novelraw Chapter 222 I am not the Yan Li of the past
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: "The emperor also wants me to leave Mu Cang and treat it as a big wedding today?"
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 be patient, Yan Li then turned around and walked into the house with Jiang Yi.
Jiang Yi's maid stepped forward to close the door for them, blocking their view from the outside.
"Mu Cang." Emperor Zhaocheng coughed lightly and walked 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 she has already worshipped heaven and earth, 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, and 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 emperor instead of the princess.
The eldest princess was not a status that could be seen everywhere.
On the contrary, only the emperor's sisters who were favored could receive this title, and the emperor and empress's legitimate daughters, usually only those who had made great contributions, would be given this title as an exception.
Yan Li is the emperor's daughter, not a sister, and she has been in Mu for four years, has not done much in Jin, and is young.
Going back to be the eldest princess at this time is obviously untenable.
So what is the queen's idea, her true thoughts are about to be revealed.
Mu Cang raised his eyes to the distant sky, 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 although she had the status of the Ninth Princess, no one could bully her.
But it was difficult to hold real power.
There is no precedent for a woman from Mu State to hold military power. Mu Cang's power is already 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 State, the situation will be completely different.
Queen Jiang will not be suspicious of her, but will constantly compensate 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 powerful person.
Not dependent on anyone, but strong on her own.
...
In the room, silence lasted for a long time.
Jiang Yi seemed to be considering how to start, and was silent for a long time before speaking: "I left Mu Kingdom five years ago, spent three years helping your father ascend the throne, and served as the queen for two 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 this, 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——"
"The queen doesn'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 killed by Jiang Yunming and Yunshi." 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 pain, 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 be punished for their cruel behavior!"
Yan Li turned her head and looked at the window again.
Jiang Yi closed his 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, such as eliminating dissidents, consolidating imperial power, policy reforms, improving the status of women, and taking power as the queen... All the hardships during this period are inhumane, and I don't want these efforts to go to waste."
"The status of women?" Yan Li turned to look at her, as if she didn't understand what she was talking about, "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 fought for through my own efforts." Jiang Yi shook his head and sneered, "Jin used to be an extremely pedantic and stubborn country, which is fully reflected in their attitude towards women."
"Women cannot easily step out of the inner house, and must obey men. Women have no right to study, and they are not even eligible for divorce."
"Men are glorious and prominent in their lives, visiting brothels, keeping mistresses, and being fickle, while women must stay at home and take care of the inner house."
"If men are not satisfied with their wives and daughters in public, they will scold them when they return home, but they do not resist at all. ”
“The high officials of Jin State like young girls, and the noble families are used to arranging marriages for girls when they are two or three years old. Concubines are at a disadvantage, so they are almost always sent out to the rich and powerful to be concubines or consorts in exchange for family interests when they are just over 20 years old.”
“If the wife does not give birth to a child, the husband can divorce her unconditionally, regardless of how much cold eyes, humiliation and pain she will face in the second half of her life after being divorced.”
“I became the queen of Jin State and hated it very much, but I was powerless in the early days. I could only give advice to the emperor and tell him that this was wrong. However, the emperor was also the foundation of the family. Once these decisions were opposed by most of the court officials, he lost the courage to continue to implement them. "
"One after another, I was extremely disappointed with him."
"Later, I felt that it was better to rely on oneself than on others. Women's fate could not be changed by these men. They would only oppress, humiliate and degrade women to the maximum extent, and they wanted to put chains around women's necks to tame them and make them work like cows and horses."
"So I planned step by step, took power into my own hands, and re-established the rules. In addition to normal wives and concubines, those who kept wives without the consent of the wife must be severely punished, so that those men We have to obey."
"If the husband is dissatisfied with his wife, he can discuss divorce with his wife. If he divorces his wife because she is not virtuous, he will be beaten with a stick three times and will never be allowed to serve as an official in the court."
"But I am a person with limited energy after all."
Speaking of this, Jiang Yi paused for a moment, his expression was strong and unwilling: "I have worked hard for so many years, and I really don't want to hand over power to men again. Once men are in power again, they will only let everything go back to square one, continue to oppress women, humiliate and degrade women. I have worked so hard and hard for so many years, but in the end it is still a bubble. I am unwilling to accept it!"
Yan Li's eyes flashed with emotion.
Probably in order to convince her faster and more accurately, Jiang Yi spoke quickly and urgently, all the key points, and almost no nonsense.
At this moment, no matter what her identity was, Yan Li couldn't help but admire the woman in front of her sincerely.
For so many years, the harems of various countries have been fighting for each other, and concubines have come and gone, whether alive or dead.
How many people have the courage and breadth of mind like Jiang Yi?
How many people have the courage to propose and take practical actions to fight for some rights that women under the tyranny of men should have?
Men won't, and women don't dare.
The system of male superiority and female inferiority in Jin is the most serious among the nine countries. Jiang Yi made such a reform in such a country. Just think about how much opposition and abuse he would encounter.
"Li'er, I want you to return to Jin to be the queen. I know you can do it." Jiang Yi's eyes fell on Yan Li's face, and his emotions calmed down slightly. "This is not only a little selfishness of me as a mother, but also a sincere desire to do something for the women of Jin, so that they will no longer live the kind of life without dignity as before."
Yan Li was silent for a moment: "How is your relationship with the emperor of Jin?"