It seems that whether inside or outside the palace, when a woman is pregnant, she can be exempted from many things, such as paying respects to her husband in the morning and evening.
Fang Weiyan was a very good sleeper. He always slept alone outside and never moved around. Mi Niang would put her legs on him from time to time, and he never complained.
"You are really a good boy." Mi Niang sometimes couldn't help but feel sympathy for him.
"What do you mean by being good? You are so naughty." The first thing Fang Weiyan did when he got up in the morning was to check Mi Niang's belly and touch her head. When he found that it was not hot, he got up.
Seeing Mi Niang was about to get up, he said, "Sleep a little longer, it's cold now."
"good."
The capital city got cold in a flash. In the morning, Mi Niang drank a bowl of hot soup and felt relaxed. Chun Tao had been assigned to Chang Shou, who was by Fang Wei Yan's side. Chang Shou was Fang Wei Yan's servant. Because of their marriage relationship, they had frequent contacts. After Chun Tao married Chang Shou, she came to Mi Niang to serve him and became the housekeeper.
Pinxiu had already gone out and was taken back by her sister-in-law and her parents. Bishang did not expect Pinxiu to be so decisive. In fact, to a certain extent, Mi Niang still admired Pinxiu, who was a person who knew the current affairs.
If she did anything shameful, she would be kicked out directly.
Although you won't be blamed or scolded for kicking her out, people will inevitably talk about you if a grown girl like you is kicked out like this. Her father and mother both work in the mansion, and you still have no shame.
Just like how people talked about Shen being above the concubines, but her position as the young lady was very stable.
"You are going to be a bride now. You don't have to serve me anymore."
Mi Niang said to Chun Tao with a smile.
Chun Tao did not show any shame on her face. Instead, she said, "I am going to the enclosure from here anyway. Please stop teasing us, Fourth Madam. I don't want to leave you anyway."
"I'm watching you too. It's fine for you to go out like the sleeves do, but it's also good for you to stay here with me."
Life outside may not be easy now. Life in the mansion is much better after all. If you go out, it is hot in summer and cold in winter, and you have to work hard to make a living. Life is much worse than in the mansion.
Being a freelancer doesn't necessarily mean you are free.
Some people like adventure, some people prefer stability, and no one should blame anyone.
Mi Niang would not judge others, but Xia Lian mentioned another matter: "Fourth Madam, I heard that Madam is preparing to get married to Fifth Master."
"This is not surprising. Fifth brother is not young anymore. It's about time for him to find a wife and get married in two years."
"Then you..."
Xia Lian meant that they should intervene or not.
But Mi Niang said, "Absolutely not."
"No matter who she is, she has nothing to do with me." If Fang Weijun succeeds to the throne, they will be side branches and will have to move out in the future. If Fang Weiyan succeeds to the throne, they will not have to care about anyone's opinion.
Although it is good to share weal and woe, the human heart is the most difficult thing to grasp in this world.
Just like the three sons born to Aunt Ding, they are brothers from the same mother, but they all have different thoughts.
She flipped through the storybook at hand. It was said that this was a popular book in the capital. In the past, storybooks were mostly about talented scholars and beautiful women. The protagonists there were either kings, generals or rich daughters. It was believed that a poor scholar would definitely meet a beautiful lady.
This book is different. The person who wrote the story should also come from a wealthy family. It doesn't seem like the kind of imaginary wealthy life, especially the furnishings are all clearly described.
"Fourth Grandma, you are so fascinated by it."
"It's also quite interesting. The stories about talented men and beautiful women I read before were all boring, but this one I'm reading is quite realistic. The heroine here is a concubine's daughter. Her mistress is very capable, but her biological mother is very gentle. She is the most outstanding among her sisters. However, I think the description of beauty in this book is too exaggerated. It takes up almost a whole page."
Xia Lian came at once: "Is it about some secret?"
Mi Niang smiled and said, "That's not the case. I've almost read the last part. Wait until I finish reading and I'll tell you."
Just as she finished speaking, she saw Yaqing coming over. She came with some yam and date paste cake. Because Mi Niang was pregnant, Xu quickly found a female teacher for her who was very good at cooking. This time Yaqing learned very seriously. She was good at painting and playing the piano, but she was extremely talented in cooking.
When she saw Mi Niang holding the book, she smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, why are you reading it now? I finished reading it a few days ago."
"Really? I just read it today. The beginning was fine. I just saw the part where a concubine's daughter fought with her mother-in-law, and finally the mother-in-law was convinced." She actually felt that this book was a bit childish.
Of course she wouldn't tell Fang Yaqing this, otherwise everyone would think she was very experienced.
Fang Yaqing let Mi Niang taste a piece of mountain medicine cake, then laughed and said, "She married the best in the end. Her elder sister was born out of wedlock. She gave birth to a beautiful child, but she was coquettish and only good at poetry and painting. You don't know how ridiculous her elder sister is. She snatched the marriage of her childhood sweetheart. Her elder sister is really shameless. She knew that the two of them were so good, but she had to interfere."
"But I saw that the life of a concubine's daughter in her writing was very difficult. How come she had a childhood sweetheart, and one of such a high status?" Mi Niang found it strange.
