Chapter 118: The Maid of the Bedchamber
The ancestors of the Great Zhou Dynasty believed that when men reached the age of thirteen, they officially entered puberty, so the families of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the boys at home, when they reached the age of thirteen, would be arranged by their own housewife to arrange for these boys who had reached the age of thirteen, so that they could familiarize themselves with the affairs of the house between men and women.
Among the clans, the tradition of the ancestors of the Great Zhou Dynasty is very deeply concerned, and they all believe that men enter adolescence at the age of thirteen, oh, by the way, the Great Zhou Dynasty has a more tactful and written name for this adolescence, called "turning filial piety", that is, after this period of men, will really know the way of filial piety.
Without further ado, the families of the Great Zhou Dynasty all believe that the education and guidance of men in the thirteen-year-old period of filial piety is very crucial, and men are most likely to have some strange behaviors that rebel against their fathers and brothers and disrespect their elders, but these are not to be feared, and the elders can patiently educate and guide him, but, the men of this period, this "sexual" problem is very nervous, and, in the current social environment, they are still in a state of being enlightened and have no taboos. Therefore, the elders believe that in this state, men are easily teased or impulsive, and it is easy for them to have sex with the women around them.
If it is said that men have sex with women who know the bottom line around them, this matter is nothing to the big families, but the point is, in case one is not good, ...... fall into the way of others? That's a big deal for the troubled family. Therefore, it is urgent to choose a woman who is waiting for the bed for the men in the age group of the filial piety period.
The family still arranged it this way, and the most noble royal children in the country were even more strict with the palace ladies who served the pillows, not only to be innocent, delicate, knowledgeable, gentle and kind, but also to be seven or eight years older than the princes who needed to serve. Why? Of course, it's because they are older than the princes in terms of age, and once they accept the favor and have Enlu, they won't be too arrogant, after all, the concubines who follow them are much more youthful and beautiful than them. If you are old and decrepit, and you are still arrogant, you will only provoke the dislike of the young but self-respecting princes, then you will dig your own grave. However, since they can be elected as the ones who serve the pillow of the children of the noble royal family, they naturally will not be stupid, so how can they not know these truths?
Under the background of the entire environment, the phenomenon that the second prince Zhou Minhao does not have a sleeping woman by his side is particularly prominent and strange!
Emperor Zhou Sheng's harem is not full, compared to the absurdity of the previous dynasty, it can almost be regarded as no harem! Therefore, in Emperor Zhou Sheng's harem, on the surface, it can be regarded as harmonious.
The "sisters" of the harem smiled and greeted the queen mother, and after sitting for a while, the queen mother picked up the teacup and sent it away. Some of the concubines who withdrew from the queen's palace discussed with each other about enjoying the flowers in the imperial garden, and some went hand in hand to the palace of one of the concubines to eat tea and chat.
Empress Chen left Concubine Min and Concubine Shu behind, and took the two of them from the main hall to the slightly smaller but extremely comfortable side hall.
After beckoning the two to sit down, Queen Chen sent the people around her to guard the door, watched the palace maids serve refreshments, and retreated, and then spoke: "Just now Rui'er sent someone to tell the palace that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suggested to his father that he was about to get married, and after the marriage, he opened the mansion and built his teeth, so he couldn't move around in the harem anymore, and naturally he was a little less close to his younger brothers in the future, and now the eldest in the harem is the second child." ”
When Empress Chen saw that she had been expressionless, wearing a light lotus-colored palace skirt, and was dressed very elegantly and simply, when she heard this, her face immediately changed, her back straightened, she looked at herself, became nervous, and smiled and comforted: "It's okay, look at you, there is this palace, and your sister Xiaomei." Empress Chen raised her chin, pointed at Concubine Min, and said with a smile: "What do you have to worry about?" ”
Concubine Shu glanced at Concubine Min, who was smiling at her, realized that she had lost her temper, and quickly got up to confess to the queen, Queen Chen had long been familiar with Concubine Shu's habits, and she had always been decent, so she would not feel that she was deliberately alienated from herself, raised her hand to signal that it was okay, and after letting her sit down, she continued: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince means that the second child is about to turn eighteen this year, and after seeing his wedding, the second child's marriage should be decided. asked the emperor for permission, and said that he wanted to give the second child Zhang Luo from the accounting department and select six concubines for him. ”
After hearing this, Concubine Shu frowned, looked at Queen Chen, and hesitated: "Niangniang, you know Minhao's character best, if he is unwilling, no one can suppress him, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is well-intentioned, but, ...... Minhao here?" ”
Concubine Min kept her eyes down and listened quietly, and when she saw Concubine Shu finish speaking, she looked up at Queen Chen and said: "This matter, I still have to worry about the queen's mother, I am afraid that Minhao still listens to you the most, and then ......" Concubine Min took Concubine Shu's hand, patted her gently, looked at her and said softly: "Besides, Minhao should indeed set up a concubine, even if there is no full-time master of ceremonies, a few concubines should be accepted." In this way, when the time comes to get married, it will not be said that there is a temporary panic, but it will affect the future princesses. ”
The reason why Concubine Min said this is also summarized by historical problems: psychologically speaking, the only powerful person I respect has extremely shallow feelings for his first woman, which will not last long, and will never be attached to. Why? Because this woman makes him shy, it reminds him of the tension and cowardice of his first sexual life. He will never be easy in front of her. In this way, the man will naturally avoid her and pounce on other beauties instead.
