[Qing wear + Red House] Lin's Royal Concubine

Mrs. Cui was stunned.

I thought that the highly acclaimed imperial concubine must be a model of dignified and virtuous woman, and she would understand her hard work and help her daughter-in-law to be well advised. To say something so... so unorthodox.

If a son wants to take a concubine, does the daughter-in-law have to leave the son?

She never got it wrong, did she?Is that what you mean?

She asked herself that she was not the idiot who couldn't understand human language, but at this moment, she really couldn't help but doubt it. If she didn't make a mistake, how could she explain it?How is it possible... How is it possible for a woman to say such a thing?

"Niang Niang?" Madam Cui's expression was stunned, as if she was too shocked to recover, she looked at her and said dryly: "Not to mention that since ancient times, it is a matter of course for a man to have three wives and four concubines. There is no fault at all, even if the husband really did something wrong, a woman must not be so deviant!"

"It is said in "The Commandments of Women" that the way of respect and obedience is a great gift for women... There is also a saying that the husband is the sky, the sky cannot escape, and the husband cannot leave. If you violate the gods, the sky will punish you... "

Who wrote the famous "Women's Commandments"?It was Ban Zhao, the No.1 female historian in history, who helped Ban Gu compile the "Book of Han".

It is such a talented and knowledgeable woman who still strongly advocates that women should regard their husbands as heaven, obey their husbands unconditionally no matter what is right or wrong, and should not argue with their husbands, in-laws, brothers and sisters, etc. Submissive and obedient, if you are angry and wronged, it is a matter of course, women should find the reason from themselves... Also, it is human nature for a man to remarry, and it is a violation of women's morals for a woman to remarry. Chaste and martyrdom.

Just thinking about it, Lin Shiyu felt a burst of suffocation rushing towards her face. It was such a legendary woman who was one of the four talented women in ancient times and was even once known as the "Confucius among women". Thinking, one can imagine what other people look like.

Looking at Mrs. Cui who was still babbling and teaching, she couldn't get angry anymore, she was only full of lamentation and pity.

He didn't even have any interest in arguing, so he could only wave his hands and interrupt the endlessly ridiculous speech, "Okay, I still insist on what I said just now, and you don't need to waste your time preaching to me, you just One thing to keep in mind, I always keep what I say, and I ask the in-laws to weigh and think twice before making a choice.”

"Mother Yu, send your wife out of the palace."

Helpless, Mrs. Cui had no choice but to leave.

She still didn't understand until she got home, how could this girl from the Lin family be like this?Anyway, the Lin family can be regarded as a scholarly family for several generations, and the upbringing of the daughter in the family is too... hard to describe.

But no matter whether she can figure it out or not, and no matter how much she opposes and worries in her heart, now the imperial concubine's words have been straightforwardly put down, but if she does something else, the marriage of her son and daughter-in-law may really be in jeopardy. Even, it is very likely that it will affect his son's future.

The daughter-in-law's elder sister is the imperial concubine of Shengju Zhengnong who is highly respected and praised by the people. The daughter-in-law's father is a minister of the official department and a bachelor.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Cui couldn't help lamenting again and again.

Since ancient times, women have always regarded their husbands as their heavens, so why did they fall to the point of acting according to the face of their daughter-in-law?I was really mistaken, I thought that the scholarly family was knowledgeable and reasonable, but I didn't expect it to be so.

The enlightenment book is Mrs. Cui in "The Commandments of Women". Faced with such a daughter-in-law, she will probably not be comfortable for the rest of her life. After much deliberation, she finally decides to return to her hometown after the year. For the net.

Here Madam Cui felt that she had opened her eyes today, but she didn't know that the masters and servants who were tortured by her in Chengqian Palace really saw the western scene.

Seeing her just stepping out of the gate of Chengqian Palace, the ripples that had long been unbearable opened her mouth, "This is really the first time in my life. I have never seen such a miraculous woman. Is there something wrong with it more or less?"

Indeed, there is nothing wrong with that, as long as wealthy families with certain qualifications are designated as groups of wives and concubines, those wives and grandmas look happy on the surface, but they are also women who don’t know who in private?No matter how kind and magnanimous a woman is, she will always feel a little bitter and jealous, unlike Mrs. Cui, her words are full of natural meaning.

"This feeling is very weird, unexplainably weird..." Lianyi couldn't help scratching her head, thinking hard but couldn't explain why, she just felt that Mrs. Cui gave people a very weird feeling.

Lin Shiyu pursed her lips, and fell silent as she watched Xiao Jinzi lazily lying at her feet.

The strange thing is that it is perfectly domesticated.