"Sister-in-law, don't you know? Her biological mother, Aunt Wu, was actually born in a good family. She was the second wife of a legitimate family and a noble concubine. She was a relative of the old lady here. But Aunt Wu was low-key and never boasted about her status. She was very humble to the mistress and her housekeeper was also first-rate. Later, she gave birth to three sons in a row, all of whom were good at studying. Her stepmother also gave birth to three sons. Guess what, they all sided with Aunt Wu. In the end, Aunt Wu was granted an imperial decree because the heroine Lu Mingzhu married the princess's son, the prince."
Mi Niang couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh: "This book is nonsense, how can the son of a princess be crowned a prince?"
Fang Yaqing said seriously, "He was a king of a different surname. He was the one who conquered the world. He was also very talented in literature. He won both the first place in the civil examination and the first place in the military examination. Later, he killed three of his fiancées. That means the heroine Lu Mingzhu is his destined woman."
After Fang Yaqing finished speaking, she still felt unsatisfied and brought back the topic: "I forgot to mention what happened to her elder sister. When she first got married, she pretended to be a good person for three days, but then her true nature was exposed. Her elder sister's biological mother was a poor peasant girl, and she was taught only inferior methods. Apart from pretending to recite poems and compose poems, she actually didn't know anything else. In the end, after her elder sister's husband became the top scholar, he basically stopped going to her elder sister's room. Only then did her elder sister's husband know who was the treasure and who was not."
"Her elder sister finally got pregnant and the child..."
Mi Niang quickly turned to the last page and sighed, "What a bad ending." They only slept together for a few days during their wedding. The heroine's elder sister was later found to be two-faced and treacherous. Even though she had more tricks than the girls in the brothel, she failed to win back her husband's heart. After she had a miscarriage, she just bought people's hearts everywhere, wanted to have the power to manage the household and to make money. In the end, she had an affair with her husband's cousin and was finally put in a pig cage.
Fang Yaqing laughed again and said, "Yes, the heroine later gave birth to eight sons, all of whom are promising. Her eldest sister really played a good hand badly. And her second sister, who was born to her stepmother, is naive if you put it nicely, and stupid if you put it bluntly. She was taken away by the heroine's third sister, who was also born out of wedlock, born to another concubine, and later raised by Concubine Wu. Her second sister bullied the third sister and the heroine all year round. She didn't like the arranged marriage, so she deliberately locked her third sister up with her fiancé. She thought she could get rid of a trouble and climb up the social ladder, but you see..."
It seems Fang Yaqing has indeed read this many times, and she immediately turned to that part. "The couple finally got along happily, and only her second sister acted like a victim. But everyone in the world knew that she was broken off from engagement, and even several marriage proposals were unsuccessful. In the end, she married a small landlord, who treated her harshly by the landlord's wife. She had a lot of maids in the room, and had to kneel down to serve her before dawn every day."
Mi Niang couldn't help but glance at Fang Yaqing: "So what? Isn't the heroine Lu Mingzhu's father still an official? Even if her engagement was rejected, she could still find a good one. How could she marry a small landlord?"
Anyone who owns thirty acres of land can be called a small landlord.
Some of the words in this book really feel unfriendly to women. Mi Niang analyzed: "Even if her second sister did something wrong, it is impossible for her to marry a small country landlord. Wouldn't her mother stand up for her?"
Fang Yaqing explained it very seriously: "Because her stepmother made a mistake, she can only be accompanied by the ancient Buddha for the rest of her life. The sons born to her have all given up the dark and joined the light. Although they miss their own mother, they still think that the stepmother is extremely evil. The most annoying thing is that this stepmother also gave abortion pills to the heroine Lu Mingzhu's biological mother, Aunt Wu."
"Oh, not only Aunt Wu, but also several other aunts were tortured by her. She relied on her status as the mistress to bully others. Fortunately, the mistress became successful later, and her brothers all became successful."
Thinking of this, Fang Yaqing looked at Mi Niang and said, "Sister-in-law, why is her mistress so cruel?"
Speaking of abortion pills, Mi Niang thought of Aunt Xu, but Aunt Xu was not as stupid as the mistress here. She didn't have any illegitimate sons, and even if she did, they would have been sent away long ago.
"There are still a few mistresses like this. Most of them are good. At least they don't do too badly on the surface."
As far as Mi Niang was concerned, she only saw the second sister who was broken off from engagement, so she said to Fang Yaqing: "This is still a lot of exaggeration. Take the matter of breaking off engagement for example. Your brother can only find someone better than you, Xu Jing, and it is impossible for him to find someone worse than Xu Jing."
Fang Yaqing smiled brightly: "Of course I know that a storybook is just a storybook. My brother and sister-in-law will definitely make plans for me. Besides, let's take the poems and songs as an example. I think my sister-in-law did a great job on these. Just like what my sister-in-law said, anyone who is good at needlework can also paint. Otherwise, it would be too artificial."
Mi Niang thought to herself, I don’t know how many people will be harmed once this story is published.
Take the first heroine, the elder sister, for example. Does knowing poetry and song mean that she is not good at household affairs? The heroine blames her elder sister for seducing the man, but why not blame the man for falling for it? And the man, since he married her, and thought that the heroine was the pearl and the elder sister was the fish eye, didn't he agree to it at the beginning? Even if he was forced, didn't he agree in the end?
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