Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1534 Meeting wives and concubines
"What military affairs are you talking about?"

If it wasn't for Huang Zhiting's presence, Gao Wushi would have guessed how Liu Xin would answer.Most likely, she would give him a blank look, and said with disdain: "You can talk about military affairs, but I can't?"

But since Huang Zhiting was here, Liu Xin obviously wouldn't say that, she didn't even intend to speak at all, but just gave Gao Yushi a triumphant sideways glance from the corner of Huang Zhiting's eyes.

Gao Yushi was a little baffled by this smug look for a moment: what's there to be proud of?Oh, that's right, she must mean that Zhi Ting returned to Beijing but didn't wait for me to come back honestly, instead went to see her first.

However, Zhiting was not originally from a family of Shilin officials. Her family was a family of chieftains for 600 years, and her primary way of looking at problems was to solve them.

Therefore, if she wanted to find Liu Xin for something and I went to "work" again, then she would definitely go to Liu Xin to talk about the matter first, so as not to waste time, and would never insist that she was not used to it at all. Some etiquette, let go of other things first, wait for me to come back in a good manner, and talk about the rest after seeing the master.

Sure enough, Huang Zhiting replied: "I heard that the master is busy at the end of the year, and usually won't go back to the house at noon. I don't think it's interesting to be idle, so I went to discuss the recent situation with Miss Liu." After a pause, He added: "In addition, I also asked about the situation on the master's side."

While shaking Gao Yuan gently in his arms, Gao Wushi said with a smile, "It's mostly expected, so you don't have to worry about it."

Huang Zhiting asked with a half-smile: "Oh? The master took a side room, and even a Jurchen Gege... Is this what was expected?"

"Uh, it was an accident." Although Gao Pragmatic had a clear conscience about Meng Gu Zhezhe, he still felt a little embarrassed when asked by Huang Zhiting suddenly - in fact, his embarrassment was a bit special, purely because he had a modern The human soul is at work.If he was really a native of the Ming Dynasty, with the current status, prestige, and even achievements and strength, he would not even frown, and he would be completely calm as usual.

"It doesn't matter whether it's unexpected or not. As long as she can abide by the family law, serve the master well, and spread the branches and leaves for the Gao family, I will be very happy as a concubine."

With the strength of being highly pragmatic and observant, she actually felt that Huang Zhiting's eyes were calm when she said this, and she didn't intend to greet her deliberately. She couldn't help but wondered, and asked, "You don't mind?"

"Why do you mind?" Huang Zhiting said: "Originally, my concubine said that it's okay for the master to be alone in Beijing without anyone to take care of him. Since she has entered the Gao family, it's up to her to do these things when my concubine is not around." .”

Asiba?Nani?

Gao Wushi still looked puzzled, and said: "I saw hundreds of maids in Xinzhai and Rixin Building, why no one took care of them? What's more, when I came to Beijing with Sanbo in the early years, there were only two maids and one Famous book boy and a handlebar style, don’t they live very well.”

"One matter is another matter, this time is another time." Huang Zhiting shook her head and said: "Although there are many maids, they are different from wives and concubines. Besides, the master always has some things that can be mentioned with wives and concubines, but cannot be mentioned with maids."

After a pause, before Gao Wushi could speak, she said again: "Of course, if the master intends to pick a few smart and well-behaved maids as concubines, I think it's good."

Gao Wushi shook his head: "Forget it." Then he said: "Don't say that I don't have any more, I can only find time to come back in a little over an hour. Have you had lunch yet?"

"No, but Uncle Mo said that he is ready, so let's go eat now."

After Huang Zhiting finished speaking, seeing Gao Wushi nodded, he asked someone to take Gao Yuan away from him, and then extended an invitation to Liu Xin: "Miss Liu is here too, we haven't finished talking about what we just said."

Liu Xinxin said that you two are better than newlyweds after a long absence, why should I join in the fun?Immediately declined.But Huang Zhiting refused and insisted on inviting her to go with her.

Gao Wushi saw that the two of them were pushing and tugging endlessly, so he said helplessly, "It's just a meal together, what a big deal, and Ms. Liu, please don't see outsiders—you, the secretary-general, will not be there when the leader eats?"

Hearing this, Liu Xin couldn't help but chuckled, and then said helplessly, "My boss's words are a bit harsh, as if if I don't go today, this job will be lost."

Huang Zhiting also laughed when she heard that, and affectionately pulled her to the restaurant together, not knowing how she knew about the layout of the Rixin Building just after she came back.

When we arrived at the restaurant, Gao Mo was directing the arrangement and serving of dishes, but his status had long been different, and his main responsibilities were not in these matters. In fact, he was just waiting at the door of the restaurant.

As soon as the three of them came, Gao Mo took the initiative to meet them, and then told Huang Zhiting: "Madam, Ru Madam has heard the news of Madam's return to Beijing, and is on his way to see her."

