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What should you do when the superiors want to trouble you?

First, forbearance: If you are sure that you can’t give up what others gave you, and you can’t live without it, then don’t show your backbone from the beginning, so as not to have to throw your dignity into the trash can in the end.

Second, I'm fighting with you: the so-called "no desires can make you strong", just like when you go out to work, why should your boss judge you?Of course it's because he controls your salary and evaluation, but if you don't even want this job, then your boss is just an irrelevant middle-aged bastard, and there is no pressure to throw a water glass at him.

Zhao is obviously not the type to be strong without desire, so she was very smart and didn't intend to argue forcefully at the beginning: so what if she wins the debate?The queen empress will give her another hat of clever talk.So no matter how bad the Empress Empress said to the female officer, how tears filled her eyelids, how shameful and indignant she was, she didn't respond in any way.How to respond?The man of his own family had to make a living under the hands of the emperor, and the background of the empress was not to be ignored.

But in the Queen's eyes, Zhao Shi's forbearance still offended her severely.

Why?Because in the queen's impression, the noble concubine and other concubines often have such forbearing, wronged, pale, and crumbling expressions on their faces, and then let others know that the queen is bullying people at a glance.To the empress, such an expression and such a posture meant the same thing as standing up and pointing at her nose and calling her coquettish and domineering.So Mrs. Zhao successfully ignited the powder keg of the empress before she knew it.

"Okay, you guys, I'm really so proud of you, are you going to cry if you don't see Mrs. Zhao?" The empress saw how Mrs. Zhao was about to cry, and stopped the teasing of the maids and maids around her: "This little face is pale and pitiful... If Mr. Shen sees it, why don't you call and say that we have insulted his pet?"

The empress's use of the word "love pet" is actually completely denying Zhao's identity, and directly defining her as a singer and concubine.

For Gao Gaolan, it is absolutely necessary, the queen does have the power to discipline the wives, and Mr. Shen is indeed flawed in this matter. The etiquette is there. If you want to find a flat wife, don't blame others for arresting her. typical.I just want to talk about supporting the queen... Forget it, what is the matter between the husband and wife?Don't be Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror when the time comes, he is not a human being inside and out.

But things are not as simple as Gao Qinglan thought, since the empress chose to have an attack on this occasion, she naturally thought that she would borrow the emperor's power.

"Your Majesty, the Zhao family is just a little girl, and she is able to call the shots in the Shen family, it must be because of the connivance of the man. At a young level, it means that the man is greedy for the new and dislikes the old. At an older level, it is the man who loves his concubine and kills his wife. Lord Shen He is the pillar of the country, and his own character is of the utmost importance. I have no room for me to comment on who he likes to spoil, but this violates the law of etiquette. As the head of a married woman, I am proud to express a gesture." The queen turned her head. , telling Gao Qinglan softly, as gently as if discussing the dishes of afternoon tea.

"Then what does the queen think should be done?" Gao Gaolan asked.

"The people have spoiled their concubines and killed their wives for two years, but Mr. Shen is not bad to his wife after all. It's just that there is some confusion about this title. I think the emperor just wants to give Mr. Shen a warning..." Speaking of which, The queen said as if thinking of something: "Speaking of which, the name Ping Wife is just a customary practice among the people, and there is no record in the etiquette, but some people think that Ping Wife and Teng Concubine are the same, and the children they give birth to are the same sons. , if the main wife dies, Wife Ping and Concubine Teng are logical step-wives..."

"That's right, I've heard that too."

"How terrible is this? This wind can't last long, Your Majesty. Otherwise, how can the first wife in the world sleep peacefully in the future? Isn't this clearly telling the women in the world to find a way to kill the first wife so that they can take the throne?"

"What does the queen mean?"

"It's better to abolish the titles of concubine Teng and concubine Ping, and point out that if the wife dies, the concubine cannot be righted." The queen stood up and faced Gao Qinglan Yifu: "Actually, it should be like this in terms of etiquette, but the folk convention is too much. It’s too complicated, how can the court manage it? Now it’s not that the emperor is asking the emperor to change any rules, but it’s just a matter of rectifying the original. Otherwise, even the inner houses of the officials in the dynasty would be in such a mess. It’s hard to imagine what it would be like in a place we don’t know... ..."

Gao Qinglan thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's fine."

Then a clear decree was issued to abolish the titles of flat wives and Teng concubines, and from now on concubines will only be divided into good and bad.A good concubine is officially called "Auntie". Any woman with a clean family background and a high-ranking official who is a concubine is a good concubine. , officially called "Ji"; the identities cannot be changed between each other.

Ji people are equivalent to slaves, through business.Although a good concubine is not a regular wife, but because it is recorded by the government and hired by the master's family, she is not allowed to trade at will, and must support her until she grows old.