Women have long lost their human rights in this long history and have been domesticated as animals from generation to generation. What is even more tragic is that some women even domesticate themselves, such as Ban Zhao who wrote "The Commandments of Women".

A "Women's Admonition" successfully laid the theoretical foundation for the later women's education, and became the enlightenment reading for thousands of women in later generations, and how many women have been perfectly domesticated?

How easy is it to remove something that is deeply rooted in the bone marrow?

Thinking of this, Lin Shiyu's mood became more depressed and uncomfortable, and she wanted to do something, but suddenly felt at a loss and couldn't know what to do.

After sitting like this, Lin Shiyu sat there in a daze for half a day, all she could think about was what she should do.

Women lose self-awareness and are domesticated. In the final analysis, the four words "male superiority and female inferiority" are at work. For thousands of years, men have held the absolute right to speak, and women have become accustomed to obedience, attachment, and groveling. This is extremely depressing and restraining. How about the awakening of self-awareness in such an environment?It will only continue to be subtly instilled by men with the idea of ​​patriarchal supremacy, and will continue to be suppressed and tamed by men.

In order to change this suffocating situation, it is imperative to improve the status of women. Only when a person can clearly recognize his own value and needs, can he break through numerous restrictions and achieve the goal of true awakening.

And to improve the status of women... When Wu Zetian was in power, women were allowed to enter the court as officials, and the status of women was really different from the past. It can almost be regarded as the peak moment of women's status in the feudal period, which shows the importance of the word power.

But obviously, it is absolutely impossible to achieve that step now, if she dares to think about it, she is afraid that she will have to be scolded and skinned alive.

The whole has been suppressed for so long, so don't even think about it overnight, after all, you can't become a fat man with one bite, you still have to start with the most obvious place first, and gradually figure it out.

Of course, the binding of feet must be abolished first!

What rubbish breaks the rules, in the final analysis, it is just to please some perverted dog men, it is a symbol of the complete objectification of women, and it is a cruel and inhuman method to suppress women!

"Rianyi." Lin Shiyu suddenly said: "Go ahead and report, if the emperor is free, please invite him to Chengqian Palace."

"Yes, the servant will go here."

"Emiang?" Yin Xiaosi couldn't help but frowned, as if he hesitated to speak.

He instinctively felt that Erniang was trying to make trouble, but Huang Amana's temperament... was an extremely sensitive and suspicious emperor. Once a seed of doubt was inadvertently planted, the future would be in trouble.

He wanted to say something, but he looked down at his little arms and legs, what could he say?

She lowered her head in a lonely way, at this moment, she only wished that she would grow up quickly, Er Niang was too worried, she had to grow up quickly to be able to help and protect her.

"Okay, kids, don't be so curious, just take your little gold and play." Lin Shiyu poked his forehead with a smile, and kicked him out.

Obviously, Kangxi still gave her a lot of face, and came immediately when he learned that she had something to discuss.

All the servants in the hall retreated quietly with winking eyes, only the emperor and concubine remained.

"Your Majesty, my concubine has something to ask." After speaking, Lin Shiyu got up and wanted to make a big gift.

Kangxi hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold her, and said curiously: "I remember the last time you were so serious about your sister's marriage, why should you be so important this time? Just sit and talk, it's not worth it in this way."

"This time it's not for family affairs, but..."

Hearing this, Kangxi raised his brows slightly, his expression remained unchanged, "Just talk."

"Early this morning, I met my sister's mother-in-law, Mrs. Cui, only to realize that she has a pair of small feet..." The pictures of small feet that I had seen before could not help but appear in my mind, and the corners of my eyes and brows suddenly revealed. Strong distaste and discomfort, "The so-called foot binding means twisting and curling all four toes of a young girl on the soles of the feet, strangling them with a foot wrap day after day, year after year, in order to wrap them into a perfect pair of feet." The three-inch golden lotus, even the soles of the feet have to be folded into two sections, so that the soles of the front feet stick to the soles of the rear feet..."

Following her narration, Kangxi's eyebrows gradually twisted up, and a little uncomfortable expression appeared in his eyes.

"Even the punishment of the Department of Punishment may not be so cruel, what's more, this kind of torture is something that little girls have to experience from the age of four, five, or even three or four. They endure the pain of broken bones again and again. Another festering, festering and even loss of life because of it... Just thinking about the concubine makes me shudder and my heart hurts unbearably, such inhumane and insane habits should not exist in the world!"

Lin Shiyu's eyes turned red, but she got up and saluted solemnly, "The concubine has never begged the emperor seriously, today I dare to ask the emperor to agree to the concubine, and decree to abolish this cruel punishment!"

That's right, punishment.

To call it a bad habit is to beautify it!

