When Wu Juan first came to Caiwei, the queen, she really wanted to accompany Sister Wei who was sick, and then when Sister Wei got better, she begged her to set a good family affair for herself.

But when Cai Wei later selected a few young talents and asked her what she meant, she was silent for a while, and suddenly knelt down and said that she was unwilling to remarry after helping Zou Qing's sisters take care of some affairs of An Nutang, and was willing to be like Sister Zou and them for life, and dedicate herself to the well-being of women in the world.

Although Cai Wei was a little surprised, she still agreed to her invitation, and asked her to follow Zou Qing, who was writing the essay, to do some transcription and proofreading work. In order to write more and better novels, Zou Qing naturally can't always stay in the palace with Cai Wei, but travel around to collect some writing materials. Every year or two, I will return to Beijing and get together with Cai Wei for half a month.

For all these years, Wu Juan has been by Zou Jing's side, and after knowing the good news that Cai Wei was pregnant again, she took the initiative to ask Ying to go back to Chang'an to take care of her sister Wei. Cai Wei was thinking that a trustworthy person would find out about the cabinet and the movements of the outside for her, so she agreed to her invitation, but did not let her enter the palace to accompany her, but arranged her in the An Nutang in Chang'an so that it would be convenient to find out the news for her.

Wu Juan saw that she couldn't be by Cai Wei's side, although she was a little disappointed, she still dutifully gathered all the government affairs related to women's rights and interests in the court after Cai Wei stopped asking about politics, and sent them to the palace every three days together with the notes written by the cabinet wife.

She originally wanted to be entrusted by others and be loyal, but it happened that when she went to deliver the news to Cai Wei for the first time, she happened to meet Emperor Yuan Jia outside the Hall of Eternal Life.

After many years, when Wu Juan saw the majestic man in the bright yellow dragon robe again, her heart was instantly chaotic, and it was no longer her own.

Emperor Yuan Jia just nodded at her casually, and continued to walk out without the slightest pause, but she suddenly shouted at his back: "Please stay here, Minnu...... The people's daughter has a matter related to the queen's mother, I don't know what to do, I want to ask the saint to cut it? ”

And His Majesty the Emperor really stopped when she heard her say the four words Queen Mother, which made her heart happy and sad.

When Cai Wei asked her what kind of man she liked, a bright yellow figure suddenly appeared in her heart, so she understood why those young talents were outstanding and excellent, but they couldn't get into her eyes.

For no matter how handsome and outstanding they are, how can they compare with the young and promising, rich and handsome king of a country and the lord of the world? What's more, this son of heaven is the honor of the Ninety-Five, and he can have three palaces and six courtyards and three thousand beauties, but he only has one heart and no regrets for one woman. For her Sister Wei, no matter how hard the ministers persuaded her, she didn't even accept a concubine, even if Sister Wei couldn't give birth to a son, she still loved and doted on Sister Wei in every way.

Such a man is worth entrusting for life! It is a woman's real beloved, the destination of her life, and the greatest happiness that a woman can dream of!

But such a good man is her brother-in-law, and no matter how much she loves him, she can't declare it. That's why she politely refused what Cai Wei wanted to tell her about her family, and resolutely said that she would never marry for life, and help her take care of the affairs of An Nutang, in order to just hope to stay by Cai Wei's side and look at him a few more times.

She told herself over and over again that she would bury this untold affection deep in her heart, just to see him more. It's a pity that even this little thought, God couldn't let her get her wish. In the past ten years, she has followed Zou Qing everywhere to collect style, and she has occasionally returned to the palace, and the number of times she can see Emperor Yuanjia is also only a handful. The last time she saw him was five years ago, and she only saw his back, not even a side face.

She thought that after such a year, she hadn't seen him for five years, and her mind should have faded, but who wanted to return to Beijing this time, and meet on a narrow road, he swept it casually, and her heart was suddenly lost in it, and she couldn't find a way out. She could only watch her sweetheart walk quickly six feet in front of her, frowning and asking, "What's the matter with the queen?" ”

Wu Juan lowered her head by his sharp eyes, only to feel that her cheeks were hot like fire, and she snorted: "Niangniang...... Niangniang ordered me to tell her about the cabinet and some things that happened outside the palace, and I should obey my orders. But...... But I'm afraid, I'm afraid that if Niangniang sees some news, she will be unhappy and affect the dragon heir in her belly, so ...... I ......, I was in a dilemma, and when I saw His Majesty, I couldn't help but ......"

When Qin Fei heard this, he already understood. Although he despised the unsightly careful thoughts in her heart, he unconsciously took a step away, and said coldly: "It's hard for you to miss the queen's body so much, there is nothing that Ah Wei cares about in the court these days, and I don't bother to look at the things in your hands." If you really want your Sister Wei to be good, you should not let her have any worries. ”

His words were cold, Wu Juan listened to them in his ears, but he was like a spring breeze, thinking that he understood the meaning of the emperor's majesty, and hurriedly replied: "Yes, the people know what to do, and please rest assured, the people will not mention the troubles that the queen should not know."

