Section 3 My Father and Mother (3)
My father's privilege was even manifested in the family system: he had two wives.
This was originally unceremonial and confusing the distinction between the concubines and the concubines. However, due to the special approval of the imperial decree of my wise public company Ma Yan, this unruly matter has become not only very decorous, but also a symbol of glory: who else has the ability to let the emperor personally intervene in his family affairs in every day and every opportunity?
The two wives were not married at the same time. The first original wife, Mrs. Li, was the daughter of Li Feng, the secretary of Wei, and after marrying my father, it is said that the relationship was very harmonious, and she also gave birth to two beautiful daughters.
It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and a few years later, Li Feng conspired with Zhang Ji, Xia Houxuan, and others, the father of the empress at that time, to get rid of Sima Shi and return to the Wei Emperor Cao Fang. It's just that those stupid people are planning things and they are not secret, and the eight characters were known by Sima Shi before they were skimmed. Sima Shi was furious and immediately sent someone to call Li Feng for questioning.
If Li Feng is a thief, he knows that something is wrong, so he quickly finds an excuse to slip away, and then takes the family to escape through the back door, maybe there is still a chance of life. It's just that he is a guy who doesn't know whether he is alive or dead, and at this time, he obediently follows Sima Shi's people. Well, when I got to Sima Shi, I immediately became a prisoner. Sima Shi asked him what he said, but he didn't know the current affairs and hurriedly recruited, so he was stunned and pretended to be stupid.
Sima Shi was also extremely fierce, an important minister of the court, he pulled out his knife on the spot and split him in half like chopping wood, and he didn't bother to try it again. At the same time, an order was issued to hunt down all the comrades and exterminate their clans.
My father was playing chess with a friend at that time, and as soon as he heard that his father-in-law had an accident, he immediately broke up the chess game, ran into the study and worked for a while, put on his court clothes and ran to the palace. The family chased after them, and when they arrived at the palace, they realized that they were not interceding for the Yue family, but asking the emperor for a divorce.
The emperor himself was difficult to protect at that time, so he didn't care about these bad things. In the end, it was the Sima brothers who took the form and granted my father a divorce. At the same time, he was extraordinarily gracious and pardoned Mrs. Li's capital crime, and only sent her to the frontier to serve as an army.
Mrs. Li wept and wept and packed some clothes and went to the garrison to wait for the migration. Ironically, on the night Mrs. Lee was in the garrison, my father visited her affectionately and stayed in the hut where she was being held. In the evening, I also answered her poems and left a famous couplet, which is still easy to find in the poetry collection published in the market:
Couplet with his wife, Mrs. Li
Who is in the room? The sigh is sad. (Jia)
What is a sigh? But I'm afraid of a big loss. (Lee)
The righteousness is the same as the glue paint, and the heart of the bandit is unswerving. (Jia)
People who do not worry about the end, the sun and the moon are separated. (Lee)
What my heart reaches, I know. (Jia)
If you can not break your word, it is appropriate to be with you. (Lee)
In the face of Mrs. Li's lamentation, my father used the "Book of Songs" in "My heart is a stone, and I can't turn it" to show his heart. Mrs. Li probably understands what kind of person her husband is, but she is still not at ease. So my father reaffirmed his position and swore that he would say, "What my heart reaches, my son knows." Mrs. Li said goodbye to her dear husband with tears in her eyes.
If Mrs. Li died in that bitter cold place, perhaps she would still be able to hold her father's love for her, and it was indeed a last resort to understand that her father divorced her. But the truth is always so sad and cruel. Soon, Ma Yan of my father-in-law company took the throne, amnesty was granted to the world, and Mrs. Li was released.
She should have wept with joy when she returned to the capital, but she was dumbfounded when she tried to enter the home that was once so familiar: there were only closed doors and rough slaves. When she left, she was obviously still the mistress of this house, and when she parted with her husband, she was still affectionate and loving, and she looked at each other with tears in her eyes, but she easily picked a life and came back, but her husband was nowhere to be seen.
She asked others to understand that there was no place for her in this family for a long time, and her dear husband had already married a new wife.
This new wife is my mother, the well-known fierce woman of the Jin Dynasty, Guo Shi Huai is also.
Mrs. Li is not a useless little soft child, she sent a message to my father, informed her of the news of her return, and asked my father to fulfill his promise of "unwavering in his heart".
The father was at a loss, and when answering the emperor's question, he didn't answer what he asked, and the bull's head was not in the horse's mouth. Sima Yan is really a good master who is considerate of his subordinates, and after asking about the situation, not only did he not blame him, but he also specially issued a personal edict for this matter. Allowed my father to "put the left and right wives", regardless of the concubine, and the two ends are big.
