Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 1240 - 1246: Leaving the Mansion (3)

Chapter 1240: Chapter 1246: Leaving the Mansion (3)

Cai Wei, indignant, said, "Are you also planning to bury alive some innocent lives, just like our ancestors did before us? If that’s the case, why even bother setting up Nursing Homes for me? Wouldn’t it be better to just open a slaughterhouse directly?"

Upon seeing Cai Wei’s urgency, Nangong Yi hurriedly put down his cup and took her onto his lap, saying, "Look at you, getting all upset before I have even finished speaking. Getting antsy like this is no good; it’s a bad habit that you need to change!"

Cai Wei remained in high dudgeon and said, "Don’t give me these useless excuses. Just tell me, are you going to release them or not?"

Nangong Yi gave her bottom a playful slap and teased, "What do you think this is, passing gas? To say ’release’ and it’s done? This involves releasing people, something unprecedented in all the dynasties. I must at least discuss it with the ministers. Moreover, these palace maidens know too many secrets of the palace. What if they start talking recklessly once they leave?"

Cai Wei said, "When the palace maidens entered the palace, they all thought their lives were confined to the Deep Palace forever. Now that they can be let out, they will feel as if they’ve been reborn. They’ll be too grateful to gossip. If you’re worried about them talking, just warn them sternly before they leave the palace. I believe no one will talk recklessly then. Besides, even if they do, it’s no big deal. We could just think of it as contributing gossip for the common people to enjoy. What’s the harm in that!"

Nangong Yi shook his head and sighed, "I really don’t know where all these ideas of yours come from. They’re just servants; why do you worry so much about them?"

Cai Wei looked into Nangong Yi’s eyes and earnestly said, "Palace maids are people too, just like us; they were born of their parents after ten months of pregnancy. They have feelings, they experience joy and anger, and they are individuals with independent thoughts. So, in my heart, they are equal to us!"

"I don’t ask you to treat them as equals, but I truly feel that confining them to the palace for life is not right. Rather than having them die old in the palace, better to release them when they reach a certain age. Then, they can enjoy marrying, having children, and the joy of raising a family, like other women do. It would prevent people from being terrified at the mention of talent selection, hastily marrying off their daughters. Who knows how many good women in the world have ended up marrying beasts, leading a life of misery, just to avoid the talent selections. Of course, those selected into the palace are a hundred times more miserable; entering the palace young, never to see their parents again, either dying young or living a wretched old life. In the end, they can’t even be laid to rest properly. I just can’t bear it. At least give them a glimmer of hope..."

At this point, Cai Wei’s eyes reddened. Her heart truly ached for those poor palace maidens.

Glancing at Nangong Yi, she continued, "I know you have your difficulties, but I still hope you can agree to give these palace maidens some hope. I believe the entire world’s people will be grateful to you for it!"

Seeing her eyes well up, like a pitiful little rabbit, how could Nangong Yi bear to refuse? He raised his hand and wiped away the tears brimming from Cai Wei’s sentimental eyes, and said, "Alright, at the Early Morning Assembly tomorrow, I will discuss this matter with the ministers. I will make sure your heart’s desire is fulfilled!"

Upon hearing this, Cai Wei’s tears turned into laughter. She joyfully hugged Nangong Yi’s neck and cooed, "Yi, you truly are a compassionate ruler who feels for the people. On behalf of the daughters of all the poor families in the world, I thank you!"

Nangong Yi snorted and said, "There’s no need to thank me. Just don’t you start crying at the drop of a hat, looking like a rabbit, it’s utterly hideous!"

Cai Wei knew that he could not stand to see her cry, that he felt pained for her, so she obediently nestled into his chest and sweetly said, "Mmh, as long as you agree to release these palace maidens and issue a decree to abolish the funerary burial system, from now on, I promise not to shed a single tear!"