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Chapter 244 Domestic Violence Becomes a Criminal Crime
Princess Xuan, who had fled to Wuwei after being bothered by Consort Qin, waved to Tang Zhao from afar as he saw her smiling face.

Tang Zhao jogged over, "Mother!"

Princess Xuan was infected by Tang Zhao's joy and energy, and couldn't help but smile. While tidying Tang Zhao's hair, she asked, "Zhao Zhao, did you close another big deal?"

Tang Zhao made a peace sign with his hand, "Two hundred bottles of floral dew!"

Princess Xuan was surprised. She knew the price of the flower dew. She hadn't been willing to use the flower dew that Zhao Zhao had given her as a filial gift. As a result, it was accidentally smashed by Consort Qin. Princess Xuan felt upset whenever she thought about it.

"Whoever upsets Mother Consort, tell Zhao Zhao," Tang Zhao rolled up her sleeves, "I'll beat them to a pulp."

Princess Xuan smiled enigmatically, "Your father."

Tang Zhao:. . . . . .

Forget it, with her current skills, she's no match for Prince Xuan.

"My father has been in the military camp the whole time. How could he have angered you?"

There was simply no time to commit the crime!
"Consort Qin has taken a liking to the eldest son of the Shen family and insisted that I go and mediate. Your father actually agreed," Princess Xuan said, finding it unbelievable. "Consort Qin is brainless, and your father is just as foolish."

Tang Zhao: That's outrageous.

It should be noted that in the Northwest, the Shen family's status and power have surpassed that of the Meng family, second only to the Xuanwang Mansion.

The eldest son of the Shen family, Shen Jiawen, is famous for his talent in both literature and martial arts. He is only in his twenties and has already become the Junior Magistrate of Wuwei City. His future is limitless.

No wonder Consort Qin had designs on a man like that.

It wasn't that Tang Zhao valued legitimate children over illegitimate ones and belittled Gu Fu; it was simply that the two were of vastly different social statuses.

Even Gu Xuan, the legitimate daughter, was not granted the title of county princess, let alone Gu Fu.

In other words, Gu Fu was merely a young lady from the Prince's mansion.

They were of a high rank, lacking a proper title; yet, they were still members of the royal family, making their status extremely awkward.

Princess Xuan was also worried about this. If Gu Fu had a proper title of Lady of the County, she wouldn't have been beaten out when she went to the Shen family to mediate.

Tang Zhao looked at Princess Xuan with sympathy; being the mistress of the house was no easy task.

"Your father told me to take Gu Fu's marriage seriously," Princess Xuan said with a cold laugh, no longer wanting to pretend in front of her daughter-in-law. "I have taken it seriously, but Consort Qin is not satisfied with any of the men I've chosen. What can I do?"

Tang Zhao sighed.

“Xuan’er is a year older than Gu Fu, and she’s nineteen now. I’m not worried at all, so I don’t know what Consort Qin is so anxious about!”

Tang Zhao felt that Princess Xuan's words were a bit bullying. Gu Xuan was not in a hurry. First, her status and position were what they were, and second, Gu Xuan had already transformed and looked like a normal person. She had many suitors in the military camp, including many young men from good families.

Gu Fu stayed in the inner courtyard and had no opportunity to contact the outside world.

Consort Qin must be regretting not letting Gu Fu join the army back then.

Tang Zhao guessed correctly; Consort Qin regretted it. She didn't know what was wrong with this world. In the past, women would be pointed at and gossiped about if they showed their faces in public, but now they were being praised.

Looking at the free clinic stalls all over Wuwei City, Consort Qin felt even more nauseous, recalling the proud and boastful look on Madam Shen's face when she mentioned Gu Xuan and Miss Shen.

"Go home!"

Gu Fu silently lowered the carriage curtain, feeling utterly dejected.

At the free clinic booth, Gu Xuan was stitching up a woman with a bleeding head wound, while indignantly cursing the man in the corner.

