Ouyang Zi closed her eyes and didn't speak for a long time.

Qi Boshi put on his clothes and looked back at the bed, seeing that her breathing was steady and she had fallen asleep.

She has thick eyebrows and long eyelashes, a straight bridge of nose, and a head of black hair that has been loosened by the hair just now. It is spread on a soft pillow with bright red jewelery patterns. Her hair is messy, and there are a few glistening beads of sweat on her forehead.

Qi Boshi's heart felt soft, and he walked over lightly, tucked Ouyang Zi's quilt, then personally hooked up the tent and lowered the curtain, and covered the agarwood bed tightly.

"My lord, madam, can I come in?" Wan's timid voice came from the door.

Qi Boshi said: "No, please ask Mother Cui to come in and serve Madam. You can go to the side hall to prepare the meal."

According to the rules, when the mother-in-law is eating, the daughter-in-law has to stand aside and serve her, setting out chopsticks and serving dishes. After the mother-in-law has finished eating, the daughter-in-law can eat. The rules in wealthy families are even greater, and if you make any mistake, you will be laughed at.

Can't lift my head.

When the main wife and her husband are having dinner, the concubines should serve the main wife just like they serve the mother-in-law.

This is the status gap between the original wife and the concubine.

Therefore, most girls in Dazhou would rather be the wives of poor people than the concubines of rich people, because the rice bowl of a rich concubine is not something ordinary people can afford.

Of course, there are exceptions to everything.

There are also girls with lofty ideals and poor backgrounds who risk their lives to become concubines in order to change the fate of themselves and their children. This also coaxes some men to risk all the power in the world, dote on them, and even neglect their real wives.

Only a concubine is precious. For example, the former Crown Prince Deming was such a warrior who loved beauty but not the country. He used his life and throne to set a precedent of doting on concubines and destroying wives, leading to a bad death, which set the precedent for thousands of people to think about what to do next.

The warriors following in the footsteps of Prince Deming are reminded.

The Sichuan brocade curtain embroidered with clouds, cranes and unicorns quietly drooped, covering Ouyang Zi inside the bed.

Hearing the voices of Qi Boshi and Wanshi talking, Ouyang Zi opened his eyes, looked at the embroidered sunflowers on the tent ceiling, smiled slightly, and then continued to sleep with his eyes closed.

Wan was stunned outside the door.

He actually refused to let her in, which had never happened before.

Mrs. Wan was wringing the handkerchief with one hand, feeling confused, but she didn't dare to open the door and go in. She walked out of the main door in a daze and went to the side hall to set the meal.

After Qi Boshi finished his dinner, he went to the study room to attend the meeting.

The staff serving in the study sent two thick greetings, "This is a Dragon Boat Festival gift from Xiao Xiangsheng and Du Xiancheng, the big salt merchants in Chang'an. I would like to see it."

Qi Boshi took the greeting card, looked at it, and said with a smile: "These two are conscientious, and they are very well behaved."

The staff hunched over and flattered quickly, "It was the Duke's merciful treatment that allowed the world's heroes to return to their hearts..."

"Shut up!" Qi Boshi's face darkened, "I don't want to hear such words even behind your back!"

The staff trembled with fright and hurriedly knelt down, "My lord, please calm down!"

Qi Boshi helped the staff up with his own hands and comforted him: "You don't have to be like this. It's just that you are my close staff, and you should know what to say and what not to say. - If you shouldn't say anything, just say it.

Never say it out loud. You can’t say it in front of others or behind your back. That’s what you shouldn’t say. Do you understand?”

A layer of white-haired cold sweat suddenly appeared on the back of the staff.

"What does the Duke mean...?"

"Walls have ears. Even if you didn't say something, someone would still blame it on you, not to mention the disrespectful words you said like this?" Qi Boshi is a very cautious person. Although his current position is better than that of the late emperor

It was higher a while ago, but the current Emperor Dezhen is even more suspicious than the previous emperor.

The staff member immediately understood what Qi Boshi meant, and made a sealing motion on his mouth with his hand, "I know this, and I will definitely not cause any trouble to the Duke in the future."

…

On the Dragon Boat Festival in the second year of Changye, neither the Du family nor the Xiao family in Chang'an City had a good time.

Xiao Xiangsheng's wife, Long Xiangye, gave birth to her second son on this day, weighing six pounds. Xiao Xiangsheng was overjoyed and immediately named him Taiji.

Du Xiancheng and Fang Wu Niang were busy visiting the Xiao family, starting with the three baptism ceremonies, the full moon ceremony, and then Long Xiangye's natal family came to visit, hoping to use Xiao Xiangsheng's connections to help his sister-in-law be selected to serve in the palace.

Neither Xiao Xiangsheng nor Du Xiancheng understood why someone would send their good daughter to the cannibalistic place in the palace.

But after all, she is not their daughter, and it is not their turn to speak.

Long Xiangye's biological sister was originally a concubine, but in order to enter the palace and become a maid, she was named by her aunt and became a legitimate daughter.

Strictly speaking, the court of the Zhou Dynasty had to select legitimate daughters from good families, and concubines were not allowed to enter the palace.

However, whether such a named legitimate daughter can enter the palace is a gray area, and there are basically no rules and regulations to follow.

Because the Great Zhou Dynasty only inherited two generations of emperors, many rules were passed down from the previous court.

In the previous dynasty, because the status of the concubines Xiaoxing was indeed low, and some of the concubines were domestic prostitutes maintained by wealthy families, there was a reason why the palace strictly prohibited women from concubines from entering the palace.

And now in Dazhou, it can be said that the status of concubines has been greatly improved. Domestic prostitutes and concubines are completely separated and can no longer be confused. Concubines are also divided into good concubines and bad concubines. A good concubine is like a wife.

Just like the wife's room, she also has something similar to a marriage certificate to prove her identity and the blood of her children. Like her wife's room, she lives in a deep house compound.

Long Xiangye of the Long family, her sister Long Qiuye, and her younger brother Long Wenping were all born to good concubines.

Children born to concubines are recorded in the name of their legitimate mothers. In today's Zhou Dynasty, the status of such named legitimate daughters is still recognized.

Xiao Xiangsheng couldn't resist, so he agreed to try to find ways.

The Long family sent Long Qiuye to live with the Xiao family on the pretext of letting Long Qiuye learn the rules, saying that he could learn the rules while helping his sister who had just given birth to take care of the child.

As soon as Long Xiangye gave birth to her child, she saw her mother-in-law sending her sister in, saying that she was preparing to enter the palace. However, she knew exactly what her aunt and father were thinking, and it was hard to tell Xiao Xiangsheng, so she could only say it sadly.

My worries were buried deep in my heart, and I did not take good care of myself during the confinement period, and gradually became yellow and thin. After the confinement period, I started to take medicine in a jar to take care of myself.

Long Qiuye is prettier than Long Xiangye, and has a different personality. She is cheerful and laughs, but seems heartless. Unlike Long Xiangye, who is always worried, even Long Xiangye's newborn son Xiao Taiji likes her.

Get Close to Dragon Autumn Leaves.

Seeing that her sister had been bedridden, Long Qiuye took over all the trivial matters of taking care of Xiao Taiji without hesitation. Except for not being able to breastfeed him, everything else was done by others.

As time went by, even Xiao Xiangsheng's view of Long Qiuye changed a lot.

Long Xiangye saw that her second son was becoming less and less close to her, and she finally woke up. She could no longer lie in the hospital bed and feel miserable.

"Come here! Bring the second young master over here, and pack things for his second aunt and send her back to Long's house tomorrow." Long Xiangye finally made up his mind.

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