Qin Fei was discussing with the ministers in the Qinzheng Palace, and when he heard that Cai Wei suddenly had morning sickness again, he left a bunch of ministers without saying a word, and hurriedly ran back to the Palace of Eternal Life to see her.

He walked quickly to Cai Wei's couch, and when he saw her listless and tired, his heart was even tighter, and he hurriedly asked her how she felt now, but where she was uncomfortable. I asked the female doctors again, why did the queen vomit, isn't it past the time to be happy?

The female doctor bluntly said, "Niangniang seems to be unstable and emotionally uneasy, so she vomited." ”

When Qin Fei heard that it was related to the same heart, he suddenly felt a little flustered, and couldn't help asking, "Ah Wei, what is it that makes you unhappy?" ”

Cai Wei pointed to the table, "It's not the book you brought back a few days ago, I didn't like it after reading a few pages, but I thought that you specially found it for me, so I continued to look down, but after seeing it, the writing was really disgusting, and I was made to read the text and vomit." ”

The book on the table is called "Jihua", which was written by a well-known male writer in Daqin over the years, whose pen name is Jiaping Frog, who became famous all over the country with a "Waste Beijing" and established his status as a great contemporary writer in one fell swoop. This "Jihua" is a new work written by him over a period of ten years.

Qin Fei also listened to the words of a group of ministers recommend this book, saying that it is the number one masterpiece in the past ten years, not only the writing is concise and sophisticated, but also profoundly reveals the shocking reality of the family and country of the Great Qin State.

He saw that everyone was full of praise for this book, calling it a masterpiece that had never been seen before or since, and when he thought that Cai Wei was reading books written by women, he couldn't help but want her to see the fine works written by male writers. Unexpectedly, he vomited his wife, and he suddenly said a little short of breath: "Where is it that the writing is not good, and it makes you disgusted like this?" ”

Most of the previous ones were writing about the tragic experience of a woman who was abducted and trafficked to the countryside, but in the end, the pen turned around, saying that it was a wish to be abducted, because if those poor men in the countryside couldn't even buy women, they wouldn't be able to marry a daughter-in-law at all, and if this continued, one village after another would die. Do women deserve to be eaten and blooded, and to be sucked out of bones and marrow, just like animals? Seeing the end, it's as disgusting as swallowing a fly! Cai Wei said angrily.

She knew that these male authors would only write this kind of thing, either advocating women's selfless dedication to men, or advocating the rationality of men eating women's flesh and blood, and they never saw in their eyes the blood and tears that women have paid in this cannibalistic society for thousands of years.

Qin Fei hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "No wonder you are so hot, he shouldn't write like this, but one thing is true, recently it has been reported from all over the country, many men in their places have no wives to marry, and even ninety percent of men in some villages and towns can't marry a daughter-in-law." ”

Cai Wei looked at him and said, "So, Your Majesty also thinks that in order to solve this problem, the "Marriage Order" should be implemented? ”

As soon as Qin Fei heard her use Majesty to call herself, she knew that she was angry, and hurriedly held her in her arms, and saw that she didn't push him away, so she felt a little relieved. "Awei, don't be angry yet, you're still pregnant with a child!"

"I promised you that I would give you an explanation for this, and it doesn't matter when I speak to you!"

Cai Wei glanced at Xiang Cheng, and when the palace doctors in the room had all withdrawn, only the two of them were husband and wife, and she asked, "Then Your Majesty has been thinking about it for the past few days, can you come up with an explanation for me?" ”

Qin Fei frowned, "Well, this matter is a little difficult to do, and I beg the lady to forgive me a few days, and then let me think about it carefully." ”

Cai Wei knew that this would be the result, "What about the method of abolishing concubines I mentioned to you earlier?" Those courtiers must be fiercely opposed, aren't they? ”

Seeing Qin Fei's acquiescence, she couldn't help but chuckle: "Also, those ministers who don't have three rooms and five concubines in their families, they naturally won't agree to monogamy in the future, and they can no longer accept concubines to enter the door and enjoy the blessings of all people." ”

Qin Fei smiled bitterly, "Not only them, but even the grassroots men who can't afford to accept concubines are also opposed, I mentioned it in the court the previous day, but the next day a letter of blood from all the people was handed over, swearing to oppose the "Abolition of Concubines Order", and resolutely defend their rights to three wives and four concubines." ”

Cai Wei was speechless, sure enough, there are still many stupid people in this world, in fact, if you really want to implement monogamy and abolition of concubines, these grassroots men at the bottom are the biggest beneficiaries, and they can't figure it out. However, it's no wonder that they can't see through it, after thousands of years of foolish policies, there are a few ordinary people today who have some of their own opinions, instead of believing what they say.

