April is the season of fruit harvest. Fujian sent fresh fruits such as mango, pineapple, and loquat. However, because the distance is long and difficult to transport, and Yuxi and Yunqing are not appetites, the amount is not much.
Originally there were not many, and these fruits still had to be rewarded, and there was not much left in the palace.
Looking at the mangoes and pineapples that were delivered, no loquats were seen. Shu Meng asked the little boy who delivered the items: "I heard that a batch of loquats were tributed below?"
The woman smiled and said: "The princess likes to eat loquats the most, so the queen mother ordered to come down and let the slaves send all the loquats to Zhanghua Palace."
Shumeng's complexion sank.
The mother-in-law smiled a few words, and quickly stepped back. But after returning, she reported the matter to Mother Qu.
Tan Aoshuang saw the cut pineapple brought in by Shu Meng, and asked in surprise, "Why is there no loquat?" Tan Aoshuang likes loquats very much. When she was in Tan's family, she would eat them every day when they were ripe. However, eating a small bowl every day will not eat a lot.
Shu Meng said: "The princess, the loquat empress and empress who gave the tribute are all given to the princess."
Tan Aoshuang didn't care, and said, "The eldest sister is pregnant, and it's normal for the queen to think about her first."
Shu Meng said uncomfortably: "Prince princess, loquat is a trivial matter. But the princess has never seen a married girl who returns to her natal house for delivery. This is too unruly. She also said that the empress and empress are very rules. , It's all nonsense." When she said this, she lowered her voice.
Tan Aoshuang also felt that Yuxi did things as he pleased, not as heavy as the rules spread by the outside world. However, it is one thing to think in my heart, and another to say it: "Forget it this time, I'm going to say I will take you back to Tan's house next time." I don't have to stay in the palace and provoke her without a word.
Shu Meng hurriedly lowered his head and dared not say more.
After having dinner this day, Yuxi said to Tan Aoshuang, "Let me go to the garden for a walk."
Tan Aoshuang's heart jumped, but she still lowered her eyebrows and said pleasingly: "Yes, mother queen."
The imperial garden in April is so beautiful. However, Tan Aoshuang had no mood to watch at this moment. Yuxi didn't say a word when I walked out of Kunning Palace until here. It made her feel uneasy.
When he came to the huge sweet-scented osmanthus tree, Yuxi stopped and asked faintly: "I heard that I gave all the loquats to the jujubes and not sent them to Fuqing Palace. You are very dissatisfied."
Tan Aoshuang's complexion changed drastically.
Without waiting for her to explain, Yuxi said, "I know you are not such a stingy person." If Tan Aoshuang's heart is so small, she wouldn't like it.
Tan Aoshuang's heart was slightly loose, but Yuxi's words quickly raised her heart.
Yuxi said indifferently: "However, I know you have a lot of criticisms about the date that dates go to the palace for delivery. Even if the whole family eats together, you feel that it is not compliant." All of these Yuxi were in sight, but she never did. Say. She wanted to see when Tan Aoshuang would object to her. It's a pity that I haven't waited so long. I have to say that Tan Aoshuang's endurance is good. In other words, Tan Tuo taught very successfully.
"Daughter-in-law..." But against Yuxi's insightful eyes, Tan Aoshuang couldn't say anything he could argue.
Yuxi said, "You are familiar with the Fourth Women's Book, do you agree with what is written in the Fourth Women's Book?"
Tan Aoshuang didn't know what medicine was sold in Yuxi's gourd. After thinking for a while, he said, "The Four Female Books were passed down the year before, and they have their own merits."
Yuxi smiled and said: "The seven chapters of "The Ring of Women", humble, married, cautious, womanly, attentive, Qu Cong, and uncles. Humble refers to the fact that women are not born on the same level as men; Women regard their husbands as their heaven, and they must serve respectfully and cautiously..."
Tan Aoshuang didn't expect that Yuxi would also be familiar with the female ring.
Yuxi said: "Concentrate, emphasizing that a virgin does not marry a second husband, and a man can remarry if his wife dies, and a woman can never remarry if a woman dies. In Ban Zhao's mind, it is unnatural and unreasonable for a woman to go to court. It is said that those women whose husbands die and remarry are unforgivable. If this is the case, those widows who have died after the war can only hold the tablet, even if they can't live with their children to die, they cannot remarry. That adulthood Men and soldiers who have been disarmed and returned to the fields cannot marry the eldest daughter of the Huang family, so they can only die alone."
The previous dynasty will select some women who will not remarry after their husbands die as examples, and give them a chastity memorial. This thing has been cancelled by Yuxi.
Tan Aoshuang was stunned when she heard it. She felt that Yuxi was wrong, but she didn't know how to refute it. After returning to his senses, Tan Aoshuang lowered his head and repeated the sentence just now: "The queen mother, the female ring has her own merits for thousands of years."
"Well, you are right, there are indeed merits. However, it is more of dross." The female ring, to be precise, the Fourth Female Book, is the shackles used by men to enslave women. However, Yuxi didn't continue this topic with Tan Aoshuang, and instead chatted about the marriage of the triplets. Yuxi meant to let her help.
