Chapter 167: Marriage and Concubine Room
"The art of disgust? It's a shame that those two women came up with it! An Yeting casually played with Angel's Western chess pieces that Angel had ordered people to make in the past, the black emperor, helplessly struggling, and there was no turning back.
There is no god in the world, and if there is a god, he will definitely drag him down from that high position and stomp on him a few times.
"A liar who doesn't know anything, a Taoist priest with real talent and real learning, this mention is really refreshing, prepare a car for me to go to the red light alley!"
The housekeeper looked at the second master's clueless words, and was about to go up to ask the reason, but was sent away by An Yeting's secret two words.
An Ruozhi, who came out behind him, saw his chic and comfortable son, it was really a headache, the An family is now a qiē, with Angel's own merits, she can get Angel's favor, the reason why the An family can come out is because of this very unobtrusive son.
An Ruozhi always loves and hates An Yeting, and he can always say a lot of angry words in his mouth, and now the An family is about to marry the Han family, but don't do it because this kid is on a business trip.
"It's a big night, stay at home and don't look at what time it is!" As a father, An Ruozhi is both a success and a failure.
An Yeting shook the money bag on his waist, "No, I have to solve some things, you can't help me do this, I have to buy some things." ”
An Ruozhi Alexander said with a little anger, "If you want to buy anything, you can directly sue the gatehouse, if you lack anything, let people buy it back, don't hang around outside all day long, where do you still look like a general." ”
An Yeting smiled faintly, and spit out words that made An Ruozhi angry, "I'm going to **, if you think those subordinates can replace me, then I won't come back tomorrow." ”
What are you going to do? It is nothing more than to solve physiological needs, if someone can replace him, then that person is the second master of the An family.
An Yeting left without looking back, leaving only An Ruozhi, who had been blowing his beard and staring, behind him, his son was hopeless.
With a bite of the silver teeth, he quickly came to Mrs. An's yard with people, ordered someone to knock on the gate of the yard, and just wanted to complain about something with her biological mother, but the old lady closed her mind and waited carefully for the maid on one side.
"What's the matter?"
Mrs. An is old, and her sleep is not so peaceful, and she has already woken up when An Ruozhi comes, but she is a little reluctant to open her eyes.
An Ruo was stunned, then recalled the words of the imperial doctor, and shook his head with some annoyance, his mother's physical condition was already very poor, but he disturbed his biological mother's precious rest time because of that unfilial son.
"Mother, is my son bothering you?"
Mrs. An had suffered hardships in her early years, and in this season her body was prone to problems, and the doctor had instructed that such a disease must be fed, and it was best to let the old woman rest more.
Mrs. An waved her hand, "No, people are easy to get sleepy when they reach their age, do you have something to do here?" ”
"Mother, my son is here for Brother Ting'er, my son thinks, the child is not young, is it time to marry him for a marriage?"
"Marriage? Brother Ting? Hearing An Yeting's name, the old woman was still very surprised.
"Yes, my son plans to marry him a family affair so that he can restrain his temperament!"
The old woman waved her hand helplessly, among the many descendants of the British duke, the most similar to the British duke is not his several descendants, but it is very unpleasant to love, but ......
"The year before, when the eldest daughter-in-law was in a hurry to say goodbye to that kid, you weren't in a hurry, why are you in a hurry like an ant on a hot pot at this time?"
"This kid is in trouble again, he just ...... I actually went to ......** just now! An Ruozhi really felt unspeakable, wondering how he could have such a disobedient and unfilial son, who couldn't tell the priorities?
Mrs. An sighed, "This marriage is not a festival, but also depends on the woman's character and family affairs, Brother Ting is not a family, but he is also an earl, maybe he can rise to another level in the future, I want to see, it is better to choose a concubine from among those women who have been rewarded by His Majesty, and serve first." ”
The title of concubine is commonly known as "little wife". If there is a strict distinction, there is still a difference between a wife and a concubine.
