Chapter 184 A woman should not serve two husbands
Yao Jinse and Liang Chaozong raised their glasses at the same time and drank the wine in the glasses.
"Husband, how is the progress in Jiaxiang Town?" Yao Jinse asked gently.
Liang Chaozong curled his lips: "Madam, don't worry, everything is going according to the original plan."
Yao Jinse smiled and said: "Then I wish you all the best!"
Liang Chaozong nodded with a smile.
Yao Jinse's eyebrows showed some worry, and she said softly: "But, I am still a little worried. What if these people don't make it to Beijing and get sick on the way? What should we do?"
"Even, not only get sick, but also..." Yao Jinse hesitated.
Liang Chaozong glanced at the woman beside him and said lightly: "You are afraid that they will die on the way, right?"
Yao Jinse nodded slightly.
"Don't worry, Madam. I have specially asked a doctor to prescribe mild medicine for them. Give it to them every other day." Liang Chaozong's eyes were full of gloom.
"This medicine can delay the onset of the disease and ensure that they can go to Beijing alive, but it can't completely cure them."
Yao Jinse turned her worries into joy: "I didn't expect my husband to have such a brilliant method!"
As she spoke, her slender hands climbed onto Liang Chaozong's shoulders.
Liang Chaozong smiled at her evilly, stretched out his strong arms, and hugged the woman's slender waist.
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The Golden Palace.
The hot and noisy New Year has passed, and the annual leave of all the officials of the Great Xia has also ended.
The tenth day of the first lunar month is the first morning court after the Spring Festival.
Early this morning, Xia Zhengqi deliberately pulled his daughter out of the quilt and brought her to the court.
Xia Miaoyuan had been accustomed to taking a nap recently, and was suddenly forced to get up early, which made her very unhappy.
She sat next to Xia Zhengqi, dozed off with her eyes closed, and her upper body leaned on Xia Zhengqi.
Xia Zhengqi glanced at his daughter and shook his head helplessly. He reached out and hugged Xia Miaoyuan to prevent her from falling.
In the hall, those pedantic officials looked at Princess Anguo, frowned angrily, and talked in a low voice.
"The emperor is really getting more and more outrageous. He let the princess sit on the dragon throne with him and let her sleep in the hall."
"That's right. Looking back over the past five hundred years, it's really unheard of and unseen!"
"If this gets out, I don't know how other countries will laugh at it."
Xia Zhengqi was not deaf. He always heard the ministers' low voices and understood what they were talking about.
Xia Zhengqi winked at Debao impatiently.
Debao then shouted at the top of his voice: "If you have the will, you should beat him up long ago. If not, please leave
the court!" As soon as he finished speaking, a deep male voice came from the hall.
"I have the will to beat you up!"
The voice was so loud that it almost penetrated the entire Jinluan Palace. Xia Miaoyuan was immediately awakened by the voice.
She rubbed her eyes and sat up straight.
[Who is it? On the first day of work after the New Year holiday, you come to make a report.]
Xia Miaoyuan focused her eyes and looked carefully. She saw that the person who spoke was a middle-aged man of about 40 years old. Judging from his official uniform, he should be a military officer.
"Lord Chen, please speak!" Xia Zhengqi said loudly.
[Lord Chen? Is Chen a military officer? He is someone from Grand Tutor Jiang's side. 】
"Your Majesty, what I want to say today is that your Majesty's series of measures to release concubines and allow childless concubines to leave the palace are really against the ancestors of Daxia." Lord
Chen's voice was like a bell and his eyes were like
torches. Xia Zhengqi suppressed his anger and asked as calmly as possible: "Why? Please tell me in detail, Lord Chen."
Lord Chen clasped his hands together, bowed diagonally upward, and said firmly: "When Emperor Taizu established Daxia, he set up a system of selecting talents every three years in order to expand Daxia and make the royal family prosperous."
"Your Majesty, you actually abolished this system, which is really disrespectful to the ancestors."
"I second the motion!" Several pedantic censors immediately echoed.
【Tsk! 】 Xia Miaoyuan rolled his eyes in disdain.
【In history, this has been the case in almost every dynasty. Under the guise of expanding the royal family, thousands of young girls were selected into the emperor's harem. 】
【But in reality, how many of them gave birth to children? The vast majority just waited to die in the palace, wasting their lives. 】
【There were too many of them, and the emperor couldn't even see them all. Instead of this, they might as well form a family with people of similar age and appearance. 】
Xia Zhengqi secretly listened to his daughter's thoughts and nodded slightly in approval.
"Elect once every three years, and select thirty to fifty people each time! Do you think I'm a stud?"
Xia Zhengqi changed his usual gentle words and scolded sharply.
All the civil and military officials in the palace were stunned, and they cast surprised glances at Xia Zhengqi.
The emperor's scolding was so explicit!
The emperor's words are so vulgar!
Pfft——
some ministers couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"There have been thousands of women in every dynasty who were selected to enter the palace, but never gave birth to a prince for the emperor, and never even saw the emperor." Xia Zhengqi's face was dignified and his voice was sonorous and powerful.
"If they didn't enter the palace, they could just get married and start a family, wouldn't that be good?"
Chen Yushi pouted in dissatisfaction.
"Even if the emperor changed the system of selecting beauties every three years, he should not have ordered the release of the imperial concubines and allowed the childless concubines to leave the palace."
"Our ancestors said that a good woman should not marry two husbands. Moreover, they are your wives, Your Majesty."
"As long as they enter the harem and become your women, no matter whether they give birth to children in the future, they are your women and cannot remarry for the rest of their lives."
"Otherwise, it would be a shame for the royal family and the Great Xia!"
After Chen Yushi finished his generous praise, he looked at Xia Zhengqi provocatively.
"Chen Yushi is right! Your Majesty, please take back your order!" Su Yushi, who was also known for his pedantry, said loudly.
"I second the motion!" Several censors echoed.
[Pooh, pooh, pooh! A woman should not serve two husbands! You are so lucky to say it.]
[As I remember, your father died early, and your mother remarried twice. Your last name is Chen. Isn't it just your stepfather's last name?]
Xia Zhengqi pursed his lips. Fortunately, he brought his precious daughter to the court today.
[Your half-brother died young, and your mother used the rule of a woman not serving two husbands to discipline your sister-in-law, strictly forbidding her to remarry, but what was the result?]
Hmm? What was the result? Tell me quickly!
Xia Zhengqi concentrated his mind and listened carefully with his ears erect.
[My eldest sister-in-law was in her prime, and she couldn't stand the loneliness, so she secretly got together with her neighbor Lao Wang, and accidentally got pregnant and gave birth to a child. ]
[Your family was afraid that it would be bad if the news got out, so they lied to the outside world that the child was a posthumous child. It's also quite magical, a posthumous child born two years after the father's death. ]
"Cough cough cough..." Xia Zhengqi almost laughed out loud, and hurriedly covered his mouth with a handkerchief, pretending to clear his throat.
Oh my God, I didn't expect that Chen Yushi, who has always been known for his pedantry and strictness, would have such a shocking gossip in his family.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Are you not feeling well?" Debao asked with concern.
Xia Zhengqi waved his hand at him.
"A woman should not serve two husbands?" Xia Zhengqi quickly adjusted his thoughts and asked in a cold voice.
"Men have always had shorter lifespans than women. Do you know how many women become widows in Daxia every year?"
Chen Yushi was startled. He did not expect that Emperor Mingxi would mention this question.
Chen Yushi shook his head and said, "I don't know. Please enlighten me, Your Majesty."