Now my grandmother is happy, because she especially likes the former daughter-in-law who is knowledgeable and reasonable, and how unpleasant it is to the newly married shrew, that is, my mother.
Speaking of which, grandma and Mrs. Li are really all the way, they are both women who advocate righteousness and righteousness, and memorize "The Legend of the Martyr" and "The Legend of the Martyr's Daughter" very well. When my grandmother heard about Cheng Ji's murder of the king, she scolded Cheng Ji at home for being innocent, and her family always hid to the side and snickered. My father was also very secretive about this, and he didn't dare to let my grandmother know that Cheng Ji was just the executioner, and her son was the mastermind.
My grandmother is no longer satisfied with my mother, but my mother is also from a famous family, and she is married to Ming Media, but her former daughter-in-law is publicly divorced, so it's hard to express her position. Now that there is an edict from the emperor, what are you afraid of? Immediately urged my father to pick up Mrs. Li and go home.
Father is probably also moved, madam, it's always not too much. But wait, what should I do with the roar of the Hedong lion at home?
That's right, my mother was the Hedong Lion, who was yelling at home at the time: "Then the Li family is a criminal slave, what qualifications do you have to be on an equal footing with me?" The emperor is also very coincidental, so many national affairs are not taken care of, and he is in charge of my family's affairs. Let me tell you Jia Chong, if you dare to take chicken feathers as an arrow, take that woman back with some edict, and see how I clean you up! ”
While roaring, he gave my father a few slaps, and then put two feet, and when he was gone, he felt angry, and grabbed my father's lion paw prints.
My father didn't dare to say a word, so he hid at home and nursed his injuries for several days. finally figured out a truth and recognized the reality in front of him: a fierce wife is fiercer than a tiger! It is better to offend the emperor than to offend his wife. So the above table tactfully thanked the edict, claiming that "the minister has no great merit, and he does not dare to be a grand gift for the two ladies". is sure that Sima Yan is magnanimous and will not blame him.
Sure enough, Sima Yan also praised him for being "humble and self-shepherding, and he is really an example of a minister".
The emperor's edict didn't work, what did my mother still care? To my father's ears at home, I sent henchmen to follow me step by step when I went out. In short, it is to strictly guard against it, and never allow the slightest remnant to flow to Mrs. Li.
My father is also strange, obviously Mrs. Li is long and beautiful, and he is a famous talented woman—the author of the famous textbook "Women's Training" for ladies—and he is unrelenting in his abandonment. My mother was short and fat, and she had no appearance, and her literary talents were far away from Mrs. Li, but she was afraid of my mother like a tiger and obeyed her words.
In the life of my mother, he never touched another woman. As long as my mother was willing to be kind and not beat and scold him, and gave him two days of peace, his eyes were smiling, and he happily beat my mother's back, washed her feet, and cut her toenails.
I sometimes can't help but think that whatever horse is saddled, my parents are a match made in heaven, one sadist and one masochist, just the right pair. Mrs. Li became superfluous.
Under my mother's watchful eye, my father never saw Mrs. Li again, but only settled her in another house. Although she is still my father's wife, she is completely in name only.
So my overall evaluation of my mother is also two words: fierce!
But I also have to admit that I like her fierceness.
The same goes for the above. If it weren't for her fierceness, I probably wouldn't have everything I have. She defended her love with her ferocity, defended the integrity of her own family, and defended the interests of her two daughters - albeit at the expense of the love of others, the integrity of other people's families, and the interests of other people's daughters.
But there is no way, the dead poor road is not as good as the dead friends. When two tigers fight each other, one must be injured, and only by choosing to be a stronger tigress can you win the space to survive.
The rule of this era is that women can't go outside to compete with men for the world, which is taboo and a hard rule. It is best for women not to compete with women for the world at home, this is called virtuous and virtuous, it is upbringing, and it is a soft limit.
My mother challenged the limitations of virtue and virtue in this era, and became famous at home and abroad as a "jealous woman" and "a fierce woman". As a result, she drove her opponent into the narrow alleys of Yongnianli, and she lived in the majestic Prime Minister's Mansion on Tongque Street. The women on both sides of the street ran to the front and back of the window to watch, while scolding the "", fighting for the abandoned original partner; On the other hand, he secretly envied and secretly imitated.
My mother is the most scolded woman in the country, and the most admired woman. Because she was mediocre, she was favored by my father, and even interfered in court politics, known as "Guo Shangshu", which means that she is the brainchild behind my father, the prime minister.