She looked at Qin Fei fixedly, "What about you?" Aren't you willing to revoke this privilege of men and henceforth monogamy? ”

Qin Fei was dissatisfied: "Aren't we just monogamous now?" This big harem, except for the second concubine who was forced into it when we first got married, over the years, I am the only one with you, the second concubine, and I have never touched her. ”

"Ah Wei, even if you can't do what you want without concubines in the world at the moment, but I've already achieved six palaces without concubines for you, isn't it better?"

Cai Weiqi said: "What's a good way?" ”

"Isn't that all the more proof of my love for you? Even folk men can have three wives and four concubines, but I, the king of a country, have no concubines in your six palaces, and only guard you, which shows how heavy your weight is in my heart, not because you can't accept concubines and only you, but because of my deep and dedicated love for you, I voluntarily vacant the six palaces for you! ”

He seemed to think that such sweet words were not enough to express his "deep love", and offered a long, deep kiss. "As long as I'm good to you, isn't it? What do we do with others? Besides, you women's careful thinking, what you like most is not to look at other people's three wives and four concubines, and a bunch of bad debts, but you are the only treasure in your husband's heart, and she is spoiled to the sky. Isn't it good to make all the women in the world envy you, the queen, to be so favored by me? ”

"Not good!" Cai Wei didn't think about it, so she said, "I don't want them to be envious, jealous and hateful to me." We are both women, and I would rather they be the only wives of the men they love like me, and I want them to get the happiness they deserve like me! ”

Qin Fei thought of the private words that the ministers persuaded him, and suddenly became a little irritable, "Could it be that you don't have faith in my love for you, so you want me to implement this order to abolish concubines?" ”

Cai Wei stared at him, and replied after a while, "Then can I also ask, is it because Your Majesty has no confidence in my love for you that he is unwilling to implement this "Abolition of Concubine Order"?" ”

Qin Fei suddenly didn't dare to look at her eyes anymore, picked up a cup of tea on the side and drank it, and he didn't realize that he had taken the wrong cup in a panic.

Cai Wei looked at the cup of his own medicinal tea in his hand, and finally made up her mind that it was better to choose a day than to hit the day, so she simply took advantage of the fact that she would spread everything out with him today.

"Actually, if you had asked me this a month ago, I would have said without hesitation, 'I believe you!' , you are my dearest person in this world, we have lived and died together, I naturally believe you, I don't believe who else can you believe? But you have broken your promise to me in the matters I care about, and you have deliberately concealed them from me, and have changed all the notes that have been handed to me, and have tried to prevent me from knowing about the court. ”

"If you believe in me completely, how can you be suspicious of me, and discover my hands and feet?" Qin Fei asked rhetorically.

Thinking of how carefully she had arranged, she thought that even the slightest bit of news would not reach her ears, but she didn't expect that Cai Wei still had a way to know the news she wanted to know, which made Qin Fei a little upset. Could it really be as those courtiers said, "In the past ten years, the queen has taken advantage of His Majesty's trust in her to cultivate cronies and exclude dissidents. ”

"I believed you at first, otherwise you wouldn't have easily blocked all the ways that led to me, and no big movement could reach my ears. But how can the DPRK and China be so calm, if I don't have doubts, then I am really a fool of three years of pregnancy, so I naturally have to find out another way to find out a thing or two. If you didn't hide it from me in the first place, how could I be suspicious of you? ”

"I don't let you know, because I'm afraid that you will hear those things and affect your mind, which will be bad for your body. Don't I know that you hate me the most for being untrustworthy and lying to you, but you still have to risk being discovered by you to continue to hide from you, not for the sake of your body. Qin Fei was also a little angry.

