Ashlynn smiled as she listened to Lady Ragna working through her answer. Around the room, she could already see several noble ladies sitting up straighter as they processed what Ragna's conclusion meant for not only their families, but for them personally.
Ashlynn had already given women the right to choose their partners in marriage. She'd further declared that women were able to inherit, though it was less clear what that meant now that titles couldn't be passed from parent to child. It was clear, however, that the empresses intended to allow women like Lady Tosha and Dame Sybyll to rule their lands directly.
Now, Lady Ragna's words struck a spark before the eyes of the realm's women and in a few of those gazes, the flames of genuine ambition had been ignited.
