Cai Wei looked at the empty jade phoenix in her belly, and was stunned for a long time, why did the picture she hide in it disappear?

Someone must have taken this away, but who would discover the mechanism in this jade phoenix and thus discover the secret she is hiding here?

She thought about it for a long time, and went over and over again in her mind everyone who had touched her jade phoenix.

Although this crested head and the phoenix body are two jade spins twisted together, but because of its exquisite craftsmanship, the joint can be said to be seamless, and it is not possible to twist it open, if you don't know it early, it is impossible to unscrew this crested lightly. Whether it is Aunt Liu or Zhao Yiammon, it is not very likely that there is a person who has the brain to discover the tricks in this jade phoenix, and it is even more impossible for the two little girls who are Shen'er and Huan'er.

And these four people, Yufeng was not long when they were really held in their hands, but it was Qin Fei, the king of Linchuan-?

Cai Wei remembered the passage where he commented on Zuo Xiang yesterday, it seems that Zeng Yi went from smooth sailing at the beginning to difficult steps later, and he was at the end of the road, all of which were secretly manipulated by Zuo Xiang behind his back, so that when he threw his niece's family business to Zeng Yi, Zeng Yi would have a sense of desperation, so he could not resist.

She had always thought that this King of Linchuan was just an ignorant bandit who only knew about fighting, but now that she thinks about it, it seems that he is not completely ignorant of the current situation in the DPRK and China, and only cares about having fun.

If he really has this cleverness, this jade phoenix has been held in his hand for the longest time, and he really discovered the trick and unscrewed the phoenix. But even if he discovered the secret, why did he take away what was hidden inside?

Since he didn't know that this jade phoenix was his own, he wouldn't want to threaten himself with it. And the small painting painted by Zeng Yi, except for the two of them who understood the deep surprise, was just a very simple scene painting in the eyes of others, and he would never think that it was a common treasure map in a chivalrous book, so he took it!

As long as he doesn't know that this jade phoenix is his own, and the white gauze diagram inside is also hidden by himself, even if the bandit stone diagram is taken by him, it doesn't matter. She just wanted to take another look, and then she burned the white veil.

At this time, she still can't forget how happy and moved she was when she first saw the "My Heart Bandit Stone" painted on it, maybe she can't forget the excitement at that time in her life, but this can be regarded as a token of her and Zeng Yi's love affair, but it still has to be burned.

Not only because Zeng Yi has broken his promise with her, but also because she has made a decision.

In the evening, Cai Wei took the bag containing the flounder jade pendant and went to Concubine Shen and said, "Concubine Niangniang, I have figured it out, this token of the Zeng family is still bothering you to send someone to send it back to Zeng Gongzi!" ”

The concubine pulled her in front of her, "You kid, how can you learn from Mama Wen's old goods, and also call me 'Concubine Niangniang', although I am your cousin, it doesn't hurt you to call me 'aunt'." looked at the bag she handed in front of her, but she didn't take it, but asked her again: "Do you really think clearly and clearly?" ”

Cai Wei nodded and said, "Well, I have thought about it very clearly, since he has chosen his path, I also have my own way to go." Since I have no fate with him, the red thread that wants to come to me is not tied to him, since this is the case, why force it, it's not mine, he can't stop him if he wants to go, it's mine, and he will naturally come when it's time to come! ”

Only then did the concubine take the bag in her hand and said with a smile: "Good boy, this is not in vain for your father's painstaking teaching to you!" As for your relatives, your father once said that he was not afraid of 10,000, but he was afraid of what happened, if there is any change between you and the Zeng family's relatives, ask me to choose another son-in-law for you. Hengzhu your grandmother's house only knows that you have set a family affair, but I don't know who it is set for, and I will choose a good family for you, I still have a copy of your dowry list here, and then let him take a token and put it here with me, and then it will still be said that your father set the family business for you, with me as a guarantee, I think that the Bofu will not say anything. ”

Cai Wei hurriedly said: "Thank you aunt for bothering me!" She experienced the twists and turns of this divorce, and her relatives were already a little disheartened, and she couldn't help sighing: "Why do women have to get married? The women of the people all say that 'marry a man and marry a man, eat and dress', if I have enough money for me to spend, why bother to marry again? Just close the door every day or read a book and play the piano, or raise flowers and cook tea, how chic and comfortable life is. If you feel lonely, you can adopt a few orphans and teach them to read and write every day, and you can also live a leisurely life, why do women have to get married? ”

If you can meet someone who is in love, it is a happy marriage, but how many such couples can there be in the world? If you meet such a rude and lascivious man again, how many concubines are accepted in the family, and then an unreasonable mother-in-law is put on the stall, I don't know how much sin a woman will suffer if she marries? She also knew that Concubine Shen's insight was different from the customs, so she dared to speak so freely in front of her.