Cai Wei sneered: "It's for the sake of my body, is there only one way to hide the truth?" Why did His Majesty not hide from me the two admonitions of abolishing the Hundred Schools, respecting Confucianism, and closing the Annutang, but generously told me that His Majesty had kept his promise to me in these two matters, and did not agree to the request of the ministers. As for the "Marriage Order", His Majesty thought that he also found that I was suspicious, so he took the initiative to mention it to me. ”

"And what about the other things that are being hidden from me? The female soldiers were abolished, and no female general was awarded the title of general except for Qin Liangyu; The world-famous female writer Li Qingzhao is still in prison; The men beat their wives to death, and they only sat in prison for five years at most, and the women had no choice but to kill their husbands with violence, and the only thing waiting for her was the death penalty; From time to time, women have been attacked in various places, and the imperial court does not say that it will increase the punishment of evildoers, but keeps saying that the fault is all on them, is it that they do not stay at home obediently, they have to go out and run around, and they will not protect themselves? ”

"Why don't you tell me about these things, because Your Majesty knows that if I am still in power, then the current handling of those things will never be what it is now."

At this point, Qin Fei knew that he was wrong, touched his nose, and defended with insufficient confidence: "Ah Wei, you have been in charge of the government for ten years, so you naturally understand the situation in this court, and sometimes it is just the word 'balance'. ”

"But more often than not, either the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind. How did some similar matters be judged when I was in charge of the government before, and why didn't they mention the dismissal of female soldiers? It's just that I watched people put down the dishes, and I felt that His Majesty was the same man as them, so he was naturally on their side. After all, with His Majesty's means, unless you don't want to do something, what can't you put it in peace? Even the wolf-like Tartars were driven to the Dead Sea, not to mention a few powerless courtiers? ”

"Ah Wei, we are husband and wife, I am naturally on the side of you!" Qin Fei said and shook Cai Wei's hand.

Cai Wei seemed to be smiling, "Then please ask Your Majesty to reject the "Marriage Order" and change it to the "Abolition of Concubine Order." ”

Qin Fei frowned, "Ah Wei, you still don't believe me!" ”

"Does Your Majesty believe me? If Your Majesty had believed me, I would not have sided with the courtiers and helped them suppress us women. ”

Seeing that Qin Fei was silent, Cai Wei continued: "The most determined thing in this world is the human heart, but the most fickle thing is also the human heart. Compared with the fickle human heart, the repentant oath is of course more reassuring than the law written in black and white! ”

"I don't know if there has been a change in my mind, take me as an example, when I first saw my majesty, I hated it, and then I got along day and night but I couldn't love it. Since you can turn from hate to love, you can naturally turn from love to hate, but I'm afraid this is also your majesty's worry, right? After all, you and I are not just husbands and wives, but also emperors and empresses of this empire. No matter how deep the relationship is, even if it is as close as flesh and blood, as long as there is power mixed in it, most of the end will be fratricidal and life-or-death. ”

Qin Fei heard her say the words "you live and die", her heart shook suddenly, she hurriedly hugged her in her arms, and said loudly: "No, Ah Wei, you know, no matter what happens between you and me in the future, I will never do that to you!" ”

Cai Wei pillowed her head on his shoulder and said softly: "Ah Fei naturally won't treat me like that, but Your Majesty is already worried that I have too much power in my hands, and I am afraid that once I have the strength to spread my wings and fly high, I will fly to the nine heavens alone, and I feel that it is more comfortable to let me be a little finch, so I want to cut off my wings and lock me in this spacious golden wire cage, yes or no?" ”

"I—"

Qin Fei subconsciously wanted to refute, but found that this time he had no way to refute. His Ah Wei had never been able to see through his heart better than himself, and the darkness in his heart that he had not yet realized had already been seen by her.

This feeling of having nothing to hide in front of his lover finally left him speechless and had to flee.

That night, for the first time in the world, the world's first couple, who had always been inseparable and in love, did not have a meal together, and they did not sleep together at night.

