Jingbei Hou Mansion.

The dinner that day was extraordinarily sumptuous, and it was rare for the Fu family to gather at the same round table for dinner, and even Aunt Wu was allowed to sit at the bottom of the seat, so that she could take care of her five-year-old young son.

The Fu family is a family of generals, and the literati generally pay attention to what food is not silent, on the contrary, the daily communication at the dinner table is the norm of the Fu family, in most cases, the Xie family will talk more about the short situation of the family, but today Fu Chuanyi is concerned about the rumors that the eldest prince is a monk, and Fu Yuchen has become the protagonist of the speech.

Thanks to the daily communication between the brothers and sisters in the previous two months, Fu Xuechen basically knew what Fu Yuchen knew, so he quickly came to the conclusion: "The eldest prince wants to become a monk, not on the spur of the moment, but as early as when the Shengshou Festival Yuanjue Temple opened, he already had this intention, so it can be inferred that it is a matter of time before the eldest prince becomes a monk." ”

Fu Chuanyi frowned slightly, and began to think about what kind of impact this matter would have on the court.

Xie couldn't help but say: "In this case, isn't there only the second prince left behind by Empress Yuan?" Next year, the second prince will be crowned, right? How long will the Holy One have to delay before he is established? ”

Fu Chuanyi has never underestimated his wife from a scholarly family, and he does not have the old-fashioned concept that women are not allowed to talk about political affairs, on the contrary, in many cases, Xie's flexible and flexible mind can provide him with a lot of useful advice, so he listened to Xie's words, and just shook his head helplessly.

"The temperament of the second prince actually lacks some stability, otherwise the saint would not have been delayed." Fu Chuanyi paused and said: "With the continuous obstruction of the current queen, it is actually quite difficult for the second prince to be the prince. ”

The difficulty is not small, the older the age, the smaller the chance, the queen's faction includes almost all the civil and military forces, and even some Wuxun is biased towards the queen intentionally or unintentionally for one reason or another, and the second prince urinated in the army to follow Emperor Yuan'an to fight in the south and the north, and won the support of the army, so as to barely compete with the queen's forces.

The Fu family belongs to the neutral faction, and the two are not partial, but there is an advantage of not standing in a position, and there is a danger of not standing, so Fu Chuanyi will try his best to promote his son to be the companion of the six princes, as long as the six princes are not stirred into the whirlpool of seizing the throne, standing behind the six princes, a prince of real power who is destined to be in the future, the Fu family can be safe.

Facts have proved that Fu Chuanyi and Xie Shi's decision-making was not wrong, Fu Yuchen successfully became the companion of the Six Princes, and even assisted the Six Princes to win the first place in the hunting competition, and won the crucial reward - a thousand-person Qingwei.

It is conceivable that in the future, the Six Princes will have to need the help of Fu Yuchen, or the Fu family, to help him control this Qingwei, and Fu Yuchen's role by the side of the Six Princes will become bigger and bigger.

Fu Xuechen's thinking was divergent, but he thought of the previous life of the rebirth of the eldest prince, the real Fu Xuechen died more than half a year ago, if he didn't impersonate himself and was selected as a companion, Fu Yuchen, who had a broken calf, should not have a chance to become the companion of the six princes, so who was the companion of the six princes in his previous life? Is it Xie Yucheng?

Could it be that because Fu Yuchen failed to become the companion of the six princes, it affected the Fu family's inability to maintain neutrality, and finally Emperor Yuan An said that he would marry Fu Rushuang to the eldest prince, and he had to support the second prince because of blood relations?

In that case, Fu Rushuang, as a person from the eldest prince and the second prince, likes their biggest opponent, the fourth prince of the queen's concubine, so the problem is big!

Fortunately! Fortunately, this life came back and he crossed over, Fu Xuechen was able to replace Fu Yuchen in the palace for the assessment, and successfully became the companion of the six princes, and the Fu family's confidence to maintain a neutral attitude and stay out of the matter was established.

Huh? In other words, could it be that it was precisely because of the rebirth of the eldest prince that time and space were reset, and she, the innocent soul of the later generations, was also coerced?

"Daddy! In fact, today, the second prince also put forward an abrupt suggestion, he actually proposed that the saint give the eldest sister to the eldest prince, his proposal seems to be reckless for a while, but in fact he is trying to support my Fu family, and then plot the sixth prince. Fu Yuchen then told the process of Jin Lixiangrui appearing and proposing marriage to the second prince.

Aunt Wu never expected that there was Fu Rushuang in it, and she was so shocked that her face turned pale, and she scooped the soup in the spoon, and forgot to feed it to her five-year-old son next to her.

Fu Chuanyi and Xie Shi also looked surprised, but Fu Chuanyi was still steady, until after listening to Fu Yuchen's narration, Fang nodded and said, "Most of what you expected is right!" Alas! The second prince has always been impatient, the sixth prince has just gotten the Qingwei, and before the recruitment has started, he wants to come to my Fu family, it's really unguardable! ”

Xie Shi guessed: "He probably just did it easily, with dates or not, to hit three shots?" ”

If it is done deliberately, then the second prince is too terrible! But the other party doesn't seem to be that deep in the city.

