Chapter 111: A Pair of Wives and Concubines
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On the day of the retrial of the Dongxu murder case, Chungui specially prepared to make a pot of tea under the corridor, and waited for the canal to pass on the news of the inner court first, how did she know that she was still waiting for the soup, so she heard the report of Li Tongzhi's wife Ding's visit, Chungui was extremely sad: "Although I also promised her to come and go in the future, how did I choose today, is it possible that I am also curious about the result of this case?" Even if you're curious, you don't have to rush for a while, right? ”
Qingping had already followed Chun Hui to greet her, and said with a smile: "Although the ladies of ordinary eunuchs have different honors, most people's husbands and masters will not inform the inner court of the outside matters no matter how big or small. ”
"Maybe it doesn't matter or Ding Niangzi, who can't help her relatives at all, really can't inquire, but the Dongxu murder case is not so simple, and Li Tongzhi will not reveal anything? Let's just say that Hu Tong sentence, reciting the female Analects with a straight face at our wife, and admonishing women with the posture of an old master to remember not to peep into the outer court, but when I saw Fei that day, I clearly knew that the cat of the Dongxu murder case would be so weak-hearted, which shows that even Hu Tong's sentence is not hidden from Fei's foreign affairs. "The reason why Chungui doesn't look down on Hu Tongju is not because they stick to the rules of etiquette, they are clearly full of benevolence and morality but they are full of men and women who steal and prostitute women.
"On what Ding Niangzi came for, doesn't the eldest grandmother have to receive it, and the eldest grandmother is a stuffy temperament, it is good to have Ding Niangzi to talk to you, and the slave maid is also thinking about it." Mei Jealousy followed the other side of the spring return, also smiling and funny.
"Where is it casual to talk to her, but you have to be careful with your words, but you can only relieve your boredom by talking and laughing." Chungui sighed: "It's okay just to talk with you, what makes me even more distressed is the good tea I just took out today." ”
Qingping Qi said: "Grandma is joking, although the slave maid has been with the grandmother for a short time, she also sees that the grandmother usually never cares about things outside her body, and the good tea that the uncle buys from outside, the grandmother is not allowed to use it today, so where is it to regret to use it for hospitality?" ”
"Do you know, this tea can not be compared to the uncle outside the purchase of those, this is a wild tea tree found by the fairy in the pine cone mountain, according to the fairy chief should grow seven or eight hundred years old, standing between the cliffs, Mu Jin Wu by the rain and dew, nourishing a three or five years before giving birth to a stubble of young leaves, since it is not the usual comparable delicious, and the immortal apprentice Mo asked, don't look at him hanger Lang should not learn no skills, but the craft of tea making from the fairy chief learned ten percent, my bottle of tea, is Chai Sheng brother went to the cliff to pick back, Catch Mo Wen Xiaodao just made it, and only three days ago asked Song's mother to send it to me...... In the blink of an eye, we are going to Beiping, and it will not be easy to drink the wild tea of Songguo Mountain in the future. ”
Qingping said this after Chungui, turned around and walked back, and Chungui hurriedly pulled her back: "Where are you going?" ”
"This tea is so precious, it can't be wasted at will, and the slave and maid will rush back to replace it."
As soon as Qingping's words fell, she saw that not only Chungui was looking at her Zhile, but even Mei was jealous and her shoulders twitched with laughter, and after thinking about it, she was a little annoyed: "Grandma, this is entertaining slaves!" ”
Mei jealousy hurriedly grabbed Qingping's arm: "What the eldest grandmother said is true, that tea is indeed obtained every three or five years, which is not easy to come by, but the eldest grandmother is really not a stingy temperament, if you feel that the Ding lady is completely unfriendly, she would have replaced the tea with a common one, this will deliberately sigh for a long time and a sad face, but is it not entertaining us?" ”
"It is unknown whether it can be handed over or not, and only one pot of good tea is prepared, and there is not much waste." Chungui pretended to be old-fashioned and poked Qingping on the head: "But I tried it out, you are a stingy girl." ”
Chungui does feel happy, because she has been trying to subdue Qingping these days, but she is not sure whether it is effective, only today I see that Qingping is no longer as careful as when she first came, she speaks carefully and acts carefully, and she can also expose her emotions of joy, anger and sadness.
