The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 696 Father is the Emperor!
Ying Zheng glanced at the people and said with a gentle smile: "Father will give you two more suggestions. The first point is that although it is very important to find someone you like, it is even more important to find someone who truly likes you."

Ying Zheng paused for a moment and continued, "Although you are the daughter of our father, no matter who you marry, that person will not dare to treat you with any disrespect. But if you are just respectful to each other and lack sincere feelings for each other, that is definitely not a good thing."

Ying Zheng shook his head slightly, and then said jokingly: "Besides, girls are outgoing. If you find a man you love, if he is bullied, it will be difficult for your father to take charge of you. Your father can kill him with just one word, but by then, I'm afraid you will blame your father instead."

Ying Zheng's last teasing remark made Ying Yi curl her lips again. Her charming expression was like peach blossoms blown by the wind in spring. She said in a delicate voice:
"Father must be lying to me. Father will always be the most important person in Yier's heart. How could I blame father for outsiders?" As she spoke, she stomped her feet lightly, and the bright red palace skirt fluttered with her movements.

Ying Jing shook Ying Zheng's shoulders affectionately, like a docile little deer, and said coquettishly: "Father, what are you talking about? I won't say that."

Ying Hua looked at Ying Zheng quietly, her bright big eyes blinked like the twinkling stars in the night sky, and then slowly lowered her eyes, and her ink-black long hair fell softly on her shoulders.

Ying Zheng laughed and continued, "There is also a second point, which is to find a reliable and responsible man. The most important thing for a man is responsibility! A man who is irresponsible is definitely not acceptable."

Ying Jing nodded seriously at this, and she very much agreed with this statement.

After Ying Zheng finished speaking, he did not want to say anything more. He stretched out his big, generous hands and gently rubbed his daughters' heads one by one. With a smile on his face, he said, "Okay, that's all for today. If you have any problems on weekdays, please discuss them with your mother. You can also ask your mother the same way."

Ying Zheng paused, and then used the method of transmitting sound into secret, and said softly to Ying Hua: "Hua'er, what's most important is what you like, don't pay too much attention to other people's requests. With father here, no one can force you. Father will talk to your mother."

Upon hearing this, Ying Hua pursed her lips slightly and revealed a faint smile. Her eyes, like the bright moon and stars, instantly emitted a dazzling light, and she nodded so slightly that others could hardly notice.

Ying Zheng sighed in his heart. Although Mi Yun did not treat his children differently over the years, it still left some psychological trauma on Ying Hua when he was young.

Moreover, Mi Yun herself had always been brooding over this matter. She favored boys over girls, so among her three children, the one she loved the most and disciplined the most was naturally Fusu, followed by her second son Yuanheng.

The eldest daughter, on the other hand, can never get to the front of the queue.

Ying Zheng had no way to deal with this. Mi Yun didn't abuse or care about Ying Hua, she was just partial to him. Even the Jade Emperor couldn't do anything about it!
It was a slap, and the five fingers were of different lengths, so no one could do anything about it.

Not to mention Mi Yun, with so many children, Ying Zheng himself was extremely partial to them.

Ying Zheng has made up his mind to warn Mi Yun not to suppress Ying Hua.

Everyone knows how much Ying Zheng doted on his three daughters, making them the best choices for marriage.

Ying Zheng estimated that if he did not sternly warn Mi Yun, there was a 99% chance that she would sell herself to him at a good price, regardless of Ying Hua's wishes, so that Ying Hua could help Fusu's path to the throne.

After comforting Ying Hua, Ying Zheng smiled and said, "Okay, your father will accompany you today, and we will go and have fun."

"That's great! Long live father≧▽≦!" Upon hearing this, Ying Yi's eyes lit up with excitement and he almost jumped up.

"My son wants to play polo!"

Ying Jing retorted, "Father, playing polo takes up too much time and is too troublesome. I have to change clothes and bother my brothers and sisters. Let's play chess instead."

She tilted her head slightly, then added, "Well, playing mahjong is also OK!"

When Ying Yi heard this, she immediately objected loudly: "No, we must play polo!"

Looking at his two daughters facing each other again, Ying Zheng shook his head in a headache and hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "Okay, okay, let's play polo first, and then play chess during the break."

"Hua'er, what do you want to play?"

As Ying Zheng spoke, he stood up, slowly walked out of the palace gate with his daughters, and asked as he walked.

"All I have to do is listen to my father." Ying Hua said softly, his voice as gentle as the spring breeze.

After Ying Zheng had spent most of the day playing with the children, everyone separated and the three sisters went back together.

The three of them were riding in a carriage, which was decorated warmly and elegantly, with soft and comfortable brocade cushions. At this moment, they were lazily leaning against each other, having had too much fun today and were indeed a little tired.

The carriage moved forward slowly. On the way back, Ying Jing squinted her eyes, with a mysterious smile on her pretty face, and whispered, "My two sisters, what do you think of what our father said today about our lifelong event?"

Ying Yi was sipping fruit juice. Upon hearing this, he waved his hand indifferently.

"What can I think? Just wait and see, everything will follow fate."

In today's world, the Qin people are confident and open-minded. The isolation and precautions between men and women are not outrageous to a certain extent, nor are they strict and inhumane.

Although we have entered a patriarchal society, women have not completely become vassals of men. Women also have their own status, rights and self-esteem.

In principle, including in law and social morality, men and women have equal rights, but they have different divisions of labor. Of course, in reality, women's status is lower than men's.

However, overall, the gap is not that big, at least there is no problem for women to show up in public.

