He suspected that "Shen Wan" was mocking him, but he had no proof.
Prince Xiang touched his nose: "Uh, keep talking."
"The reason is very simple." Xiao Lingyue lowered her eyes coldly: "The Meng family is a Qingliu family, the leader in literary style, and it is also the mother family of the Crown Princess. They must attach great importance to the family's reputation and reputation, right?"
"Uh, yes..." Prince Xiang had to admit this.
The Meng family was well-known in the Northern Qin Dynasty as a clean slate, and its reputation could not be separated from the family's descendants' efforts to maintain it from generation to generation. Even Emperor Zhaoming could not fault it.
Therefore, the princess chosen by Emperor Zhaoming came from the Meng family.
Emperor Zhaoming looked down upon the daughters of other aristocratic families. He originally chose the concubine for the prince at the request of the mother of the country.
"Among the entire Meng family, there is more than just one daughter named Meng Wanqing, right?" Xiao Lingyue asked again.
"The Meng family has three bedrooms, and there are four or five daughters, right?"
Prince Xiang was unsure and said: "Except for the princess who was born in the eldest house, the others are in the second and third houses."
Xiao Lingyue said sarcastically: "When the second wife has a daughter who volunteers to be a concubine, the reputation of all the sisters in the family will decline, and even the princess will be affected.
Do you really think that the Meng family will be moved by her infatuation?"
In ancient times, a woman's reputation was tied to her family, and a single move affected her whole body.
Let's use an analogy.
There are three sisters in a family. If the eldest sister has a good reputation and marries into a high-ranking family, the worth of the two younger sisters will also increase accordingly, and their future marriages will basically not be too bad.
On the other hand, if the elder sister has a bad reputation and even works as a concubine, then the two younger sisters will be looked down upon and there is a high probability that they will not find a good husband.
After all, no one who marries a decent daughter-in-law wants her to have a sister as a concubine, thus lowering her status in vain.
The more aristocratic the family, the more so.
And not only biological sisters, cousins, and even girls' families of the same clan will be affected by this.
Not everyone can live independently like Xiao Lingyue. There are so many women in this world who are trapped in their families, and their every move is restricted. Survival is already very difficult.
Even "Wei Shaorong" in the previous life suffered a lot due to family restrictions.
so.
Meng Wanqing lowered her status and would rather be Zhan Beihan's concubine than marry him.
I'm afraid only Prince Xiang would think this kind of thing is infatuated, and all the women in the Meng family would hate her to death.
Live pig teammates.
One person drags down the entire clan of girls!
If she really enters Prince Yi's palace as a concubine, the Crown Princess will be implicated by her, and the clean reputation of the Meng family will be tarnished.
For Meng Wanqing, who clamored to be a concubine, it was typical that she only wanted to make herself happy.
Regardless of the life or death of other girls in the family.
The corner of Prince Xiang's mouth twitched and he murmured: "I originally thought it was a good story, but when you said it... it turned into a selfish scandal affecting the family?"
Simply... outrageous!
But what "Shen Wan" said was so reasonable that it was impossible to refute it.
Xiao Lingyue said calmly: "Your Highness is a man, so naturally he will not put himself in a woman's shoes. Otherwise, where would His Highness's reputation for being so romantic and romantic come from?"
"..."
The corner of Prince Xiang's mouth twitched again, and he couldn't help but said: "Shen Wan, are you mocking me?" ☆ Free reading [ ] Updates are quick and there are no pop-ups☆ This chapter has been completed!