Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 286

To be fair, the ancients studied posture more fully than the moderns.

There are "ten repairs" and "eight movements" in "He Yin Yang", "nine shapes" and "six postures" in "Dongxuanzi", and "nine shallow and one deep steps in the world" And Fang Bi"...

Look, the ancients, even if they were lads, were all educated lads, and the lads after more than 1000 years would only blindly and confidently say "it's not big, it's cool, call me daddy".

It is a painful experience to judge, and the loss of traditional culture is worthy of vigilance and introspection for future generations.

On the night of the bridal chamber, the newlyweds read the little yellow pictures together before having sex. It is indeed a custom in the Tang Dynasty, and it is a custom that only belongs to the powerful class.

And this is already considered very conservative. Before marrying their daughters, the truly dignified and powerful families will often send a sister or housemaid in advance to go to Yunyu with the new son-in-law. The maid will not retire until the day of the official marriage.

This is of course on purpose.

The first is to test whether the function of the new son-in-law is normal. If it is impossible to lift it up, the maid will report the truth to her natal family immediately after trying it, then this marriage needs to be reconsidered. After all, a daughter cannot be a widow after marriage, right?

The second is that the interests of the marriage between the two families are bound, and the women sent to test the water are either sisters or very trusted personal maids.

If one day the wife of the main house dies early, the woman who tested the waters of the house at the beginning will immediately fill in the seat, the marriage relationship between the two families will not be broken, and the interests can continue to be bound.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything. For example, the Cui family in Qingzhou may not pay much attention to this. Li Qinzai waited hard in Chang'an for a month, but he didn't see anything from his father-in-law. It was really rude.

In the bridal chamber flickering by candlelight, Li Qinzai carefully flipped through the little yellow book, his concentration almost made him forget what he was supposed to do tonight.

Cui Jie didn't dare to look at the album at all, she blushed and sat beside him silently.

After a long time, Li Qinzai praised: "Broad and profound, unfathomable!"

Cui Jie became more and more ashamed, snatched the album from his hand, and hurriedly threw it aside as if it was hot.

Li Qinzai said solemnly: "You little comrade, how can you not love to study? You didn't even glance at it just now. If you are my disciple, you should be whipped now."

Cui Jie blushed and said, "I don't want to read it... If Xi Niang insisted that I bring it, I would have thrown it away."

Li Qinzai smiled and said, "It's okay if you don't read it, I've learned how to teach you..."

The red candle exploded slightly, and a twin-stemmed flower burst out.

Li Qinzai took her little hand and said with a smile, "Ma'am, it's getting late, should you and I rest?"

Cui Jie's body trembled slightly, she subconsciously refused, but she couldn't refuse, tonight was the most precious night in her life for both him and her.

As soon as her hands touched her skirt, Cui Jie retreated in a hurry and said softly, "You...you go and put out the candle."

Li Qinzai said solemnly: "According to the rules, the red candles in the wedding hall cannot be extinguished tonight. It is unlucky."

Cui Jie was flustered and confused, and stammered: "Yes, is it?"

Closing her eyes tragically, Cui Jie said with a desperate expression, "Then, then... let's rest."

Li Qinzai blinked, and suddenly whispered a whisper in her ear.

Cui Jie opened her eyes suddenly, with a shocked expression on her face: "Impossible! Of course men and women have to perform dunlun rituals, but...why do they use their mouths?"

Li Qinzai explained very seriously: "Madam, think about the embroidery work you did before. The so-called 'threading the needle', the end of the thread needs to be threaded into the needle hole. Shouldn't the end of the thread be licked wet first to make it hard, so that it can be easily embroidered?" Penetrating through a pinhole? The etiquette of dunlun for men and women is the same as this."

Cui Jie was stunned for a while, then suddenly thumped him and said, "You must be lying to me!"

Li Qinzai said expressionlessly: "How could I lie to Madam, Madam, think about it carefully, is this the truth?"

Cui Jie blankly recalled the steps of her embroidery work, as if...you really have to lick the end of the thread to thread the needle.

But associating the threading of needles with the matter of men and women, Cui Jie immediately had a picture in her mind, and her face was bleeding from embarrassment.

"I, I... don't know, don't worry, I'll go to sleep first." Cui Jie didn't take off her clothes, she folded her clothes on the bed, and quickly covered her whole body with the quilt.

Li Qinzai smiled and got into the bedding too.

There was a rustling sound, and after a long, long, long time, accompanied by a long chant that seemed painful but also happy, the bridal chamber finally returned to silence.

The clouds live in the rain, and the plum blossoms.

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At dawn, Cui Jie woke up enduring the pain, and called Congshuang, who had a red face to help the couple dress and wash.

Cui Jie was unable to move, and Li Qinzai supported her, but she was not only rejected by her, but also pinched severely by her.

"Does it hurt?" Cui Jie asked with a cold face.

Li Qinzai didn't pretend to be a hero, he said honestly, "It hurts."

"I was in such pain last night, no, it hurts more than this," Cui Jie pinched him again angrily.

"Maybe the thread is still not moist enough..." Li Qinzai tried to find the reason.

Cui Jie blushed again, feeling that she could no longer look directly at the embroidery work.

The bridal chamber stopped red candles last night, and waited until Xiaotang to worship uncle.

Li Qinzai and Cui Jie came to the hall together. In front of Li Ji, Li Siwen and Li Cuishi, Cui Jie shyly bowed down.

This time it can be regarded as a formal "worship".

Li Ji laughed heartily, Li Siwen pretended to be majestic and put his face on the floor, Li Cui was so happy to see his daughter-in-law's beautiful appearance and well-bred manners, he took Cui Jie's hand and looked left and right.

After meeting with her family members, Cui Jie officially became a family member of the British government.

Li Siwen looked at Li Qinzai, and said in a deep voice: "Qinzai is married, and from now on you will be a man in charge of your family. You must be calm when speaking and doing things, and you must not behave like before, causing trouble, don't forget Now you are already a family member..."

Li Cuishi interrupted before he finished speaking, and gave him a hard look, saying: "It's so early in the morning, what is the husband talking about? My daughter-in-law scolded people as soon as she came in, don't scare them."

Li Siwen shut up resentfully.

Li Qinzai said cautiously: "Father, the child was quite calm before he got married..."

Li Siwen sneered: "Yeah, she's quite calm, she can even burn down the family's ancestral house, and she has a calm temperament from the inside out."

Li Qinzai laughed dryly: "Father is getting better at complimenting others."

Cui Jie lowered her head and pursed her lips. She was originally nervous, but after seeing how the three generations of the Li family got along, she immediately relaxed a lot.

It is rumored that the prestigious British government is not as serious and scary as I imagined.

Thinking about it, how could it be possible to teach such an unscrupulous person as her husband in a serious atmosphere.

Just as Cui Jie was slowly melting into the atmosphere of the Li family, Butler Wu hurried into the hall.

"Grandfather, Wu Shaolang, Young Madam, there is an order from the palace."

(End of this chapter)