Huang Zhiting was slightly silent, and asked: "Did she know today?"

As soon as Gao Wushi heard this, he knew that the limelight was wrong, and he took the initiative to explain: "I asked her to study in seclusion at Jianxinzhai. Except for the news from her natal Yehe, which can be sent directly to her, other news has to wait for me. Let me know here."

Huang Zhiting definitely wouldn't say that Gao Pragmatic is wrong, so she nodded to show her understanding, but then asked Gao Mo: "Uncle Mo, I went to Tianjin yesterday, and the capital should have heard the news by night at the latest, right?"

Gao Mo is such a sober person, although he knows that if he is not careful in the answer now, he may get involved, but he thinks that the master must not want to see Meng Guzhe being arrested by his wife for no reason, so he took the responsibility and said : "Yes, ma'am. However, it is somewhat inconvenient for the capital to go out of the city at night, so this news was only sent to Jianxinzhai today."

Huang Zhiting said indifferently: "One morning should be enough for Jianxin Zhai to come to the new building."

"Madam's words are very true, but the news sent to see Xinzhai at the beginning was just that Madam arrived at Tianjin Port. The old slave thought that because the young master also came with him, maybe Madam would rest in Tianjin for a day or two, so the news included It did not say when the wife will arrive in Beijing.

Later, the wife and his party set off from Tianjin, and the old slave heard the news, and immediately sent a letter to see Xinzhai, and came here in a hurry after hearing the news from the wife.If there is any delay due to this, it is really the fault of the old slave, please punish me, Madam. "

Huang Zhiting nodded after hearing this, and said: "Since that's the case, then it's fine, and there's no need for punishment." Then she turned to Gao Wushi and said, "I'm wasting my master's time, please take a seat...Miss Liu also invites you. "

Gao Wushi wondered what Huang Zhiting's reason for the scene just now was, and didn't think too much after hearing what he said, he walked into the restaurant, and sat down on the east side of the second seat of the chief seat.Huang Zhiting sat in the west seat facing him, and Liu Xin sat in the guest seat a little far away.

Seeing this, Huang Zhiting smiled slightly, and said, "What is Miss Liu doing sitting so far away, it's inconvenient to talk, so come sit next to me."

In fact, I often eat with Liu Xin when I am pragmatic, and there are almost no rules, and Liu Xin also sits casually.But now it is different from the past, and it is obviously very particular about where to sit, so Liu Xin smiled and declined again.

While talking, there was a voice from outside, and then the steward of the inner government came to report, saying that Mrs. Ru had arrived and was waiting for her to be received.

Gao Wu said honestly: Strange, when did my family have so many rules?The last time the rules were so strict, it seems that it was when I married Zhiting, and it was because my father and mother cared about the rules at that time, so the family seemed to be in shackles. I didn't expect it to come again today.

Could it be that Zhiting deliberately wanted Meng Guge to know the rules?
Gao Wushi glanced at it, and sure enough, he saw a woman at the door, and judging from the color of her clothes, she was definitely not a maid in the house, so it seemed that she should be Meng Gu Zhezhe waiting outside the door.

Gao Wushi thought for a while, but didn't say anything, he wanted to see what Huang Zhiting was going to do.

At this time, Huang Zhiting just said: "There is no need to meet specially, let her come in."

Huh?
Gao Yushi originally thought that Huang Zhiting might deliberately let Meng Gu Zhezhe off at this opportune time, but unexpectedly, he did not.

As soon as her order was passed on, a young girl wearing a Ming-style skirt walked in from the door.Her upper body is wearing a red and white Qiuyi collared narrow-sleeved jacket, and her lower garment is a typical Ming-style plain pink plum blossom horse-face skirt, which looks very girlish.The only thing that ruined this girlish look was her wearing peony three bun hair accessories.

This is a kind of high bun, which was popular from Suzhou at first, and then gradually spread to the north.There is a poem by You Tong: "It is said that Jiangnan is one foot tall, and the six palaces compete to learn the peony head." People say that it is so heavy that you can hardly lift your head, but it is described as tall and tall, but it is actually about seven inches. After the bun, apply double strands of hair tail.

This kind of hair style is generally used as a wig for padding. The vast majority of people who use this hair accessory are either from prominent backgrounds or wealthy families.Whether Meng Gu Zhezhe's family is considered "prominent" is hard to say, it depends on who he compares with, but since he has become a highly pragmatic concubine, he must be rich enough.

It's just that her three peony buns are not particularly tall, and it looks like she doesn't use a wig, and she relies entirely on her own hair to support it.Although this hair accessory does not have strict requirements for marriageability, in fact it is mostly used by married women, so Meng Gu Zhezhe combed such a hair accessory to make her look more mature and weaken the sense of girlhood.

