399 The Princess's House Fight
The archbishop disappeared from public view for a few days, a rare occurrence for a busy man like him, and when he finally returned to work, those who approached him felt that he was a little different from the original, and what was the difference? It was not easy to tell, and the red-haired nun said that he was much softer than before, a comment that received some good-natured laughter from within the Church—everyone felt that the archbishop was much softer than she was—at least in terms of voice. Probably only the archbishop himself and the Great Demon King understood in their hearts that he was a little self-conscious in the past, but now he has truly understood the impermanence of fate, and it cannot be said that he had no mercy for widows and orphans in the past, but it was a sympathy for those who suffered misfortune from a high place, and now he knew that fate would throw anyone into that situation.
People who are accustomed to holding power in high positions often have the illusion that they can summon four or five strong guards at once with a gentle pull of a bell rope, and they are not able to understand the trembling laborers who are shuddering to hand over the little money they have accumulated to the hooligans who extort money on the road. "Aren't there guards? You can call the police! "They think so, but how dare a foreigner who is in a foreign land and encounters white eyes everywhere trouble the arrogant guards? A person's attitude towards people who are lower than themselves and those who are higher than themselves is different, and those who have been in high positions are not easy to see the other side, and it is not easy to understand that side, and over time, they will see some people as a completely different species from them, and then see them as a string of numbers.
This change is helpful for the Great Demon King, who no longer has to quarrel with the other party over some things like finding Anna. There is no need to think about which one should be cleaned up between him and the chief of the general staff - that's right, Luo Yi, who was once full of just being an actor, is now forced by the situation. I had to think about which minister I was most threatening to kill - who told her to find a group of men who were not fuel-efficient lamps? When the empress of another family is in power, all she worries about is which man she will be with in the end. Luo Yi Great Demon King worries about whether his head will grow on his neck tomorrow......
If Anna, now known as "Lucky Kalia", knew of the exclamation of the otherworldly demon who had crossed over to her mother, she would have said it
"Why don't you eat minced meat!"
It's been a while since Anna changed her name to Kalia, and she knows a little more about the new environment, and now she will never be stupid enough to mention the stupid thing that "in the place where Neustria doesn't believe in the truth, women can support themselves by working, and don't have to rely on a violent old man to survive", whenever the time comes, or something happens, she will follow other women like she does. Praise the truth and praise the lord loudly, whether it is the posture of kneeling or the breaking sentence of prayer, it is no different from the women who have converted to the truth since childhood, in addition to cooking on the fire, she also learned to wash clothes and sew and other female workers, so to speak, other women in the house will. She's almost there.
But it would be naïve to think that if you know this, you will be able to change your status and treatment!
First of all, inside the mansion of the "master". There has never been a shortage of women who cook on the fire, sew and wash, and the "master" has always had a group of wives and concubines. A slave who does all the housework and obeys the truth is not as desirable as modern people, on the contrary. He felt that these were all women's natural skills, and if he didn't get it right, he would be against him. It deserves to be slammed a few times to prove the authority of the master.
Second, since Kalia had learned the rules of truth, the other women, in order to distinguish themselves from her, had to constantly mention her as a "new convert," which gave them psychological advantages and enjoyment. After all, in this house, all the women have nominal differences in the status of wives and concubines, but the actual treatment is similar, they all have to work, and they will be beaten. How much tolerance and love does a woman have to do a lot of work every day and have to be beaten? The reality is that they all try to bully others to divert pressure, wives bully concubines, concubines bully maids, what about maids? The maidservants were divided into native and foreign, and among the foreigners came first and then came, and the newly converted Kalia naturally became the bottom of the pyramid.
In the end, even if she is of noble birth and is all-powerful in housework, so what?
The daughter of the governor, who had driven away the former chief wife before she could show up, received many expensive and rare dowries, and the new chief wife, who entered the mansion of the "lord" with a large dowry and dowry servants, had big innocent eyes, small hands and feet, beautiful nails, gorgeous silk and jewels, and wore a crown symbolizing her royal blood, which made people think that she was a princess in a fairy tale. At the very least, Kalia felt that she was more like a princess than herself, and she had a crown.