Because of the soldiers guarding the surrounding area, the man dared not glare at Gu Xuan, but could only glare fiercely at the woman.

Seeing this, the woman was even more terrified and burst into tears. "If you glare at me again, I'll gouge your eyes out!" Gu Xuan finished stitching the last stitch, put away her tools, and stepped forward to yell, "Look what you've done to her! If it weren't for us, she probably would have bled to death!"

The man shrank back, but stubbornly retorted, "It's only natural for a husband to hit his wife. Who told her to talk to other men? That's seduction, oh dear!"

The man was kicked away by Gu Xuan.

"Pah! If a woman talking to a man is considered seduction, then am I seducing you by talking to you right now?!"

Gu Xuan grew angrier as she spoke, chasing after the man and hitting him. "I'm not only talking to you, I'm hitting you too! Why don't you fight back? To put it bluntly, you're just a coward who bullies the weak and fears the strong!"

The man, his face bruised and swollen, fled in terror, while Shen Jiawen, who had been watching the spectacle for a long time, was overjoyed. Only after Gu Xuan had finished beating him did she step forward and grab the man.

The man looked terrified. "Why are you arresting me, sir?"

"You are suspected of intentional assault, and I hereby formally arrest you!"

The man panicked and hurriedly explained, "Sir, I hit my own wife, not someone else! Auntie, Auntie, please say something."

The woman called Yao Niang nodded, crying, "I am his wife!"

"My lord," the man said smugly, "I just went a little too far this time. I won't do it again!"

"According to the laws of Chongqing, the punishment for intentional assault is thirty strokes of the cane and six months of imprisonment for mining, and it has nothing to do with whether the person you beat is your wife!"

The man was taken aback.

Shen Jiawen explained, "In other words, even if the person who gets hit is your wife, you will still be punished!"

"It's not fair! This isn't fair!" the man cried out in terror. "Why are other people not punished for hitting their wives, but only me?"

"In the past, domestic violence was ignored by officials unless reported by the public. But now, Her Highness has amended the law, and all cases of domestic violence will be punished according to the law!"

"Good!" Gu Xuan shouted, "That's how it should be!"

"My lord, my lord, I was wrong! Please forgive me this time, my lord! I will never do it again, my lord!"

The man's desperate pleas for mercy echoed through the street, and no one dared to speak.

"You all heard it just now. I don't care what happened before, but from now on, anyone who lays a hand on another person will be dealt with according to the laws of Da Yu!"

The young woman burst into tears, feeling as if the sky that had been pressing down on her head had finally cleared.

But she was also very worried about how she would live her life from now on.
Gu Xuan tossed her handkerchief to her aunt, "There's so much work to do in Wuwei City, can't you even support yourself?"

The young woman shook her head. She was afraid that her mother-in-law and father-in-law would come and make trouble. It was always like that. No matter where she found work, her parents-in-law would come to the shop and make trouble until the shop kicked her out.

Gu Xuan was furious upon hearing this, fearing that her younger sister would leave their control. She angrily said, "You come with me to the military camp, and I will teach you medicine. I don't believe your mother-in-law and father-in-law would dare to cause trouble at the Northwest Army's garrison!"

The young woman's eyes lit up, and she was about to kneel down and kowtow.

Gu Xuan pulled her aside with disdain and pointed to the basin of water next to her, telling her to wash her face.

After the two finished speaking, Shen Jiawen said gently, "Miss Gu Qi."

Gu Xuan said casually, "Lord Shen hasn't left yet!"

Shen Jiawen's smile grew even more captivating. "I wonder if Miss Gu Qi has some free time? I am..."

"No, I'm incredibly busy!" Gu Xuan was furious that Tang Zhao required her to conduct free clinics every three days. She was already very busy, and Tang Zhao was still giving her extra work!

Shen Jiawen's smile froze on her face.

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