It's a pity that Uncle Cao's road to becoming an immortal was only started after the death of his nephew. The nephew is dead, what else can he do?

In some ways, Empress Cao resembles her brother. They all unknowingly fell into the fool of Confucianism. And the biggest evil of Confucianism is not wealth or power, but it will fool people into saints.

In traditional Chinese culture, a "sage" refers to a person who is perfect in knowledge and deeds, and is an infinite existence in a finite world. In general, "all talents and virtues are called saints". This word originally came out of the pursuit of "supreme goodness" and "supreme beauty", so the original meaning of the saint was specifically to point to perfection.

Such characters can be fictional or dead, but they cannot be alive. Once he is a living person and holds great power, a saint is a pit goods.

They do not deceive others, in order to show their holy name. Only pit your own people, and ask your own people to be saints. Once such a guy appeared in a feudal dynasty, it was often an unusually nourishing period for foreigners. That's why Zhuangzi said that "the saint does not die, but the thief does not stop".

Just like now, even if Empress Cao is very grateful to Shen Shi in her heart, she will come to this trip. Just because she wants to be a "saint" in the Confucian books. Sacrificing "one person" for the sake of "people in the world" is definitely a manifestation of "holiness".

This point has been since her death was called "Queen of Mercy and Holy Light", which is already a coffin.

Zhao Zhen grabbed his queen's hand and had the heart to snap, but if the dead eunuch didn't disappear, he couldn't help it. Although he can come by force, the old eunuch can also study medicine on the side. Zhao Zhen didn't listen to it, not to mention it, just in the middle of these two people and the concerto, there was suddenly one more person, which was enough to make people lose interest.

As a woman, Empress Cao enjoyed her husband's capture very much, but as a queen, as a queen elected by Confucian education, even if she thought about it again, she couldn't see a flaw in her complexion, and even if the emperor was forced, she still had to refuse. This is Confucian etiquette, Confucian education.

That is, Zhao Zhen is not Zhu Xiaolian, otherwise he would also be the emperor of Yiqinglou in the Great Song Dynasty.

Chen Lin's refusal to leave made Empress Cao breathe a sigh of relief. After Empress Cao reported to the emperor, she immediately ordered someone to serve food to the emperor, and plate after plate of dishes was served, and then except for Empress Cao's personal maid and Zhao Zhen's personal eunuch, everyone left, leaving the space for the emperor and queen.

Empress Cao never spoke. If she didn't have a son, she would have opened her mouth according to Yan Shu's teachings, for the sake of "the people of the world", she must not send troops. But she has a son, she must think about her son, and the other party is her son's savior, if she can destroy the demon, of course she is willing, but as a mother of a child, she is worried that she can't destroy it.

This is exactly where she struggled and didn't speak for a long time.

Zhao Zhen didn't think too much about it, he really thought that the queen had sent food for him. When the first course was served, he was a little happy because he found that all of these dishes were his favorite dishes.

The status of mutton in the royal family of the Song Dynasty was special, and there was a rule: "Don't eat too much delicacies from the mountains and seas, and only mutton is enough for the imperial dining room." Therefore, the imperial dining room of the Song Dynasty mainly made mutton, and more than 100,000 catties of mutton were consumed every year. The emperor of the Song Dynasty also loved to eat mutton, and Song Renzong dreamed in the middle of the night that he wanted to eat roast lamb.

However, the price of mutton in the Song Dynasty was very expensive. Because of the small size of the Song Dynasty, a large number of areas that used to be suitable for sheep breeding were occupied by other ethnic minority regimes. Sheep are military supplies, and sheepskins can be used to make army tents and clothes for officers and soldiers. It is clearly recorded in the "History of Liao" that in the border trade between the Song and Liao, in order to weaken the military power of the Song army, the Liao State strictly controlled the exit of sheep. The Western Xia regime allowed sheep to be sold to the Song realm, but the price was staggeringly expensive, and a few catties of tea could be exchanged for a sheep. Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, ordinary people could not afford to eat mutton. The mutton in Pingjiang Mansion is sold for 900 yuan per catty, while the Yellow River carp in winter is less than 100 yuan per catty, and 10 yuan is enough for an ordinary meal with wine and vegetables. Because mutton is too expensive, even low-income petty officials can't afford to eat it.

This is also the reason why Zhao Zhen would rather endure hunger than let people make mutton soup.

On the contrary, the Cao family is rich and recognized. Frequent delicacies are brought to the palace.

This is also the reason why the Cao family is not an official, but they have a special status in the Great Song Dynasty. Except for Queen Cao, it was this stutter.

People who are well fed and clothed every day naturally do not understand the importance of food, but how many people will think of the emperor, and the king of a country will also have a time when he is hungry and hungry?

Cao Yu knew, and he caught it.

Slowly, Zhao Zhen's saliva flowed out.

"Goo--" his stomach screamed at the right time.

Zhao Zhen often starved. Not because he was poor, but because he was courteous. Since ancient times, China has had a tradition of eating less at dinner, but there is no tradition of eating supper.

If you go to bed on time, this is better, once the emperor has any government affairs to deal with, coupled with Zhao Zhen's temperament, he will starve nine times out of ten.

This time too.

"Your Majesty, this is hungry again. It's not a good feeling to be hungry. Your Majesty too, let them do it when they are hungry. ”

Empress Cao was also hungry. Before she was selected by Confucianism as an alternate for the queen and educated by Confucianism, the Cao family's life was not rich.

Coupled with the small size of the Great Song Dynasty, meat is almost not eaten.

When the Confucian scholars chose Empress Cao and gave her a queen-style education, the days were easy, and the food, clothing, and other aspects were not important.

Of course, it doesn't matter anymore, there are still no big fish and big meat. After all, the Confucian sage education is not a big day of big fish and big meat, and the Confucian sage can not know the taste of meat in March, and his disciples and grandchildren naturally want to learn and carry it forward.

It's just that the direction of their development is not to themselves, but to others.

Seeing that her husband can't eat enough and can't dress warmly, how can she not feel distressed when she is a wife.

"Queen, it's so late, they've already slept, how can I bear to wake them up for the sake of my own appetite. Zhao Zhen said while eating.

Of course, before eating, Chen Lin had tried the dishes. Even if the rice is brought by the queen, this is a necessary rule.

"It is their blessing that the official family cherishes them, but the official family should not work too hard, it is so late and they still do not rest. If you are tired and sick, it is not the blessing of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Empress Cao smiled gently, and personally took chopsticks to Zhao Zhen to distribute vegetables, as if she didn't know what was going on. This is not because the old Zhao family has any rules in the harem that are not allowed to interfere in politics, after all, even the curtain has appeared to listen to politics, and the harem of the old Zhao family is not so strict.

Empress Cao is like this just because she received such an education. For example, a concubine in the harem went out of the palace to beat her honor guard, and she pretended not to know.

It's a little too much, not as good as a little less. To put it bluntly, they are chess pieces. Use your voice to make a sound again, and when you don't use it, disappear.