It was still dark, and Gao Qingshi, who was used to getting up early, was obviously still very sleepy, but under the insistence of his biological clock, he still opened his eyes on time, sat up with difficulty, touched his body to his side, suddenly turned his head, and his whole body was filled with excitement. Sober.
Huang Zhiting is not here.
Gao Jingshi quickly lifted the thin brocade quilt, and sure enough, there was no one inside.
"Hey, you're up? I'm going to call you later. There's no court today, right?"
Gao Pragmatic looked around and saw that Huang Zhiting was fully dressed and applying makeup in front of the special Western-style dressing table in the White Jade Building. At this time, she turned slightly to talk to him.
"It's not strange that I get up early. I have been required to get up so early to study since I was five years old. Later, when I became an official, I had to go to court early or be on duty at midnight, so I couldn't be lazy. Later, although it was not so strict. , but I have already developed a habit of waking up naturally at this time. But you... don't you want to sleep a little longer? "
Huang Zhiting's face turned slightly red, and she turned around and pretended to continue putting on her makeup, and replied: "I have to pay homage to the ancestral temple today, and someone will come to hurry me up at dawn. This is a big deal, and my father has warned me a lot in the past few days. I said it so many times that I almost didn’t dare to sleep last night..."
"Anyway, there isn't much time left to sleep." Gao pragmatic opened the brocade quilt and prepared to get out of bed, saying: "After visiting the ancestral temple and meeting all the relatives, I have to accept the congratulations of a large number of people, and some of them are busy. Well... I have to ask Gao Mo later to see if the coffee that the Portuguese in Haojing sent last time is still there, I may have to drink some today."
Seeing him getting up, Huang Zhiting quickly put down what she was doing, walked over quickly, and said, "Wait a minute."
Gao Pingshi was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Want to wait on my husband to change his clothes?"
Huang Zhiting rolled her eyes at him and said, "It's just today."
"Why? What about in the future?"
"Of course today is special. There are so many maids in your house, don't you have any maids to change clothes?" Huang Zhiting picked up Gao's pragmatic uniform and started to change his clothes. She said at the same time: "Oh, by the way, you didn't have a maid before, right? ?”
"My mother originally arranged it, but I didn't agree."
"Now you have it - I have two maids to do as brides. You can take them in when you find a time."
When Huang Zhiting said this, her tone was very ordinary, as if she was talking about what breakfast was arranged this morning.
Gao pragmatic asked in surprise: "Whose decision is this?"
When he asked this question, Huang Zhiting was also surprised. The hand that was dressing him stopped, looked at him and said: "We young toasts are all like this. It would be embarrassing if we didn't even have a maid. According to our rules According to the rules, there are either two or four maidservants... If you feel that two is not enough, I can choose two more. However, I only trained these two by my side. If I add more temporarily, I might not be able to They are both so happy."
Gao Pragmatic waved his hand quickly: "No, no, I don't think you need either of these."
"Why don't you need it?" Huang Zhiting tilted her head slightly and looked at him. Suddenly he smiled: "I know what you are thinking, but that is not the point. According to the rules of our Tong family, even if the maid becomes a concubine, she is still my property, not yours. If I am unhappy, , they...hehe, in short, you can regard them as my substitutes, taking my place when I...is inconvenient."
Gao pragmatic looked at her carefully for a while with interest, shook his head and said, "I really can't understand your thoughts."
Huang Zhiting asked curiously: "What can't you understand?"
Gao pragmatic thought for a while and said: "I heard that Na Lixuan was defeated by the joint efforts of you and Miss Liu Xin this time? Then you and her must have met, right?"
"Of course I have seen her. She dressed up as a man and escorted Liu Zhongcheng south to Taungoo with a Japanese soldier. But her makeup was not very expressive. She didn't even deal with her Adam's apple, and I don't think she had received any special training. Judging from her expression, It’s easy to reveal your secrets in terms of movements and actions.”
Gao Pragmatic did not dwell on this, but said: "If you tell Miss Liu about your idea of doing a maid just now, she will definitely oppose it."
"Why does she object?" Huang Zhiting said in surprise: "Are you criticizing her for being jealous?"
Gao pragmatic smiled bitterly and said: "Why am I criticizing her? I think her thoughts are very true. You know, when I went to Guangxi to take office, I traveled with her for more than half of the journey. During the trip, she said something : Love is exclusive—meaning, love cannot tolerate a third person.”
Huang Zhiting suddenly said: "Oh - I know what you are talking about, but what does this have to do with love? Dowry maids are just dowry maids. They don't need to have any love with you. Didn't I just say that they are just dowry maids? My stand-in."
Gao pragmatic frowned: "But they are also human beings, and they also have their own emotions."