Xiangcheng and the others were waiting outside in the afternoon, and when they saw that His Majesty the Emperor rushed out with a strange expression, they hurriedly went into the house to take a look, and saw that their girl looked as usual, so they didn't take it seriously. When it was time for dinner, the little eunuch beside Emperor Yuan Jia came to spread the word that because His Majesty had too many folds to be approved, not only could he not use it for dinner, but he would also rest in the study at night. Only then did they feel that something was wrong, and it seemed that there was a real quarrel between the two of them this time.

Seeing that they wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask, Cai Wei couldn't help but sigh and said, "Don't ask anything, I don't want to say anything if I ask." ”

The girls of their own family have spoken, they naturally pursed their mouths obediently, and did not dare to ask more, accompanied their girls to finish their meals, and were hesitating to report such a major event as the girl missing a bowl of rice to the emperor, knowing that the little eunuch who came to deliver the message had already run over to ask.

But to the disappointment of the oranges, Emperor Yuan Jia waited until his own girls were asleep, then quietly touched in, stood silently beside the girl's bed for a while, and walked out again.

The Cold War between the emperor and queen lasted for three days. In the past three days, the two of them have lived together in the Hall of Eternal Life, not to mention that they haven't eaten together, and they have hardly even seen each other.

The reason why I say it is almost because the queen mother may really not see the emperor's majesty, but the emperor's majesty will stand at the queen's bedside for a long time every night, and then leave quietly.

Cai Wei naturally knew that he would stand in front of her bed every night, without the orange telling her, even if she was asleep, as long as he stood beside her, she could sense it, and immediately woke up from the dream, so she had to close her eyes and pretend to be asleep, because she didn't want to pay attention to him for the time being.

As a result, Qin Fei's time at her bedside every night became shorter and shorter, and her face became worse and worse day by day. On the third night, Qin Fei was disheartened, staring at her sleeping face for a while, and then he drooped his head and wanted to withdraw.

But a voice suddenly came from behind him, "The night before yesterday, His Majesty stood in front of my bed for two hours, and last night was an hour, why isn't it even a quarter of an hour today?" ”

Qin Fei was shocked, and froze in place, not only wanting to run away, but also wanting to immediately turn around and throw himself on the bed and hold Cai Wei in his arms.

Cai Wei sighed faintly: "Ah Fei, you have been thinking about it for three days, don't you have anything to say to me?" ”

When she called out "Ah Fei", Qin Fei's eyes suddenly became inexplicably sour, and he felt that his heart was uncomfortable, so he said after a long time: "I thought you would still ignore me tonight!" ”

Cai Wei was sad when she heard him, and sat up with her body propped up. Qin Fei heard the sound behind him, looked back, and saw that Cai Wei was lifting the brocade quilt and wanted to get out of bed, so he hurriedly took a step forward and held her down, "Don't get up, beware of catching a cold." ”

Cai Wei was pressed back into the quilt by him, looked at him in a daze, and said, "Since you are afraid that I will catch a cold, why are you not afraid of standing at the head of my bed every night and causing me to not be able to sleep every night?" ”

Before she finished speaking, tears were already rolling down, and Qin Fei was so panicked that he hurriedly wiped her tears, feeling that each of those crystal tears was like a thousand catties of boulders, smashing his heart one by one.

"Ah Wei, it's all my fault, I'll scold those ministers to death tomorrow, and they won't be allowed to mention any "Marriage Order", whoever dares to mention another word, I will knock out his mouth full of yellow teeth!"

The words had reached the tip of his tongue, but he still didn't say it. He remembered a memo he had seen in the afternoon, which said that in the past three days, countless women had taken to the streets of Chang'an, protesting and marching, waving flags and shouting, all of which the queen had instructed them to do behind her back.

Not only were the women of Chang'an City instigated by the queen's mother, but she also pleaded with the women of all major states and counties across the country who also walked out of their homes one after another, holding their self-made banners and banners, shouting "I'd rather go to Huangquan than get married!" "We want no concubines in the world, not all the best!" "Women are also people, don't treat women as people!" The chaos is turned upside down, it can be seen how much energy the queen has in her hands, if these women are allowed to make such a fuss, it will really turn the tide and become a big mess.