Qin Fei sneered and turned away. I can't wait to drive Wu Juan away immediately, Ah Wei treats her so well, she still has the face to miss her husband. Qin Fei didn't feel that he was charming, he only felt disgusting, but he really wanted to drive away this woman who had already given birth to two hearts at this moment, and he was afraid that Ah Wei would have a lot of hearts.

Xu is pregnant, Ah Wei is very moody these days, which makes him blame in front of her, neither left nor right, nose is not nose, eyes are not eyes.

Besides, Wu Juan was taken away, Ah Wei was afraid that she would have to find someone else to find out the news for her, and she would have to worry about him, so it was better to have more than one thing, so she didn't send Wu Juan for the time being, and sent someone to keep an eye on her to make sure that she didn't say something that shouldn't be said in front of Ah Wei, and when the New Year is over, before March at the latest, think of a way to let her go. After all, this kind of person, the longer you let her around, maybe she'll get some moths out of you when she is.

But he was still a step too late.

In the Hall of Eternal Life, Cai Wei was half-leaning on the beauty couch, quietly listening to Wu Juan's stammering statement.

Wu Juan stumbled and finished speaking, and secretly glanced at it, seeing that her sister Wei still looked calm as usual when she heard such important news, and there was no anxious and angry look on her face, and she couldn't help but feel even more worried in her heart.

Since the last time she accidentally met Emperor Yuan Jia, no matter how much she paid attention, she had never been able to touch him again. Not being able to see her for several months made her heart feel unspeakably uncomfortable.

Just came into this Hall of Eternal Life, she didn't know what was wrong, and suddenly opened her mouth to tell the story of the "Marriage Order", but now it was too late to regret it, she could only ask stubbornly: "Did Niangniang already know the news?" ”

Cai Wei still had her eyes half-closed, didn't look at her, and said lightly: "A few days ago, Ah Fei mentioned this matter to me, saying that the ministers were shouting that there were many men in the countryside who could not marry their daughters-in-law, and now many women are unwilling to marry when they are old next year, and they want the court to issue a "marriage decree", 'If a woman does not marry at the age of fifteen, the county officials will match her.'" I also told him at the time that it would be much more useful to issue a "Decree of Abolition of Concubinage" than to do this. ”

Wu Juan was shocked when she heard this, she never imagined that Emperor Yuanjia would not allow her to tell her about the news that would affect Cai Wei's mood, but she took the initiative to tell her, this, this-

Before she had time to think about the deep meaning of this, Cai Wei asked again: "In the past few months, I have asked you to find out the news for me, but the wind started at the end of Qingping, and the waves became between the waves, and those ministers made such a big move at once, why has it been calm for the past three months, is there no movement at all?" ”

Wu Juan couldn't hide it, so she knelt down and said: "Please also ask Niangniang to forgive me, in the first few months, there were some small actions over there, but I was afraid that Niangniang would find out, and I would not be happy in my heart, and I would have something bad about the little prince in your womb, so I didn't dare to tell you if I made my own opinion, and asked Sister Wei to spare me this time, I will never dare to do it again in the future." ”

"Since you said that it was for the sake of my body, then why did you report the truth to me again this time, aren't you afraid that I will suddenly know such bad news and have a tire?"

Wu Juan's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and she said hesitantly: "I, I see that this situation is urgent, and the relationship is serious, so I don't dare to hide it anymore, I am afraid that once they really make a "marriage order" come out, it will be very unfavorable to our women." ”

Cai Wei finally opened her eyes and looked at her for a while, looking at her like pins and needles, and she couldn't wait to find a hole in the ground to get into, before she withdrew the cold gaze that made her shameless.

"You have a heart, go back and rest for a while!" Cai Wei said lightly. Seeing that Wu Juan wanted to say something more, she waved her hand, and two palace people had already sent her out of the Hall of Eternal Life "politely".

Loquat glared at Wu Juan's back, and said hatefully: "Girl, you all know all the little tricks she played behind her back, why did you let her go so lightly?" There was not even the slightest punishment. ”

Cai Wei sighed, "I don't punish her because I know that His Majesty's action will only punish her more heavily." ”

Xiangcheng and the others immediately understood, this Wu Juan had hidden everything from her girl according to Her Majesty's intentions, but this time she didn't hide it anymore, but maliciously poked out such a big thing, and saw that Her Majesty would spare her again.

Cai Wei thought more, Qin Fei took the initiative to mention the "Marriage Order" to herself a few days ago, first, she was afraid that she would not be suspicious when she saw the slightest turmoil in the court for several months, and second, if Wu Juan still hid it from herself this time, it just made her understand that Wu Juan was not trustworthy, and she would naturally stay away from her after that. It was because he asked her why she was concealing it, Qin Fei was not afraid of the shadow, and he couldn't find the slightest mistake in him, and he would only send Wu Juan away from now on. For the sake of the husband and wife relationship between them, Qin Fei really took great pains.

If he didn't bother to think about it, he would have struck first, and he was robbed by Wu Juan to sue him today, then this person who bought his subordinates deliberately did not let himself know about the political affairs of the previous dynasty A black pot was deducted by Wu Juan on his head, although he was not wronged at all in this pot.