As the eldest wife, this is also her responsibility, Tan Aoshuang agreed.
Back at Fuqing Palace, Tan Aoshuang sat in a chair. I have to say that what Yuxi said today had a great impact on her.
When Qi Hao returned, she saw Tan Aoshuang frowning, looking very tangled.
Sitting next to Tan Aoshuang, Qi Hao smiled and asked, "My brows are so frowning that they can trap flies. What's the trouble?"
Tan Aoshuang thought for a while, and told Qi Hao what Yuxi had said to her today: "Husband, do you also think female ring is bad?"
Qi Hao said: "After the father and mother calmed down the world, the population was only 30% of the population before the war. Among this group of people, widows accounted for one quarter. I am afraid it was not in Liangcheng before the Lien Chan chaos.” This is also the reason why the court encourages widows to marry again.
It is normal for Tan Aoshuang, a back house girl, to not understand these things. But as long as she is willing to learn and then change something, Qi Hao thinks it's okay.
"It turned out to be like this." Tan Tuo would report the mansion to Tan Aoshuang and help her resolve her confusion. But Tan Tuo recognized the point of view that men are superior to women and naturally would not guide her in this regard.
Qi Hao smiled and said, "Mother telling you this must be of ulterior motives. You should learn from her." As long as his wife can have half the wisdom and open-mindedness of her mother, he will be satisfied.
Two days later, Yuxi took Tan Aoshuang out.
Tan Aoshuang was uneasy, got into the carriage and asked, "Queen, where are we going?"
"Take you to see what kind of life folk women live." Letting her know the living environment of folk women may be able to change her inherent thinking.
Yuxi first took Tan Aoshuang to an alley. Tan Aoshuang was puzzled, and suddenly heard a pleading sound from a distance.
Turning the corner, Tan Aoshuang saw a sloppy man beating a woman. The woman was beaten with a blue nose and a swollen face, and her mouth was bleeding. She still held the man's leg and said, "This is Shuang'er's medicine money. You will die if you take Shuang'er away."
The man kicked the woman to the ground. Seeing the woman got up, he wanted to hold her leg, and cursed: "If you dare to block my way, I will throw the money-losing goods into the moat."
The woman was too scared to move, and the man quickly disappeared in the alley with the money.
Tan Aoshuang couldn't bear it, she walked over and took off a twisted gold bracelet from her hand to the woman: "The child's condition can't be delayed. I will soon take the child to the hospital to get medicine." She went out without silver, and took the ring and other accessories. Down. Only the table was covered by a sleeve, so it was not taken down.
The woman was stunned, and then quickly took the gold bracelet and knocked Tan Aoshuang three heads firmly: "Thank you for the great kindness of the girl." Tan Aoshuang was not very young, and she didn't wear the woman's bun, so she was caught I think it's a girl.
When the woman finished speaking, she got up and went home, carrying the child on her back to the hospital.
Yuxi returned to the carriage and leaned on the pillow and said, "This woman's name is Yao, and her husband eats, drinks, and gambling. The Shuang'er mentioned earlier is her fourth child, who is only four years old this year."
Tan Aoshuang was stunned: "How can a man with so many children live like this?"
Yuxi smiled, her smile didn't make a hint of warmth: "The first three children were all sold by the man. The second and oldest girl was sold into the building by him, and the third was a son who was sold to a big family. I went. The money I sold was gambled by the man who was a prostitute."
Tan Aoshuang's eyes widened.
Yuxi asked: "If you were replaced by you, and the man sold his child and sold his daughter in the building, what would happen to you?"
Tan Aoshuang has never thought about this problem, but her children are the mother's heart, and she will definitely do her best to protect her child: "I will definitely fight with him to protect the child."
A touch of relief flashed in Yuxi's eyes and said, "But this woman knew that her husband had sold the child to the building. She did nothing except cry for her life and the child's life. You are now giving the bracelet to save the little girl. After two or three years, the child will repeat the fate of her two sisters and be sold to the building." For the child, such death is a relief.
Tan Aoshuang's face was a little pale, and after a while, she couldn't help but: "Mother, why don't we help them?" In fact, what she wanted to say was why Yuxi didn't help her.
Yuxi shook her head and said, "Help? How to help? In her heart, her husband is heaven, she can only obey and can't resist." It is said that it is strong to be a mother, and the child born in October is not even dared to be sold to a dirty place. Revolt. For such a person, Yuxi didn't bother to help.
Thinking of what Yuxi said to her two days ago, Tan Aoshuang understood: "We can help that kid."
Yuxi said with a hum, "But there are tens of millions of children with such a destiny. You can save one but not all of them."
Tan Aoshuang was very smart, and immediately understood what Yuxi meant: "What do you mean, empress, that woman was poisoned by the Fourth Female Book?" But she felt that it had nothing to do with female ring. It's entirely because this woman is too weak, that's why she fell into such a tragic situation.
Yuxi didn't speak, but said, "You have to think about this by yourself."