Wife is a man's sexual partner because of marriage. "Corpse" said: "Yao Wen Shunxian, among the grass thatch, the wife is a locust, and the wife is a hero." Although it is a sister marrying together, the elder sister is the wife, and the younger sister is the wife, that is, the one who marries. Mei is the "deputy wife" in addition to the main wife of the later, that is, the little wife in the modern sense.
Concubinage is a marriage system based on the needs of the privileged and the nobles, which not only guarantees the special power of the privileged and the nobles, but also confirms the inequality of the real society through the embodiment of this power.
Concubinage existed from the very beginning among the privileged and the aristocracy, and so it accompanied the entire feudal society in China until the first half of the twentieth century, when this marriage custom, which was extremely incompatible with the marriage system of the whole society, still existed in the families of some warlords and wealthy people.
The concubine system was very popular in the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period, but the custom of marrying a nephew was only popular among the aristocracy. In the "Dictatorship", it is said that the emperor can marry twelve women together, just like the twelve months in the big year, and the Marquis of Nagisa can marry nine wives, which symbolizes Kyushu. This is a reflection of reality.
The concubine has no status in the family, no name, "run is a concubine" or "buy is a concubine", she and the parents are only the relationship between the slave and the master, and cannot obtain kinship status with the identity of the husband like the wife, and the father's concubine can be married to the son as a wife.
The family members called the master's concubine as the aunt or aunt, and she herself called her master the old lady, the old lady or the master, the wife, the young master, the young lady, and the young grandmother. Only the children born to oneself can be called by their first names. Because of the low status of the concubine, her parents, brothers and sisters could not associate with the parents, and even if they did, they did not treat each other with the courtesy of relatives.
In the past, concubines were not allowed to go to the temple, and in the patriarchal society, only the main wife could worship the ancestors with her husband. After the death of a concubine, she is not sacrificed, and if she has a son, she will be sacrificed separately, but she cannot be sacrificed to a temple. Since the middle of the Han Dynasty, the joint burial of husband and wife has been implemented, which means that the wife and her husband are buried together, and the concubine has no share.
The fate of the concubine is in the hands of the parents and the wife. It can be disposed of at will. Although there are laws, the laws are also biased in favor of parents. In short, both during and after death, concubines have neither patriarchal status nor legal protection in the family, except for performing the duties of reproductive servants for their parents.
In the era when monogamy was established, sexual partners in a family other than the main wife, even if they had a high status and were favored by their husbands, would not be treated the same as their wives, and they all belonged to concubines.
The status of a woman who marries is higher than that of a concubine in the family, but it is still a kind of concubine, but under certain circumstances, a concubine can be turned into a wife, and a concubine is not allowed to become a wife from the perspective of etiquette. There are very few wives who can become wives, so when they are in power, they are promoted to wives, and when they are in power, they are reduced to concubines.
"Mother, if you can, my son wants to take a cheap concubine for Brother Ting'er, after all, this kind of thing is a concubine, and how many times will Brother Ting'er's marriage be blocked in the future."
An Yeting's age is not young, if he changes to an ordinary official eunuch family, he is already the father of several children, over the years, he has not even had a person to serve by his side, if he accepts a concubine, it is understandable, he has the family affairs like An Jia and his own ability, and he is not afraid of not being able to marry a good wife.
It's just that if An Yeting really marries a concubine, except for those women who are scheming and value An's family, there are no good girls who will marry in.
"That's it, that's it, I'm too anxious!" Mrs. An waved her hand, in the end, she is old, and many things are a little powerless, "It's just, Brother Ting, does he know about this matter?" If he doesn't agree, even if you let people pressure him to worship, I'm afraid it won't help! ”
"In this matter, the son will let Tong Guò convince Brother Ting that the relationship between their brother and sister has always been very good, and the brother who has a family and a career is also what she is willing to see as a younger sister."
"So be it! In a few days, I asked everyone to hand a sign to the palace to see what Niangniang said there, and if there is a good girl, please also pay attention to Niangniang. This matter, ** woman, can see it more clearly than you court generals. ”