"Get up." Kangxi pulled her to sit down again, and sighed: "The ban on foot binding was first issued at the time of Emperor Taizong. It also ordered violators to punish their parents, but what's the use? Now you can see that there are still many Han women who are footbinding."

Lin Shiyu frowned.

Seeing this, Kangxi explained: "One is that the foot-binding custom has been around for a long time and cannot be easily changed. The other is that there are some political factors in it... When the Manchus entered the customs, they forced Han men to shave their heads. The head does not grow, the hair does not grow', under the power, the Han men have to submit, choose to shave their hair and make clothes easier, and it is self-evident how much resentment there is."

"So when it comes to Han women, there are even more obstacles, which is not difficult to understand. In the final analysis, it is just because of the power of the Manchus. In many other aspects, the Han people dare not make a big fuss, let alone reveal the slightest. They wanted to rebel so as not to bring about murder, so the custom of women's footbinding was preserved by them, saying that it was a custom left by their ancestors, but in fact it was some Han people's insistence on their own identity."

Of course, the Manchus want to implement the foot-binding ban because they want to get rid of the unique traditional customs of the Han people to achieve the purpose of assimilation, just like forcing the Han men to shave their hair and change their clothes, it is a political means, not out of intolerance out of kindness.

"I'm afraid you don't know it yet. There has always been a saying in the folks that 'men can't be forbidden and women can't be restrained, and men and women can't be subdued'. It refers to the hair of Han men and the feet of women. It is conceivable that they want to implement the ban on footbinding. How difficult it is."

This is really... never expected.

Lin Shiyu was silent. Everything would become complicated once it was linked to politics. Thinking about it this way, I can actually understand the stubbornness of some Han people.

So far, footbinding is no longer just for the purpose of aesthetics or suppressing women, it has even become a kind of traditional culture of the Han people. In today's society ruled by the Manchus, the Han people will only be more persistent. In her view, it is cruel and inhumane However, in the eyes of the Han Manchus of this era, this is the culture of the Han people.

It’s fine if they’re both Han Chinese. It might be difficult for those in power to abolish it, but it shouldn’t be too difficult to move forward. However, the current court is full of Manchus. This is too sensitive, and it always gives people a feeling of uneasiness and good intentions. , this is easier said than done?

Did you just give up like this?

Lin Shiyu pursed her lips tightly, almost drawn into a straight line, her face was gloomy and lonely, thinking of what those young girls had endured, her eyes showed pity and unbearable color.

Seeing her expression, Kangxi's heart softened slightly, he took her hand and sighed: "It's good that you are still so kind and soft after you have been in the palace."

As an emperor, how could he fail to see that she has been trying to avoid suspicion these years?Even when he mentioned political affairs occasionally, she just laughed it off, or it seemed that he said a lot, but in fact it was just deceptive flattery, and she really didn't dare to go overboard.

It was the first time that he opened his mouth to make a request that had nothing to do with family affairs, but it was for the sake of those thousands of girls.

It is quite the style of mother's rites.

Kangxi couldn't help feeling emotional, and said: "The daughters of the poor people's families are all helping with housework and even going to the fields, so footbinding is rare, and footbinding is really prevalent in the families of officials...It is obviously not feasible for me to forcefully issue a ban Yes, but if you really want to change this custom, it’s not impossible.”

Lin Shiyu's eyes lit up, "I also ask the emperor to give advice."

"For example, during the late emperor's time, the empress dowager ordered that women with bound feet are not allowed to enter the palace, and those who violated it will be beheaded." Kangxi sat in a comfortable position and thought, "Now you can follow suit, but you don't have to understand it. What kind of order do you give? When those royal family members and imperial court women enter the palace to attend the banquet during the Chinese New Year, you will imply a few words. I reckon those Fujin wives will be very willing to cooperate. If there are those Hanchens If your wife has her feet bound, you can also consider showing your own attitude appropriately."

Those who don't like the deformed aesthetics of the three-inch golden lotus will find it disgusting at first glance, but those who like it are obsessed with it. Those who have such small-footed women in the backyard of their homes are probably very favored. Can the head be free from resentment?Once they get a little hint from above, they can use chicken feathers as arrows.

"At that time, I will cooperate intentionally or unintentionally in the previous dynasty... Those people are all good people, how can they not see the meaning of the superior? Once the news spreads, people outside will naturally know that the superior hates the three-inch golden lotus. But what can they say? No one has clearly issued a ban, and no one stops them if they want to bind their feet, but it's hard to say what the future will be."

"This is just one of them. There are more methods like this. You don't need to say anything. Slowly let them realize through actions that footbinding will not only affect the future of the girl, but also affect the family's father and brother. The future, when they will make their own choice."

