The left eye twitches for money, the right eye is silent for strange things!
The door of Xu's courtyard was knocked again.
This time, it was the commander of the Jinyiwei who came to see Xu Yanmiao.
The commander was different from the past. He was wearing a plain robe, and the locust flowers that fell into the back of his neck could not be pulled out in time.
"Xu Lang!" He looked at him pleadingly: "Please do me a favor."
The commander of the Jinyiwei asked for the unbinding of feet: "My sister was kidnapped and lived in the Prince Fu's Mansion. Her feet were forcibly bound and rotten. She was in great pain during the day and couldn't sleep at night. Before, Xu Lang mentioned unbinding feet in the court... I want to ask, how should the feet be unbinded?"
"Sorry, I only know that there is such a thing as unbinding feet, but I don't know how to do it specifically."
The face of the commander of the Jinyiwei suddenly lost color.
Xu Yanmiao thought about it and gave a suggestion: "Foot binding is for leg injuries, maybe you can find a doctor who is good at this - if your sister is more concerned about male doctors, I know a female doctor here, she is the only disciple of the deceased medical immortal, and she has inherited the true teachings of the medical immortal, but..." "
What?" The commander of the Jinyiwei was worried before he could be happy.
"But, the female doctor is now pregnant for eight months, I don't know if she will be willing to see patients."
*
Prince Jin's Palace.
Prince Jin was slightly surprised: "Why are you packing the medicine box?"
"Chuanxiong... Cassia twig... Chicken blood vine..." Princess Jin was packing her own medicine box, and took the time to reply to Prince Jin: "Didn't you say that the dancers in Prince Fu's mansion were in bad shape? I'll go and take a look."
She picked up the medicine box and was about to leave.
Prince Jin grabbed the princess' wrist and said, "This is the capital, there are many good doctors. Your belly is now eight months big, it is dangerous for you to go for a consultation."
Princess Jin said calmly, "I am a doctor, I know the condition of my body, I am very healthy, there is no problem with going for a consultation. The child is also very well behaved and never makes trouble for me. As for the medicines that cannot be smelled during pregnancy, I don't have them in my medicine box. If other doctors have them in their medicine boxes, as long as you don't lie on them and inhale hard, there will be no problem with your stomach. I will also take pregnancy-preserving pills before going out. I let Chi Yi hold the medicine box, and Chi Er and Chi San follow me to prevent anyone from accidentally bumping into me."
Chi Yi, Chi Er, and Chi San are all guards under Prince Jin and are loyal to Prince Jin.
Princess Jin pulled her wrist out of the hand of the King of Jin, and held his hand instead, softening her voice: "Your Majesty, I know my limits, I will take good care of myself, you don't have to worry about me getting into trouble."
The King of Jin was still very worried, but he looked into the eyes of the Princess with determination, and decided to change his way of worrying: "I'll go with you. I'm a prince after all, and I can control the situation."
"Okay! Let's go!"
Princess Jin hurriedly called for someone to push the King of Jin's wheelchair, and she walked beside him. Due to the "caution" of the King of Jin himself, the gate of the King of Jin's mansion was rarely guarded by a doorman, so the gate was often closed. Now, when the door creaked open, he ran into the commander of the Jinyiwei who raised his hand and was about to knock on the door.
Prince Jin recognized him and his eyes were filled with vigilance: "Why are you here, commander? Has someone in my house committed a crime?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am not here for official business today, but for personal reasons..."
Prince Jin became even more alert and rejected him outright: "I am a prince with little time to spare, and it is inconvenient for me to get involved in the gossips in the capital. Please go back, commander."
The commander of the Jinyiwei knew that Prince Jin had misunderstood him, and smiled bitterly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I am here for my sister and to meet the princess."
Fearing that Prince Jin would refuse again, he hurried down Continued: "My sister was persecuted by Prince Fu, and now her feet are in unbearable pain. I heard that the princess was the direct descendant of the medical immortal, so I came to seek medical treatment."
Although Princess Jin was surprised that the commander of the Jinyi Guard knew that her master was a medical immortal, she thought that there were patients and there was no time to waste on pursuing these things, so she said directly: "Let's go, I'm going out for this. You can tell me about your sister's situation while you walk."
*
In ancient times, non-low-class women attached great importance to their feet and believed that their privacy was equal to [breasts], [genitals], and [genitals].
Therefore, even though Xu Yanmiao was very curious about the descendant of the medical immortal, she still did not follow him. She just tracked the treatment of the disease from the Bagua system.
When she saw Princess Jin said "can cure", she laughed happily.
When she saw Princess Jin say "But the shape of my feet cannot be completely restored", she cursed Prince Fu's name and threw herself back on the bed in anger. As a result, her feet hit the edge of the bed and she grimaced.
"Fortunately, there is no swelling and no bone injury."
Xu Yanmiao rubbed her feet. There seemed to be a vague idea in her mind, but no matter how she thought about it, she felt that there was a layer of gauze between them.
"Forget it, it's not a big deal if I can't remember it."
He was very open-minded!
...
The matter of foot binding has come to an end. The gossip system shows that those poor girls have recovered very well. The arch of their feet is not as high as before, and their bent toes are slowly flattening out - even if they still look deformed in the end, they are at least better than before.