The concubine really didn't think she said anything shocking and shouldn't be said, but smiled: "When I was young, I also had the same thoughts as you, and I felt that if I couldn't find a person who was in love, it was better to live alone for the rest of my life, even if my father couldn't give me so much dowry as you, it was enough for me to have food and clothing for the rest of my life, who knew how to ...... later."

Later, although she met a person who was in love, she was chosen by the royal family, whether she was willing or not, a holy decree came down and named her the crown princess of Prince Yide, and since then she has been deeply involved in the treacherous affairs of the court, and she has lost her husband early, and the son she gave birth to is .......

Cai Wei saw that the concubine didn't talk down, so she didn't ask anymore. Concubine Shen was stunned for a while, and then said: "I think you also know that our women's status has been inferior to that of the previous generation since the Western Qin Dynasty, and the princess of the Western Qin Dynasty lived so wantonly, there are those who do not marry a horse and raise a bunch of noodles, and there are also those who dare to secretly put the horse in the outer room with a horse whip to whit their nose and face are swollen and then rested." ”

"But by the time of the Northern Qin, the princesses were all educated to be virtuous and virtuous, and there was even a princess who was killed by a concubine who killed her own son, and even she was angry to death, and she refused to write to her emperor brother to beg him to punish the concubine*. When it comes to our Yan Qin, needless to say, even the female household is gone, so no matter how much your parents leave you with a dowry, you may be in charge of these family wealth before marriage? If there is no one to protect them, they can only be deceived and taken away. ”

"More than 100 years ago, although there was a queen of Tianshun, she was bent on improving the status of women, not only allowing women to be a household, but also recruiting many women to enter the court as officials, and some became generals. Even though many of those female officials have never married, most of the folk women still marry in a hurry as soon as the time comes. Even though the daughters of some wealthy families do not worry about food and clothing, and some women can support themselves by weaving cloth, how many such women can there be in the world? ”

"As long as patriarchal and husband-like power is still important in this world, and it is still men who are in charge of the government, go out to work, and earn money to support their families, and women still have to rely on men for a living, then they can only marry people and be locked up by men in the narrow walls of the backyard. Even though Empress Tianshun was the first woman to reach the pinnacle of power since ancient times, with her ability, she wanted to turn the world upside down and make women and men on an equal footing, but she was still struggling, and when she died, she ended in failure. ”

Cai Wei thought for a while, and said: "What my aunt said, of course, is reasonable, but why in the Sealand country, there are some women who do not marry for life, and they don't need to go into their temples to practice, they live in their own manor, drink tea and dance every day, if they can meet someone who is in love, they will go to some hall with that person to marry, if they have never met, they will live alone, or invite some female companions to accompany them, and live like this for the rest of their lives." ”

"Zealand ...... is the country of the far west that your father was sent to by a gust of sea breeze in his early years. When the Mughal people ruled our Central Plains for a hundred years, there were people in this country who visited Dadu. Alas! Since Emperor Hongwu built Yan Qin, because he didn't like merchants, he simply closed the sea ban, and only allowed tribute exchanges between ocean-going countries, so he rarely heard the news of the Sealand country. Your father said something about what he had seen and heard in that country, but he did not dare to say more, much less mention what you had said. ”

"This is not what my father told me, but when my father took me back to Quanzhou, I heard from a missionary wife from Sealand, whose father was originally from our Great Qin State, and was exiled to Sealand in the early years of his life, where he married and had daughters. The lady was very fond of me, and when she saw that I was curious about the boudoir of a Sealand woman, she told me a lot. ”

When the concubine heard this, she was very interested, and couldn't help but say: "Tell me one by one to open your aunt's eyes!" ”

Cai Wei said this, and she said it for more than an hour, and at this time, what Zeng Yi and what divorced were all thrown out of the clouds by her, and she only cared about discussing with Concubine Shen about the differences between the status of women in Sealand and women in this dynasty!

"It seems that although the Sealand country is also respected by men and inferior to women, it is not like us here, there are more three obedience and four virtues, and women are bound to death!" Concubine Shen sighed.

"And you can even make a princess a queen! Our dynasty has only produced the empress of Tianshun for so many years, and it is still the emperor's mother who can finally ascend to the throne. ”

"As a result, when she was dying, she took the initiative to remove the emperor's name, and still ordered her son to bury her with the queen's gift, which shows that Queen Tianshun fought all her life and still bowed her head to the patriarchal rites in the end."

"Auntie, you said, if the "Book of Rites" is written by a woman, what will be the "three obedience and four virtues" that cannot be achieved?"

"That's not going to happen, but how can men allow women to write these books, they will only let women write some things like "Women's Commandments" and "Women's Rules", and educate themselves, so after thousands of years, sometimes you will find that the most powerful thing to embarrass women is sometimes not men, but women themselves!"