I will never be Renzong

Chapter 127 Jealousy Regardless of Age
While talking, Cao Danshu glanced at Ren Qing'er who was standing beside her.

Seeing this, Li Bing'er got up and said: "Official! This concubine suddenly remembered that my mother sent someone to send some spices for bathing yesterday. Sister Qing'er must like it. Why don't you go to my palace with me to pick one!"

After finishing speaking, he bowed to Zhao Zhen, and then gave Ren Qing'er a wink.

"The official family! The slave family has resigned first!"

Ren Qing'er saluted Zhao Zhen and said.

"Go!"

Zhao Zhen waved his hand.

"Aren't the officials reluctant to be a beauty?"

Seeing that Zhao Zhen's eyes were still on the backs of the two of them going away, Cao Danshu asked suddenly.

"how could be?"

Zhao Zhen said with a hurried smile.

"Come on! Danshu! I often have this frozen lychee! It's very good!"

Zhao Zhen peeled off a lychee and put it in the tea bowl in front of Cao Danshu.

Cao Danshu glanced at the lychees in the tea bowl and said: "Although I am a queen, my treatment is not as good as that of Ren Meiren. The officials are partial!"

Zhao Zhen was immediately stopped by the question, and asked in confusion: "When did I become biased? You and I are husband and wife, and your position in my heart cannot be replaced by anyone!"

"The slave family is not blind. It's not like the slave family didn't see how the official family fed Beauty Ren just now!"

Cao Danshu pouted and replied angrily.

"Hey! It smells so strong of vinegar! Who accidentally knocked over the vinegar jar?"

Zhao Zhen smiled wryly.I think it seems that jealousy is regardless of age.

"I don't have time to be jealous! It's obvious that the officials are partial!"

Cao Danshu curled her lips and replied.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhen hurriedly picked up the peeled lychee in the tea bowl and put half of it in his mouth, then kissed Cao Danshu on the mouth quickly.

"How? Can I be fair in dealing with things?"

Zhao Zhen looked at Cao Danshu who was eating lychees and smiled, then suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of guilt rising, and hurriedly picked up a bowl of herbal tea and prepared to drink it all in one gulp.

"The official family! The slave family is going to bathe with the spices given by Sister Binger tonight, and the official family will come by then!"

Cao Danshu suddenly blushed and said.

"Pfft~"

The herbal tea in Zhao Zhen's mouth spewed out immediately, thinking to himself what the hell was going on, it was purely to lure himself to commit a crime!

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Zhao Zhen almost choked to death with a sip of tea.

Cao Danshu hurriedly stepped forward and lightly hammered Zhao Zhen's back with his small hands.

After Zhao Zhen got better, he took Cao Danshu's hand and sat on the wicker chair together. Then he calmed down and said, "Danshu, I'm telling you, this girl! She can't be considered free until she comes to Tiankui." A girl becomes a woman, but it does not mean that she can have a child, it will have to wait until”

Zhao Zhen tried hard to recall the physiology and hygiene classes he learned in junior high school in his mind, and then carefully instilled them in Cao Danshu.

"So! For Danshu's sake! I can't touch Danshu right now? Can you understand my painstaking efforts?"

Zhao Zhen talked a lot, and couldn't help but feel a little dry, and drank another bowl of herbal tea in one gulp.

"Officials! Danshu understands part of it, but part of it still doesn't understand? Besides, before Danshu entered the palace, there was a maid who was about Danshu's age in her family who was favored by her father, and then she was favored by her father. , Didn't see what mother said?"

Cao Danshu frowned and asked.

Zhao Zhen was dumbfounded immediately, I'll go, my father-in-law still has this hobby!It's really a heinous crime, a heinous crime, and it's simply the anger of man and god.

"What happened to that maid?"

"Cough cough cough! I mean, the day after being favored by your father!"

Zhao Zhen asked pointedly.

"It seems that I haven't got out of bed for a few days! Can't play with Danshu anymore?"

Cao Danshu thought for a while and replied.

"So! I won't touch Danshu right now! Think about it, you are a dignified queen, and you can't get out of bed for a few days. Wouldn't it be a joke if you spread the word!"

Zhao Zhen said hurriedly.

"Well! The slave family can understand it when the official said that! Official! You are a good person!"

Cao Danshu suddenly stood up and pecked Zhao Zhen's face, then ran away.

