[Red Mansion] This world is a bit chaotic

Wei Beicui hid behind a tree with his little butt pouted, poking his head and looking at Jia Yuanchun and other female officials busy in and out of the Queen's Fenghua Palace, exchanging a few words with each other from time to time.Then Jia Yuanchun went in with a stack of booklets, and didn't come out for a long time.

Wei Beicui was so anxious, he had seen his father go in just now, Jia Yuanchun must be stuck inside because of his father.

Jiang Zexi, who was accompanying Wei Beicui, followed Wei Beicui helplessly behind Wei Beicui's ass, but that Wei Beicui still told him to "hide better" from time to time, his second master, the trees in the palace The flowers and plants should be low and sparse so that they cannot hide people, especially outside the palaces of emperors and empresses, it is even more important to be clear at a glance. This small tree can't even stop Wei Beicui, let alone a 15-year-old like him. Accompanying reading?

Didn't you see the maids and guards going back and forth, and those female officials suppressed their smiles and pretended not to see them?What a shame.

In Fenghua Hall, surrounded by a group of female officials, the empress was processing paperwork. It was the end of the month, when various affairs were relatively busy, and the empress' property outside was also the time to pay the accounts, so it was the emperor who came Yes, the queen just asked him to wait while the maid served him tea and a book to pass the time.

The eunuch system was abolished after the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, so all the emperors and princes in this palace were maids or servants. This decree was extremely criticized by the literati at that time, and even some extreme people even issued "must □□ the harem " said.

However, this dynasty has practiced monogamy since the emperor. Compared with the previous dynasty, which had three thousand beauties in the harem and dozens of princes and princesses, no matter how "highly productive" the empress was, the number of them never exceeded ten.In addition, once the prince and princess get married, they will be separated from the palace. The number of maids and officials serving in this palace does not exceed a hundred. Even if the servants who do rough work are included, the number of attendants around the emperor and prince has not exceeded 200. Newcomers entering the palace will also become familiar faces in a very short period of time. The most common ones are the guards who protect the safety of the palace, but the guards rarely have the opportunity to enter the harem. There are fewer people, and everyone is familiar with each other. Where it happened, who did what, it's really not that easy to hide it, and it's not easy to do a little trick.It's not like the extremists expected to wantonly rape the harem.

In fact, it was just a joke, that is, in the previous dynasty with the eunuch system, did the "□□harem" thing disappear?It is not uncommon for eunuchs to cheat on maids, guards or courtiers to have affairs with concubines and maids.On the contrary, in this dynasty, there are only two emperors and empresses in the palace. It is very difficult to have an affair while avoiding people's eyes and ears.As for the maids, officials and guards, if Fan Xin is really moved, this court can't help marrying, why do such high-risk things as cheating?

The maids and attendants of this dynasty were all young children adopted from sales homes in various places. Special personnel were hired to teach them since they were young, and they began to do some light work at the age of 13.Among the maids and attendants who did a good job, they might become female officials and attendants. In fact, they were the ones that the empress really needed, because they were cultivated from an early age, so there was no need to worry about their loyalty.

And a daughter from a big family like Jia Yuanchun being a female official is just a way for the empress to win people's hearts.They are usually sent to the palace at the age of 13. After two years of training and passing the assessment, they have the opportunity to become female officials. What they can get in touch with is nothing more than some internal affairs of the palace or documents and accounts that do not involve the government affairs of the previous dynasty.

Regardless of their origins, palace maids and female officials have monthly holidays, and palace maids and female officials who are born as orphans will choose to go out of the palace to play. This dynasty is quite tolerant of women, and they are no longer raised in boudoirs like the previous dynasty. Being seen by outsiders will ruin your reputation, and if you are touched by a man, you have to marry him to preserve your reputation. The chastity archway and the three obediences and four virtues are no longer the mainstream of society's requirements for women.On the contrary, families with only daughters and no sons can set up female households. After the parents die, their daughters will be the head of the household. Widows who have lost their husbands no longer need to observe festivals or be forced by relatives to take away their property. They can choose to remarry or live with their children, even if they have no children. Establishing a separate female household is protected by the law.This is also a major reason why literati speculated that the first emperor was "fearful of internal affairs", and he was not ashamed to let "women climb on men's heads".

And female officials from big families will choose to go home, and they can't help but marry them at home.

However, the law of this dynasty stipulates that a man and a woman can only marry when they reach the age of sixteen. Therefore, the court ladies, female officials and attendants who were born as orphans will arrange their marriage after being asked by a special person in the palace. If they want to marry outside the palace, they will be released. Go to the palace, if you marry a servant in the palace, the palace will arrange a group wedding every year, and then arrange them to go out of the palace to take on other duties.And if the female officials of the big family want to get married, if they are sixteen or older, they only need to report to the queen, and they will be released from the palace for marriage.This age is not too old, because this dynasty practices monogamy, and it is extremely difficult to reconcile and divorce, so everyone is more cautious about marriage and considers it in many ways. Many people will get married later, and there are not a few people in their 20s. .Unlike the previous dynasty, where a well-matched wife married a housekeeper, and the one she loves takes her back as a concubine and dotes on her, now she has to think carefully and make a choice.

