Spring Forest Evening

Just now lying on the bed and being scraped by Shen Nai, Zhou Heng's obscene clothes were a little loose in the front, and the silk clothes were also a little wrinkled. In addition, he put on another clothes later, so he didn't bother to tidy up for a while. It, on a summer evening, with these two clothes on, I sweated a little, because when the outer robe slipped off, not to mention the loose neckline, the clothes fit the skin better.

"Oops!" Zhou Heng hurriedly put on his outer robe again. Even so, Shen Fu was standing after all, and he still saw something condescending from the neckline that he shouldn't have seen, so he turned his head and looked out the window. .

"Dinner should be coming soon, right?" Zhou Heng hurriedly found a topic in a bit of embarrassment.

"That's right, Nanny Shen should rush out of the kitchen and stay close to us." Shen Fu also nodded quickly to answer, hoping to dilute the embarrassing atmosphere.

But I don’t want to, saying this reminds Zhou Heng of the “tight” in the other person’s mouth just now: “Oh, yes, can I ask, the Miss Cui that Aunt Pan said, oh no, ‘Miss Cui and the others ', who the hell is it? Why are you so tight with them?"

For some reason, I was very curious about the identities of Miss Cui and the others, but I didn't expect there to be more than one girl master in the mansion.

Uh, if possible, Shen Fu really wanted to slap himself, why did he mention the kitchen?It's already been said just now.

But Miss Cui and the others... In fact, they will talk about it sooner or later, and there is no way to avoid it. Besides, a gentleman is magnanimous, and he must admit what he has done, and he cannot avoid it.

Seeing Zhou Heng's eyes wide open and waiting for the answer expectantly, Shen Fu took a deep breath, and then explained in a very low voice:

"They... used to be... concubines in this mansion, one surnamed Cui and the other surnamed Fu."

When the words came to his lips, he was a little embarrassed after all, but after he finished speaking, he wanted to see Zhou Heng's reaction, and his eyes flickered when he saw it.

"shi qiè?" Zhou Heng didn't pay attention to Shen Fu's expression. He focused on these two words first, and found that he didn't quite understand. Does this title refer to a specific relative?Also "used to be", meaning it is no longer?Why are you still staying in the mansion?Even the kitchen for three meals a day has to "tighten" them?

Subconsciously, Zhou Heng didn't think about Shen Fu. After all, from the first day she saw Shen Fu, he was the only man in Prince Jing's mansion who was regarded as the master, and there were no other idlers. In addition, Yuanshen even clamored for Shen Fu to promise not to take a concubine after marriage. Doesn't that mean that he has not taken a concubine yet?It is preconceived that it is a relative like a cousin.

Zhou Heng thought about it, and asked the same question, and added some words that he thought were very polite:

"Is it the original relatives in your house? You can't neglect that. Shen Shen is going now, hoping that the kitchen has prepared their meals."

In this way, I can quickly prepare the dinner for the two of me and send it over. Now that I have recovered, I really want to drink the egg pumpkin flower soup, and my stomach is starting to growl.

Although Shen Fu didn't know how to explain it to her, but it was all about this, so let's tell her clearly, then took another deep breath, and explained to Zhou Heng:

"You may not know...the two of them were originally... from my room. They were engaged to the Zhou family at the time. At that time, I was already old, so my father made the decision and picked two girls for me to keep in the room."

"They have been with me for a while, and then my father passed away, and I had to observe filial piety for three years, so I moved them to a separate courtyard, assigned a few maids and wives, and after I was filial piety, I also saw them A few times, and no…”

I can't go on, I just hope that Zhou Heng, who has just arrived, can understand what he means.

Zhou Heng listened carefully, and after listening, he thought about it seriously, and then asked the first question:

"Isn't a concubine a concubine?"

Didn't the original body keep arguing not to let you take a concubine?

Seeing Shen Fu shaking his head, his ears turned red with embarrassment, he hesitated for a while, and still tried his best to explain to her: "The practice of aristocratic families is to let a man take two concubines in the room after he becomes an adult. They are not A concubine's room, it's just..." In order to facilitate the harmonious life of the couple after marriage, the wife who married into the door would not be too fussy. After all, the concubine's status is low, and she can't even be considered a concubine's room, not to mention that everyone does it like this.

But in the place Ah Heng came from, the girl's family could work in the yamen just like the men, and they were paid the same for equal work.

Zhou Heng didn't care too much. Now she has a lot of questions, so the second question was thrown out: "Well, what if they are pregnant, um, if they are happy? Then they should be able to become concubines. ?”

As a modern professional woman, what Zhou Heng is thinking at the moment is how such a concubine can be "promoted". Pitiful.

Shen Fu was very embarrassed at first, but when he heard Zhou Heng's question, he couldn't help being taken aback, and he never thought that the girl in front of him was not only unaffected, but also seriously discussed with himself whether a concubine who was pregnant could become a concubine. concubine room.