Compared with directly issuing strict bans, such soft knives seem to be powerless, and it is not easy to arouse those people's resistance all at once, but the subtle influence cannot be underestimated.

This is also the experience that Kangxi summed up after several failed bans. The relationship between Man and Han is too sensitive. Once you use force, you will immediately ignite emotions. It is better to try the effect of this soft knife and leave enough time for them to slow down. Slow reaction and slow thinking about choices.

Lin Shiyu thought about it carefully, and also felt that the current road seemed to be worth trying, and she couldn't help feeling for a while, or if she was a professional manipulator, her eyes rolled when she sat here and said a few words It's just an idea, the yang and the yin are at your fingertips.

This emotion was revealed in the eyes of him, making Kangxi inexplicably complacent.

As a man, he naturally enjoys the feeling of being admired and admired by women, and an emperor is naturally not exempt, not to mention that it is the imperial concubine who is looking at him with such eyes at this moment?

The imperial concubine, who had been plain since entering the palace, looked at him with such "enthusiasm" for the first time. It really made Kangxi feel a little fluttering for a while, and the big pig's trotter holding his little hand began to caress involuntarily. Woke up, revealing a vague and ambiguous hint.

Unfortunately, it's sunny.

Kangxi looked out through the gap in the window with some disappointment, secretly regretting and melancholy, and pulled hard...

"Your Majesty!" Lin Shiyu couldn't help exclaiming, and the next moment she threw herself into his arms, feeling ashamed and annoyed at once, and said angrily, "What is your Majesty doing?"

She wanted to back out, but the pair of big pig's hooves clasped her waist as if they were welded to death, "What are you afraid of? I'm not a tiger and can eat people. Talk to me for a while, we two seem to be very different Don't have a serious chat a few times, I just happen to be free today."

Is this posture a good way to talk about family life?Are you serious?

Lin Shiyu was helpless. At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, which startled the two of them.

Kangxi immediately frowned and was about to get angry, when he heard Yin Xiaosi's voice from outside, "Huang Ama, don't bully Erniang! Erniang! I heard you scream, did Huang Ama bully you? Don't you?" I'm afraid, I'm coming in..."

Before the words fell, the door was pushed open.

Yin Xiaosi sneaked in with a stern expression on his face, desperately wanting to save his mother from the tiger's mouth, but who would have thought... Even if he was killed, he would never have imagined that what he saw would be such a scene !

Eniang, who he thought was being bullied and frightened, was sitting on Huang Ama's lap right now!

And Huang Ama, who he thought was angry, was hugging his mother's waist tightly with two big trotters at this moment!

What a beautiful scene of harmony between the imperial concubine and the imperial concubine!

Pooh!

The four of Yin Xiao were all dumbfounded, they stood there blankly and looked at this scene with astonishment and disbelief, their little faces blushed inexplicably.

When she came back to her senses, Lin Shiyu's face turned red immediately, and she hurriedly retreated from Kangxi's arms, sitting beside her with an embarrassed face, not knowing where to put her hands and feet, and she didn't even dare to look at the shocked eyes of the fat son.

"Ahem..." Kangxi coughed a few times, full of unease, and reprimanded: "Did I tell you to come in and you ran in by yourself? You brat who has no rules!"

"Huang Ama forgive me." Yin Xiaosi lowered his head, and the five short round balls saluted solemnly, and said in a muffled voice: "I heard Er Niang's screams outside and thought something happened... "It's true that something happened, his mother was molested by the old Buxiu, so angry.

Kangxi snorted and said, "You and your elder brother Baocheng have a very good understanding. I always feel that I will bully the imperial concubine. I wondered what I did to make you misunderstand me so much? It is in your heart that I have become a partner." A man-eating tiger."

Lin Shiyu was picking up the tea bowl and drinking tea in a disguised way. Who would want to take a sip of tea, but was so shocked by his phrase "a man-eating tiger", that he was about to lose his composure and spit out water on the spot Come on.

"Auntie?"

"Why are you so careless?" Kangxi stretched out his hand and patted her on the back, as if remembering the scene of teasing just now, an unusual blush appeared on his face, especially in the face of his son's suspicious and inexplicable expression. When the eyes were small, the whole person was even more uncomfortable.

After coughing for quite a while, Lin Shiyu finally stopped, with tears choking out of her eyes, and hurriedly said: "The emperor has already wasted a lot of time today, and the emperor is busy with government affairs..."

"I'm not busy."

"..."

Yin Xiaosi looked left and right, and finally realized what was going on with his royal family's strange eyes.

Oh, dreaming.

"Is Huang Ama free today? That's great! Huang Ama hasn't played with Xiao Si for a long time! Just two days ago, Xiao Si got a picture of going up the river during the Qingming Festival. Help little four!"