In the front hall, Cao Ying and Princess Shoukang sat on the main seat as the hosts, and frequently raised their glasses with the ladies invited below, chatting a few interesting things in Tokyo from time to time, which caused the ladies in the hall to laugh again and again, and even some people made fun of a woman in the banquet, which caused others to laugh, and the people who were teased either bowed their heads and smiled, or ridiculed each other, and the banquet was not lively for a while.

In addition to chatting, the ladies of the banquet are also very satisfied with today's dishes, the wild boar is made by Princess Shoukang herself, and the cooking method brought by Zhao Yan from later generations is used to make dishes, although these ladies are used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, but they are also full of praise when they taste these fresh dishes today, some people praise Princess Shoukang for not losing to men, and some people ask Cao Ying for how to make dishes, which makes the scene a little more lively.

When the banquet was almost over, Cao Ying and Princess Shoukang glanced at each other, and then saw Cao Ying stand up at this time and said, "Thank you for coming to the Humble House today, as the host, I will prepare a small gift for everyone!" ”

Cao Ying said and glanced at Mixue next to her, and then Mixue immediately ordered the maids outside to send the soap in, and then put it in the hands of those noble ladies and nobles one by one, originally according to the traditional customs of the Chinese, the person who received the gift could not open it in front of the owner, these noblewomen naturally knew this etiquette, so although they accepted it with a smile, no one opened it.

However, Cao Ying took the initiative to smile at this time and said: "Everyone, this gift is a little special, so please open the gift, and then I will let someone show you how to use it, and let everyone see the effect of this gift." ”

Hearing Cao Ying's request, the ladies at the banquet were a little puzzled, but as the so-called guests are as they please, so they did not refuse, and opened the soap box in front of them one by one, and saw the soap in the shape of flowers, and these soaps are of different colors, and the shapes are also divided into several kinds, which look like real flowers.

"Sister Ying'er, what is this flower-like thing made of, it looks so beautiful?" At this time, a younger girl in the hall asked, and the other ladies and ladies also showed curiosity, and the contents of the box were also the first time they had seen them.

"Hehe, this gift is called soap, and the same as the bath beans we usually use, they are used to clean the body, but the effect of the soap is much stronger than the bath beans, please see my maid to show you!" After Cao Ying finished speaking, she saw Mi Xue walking into the hall with a large tray on which a basin for washing her face and several other small bowls were placed.

I saw Mi Xue come in and put the tray on a table in the hall, and then bowed around, and said generously: "Slave Mi Xue, meet all ladies and ladies, today the slave and maid want to demonstrate the use and efficacy of soap!" ”

Mi Xue said, picked up one of the small bowls on the tray and said: "Everyone, please see, this is a bowl of oil, now the slave and maid apply it to their hands, generally speaking, it is difficult to wash off like this oil, even if you use particularly hot water, plus bath beans to clean, you can't wash it thoroughly, but it's different with soap." ”

Mi Xue said, really poured the oil in the bowl on her hands, and then showed it to the surrounding guests, then wet her hands with water, and then smeared them with soap, and soon white foam appeared, I saw her rub her hands a few times at will, and finally put them in the water to wash, and when she took her hands out of the water, they were really clean, and there were no oil stains after drying them with a towel.

"This soap is really useful, not only does it look more beautiful than bath beans, but the effect is also stronger than that of bath beans, it seems that we don't need to buy bath beans in the future!" A gracefully dressed lady also opened her eyes and said, she usually likes to sweat, especially in summer, her face always feels greasy and greasy, and she can't wash it with bath beans, but now with soap, it has solved a big problem for her.

The words of this graceful lady immediately woke up the other people in the banquet, and for a while everyone was full of praise for the soap in front of them, after all, as a woman, most of them like to be clean, and they naturally love soap, which can wash the body more cleanly.

