Chapter 215 The Righteous Way (4)
Chapter 215 The Righteous Way (4)
Lin Wenqing poked Lu Changqing's forehead with her hand. "How can you, as a girl, talk about what happened in your elder brother's room? You can't be so outspoken in front of outsiders."
"He has the nerve to do it, so why should I be embarrassed to say it? Besides, there are only you and me, mother and daughter, here, so it's okay to say it."
Lin Wenqing touched Lu Changqing's head and sighed, "This is how the world is. A man claims to have only one wife and no concubines. Even if he has sex with a maid every night, he is still a loving and loyal husband."
Lu Changqing added: "But when it comes to us women, we demand to be faithful to one man forever. Losing a handkerchief will affect the reputation of the unmarried girls in the family."
Lin Wenqing looked at Lu Changqing and asked in confusion: "What's wrong with you today? Why do you always say these angry words?"
Lu Changqing hung his head and said gloomily, "I'm afraid of marriage proposals, and even more afraid of getting married. I'm scared when I think about getting married and serving people in a stranger's house."
"You are talking nonsense again. I am your mother, so how can I let you serve others? If we want to marry, we should marry into a family where there are people to serve us."
Lu Changqing explained: "I'm talking about serving my husband and mother-in-law."
"There's nothing we can do about it. We women all go through this."
"Because I've been through this before, I don't want to go through this again."
Lin Wenqing was not angry when he heard what Lu Changqing said, but asked in a good-tempered manner: "Then what do you want to do?"
"I want to enter the palace."
Lu Changqing wanted to send all the parasites in the Bai family who took human lives lightly to jail, especially that shameless bastard Gu Ji. Such dirty things should be castrated.
When Lin Wenqing heard the words "enter the palace", she thought Lu Changqing wanted to enter the palace to be a concubine and serve the emperor. She was so scared that her eyes widened, "I won't allow it! Your age is only a little younger than your father, I won't allow you to enter the palace."
Lu Changqing knew that Lin Wenqing had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "Mother, you misunderstood, my daughter wanted to enter the palace to be a female official."
"Madam? Isn't that still a job of serving others?"
"Then according to what you mean, isn't Dad also serving others? Even Chen Yaozuo, the Minister of Chen, isn't he serving the emperor?"
"How can this be the same?"
Lu Changqing asked back: "What's the difference? Is it because they will appear in the court, while I can only stay in the palace?"
"You are so stupid. Do you think being a court lady in the palace is a good thing? If the emperor doesn't show mercy, you will never be able to leave. Do you want to die in the palace?"
"But even if I don't enter the palace, I will die of old age outside."
Lin Wenqing thought that Lu Changqing's idea was stupid. "How can it be the same? Outside the palace, you can marry a man of your dreams, have children, and enjoy the happiness of having grandchildren around you when you are old. Isn't this better than living a lonely life inside the palace walls?"
"But if I get married, I have to put up with my husband's infidelity and watch him have sex with other women without any complaints. I can't stand it."
"There are men in this world who don't take concubines or have sex with prostitutes."
"Who?"
Lin Wenqing thought about it but couldn't figure it out.
"Look, mother, you can't even find such a man yourself."
Lin Wenqing: ...
Lin Wenqing patted Lu Changqing's hand and said, "There will always be a chance. You are still young and there is still time. Mother will help you slowly."
Lu Changqing came out of Lin Wenqing's room, and the system said: "Your career path is a bit difficult. I didn't expect that the biggest obstacle came from your old mother."
"I can think of it. After all, Lin Wenqing's greatest wish for the client is to marry into a prominent family and become the principal wife. If she agrees to let me stay single for life, that would be a problem."
The system asked: "Do you know what year it is now?"
"Jingyou four years, what happened?"
The system asked again: "Do you know what will happen next year?"
Lu Changqing thought for a moment, "Next year? What year is next year?"
During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, the reign title was changed frequently, and she really couldn't remember them all.
"Next year is 1038 AD."
Lu Changqing's heart skipped a beat. "Li Yuanhao founded Western Xia."
"Yes, he will lead his troops south next year."
Then the Northern Song Dynasty suffered successive defeats and continued to pay reparations.
"I think you should just take Lin Wenqing to the south. The Song Dynasty is very weak and can't even defeat the Western Xia, not to mention there is the Liao Kingdom overhead."
"Am I going to watch the Jingkang Shame happen again?"
"What can you do alone? This world is so restrictive to women that even throwing away a handkerchief will make people question your uncleanliness. Do you still dare to join the army? Go to the front line to fight against the Xia and Liao?"
"Besides, it's useless if you are strong alone. The Song Dynasty's soldiers are weak and can't win. Moreover, the generals have to listen to the orders of the accompanying civil officials when they go to the battlefield. If they don't listen to him, they will be reported. Can you bear this?"
"Oh my god, you make me want to rebel."
"How do you build it? You have no money and no people. Do you still want to copy the homework from Shen Rou's world again?"
"is it not OK?"
"At that time, you had only one target - the imperial court. Now, if you rebel, you have three targets - the Northern Song imperial court, Xia and Liao. Moreover, the people do not want to fight."
"But I don't think the people are living well. Aren't there frequent peasant uprisings in recent years?"
"When the court is stable, at least they can barely survive, but once there is unrest, they can only wander around and flee."
Lu Changqing nodded, "I know what to do."
System: "I'm scared. Tell me what you want to do first."
"Don't you want me to not rebel? OK, I won't rebel, I will enter the palace."
"I know you are going to enter the palace. I want to ask you about your plans after entering the palace."
Lu Changqing was full of enthusiasm: "Change the world!"
system:……
Saying it is the same as not saying it.
Early the next morning, Lu Changqing was pulled out of bed by Yuan Liu.
"Girl, it's time to get up and go to the front yard to pay respects to the mistress."
Lu Changqing closed her eyes and let Yuan Liu put clothes on her.
Yuan Liu heard Lu Changqing sighing for a long time and asked, "Miss, have you encountered any troubles?"
Lu Changqing sighed again, "Why do we have to go and pay our respects so early in the morning? Wouldn't it be better to go later? We can all get more sleep."
Yuan Liu said with a smile: "My girl, it's not early at all now. The master has already gone to court."
Lu Changqing opened one eye and looked at Yuan Liu and said, "It's different. He doesn't get up this early every day. He only gets up this early for big court meetings. But I have to get up this early every day."
Yuan Liu walked around behind Lu Changqing and straightened her collar, saying, "It's customary to greet the mistress every morning. 'Without rules, there will be no order.' You taught me to read this by pointing to the words in the book."
Yes, Bai Fuying would teach the maids around her to read.
In the eyes of people in the normal world, as a woman in a feudal society, Bai Fuying's behavior is worthy of praise. She did not look down on the maids or think that they were unworthy of studying just because their family background and status were lower than hers.
But in the creator's view, Bai Fuying's behavior of reading is lowly, and teaching the maid around him to read is even more of a pretentious act.
In the plot, today, Bai Fuying was looking for trouble and wanted to make fun of Bai Lingyi, so she went up to tease him and the two started arguing. The creator used Bai Lingyi's mouth to satirize Bai Fuying, who could only recite poems, as a concubine, and said that legitimate daughters like them only needed to learn how to manage the household and be the mistress.
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