Qin Zheng covered his forehead and said with a wry smile: "When have I ever been devoted to love again? Didn't Yan'er leave me because she couldn't stand having too many women? From this point of view, I can't be a person.
A good husband can never be good enough for her and it is reasonable for her to leave me."
"Your Majesty, since ancient times, men have been superior to women. What's more, Your Majesty, you are a noble person and an ordinary family has three wives and four concubines. What's wrong with your Majesty's three palaces and six courtyards? How did you become such a mother-in-law?"
Jia Fu was dumbfounded by the sudden sigh and earnestness of this man who was only two or three years younger than himself. He leaned back nonchalantly, changed into a comfortable position and said:
"Your Majesty, if you missed the woman, don't think about it. There are so many good women in this world. Why should you keep worrying about an illusion that you can't get and miss the time? It's better to cherish the time and pity the people in front of you realistically."
"Sir, you are such a neat man!"
Qin Zheng smiled and shook his head and said: "I never expected that I, who was born in a crowd of celebrities and grew up on the battlefield, am not as open-minded as you, a weak scholar. You are right. Instead of worrying about an unobtainable illusion, it is better to pity me."
As for the man in front of you, you must also be an expert in romance! But, why did you refuse to accept any of the thirty beauties I gave you last time?"
"Your Majesty, I don't have the time."
Jia Fu replied indifferently: "Women are troublesome. They love to be jealous and make the house a mess. This is what I am most impatient about. I love purity, so I only need one wife."
"Sir, you are wrong. At first, after listening to your enlightening words, I thought that you, sir, were an open-minded man in the romantic field. Unexpectedly, you are also a henpecked idiot."
Qin Zheng laughed loudly after hearing this, pointed at him and said: "This woman is jealous, and the man in the middle is the one who gains the most. Just like those shops selling the same goods to one buyer, the competition is fierce, how can the buyer benefit?"
Would you say it’s troublesome?”
"Your Majesty, women are not shops, they are a bunch of trouble."
Jia Fu's eyes shone in the bright candlelight, like a pair of gems. He heard him say contemptuously: "This woman, they love hypocrisy the most, and they all have the heart of being a queen. They are not born by themselves."
The child, even if it is her husband's, would be tortured to death; how can a man have free time to take care of the house when he is away? I don't want my descendants to be tortured and enslaved by my group of aunts, and they often like it tight in their hearts and in their mouths.
But she said no, but if you really don't give it to her as she wants, she will feel even more uncomfortable. Therefore, if one of these troubles is relatively clean, if there are too many, future generations will be harmed by them."
"Sir, you are too extreme."
Qin Zheng straightened up and patiently listened to his views, but then burst out laughing.
Just listen to him say: "Sir, from your full grievance, I know that your wife, the Prime Minister, must be a jealous woman."
"No, Your Majesty, you are wrong. My wife is very virtuous. She married me when I was the poorest. For more than ten years, she has never complained about following me in the hut and suffered hardships. I have always abided by the rules of women and the duties of a wife. It is useless."
I'm afraid there are not many people in the world who can be as picky about women as I am."
Jia Fu shook his head in denial and said
"Oh? Then why does Sir still have such a hateful view of women?"
Qin Zheng was a little puzzled when he heard this: For such a virtuous woman, why should Jia Fu admire her opinions very much?
"Your Majesty, every woman can be virtuous when she is not jealous."
Jia Fu did not hide his thoughts from Qin Zheng and said frankly: "It's just that the jealousy, conscience and gentleness in my heart are gone. If I choose three wives and four concubines, I will lose a virtuous woman."
Instead of causing such trouble for a good wife with a group of resentful wives who are as evil as snakes and scorpions, it is better to have only one virtuous wife; anyway, all kinds of steamed buns taste the same to satisfy your hunger regardless of their appearance."
"Sir, you, you, you!"
After hearing this, Qin Zheng couldn't help but laugh, pointed at him and nodded: "I didn't expect that sir is more open-minded and sensible than me. His words are rough but not rough. I think this woman is almost like a horse sometimes. Hey,
When she feeds, she must not forget her own whip. If you cannot control her with kindness and power, she will definitely despise you and play some clever tricks to bully her master. If you completely conquer them, you will have three palaces and six courtyards, but there will be nothing you can do.
They don’t dare to make too much noise, so just let them make noise and I will always turn a blind eye and enjoy it.”
"Is His Majesty's words too arbitrary?"
Jia Fu didn't seem to agree with his idea, and frowned and asked: "Women are often the most poisonous people. When women really want to be jealous, you will always be unable to guard against it, and it will often bring disaster to your descendants. For example, when I was young, my father also had some wealth.
There are naturally many wives and concubines around the wealthy businessman. Because I lost my mother when I was young, I grew up in the hands of those aunts and suffered from their bullying since I was a child. I also witnessed them forcing the maids at home to have miscarriages. What is even more hateful is that these
The women are all hypocritical and ruthless, hiding needles in the cotton. They make cotton from broken willow catkins that are not cold-resistant and use it as cotton-padded clothes for the minister. The severe cold in the twelfth lunar month almost freezes the minister to death. The confused old father of the minister still praises them for being virtuous, and blames the minister for corrupting them! It seems like that!
