a disappointed accusation in his eyes, "The customs of Mu and Jin are different. There are some things that you may not be able to adapt to, but -"
"Brother, what you mean is that Qi Shangshu's son and the imperial generals are so poor that they can only sell their concubines, and I have to turn a blind eye?"
"Selling my concubine?" Yan Zheng was startled.
"Your Highness, the eldest princess, please be careful what you say!" Qi Shangshu's face turned ugly, "My son is not selling a concubine, it's just——"
"Shang Shu Qi." Yan Li smiled faintly, "Master Qi's demeanor when he bullied women on Peach Blossom Mountain today is really unforgettable."
Qi Shangshu's face was ashen: "The Jin State has the customs of the Jin State. If the eldest princess can't stand their activities, she can stay away. Why must she forcefully interfere with other people's freedom? Those women who participated in the activities never protested, which shows that they have no intention of doing anything. There is no dissatisfaction, but the eldest princess interferes and finds trouble everywhere, which is really chilling!"
"Reply to the Empress, and to Lord Shangshu." Hongshang, who was kneeling on the ground, spoke calmly, her tone revealing all-out desperation, "No one is born to like to be abused and treated as a mean person. Women don't resist, not because they don't want to resist, but because they don't want to resist. Having been suppressed and trampled on for a long time, they are as timid as mice and dare not resist; it is because men are aloof and ruthless, and if women disobey, they have a hundred ways to torture them until life is worse than death, so they dare not resist. "
"Sister Hongshang is right." Lan Yue's face turned pale, and she tried her best to control the fear in her heart, and said sonorously, "It's not that women don't resist, but that all oppressed people are under absolute power and cruel means. Without the courage to resist, the eldest princess’s actions are to give us justice, and more importantly, to safeguard justice, and no one will be allowed to question or frame her!”
Qi Shangshu suddenly turned to look at her, and his tone was cold and sinister: "I am talking to the eldest princess, is it your turn to interrupt, two lowly women?"