All the eggs can't be put in one basket, Cai Wei knows the reason, so she didn't rely on Wu Juan alone to help her find out the news, she also arranged a few other people, but the news handed in by those people was also secretly manipulated, all of them were whitewashed like Wu Juan. In the end, only one person passed on the real news to her, because the person did not start delivering the news until she had been instructed by her, and it escaped someone's eyes.

She was not mistaken, once she left the court temporarily, the men would inevitably make a move. She began to ask about political affairs in the month of last year, and she raised the baby with peace of mind, and there was a "small matter" in the first month.

During the years when she was in charge of the dynasty, she had already restored the customs of the Western Qin and Northern Qin dynasties, and acquiesced to the fact that on the night of the 15th day of the first lunar month, both men and women could go out to watch the lanterns. However, on the night of Shangyuan this year, in many places, there were women who appeared on the lanterns to be forcibly indecent by some unscrupulous men, and even were beaten and insulted by hooligans. * But there is no mention of punishing criminals.

Since then, the direction of the wind in the country has slowly changed, and various places have begun to restrict women's activity space, not to mention going out to go shopping to buy jewelry or something, and even going to the temple to burn incense is prohibited, saying that it is dangerous and unsafe for women to walk outside, but in essence, they just want to lock women in their homes again.

On the third day of the second month of February, there was a minister who wrote a letter to let the women return to the family, focusing on family affairs such as husbands and children taking care of the elderly. It doesn't make sense that this woman can do the work, but the man can't learn it.

On the 10th day of February, Li Qingzhao, a female writer who is famous all over the world for her novels and biographies such as "The Legend of the Daughter Hero", "The Strange Girl", "The Biography of Princess Pingyang", and "The Female Captain's Observations", sued her for her husband's domestic violence of beating her every day in order to resist her husband's attempt to rob her of her manuscript fees. Because he knew that if he sued him for domestic violence, the government would never accept it, so he sued him for being the governor of the state but perverted the law for bribes, and although her husband was sent to prison, she herself was also imprisoned for the crime of suing her husband with her wife.

On 14 February, a man in Tongzhou came out of prison after only five years in prison after beating his wife to death, and beat his second wife to death, but he was still sentenced to only five years, while a woman from Tongzhou, after being severely beaten by her husband for 20 years, raised a kitchen knife and slashed her husband more than 20 times in order to protect her youngest son from being beaten to death.

On 20 February, the secretary of the Ministry of War issued an advisory to all 100,000 female soldiers to be discharged and returned to the field, except for Qin Liangyu, who had the most outstanding military achievements, and all the female generals had no military ranks, and the establishment of female soldiers was abolished from then on.

On February 25, dozens of ministers from the DPRK and China jointly signed a letter asking Qin Fei to close the An Nu Tang, believing that the An Nu Tang allowed women to read and write for free and work in the silk factory to receive a good salary, but it was not open to men, which was a great discrimination and injustice against men.

Fortunately, Qin Fei kept the promise he had made to her, and rejected the excerpt of the invitation to lock up An Nutang and remove the female soldiers, and those ministers saw that they could not shake An Nutang, and they no longer hid it, and directly put forward the idea of "Marriage Order", wanting to force all the women to go home and continue to become a man's private property, and give birth to children, cattle and horses for him.

Although Qin Fei chose to tell her about this matter and promised to make her satisfied, the thought of what he had concealed from her before, as well as the hesitation in his eyes when he assured, made her feel more and more uneasy.

I was afraid that Qin Fei also knew that he couldn't hide the "Marriage Order" this time, so he took the initiative to tell himself. But he still said a little evasively, he only said that he would solve it, but did not mention the fact that many states and counties had begun to force marriage before the court had issued an order, so that many local women were angry and protested.

Cai Wei keenly felt that Qin Fei's concealment from her in this matter was not just worried about her body, but there were other reasons. The reason behind this made Cai Wei feel more uncomfortable the more she thought about it, and she finally couldn't hold back and spit out all the bowl of fetal pills she had just drunk.

The baby in her womb seemed to sense something, and began to feel restless in her belly. Cai Wei caressed her bulging abdomen, a somewhat helpless wry smile appeared on her lips, although she loved the baby in her womb deeply, but if it wasn't for the fact that she was going to get pregnant and give birth, how could she leave the court temporarily, so that today's consequences appeared.

So those men are very smart, they no longer think about closing the An Nu Tang and dismissing the female soldiers, but directly match the women to a man casually, drive them back to the family, and let them be busy giving birth to men, and no longer care about anything else.

Although a woman's body is not as strong as a man's, even if a woman bleeds a few days a month, as long as she does not get pregnant and give birth to a child, her combat effectiveness is not much inferior to that of a man. Especially the female soldiers she built, everyone wielded muskets, and their combat power was even stronger than that of the men.

But once pregnant, women are immediately vulnerable, and they can only be ripe when they are pregnant in October, and men don't even need domestic violence against women, as long as they let women give birth to children once a year, they can completely control them.

Childbirth was originally the most sacred ability given to a woman by God, but at some times it has also become a woman's biggest weakness, even if she is a queen and the mother of a country, she is no exception.