There are countless tricks and thoughts like this, and I think they are all caused by my father having too many wives and concubines. Isn’t Your Majesty afraid of doubting the princes?"
"Sir, what you said is not unreasonable. I have been growing up in the palace since I was a child, so how could I not know about the activities inside?"
Qin Zheng nodded and suppressed his smile: "It's just that among the women in the harem, how many of them are as good as Mr. and Mrs. who don't seek fame and wealth, but only come here for the love of their husbands? So I never bother to check whether they are sincere or not, let alone
I won't really be sentimental towards them, but if someone dares to do some tricks like bullying the prince, causing abortions, etc., I will not spare him. Otherwise, do you think that the servants in the harem, Huang Men, are always waiting for the concubines?
, what do palace maids do? Therefore, the ancestral precepts also stipulate that pregnant women in the harem are not allowed to be easily contacted by anyone. Even the queen is not allowed to serve. Not to mention, the imperial doctor who serves around her every day is at least not allowed to
Less than ten princes are sent outside the palace as soon as they are born to be raised by concubines and servants. Therefore, things like what the gentleman said rarely happen in the royal family. As for the fights between their women, that is not my fault.
among the concerns.”
"After all, the descendants of the royal family are blessed!"
Jia Fu sighed after hearing this.
"Yes sir"
Qin Zheng sat up straight and asked again, "You just mentioned what happened to you when you were young. It reminds me of a touching story about a filial son that someone once told me. It seems to have happened in my husband's hometown: Hegu County.
The situation is very similar to the story of the twenty-four filial piety in ancient times!"
"Your Majesty said, but the story about how he went to the river to lie down on the ice to beg for fish for a bowl of fresh fish soup that his mother asked for?"
Jia Fu seemed to know what he was going to say, and added to the point:
"Exactly! Sir, you also know?"
Qin Zheng clapped his hands and said, "That's right. He is a local of yours. How could you not know this, sir?"
"To be honest with Your Majesty, the protagonist of the filial son story you mentioned is none other than Wei Chen."
Jia Fu replied with a gloomy look, as if he was recalling an unpleasant incident.
"What? It's you, sir?"
Qin Zheng seemed to be surprised, "Isn't your surname Jia? But according to what I heard, the filial son's surname is Wang."
"My father's surname was indeed Wang. Later, I ran away from home and took on my mother's surname."
Jia Fu picked up the tea bowl beside him. The waiter beside him hurriedly filled it with hot tea. It was warm and comfortable in his hands.
Just listen to him continue to say, "But if you don't mention this matter, it's not a good thing anyway."
"How could it not be a good thing? He was still the late emperor at that time, and my grandpa was in power. Hegu ordered that there was a filial son who braved the severe cold and lay on the ice to beg for fish for his mother. Grandpa Huang also planned to reward you, but it didn't happen later.
What's going on? It's said that you disappeared? What happened? Mr. Ling Cike was still there at that time?"
"Your Majesty, my mother died of hemorrhage when I was born."
Jia Fu replied with cold eyes, "The important minister who spends nine days looking for fresh fish is just a stepmother."
"I understand. I think that woman is going behind your father's back to torture you in the cold weather, so she deliberately said she wanted to eat fresh fish soup?"
When Qin Zheng saw this, he suddenly understood eighty-nine points.
"Exactly"
Jia Fu opened the tea lid and blew the tea leaves floating on the water. The white hot air covered most of his face, "Since your Majesty is interested in this, I might as well tell you directly."
He raised his head and stared at Qin Zheng, and said leisurely: "My stepmother is what I told your Majesty before. She is the most unruly. She is a woman who hides needles in her hair and hides knives in her smile. In the cold winter months, when she saw my father out, she deliberately pretended
She was bedridden due to illness, and she had to catch her a fresh fish to make soup, otherwise she wouldn't be able to go home. So, although I couldn't disobey her, I didn't want her to just get her wish. It was the coldest month of winter, and the rivers were covered with snow.
The ice is three feet tall, how can a child like me have the strength to break through the ice and catch fish? According to his point of view, it is just asking me to smash the ice for a day and freeze him alive. So I don't smash the ice, and only pick up the intersections where there are many pedestrians.
By the river, I took off all my clothes, and lay on the biting ice with my determination to make it known to the world until my death."
"So, the passers-by came to watch, but you acted like a filial son and told them that you would satisfy your mother's requirements no matter what?"
After all, Qin Zheng had heard about the incident. At that time, passers-by thought that the man lying on the ice was crazy and tried to persuade him. However, the filial son replied that as long as his mother could eat fresh fish, he would rather freeze to death and use his body to
He used the temperature to melt the ice and caught a live fish. Everyone present at the time all lamented his filial piety. That's why Hegu Ling reported it to the court for a commendation. Now listening to Jia Fuyi's words, I understand why he did not want the court's commendation in the end.