Chapter 41: The Rites

In the autumn of the twelfth year of the Zhou calendar, one of the last two tasks that Lin Fu stayed in Yecheng, the time to participate in Xiao Muzi's coming-of-age ceremony came as scheduled. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The ritual is similar to the crown ceremony, which is a woman's coming-of-age ceremony. In the previous life, there were 20 weak crowns for men and 15 for women. And here it is fifteen. A woman cuts her hair once in a hundred days, and then she doesn't cut her hair anymore.

After the hair grows, it is divided from the middle of the forehead to both sides, and the forks are like the upper part of a girl's character, so underage or immature girls are called girls. At the age of fifteen, the ceremony of harmony is held to signify adulthood.

In previous lives, the ceremony was only held after the marriage, and if the marriage was not promised, it was held until the age of 20, just like the crown ceremony. In the ancient times of the previous world, it was too late for a daughter to go out when she was a teenager, and many girls already had one or two children in their teens, so there were few fifteen-year-olds who did not salute.

The status of women in this world is not as low as in ancient times in previous lives, as can be seen from this rite of honor.

In ancient times, the beginning of the crown ceremony, as the top priority for women, symbolizes adulthood and can be married. But in the previous life, it was a coming-of-age ceremony held before marriage, as a reminder of life responsibilities and social roles, this setting inevitably framed the positioning of women a little too narrowly. The world here is a little more respectful of women in the matter of marriage.

The pomp and circumstance of the small county lord ceremony is not small. Today's saints are three brothers, Li Yu, Li Si, and Li Ze. The second heir, Li Si, died very early and had no heirs left. The remaining brothers were busy fighting the world and had no time to give birth. Later, when the world was stable, I finally found time to work hard for so many years, but there was only one daughter.

When Lin Fu was four years old, he was called Li Muzi's little county lord, which means that Li Muzi was named the county lord almost just after birth. You must know that if the saint is not sealed, the daughter of the prince can never be called the county lord or princess, and she can only be called Miss.

The little girl who was just born was named the lord of Yongjia, it can be seen that things are rare and precious, and the two brothers and sons of the emperor especially love their daughters when they see a lot.

Not only that, but now the saint also sent Gonggong Yuan in the palace to bring two old grandmothers to be responsible for adult education after adulthood. This point in Lin Fu's heart is like a mirror, which is nothing more than women's morality, women's appearance, women's skills, women's words, etc. Alas... Feudal superstition kills people.

Lin Fu, who has been a person of the new era for more than 20 years, has gradually accepted this feudal imperial world after nearly 16 years, but he still can't tolerate a little sand in his eyes for this kind of old era, feudal era, and unfair treatment of women.

You have to think about it, this is the daughter of the emperor's only younger brother, and you still have to learn this Laoshzi's three virtues and four virtues, women's virtues and women's appearance, if this is an ordinary family, isn't it no different from pyramid scheme brainwashing?

In addition, when he came back from the Spring Festival this year, Xiao Muzi ran to the courtyard with a sad face, as if he had encountered some great grievance in Beijing.

When Xiao Muzi came to the courtyard with a bitter face, Lin Fu was very surprised.

Because the heavenly family is just two flowers, it is really more expensive than the princes, Lin Fu never thought that the little county lord Muzi would encounter any grievances when he went to the capital.

"What's going on?" , Lin Fu felt a little curious, is anyone in this world who dares to bully this eldest lady?

When I opened my mouth and asked, I realized that this matter was really going to be talked about, and it was still my own.

Lin Fu knew that she had had too much contact with Muzi over the years, which had affected her a lot. But he originally thought that in the years when he chatted with Mr. Jiang in the Wangfu study, the three views that were mixed with the thoughts of his previous life were a little bit apostasy, but they would not make this pearl of the heavenly family suffer.

didn't expect that it would affect her after all.

"You also know that my brother went to the capital two years ago to take up a post, I haven't seen him for a long time, and we get together more every year during the New Year, and this year is the same, I was in a hurry to find him when I just arrived in the capital."

Lin Fu nodded, the little prince has been with her for more than ten years, and later came to the other courtyard to learn swords with the fairy sister, and a few years ago, she went to the capital suddenly and even felt that she was missing something, let alone a teenage girl.

"My brother served in the forbidden army in Beijing, and when I went to look for him, it happened that he had just come back from outside Beijing, and I saw that his horse was extraordinary, so I wanted to ride it too."

Lin Fu raised his eyebrows, what's wrong with this matter, isn't the emperor's world going down immediately. What's the big deal when the little girl sees a horse to ride?

"Is it possible that because you rode your brother's horse, His Majesty reprimanded you?" , Lin Fu frowned slightly and asked, if this is the case, His Majesty's pattern is too small, right?

"No, no, no." , Xiao Muzi waved his hand, "It's my fault for this, I played hard, and I got a little carried away." When he dismounted, he stepped on the air and soiled the clothes he was going to wear to enter the palace. ”

"When I entered the palace on Chinese New Year's Eve, no one cared about this matter, and I didn't know that my father and king didn't turn his mind, and when he saw that I was wearing another set of clothes, he asked me what was going on."

"In front of the emperor's uncle and the queen mother, my father asked me this, but I didn't dare to talk nonsense, so I could only answer truthfully, which caused the queen mother to reprimand me a lot."

"There are only two girls in your family, and the Queen Mother is willing to scold you?" , Lin Fu felt that this was not a big deal, it was nothing more than that the little girl was naughty and fell and soiled her clothes.

The Queen Mother, the old man, didn't ask the little girl if her body bones were broken, but opened her mouth to reprimand her, was it a little harsh?

Xiao Muzi pursed his mouth and said very aggrievedly, "You don't know how much my sister in the capital likes His Majesty and the Queen Mother." That's proficient in piano, chess, poetry and painting, talking and walking are so light and breezy, and all kinds of etiquette are in place. Coupled with being by the Queen Mother's side all day long, her old man naturally doesn't look like I'm my own now. ”

Lin Fu chuckled, this is true, there is harm if there is comparison, compared to the good girl who has been staying in the capital, this crazy girl from the frontier is indeed not up to the traditional aesthetic concept of the heavenly family.

Ye Wangye is already martial and straight. The things I talked about with Mr. Jiang all day long were extremely unsuitable for the Queen Mother and her old man.

But it's nothing, no matter how good the sister in his sister's mouth is, Lin Fu can't look down on it.

This piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, soft-spoken, red tape or something, it is not bad to say that it is bad, but it really seems so fake.

In his opinion, it is better to relax and be real if you are so tired. Under his own influence, Xiao Muzi's straightforward and honest temperament that does not hide his joys, sorrows and sorrows when getting along with people close to him is the most beautiful in Lin Fu's opinion.