"Sister, I saw that Hou Gongzi today, you are satisfied"

Under the clear moonlight, the two princesses strolled side by side in the small garden in the backyard, and the accompanying palace maids and eunuchs were driven far away to facilitate the two princesses to say something considerate. At this time, it was the fourth princess Zhu Yaoyao who blinked her eyes and tested her sister's mind.

The third princess and the fourth princess are two, one fifteen, one thirteen, needless to say, the big love has just opened, and the small one has just touched the threshold, and it seems that he understands the love between men and women.

Different from the Han and Tang dynasties, the princess of the Ming Dynasty was extremely restricted, and there were so many targeted rules and regulations that it could be written into a book, which was also the root cause of yesterday's memorial to the emperor and the need for four important ministers to argue for two hours.

In history, there was a well-known literati in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, who lived in seclusion for 18 years, wrote books and lectures, and remembered the Ming Dynasty.

In his book, he said, "This dynasty is far better than the previous dynasty", which means that the Ming Dynasty is better than the Han, Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties, and there are many people who say this, but he is different from generalizations, but directly illustrates them.

So he gave 24 reasons, such as "the prince does not dare to kill people without permission, the important ministers are not allowed to appoint their subordinates, the civil and military officials are not allowed to coerce prostitutes, the inner court is not allowed to be arbitrary, the queen mother is not in charge, and the relatives do not interfere in politics" and so on.

However, what may surprise future generations is that he is the first in line, and it is not the "Son of Heaven who guards himself", that is, the Son of Heaven who is talked about guarding the country.

What is that, "the princess widow no longer chooses a son-in-law". That is, the princess will no longer marry.

As we all know, the princesses of the Han and Tang dynasties, especially the princesses of the Tang Dynasty, are called a bold. Not to mention that the husband is dead and wants to remarry, even if he is not dead, he can have fun with the monks outside.

But the princess of the Ming Dynasty is different, it is called a miserable. Rummaging through the Ming records, there are few words mentioning the princess, and after reading the biography of the princess in the Ming Dynasty, although the princesses of the Ming Dynasty have entered the official history, there are basically no specific deeds to record. Greatness is a very simple matter such as whose daughter will marry whom, when she will die, etc.

Not to mention the legendary ambition of doing politics like Princess Taiping and Princess Anle and even wanting to be the empress. If you see a record of more than 100 words in the princess's biography, don't think about it, the main page here must be her husband and the horse.

For example, Zhu Yuanzhang's daughter Princess Ningguo, "married Mei Yin in the eleventh year of Hongwu", Mei Yin was deliberately squeezed off the bridge and drowned by Tan Shen, the former military governor, and Zhao Xi, the commander of Jinyiwei, when she entered the palace in the third year of Yongle. In the ninth year of Xuande, the princess died when she was seventy-one years old, and she was widowed for twenty-nine years. Princess Deqing of Zhu Jianshen of Ming Xianzong, married Lin Yue in the ninth year of Hongzhi, "Yue died in the thirteenth year of Zhengde, and the main widow lived for thirty-one years."

Now I know why as long as there is a martyr in a certain place in the Ming Dynasty, the magistrate will report to the emperor, and the emperor will separately issue a decree to build a chastity archway

The princess is still required to be so strict, not to mention that the folk so Gao Pragmatic has always been very glad that he crossed into the Ming Dynasty as a man, in case he crossed into a woman, the Ming Dynasty must not be a good coordinate.

Of course, the princesses of the Tang Dynasty were also disliked by the family at that time, and they were criticized as worthless in the Ming Dynasty, so think about it, women still try not to cross, and the world is the best era.

The third princess and the fourth princess have also grown up in various rules since childhood, and in the past ten years of life, the most "legendary" is the two times when they sneaked out of the palace with the emperor's brother and met Gao Shipra, as for the first chance encounter in the Buddhist temple, it can't be counted, because after all, there was a will, but there was a temporary accident.

If you have to add that time, then the three "legends" of the two princesses actually have high pragmatic participation, which is really a big impact for the two princesses who have never seen a man a few times since they were born.

Listening to her sister's words, the third princess hesitated for a moment, and sighed lightly, "Hou Gongzi seems to be quite upright. ”

Of course, integrity is a good word, so the fourth princess laughed happily and said, "Then congratulations to my sister." ”

The third princess smiled reluctantly, but stopped talking.

Seeing her sister like this, the fourth princess rolled her eyes and cautiously asked, "Sister, do you think Gao Xiu is better than Hou Gongzi?"

The third princess was taken aback, and hurriedly covered her sister's small mouth, looked around, and warned, "Yao Yuan, don't talk nonsense, are you going to kill your sister?"

The fourth princess, Zhu Yaoyuan, hurriedly pulled away her sister's hand, and also looked around cautiously, and saw that there was no one around, so she said boldly and reassuringly, "What did my sister say, how could I want to kill my sister?"

She lowered her voice and whispered, "But compared to Gao Xiu, Hou Gongzi is indeed a little worse." ”

The third princess opened her mouth, stopped talking, and finally just sighed, "The book says that choosing a husband is not necessarily the best for those talented people who are literary and elegant, and it is always the most stable life in the future, which is a good destination for women." ”

The fourth princess pursed her lips, "I suspect that these people who write books are all fools, or they are talking nonsense with their eyes open." ”

The third princess frowned and said, "How can you speak." ”

The fourth princess said unconvincedly, "It's just from the heart" She shook her cherry lips, stared at her sister's eyes, and asked, "Sister, let's not tell those stories in the book, I'll ask you, if you can choose between Gao Xiushu and Hou Gongzi, who will you choose?"

The third princess smiled bitterly and said: "This is impossible, what's the use of Yao Yuan, can't you see from the imperial brother's usual words and actions that he has faith and expectations for Gao Xiu, Gao Xiu's past things, aren't they all mentioned to us by the imperial brother when he usually chats, otherwise when I met Gao Xiushu in the Buddhist temple, how could I say those words, I am just a little curious about him, I want to see how great he is, so that the imperial brother has always been thinking about him, and he can think of him when he talks about anything." ”

The fourth princess smiled and said, "Of course Gao Xiu is amazing, the sixth champion, what about the world, otherwise how would the royal brother send him that poem, the dragon and tiger pass on the gold list, and the wind and cloud gathering is a jade crown." In the past two hundred years, I have been a scholar of Wenqu, and the imperial brother is usually not very confident in his literary talent, but as long as he mentions Gao Xiu, it looks like a tsk. ”

The third princess became more and more gloomy when she heard this, and said, "Yes, but because of this, Gao Xiushu will definitely have the future of serving in the forbidden house in the future, and he will never become an in-law with the Heavenly Family." ”

The fourth princess couldn't help but feel a little distressed when she saw her sister's face getting worse and worse, but she didn't dare to complain about this damn ancestral system, so she could only persuade her, "The imperial brother has always been very good to his younger brothers and sisters, maybe he will change this ancestral system in the future."

The third princess shook her head and said, "Impossible." ”

"Why is it impossible," the fourth princess pouted, "I think this rule"

"Shut up," the third princess's face became stern, "Yaoyuan, don't say it." She wanted to teach her sister a few words, but she really couldn't say anything, so she could only ask her not to say any more.

When the fourth princess saw her sister's appearance, she also sighed and said, "I know, sister." Just like Mrs. Hua Rui said, poor Hongyan always has a thin life, and he is the most ruthless emperor. ”