Feeling a little resentful in my heart, I comforted myself that Ah Heng had just come to this world not long ago, so it is normal to be curious, so I endured all kinds of complicated emotions in my heart and took Zhou Yan as an example:

"It's not impossible, but it's only allowed if the main room enters the door with her approval. Like the Zhou family, your father was also a concubine after your mother entered the door."

But in fact, the concubine's status is low. Even if she really conceives a child, it is likely that the wife of the wife has not had a child for many years. In that case, the child is probably raised under the name of the wife of the wife. It's hard to say about the future and fate.

Shen Fuben didn't know much about these things in the inner courtyard. He lost his mother since he was young, and his father didn't have any concubines. He only found out after his elder sister Shen Yi got married.

The two siblings have had a deep relationship since childhood. After Shen Yi got married, they were very affectionate at the beginning. Later, during Shen Yi's filial piety, the Marquis of Weiyuan asked his mother, Mrs. Ji, to come out to be a villain and take a concubine. complain.

It's a pity that even though Shen Yi is a princess, she is not of royal blood after all, and her natal family only has a younger brother. At that time, because of Shou Xiao, she had no official position, no power, and no power. It's disgusting to mother and child. After all, she has two sons under her knees, and they are still young. The Ji family doesn't have to worry about having no successors.

So at the beginning, Shen Yi backed down a step and said that she could arrange two concubines for Marquis Weiyuan, but she never thought that the concubine would "accidentally" become pregnant in a blink of an eye, and Mrs. Ji used the excuse of thinking about her concubine's grandson to take the concubine Fortunately, Marquis Weiyuan knew that he was wronged and he was a good-looking person. Over the past few years, the inner courtyard of the Marquis Mansion is still relatively peaceful. Even so, it is a fait accompli that Shen Yi and Mrs. Ji's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are at odds. And before Marquis Weiyuan, it was no longer what it used to be.

According to Shen Yi's heartfelt words to her younger brother once: "A Fu, although Cousin Heng is a bit willful, her heart is on you. There is really no room for extra people between husband and wife. I really want to accept you." Concubine, even if it's just to stay in the future, the daughter's family is full of stubborn people, and there is a knot in my heart that I can't go back to the past."

Although these words were meant to persuade Shen Fu, they meant something, and even Nanny Shen, who was standing by the side, listened to it, so that when Shen Fu became filial piety, Nanny Shen was very pleased to mention two things in front of him. In a word, if you don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face, at the very least, the mother and son of the Ji family will only respect their own princess in the future, and the two young sons who came from Weiyuanhou's mansion from the princess are originally descendants. Some people rely on others, and others can't catch up even if they flatter their horses.

Of course, the situation here is complicated, and Zhou Heng didn't know about it. Although Shen Fu thought of it at the first time, he still used the only Zhou family she was familiar with as an example. After explaining this, I thought it was almost the same, but Zhou Heng listened. Instead, there is a third problem:

"But even if she wants the consent of the wife, if she doesn't agree to take a concubine, the man must also agree, right?" Patriarchal society.

It seems that today is going to break the casserole and ask the bottom line, and I didn't expect her to ask about the situation of the elder sister's house. Shen Fu took a deep breath again, that's all, let's explain to her once and for all today, Really, Nanny Shen has been ineffective today, saying that she asked Aunt Pan to ask her carefully, so she had to check the time first, couldn't she quickly order the kitchen to prepare the dinner and send it over?Mrs. Pan is in charge of the kitchen, but she is not a chef, and asking questions will not delay the cooking of the cooks!

Trying to suppress the irritability in his heart, Shen Fu and Zhou Heng slowly explained with examples. Of course, the Ji family still didn't mention it, so it's better to use the ready-made Zhou family as an example:

"Aunt Xie's family, although she is a branch of Duke Huguo's mansion, their family has always been close to my mother's and concubine's family, and my aunt also has brothers, so the parents of my aunt's family, that is, my grandparents outside the hall, abide by the Xie family's ancestors' precepts, and No concubines."

"At that time Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou, who was still alive at that time, asked Zhou Yan, the only son, to marry a girl from the Xie family. You have seen the situation of the Zhou family. It was even worse two or thirty years ago. Later, it was the Xie family's help. It’s a little better, because Mrs. Zhou made it clear when she came to propose marriage, saying that she would follow the Xie family’s family precepts, and Zhou Yan would only agree to take a concubine when she was forty and childless, and the Xie family agreed to marry her aunt.”

It's a pity that he also took concubines and gave birth to a bunch of sons and daughters. Zhou Heng nodded. It seems that Shen Fu has already given the answer:

"And then my father broke his promise and changed his mind? What a scumbag!"