Chapter 494 Amending the Law in the Street!
After eating some food and drinking some sugar water, Madam Song woke up from her coma.
She weakly raised her hand, her fingers trembling as she pointed at Tian Chunshan and the woman holding the child, angrily accusing them: "That despicable couple plotted to kill me! Regent, do justice for me!"
After saying these words with all her might, Madam Song closed her eyes again. The doctor examined her and said, "It's just exhaustion, coupled with the torment of the past few days. She'll wake up after a while."
After the doctor finished speaking, he glared at Tian Chunshan with disgust, thinking him filthy and shameless.
Tian Chunshan broke out in a cold sweat, now only thinking about getting rid of the crime as soon as possible.
"Who are you people? Why are you meddling in my family affairs?"
“You broke into my home without permission. You must have taken advantage of Song’s serious illness to speak ill of me to her. Song has been deceived by you.”
"Sir, these two men broke into my house and kicked my door down like that! Arrest them immediately!"
Jingwei turned to look at Wei Dongzhu. This person looked somewhat familiar.
Wei Dongzhu removed his disguise and declared in a clear and resonant voice, "I am Wei Dongzhu, the commander of the Imperial Guard! The last man of the Wei Family Army in the Northwest!"
People might not know who the commander of the Imperial Guard is, but who doesn't know the Wei family army?
Everyone in the Great Zhou Dynasty, from three-year-olds to all the elders, knew about it.
The guards also recognized Wei Dongzhu. If General Wei is here, then who is the person beside him?
Shen Lanxi removed her disguise and calmly explained, "I originally planned to travel incognito to observe the Ming and Qing dynasties today, but it turns out I made the right choice!"
The guards all recognized Shen Lanxi and knelt down in unison.
"Long live the Regent! Long live the Regent!"
Shen Lanxi: "Get up, you've arrived just in time!"
The captain of the Imperial Guard immediately ordered his men to summon someone. With only a few people protecting the emperor, what if someone were to attempt an assassination?
The people were stunned; they had actually seen the regent.
Wei Dongzhu raised his voice: "All citizens, step back ten meters to make room for the Regent to investigate the case."
The guards quickly spread their arms to clear the area.
The people obediently gave up their space, and no one dared to utter a sound.
Tian Chunshan felt his head spinning. It was all over. The Tian family was finished!
Wei Dongzhu moved a chair for Shen Lanxi to sit down, and he stood guard to the side.
"Tian Chunshan, when your whole family was exiled, if it weren't for Madam Song's fierce fighting along the way, your entire family would have perished on the journey."
"Now you're saying she's out in public and doesn't take care of her mother-in-law and children. Are you incapable of taking care of them?"
Tian Chunshan's face turned pale, and he kept kowtowing and begging for mercy.
"Your Majesty, that's not what I meant. I am grateful to Lady Song, but she has been having illicit affairs with other men. I have repeatedly tried to dissuade her, but she won't listen. It's Lady Song who is unfaithful and made herself sick. Now she's trying to blame me. I'm innocent!"
Shen Lanxi: "You don't need to make excuses. Once Madam Song wakes up, the matter will be settled. I have already sent people to investigate, and I have invited all your family members here for a face-to-face confrontation!"
Tian Chunshan's heart sank to the bottom, and a resentful and fierce light slowly appeared in his eyes.
“Your Excellency, you are a woman, so you will naturally side with women. Since ancient times, it has been normal for men to have three wives and four concubines. Song is jealous and has committed one of the seven grounds for divorce. She has insulted my mother, which is unfilial. She has also failed to educate her children, which is heartless. I have already been more than kind to such an unfilial, heartless, and promiscuous woman.”
Shen Lanxi: "This is no reason for you to lock her up and let her starve to death!"
Tian Chunshan was terrified. He didn't want to die. It was obvious that the Regent wouldn't help him, but he hadn't done anything wrong either. If Shen Lanxi wanted to convict him, she would be offending all the male protagonists in the world.
She dares not!
“Your Majesty, Song is arrogant and domineering at home because she has you as her backer. She disrespects her mother-in-law and doesn’t respect me, her husband, at all. If such a woman were in the countryside, she would have been drowned in a pig cage long ago.”
Shen Lanxi stared at Tian Chunshan with eyes as sharp as knives: "The reason your Tian family was able to return from Dongchuan is because of Madam Song. Your life of luxury and wealth was also earned by Madam Song. Since you've long disliked her, why don't you divorce her?"
"You're willing to drag me out and trample on me, just because you think I'll help you out of consideration for your reputation, so you can cover up the truth about your murder for money?"
Tian Chunshan was only thinking about surviving, so he was willing to risk everything.
"Isn't the reason why the Song family acts so arrogantly because they are taking advantage of your power?"
Shen Lanxi: "So, you're blaming me for promoting Madam Song?"
Tian Chunshan was bursting with anger and knew that Shen Lanxi would definitely not let her off the hook, so he decided to go all out.
"Yes, I am the man of the family. Even if someone is to be promoted, it should be a man. But you are promoting a stupid woman who only knows how to throw tantrums. Is it because you are also a woman that you are not looking at her abilities, but only promoting her based on her status as a woman?"
Wei Dongzhu angrily rebuked, "Insolence!"
Shen Lanxi's eyes flashed, and she raised her hand.
"You asked the question that every man in the world wants to ask!"
The men in the crowd began to whisper among themselves.
Shen Lanxi sneered contemptuously: "Let all the people around here see what talent you really have."
"You say I'm a woman and only promote women? Then show me some of your talents!"
"I, Shen Lanxi, will make this clear today: when I promote someone, I never consider their gender, social status, or seniority. Even if someone is lame or missing an arm, if you have the talent to govern the world, I will still value you!"
This statement reminded the people of a man, the lame Marquis Zhao Zheng.
They had clearly seen Zhao Zheng's several trips to quell rebellions and his comings and goings in and out of the capital.
"Who do you think you are? Talent? When I was in Dongchuan, I only saw Lady Song charging into battle while you reaped the benefits. Now that we're well-off, you start complaining about how uncouth your wife is. You're shameless!"
The women around him all nodded.
Shen Lanxi raised her voice: "Today, we'll take this opportunity to amend the marriage laws of my Great Zhou. We will absolutely not allow such shameless and insidious villains to take advantage of women in the slightest!"
Wei Dongzhu's eyes flickered. So her goal was to amend the law?
No wonder he had the patience to talk so much with Tian Chunshan.
"Summon all officials from the Ministry of Justice, the Court of Judicial Review, the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, the Court of Imperial Court, and all other departments involved in revising the laws. I, the Prince, will amend the laws in the streets to create a path for women to live!"
Everyone stared in shock, unable to believe what they were hearing.
Shen Lanxi actually wants to amend laws that have been in use for hundreds of years just for a mere woman?
She wasn't joking, was she?
How dare she? Isn't she afraid of being cursed by scholars all over the world and opposed by the entire court?
The women were naturally happy, but some of the men were not.
What does it mean to "open a path for women to survive"? Since ancient times, women have always obeyed their fathers at home, their brothers after their fathers' death, and their husbands after marriage. This has never changed. Women in the past and present have all lived well, so why talk about "opening a path for women to survive"?
Why does everything change the moment Shen Lanxi arrives? She's practically throwing their male dignity to the ground and trampling on it.
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