"Long'er is chatting with them again," Hou Xiangxiang said to Da Ni'er beside her while eating snacks.

"They were mentally unstable to begin with. They were bullied and then hanged themselves. What kind of behavior is that? They're worthless! It would have been better to trade one for one!"

Da Nier really didn't understand. They had only been here for a few days, and there had already been two or three such incidents.

They just parrot what others say, and even after they die, they're still slandering people, saying they seduced others.

Xu Qiushui nodded. Otherwise, why would she be happy to stay in the border town? Jiangnan was too oppressive, no matter how rich you were.

Even women who remarry are scorned.

When everyone came to their senses, it was already late at night. The prefect's daughter looked at the moonlight in the courtyard, then at the pile of corsets on the bed, and called to her maid...

"Light a fire for me."

"Miss, what are you doing so late?"

"I'm going to burn all those clothes."

"Look at you, what are you doing?"

In the end, the prefect's daughter did not burn the undergarment in the mansion, but someone else did it for her the next day.

Liu Xu's aunt did it for her. This aunt was genuinely happy for Liu Xu and felt extremely honored.

“If Jiangnan really needs a leader, then your aunt should be the first to take the lead,” the woman said to Liu Xu.

If this leader does a good job, she will be the leader among the women of Jiangnan, and her words will carry weight. But if she does a bad job, others will not respect her, and she will be a shameless old woman despised by everyone.

"Aunt," Liu Xu said with some heartache.

"You silly child, are you feeling wronged on my behalf? Your aunt has always wanted to live like you, and now it's perfect. If you really don't do well and no one listens to me, then you can take your aunt with you. Go to the capital or to the border town, it'll be fine. With your aunt around, you'll have someone to love you, won't you?"

The beautiful girl, with tears in her eyes, rushed into her aunt's arms.

She has no parents, but she has a loving aunt, which is wonderful.

Liu Xu's maternal family name was Tian, ​​and the Tian family mansion was located on a main street in the city. Today, no one knew what they were doing, but the servants in the mansion cleared a space in front of the gate and lit a fire.

The matriarch of the Tian family carried a pile of things and put them into the fire.

"Oh my, isn't that our underwear?" a woman in the crowd whispered.

"Yes, what is Mrs. Tian doing?"

"Women should not be bound by such constraints. Xiaoyi, we are the ones who have never benefited. From today onwards, let the women of Wangjiang live for themselves. Xiaoyi is just the beginning, this is only the first step in breaking free from these constraints. I hope everyone will be clear-headed!"

The common people might not understand everything, but they understood one thing: this lady was showing them through her actions that they no longer needed to wear undergarments, and no one could force them to wear such things.

Besides, isn't the Prince of Zhenbei standing behind her?

Honestly, the women the Prince of Zhenbei brought were so beautiful. Their arms, their heads, even their every smile and frown was beautiful.

They are not allowed to smile so wide normally, but they can. Moreover, the girls dress up in different ways every day and never cover their faces, so everyone can see their beauty.

My father and mother said that it's not safe for a girl to be too pretty.

But……

How can beauty be unsafe? It's always those who have ill intentions towards beauty who are unsafe.

Why is it that those girls carrying weapons never get harassed by rich young men on the street? Passersby look at them with admiration, and even if there are gossipy people who say they are shameless, they say it behind their backs.

That's great!

The prefect's daughter, hearing of the excitement, came to watch, and the prefect's wife, who doted on her, agreed.

"Mother, I brought the baby clothes too. Let's go downstairs and burn them."

"Nonsense!"

"Mom~!"

"No, this is a matter of a woman's reputation. Look, how can such a private item as underwear be displayed in public..."

The lady's words dissipated in the wind. Watching her daughter dash off, she wondered whether the maid had deliberately failed to stop her or whether the lady had not given the order.

The girl, who was a little younger than Huo Xiaolong, threw her clothes into the fire in front of everyone, and the flames shot up high in an instant.

She saw the Prince of Zhenbei and smiled at her.

Long'er also saw her and nodded to her.

"Isn't the Prefect's daughter afraid of being punished when she gets home?" Long'er asked.

"I'm not afraid. You've already come through this, what do I have to be afraid of? My father isn't as high-ranking as you!"

Inside the carriage, the prefect's wife saw her daughter, who was chatting happily with Huo Xiaolong, exhale a sigh of relief and let out a relaxed smile.

Honestly, she really wanted her daughter to be born in the border town, even if it wasn't the daughter of the prefect.

This place is very harsh on women, and women don't want their children to be imprisoned by such harsh social norms.

Her daughter, the daughter of the prefect, is using her actions to make this raging fire burn even brighter.

Look, the flames are leaping high, just like the hopes of these women for the future. The Prince of Zhenbei stands straight with his hands behind his back. A gentle breeze lifts his hair, and the girl next to him is a little shorter than him.

What they had in common was their determined gaze, as if the dawn was just around the corner.

"Madam, will Master know about this?"

Before the old woman could finish speaking, several more carriages arrived at the gate of the Tian residence. Several young ladies threw their undergarments inside, then removed their veils and threw them into the fire.

Some people wanted to throw it away, but they couldn't bear to part with it. They thought that if they didn't need it anymore, they could use it to mend clothes or even as a rag.