[Hmm, hmm, Aunt Shufei's analysis makes a lot of sense. She's truly a talented woman!]
Xia Zhengqi looked a little embarrassed: "I didn't pay attention to their confessions."
"Then I'll review it again. If it wasn't voluntary, I'll change their verdict to not guilty. Let them go free."
【Roar! Daddy is awesome! 】
Xia Zhengqi: My daughter praised me! I'm so happy!
"In my opinion, setting them free is not enough. How will they make a living after they are free?" said the queen with a frown.
"Yes, in poor families like this, after a girl gets married, she is either divorced or becomes a widow, and her parents' family generally won't accept her anymore." Concubine Shu seemed to be thinking about something.
"What's more, their husband's family was convicted and exiled, so their natal families must be even more disgusted with them."
Xia Zhengqi clapped his hands and said, "I have overlooked this issue."
"Then I will give them another 100 taels each so that they can settle down."
Both the Queen and Consort Shu looked at Xia Zhengqi with admiration.
"Your Majesty is wise!" they said in unison.
[Daddy is such a wise ruler! He listens so well to advice!] Xia Miaoyuan also danced with joy.
Once winter comes, time flies.
In the blink of an eye, it was already the twelfth lunar month and the Empress Dowager's birthday had arrived.
Although Xia Zhengqi had understood the Empress Dowager's character through his daughter's thoughts and was quite dissatisfied with her, as the ruler of Daxia, he still had to set an example of filial piety to the elderly.
On the Empress Dowager's birthday, a birthday celebration was held in Shanglinyuan.
On this day, Shanglin Garden was extremely lively, with all the royal family members and important ministers of the court coming.
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