Concubine Shu was also relieved when she heard Concubine Min say this, turned her head to look at Queen Chen, and pleaded: "Please have mercy on the queen, the concubine is stupid, in previous years, I don't know how many times I persuaded him in this matter, and every time he changed the topic, the concubine was really incompetent, and asked the concubine to persuade him more." ”
"Okay, you said that you are always like this, no wonder Minhao is so stubborn, this palace looks, it is like your temperament, stubborn and tight. Since they all agree, then Xuan Minhao will come to a visit, I will tell him personally, but when it comes to choosing people, you two have to take charge of them personally, but you can't let people take advantage of the loopholes, and if there is a problem with people, I will teach my son badly, I will ask you two! Empress Chen said with a smile, and then let her henchman Shang Gong go to spread the decree and let Zhou Minhao enter the palace to ask the queen for peace.
Zhou Minhao took Yi's order, went to hand over the errand with the household secretary, and followed the chamberlain into the palace.
It just so happened that he wanted to ask the queen mother for help, and it was a good opportunity to get it without much effort, but ...... Well, I'm going to have to get the account of the bookkeeper out of the way first.
Zhou Minhao greeted him according to the rules, sat down, and lowered his hand to listen to the queen's teachings.
Empress Chen told him the decisions she had made to discuss with Concubine Shu and Concubine Min one by one, watching him frown, twisting his face, disagreeing, and putting the teacup on the table loudly with an angry "bang". Squinted at Zhou Minhao, his voice revealed an irresistible majesty, "This matter is so decided, your eldest brother is also for your good, for the sake of our Great Zhou family, even your father thinks that what your eldest brother said is reasonable, look at you, if you are so stubborn again, you will be disobeying the holy decree!" ”
Queen Chen didn't give Zhou Minhao a chance to speak at all, she just knew that Zhou Minhao had a calm temperament, and no matter how urgent things were, he could deal with you without hurrying or slowing, so simply, she didn't give him time and opportunity to maneuver.
"Okay, you go to your eldest brother, let him preside over this matter for you, your father also said, let you choose one that you like to look at, okay, go, go, don't forget to kowtow to your father after choosing. Okay, let's go, go, choose well. ”
Empress Chen sent Zhou Minhao out of the main palace like this.
The crown prince Zhou Minchang is really happy at this time, feeling that he is really like an eldest brother, caring about his younger brothers and sisters, so, in the accounting department, after meeting with Concubine Min and Concubine Shu, he really helped to choose carefully, he didn't have any thoughts about planting nails at this time, he forgot everything, and he was full of satisfaction just to find a flower that could give his younger brother a cold greeting and warmth, and be empathetic.
Concubine Min was surprised, because Zhou Minchang was completely selfless, and she was really choosing a girl with an innocent net worth and good looks and temperament.
When Zhou Minhao came with Xiao Cuizi, Zhou Minchang had already helped him jump out of less than thirty people, and those with problems, unclear family backgrounds, and inexquisite appearances were all screened out. The remaining less than thirty girls are really smart and clear, and they all have their own charm.
Zhou Minchang saw Zhou Minhao come over to greet him, and then gave a salute to the two mothers, so he pulled him to his side, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "You kid, you are going to grow up, alas...... Big brother is really happy, very happy! ”
Zhou Minhao was originally suffocated by this matter, and the more he heard Zhou Minchang say it, the more sad he became, and his heart became sour, in fact, in the palace, he had the best relationship with Zhou Minchang and Zhou Minrui, Zhou Minchang was anxious, and people were cautious, but he was the most scheming of the three.
Yun Yun is right! They are not united internally, we can only use our brains, use some methods, to make them more disunited, there is no need to use the sword at all, killing, just helpless, if there is a condition, there is a chance, why can't they all live well? If Zhou Minchang has the intention of retiring and doesn't want to do it, then no matter what happens to Concubine Xian, isn't there no way? As for General Wu, a relative, when the time comes, he will have the power, and he will be done with the idea of releasing the military power with a glass of wine.
The corners of Concubine Min's mouth hooked, and she took Concubine Shu to find a reason to go back to her bedroom. Leaving the prince with Zhou Minhao to cultivate brotherly feelings.
Zhou Minhao was in front of the emotional prince, and he really couldn't say anything to refuse, so he had to point to four at random.
"Big brother is in charge of you, choose six first, four is still too little, you can't wait, you have no experience, don't worry, your big brother and I have experience, you can choose boldly." Zhou Minchang looked at Zhou Minhao with a smile and said, slandering in his heart, why didn't he find out before, this second brother is so shy? It's so interesting, it's so much fun.
Su Bixue didn't expect that she would have the opportunity to enter the bedroom of the Second Highness, she had a good relationship with the third Highness's chosen Si Bed An Qing, sometimes there was nothing to do in the palace, and she would go to the bedroom of the Third Highness to chat with An Qing, I only felt that An Qing was really lucky, the Third Highness was a gentle and jade-like young man, a fairy-like character, but, since a year ago, I saw the Second Highness of the Third Highness looking for him in the bedroom, only to find that I was so attracted, the Second Highness is not as gentle and elegant as the Third Highness, but it is like a rock, tall and majestic, Strong but athletic, not burly, but it makes people feel that as long as they are with him, they have an infinite sense of security.
Zhou Minhao was helpless, although he was extremely unwilling, but he didn't want to refute the prince's face, so he had to casually point two more and let Xiao Cuizi take him back to his bedroom first.