Although I don't know why, women often pay attention to the amount of each other's hair.Although Huang Zhiting has a lot of hair volume, Gao Wushi is still quite worried that she will criticize Meng Gu Zhezhe's hair style, but at this moment he knows that he should talk less, so he just glanced at it and didn't make a sound.

However, Huang Zhiting seemed to turn a blind eye to these things, allowing Meng Gu Zhezhe to pay homage, and performed a completely standard Wanfu ceremony - which is commonly known as "blessing one blessing".This is one of the common etiquettes for women of the Han nationality in ancient times. In the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian established himself as emperor, changed the name of the country to Zhou, and formulated the etiquette, changing the woman's worship posture to stand upright, put her hands on her chest, bow her head slightly, move her hands slightly, and bend her knees slightly , sometimes known as "women worship".

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, when women performed this kind of salute, they often called it "Wanfu", so it was also called "Wanfuli" later.At the beginning of Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang traced back to the rituals of the Han and Tang Dynasties because many etiquettes were out of place in the Yuan Dynasty, and Wanfuli was "standardized" again.

Basically, it is similar to the movements in later generations of film and television dramas, but the details are more rigorous, such as how deep the knee should be bent, where the hand should be placed, etc., there are clear requirements.The folks may not be too harsh, but the more wealthy they are, the more sloppy they will be.

Meng Gu Zhezhe said while performing the Wanfu ceremony: "I have seen the master and madam. I heard that the madam is returning to Beijing, so I came here to see you. Due to the long journey, there was a delay. Please forgive me."

"You have a heart. Since it's a matter of time, it's not your fault, so you don't need to blame yourself." Huang Zhiting nodded, looked at her slender waist, frowned slightly, and asked, "You have been in my Gao family for nearly half a year. Served the master?"

This question was a bit abrupt, even Gao Wushi was a little confused at first, wondering why Zhiting asked this right out of her mouth?And at this time, there are a group of housekeepers and maids around.

Meng Gu Zhezhe had never consummated the marriage with Gao Yushi, so she was embarrassed to hear this, but her embarrassment was completely different from Gao Yushi's.She was not embarrassed by the "consummation" or the word, but because she hadn't gone through the process.

She lowered her head and said in a low voice: "The master asked my concubine to study first, and we will talk about these things later..."

Gao Yushi felt more and more embarrassed, especially when Meng Gu Zhezhe said this in a wronged tone, it sounded like he thought Meng Gu Zhezhe didn't study too much and was not worthy of consummating the marriage with him, it was weird and inexplicable.

Sure enough, Huang Zhiting's tone became a little puzzled, and she asked pragmatically: "Master, is that so? What does reading have to do with this matter?"

That must be okay, wouldn't it be impossible to consummate a house without studying?

Gao Wushi was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say, so he finally coughed lightly and said, "It's a long story..."

"The matter is very important. Even if it is a long story, please explain the reason." Huang Zhiting didn't look embarrassed, but was very serious.It seemed like she really thought the stakes were high.

Gao Yushi knew the reason why she thought it was "important". It was nothing more than that as the main wife, she always felt that it was her very important responsibility to let Gao Yushi "spread branches and leaves", no matter what the branches and leaves were. Not her own children, the responsibility for which is hers.

Especially when she knew that Gao Gong didn't have a son in the past, causing his wife to be criticized by members of the Gao family, she attached great importance to this matter.

After Gao Gong's death, his wife returned to Xinzheng and lived in seclusion. Except for the occasional stay in Longwen Yayuan by Gao Gong's pragmatic mother, it was almost as if there was no such person at other times, and it was completely impossible to see that she was a " Wen Zhenggong's first wife.

Women of this era must be very different in thinking from the women of later generations. Gao Yu can understand a little bit, but he can't fully empathize with them. Therefore, when Huang Zhiting asked such a question, he had to find another reason.

The reason was really found out, he coughed lightly, also put on a very serious look, and said: "Before you got pregnant with Tan'er, I asked Mr. Binhu about the woman's conception. Mr. once said : After Tiangui, a woman can conceive casually, but this is not a good time to conceive. She has to wait a few more years before her body is fully mature.

Therefore, getting pregnant at that time can not only ensure that both mother and baby are safer during childbirth, but also ensure that the fetus is healthier and less prone to certain congenital diseases.Now Meng Gu is only fourteen (men are considered to be false years old, women are considered to be real years old), according to what my husband said, her body has not yet reached a good chance of conception, so my husband asked her to study with peace of mind first, and it would not be too late to discuss this matter after a few years. "

Li Shizhen's reputation is too great, since Gao Wushi said that this is what "Mr. Binhu said", Huang Zhiting did not dare to doubt it, but she was a little discouraged and worried, and said sullenly: "Then what should I do these few years?"

Gao Wushi looked like "I'm going to faint", Liu Xin couldn't help laughing and said, "I don't think it's a big deal, I just want Mrs. Lao to have another one."
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