The status of women has always been a topic worth discussing.

In the long river of history, except for the matriarchal society, women have been vassals of men for most of their time.

But even so, even when women have the lowest status, there are always a group of women standing at the top and even fighting the man.

This group of people may be called princesses, such as those unfaithful princesses in the Tang Dynasty.

This group of people may be called the Empress, such as the Queen who is in the sky with the Sun and Moon.

This group of people may be called noble ladies, such as the group of dignified women in front of you.

"The Empress is here..."

Accompanied by the eunuch's long voice, the empress dowager appeared.

Hu Shanxiang supported her left hand and walked to the right with the empress dowager's hand.

This is a peaceful picture, so after the salute, the empress dowager also smiled and said, "The plan for the year lies in spring. Although I wish that spring will be the end of the year, there is no heat in summer, so where can the harvest in autumn come from?"

Most of the noble ladies standing here have political sensitivity and understand the words like code words in seconds.

So everyone laughed, but refused to speak.

The hot summer just passed, which was extremely hot for the gentry and the powerful. But after this summer, the next harvest was a bumper harvest.

Hu Shanxiang sat down, but Duanduan had no special seat and sat next to the empress dowager.

The Queen Mother glanced at the ladies below, then nodded and said, "Let's serve wine and food."

Each person has a small table, each person has a seat cushion.

After a while of jingling, the ladies sat down.

Naturally, ladies cannot be the same as men, so the dishes are mainly refined.

Zhang Shuhui calmly ate a small dumpling. The filling taste suddenly burst out, and then she realized that it was a combination of several fillings. Then the various flavors were clear from the beginning to the deliciousness after mixing...

This is the taste bud explosion!

Zhang Shuhui glanced at the opposite side and saw Zhenjing, which was expressionless.

It is best to put away any feelings in this place. Whether you go home and brag about your family or show off to outsiders, you can only be honest at this moment.

The Fang family’s diet is very complicated, Fang Xing’s taste is heavy, while Zhang Shuhui and Xiaobai are both light, so they are often divided into two categories of cooking.

Gradually, as time goes by, those with light tastes have learned to eat spicy food, while those with heavy tastes have learned to eat light food.

This is fusion.

Zhang Shuhui left for a moment, and the queen above had already raised her glass.

So everyone raised their glasses to the Queen Mother.

After drinking, the queen mother looked down calmly and said, "Madam Xing and Bo..."

Zhang Shuhui slowly stood up, and the empress dowager pressed her hands and said, "Sit down."

No one knew what the empress dowager meant. After Zhang Shuhui sat down, she said slowly: "It's hard for Xinghe Bo to go out to sea this time, and the emperor remembers it!"

Zhang Shuhui got up again and thanked her.

"In the past, I always thought that there were only a few fairy mountains overseas, and then they were all water."

The Queen Mother's words made everyone laugh.

Nowadays, merchants in the south have broken their heads in providing goods for overseas trade. The last group of merchants who donated money to build new warships have made a lot of money. It is said that many people directly took money full of their pockets to the shipyard and expressed their willingness to donate money to build ships.

According to those people's estimates, if this supply qualification is completely relaxed, the new warships will probably not have to spend money on the North Korean War.

But even the most stingy Xia Yuanji disagrees with this. According to him, how can the country’s important weapon be placed on merchants?

But how could the Empress Dowager speak so shallowly?

And she didn't have to worry about the atmosphere. Even if she didn't say a word from beginning to end, no one dared to say that the meal was awkward.

So everyone put down their chopsticks and listened carefully.

"The treasure ship went to sea many times, but I found out that there were large areas overseas, and even those places were not smaller than those in the Ming Dynasty."

The Queen Mother's tone was plain, as if she was reading the script.

"After the Taixi envoy arrived, I realized that this world is not just the Ming Dynasty, not just the grassland, but also the great powers in the distance. Then I felt that it was a frog in the well in the past."

"The Empress is joking. If it weren't for the Empress's words just now, I wouldn't have known what the Thai mission would have!"

"Yes! Those foreigners are barbaric and the country of etiquette in the Ming Dynasty, so naturally there is no need to worry about those with them..."

"I heard that Tessie women also wear skirts, but they don't know whether they are tall shoes, but for some reason, they will ask someone to try a pair..."

“…”

The topic quickly became farther and farther away. He sat down beside the empress dowager. Listening to these mutters, he couldn't help but put down his chopsticks and whispered: "Grandma, they... are so gossipy!"

The Empress Dowager was observing these noble ladies, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but say: "What is gossip?"

Duanduan frowned and said, "I just talk a lot, I like to inquire and talk about other people's affairs."

This is talking about a tongue-in-law!

The queen mother couldn't help but smile, then touched her head and said, "You've almost drank that bowl of soup, and then you'll feel comfortable."

Duanduan looked at the bowl of mutton soup with medicinal herbs, and couldn't help but sigh like an adult: "The medicine is poisonous!"

The empress dowager looked at Duandu lovingly, and after turning her face, all the kindness turned into indifference.

There was no need for dry cough, and the ladies who were the best at looking at people were calm.

In a silence, the Queen Mother said: "There are many territories overseas, so you can go as much as you want. When you get there, you will need as much as you want. As long as someone farms, you will take whatever you want."

"Don't even stare at the Central Plains!"

The Queen Mother raised her glass and everyone hurriedly drank it.

"Who told me last time..."

The Empress Dowager held the wine glass and thought for a while, saying, "It is said that the land in the Central Plains has been cultivated for many years, and it has been overwhelmed. Once there is some trouble, it will be a famine. I am thinking about overseas. It is said that the fatty land there can be a living even if you put a chopstick in it."

...

The banquet ended quickly, and the Queen Mother also asked someone to send a basket of fresh vegetables to each family.

So amid the huge praise of the emperor's grace, everyone was led out of the palace.

"Is this to comfort?"

“More is knocking.”

"We have been cleared a lot of the fields. The Empress means that we should stop tossing the Central Plains. If we still want land, then go overseas."

"Where is Nuer Gandusi? It is rumored that the ground there are all black. That's a good place! It's closer."

"Immigration is not accepted there now, it is said to be full."

"It's full? No way, it's a big place."

"People say that immigrants will give birth to children. If their children and grandchildren are born, they must reserve a place, otherwise they will have no land to plant again after a few generations."

A group of ladies were analyzing the Queen Mother's words, and then they were a little depressed.

"I heard that I will clean up the slaves in each family who have their own slaves. Hey! Where can I find someone to farm overseas?"

A noble lady sneered and exposed the pit that the emperor dug for everyone, and then found that the surroundings were empty in an instant, so she said stubbornly: "What are you afraid of? There is no way out. Can't you say a few words?"

The palace maids and eunuchs who sent them all looked down at the road, but everyone knew that the words of the noble lady would be spread to the place she should know later.

The noble lady regretted it a little. Seeing Zhang Shuhui and Wu slowly behind her, she red eyes and choked and said, "It's good to have a holy family! People like us can only survive. For nothing, they will turn around and tie up their own family to apologize."

This statement has a bit of self-deprecating, and it also has a bit of a cruel meaning to Zhu Zhanji.

For a moment, everyone accelerated their pace and quickly left the woman behind.

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