Chapter 222 I Am Not the Yan Li of the Past

Mu Cang pursed his lips and looked at Jiang Yi indifferently.

"Yan Li." Emperor Zhaocheng came over with a guilty look on his face, "Your mother had many difficulties back then, but she loved you."

Yan Li said indifferently: "Your Majesty also wants me to leave Mu Cang and treat today's wedding as invalid?"

Emperor Zhaocheng choked: "That's not what I mean."

"I don't want to go to Jin." Yan Li said, looking at Jiang Yi, "I don't mean to complain about you, but-"

"Yan Li." Jiang Yi interrupted her again, "Mother has something to tell you."

Yan Li was silent and looked at her expressionlessly.

"I want to talk to you alone." Jiang Yi looked at her anxiously, "After the talk, if you insist on staying in Mu State, I will no longer force you."

Yan Li thought about it and nodded slowly.

Turning his head to look at Mu Cang, signaling him to stay calm, Yan Li then turned around and walked into the house with Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi's personal maid stepped forward to close the door for them, blocking the view from the outside.

"Mu Cang." Emperor Zhaocheng coughed lightly and walked up to Mu Cang, "Do you really have feelings for Yan Li?"

Mu Cang was silent for a moment and hummed lightly.

"What will you do if she finally chooses to go back to Jin?"

"No matter what decision she makes, I respect her." Mu Cang said lightly, "But since we have worshipped heaven and earth today, she will always be my wife, and no one can change this fact."

Emperor Zhaocheng showed hesitation on his face: "Before coming to your palace, I talked to Jiang Yi alone. She wanted Yan Li to go back and be the eldest princess."

The imperial power system of Jin was not much different from that of other countries. The throne had always been passed down to the princes instead of the princesses.

The eldest princess was not a status that could be seen everywhere.

On the contrary, only the favored sisters of the emperor could receive this title, and the legitimate daughters of the emperor and the queen were usually only given the title if they had made great contributions.

Yan Li was the emperor's daughter, not a sister, and she had been in Mu for fourteen years. She had no merit in Jin and was young.

Going back to be the eldest princess at this time is obviously untenable.

So what is the queen's plan? Her true thoughts are about to be revealed.

Mu Cang raised his eyes to look at the sky in the distance, his eyes were deep, and people could not see his true thoughts.

If Yan Li is willing to go to Jin, it may not be a bad thing.

She is the Queen of the South.

But no one knows when she can return to the South.

She stayed in Mu, and of course she had the status of the Ninth Princess, and no one could bully her.

But it is difficult to hold real power.

There is no precedent for women in Mu to hold military power. Mu Cang's power is so great that people dare not underestimate it. Yan Li has no opportunity to hold power and no sufficient reason to stand firm.

If she goes to Jin, the situation will be completely different.

Queen Jiang will not be suspicious of her, but will keep compensating her for the grievances she has suffered. In this way, Yan Li can plan her own power as she pleases.

Even if she wants to hold military power, it is not a difficult thing.

Then no matter when she returns to the South, she will be a strong person.

Not dependent on anyone, but strong on her own.

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In the room, silence lasted for a long time.

Jiang Yi seemed to be considering how to speak, and was silent for a long time before speaking: "I left Mu Kingdom fifteen years ago, spent three years helping your father ascend the throne, and served as the queen for twelve years. Whether before or after his ascension, in the seven years, we faced many difficulties and had too many things to do, so I didn't have time to return to Mu Kingdom." m.

Yan Li stood in front of the window, looking at Mu Cang and Emperor Zhaocheng standing silently outside the window, with cold and delicate eyebrows.

"Besides, I have an agreement with the emperor. Unless I have completely mastered the power of Jin, I cannot easily return to Mu." Jiang Yi looked at Yan Li without blinking, "This is for the sake of Mu's country-"

"Queen, you don't need to explain too much to me." Yan Li turned around and looked at her calmly, "Because the person who needs to listen to your explanation is dead."

Jiang Yi froze: "What did you say?"

"Because Mu Xiuhan broke off the engagement and threw dirty water, your daughter has been beaten to death by Jiang Yunming and Yun family." Yan Li told the truth, but she knew Jiang Yi didn't believe it, "The weak and humble Yan Li in the past can never be found again. I am now a completely different person from before. You can also think that I am no longer Yan Li."

Jiang Yi's face was pale, and guilt and heartache spread from the bottom of her heart, making her heart ache for a while.