It's not that Gao Gaolan wants to support polygamy, but that the world is like this.Rather than prohibiting it, it is better to set clear norms, and to save everyone from arbitrarily using those vague laws to spoil people.You must know that none of the ten households went outside to hire good concubines, and most of them were promoted girls or bought women to put in the house.This kind of lowly concubine in slavery makes the mistress more at ease, and does not need to go to the government to record files, which is more worry-free and less responsible for men.

As for Mrs. Zhao, her whole face turned pale after Gao Qinglan issued the decree.She didn't record it in the government, because Wang's health has always been poor, and most of the family members have the idea of ​​"waiting for Wang to go, and directly recording Zhao as the successor".That being the case, then why keep the record of the previous flat wife to make it difficult for children in the future?For Mrs. Shen, it is for the future of her children. For Mrs. Zhao, it is her wish not to let people know that she has been an embarrassing "equal wife".

Now the emperor issued a clear decree that in addition to going to the government to make up the records, she has to remove the hat of a flat wife, so she can't be called "Mrs. Shen" in the future, and she can only be a good concubine.

Originally, there was a way to do this, that is, she waited desperately for Mrs. Wang to die, and then registered in the name of her stepwife, but now that the queen has intervened, and the Tian family is watching, this little trick will naturally not work. What an accident, judging from the empress's inexplicable hostility towards her, it might directly accuse her of framing the mistress.

It's a pity that this is not over yet, because after listening to the Queen's words, Gao Qinglan ordered Master Shen to reprimand Master Shen for doting on his concubine and destroying his wife.

Gao Gaolan didn't surrender the position of Lord Shen, but being reprimanded by the emperor, his official career ended here. If he wants to be promoted in the future, everyone will remember that he was reprimanded by the emperor.Doting concubines and destroying wives is a crime that many people do, but it is absolutely not on the table. It is Qingliu's most taboo, so his subsequent contacts will be very difficult.And as a named concubine... Mrs. Zhao really has no luck at all.

After the decree was issued, the queen also pointed out to Mrs. Wang an elderly female official who was going to retire. The meaning was obvious. She was afraid that Mrs. Wang would be embarrassed when she returned to the Shen family. The right to enter the palace to greet the queen every month.

Well, it’s a bit too much to do this to a courtier’s wife. I sent someone to see if she was being bullied, and tracked her progress every month... Well, it’s a good thing that this is just one person. If you don't become a queen, you still send all the female officials there?The queen reaches out to the minister's house, and listens to the news in his backyard every month. This can be expanded a little to form an espionage organization. Queen, do your parents know if you do this?Are you afraid that the emperor will not know that your family wants to rebel?

But Gao Gaolan did not stop the queen.

Firstly, the queen didn't have that string at all, and secondly, the queen didn't have that ability.Anyway, she is just a minister's wife, and a minister's wife whose official career is obviously going to be abolished, so let her do as the queen is happy.After a while, the queen's belly got bigger, Gao Qinglan didn't believe that she still had the energy to take care of the affairs of other couples.

When the queen put the pale-faced Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao back to her heart's content, the second prince had already seen the candidate for his future wife. The second prince wanted to avoid suspicion about the minister's wife's housework, so he only listened to it briefly. , and go about my own business.Gao Qinglan also put more energy into showing the second prince's attention, as long as the queen doesn't go too far.

Later, I heard that Master Shen took the two wives away in a hurry after receiving the order. Yes, he still has a lot of things to do. Although the Zhao family has collapsed, Wang's face is not good-looking. As for his father, Mr. Shen would definitely pave a smooth road for his eldest son, but now Mr. Shen can't protect himself. As the emperor named and reprimanded officials who doted on their concubines and killed their wives, their descendants would be more likely to enter the officialdom than others Be more difficult.

Mrs. Wang is aware of her body. She worked too hard in the early years, but now she is just trying to survive. This is why Mrs. Zhao treats her son so unapologetically. Mrs. Wang's son is five years old this year, and he is still a good age to teach. After Mrs. Wang left, Mrs. Zhao would not embarrass him even if she didn't want to see him. After all, Master Shen was watching, and Mrs. Zhao herself had no child. When Mrs. Zhao became pregnant and gave birth to the child, Mrs. Wang's child had grown up.

Now it's different, because of the Queen's preference for the Wang family, Mr. Shen's future is in jeopardy, and the Zhao family directly fell down. Of course, this is what the public said. When they return home and close the door, the Shen family still has the final say.So what if the queen sends a female officer?As long as there is no obvious violation of etiquette, the queen is not qualified to take care of it.

For example, where Master Shen is going to spend the night, Master Shen's attitude towards his wife, and mother-in-law scolding and scolding Mrs. Wang when she meets Mrs. Wang.The queen's female officer took the bridge again, and there was no reason to prevent the mother-in-law from disciplining the daughter-in-law, or where the man went to spend the night.

Mrs. Wang has no complaints about her situation. If the nobleman wants to punish the demon moth, they can only bear it.But Mrs. Wang was worried about her child—and she didn't know if her lovely son would be angered.

Seeing that the future will be affected, it is certain that if he is still angered by his own father, Wang will not be able to close his eyes even if he dies.