"Did I ask my wife to issue a good person card?"

Zhao Zhen looked at Cao Danshu who was leaving and said dumbfoundedly.

"Official family! The slave family has conveyed the official family's will to several gentlemen!"

Thrush came to Zhao Zhen's side and replied respectfully.

"Thrush? Let me ask you something. What age do you think is a good age for a woman to marry?"

Zhao Zhen asked suddenly.

Huamei didn't know why the official asked such a question, so she had to answer truthfully: "Official! I don't know when it is appropriate for a woman to get married, but if I reach my age, I definitely don't expect to be able to get married!"

Zhao Zhen stood up, took a look at Thrush's mature and graceful figure, and approached Thrush's face.

"Official!"

Huamei took a step back, and Zhao Zhen immediately took another step forward. When Huamei was about to take a step back, he found that there was a pillar behind him, and there was no way to retreat.

Zhao Zhen put one hand on the pillar, stopped the thrush who wanted to escape, raised her chin lightly with his hand, and said, "Tell you the truth! I like you at your age!"

"Guanjia! Stop!"

Huamei panted heavily, looked at Zhao Zhen's approaching face, and said with some embarrassment.

"I'll give you time! But don't make me wait too long!"

Zhao Zhen leaned close to her ear and whispered, then turned and left gracefully.

Huamei breathed a sigh of relief, looking at Zhao Zhen's back, in a mess.

In the Chongzheng Hall, several important ministers arrived.

Zhao Zhen just said: "There is a saying in the Book of Rites: Women are born at fifteen years old, that is to say, women are not considered adults until they are 15 years old, and they can receive adult education and be taught women's virtues, looks, skills, and words. The vassals and towns were separatist and fought in chaos, and the people of the world were brutally abused, and ten rooms were empty, so at the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the Taizu ordered that men should be married at fifteen and women should be married at thirteen, aiming at early marriage and early childbearing, increasing the population, and prospering the market.”

The important ministers at the bottom couldn't help wondering. They thought that the sudden summons by the officials was to announce the candidate for the prime minister, but they didn't expect that the officials would come to them to discuss the matter of marriage leave for men and women. Such matters should be discussed directly with Yan Shu, Minister of Rites. What about calling them?
Zhao Zhen glanced at all the ministers and said: "According to the investigation of the Secretary, the proportion of women who married at thirteen had a much higher rate of dystocia than those who married at eighteen. All the ministers also know that women who give birth to children have a narrow chance of dying." , so I hope to change the age at which I marry women, what do you think? After all, human life is greater than heaven, isn't it?"

Several people looked at each other, and Cao Lili said: "Guan family! Is it too late for a girl to get married at eighteen? Yi Chen only saw that any girl who comes to Tiankui can get married!"

Cao Li suddenly remembered that he had just accepted two beauties who were in the prime of life.

Yan Shu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Officials! I exceed the regulations that men marry at fifteen and women marry at thirteen. I think it's better to balance it out. Both men and women marry at fifteen!"

Zhao Zhen thought about it for a while, and then said: "That's it! Fifteen is still a bit small, change it to sixteen for both men and women to marry!"

"The officials are wise!"

The ministers below bowed in unison, because the marriage mentioned by the officials naturally does not include taking concubines, so concubines can still take whatever they want.

"That's right! Apart from this, I will personally issue an edict that no one in the Song Dynasty, no matter how poor or rich, is not allowed to take a young girl as a concubine! As for those who have already accepted it, they are not allowed to touch it again if they are under the age. Don't wait!"

Zhao Zhen said again suddenly.

"I'm waiting for orders!"

The ministers obeyed Zhao Zhen's orders on the surface, but they were thinking in their hearts: The current queen is only ten years old. From this point of view, the officials have not touched the queen yet, right?

Lu Yijian suddenly paid homage: "Official family! The queen is still young, and I am afraid that she will not be able to give birth to a crown prince for the time being. There are few concubines in the official harem. It is the old minister who suggested to draft for the official family next year! How about enriching the harem?"

After Lu Yijian finished speaking, the other ministers immediately reacted and asked Zhao Zhen to reopen the draft.

"Then what! It's all gone! Take care of your wife when you have time, and don't worry about my harem!"

Zhao Zhen hurriedly replied, and then left the Chongzheng Hall in three steps.

(End of this chapter)