She doesn't think that those slaves who are superficially respectful must be loyal to their masters, so her little goal for Qingping is to let her release her true temperament.
However, it was said that the master and servant and his party of three went to the north corner gate of the inner courtyard, and saw the flower hall on the side, Ding and another woman were also talking and laughing softly, the woman was a strange face, looking older than Ding, with a group of coral red bean filament chrysanthemum silk flowers on the cloud bun, although the materials are not expensive, but the sample is very exquisite; Looking at the clothes on her body, the silk jacket with a collar, the silk chrysanthemum phoenix tail skirt, the fabric and embroidery are all exquisite, not to mention that she is not standing on the side, and Ding is sitting side by side across the plan, she doesn't look like a servant.
But if this person is not Ding's entourage, he should never be a foreign servant.
Although the spring return was suspicious, his pace did not slow down, and Ding was also a person who knew how to socialize, and after a little cold noise, he explained the identity of the woman along with the cold noise.
"Her surname is Shen, she is the bride of my family, her father and brother are the masters of her grandson, and she has also known books and etiquette since she was a child, I and Ah Shen used to get along with each other and sisters are no different, today she heard that I came to visit Gu Niangzi, and she admired her very much, so she came with me.
At present, it is called a bride, and it generally has two meanings, either a newlywed or a newlywed newlywed, or a concubine.
But if in the house, it is customary to call the concubine aunt, which is actually an honorific title, because the aunt originally referred to the sisters of the master's mother's own family, and it seems to have the meaning of relatives and friends rather than servants and concubines, but the actual meaning is that there is a difference between the master and the master and the master mother for life, and she will never be regarded as the master of the family, and has the meaning of living as a vassal.
Generally, when introducing the concubine room to outsiders, it is called the bride.
To be a concubine, even if she is white-headed, she can only be a "bride", and she must not be a wife, grandmother, or lady.
This Shen's identity must be the latter, not because of her age - although both the court and the world encourage women to observe festivals and discriminate against widowed, divorced, and divorced women to remarry, but in reality there are still women who remarry, so age cannot be the only criterion for judging whether a new wife is a new wife.
Chungui judged that the Shen family was Li Tongzhi's concubine, because of Ding Niangzi's introduction later.
First of all, "my bride" is limited to the husband's family, if the Shen family is a concubine, the Ding family will definitely add "sister-in-law" or "maiden", and even will not use the title of "bride" at all, even though the Shen family may still be newly married; Even if Shen is a daughter-in-law, Ding will definitely explain otherwise, and it can't just be summarized as "bride". Dan Ding only emphasized Shen's origins, and said that the two were like sisters......
In fact, it is to tell Chungui that although I am a wife and she is a concubine, firstly, the Shen family is a good concubine, and secondly, she is very favored.
Nowadays, ladies and ladies go out for foreign entertainment, and if they are acquainted, it is not that they can't bring their concubines with them, but the concubines are just accompanying them, as a matter of servants, and they can't get other hospitality from the master's family - this is the case for both good and low, unless they are noble concubines with a commanded grade, of course, such concubines are not ordinary portals can have.
But Ding treats Shen so seriously, allows her to sit on an equal footing, and explains that the two are like sisters, that is, he hopes that Chungui can look up to Shen a little and be polite.
Maybe the two of them are really sisters, but Chungui believes that the Shen family's status in the Li family is extraordinary.
But this is very strange, really strange, how does Li Tongzhi treat the concubine room, don't say that he can't control the spring return, even Zhao Zhouzun doesn't have such a long hand, even if Li Tongzhi spoils the concubine and kills his wife, then it should be impeached by the imperial historian, the question is why did this favored concubine room show off the state government?