At night, Yao Mei fed Chen Qing some medicine, helped him lie down, and gave him hot compresses and massages as usual. Chen Qing couldn't help but gently caress her face, which could be easily broken. Yao Mei rubbed her face with her big hands to gather her courage.
Said: "If Your Highness wants, I can sleep with you tonight!"
Chen Qing smiled and shook his head, "It's very comfortable just like this."
"All right!"
Yao Mei gently stroked the master's scar and nearby area, and asked: "How many wives does Your Highness have?"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "Didn't you ask my soldiers?"
When Yao Mei's true identity was exposed, she pinched Chen Qing's thigh lightly, pursed her lips and said, "Bad guy!"
Chen Qing was moved by her charming face and reached out to grab her little hand...
Yao Mei blushed and served her master wholeheartedly.
Chen Qing fell in love with this smart and pretty girl more and more. He said softly: "Go back and tell your parents. Come back to Jingzhao with me and be my personal maid."
Yao Mei's hand stopped and her eyes widened, "Did His Highness not want to take me back in the first place?"
Chen Qing smiled awkwardly and said, "You are only fifteen years old...I'm afraid your parents won't want you to go away."
"It will be sixteen in four days!" Yao Mei said angrily.
"The question is, are your parents willing?"
"Of course they are willing. Four or five hundred cents a month. Where can they find such a high income?"
"Five dollars a month!"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "The rules of our palace are that as my personal maid, you will be paid five guan a month, and there will be a reward of 20 guan at the end of the year."
"What if I pledge myself to you?"
"If you pledge yourself to me, you will become the hostess. According to the rules, that is another kind of treatment."
"Oh! So that's what happened."
Only then did Yao Mei understand why His Highness did not agree to let her pledge her body to him. It turned out that if he pledged his body to her, she would become his concubine.
"I always hear His Highness talk about rules. Does Your Highness value rules very much?"
Chen Qing winked at her and told her not to stop, and patiently explained to her: "I set the rules. If I don't abide by the rules myself, how can I ask others? For example, I don't allow my subordinates to take care of others.
A housewife is not allowed to raise women outside, so I have to do it myself first, so I only have one wife and four concubines, and there are no other women outside."
"Why aren't women allowed to be raised outside? This is someone else's private matter!"
"This is not a trivial matter. It involves many problems. For example, with my financial resources, I have no problem raising thousands of women, but I can't do this because it means thousands of men without wives. If I have all the
If my subordinates or wealthy people follow my example and each of them raises hundreds or dozens of women, how many men will have no wives? How will the population under my rule increase? How will the taxes be paid?"
"I kind of get it!"
Chen Qing continued: "So we have always had rules. Ordinary people can only have one husband and one wife. If you want to marry a concubine, you must be qualified and make contributions. Only then can you get a decorated officer, and then you can marry a concubine. And you don't want to marry a concubine."
You can marry as many as you want, and there are rules for the number of people. Even if I am a prince, I can only marry twenty people at most. This is the rule I have set."
"I understand, some people are not qualified to take concubines, so they keep stay-at-home wives outside, bypassing this rule."
"clever!"
Chen Qing praised: "For this reason, I don't allow my subordinates to raise stay-at-home wives, and other wealthy people also don't allow it. Once found, they will be jailed and exiled, and their property will be confiscated. I believe that few people dare to test the law."
"Your Highness! I will go and tell my parents tomorrow that I am going to Jingzhao with Your Highness."
Chen Qing thought for a while and said: "You go and talk first, and then I will ask the prefect to sign an agreement with them, allowing you to stay with me for three years."
"Two years!"
Yao Mei bit her lip and said, "I will be eighteen in two years, Your Highness agreed."
"Then two years!"
Under the light, Chen Qing saw that her face was unusually pretty and charming, and he felt a little distraught, so he asked in a low voice: "What time is it now?"
"It's almost time for the first update."
"You put out the lights."
Yao Mei turned off the light and the tent was dark. Chen Qing pulled her to lie beside him and whispered a few words in her ear. Yao Mei was so shy that she covered her face with the quilt. Chen Qing pushed her gently and she
Then he got into the quilt coyly.
.........
There are only three days until the New Year. Datong City is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and every household is preparing sacrifices to welcome the New Year.
There is a courtyard covering an area of three acres in the east of the city. This is the new house of the Yao family. Yao Dalang, his wife Liu and their son Yao Song live here. In addition, his uncle Liu Dajiang lives alone with them.
This is an official house, a house arranged by the government for them, of course because of their daughter Yao Mei.
Yao Dalang entered the government office as a clerk. When he was young, he worked as a herbalist and his calligraphy was good. Yelu Qiyan thought highly of him and made him a Cangcao agent, earning him three guan of money a month. This was very popular in Datong.
The government already has a relatively high income.
His son Yao Song joined the rural army and became the head of the army, with fifty people under his command and an income of three guans per month.
Brother-in-law Liu Dajiang worked as a guide under Yan Jun and joined the military. He was a civilian officer and earned four guan per month. The family's income was very good and they could afford to hire a maid.
Yao Dalang was in a bad mood and sat at the table in confusion. He originally thought that his daughter was going to become King Yong's concubine, but he didn't expect that today the prefect of Yelu told him that he would sign an agreement with him, and his daughter would become a maid in King Yong's palace.
From a concubine to a maid, how could Yao Dalang not feel disappointed? He knew very well that if his daughter could give birth to a son and a half for King Yong, she would also be a concubine in the future.
Liu Dajiang advised from the side: "Xiaomei said it herself. It was mainly because she was relatively young that King Yong did not take her into his room. Besides, she was King Yong's personal maid, so it was only a matter of time before she became a concubine."
"She is too young. She will be sixteen in two days. Women have to get married at the age of sixteen, okay? Young age is just an excuse. King Yong doesn't like Xiaomei."
"You are wrong. If King Yong looked down on Xiaomei, he would not have kept her at all. With Xiaomei's appearance, she is the most beautiful woman in Datong Prefecture. Otherwise, how could the prefect Yelu introduce her to His Highness King Yong?
The prefect of Yelu told me personally that His Highness King Yong is very self-disciplined and generally avoids sexual intercourse with women. It is Xiaomei's good fortune that His Highness King Yong takes his fancy. I guess King Yong did not accept her into his house, and the princess may have to agree to it."
At this time, his wife Liu came over, and Yao Dalang stood up quickly and asked, "How are you doing?"
Mrs. Liu sighed, "Xiaomei is still in perfect condition. It seems that she is really just a maid."
Yao Dalang's last glimmer of hope was shattered. He sat down slumped. His daughter had served the prince personally for more than twenty days, and she was still in perfect condition. He really looked down on his daughter!
Yao Mei came out of the inner room and put a fifty-tael silver coin on the table, "This is given to you by Your Highness. It is a reward in addition to my salary. My daughter will come to visit you again before she leaves."
Liu Dajiang stood up and walked to his niece, and whispered: "My uncle will tell you something. When you go to the palace, you must be diligent and listen to the princess. It is best to become the princess's confidant. Do you remember it?"
"I remember!"
"Go! Your parents have me. I will take good care of them."
Yao Mei said goodbye to her parents reluctantly, and got on the bullock cart to return to the military camp...