When Wen was hired, Liu Cong hurriedly asked someone to invite Zhuge Liang to come, and he had to rely on these strategists at the critical moment.

Zhuge Liang saw Liu Cong sitting in the study with a serious face, and thought that something big had happened, so when he asked, he immediately laughed: "Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord!" |

Zhuge Liang and Liu Cong are relatives, and they have a good relationship in private, but now that no one is around, Zhuge Liang does not hide it.

"Kong Ming, don't be patronizing and laughing, hurry up and think of a way for me!" Liu Cong's eyebrows were burning here, but Zhuge Liang was like a nobody.

"This is easy to do, my lord, what is your impression of Miss Wen?"

"That's good." Liu Cong told the truth.

"That's simple, since Zhongye brothers and sisters insist, why not do it?"

"But Wenrui is a beautiful girl, and I am a married man. Besides, Han Yi is still in Xiangyang City and has not left, how do you ask me to agree? ”

"Then refuse! The lord marries a wife and takes a concubine, and Zhongye should not be in charge. ”

"You ......" Liu Cong picked up Zhuge Liang and beat him hard!

"Brother-in-law, you don't know, my father-in-law has just retired, and I am going to marry, or two! What do you want the Cai clan to think? Besides, Zhongye and Han Taishou are who they are, Zhongye only has one sister, and Han Yi is Han Taishou's only daughter, if I take the two of them as concubines, if there is anything wrong in the future, how can I explain to the two.

If I refuse, it will be a great sin to cause the two girls not to marry at an older age, and the two seem to have made up their minds, if I refuse, they must think that I look down on the two of them, and what if Zhongye and Han Taishou complain when the time comes? ”

Seeing that Liu Cong didn't call Mr., but directly called his brother-in-law, Zhuge Liang knew that Liu Cong was really anxious.

"Lord, in fact, this matter is not difficult!"

"What do you do?" Liu Cong's eyes lit up and he looked at Zhuge Liang eagerly.

"Liang heard that in the Spring and Autumn Period, King Qi established the third queen. Ancient nobles did have three wives and four concubines! The three wives are: the main palace, the east palace, and the west palace; The four concubines refer to: one of the parents in the family and one of the three wives who serve the maids.

The lord is a relative of the Han family, the younger brother of His Majesty the Emperor, and can be described as a noble man of the Han Dynasty. Since the lord cherishes the two girls, why not marry them as a wife like the ancients? ”

"It's not proper, it's not proper, the king of Qi is the king of a country. I'm just a state pastor, not comparable! Although Liu Cong wanted to be the emperor in his heart, he now controlled only a state of land, how could he be compared with the king. Although Zhuge Liang saw through his mind and knew that he didn't want to wronged Wen Rui and Han Yi, it was best to do less of this kind of thing that exceeded the ancient system.

Zhuge Liang said what the third queen of Qi said, it is estimated that he also comforted himself, although the three wives and four concubines are extremely noble people, but Liu Cong's impression is that China has been monogamous since ancient times, and concubines can be relatively casual. But the wife can't mess around!

Huaxia is a patriarchal* ethical society, "monogamy" is regarded as the basic principle of marriage, "Spring and Autumn Period: Yin Gong Five Years" Zhongyun: "Princes have no two concubines", which means that even the princes of the Son of Heaven cannot marry two wives at the same time. [Eastern Han Dynasty] Ban Gu's "White Tiger Tongyi" once said: "The wife is also Qi and the husband is in the same body, from the Son of Heaven to the Shuren, and its righteousness is also the same." "New Tang Dynasty Book, Confucianism, Wei Gongsu": "The ancient princes married nine daughters, so the temple has no two concubines, since the Qin Dynasty, there have been remarriages, before and after marrying (stepwives), all are grandchildren, and the two are not suspicious. ”

Before the Qin and Han dynasties, there was a saying, "If the ancients married a daughter, they would be followed by their nephews, and they were called concubines." "For example: Zhou Tianzi married Qi with Wang Ji, and Wei Lu Jin with the same surname will be married to the daughter of the sect. When a nobleman marries a daughter, he must marry his niece and sister. And the sister who has been married in the past is a concubine, whose status is lower than that of a wife, higher than that of a concubine, and the same as the so-called flat wife, she is essentially a concubine. And after the death of the wife, the concubine can have the opportunity to become a wife, but the concubines who come from other ways have no chance. So many people think that concubines can be corrected, but in fact they are not.

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, there have been no concubines, and the law clearly stipulates the system of monogamy and appropriate concubinage.