Fu Chuanyi's face was a little heavy: "You don't understand!" The saint has always cherished the eldest prince who suffered from brain disease since he was a child, and the eldest prince is the eldest prince but has no hope of succeeding to the throne, so the saint always has some thoughts to compensate him. ”

Xie Shi was a little scared: "...... It's dangerous! ”

Fu Xuechen raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, there was no "good danger", he had not escaped in the previous life, and the eldest prince of this life understood that Fu Rushuang did not have him in his heart, so he chose to let go, and would rather become a monk than let Fu Rushuang repeat the mistakes of the past.

Xie was well-thought, and soon thought that the second prince wanted to be the eldest princess by marrying Fu Rushuang and failed to succeed, so I am afraid that he would not stop easily, and immediately said: "It seems that Rushuang's marriage is going to be hurried, hurry up and see the right person, it is best to set the family affairs this year, and not delay this year!" ”

When Fu Xuechen heard this, she glanced at Fu Rushuang sympathetically, she felt that the Xie family was about to see this sister as a time bomb, but Fu Rushuang just blushed slightly and remained silent, but Aunt Wu looked quite happy.

The topic quickly shifted to the soon-to-be-formed Qingwei, since Fu Yuchen had become the deputy of the Six Princes, the formation of the Six Princes of the Qingwei was afraid that he would only be responsible for the highest decision-making, and the specific affairs would have to be carried out by him, his companion and deputy.

Fortunately, the Fu family is a family of generals and the founding martial arts, Fu Chuanyi still holds a military power, and has good connections and basic plates in the army, just to help the six princes form a thousand-person guard, it is difficult for Fu Chuanyi, but with the help of this matter, he can start teaching his son where to start and how to do things.

At the dinner table, Fu Chuanyi only said some outlines, did not give specific guidance, specific things, until after the meal, Fu Yuchen was brought to his study, and the two fathers and sons would discuss in detail.

Fu Xuechen was a little disappointed, sure enough, the impostor was only temporary, a daughter is a daughter, and he can't become a son, many things Fu Chuanyi will only teach his son, it is impossible to pass it on to his daughter, and he is not without a son.

Fu Chuanyi and Fu Yuchen left the table first, and then sent Mrs. Fu back to the courtyard, and Aunt Wu also led Fu Ruzhen back to prepare to wash and rest, leaving only Xie Shi, Fu Rushuang, and Fu Xuechen in the house.

Fu Rushuang was asked to stay by the Xie family, but Fu Xuechen took the initiative to stay, Xie didn't care about Fu Xuechen, and said to Fu Rushuang first: "I heard that you have just started to learn tailoring recently, which is actually a little late, you better put your favorite poems first, and rest any riding and archery martial arts, make more time to come out, and learn to be a female celebrity." ”

"Yes." Fu Rushuang obediently agreed.

Xie added: "In a few days, I will take you out to participate in a few tea parties and flower viewing parties, you have to decorate yourself brightly, and I will ask you to cut a few new sets of seasonal clothes for you, and if you have any old jewelry that needs to be refurbished and repaired, let someone send it to me as soon as possible." ”

"Yes." Fu Rushuang obediently agreed again.

Xie Shi also instructed: "There will be many ladies present at that time, you will be one of the objects of their attention, remember the etiquette I taught you, don't be negligent and leave a bad impression." ”

Fu Xuechen interjected curiously and asked, "Mother, what kind of tea party and flower viewing party, will the sons of other families participate?" ”

"It's just that a few ordinary ladies have made an appointment to get together, at most they bring their daughters, what's the matter with men?" Xie glanced at his daughter speechlessly.

"How can that mother look at other people's sons for her sister?" Fu Xuechen asked.

Although Xie was speechless, he was very patient, and since her daughter wanted to know, she explained: "Which family do you have to meet in, and the son of the daughter-in-law who needs to see each other will come out to greet the guests for his mother, and he will also be assigned by the wife of that family to send a refreshment or something on the way, won't the two sides meet?" ”

"Oh!" Fu Xuechen felt that the customs of the Darong Empire in this time and space were quite close to the Tang and Song dynasties in the previous time and space, and it was quite easy for young men and women to meet each other in public, especially in the presence of the elders of the family.

Although the two sides may not have the opportunity to say a few words, they are also much stronger than blind marriages and dumb marriages in the Ming and Qing dynasties, at least the external conditions such as appearance, height and temperament are clear at a glance.

As for whether the two sides are possible, in fact, sometimes it is really a short contact, and it is roughly enough to have a judgment, and the rest is not under the control of the young men and women.

Whether the character is reliable, whether the eight characters are compatible, whether the family background matches, and whether the parents of both sides can get along well and become in-laws, all of these must be judged and controlled by their parents and elders.

