"Why did Wu Lang have to bring this up at this particular moment?"
During the latter half of the meeting, everyone put their heads together and imagined dozens of possible problems that might crop up during the pilot program. For instance, a woman's first child might be a daughter without any aptitude, and her in-laws might pressure her to get pregnant again as soon as possible; her husband might refuse to cooperate and subject her to physical or psychological coercion; commoners might be ignorant and deliberately misinterpret and spread malicious rumors about the policy; troublemakers might exploit the situation to force women into illicit transactions; or criminals might take advantage of the fact that a woman could not become pregnant and leave no evidence, then harm her further...
Shen Tang carefully recorded every possibility.
The smug little expression on her face gradually gave way to a troubled one.
Before they knew it, more than an hour had passed.
They had filled several bamboo slips.
Shen Tang rubbed the stiff, tense muscles around her shoulders and said, "Let's leave it at that for now. We can discuss the rest later."
The others gradually filed out, until only Shen Tang and Chu Yao remained.
Gu Chi had been there too.
But Chu Yao refused to move. Gu Chi watched him several times, but in the end still got up from his cushion. Chu Wu Hui's posture made it clear he wanted a private talk with their lord, and Gu Chi didn't have the stamina to wait around.
"Why did Wu Lang bring this up at this particular moment?"
Shen Tang paused as she lowered her head to look over the notes on the bamboo slips, then sighed. "It didn't have to be this moment. I was just going with the flow. Wuhui,