The "Nine Laws of the Han Dynasty" also stipulates that "disorderly wives and concubines" are crimes, among which the "Enze Hou Table" records: Fu Yan, the Marquis of Confucius, sits on the position of disorderly wives and concubines, and is exempted. Han law has clearly shown a trend towards the identity of marriage.

Although Liu Cong loves the two daughters, he really doesn't have the confidence to do this kind of thing that transcends the ancient system.

Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Cong was so embarrassed, and he had no choice for a while.

After a long time, Zhuge Liang said again: "The two girls admire the lord, Zhongye and Han Taishou are the pillars of Jingzhou, and Liang thinks that it is more appropriate for the lord to agree to these two family affairs." As for Cai's side, Liang went to explain for the lord. ”

Zhuge Liang also has an in-law relationship with the Cai family, and the stakes are said by Zhuge Liang that it is more appropriate for Cai Mao and others to come forward directly than Liu Cong.

But when he thought of the status of the concubine, Liu Cong felt a little guilty, what a good two girls, monogamy is really deadly. It seems that he can only make up for his regrets by becoming a king or even an emperor as soon as possible, and when the time comes, the queen and the imperial concubine, the concubine can always be sealed casually, right?

Even so, even if Liu Cong made up his mind and agreed to marry the two, Liu Cong still had no bottom in his heart about how to face Cai Lin and Han Yi. Cai Lin has really been good to herself since she came to this era three years ago, and now that she has just ascended to the throne, she wants to take concubines, and two at a time!

Han Yi too, the little girl began to admire Liu Cong three years ago, but Liu Cong married Cai Lin, Han Yi knew that her father was not as powerful as Cai Mao, and Liu Cong was not a frivolous person, so she finally made up her mind that even if she was a concubine, she would follow Liu Cong for the rest of her life, but suddenly a Wen Rui appeared! What's going on?

Helplessness is helplessness, but things have to be faced. Cai Mao and Wen Ping can let Zhuge Liang go and say that Cai Lin has to be done by Liu Cong himself!

When Liu Cong told Cai Lin about it, Cai Lin didn't ring for a long time.

Liu Cong's decision was too surprising, if it was three years ago, maybe Cai Lin didn't have any idea and directly accepted her fate.

But in the past three years, the relationship between the husband and wife has been very good, although there is a Wuling A-Ying in the middle, but after all, A-Ying is just a maid, and after Liu Cong's freshness period, everything has returned to calm.

Now that the war has just ended, Wen Ping has increasingly become Liu Cong's right-hand man, but Cai Mao retired not long ago, Cai Lin can't help but think more.

She thinks that Liu Cong is not such a snobbish person, but this does not prevent other snobbish people from getting close to Liu Cong, and this kind of political action has existed since ancient times, not to mention that one is a close minister, and the other is Changsha Taishou.

"Lin'er, in fact, I have repeatedly rejected them, but today, things have developed a little beyond my control.

I know that this matter is not only unfair to you, but also fair to the two of them, but the two girls are stubborn, and if I repeatedly refuse, others will think that there is something wrong with them......"

Liu Cong didn't want to say more, but he had to say it, because Cai Lin didn't speak at the moment, she seemed strong, but her tears were disobedient.

"Is it because of my father's ......?" Cai Lin asked in a low voice.

"No, absolutely not! It's not that you don't know, three years ago, I was because Wen Rui offended Kuai Jian, so I made some assassination later. And I met Han Yi three years ago, and I also helped a lot in order to invite my brother Han Yi back......

Originally, I thought that with the passage of time, they would forget these things, but who would have thought that nothing has changed in three years, except that they are three years older......"

"Since it is Lang's concubine's intention, Lin'er will not stop her husband, if there is anything I need to do, just let me know." Cai Lin wiped her tears and pretended to be strong.

In fact, Cai Lin is a hundred unwilling, but what can it be, at the beginning, one Jiang Li could let Liu Cong ignore herself for a year, and now the two of them are all beautiful women, and they both have backers, not to mention taking concubines, even if Cai Lin is divorced and remarries, Cai Lin can understand. Instead of sighing, it is better to be generous in front of Liu Cong.

"Lin'er......" Although Wen Rui and Han Yi are good, Liu Cong values Cai Lin more, and he naturally feels most sorry for Cai Lin in such a situation.

"Lin'er, promise me to help me have a baby within a year!" Liu Cong really couldn't think of any other good way to comfort Cai Lin except for using the child.

Hearing Liu Cong say this, Cai Lin was finally a little happier, this is Liu Cong is obviously thinking about himself, no matter how much Cai's power is lost, she is still Liu Cong's wife, if she can add a boy to Liu Cong as soon as possible, her position will be more stable!