The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

The remarks made by the New South Lord and Jun Yuexin made many men feel a chill on their backs.

But as long as those present were not fools, they could quickly react and realize that there must be something wrong with these "men" mentioned by the New South Lord.

It's a pity that Jun Yuexin, who has always been arrogant and conceited, would never take the initiative to answer their questions. As for An Guohou... this old fox always just happily joins in the fun and is unwilling to take the initiative to bring up the topic.

There was no other way. The Minister of Rites looked around and saw that his colleagues all had stern faces and acted as if they were trying to protect themselves. He cleared his throat and said, "Your Majesty, may I ask this new ruler of the South a question?"

"Okay." The emperor really couldn't help wanting it. He subconsciously tried to find Xie Ruizhen's hand, but after quietly moving it, he only touched the cold dragon head carving. Then he realized that the couple had sat separately today just to cram their daughter and her set of small table and chairs in the middle.

He lowered his head to look at Lu Weiyuan, whose eyes were shining. The latter noticed his father's gaze and looked up at him: "Father, hug me."

The little girl, not caring at all about the occasion, stretched out her hands to the emperor, and the emperor placed his daughter on his lap in front of everyone's nonchalant gazes.

Xie Yuzhen, who was standing by, couldn't help but nod his head - his daughter and the emperor's throne were indeed a perfect match.

Below this family, the Minister of Rites had already begun his own question: "Excuse me, Lord, how do the common people in Xinnan make a living? Is there a place for farming and raising livestock..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he asked some serious questions, which made some people who originally wanted to have fun a little dissatisfied. However, since the Minister of Rites had been able to survive under a crazy emperor and a queen whose ambition was written all over her face, by replacing his pedantic boss, he was naturally very considerate of his superiors' wishes.

After asking the Lord of New South about domestic affairs on behalf of everyone, he coughed twice and changed the subject: "The Lord of New South is that, ahem, a homosexual?"

Oh my god!

The Minister of Rites asked such an unceremonious and gossipy question in front of everyone, which almost made the old man so embarrassed that he scratched his shoe soles.

It's just... He glanced upwards inconspicuously. He could get to this position by being considerate of his superiors.

Rolling his eyes, he glanced at some of the courtiers around him who had never gotten along with him. They all had a slightly sarcastic and mocking expression on their faces. The Minister of Rites was no longer embarrassed, and snorted in his heart: Laugh, laugh, wait until I please His Majesty and successfully enter the Lizheng Palace as a scholar, I don't believe you old things will still be able to laugh!

The New South King raised her head and said as a matter of course: "I am a woman, of course I like men."

Finally, what everyone had been vaguely guessing was confirmed - for some unknown reason, this person, oh, not just this person, the entire New South, unlike the Central Plains, their names for men and women are reversed.

After confirming that women were not really superior to men, many people secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Empress Xie had great influence in the court when she entered the capital. Seeing that the emperor also valued Princess Yuyi very much, those court officials who had secretly bet on the prince were extremely frightened. Women in power... were not unprecedented in history, but those were mostly when the emperor was young, so the empress dowager or the princess would assist in government affairs and preside over the court. It was not that they really became the masters of the world.

But looking at the attitudes of Empress Xie and the Emperor in recent years, they have been increasingly revealing the information that Princess Yuyi is to be the crown prince. Look at the female generals headed by Jun Yuexin, and then look at the first female crown prince since the founding of the country. Women entering the court, women inheriting the title. Who with a discerning eye can't see that it is obvious that the two above are paving the way for their precious daughter to participate in politics and discuss the crown prince more legitimately in the future!

If there were another female ruler at this time...

When they learned that the New South King was just calling him the opposite of the Central Plains King, and that the genders were not really reversed, they were really delighted. However, then they heard the New South King repeating things like: only men who are gentle, virtuous, and able to manage housework can please women; men should be generous and not control their wives to seek pleasure with other men; men should value their chastity and not talk or flirt with women outside casually, etc., they couldn't help but feel disgusted.

However, it is different from these officials.

The ladies at the banquet became more and more delighted as they listened, and they only wished they could pull their men's ears and ask them to listen to the words more clearly - didn't you men always say such things in the past, saying how bad we women are?

We've been told this for decades or hundreds of years and we never made such a dead expression. Now you can't stand it after hearing a few words?

The daughters of the Lu clan have always been wild and unrestrained, and they laughed out loud without disguising their laughter.

Princess Rong Le did not come today because her injury has not yet healed. The one sitting at the first seat among the princesses is the emperor's sister, Princess Fuchang. This princess does not change her husband every few years like her sister, but her love history is also very exciting.

Her husband was also a strange man. He didn't care about Princess Fuchang keeping a lover and having an affair with others. Instead, when someone accused Princess Fuchang's second son of being an illegitimate child, he stood up to support his wife and said, "The sons born by the princess are naturally the princess's biological children. How can they be illegitimate?"

The couple was said to be in love, but there were countless cuckolds from the prince consort. They were not in love, but the prince consort was just a loyal lackey of Princess Fuchang. He had a regular life, going out late and coming back early, did not drink or grow a beard, lived in the princess's mansion and was always available at the princess's call. He treated the princess's children as his own. Princess Fuchang also repeatedly asked for official positions and titles for the prince consort. The two had been married for so many years and had never even had a few quarrels - even if they did quarrel, it was only because of trivial matters, and it was usually the prince consort who bowed his head and begged for peace first in the end.

Some people think that this prince consort is a coward with no future, but Xie Yuzhen sees that he seems to be enjoying it. He doesn't know if he is too good at pretending, or if it is really the case that the pot fits the lid. He and Princess Fuchang are a perfect match.

"That's right, that's what a man like this should be." Princess Fuchang couldn't help but applaud and cheer. The prince consort beside her considerately pulled her sleeves to prevent them from falling into the dishes on the table.

Princess Fuchang leaned forward slightly and said, "Lord Xinnan, is it true that men give birth to children and take care of household chores in your country?"

"Of course, of course it's men who give birth to children. Men are weak and short, and they can't do anything else. If it weren't for us women, how would they survive?"

Princess Fuchang laughed again at this, but she couldn't help sighing after laughing: "This is really a new male country that respects women. They just call our women men and their men women. I thought that in such a big world, there must be a place that is different from the ordinary."

She looked up at Xie Yuzhen. There was a red phoenix on her temples, holding a pearl in its mouth. The red gem under the pearl kept shaking. "How boring."