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Ling Chaofeng quietly listened to Xiaowan's words. He knew that his wife knew what was good and what was bad.

If she could choose, Xiaowan would definitely not push her. If she could choose, she hoped that Third Lady could live, but she was still unwilling to let her feed her children.

She had to find cause and effect for these sins. Perhaps, from the moment when Sanniang was sold as a child's daughter-in-law, a good man was forced into a daze. With a single thought, he ended his painful life.

Xiaowan scattered the paper money into her Baisha River and told Ling Chaofeng that she would put this matter down. She did not do anything wrong, no matter what happened, no matter who it was, she would do everything she could to protect her child.

Ling Chaofeng guarded silently, his heart was already at peace.

When the incense was burnt out, they would go home.

On the other side, Little Pei was wrestling with Da Qing, so the Xiaowan called out to him clearly. "Little Pei, we're going home."

Da Qing carried Little Pei over, and laughed: "This little guy, is getting more and more lively."

The Xiaowan invited Da Qing to the tavern for lunch and the family headed back. On their Baisha River, the snow-white paper money slowly sank to the bottom of the river, bringing with them Xiaowan's blessings and wishes for the coming of this life of his.

However, this case, along with the ransom that Ling Xiao Inn had paid, were all sent to the capital. That hundred taels of gold from Prefect Liang and Zhixun did not dare to misappropriate it, and had already been handed over to the national treasury.

Within the Qingming Pavilion, the emperor looked at the reports that were being sent from all over the country and his heart sank when he flipped to this page. He called for the attendants and ordered them to send the reports over to the Culture Hall for the empress to read.

At that time, the Queen was playing with her daughter, and the mother and daughter pair were rolling on the floor with blankets. Hearing that the Emperor had sent someone to send them something, Siyan bowed and walked out of the tent gracefully.

He only saw the servants of the Qingming Pavilion handing over the memorials to her and taking it to a bright place to flip through it. The Queen couldn't help but frown, the dead were pitiful, while the Xiaowan was even more innocent.

"What does the Emperor mean?" Siyan asked solemnly.

"The Emperor only told his servant to send it over for the Empress to see. He didn't give any instructions." It was rare for the palace maids to see the empress's cold face, they couldn't help but panic.

Siyan folded the silk on her arm, held the report in her hand and coldly said: "Immediately order the clan's Ministry Of Justice people to come to the palace and see me."

Everyone was shocked, the empress was meddling in government affairs, but they did not dare to go against her orders. They first transferred to Qingming Pavilion to ask the emperor's intentions, but did not expect to be reprimanded by the emperor, and asked if he did not put the empress in his eyes.

Thus, officials of the Ministry Of Justice and the Ministry of Revenue were summoned into the palace. They never would have thought that the empress would meet them personally and pass on a message from the Li Prefecture in the Culture Hall Hall.

"Milords, what do you think of this matter?" The empress was very polite and spoke with a tone of agreement.

The men who had immersed themselves in the official scene all thought that the empress was a woman. They all looked at each other with pity in their hearts, wanting to be perfunctory. The Ministry of Revenue's men were even more confused as to why the empress had called them here.

Siyan saw that these people wanted to trick her, so she was not polite and went straight to the point. She asked the Ministry of Revenue, from today onwards, to send orders to the officials in the various places, to improve the registration system for every town and village. From today onwards, Ministry Of Justice will be punished as long as there is the matter of casually buying and selling children. They will never forgive him.

People in the Ministry of Revenue felt that the empress was dreaming. With such a big country, with so many people, it was impossible to count the number of people and prevent the commoners from buying and selling their children in private.

He then asked the empress, "Empress, if there is a family that cannot afford it and has no choice but to sell it to keep the child alive, how can you calculate this?"

Siyan laughed coldly: "Isn't this what all lords should do? how to spread the emperor's decree throughout the entire Daqi, how to establish a perfect punishment system, how to prevent similar tragedies from happening again, wasn't this the responsibility of all the lords? Instead of asking me, you ask me, what should I do? "

Everyone was momentarily at a loss for words, but there were some who were a bit bolder and sincerely said: "Empress, the Daqi Rules have already been perfected. However, it's impossible for us to accomplish the same thing. The people in different places have different sentiments, and there are even people from the village who are united in their own affairs. Even if I have to put in a great deal of effort, I am unable to do what you wish for, this is the truth. "

Siyan continued: "The second princess is far from married to the Jin Nation, and can save the Jin Nation's woman, Yu Shui Huo. She once told the emperor, even if you can only save a woman, all that you have done is worth it. Even if today's scene cannot be realized, as long as one less child is bought and sold, and one less woman is forced to death, then that is the merit of this world. "

When the scenes from the Culture Hall were passed to the Qingming Pavilion, the emperor raised his head from the mountainous pile of memorials and rubbed his glabella. He smiled faintly, "They will definitely come and see us in the future.

