Chapter 15: StarClan
"Okay, how to use the bracelet has already been known, right? This one, it is used temporarily, and when you return to Shengjing, after Your Highness arranges your identity for you, you will be given the bracelet for official use. ”
In the spacious and gorgeous cabin full of pink girlish atmosphere, Shangguan Qiuxing smiled and handed the silver-white bracelet to Yu Xiaoxiang's hand.
Yu Xiaoxiang, who was sitting in front of the antique makeup mirror, had already changed out of the clothes she was wearing at this moment, and changed into a pale pink long-sleeved fluttering women's Han dress like Xing'er beside her. The ponytail that was originally tied behind the head has also been scattered, and at the moment it is just draped behind him, which adds a bit of girl's beauty and touching.
"Sister Xing'er, will you always wear such clothes in the future?" Putting the bracelet on her left wrist, Yu Xiaoxiang looked sideways at Xing'er, who was in her dressing box and didn't know what to look for.
"If you go out with Your Highness, Your Highness is very easy-going, and she won't care what we wear. But if you go back to Shengjing, then you have to dress according to your own grade. It seemed that she had finally found a hairpin and a comb that suited her heart, Xing'er walked behind Yu Xiaoxiang, pinched her long hair, and said in a gentle combing: "For example, my sister and I are third-grade female officials, so we can use golden hairpins, and you are a third-class palace maid with no grade, so you can only use silk flowers and silver jewelry." ”
Hearing that she couldn't even use gold, Yu Xiaoxiang looked at those exquisitely shaped decorations, pursed her lips slightly, and said, "It's really imperialism, isn't that that an ordinary person can't even buy gold?"
"That's not it. Xing'er, who was carefully combing Yu Xiaoxiang's hair, shook his head and said, "Ordinary people have no restrictions except that they can't use purple gold. But we are different, we are people from Lingxiao Palace, as long as we are in the palace for a day, we must follow the rules of the empire. Moreover, from a certain point of view, we are all servants of Lingxiao Palace, and we are also the private property of His Highness. So even if it is me and my sister, in front of outsiders, we can call ourselves our own officials or lower officials, micro-ministers, etc., but in front of Your Highness, we also call ourselves slaves. ”
"Slave?!" Yu Xiaoxiang stared at her beautiful eyes, pursed her lips dissatisfied, and muttered: "Sure enough, His Royal Highness is not a good person, and he still lets others be slaves, it is simply a wicked feudalism! Hmph, wait for Miss Ben to find an opportunity to initiate a democratic system where everyone is equal!"
"Hee-hee...... Silly girl!" Xing'er was instantly amused, giggled and said: "The shortest existing period of time in the Xingchen Kingdoms is 50,000 or 60,000 years, during which what kind of system has not appeared? But in the end, why did it return to the imperial system? Is the so-called democratic system of equality for all really equal for everyone? Under the imperial system, you can at least know very clearly what position you are in, and what about the so-called equal democratic system? Under the imperial system, you can know what you want to work towards, and as long as you have enough talent and opportunities, even a slave has a chance to become a nobleman. But what about an egalitarian democracy? For example, a merchant who, under the imperial system, is just a commoner, even if he has money. Perhaps he could be powerful in front of the commoners, but in front of the nobles, he did not dare to take offense in the slightest. Another example is a scholar who can be knighted for his outstanding contribution to the empire, and can even have his own family coat of arms, even if he is penniless. And what about democracies?
"This ...... In short, no matter what, it is not a good person to let someone else be a slave. Yu Xiaoxiang, who couldn't refute it after thinking about it for a long time, finally decided to insist on herself no matter what.
"Okay, well, then I'll wait for the day when you go to establish democracy. Hehe...... "Xing'er said casually as if coaxing a child, and began to slowly comb Yu Xiaoxiang's hair according to her own thoughts.
It seemed that he didn't have an advantage on this kind of topic, Yu Xiaoxiang reached out and picked up the golden hairpin with a beautiful carving similar to a bird's head, and asked curiously, "What kind of person is that guy?"
"That guy?" Xing'er was stunned for a moment, then stretched her head forward, stared at the pretty girl in the mirror and said, "Remember, Your Highness is Your Highness, you can't use 'you', 'hey', 'that guy' or anything like that." The empire follows the ancient customs, and attaches great importance to etiquette, if the following offenses, especially in the title, are punished with a rod, and the head is cut off in the worst case. This is still in front of me, if Sister Yue'er hears it, she will definitely teach you a good lesson. ”
This kind of warning is not the first time Yu Xiaoxiang has received it, and at this moment he spit out his little fragrant tongue, made a cute grimace and said: "Okay, people forgot it before, and they will remember it later." Sister Xing'er, what kind of person is His Highness?"
Seeing that Yu Xiaoxiang was soft, the positive color on Xing'er's face disappeared, and she continued to comb her hair with a smile and said, "Your Highness, that is the best person in the entire Xingchen." Our Royal Highness was born noble, the youngest son of the late 'Benevolence, Kindness and Compassion', the second son of His Majesty the Holy Monarch, and the younger brother of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Because he was the last child of the Holy Empress, he was favored by His Majesty the Holy Monarch and the Empress Dowager's ancestors from the moment he was born. It's a pity that when she was eight years old, the first holy queen was the same as the stars, so she was also a teenager who lost her mother. ”
"I see. Yu Xiaoxiang nodded, and there was still a little interest in listening to the following in her eyes.
Sure enough, Xing'er didn't interrupt the topic, and continued with little stars in his eyes: "However, our Royal Highness is not favored because he is the second son of the royal family, since birth, His Royal Highness has five star cores, and he is the only star clan in the past 37,000 years. Until today, not to mention the five-core star clan, even the four-star core star clan has never appeared. ”
"Is it better to have more star cores?" asked Yu Xiaoxiang inexplicably.
"Of course, the more star cores there are, the easier it will be to cultivate star spiritual power, and it is said that it will also be stronger in some aspects, such as intelligence, perception, and so on. His Royal Highness is because of his innate advantage, so no matter what he learns, he is much faster than others. Xing'er looked proud.
"Sister Xing'er, how many star cores do you have?" asked Yu Xiaoxiang as she looked sideways at Xing'er behind her.
"Hmph, I'm not afraid to scare you to death if I say it, Miss Ben is also a high-grade star clan with two star cores!" Xing'er patted her bulging chest, raised her head and looked proud, even afraid that Yu Xiaoxiang would not understand, and added an explanation: "At least half of the star clan was born without a star core, and the remaining eighty percent of it is a recessive star core, also called a half star core." Among the rest, nine out of ten are single-star clans, and the last ones are the ones who can have two!"