It was not until the evening that Xiao Yunchen finished his official business and returned to Jinxiu Residence.
Li Sisi tentatively asked Xiao Yunchen what he thought about supporting the princess to become the queen.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yunchen rejected it immediately: "Ridiculous! A woman's participation in politics and becoming emperor violates the rules of ethics and morality. It's simply absurd!"
Li Sisi objected, "The late emperor and the current emperor both had such bad personalities, yet they were still able to become emperors! Why can't a princess?"
Xiao Yunchen defended himself with a serious expression, "Since ancient times, there has been no precedent for a female emperor ascending the throne. Princes have been learning how to govern a country since they were young, and since a princess is a woman, she should..."
"What should you do? Obey the emperor's orders? Be a good wife and mother? Be virtuous and generous?" Li Sisi glanced up at him and sneered, "Do you think it's natural for a man to have three wives and four concubines? Are you afraid that the princess's ascension to the throne will break the rules passed down by our ancestors, or are you afraid that your high and mighty male rights will be stripped away?"
Xiao Yunchen's expression changed slightly: "Madam, that's not what I meant."
"I think that's what you mean!" Li Sisi's chest heaved with anger. "I thought your thinking had changed, but now it seems you're still the same. I really overestimated you. You can't change the patriarchal mentality of feudal society."
Xiao Yunchen explained solemnly, "Do you know how great the risk is and how many difficulties we have to overcome to support the empress's ascension to the throne? No one will support us at all!"
"You said supporting the empress's ascension to the throne was difficult. Then why did you support the imperial examination in the first place? Why didn't you follow the crown prince like the rest of your Xiao family? Instead, you journeyed to the northwest to uphold your original choice? Didn't you find it difficult back then? You were framed and forced to take the drug Saishenxian, and you were hunted down along the way, narrowly escaping death. Why haven't you ever heard you mention difficulties or give up?"
"If you're willing, if you want to do it, you won't find it difficult! No matter how much you say, it's just an excuse! You just don't want to do it from the bottom of your heart!"
Li Sisi took two steps back, her face full of disappointment: "If you don't want to support me, forget it. I do!"
After saying that, she turned around and didn't want to stay any longer, so she opened the door and ran out.
Waterside Residence.
Xiao Yunyu frowned slightly: "I can't help you with this matter."
The expectation in Li Nian's eyes suddenly disappeared, and he asked, "Why?"
Xiao Yunyu explained, "Even if the Fifth Prince doesn't become Emperor, there's still the Fourth Prince. It won't be the Princess' turn anyway. Supporting an Empress to ascend the throne is no easy task. Even if the court officials are willing, how will the people feel? Don't even think about it. It won't work."
"How do you know it won't work if you haven't tried it?" Li Nian observed his expression and continued to ask, "My husband will help me, right?"
Xiao Yunyu's handsome brows furrowed, his aura turning cold and stern. "What good will it do you if the princess becomes emperor? Or did she promise you something?"
Li Nian shook his head. "No, I just think that the princess is more capable than the other princes, and she shouldn't be deprived of the opportunity to fight for power just because of her gender."
Xiao Yunyu said calmly, "Of course, the truth is this cruel. The rules of our ancestors cannot be broken. Since Nian Nian has become a part of this world, she should abide by the rules of this world and not try to replace the rules of this world with the rules of other places."
Li Nian looked at his cold eyes and listened to his ruthless "truth". Her warm heart seemed to be suddenly poured with a basin of ice water, and she felt cold all over in an instant.
He lowered his eyes to calm down and replied softly, "Okay, I understand. You continue to be busy, I will go back to the house first."
Xiao Yunyu was feeling angry, but when he saw her cold reaction, he felt uncomfortable.
He advised with a slightly cold voice, "Don't get involved in the affairs of the capital. The last assassination might be related to the princess. Once I have arranged everything, I will take you and Jinhe on a leisurely trip. As for state affairs and the He family's affairs, they will not affect our family of three."
"Yeah." Li Nian responded and left the study.
She returned to the room and looked at Jinhe who was laughing non-stop because of Yu Niang, and was a little dazed for a moment.
"Niannian!" Li Sisi's voice suddenly rang out.
Li Nian waved her hand: "Yu Niang, take Jin He out to play."
"Yes." Yu Niang carried Jin He out of the room.
Li Sisi's face was still brimming with anger, and now seeing Li Nian's frustrated expression, she couldn't help but ask, "Didn't Xiao Yunyu agree either?"
Li Nian shook his head: "No."
She came to sit at the small table, poured tea for Li Sisi, and said in a flat voice: "It seems that we think too simply. After all, they are men of this era. They have been influenced by their environment since childhood. Their ideas cannot change overnight."
Li Sisi's voice was filled with dissatisfaction: "But the princess's ability is obviously no less than that of the princes. Just because she is a woman, should she be used as a bargaining chip at will?"
When she recalled the emperor's promise to let the princess marry into the Western Yuan Kingdom at the banquet, she felt furious.
Li Sisi said indignantly: "How arrogant were those Xiyuan people in the past? They robbed a city and massacred it! They were a complete enemy country! The people in the northwest border hated the people of Xiyuan country so much that they wanted to peel off their skin and tear their bones!
Now that we've won the battle against him, we're actually marrying the princess to him? This dog emperor is mentally ill. He should just abdicate and let someone else take over. He should get better treatment! Countries like Xiyuan deserve to be dealt with. We should beat them so hard that they can't recover for a hundred years and then they'll be obedient!"
Li Nian listened to Li Sisi's words and agreed deeply.
However, he also knew that the emperor and his ministers who were living a life of luxury in the capital could not understand the despair of watching their loved ones die one after another, and they could not understand those border people who would rather defend the city to the death even though they knew they would die in order not to leave their hometown.
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