After hearing this, Huang Zhiting couldn't help but smile bitterly: "My husband, I had thoughts like yours when I was a teenager. Unfortunately... some things cannot be changed by me."
"To be more specific, what is it?" Gao Pragmatic raised his eyebrows slightly: "You can do it by not letting them dowry, right?"
"No, I can't do it." Huang Zhiting shook her head and said: "If they are not allowed to dowry, someone else will definitely take their place. This is the rule of the Tong family chieftain for nearly a thousand years. At that time, our Huang family was not even a chieftain. Since there will always be Yes, and they have been trained as dowry maids since they were young, and they are close to me, so why don’t I use them?”
Gao Jingshi wanted to continue speaking, but Huang Zhiting stretched out her hand and gently pressed his lips, saying: "Ms. sir, you know that the wolf soldiers are loyal, but you don't know that the maids in the chieftain's family are actually no different from the wolf soldiers. They will do anything for their own chieftain." They can do it, including die. And now not only do they not want to die, but they can also become the bed partner of a man like their husband. Considering their background, there is really nothing better than this.
And this kind of inheritance that goes back thousands of years cannot be broken easily, unless... you want the child chieftain to no longer be able to control the native people under his rule. No one in the Huang family or the Cen family, let alone other chieftain families, dared to break these rules. "
Gao Jingshi grabbed her Rou Yi and moved it away slightly, frowning and asked, "Is it that serious?"
"Yes, it's that serious." Huang Zhiting nodded seriously, then sighed and said, "If one day you want to 'return to your old ways,' let's talk about this again, okay?"
Gao pragmatically said: It seems that the chieftain's control over the native people is really all-round, not only the physical control, but also the mental control. No wonder she just used 'my property' to describe her dowry maid. In the era before I traveled through time, "personal equality" was a universal value, but apparently to their chieftains, this was a virus-like thought.
After understanding this, Gao Pragmatic sighed and said, "Okay, let's put this matter aside for now. But, if I don't consummate the marriage with them..."
Huang Zhiting didn't seem to understand why Gao Pragmatic had such a strong sense of rejection towards the dowry maids, but she still nodded and said: "Of course it is your husband who has the final say. The slave family can't force you, let alone them."
Gao Jingshi just nodded, but Huang Zhiting continued very seriously: "However, if I can't conceive a child, then my husband must admit them into the house - this is also a rule, their children can be regarded as It’s mine and you can inherit my dowry in the future.”
Gao Jingshi said in a dumbfounded way: "Zhiting, today is the first day of our marriage, can you please stop saying such things?"
Huang Zhiting said apologetically: "I just mentioned the rules... Okay, okay, let's not talk about these spoiling things." She then changed the subject and said: "By the way, Miss Liu is a Han woman, why are you following me? Leading the same troops? Also, why does she have such strange thoughts? You said before that she was very smart when she was a child... Does this have something to do with it? "
"Uh...she...maybe, I mean maybe it's because she's so smart that she doesn't agree with certain rules."
"Some rules? Does it mean three obediences and four virtues?" Huang Zhiting said in surprise: "Did she also listen to Li Zhi's nonsense?"
Of course Gao Pragmatic knew that Li Zhi, a "heterodox thinker", advocated equality between men and women. He criticized the view that "only women and villains are difficult to raise", believed that women also have the right to education, and criticized "women are short-sighted and unable to learn." He even advocated the freedom of marriage and love, and supported the remarriage of widows, etc. on the issue of marriage.
However, this man's ideas obviously cannot become the mainstream of this era. For example, Huang Zhiting now calls him "Li Zhi's guy".
You know, Huang Zhiting is still a child chieftain who is relatively open on the issue of gender equality, but she can't approve it, let alone a Han Chinese.
Seeing that Gao Pingshi didn't answer for a long time, Huang Zhiting tied the jade belt around his waist and shook her head and said: "This Miss Liu is indeed very talented. It would be a pity if..."
Gao Pragmatic was a little surprised: "What if? What's a pity?"
Huang Zhiting smiled, but did not answer. Instead, she looked Gao Pragmatic up and down and said, "Okay, take a look in the mirror."
It turned out that the crown and belt were neatly arranged.
Gao pragmatic walked to the big bronze mirror and took a look. Just as he was about to express his approval, he saw Huang Zhiting slowly moving over from the mirror. His heart moved, and he turned around and said with a smile, "What's going on?"
Huang Zhiting suddenly blushed and spat: "Isn't it you?"
Gao pragmatic walked over and hugged her gently, saying: "I heard that women who practice martial arts can adapt better than ordinary women and recover faster even if they are new to menstruation. You are not a special case, are you?"
Huang Zhiting rolled her eyes at him, lowered her head, and whispered: "The wet nurse said the same thing. She was worried about not being able to see red, which scared me for a long time. Fortunately..." As she spoke, she gradually became silent. .
