Chapter 197 Why can’t women here remarry after their husbands die?
Yu Youning waited for a long time, but Wei Zhao didn't speak. Instead, he saw that Wei Zhao's face was getting paler and paler, and his expression was getting more and more frightened.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Yu Youning looked at Wei Zhao strangely.
"Did what I just said scare you? Don't worry, I'm very strong. I'll hold you and won't let you fall."
Yu Youning said this while raising his chin proudly.
The lighting here was not very good, but the distance between the two people was relatively close, so Wei Zhao could still clearly see the expression on Yu Youning's face.
It was precisely because he could see clearly that Wei Zhao felt even more puzzled.
Yu Youning already knew it, but she didn't hate him?
Wei Zhao didn't doubt at all that Yu Youning was pretending.
The two have known each other for such a long time, and Wei Zhao is still clear about what kind of person Yu Youning is.
Yu Youning disdains to pretend and doesn't know how to pretend.
If she likes someone, she likes him or dislikes him or her, and she expresses it clearly.
After feeling a little more at ease, Wei Zhao still asked the questions in his mind.
"Youning, you know I went to see him with poison on me, and now he's dead, don't you think I'm scary?"
This is patricide!
Yu Youning blinked her bright eyes, "Why do you think you're scary? What's wrong with you doing this? He was going to die anyway! Master said he could only live for three days at most."
You're going to die sooner or later anyway. It's just two days earlier. What's the big deal?
Besides, she didn't like the old emperor of Nanzhao.
So bad!
You deserve to die!
Wei Zhao looked straight at Yu Youning, and after confirming that Yu Youning was speaking the truth, he finally laughed.
"Youning, you are so nice."
Youning is really unrestrained!
Not only do they live freely, but their thoughts are even more free.
Yu Youning withdrew his hand and straightened his back, "Of course, I'm the best!"
Wei Zhao nodded seriously, "Yes, you are the best!"
When Yu Youning praised himself, he didn't think it was a big deal.
Now hearing Wei Zhao's serious agreement, he felt inexplicably embarrassed.
"Alright, alright, let's go! Master said the old emperor is dead, and you have to show up, and neither do I. Let's go quickly!"
After all, Yu Youning was a Nanzhao princess who had visited the imperial mausoleum and ascended the Jade Butterfly.
Now that Wei Xuan is dead, she, as a princess, has to wear mourning clothes.
If I don't show up, I will definitely be pointed at and scolded by everyone in the world for being unfilial.
Yu Youning wrinkled her nose when she thought about having to wear mourning clothes and not being able to eat meat.
But when I think about the fact that the person who died was not my relative, I feel relieved.
Fortunately, mushrooms are not meaty!
She can still eat!
Thinking of this, Yu Youning's mood improved a little, and he started to jump and skip as he walked again.
When they reached the first floor, they saw the palace maids and eunuchs waiting there.
These palace maids and eunuchs all looked anxious. After seeing Yu Youning and Wei Zhao, they first bowed, then hurriedly took them to the two sides of the screen and changed their clothes.
After changing clothes, the two went to the mourning hall.
Only half an hour had passed since Wei Xuan was found dead, but the mourning hall had already been set up and all the red lanterns in the palace had been removed and replaced with white lanterns.
The red pillars, plaques, etc. were all wrapped in a layer of white cloth.
All the palace maids, eunuchs and guards were dressed in snow-white.
When Wei Zhao and Yu Youning arrived at the mourning hall, Wei Shi and his brothers had already arrived and were kneeling in the front crying.
Their respective mothers and concubines without children all knelt behind them and cried.
These concubines who had no children cried the most sadly, and each of them was almost heartbroken.
When Yu Youning passed by them, he looked at them with some surprise.
But due to the location and the presence of so many people around him, Yu Youning could only suppress his doubts deep in his heart.
Yu Youning is young, so it is impossible for her to stay in the mourning hall all night.
After the ceremony, Wei Zhao decided to let Yu Youning go back and rest first.
Wei Xuan died, and Wei Zhao became the emperor. There was no empress dowager above him, so he had the final say in the entire Nanzhao. Naturally, whatever he said was the law, and no one dared to object.
After kneeling for a while, Yu Youning felt some pain in his knees and could no longer kneel.
Now hearing Wei Zhao asking her to go back, she stood up without any hesitation and walked away expressionlessly.
After leaving the mourning hall, Yu Youning saw Chu Huaixu from afar, and hurriedly quickened his pace and walked to Chu Huaixu's side.
"Axu!"
Yu Youning didn't dare to speak too loudly. After all, the mourning hall was not far away, and there were people coming and going with solemn expressions around.
"Ah Xu, why are you here?"
Chu Huaixu looked at Yu Youning with a smile and explained softly, "I'll pick you up."
"How did you know I would come out at this time?"
"I don't know, so I'll wait for you here."
