"May I ask Princess Anning, how does it feel to step over your husband’s corpse to rise to power?" Shie Hengzhang sneered, "Princess Anning truly has the face, killing her own husband and still dare to roam around. By this account, this woman is inherently unvirtuous."

"No wonder... no wonder you would betray your husband without hesitation, calling you a venomous woman isn’t too much."

Shie Hengzhang spoke with more vigor: "If it weren’t for the leniency of Great Zhou’s laws, in previous dynasties, such a venomous woman would have long been drowned in a pig cage."

"Everyone, I say that such a venomous woman should not be granted the title of County Master. Now that this affair is known among all the women in the world, will there be repeated incidents of women betraying their husbands to rise in status? This is not a good beginning; it is likely to lead the women of the world to bad imitation."

"I truly hope that everyone can unite and petition the Emperor to retract this venomous woman’s title of County Master, so that the women of the world will not see the benefit and all do likewise, committing such acts of great disobedience."

Shie Hengzhang spoke with his face flushed, his eyes longing to tear Qiann Yan to pieces.

Ashui’s face was grim; if Qiann Yan hadn’t stopped him, he might have already gone up to beat the other person up, tear apart their mouth, and break their teeth.

"Indeed, Scholar Shie makes a valid point."

"If all women follow her example, how can life be lived?"

"This truly won’t do, she cannot become County Master."

"Women should naturally stay properly in the inner chamber, with her setting such a precedent, the women in the inner chamber might become restless, isn’t this going to cause chaos in the world?"

Ashui glances at Qiann Yan, seeing her face calm, for a moment unable to discern whether she is angry or not.

Regardless of whether she is angry, he is very much upset.

There are some pedantic scholars who are very annoying. Spouting morality and virtues, they are merely jealous inside, afraid that women are stronger than them, unable to control them, hence banding together to clip their wings.

Clearly doing disgusting things, yet they claim themselves as saints, really wanting to peel off that layer of hypocritical skin.

"As everyone knows, there are many flower thieves in Great Zhou, and all of these flower thieves are men." Qiann Yan spoke up, "If you say so, men carry something that easily commits crime, isn’t it better for them all to be plucked? That way there won’t be any flower thieves appearing."

Shie Hengzhang exasperated: "Nonsense, vulgar words, to think you are of noble birth, simply brings shame to women."

"Your speech is very bothersome, to prevent it from sullying others’ ears, it’s better to have your tongue plucked; this is called once and for all, isn’t it?" Qiann Yan continued.

Shie Hengzhang pointed at Qiann Yan, trembling: "A woman’s sophistry."

"Returning to the matter, you say I am a venomous woman, betrayed my husband, and should not be granted the title of County Master, correct?"

"Yes," Shie Hengzhang said loudly, "You are so vicious-hearted, you set a bad example for the women in the world, not being punished is already good for you, yet you were granted a County Master title, I do not accept."

"Your point is, regardless of what a woman’s husband has done, women cannot oppose, correct?"

Shie Hengzhang: "As everyone knows, women take their husbands as heaven, the husband is your heaven, if you oppose, it is a mistake."

"Such a pedantic scholar, so according to you, even if this man is like Jing Lingyu, a traitor colluding with the enemy and selling out the country, women still cannot report him for the sake of their nation, to stop him." Qiann Yan said calmly, "Ashui, seize this person, I suspect him to be a Chen Country spy sent to disrupt and provoke conflict."