If it were anyone else, he would have been yelled at for disturbing the lobby, but he was Wen Songzhi, a special being, so everyone would not care about him.
Tang Xingde and the presiding officers on his left and right whispered to each other, and then ordered someone to bring Chen Sun a chair with a hanging lamp.
Originally, if a pregnant woman had to sit, it was natural to sit on a Taishi chair with armrests. Now everyone sitting in the auditorium was sitting on a Taishi chair, and even Shen Can sat in an armchair with round armrests.
Taishi chairs are popular nowadays because they are luxurious and stable, but they are inevitably bulky and unsophisticated. Arm chairs were popular in the previous dynasties, and nowadays they are often placed in living rooms or lobbies to highlight those with high status.
As a commoner, Chen Sun was not qualified to sit on an armchair on such a solemn occasion, and the official hat chair was not used, so it was the most ordinary armchair.
Fortunately, for Wen Songzhi's sake, he was not given a small stool.
Mrs. Chen Sun was already very grateful. Her due date was just a few days ago, and it had already been a few days, which made her a little overwhelmed.
Mrs. Chen Sun thanked her and sat down with her hands on her waist.
Wen Songzhi then said: "Auntie, I'm right outside. You can relax and don't be nervous. I'm here with you."
Chen Sun thanked him, and Wen Songzhi made a bow again, then went out with a smile, dragging Shen Mingtang to the yard outside the lobby, and stood under the wall.
Immediately, the winking guard brought two chairs.
Shen Mingtang smiled and said, "You are really fooling around. Have you discussed this with Mingzhu?"
Wen Songzhi has become accustomed to his brother always looking at his sister's eyes. After all, the fixed star brother has to look at her eyes and act.
He got used to it.
"If she doesn't agree, what can I do?"
Wen Songzhi smiled and said, "Then Mrs. Chen Sun was protected by her people. Now she is out of the lobby. If she is not protected, if the Liu family lets her use a nail bed again, will she still be alive?"
At that time, Emperor Taizong had a law that stipulated that people who jumped over the rank to sue officials and slaves to sue their masters had to roll on a bed of nails. First, they rolled on a wooden bed covered with iron nails, and the skin and flesh were torn open and dripping with blood. This showed that there was a great power Determination and great grievances will only be dealt with by the government.
However, later emperors thought this torture was too cruel and abandoned it over time.
The direct trigger at that time was a sixteen-year-old rich lady suing her father's boss for her parents and brothers. Because she had jumped up the ladder to file a lawsuit, she had to roll a nail board bed in the street.
Who would have thought that her delicate body and pretty face would have a bad temper. She rolled over in a daze, and although her skin was bruised, she didn't say a word.
Only later did the government accept the case, and in the end it was a trial by the three departments. The emperor personally issued a written order and closed the case. The bosses who were seeking wealth and murder, as well as the local officials who were corrupt, accepted bribes and shielded each other, were killed and exiled. The exile, the confiscation of the house...
The wealthy lady finally avenged her grievances.
Later, some evildoers arranged it in unofficial history that the wealthy lady married a certain prince, and the torture of rolling on a bed of nails was also cancelled.
The wealthy lady later became a queen. Her mother-in-law was courteous to the world, benevolent and virtuous, and was deeply loved by the people. They all affectionately called her the Queen of Complaints.
But abandoning torture does not mean that it will not be used.