Yu Youning nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and left with Chu Huaixu.
The two of them didn't walk fast, but they could still hear the heart-wrenching cries coming from the mourning hall.
Hearing the crying, Yu Youning couldn't help but look back.
Chu Huaixu noticed Yu Youning's movements, "Youning, what's wrong? What are you looking at?"
Yu Youning looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to them, but she still moved closer to Chu Huaixu and said in a low voice, "Those beautiful aunts are crying so sadly!"
Upon hearing this, Chu Huaixu was stunned for a moment.
Beautiful aunt?
Who is it?
After thinking about it carefully, I finally understood who Yu Youning was talking about.
"Are you talking about the old emperor's concubines?" Chu Huaixu asked.
Yu Youning nodded, "Yes! It's them! I just passed by them twice and saw them clearly. They were crying so sadly."
After a pause, Yu Youning added another sentence.
"And they didn't use ginger ale!"
Chu Huaixu couldn't help laughing.
Is she the only one who would use ginger water to make herself cry?
After suppressing his laughter, Chu Huaixu finally explained to Yu Youning, "It would be good if these concubines had children. They would have something to look forward to in the future. Maybe they could even leave the palace with their children and live a more comfortable life than when the old emperor was around.
But if they don’t have children, they will have to live a lonely and desolate life in the palace for decades to come! They cried so sadly, not for the old emperor, but for themselves.
Wei Xuan is not very old, only in his thirties.
But he did have quite a few concubines.
Those who have children are the older concubines who followed Wei Xuan early on.
There are also many young concubines in their twenties or thirties, or even in their teens or twenties, who have entered the palace not long ago, are not favored much, and have no children.
They are all still very young, and if they are healthy, they can live for another few decades.
When they think about the next few decades, where they will just have to count the days and endure, they feel despair.
How could they not cry?
Yu Youning listened carefully to Chu Huaixu's explanation and finally understood what was going on.
Her little brain turned, "Then why not leave the palace? Wouldn't it be better to find someone else to marry?"
Even though Chu Huaixu always felt that he and Yu Youning had the same thoughts, he was still shocked when he suddenly heard Yu Youning say this.
Even for a moment I didn't know how to respond.
Yu Youning continued, "On Penglai Island, if the aunts' husbands died, they could remarry. If life wasn't going well for them, they could divorce and remarry. If they didn't want to get married, they could live on their own."
After listening to Yu Youning's explanation, Chu Huaixu finally understood why Yu Youning thought so.
So this is the custom of Penglai Island!
Yu Youning is from Penglai Island, and having been influenced by it, he naturally thinks this is natural.
"Penglai Island is far away on the sea. Most people have never been there and don't know what the situation is like there. I never thought it would be like this!" Chu Huaixu sighed.
Yu Youning had no idea what Chu Huaixu was lamenting, but assumed he had never been there. Curious, he immediately said, "If you want to see it, I can take you! We're almost leaving Nanzhao, so we can go directly to Penglai Island!"
After saying this, Yu Youning felt more and more that his suggestion was a good one.
Calculating the time, she hasn't been back to Penglai Island for a long time, so it would be nice to go back and take a look this time.
She misses her grandparents too!
Chu Huaixu was about to answer when he heard Yu Youning return to the original topic.
"So, Ah Xu, can those beautiful aunts marry someone else?"
Chu Huaixu was silent.
He still knew the situation in Nanzhao.
In Nanzhao, there were indeed widows who remarried, but such cases were rare.
This situation basically does not exist among officials and families.
As for the royal family, that is even more impossible!
Who dares to marry the emperor's woman?
Even though the emperor was dead, no one dared to do such a treasonous thing.
Facing Shangyu Youning's hopeful eyes, Chu Huaixu finally shook his head and said, "No."
Although Yu Youning had already guessed it when he saw the expression on Chu Huaixu's face.
But when Yu Youning really heard Chu Huaixu say this, he was still unhappy.
"cannot?"
"Why not!"
"If a man's wife dies, he can remarry. If his wife is still alive, he can also remarry. Why can't a woman marry someone else?"
“This is so unfair!”
"snort!"
Yu Youning snorted, turned around and ran away.
Chu Huaixu hurriedly chased after him, but he had never practiced martial arts, so how could he possibly catch up with Yu Youning?
After a while, he couldn't even see the corner of Yu Youning's clothes.
Yu Youning ran back to her palace in one breath, found Yu Tingwan, and threw herself into Yu Tingwan's arms.
Yu Tingwan had been waiting for Yu Youning to come back. Seeing that Yu Youning was obviously in a bad mood, she quickly picked her up and let her sit on her lap. "Youning, what's wrong? What happened? Talk to mother!"
Yu Youning looked up at Yu Tingwan and said, "Mother, why can't women here remarry after their husbands die? But they can do that on Penglai Island!"
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