The next day, she walked into the kitchen with a pair of red and swollen eyes and began to work for the "master".
A month later, the "master" announced that he had divorced another wife, this time he had married the daughter of a wealthy merchant, who was slightly older, twelve years old, but the lord thought it was still within the range of what he could see. As the newcomer entered the door, the new chief wife began to nervous about her position, which was really not good news for Kalia.
The clash of chess players is achieved by chess pieces, and the friction between two high-ranking wives is achieved by a lowly slave like Kalia. When the work in the kitchen was over, the women went to war. The cause of war is usually very small, a word that is not very cautious, an unintentional gesture, a smile that is not impeccable enough, a meaningful gaze, heck, those diplomats should really come to the "master's" kitchen for an internship before taking up their posts, here every sentence has three foreshadowings, each look has seven or eight layers of meaning, those who appreciate it can know the marriage situation in the house for the next thirty years, and those who do not appreciate it are doomed to have a bright future.
The war lasted for three days, and both wives tried their best to show that they were better at managing the housework, better at serving the "master", and more able to get the approval of the "master" and therefore have more say in the housework. No one died in the confrontation, but two maidservants had already been whipped and bruised because they had been exposed by the mistresses on suspicion of stealing food, a pregnant concubine had been ordered to be beaten alive with wooden slippers for hiding a piece of clothing (which she argued was falsely accused), and Kalia, a "new convert", had not escaped the storm of the teacup fight.
On that unfortunate day, the twelve-year-old wife, who had just entered the door, suddenly smiled sweetly as if she had discovered some new world: "There is still a damned pagan servant girl in our house!" ”
"What nonsense are you talking about, I don't have that kind of unclean thing in my house!" This was a question of her ability to manage the house, and the new ten-year-old chief wife screamed in disagreement, "All in my family are obedient to the truth, and no one has two hearts." ”
"Yo, yo," the twelve-year-old new wife pouted, and the chief wife, who was two years younger than her, showed a sly smile like a diplomat, "Dear eldest sister, I'm talking about our family, I'm not talking about the Governor of Tika's house." Then, her eyes glanced at Kalia, intentionally or unintentionally, and emphasized again, "We are at home." ”
"You-" The new ten-year-old chief wife saw Kalia at this time, her face bulged with anger, her eyes were shining with anger, and her little hands with beautiful red nail polish angrily grabbed the lace on her clothes and rubbed them, which was a sign that she had lost for a while, but after all, she was the daughter of the governor, so after a violent rise and fall in her chest, she calmed down and smiled sweetly: "Kalia, are you still not sure of the truth?" ”
What a serious accusation! Kalia is no longer the little girl who still has a "truth" understanding of the truth, she knows what this sentence means in a land where truth reigns.
She immediately fell at the feet of the chief wife and trembled, "The maidservant is bent on converting to the truth, and the truth is the greatest!" ”
"Then you can't keep the sign of that pagan, ready to go out and seduce men—you'll have to be like us—cut off your nose—"
The twelve-year-old new wife, who had discovered this blind spot in the housekeeper and the chief wife, admitted that she had outdone the other in housekeeping, and exclaimed triumphantly: "Call the knife bearer and cut his nose!" ”
"No—" The chief wife stopped her, "Kalia, since you have sufficient faith in the truth, then I promise you, not like the others—" At this point she glanced back at her twelve-year-old new wife, and slowly played the cards she had prepared when she had suppressed her anger, and marched them together, "It is up to others to cut off this thing that seduces men, and cut it off yourself, as you swore before, and from then on keep your chastity, and be a godly woman of honor and integrity who is sincere and obedient to the truth, It's not like those hypocritical women who have cut off their noses and still carry paganism, men in their hearts......" (to be continued......