Qin Fei thought about this layer of hidden worries, and finally just silently kissed the tears on Cai Wei's face, only kissing and kissing, lips and lips involuntarily fit together......

Just as the kiss was intense, Cai Wei suddenly let out a slightly painful soft cry, Qin Fei hurriedly came back to his senses and asked, "What's the matter, but I bit you?" ”

Cai Wei shook her head, stroked her abdomen and said, "It's a child, I think I didn't sleep so late, and kicked me hard." ”

Qin Fei also raised his hand to caress her round abdomen, and really felt a burst of punches and kicks under his palm, and then looked at the faint blue and black under Cai Wei's eyes, he said guiltily: "It's all my fault, you can sleep peacefully!" ”

Cai Wei pulled him and didn't let go, "You're not by my side, I can't sleep." ”

Qin Fei's throat moved slightly, he circled Cai Wei into his arms, closed his somewhat astringent eyes, and said softly: "Actually, I'm the same!" ”

Cai Wei rubbed comfortably in his arms, and suddenly smiled: "I encouraged the women of the whole world to march on the streets to protest and frighten those ministers, right?" ”

Qin Fei smiled bitterly: "Even I was scared. ”

Cai Wei still smiled and said: "Isn't it a bit stupid for me to do this, knowing that His Majesty the Emperor is already jealous of the power I have, but still showing off to him how powerful I am, doesn't it make him even more worried that he can't control me, and he is determined to cut all my wings?" ”

"Ah Wei, I ......" Qin Fei wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it, he thought that he was not such a narrow-minded vulgar man, and he couldn't see his wife's outstanding talent, but now, he also gave birth from time to time If his wife is not so capable, does not have so many ideas, and always interferes in the government and speaks for women, maybe they will get along much easier, why is there constant conflict now.

Cai Wei smiled knowingly, and did not pierce his mind, and continued: "Ah Fei, I knew that this move would make your heart knot for me even more, but I still did it, do you know why? Because without such drastic measures, you men would not have heard the cries of women and realized how important women are to this country. ”

Qin Fei muttered, "My heart is ...... knot"

"In fact, you have been in this heart for so many years, we have been husband and wife for so many years, and we have experienced so many life and death tribulations, and the world envies our deep relationship between husband and wife, but you are still afraid that one day I will leave you."

Being abandoned by the person he loves has always been the deepest fear in Qin Fei's heart. He looked at the little light shadow outside the tent a little blankly, and said in a low voice: "In the years when we got together less and left more, I often had nightmares, dreaming that you were by my side but suddenly disappeared, I thought that when we were reunited, this dream would no longer bother me, but in just a few months, this kind of nightmare of you leaving me is far more than before......"

Cai Wei put her hand on his heart, "Ah Fei, in fact, you don't have confidence in me, you don't have confidence in yourself, you are always worried that all the things you love will leave you and leave you again." Ah Fei, fourteen years ago, on the night when our hearts were really communed, I told you that it is difficult for others to untie the knot in a person's heart except for himself. ”

"Your own heart knot is not broken, that is, I tell you every day that I love you deeply and will never leave you, and you still don't believe that you can really never leave your love, and grow old together."

"I have spent more than ten years of hard work, but I still can't eliminate your heart knot, I can no longer do anything about it, I can only bet, bet that you are willing to let go of the knot for me, let me fly with you, soaring in the clear sky. Or are you still trapped by the knot in your heart after all, and would rather let me be a silk flower attached to you, so that you can feel at ease, feel that I am locked in your golden cage, unless you open the cage, otherwise I can no longer escape from the palm of your hand, and I can't leave if I want to. ”

"What if I chose the latter? You ......" Qin Fei couldn't help but ask.

"Ah Fei, true love is not control, but supporting the loved one to do what she wants to do and become herself. Maybe those ministers haven't told you yet, but the "Marriage Order" has been secretly carried out in many counties and townships, do you know how those rural women resist this kind of forcible matching? In just a few days, there have been hundreds of cases of women throwing themselves into wells, or splashing blood on the spot, defending their dignity and freedom to the death. ”

"If I can't live with dignity and freedom with the women of this land, then I am willing to die like them, in order to maintain dignity and freedom!"