'A criminal being paraded around prior to the execution?'
'This is a sick custom...'
Xiao Yue craned her head outside of the window to see more clearly. Indeed, she saw a lot of people crowding at each side of the main street while a cart pulled by two horses very slowly moved ahead. The criminal must be on the cart, but Xiao Yue could not see further.
"Can we not stop them? It is a horrible thing to do!" she exclaimed.
The guard momentarily gaped at Xiao Yue, not understanding why the madam would be against such activity.
"This... Third Madam, this cannot be done. The tradition to parade the criminal before execution had persisted for hundreds of years."
Xiao Yue pursed her lips.
In her opinion, the guard was just a coward who hid behind the so-called tradition to justify his unwillingness to spare the poor criminal the unnecessary humiliation.
The young woman huffed in anger.
