In the past two hundred years since the Eight Banners entered the customs, on the surface they have preached propriety, justice and integrity, but secretly they are still full of male thieves and female prostitutes. This is a common problem among nomadic peoples and cannot be changed in a hundred or two hundred years!
In the aristocratic circle of the capital, from the nobles of the emperor's palace to the down-and-out dandies of the Eight Banners, most of them are arrogant, extravagant and lustful masters!
The relationship between men and women of these people is called a mess, fornication is common!
Unofficial historians have always described the corruption of these dynasties as "dirty Tang Dynasty, stinky Han Qing's nose"!
Folk scholars often criticize these romantic affairs, but Xiao Letian is very tolerant of it: "You must carefully study the environment and history of any nation's development!"
"You want a people from the White Mountains and Black Waters to engage in male-female defense like the people in the Central Plains? Isn't this digging your own grave?"
"In areas with harsh natural environments, ensuring the population's fertility rate is a huge and overriding important matter. This cannot be changed by a few words from a saint!"
"I listened to you, the saint, but the fertility rate there turned out to be negative, and they will be extinct in a few years! Do you think they can listen to you?"
"Chaos actually has natural laws behind it!"
Hey... Look, everyone in the entire Qing Dynasty hates Xiao Letian, but no one hates Xiao Letian's words!
In this era, whenever someone uses the idea of strong defense between men and women to block the Eight Banners Manchu people, these people will immediately use Xiao Letian's theory!
The Qing Dynasty had a reason to be able to shut up, but Xiao Letian's reputation among the Confucian scholars of the Qing Dynasty was getting worse and worse!
Many rotten scholars in the Central Plains hated Xiao Letian with hatred. What kind of women's liberation movement did they not allow to bind their feet? Let women study, and even let women work and serve as soldiers!
And then you gave a neutral evaluation to the dirty and worn-out shoes of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty. Is this a disguised affirmation?
Is it still reasonable to mess around with men and women? Xiao Letian's reputation among these people is getting worse and worse!
Confucian scholars were a very powerful political force. They basically controlled public opinion in the Middle Ages. The Manchus were not willing to offend them too much!
So after the Eight Banners entered the customs, although they were messing around behind the scenes, they still wanted to show their face openly!
We still need to talk about the etiquette on the surface. For example, when entertaining Cai Bixia at a banquet, they strictly followed the old rule of having separate tables for men and women!
Although Er Mao is a eunuch, he is also a man, and his status as the eunuch supervisor of the Forbidden City is also very high!
The prince is sitting in the master's seat, so it is not considered disrespectful for him to accompany him! Especially if we are drinking wine in the name of a private banquet today, there is nothing special about it!
As for Cai Bixia, although she is said to be Xiao Letian's special envoy, she is a woman after all, so she should be sent to the inner house to be accompanied by several Fujins!
This time Guiziliu brought out all his Fujin Guarjias, and the couple came together to find out the details about Xiao Letian!
The current residence of Prince Qing Yikuang is actually not far from Prince Gong's Mansion, just at the northwest corner of the intersection of Huguosi Street and Deshengmennei Street.
The area is incomparable with his old residence, Prince Gong's Mansion, but although the Sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs, including the Yin'an Palace, the Lion Court, and the Sixty-Three Golden Door Nails... It is magnificent and majestic, but it is difficult for ordinary people to approach!
Er Mao and Cai Bixia's sedans stopped at the main entrance of Prince Qing's Mansion. However, in order to avoid suspicion, they did not open the main entrance but only opened the small door next to it. The first steward and the first eunuch were waiting here early!
When they saw the distinguished guest arriving, the two of them kowtowed to Ermao, the eunuch in charge. This was a rule for superiors and inferiors, but they should not be forgotten!
"Greetings to the Chief Steward! Your Majesty is waiting at the second gate to atone for your sins. He is afraid of rumors in the capital, so he dare not open the main door... Mr. Cai, please come in, please come this way..."
Being able to be called Mr. Cai is definitely the highest honor for women in the late Qing Dynasty. This puts women on the same social status as men. Anyone who can be called such a woman in history is a legendary woman!
The chief steward led Er Mao to the West Flower Hall, but Cai Bixia found that the chief eunuch led him through the alley of the East Side Hall instead of the second door.
"Huh? Where are you going?" Cai Bixia asked warily. The two female soldiers beside her quickly stood up and protected the officer with their bodies!
The two female soldiers even reached into their woolen cloaks and held their pistols!
"Oh... Mr. Cai, don't worry too much... Your banquet is in the inner house. Several princes and princes will personally entertain you. I will take you there right now..."
"Look, the maid holding the palace lantern in front of you is the one sent by Fujin to greet you?"
"Fu Jin? I'm here to discuss military affairs with your prince. Why do I go to the inner chamber to meet a woman?"
The eunuch's high-pitched voice said flatteringly, "Oh... Mr. Cai, this is really against the rules. The men and women of the Qing Dynasty really cannot sit at the same table and take the blame!"
"To put it bluntly...except for promiscuous women, how can a woman from a good family dine at the same table with a man? You don't think so..."
"Don't worry too much. There's Manager Ermao with you outside. Nothing will happen...and the prince will definitely honor you and meet you in the study after drinking. If you have anything to say then, just say it!"
When Cai Bixia heard this, she immediately sneered, "There are really a lot of rules in the Qing Dynasty. Do you have to drink too much to talk about things? How can you talk about serious things when you are drunk?"
"My time is precious, take me to see your prince immediately, otherwise I will leave!"
After saying that, Cai Bixia turned around and walked out. This was terrible. The eunuch was so frightened that he quickly chased after her, "Mr. Cai, Mr. Cai, please don't leave... If you turn around, the prince will kill me!"
It has nothing to do with Cai Bixia whether you die or not. The female general looked livid and ignored him at all!
"Mr. Cai, stay back... I will go and report to the prince, my slave, stay back, Mr. Cai!"
"No need, I have legs myself and know how to get to Yin'an Temple!"
There is only a wall between the East Side Hall and the Yin'an Hall. A small door leads to the main hall, but there are two royal guards guarding the door!
The size of the palace is second only to the palace, and all security forces are very complete. Without eunuchs or housekeepers to lead the way, outsiders are not allowed to break in casually!
"Stop! Who dares to cause chaos in the important place of Yin'an Palace..."
Before the word "Chuang" was finished, two black gun muzzles were pressed against the foreheads of the two guards. The female soldiers beside Cai Bixia had all seen blood and had actual combat experience!
In addition, the CIA has been specially trained for a long time, and the palace guards with silver-like pewter gun tips simply don't take it seriously!
The two were brought to the guards. Their hands were so frightened that they were sweating when they held the handle of the knife. No matter how good your martial arts skills are, you are afraid of bullets from foreign guns. You haven't even pulled out the knife. If someone pulls the trigger lightly, you will be dead!
“A good dog stays out of the way…get out of the way!”