However, unlike the court ladies, female officials assist the palace in managing official affairs, and are often accompanied by the queen on banquets and outings, so they can get in touch with more talented people. There are always many suitors.And if the female officials are favored by the palace center, they can still enter the palace to take up certain positions after marriage.Therefore, the vacancies of female officials in this dynasty have always been the favorites of the daughters of big families.It's just that there are too few places, so the competition is fierce.And those who can stand out from the rest are extremely smart people who know what is best for themselves.

Therefore, Wei Beicui was afraid of Jia Yuanchun outside the door. In fact, Jia Yuanchun in the palace didn't dare to look at the emperor at all, and made small moves in front of the empress, did he think the empress was blind?What's more, Jia Yuanchun's thoughts were not on the emperor.

"Little Erzi is still poking outside?" The Empress asked Aunt Lin who was beside her with great interest after the affairs in her hands came to an end.This Aunt Lin's name is Lin Lang, and she was also an orphan brought back from the nursery. Because she was very fond of the queen, and she didn't want to marry, she stayed with the queen as a female official, and she was also No. 1 under the queen. He is only in his 30s now, and looks very peaceful and dignified.

At this time, Aunt Lin couldn't help smiling, she pretended to pass by the window several times, she could see Wei Bei Cui's pouted little buttocks, and Jiang Zexi's loveless face.

"Yes, Second Prince..." Aunt Lin thought about her choice of words, "Quite patient."

Both the emperor and the empress couldn't help but laugh. This kid is much more lively than Prince Wei Nankai, and he often makes some jokes, so that people don't know what's going on in his little head.

The queen ordered: "Lin Lang, ask someone to go to the nanny to bring the third son, and bring the second son in for me by the way. In such a hot day, he won't be afraid of getting sunburned." If the emperor hadn't stopped him and said he wanted to see How much temper this child can bear, she has already called people in.

Aunt Lin swallowed her laughter.

Knowing that he had been discovered, Wei Beicui moved into the Fenghua Hall step by step. Seeing his father, the queen, and the queen looking at him with a smile, he felt a little ashamed, and then threw himself into the queen's embrace without hesitation: "The queen mother , you are laughing at me."

The queen called him: "Little Er."

Wei Beicui said silently in his heart: Come on, let me serve your dishes.I really can't stand the down-to-earth call of my empress, but when I think of my younger brother's title of "Little Saner", I have a sense of balance inexplicably. I can only say that the sense of happiness is relatively out.

The queen nodded his forehead: "What are you looking at outside?"

Wei Beicui didn't know how to explain it. Can he say that he knew Jia Yuanchun would become a "virtuous concubine", so he came to follow whenever he was free?Pull it down.She simply acted coquettishly and acted like an idiot: "I miss my queen mother."

This is the third prince, Wei Xiling, who has also been brought here. It is the time when he is full and sleepy enough to spit bubbles. The queen has been busy these two days, but he has been ignored. On the contrary, Wei Beicui seemed more coquettish and clingy.

The emperor first took Wei Xiling over and hugged him, teasing him: "Little San, come, call Father Huang."

"Crack." Wei Xiling responded with a bubbling sound.

Wei Beicui immediately diverted his attention and reached out to poke his younger brother's face.

The queen simply drove the father and son aside to play, and asked Jia Yuanchun and others to pack up the paperwork that had been processed.When it was over, he said to Jia Yuanchun, "Yuanchun, are you eighteen this year?"

"Go back to your mother, yes."

"Last time I asked Prince De that the wedding date was set in autumn?"

Hearing the Queen talk about his marriage, Jia Yuanchun was a little shy, but he still said generously: "Go back to your mother, yes. The last time Xiu Mu went home, my mother told me that she had already set an engagement date with the Prince. "

"Since that's the case, in these two days, you and Fenfang will hand over and go home to get married. When the time comes, I will ask Lin Lang to add makeup for you?"

"Thank you for your grace."

The queen was talking here, but Wei Beicui was stunned: "Prince De? Mother, is it the fourth uncle? The fourth uncle is getting married again?" Jia Yuanchun is still married?

"Yes, from now on, Lady Jia will be your fourth aunt."

As she said that, seeing Jia Yuanchun's face turned redder, the queen smiled and asked Aunt Lin to take everyone out, leaving their family of four to lie down on the couch in the small room next to it.Speaking of which, the empresses and princes of the Great Wei Dynasty are the most unbearable royal family in history.

The queen embraced Wei Beicui, played with Wei Xiling together, and then explained to Wei Beicui: "It has been two years since your original fourth aunt passed away, and your fourth uncle saw that Miss Jia is doing well, and Miss Jia and her family are also happy, So I decided to get married on a good day in autumn. Aren’t you always on good terms with your fourth uncle? Take advantage of this to please his princess more, otherwise it will not be your turn if your fourth uncle has something delicious and fun. .”

Wei Beicui was stunned, does this mean that his fourth uncle will become emperor?But no matter what, it's not his fourth uncle's turn.Besides, if the fourth uncle really becomes the emperor, Jia Yuanchun should also be the queen. Where can I get a virtuous concubine?

Wei Beicui's brain ached from thinking about it, and suddenly remembered that his fourth uncle's name was Wei Shaode, and immediately punched his left palm with his right fist, so it turned out that if others called his fourth uncle Prince De, wouldn't Jia Yuanchun be called Princess Deqin?Anyway, close the two words, right?

Anyway, as long as you don't hook up with his emperor's father, you can do anything.

It can only be said that brain supplementation is a disease and must be cured!