Chapter 605: The Dilemma Caused by the Atmosphere

When the comfort of "it doesn't matter, it's just two death row prisoners, they have to die anyway, and it is their glory to die for His Highness" flowed into his ears, what kind of reaction should Chenguang make?

Whether those are death row inmates or not, whether those people are "going to die anyway" or not, Chenguang is a monster.

She's a monster.

Chenguang thought, it's really disgusting!

……

Early morning.

Phoenix Palace.

The palace people came in and out, and there were many more people in the orderly, and there was a very pleasant smell in the air.

Luo Song came for the ninth time and returned disappointed, and Gu Yao had also been here before that.

Si Shi sent the borscht away, turned around and returned to the front of the dormitory, Si Qi was watering the flowers in the courtyard, His Royal Highness didn't wake up, Si Qi had nothing to do, so he had to water the flowers every day.

"Gone?"

"Gone." Si Shi replied, "Lord Luo seems to be in a hurry. ”

Si Qi didn't speak.

His Royal Highness has been asleep for seven days, she has never been in a coma for so long, and she has never woken up once, at first Huo Wu was worried, and she checked every once in a while, and the imperial doctor had been on standby in the dormitory, and later they found out that Her Royal Highness was just asleep, and Huo Wu was worried that His Royal Highness would be upset because of their big disturbances after waking up, so she calmed down, and she did what she usually did, and peace was restored in the Phoenix Palace.

His Royal Highness did not fall into a coma that night, but dragged on until the morning when she was physically exhausted, although Si Qi was calm on the surface, in fact, she was worried every moment.

Si Ba suddenly walked out of the dormitory and smiled: "Your Highness is awake, I'll go and order the dining room." She said as she walked out.

Si Qi and Si Shi were full of joy, and when they entered the dormitory, the morning light had already risen, the scars on their skin were almost better, and their little faces were also red, and they were still in good spirits.

Fire Dance was serving Chenguang and getting dressed, when he saw Si Qi coming in, he commanded:

"Get ready to bathe."

Si Qi responded with a smile and hurried to prepare.

"Borscht is here?" Chenguang asked Si Ten.

"Lord Luo came to ask nine times, and Master Gu came three times."

"Tell the two of them to come to the Dawn Palace in the afternoon."

"Yes." Si Shiying got down, turned around and went out, and called someone to give orders.

……

Afternoon.

Palace of Dawn.

Chenguang knelt in front of the phoenix case, supported his cheek with one hand, and looked at the music presented to her by Luo Song.

Luo Song knelt opposite her from a distance, peeked at her, and saw that she looked fine, and was relieved.

God knows how worried he and Lao Gu are these days, at this juncture, Lord Feng is seriously ill, which is fatal to Feng Yingguo, if His Royal Highness doesn't get up again, he and Lao Gu are planning to break into the palace!

Chenguang raised his hand and rubbed it under his lips.

Fortunately, His Highness was not angry, Luo Song's heart was a little more steady, he was really worried that His Highness would be angry about the sudden appearance of such a case.

Chenguang read the recital presented by the borscht.

There are two copies of the cantata, and it is okay to say that there is a connection, and it is okay to say that there is no connection.

The first book is the number of newborn children in the Feng Ming Kingdom reported from all over the world in the new year.

The population of the Phoenix Kingdom is too small, which is a serious problem for countries that need population to build military power. The number of newborn children in the country of Feng Ming has been declining year after year since the re-establishment of the country of Feng Ying, and the war has prevented many people from getting married and having children, and the difficulty of life after the war is also the reason for the low number of newborn children, and then there is poverty, disease and death, in addition to these, there is a more bloody reason, that is, murder.

This murder is the content of the second book of Luo Zhtson, in the people, female infanticide has become a custom, the poorer the place the more such cases, the more serious the atmosphere, even to the point that the people do not raise officials and do not prosecute, even if the people report to the officials, if the local parents and officials approve of this atmosphere, it will be regarded as a family matter, will not interfere.

When it comes to female infanticide, it has a long history, usually in poor rural areas, because farmers depend on farming for their livelihood, which requires young labour, which refers to men. The more labor, the better, the more men, the more prosperous the family, in this case, the baby girl who will take a dowry from her mother's family in the future will be killed. This is more likely to happen in homes that do not have the means to feed too many children, and in many homes even the women in the family agree with this practice, and they voluntarily kill newborn baby girls.

When there are too many such things to form a trend, and this kind of atmosphere is rooted in people's hearts, it will become not because poverty cannot afford to kill female babies, but into a deep-rooted concept, and families with groups of men will be envied, and those who have given birth to girls will feel ashamed, and they will be ridiculed, and they will not be able to raise their heads outside. The mother will feel honored when she gives birth to a son, and once she gives birth to a daughter, she will feel embarrassed, and at that time, female infanticide will become a common thing, and it will even change into a family honor and killing.

It's not that they can't afford to raise the best, but to kill people for the sake of face, they won't pay attention to the surplus of men and the scarcity of women to the point where the children will have children in the end, and whether the country will eventually perish on its own because of the sudden decline in population.

There was such a case in Jiangqin County.

A family with a good family background has a few acres of land, and there is business, and it is not a problem to support a few children, but it is such a family that is vicious and fierce.

The new daughter-in-law finally gave birth to a little girl two days after childbirth, and she was drowned by her mother-in-law just after she was born, and the child's mother didn't even see her daughter's face.

Because of the local trend of drowning female babies, it is common for mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to commit crimes together, and the mother-in-law thought that she would accept it, and she did not hide it from her, only saying that the child had drowned and buried, so that she could raise her body and have another child.

However, this daughter-in-law is different from other daughters-in-law, she can't accept it, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have a quarrel, although the whole family is persuading, and the neighbors are persuading peace, but this daughter-in-law just doesn't follow, in the last quarrel, the woman was sent to the yamen by her husband because she killed her mother-in-law in anger, and was sentenced to behead for homicide.

The woman's mother had no way to file a complaint, and finally was guided to go to Beijing to sue the royal court, and stopped Luo Song's sedan chair in Pipa Lane.

Chenguang stared at the music for a while, raised his eyes, and said to Borscht:

"There is a note next to the crime of homicide in the "Law of the Phoenix Dynasty", saying that infanticide is not homicide?"

Luo Song was stunned for a moment and replied, "No." ”

"Then this is homicide, as long as what the woman said is true, there is nothing wrong with killing people, she just did what a mother should do, but the local government convicted her without detailed investigation, which is dereliction of duty. Send someone to re-investigate, and if this kind of thing happens again in the future, the government will not deal with it on the grounds of 'family affairs', and the government will be complicit in the murderer. ”

After a pause, Chenguang added: "In order to avoid unjust and wrongful convictions from harming people's lives, all cases of the death penalty in the future will be reported to the Imperial Authority Division for review before execution." ”

"Yes." Luo Song replied with a serious expression.

Chenguang waved his hand, Luo Song retreated, and then Gu Yao went to the hall, bringing Chai Shao'an, who he hadn't seen for a long time.