The palace maid accepted the order and waited in front of the Qingming Pavilion. As expected, the few lords who had scattered from their Culture Hall had rushed over to the emperor's side, but were stopped by a single word from the eunuch in front of the gates, who advised them even more, "Milords, if the emperor were to discuss this with you, you might be angered, right?"

Amongst them, only Ling Yu did not come. He was still in Culture Hall and had been left behind by the Empress to speak.

As the assistant minister of Ministry Of Justice, Ershan was unwilling to let this matter go, especially since it involved his own sister-in-law. However, at this moment, what the Queen discussed with him was not national affairs, but happy private matters.

The Emperor had long ago decreed that the Bi Chen and Bi Chen would marry each other, and that the fifteenth day of the eighth month would be their wedding. The next two families were preparing for the wedding, and although everything was fine, there was one thing that was hard for Empress Dowager to do.

"Princess is the flesh and blood of the royal family's elders. To be able to unite with someone you love, I am very happy." Siyan said, but now that Bi Zhenye has established himself and is living in such a narrow and small courtyard, he cannot even accommodate so many servants, which makes old granny very uneasy.

Ershan replied: "Please advise me, Empress."

Siyan said, "In truth, the Duke Palace had long prepared a private house for her daughter. Princess Shen Wang also wanted her daughter to start the wedding day in the mansion, but this way, it would seem that they would look down on Bi Zhenye. However, they did not have that kind of heart to begin with, and did not want to cause misunderstandings, so today was the perfect timing to see you. Regarding this matter, I will ask you to go discuss it with Bi Zhenye, and see if he is willing.

laughed instead. She thought that her brother was tired by his parents and couldn't be pleased by Empress Dowager, but it turns out it was just a small matter. Since the people from the Duke Palace were too attentive, it could be seen that they had already accepted Bi Zhenye.

"Empress, this matter shall be done according to the wishes of the imperial concubine. This subject shall agree on Bi Zhenye's behalf." Ershan said without hesitation, "Currently, Bi Zhenye is wild with joy everyday, it would be easy to get him to do anything."

Siyan laughed: "Overjoyed? Isn't this too exaggerated? My brother can't bring Hanxi back to the capital. Hanxi won't be able to drink this wedding wine, and there will definitely be a family reunion in the future, and at that time, we'll have a good time. "

When Ershan went to find Bi Zhenye with these words, Bi Zhenye agreed immediately and even personally made a trip to the Prince Shen’s Mansion to show that he was willing to accept the arrangements of the Duke Palaces. He also didn't want to disappoint Little Qing and force her to stay in the little mansion.

The joyous news of Bi Shen's marriage and the emperor's strict prohibition of trafficking in women and children had both reached the Baisha County.

Xiaowan was standing outside the door of the inn reading the words of the notice that was posted in front of the yamen. Listening to Little Pei reading it out loud one by one, it made her heart feel warm.

Ershan's family letter, on the other hand, mentioned that the one who had proposed a strict punishment was the Empress. The Empress had immediately had this thought when she saw that the Xiaowan had accidentally killed the Third Lady.

A few days later, people from the yamen came over to interrogate the family members. Little Pei took his mother's hand to register his great name with his younger brother Ling Ji and sister Ling Fei.

Xiaowan complained to Hubby in a soft voice, "Why are there so many names and brushstrokes for children?"

Ling Chaofeng was annoyed: "You better follow Little Pei and learn how to write properly. In the future, when the children grow up, do you have the nerve to not recognize the words?"

Xiaowan glared at him. "Do you dislike me now?"

On the other side, Aunt Zhang gave a few big boxes to the male servants and said happily, "Year after year, it's going to be the Mid-Autumn Festival again. During this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, is there anything exciting about this town?"

The bailiffs smiled and said, "It's the same old rule, Mid-Autumn Night Lantern Association. However, the county magistrate's relatives are in the fireworks business. This year we've brought a lot of big guys. When the time comes, you can bring your children over to see them."

Little Pei was extremely happy as he skipped around and pulled Xiaowan, telling his mother to take him to see Smoke Flame. He even said that he had personally hugged his little brother to prevent his mother from being affected too much.

Xiaowan was afraid that Little Qi and Little Fei would be affected by the explosions, but Ling Chaofeng said, "Just cover their ears with cotton. Our children are not cute."

That night, Xiaowan finally managed to coax the long-winded and excited little fellow to sleep. However, the moment Little Pei fell asleep, he was immediately summoned by the Heavenly Court and turned into a Golden Dragon and flew away.

When Xiaowan reached the door, she felt a gust of wind. She looked at her son on the bed and saw that he was sleeping soundly, so she closed the door.

Little Pei arrived at the Heavenly Court and saw his grandmother standing in front of the Heaven's Mirror. He stepped forward and asked, "Grandmother, what are you looking for me for?"