As far as Fu Xuechen knows, there is no draft system in the Darong Empire, and there is no such thing that all school-age girls must let the royal family see first, even if the prince chooses a concubine, he must follow the rules, and the royal family will come forward to hold various gatherings, find excuses to invite all the mothers and daughters who are suitable and interested in the situation, and both parties will see that it is appropriate before mentioning family affairs.

Fu Xuechen felt that the Darong Empire was probably the most civilized empire with the developed feudal system.

Because its social customs are the closest to those of later generations, it is neither as strict as Cheng Zhulijiao, nor as extreme suppression of women in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and even compared with the freedom of love in later generations, its marriage customs are more friendly to women, which can avoid the misfortune of being cheated of money and sex caused by many love brains, and can also make parents more satisfied.

Naturally, in the actual marriage, the two husbands and wives looked at each other okay at first, but then they gradually couldn't get along, and there were still many problems of all kinds.

But the law of the Darong Empire protects all women's dowry, which belongs to premarital property, even if children are born, women's dowries will generally be inherited by several daughters under her knees, unless there are no daughters, sons have no right to touch their mother's dowry, and as long as the women keep their dowry list, and if they leave, the husband's family has to compensate according to the list.

At the same time, the law of the Darong Empire allows men to marry concubines, if the relationship between husband and wife is really not good, and the wife cannot divorce his wife without breaking the seven regulations, and if he cannot afford to pay his wife's dowry and cannot be reconciled, men can take the person they like as a concubine, and the husband and wife can live their own way.

But at the same time, the laws of the empire resolutely do not allow men to spoil their concubines and kill their wives, and those who dare to do such a thing will cut off your future and alienate and discriminate against you in social relations, which is similar to the consequences of officialdom men raising Xiaomi lovers in later generations.

In addition, it is not uncommon to be like Wang Xifeng and Jia Lian, the main house is a vinegar jar, the husband wants to take a concubine, he makes a fuss, and the husband can't get rid of his wife, and he wants to take a concubine, so he can only use the power of the elders to let the elders give concubines, if even the elders oppose his concubine, then he can only steal it, but without the certificate of the concubine, it is against the law.

Can the woman be remarried? In the Darong Empire, it is possible! Men also have seven outs, which is slightly different from women's seven outs, the first is childlessness, and if a man is judged by a doctor to be unable to have offspring, he commits this article.

The second pair of parents-in-law is disrespectful and unfilial, the third is a serious illness, that is, there is a serious illness, and the fourth is a disorder, that is, cheating, and having an inappropriate relationship with a woman other than a wife and concubine.

The fifth theft here refers to the theft of the wife's property, the sixth is tyranny, that is, violence against the wife, domestic violence hurts the wife, and the seventh slander, which is to deliberately distort the facts to the outside world and ruin the wife's reputation.

Divorce wife or husband, only need a little compensation to the other party, the husband wants to divorce, need to compensate the wife's dowry, the wife wants to divorce, but only need to compensate half of the bride price, the law of the Darong Empire is quite tolerant of the woman in the marriage, but the women of Darong, rarely ask for peace, most of them are unbearable and will not be divorced.

Fu Xuechen was very curious about these things, and asked from east to west, Xie had to teach Fu Rushuang anyway, so he simply explained all the marriage laws involved to the two daughters in detail, and even gave some examples.

Fu Rushuang listened carefully, what Xie taught was an important basis for her to protect herself after she got married in the future, and the only difficulty was to collect evidence, how to obtain evidence of the other party's mistakes, and Xie would continue to teach her in the future.

Fu Xuechen listened to it with relish, compared with the past and present lives, she actually felt that the laws of Darong seemed to be more in line with the civilization traditions and social customs of China, and had not been infected by the Western set in later generations.

After talking for almost an hour, Xie Shi closed his mouth and said, "Okay, it's late, you all go back and rest!" There's more to come, and there's time to tell. ”

Fu Xuechen hurriedly said: "Mother, I just forgot to say, I want to learn zheng, can you hire a master for me?" ”

"Kite?" Xie Shi was surprised: "How did you suddenly think of learning Zheng?" Don't be hot for a while, really invited the master to you, and then retreated within a few days and threw all the money into the water? ”

Fu Xuechen only said with a firm face: "I will definitely be able to persist in learning!" It's not a spur of the moment. ”

Fu Rushuang, who had already gotten up and was about to retire, couldn't help but say something for her sister-in-law: "Mother, my sister does have a talent for music, which is beyond my reach." ”

Not to mention, Xie didn't agree to Fu Xuechen at the first time, he was really influenced by Fu Rushuang, and there was a precedent for Fu Rushuang, who had also invited a guqin master to teach, but he couldn't learn it even if he was killed, Xie subconsciously felt that the Fu family had no talent for music.

But since even Fu Rushuang said that Fu Xuechen has a talent for music and rhythm, then he believes that what if his daughter is once, Xie is much more generous to his own daughter, and immediately nodded: "Okay!" Find you a master. ”

"Thank you, mother!" Fu Xuechen left satisfied.

returned to Qingtong Courtyard, but unexpectedly saw Fu Yuchen in the hall.

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