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "It's common to not see red. It's nothing surprising. I know it."
Huang Zhiting was suddenly surprised and looked suspicious: "How do you know?"
Gao Jingshi hurriedly said: "Mr. Binhu told me. He is the Xinglin Sage. He is very familiar with this kind of thing."
Of course, Li Shizhen didn't know that she had taken the blame for some reason, but Huang Zhiting was relieved: "It turns out that such a thing really happened. I have solved this kind of case in Siming Mansion before. It was a local citizen who sued his wife for failing to show off her newlyweds. , I... seemed to have made the wrong decision in the case. But fortunately, the woman later remarried a wealthy businessman in Annan according to the naturalized household registration system, and she was the first wife. She is living well now. When I return to Annan, I will go to her She reversed the verdict."
Gao Pangshi couldn't laugh or cry, and said: "This... you can figure it out yourself." But when he said this, he suddenly was startled: "Go back to Annan?"
Huang Zhiting nodded and said: "Yes, I was about to ask you this. Mr. Husband, do you think I should go back to Annan after getting pregnant, or should I go back after giving birth here?"
It's strange that Huang Zhiting is not shy when talking about giving birth. Gao Pragmatic wonders if this is related to some of their childhood customs.
But this is not the point. What Gao pragmatically focuses on is her idea of returning to Annan.
"Aren't you staying in the capital with me? Why are you thinking of returning to Annan?"
Huang Zhiting shook her head and said: "Aren't my uncles also living in two places? Or do you want me to go to Xinzheng?"
Aunt does not refer to uncle or aunt. The ancients said "uncle" refers to father-in-law, mother-in-law or father-in-law and mother-in-law. For example, this title is recorded in "Erya·Shiqin". The book says: "A woman calls her husband's father uncle, and calls her husband's mother aunt."
And "Book of Rites·Fangji" records: "After the evening ceremony, the son-in-law greeted him personally and met his aunt. He married his aunt to give birth to his son-in-law." This shows that when the man went to the woman's home to welcome her, when he saw the woman's parents, he also called her "aunt." ". Therefore, "aunt" can refer not only to father-in-law and mother-in-law, but also to father-in-law and mother-in-law.
The "aunt" mentioned by Huang Zhiting here refers to Gao Pragmatic's parents. They also lived in two places. Gao Cai was an official in Fengyang, while Zhang stayed in Xinzheng to teach his son.
But Gao Jingshi thought this was very unreasonable, and frowned and said: "My parents (my parents) separated because the Gao clan is the best in learning in Zhongzhou. Moreover, when they separated, I already had several younger brothers and sisters."
Huang Zhiting was happy in her heart and had a smile on her face, but she still insisted: "My husband kisses me and loves me, so the slave family will naturally be happy. However, Southern Xinjiang has been decided, and Annan is still the cornerstone of Southern Xinjiang. If I am not in Annan, I will still not be so relieved." "
She frowned when she saw Gao Pragmatic, as if about to speak, and quickly continued: "But don't worry, sir, the Jinghua fleet spans the north and south oceans. Although the slave family has to stay in Annan to take care of this foundation, it is not impossible to spare some time." I went north to be with my husband. But when the situation stabilizes in the future, I may be able to stay with my husband for a long time."
Gao Pragmatic suddenly realized that women at this time were very different from those of later generations in terms of social requirements and personal mentality. Among them, the understanding of "virtuous" is very different. The reason why the ancients said "marry a virtuous wife" is also a requirement of this nature.
What is virtuous? After the emperor granted the marriage this time, the two copies of the imperial edict stated: "Fengxian comes before filial piety, which will benefit Zongyi; catching Duo En will be beneficial to the family." Only if I have a prime minister, I can use my left and right to assist Bi; I can use you to defeat the virtuous and do my best to praise Xiang Xiang all the time.
Look, the clan and the family have to be taken into consideration, not to mention the importance, just like the prime minister of the imperial court.
Therefore, Huang Zhiting believes that she should go to Annan to take care of Gao Pragmatic's foundation. This is a very reasonable thinking. What is unreasonable is Gao Jingjing's own thinking - after all, he is not a "native" of the Ming Dynasty, and sometimes he still brings in the thinking patterns of his previous life.
After understanding the reason, Gao Pragmatic had to use the drag technique first and said: "There is no rush now, seize the time and work hard first, and then we will get pregnant - I will teach you a new move tonight."
Huang Zhiting, who had been serious just now, suddenly turned red with embarrassment and turned her head away, not daring to be serious and pragmatic.
Gao Pingshi saw it and coughed lightly: "...It's easier to get pregnant."
When Huang Zhiting heard this, she immediately turned around and asked, "Is it true?"
"Of course, of course, but you might be a little tired, if you mind..."
"do not mind!"
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