Princess Jin also figured out a recipe, using the oil from raw sheep bones to rub the feet, which can effectively relieve the pain of pulling the corns and the coil during the process of unbinding the feet.
- During this time, Princess Jin's body went into full-term labor. The scene was in chaos, but it was the princess herself who felt her water breaking. She calmly directed the maids and guards she brought with her to ask for a nanny, and then calmly borrowed the chamber of the foot-binding woman's house.
The court officials also discussed and came up with a solution: to list foot binding as a form of punishment, regardless of gender - just like "tattooing on the face", "shaving the head (shaving the beard and hair)", "cutting the nose (cutting the nose)", and "cutting the feet (cutting the feet)".
"First, announce this new criminal law to the whole world, and then select the prisoners with slightly more serious crimes from the prisons of various prefectures for execution. The Ministry of Justice will make corresponding laws as soon as possible, draw a circle, and stipulate what crimes can be punished by foot binding..."
In short, just like shaving the head, shaving eyebrows, and tattooing the face are associated with crimes, from now on, foot binding is also a sign of people who have violated the law.
Prime Minister Dou finally made a summary: "Now foot binding has not yet become a trend, so the people will first regard it as abnormal before they regard it as normal. Naturally, there will always be people who pursue strangeness, and the more they are prohibited, the more they will do it. At this time, they should be severely punished for the crime of lynching."
Ji Sui, the leader of the Jinwen School, submitted the latest annotations of "The Analects", "The Rites" and other classics to the central government in the local area.
——Six Classics Annotated I.
They are best at interpreting scriptures according to the needs of those in power.
The core of the story is "The skin of the body is given by parents, and I dare not violate Confucius' words", supplemented by the fact that this matter corrupts morality, and describes in parallel that men will indulge in sensual pleasures and women will be considered seductive and lustful, and the trend of foot binding must not be allowed to rise.
Many women in the folk stood up.
Among the former flower girls who have been freed, there are those with outstanding literary talent who wrote poems with sharp wit: "Three-inch bow shoes have not existed since ancient times, and the Bodhisattva Guanyin is barefoot. I don't know where foot binding came from, it started with the cheap men in the world!"
A woman who practices medicine told people everywhere that foot binding twists the bones of the feet and changes their shape. After a long time, the body will adapt to this change, and even if you pull it hard, it cannot be straightened.
Some businesswomen, who were motivated by profit, calculated every penny and said that those with intact feet earned more money for their families.
…
This was a dynasty with a heroic spirit, before the admonitions for women became popular and foot-binding became popular. It was a social trend for women to wear men's clothes, noble women rode horses, hunting in the mountains was a family norm, there were many women workers in the folk, and there were many women in sports and entertainment. A family with daughters but no sons was not considered a family without children, because women also had the right to inherit property - although since the end of the matriarchal society, men were superior to women and women were inferior to men, and women's right to inherit property was limited to after their brothers died. But at least it was better than having no property at all.
Therefore, when most people heard about foot binding, their first reaction was: "What a sin! This is too cruel! Those who do this are simply beasts! No! Worse than pigs and dogs!"
In the midst of the public excitement, Xu Yanmiao was thinking about how to spread rumors.
Yes, spread rumors.
He remembered that he had forgotten something! Now most people's impression of foot binding is still: "Hiss - it hurts!" This can be used.
Xu Yanmiao pulled the Jinyiwei commander and muttered: "In fact, those methods are not enough as a guarantee. What if some people secretly bind the feet of their female relatives in their backyards?"
The Jinyiwei commander was furious: "They dare?! The Jinyiwei is still here!"
"No matter how many Jinyiwei there are, they can't take care of every household, right? Besides, there is no shortage of people willing to take risks. Let's not talk about anything else. The crime of corruption is so serious, but there are still people who commit corruption one after another, right?"
[For example, the new Zuo Du Yushi who replaced Ji Sui's position is very powerful, but you don't know that before, a prisoner's family brought treasures, beautiful girls and good horses to him for help, and he took the money to do the job and secretly released the prisoner.]
The commander of the Jinyiwei nodded.
It's okay, now I know.
The deputy governor of the left army who lived on the left side of the Xu family courtyard nodded.
It's okay, now I know about it.
The Yongchang Marquis who lived on the right side of the Xu family courtyard touched his chin and nodded thoughtfully.
I know too.
And the officials in other houses before and after...
Very good! Drag the people down first to vacate the position, and then see if you can push someone from your own faction up!
Tell me quickly! Thank you, Xiao Bai Ze!
...
The new Zuodu Yushi was brushing the back of his newly acquired precious horse at home, when his eyelid suddenly twitched.
It was his right eyelid.
"It's okay. The left eye twitches for wealth, the right eye doesn't talk about strange things..."
The new Zuodu Yushi didn't take it to heart, and continued to hum a song while brushing the back of his precious horse.
...
Xu Yanmiao took the Jinyiwei commander's nod as an affirmation of what he was saying, so he continued: "Do you know what a person hates the most? It's being wronged. After being wronged, they either give up on themselves or try their best to prove themselves. So I have an idea-" "