"It's all my fault." She walked in front of Yan Li, her eyes fell on her face with sorrow, her voice full of self-blame, "I failed to protect you."

Yan Li said: "Don't blame you."

"I will seek justice for you." A hint of coldness flashed across Jiang Yi's eyes, "I will make everyone in the Jiang family pay the price, let them get the punishment they deserve for their meanness and cruelty!"

Yan Li turned her head and looked out the window again.

Jiang Yi closed her eyes: "Li'er, I need you to go back to Jin."

"Why?"

Jiang Yi said: "I have been in Jin for many years and have done a lot of things that must be done, eradicating dissidents, consolidating imperial power, policy reforms, improving the status of women, and monopolizing power as the queen... The hardships during this period are not worth telling outsiders, and I don't want these efforts to fail."

"The status of women?" Yan Li turned to look at her, as if she didn't understand what she was saying, "You can be the regent queen as a woman, which is enough to prove that the status of women in Jin is respected."

"These are the results I have achieved through my own hard work." Jiang Yi shook her head and sneered, "Jin used to be an extremely pedantic and stubborn country, which is clearly reflected in their attitude towards women."

"Women cannot easily leave the inner house and must obey men. Women have no right to study, and they are not even qualified to divorce."

"Men are prominent outside, visit brothels, raise extramarital affairs, and work day and night. Women must stay at home and take care of the inner house."

"When a man has some trouble outside, he will beat and scold his wife and daughter when he comes home, but they have no power to resist."

"The dignitaries of the Jin Kingdom prefer younger girls, and aristocratic families are also accustomed to deciding on girls' marriages at the age of twelve or thirteen. Concubines are particularly disadvantaged. Almost all of them are sent out to be concubines or concubines for the powerful at the age of ten. house in exchange for family benefits.”

"If the wife cannot give birth to a son, the husband can divorce her without any conditions, regardless of how much cold shoulder, humiliation and pain the wife will face after being divorced."

"I became the Queen of the Jin Kingdom and hated it very much. But I was unable to do anything at the beginning. I could only give suggestions to the emperor and tell him that this was wrong. However, the emperor's foundation was not stable at that time. Once these decisions were opposed by most of the courtiers, He lost the courage to continue."

"Time and time again, I've been extremely disappointed in him."

"Later I felt that it was better to rely on others than to rely on myself. We cannot expect these men to change the fate of women. They will only suppress, humiliate and belittle women to the maximum extent. They would like to put chains around women's necks to tame them and make them become The cow becomes the horse.”

"So I planned step by step, took the power into my own hands, and re-wrote the rules. In addition to normal wives and concubines, those who raise extramarital affairs without the consent of the main wife will be severely punished, so that those men have to be obedient."

"If a husband is dissatisfied with his wife, he can discuss and divorce her. If he divorces her because she has no children, he will be punished with thirty rods and will not be allowed to serve as an official in the court for life."

"But after all, I have limited energy alone."

At this point, Jiang Yi paused for a moment, with a strong and unwilling expression: "I have worked hard for so many years, but I really don't want to hand over power to men again. Once men are allowed to take power again, they will only return everything to the original point and continue to oppress women. , humiliating and belittling women, I have worked hard and endured all these years, but in the end it was all in vain, I am not willing to accept it!”

A look of emotion flashed across Yan Li's eyes.

Probably in order to persuade her faster and more accurately, Jiang Yi spoke quickly and urgently. Every sentence was focused and there was almost no nonsense.

At this moment, regardless of his status, Yan Li could not help but express his sincere admiration for the woman in front of him.

Over the years, the harems of various countries have been intrigued by intrigues, and concubines have come and gone, alive or dead.

How many people have Jiang Yi's courage and mind?

How many people have the courage to propose and take concrete actions to fight for some rights for women who are under the power of men?

Men don't know how, women don't dare.

The Jin State's system of male superiority and female inferiority was the most serious among the nine countries. If Jiang Yi made such a reform in such a country, he knew how much opposition and abuse he would receive.

"Li'er, I want you to return to the Jin Kingdom and be the queen. I know you can do it." Jiang Yi's eyes fell on Yan Li's face, and her emotions calmed down slightly. "This is not only my selfishness as a mother, but also my sincere desire to serve the Jin Dynasty." Let’s do our part to prevent the women of our country from living the undignified life they once had.”

Yan Li was silent for a moment: "How is your relationship with the Emperor of Jin?"