Next, Mi Xue demonstrated to everyone the cleaning effect of several other kinds of dirt on water, unless the more stubborn stains such as ink are not easy to clean, the other stains are very easy to clean by the soap, and now everyone who saw the effect also liked the soap even more, and thanked Cao Ying one by one.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Cao Ying and Princess Shoukang looked at each other and smiled again, this time Princess Shoukang suddenly stood up and said, "Everyone be quiet!" ”

Seeing Princess Shoukang speak, the ladies in the hall who were originally talking about soap quickly quieted down, and then saw Princess Shoukang say: "The soap in everyone's hands is produced by the soap workshop opened by Sister Ying'er's house, and it will soon be sold on the market. ”

Hearing Princess Shoukang say this, the noblewomen below were stunned, they were not stupid, and the gift given by the princess of the county for a long time was actually for them to help promote, although the nobles did not reject business, but it was a little disappointing to mention buying and selling at this kind of banquet, which also made some noblewomen see Cao Ying clearly in their hearts, thinking that she was too utilitarian.

Princess Shoukang saw the reaction of the people below, but she pursed her lips and smiled: "Don't underestimate this soap, the reason why this princess and Sister Ying'er recommend it to you today is not just to make money, to be precise, I want to use this soap to raise a donation, which is used to do a good deed that is beneficial to our women!" ”

"Hey, what does the princess mean, why can't we understand it?" Another noble lady asked, her words also represented the opinions of most of the people in the banquet, and she couldn't figure out what Princess Shoukang and Cao Ying were going to say?

"Alas, in fact, this matter is also the sorrow of our women, there are married sisters and elders here, and there are also sisters who are not married, according to the customs of our Great Song Dynasty, women will get married before the age of fifteen, but you may not know that marrying too early is actually very harmful to our women......"

Princess Shoukang said, and talked about the harm of a woman's early marriage, especially emphasizing that a woman's premature pregnancy is not only bad for the fetus and her own health, but also takes a great risk when giving birth, and even the death of both mother and child is not impossible.

Although the people here are all aristocratic women, but their marriage age is not later than ordinary women, and even because of the needs of family marriage, they may be a little earlier than ordinary women, and among the sisters they know, there are many people who died on the delivery bed because of giving birth, they may not have appeared before, but now, most of the sisters who died on the delivery bed were married and pregnant at a relatively young age, and with this present, they were even more shocked by Princess Shoukang's words.

"What this princess said above is that Sister Ying'er sued me, everyone knows that Sister Ying'er's medical skills are amazing, and she also presented the prevention and control method of the epidemic to the imperial court before, saving countless people, and there are also medical saint Niangniang temples set up by the people for her outside the city, so you don't have to doubt Ying'er's sister's medical skills, in addition, we have also received the support of the imperial court, and soon the various yamen will issue announcements to encourage folk women to wait until they are seventeen years old before getting married."

When she said this, Princess Shoukang paused for a moment and then said: "Everyone here is from a big family, and it is also a role model for my Song Dynasty women, and naturally she can't be left behind when it comes to women's early marriage, so I hope everyone can unite and form a group similar to the poetry society to jointly support the marriage of women at the age of seventeen, and the income from soap will also be used to print some brochures and release them to ordinary people, so that everyone knows the harm of early marriage. In the future, it will naturally change this atmosphere of the Great Song Dynasty, and we will also do a great thing for the women of the world! ”

After Princess Shoukang's words were finished, she also looked at the reactions of everyone below with a look of hope, but what made Princess Shoukang a little disappointed was that those noblewomen who were older or had already married were mostly talking about this matter, but they did not show much enthusiasm.

Seeing this situation, Cao Ying also stood up and encouraged again: "Maybe many of you here are married like me, but think about it, we will also have daughters in the future, as mothers, we naturally don't want our daughters to risk their lives to get married and give birth, plus we are both women, so we naturally have the responsibility to do something for women, so I hope you can set an example for women and support us to promote women to get married at the age of seventeen!" ”

As soon as Cao Ying's words came out, many noble ladies who had become mothers immediately hesitated, after all, as a mother, no one would want to send their daughter to a dangerous situation, so Cao Ying's words really touched many noble ladies, and some people even took the initiative to stand up and ask: "Princess Jun, it is indeed a great thing to postpone a woman's late marriage, but I don't know what you and Princess Shoukang plan to do, can we really succeed just by relying on us women?" ”

Seeing someone take the initiative to ask, Cao Ying and Princess Shoukang are all happy, which shows that the other party has been tempted, and now they explain their plans in detail, they don't expect to persuade everyone to join, but only a small part is enough to lay a foundation, and then slowly expand their influence, and in the future, people will always understand that postponing marriage until the age of seventeen will be much safer than getting married before the age of fifteen.

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