Even in a family with the strictest family discipline, it is impossible to forbid a daughter from going out and socializing with girls of the same age. Even normal contact with the children of familiar relatives and friends is allowed.

In addition, remarrying after a widow's death or remarrying after a divorce is also normal, and society as a whole is tolerant of this.

Ying Zheng was not interested in putting everything on women. Only when a country is defeated, incompetent and lacks self-confidence will the atmosphere become extremely conservative, and oppression will be put on women to ease social problems and contradictions.

Of course, this does not mean letting things go their own way, being shameless, and allowing women to do whatever they want. This is also absolutely not allowed.

The laws of the Qin Dynasty were mainly about equal rights, with relatively equal treatment in property, marriage, and status. For example, women's dowry property and inheritance rights were protected, and arbitrary beating, scolding, humiliation, and injury were prohibited, as well as arbitrary divorce and degradation of wives. In addition, men and women were equally guilty of domestic violence, and if either man or woman cheated, they could be killed without guilt.

Of course, in reality, the status is still somewhat biased towards men, because there is actually no room for development for women in politics.

There were female officials in the outer court, but they were few and most of them were honorary civil servants. The only one who could stand in the court was Nian Duan. Men of different status could take multiple concubines, but women were forbidden to have sexual relations with multiple men at the same time.

Moreover, women are prohibited from serving as heads of households if they have either a father, a husband or an adult son.

Also, it is said that if either man or woman cheats, they can be killed without guilt, but in practice, the treatment of cheating men is often extremely lenient, and the woman is doomed to die.

But if a man cheats on another man's wife and is caught with both, then both the adulterer and the adulteress are doomed.

But overall, the current social atmosphere is relatively open and honest, the status of men and women is not much different, there is basic respect for women, and there is no such thing as gender opposition.

If we talk about status now, the classes are clearly divided, and it is not the case that we can use the opposition between men and women to cover up the contradictions.

Women acknowledge that this is a man's world, that women have a slightly lower status than men, and that they respect and revere men, but that does not mean that women are useless. Men are also tolerant and relatively respectful of women, and do not regard women as objects, or complete private property.

Women need to rely on men, but men also need women's help. Both are indispensable both internally and externally, and are not absolute vassals.

As for women of noble birth, their status is even higher, and it can be said that their status is no worse than that of men of equal status.

Royal ladies, including many noble ladies, can manage their family businesses. In particular, some royal ladies have certain responsibilities, responsible for managing or supervising many royal exclusive businesses.

And the influence cannot be underestimated. Ordinary ministers cannot enter the palace to meet the emperor at any time, but if you change to a princess, she can enter the palace at any time and meet the queen mother and king at any time.

The closer you are to power and the easier it is to communicate with it at any time, this itself is a great power.

The simplest example is that no one can stand a princess coming into the palace every day to say bad things about you, and the same is true in reverse.

Ying Zheng stipulated that after his sons turned ten and his daughters turned twelve, they could leave the palace freely in their spare time, whether for socializing or entertainment. Of course, the premise was that they could not be disrespectful, and there were many eunuchs, guards and maids accompanying them when they went out.

Even if you are a king or a noble, you cannot stay in the deep palace forever. You have to go out, make friends and subordinates, see the sufferings of the people, and experience the life of the world.

If they are kept in the deep palace for a long time, no matter whether they are men or women, they will inevitably become waste.

There are not many children who can leave the palace at present, but Ying Yi and the other three can leave the palace a long time ago. No matter how good the palace is, you will get bored after staying there for so many years. Today, Xianyang City is the most prosperous city in the world, and playful children naturally like it.

They did not have to be like Fusu and others, who made friends with the sons of the powerful and wealthy in Xianyang as soon as they left the palace and began to build up their own power immediately.

They all made friends with important officials in the court and people of similar age. They went out hunting, sightseeing, and parading together. They also discussed singing, dancing, and poetry. From time to time, they would hold literary and martial arts gatherings for girls.

The main purpose is leisure, after all, girls don’t need to worry too much.

Unlike Ying Zheng's sons, who were so young but had so many thoughts in their hearts, as soon as they left the palace, they were followed by a group of people, all of whom were children of officials of all ranks in the court, and even those who were several years older than them followed them.

After hearing what Ying Yi said, Ying Jing curled her lips secretly and thought to herself, "Foolish elder sister, if you just follow fate, who knows where it will end up!"

Although she thought so in her heart, Ying Jing rolled her eyes and asked, "Sisters, what do you expect from your future husbands? What kind of person do you want to marry?"

Ying Hua kept his eyes closed and leaned quietly in a corner of the carriage, like a quiet painting.

Ying Yi was stumped by the question. She frowned slightly and pointed at her chin with her jade finger painted with light pink nail polish. She had a confused look in her eyes and fell into deep thought.

Seeing that her stupid elder sister was stumped by the question, Ying Jing turned to look at her second elder sister Ying Hua. She had been suppressed by her second elder sister since she was a child.

Seeing her second sister closing her eyes to rest, Ying Jing couldn't help herself and reached out to grab Ying Hua. However, as soon as she stretched out her hand, Ying Hua grabbed her hand and slowly opened her big beautiful eyes. Her eyes were like a deep clear spring and she gave Ying Jing a look full of oppression.

Ying Jing chuckled, took her hand back as if nothing had happened, and asked, "Second sister, what do you think?"

Ying Hua asked back: "What about you? Since you raised this question, what is your answer?"

Ying Jing blinked her charming phoenix eyes, her eyes moved, and looked towards the sky outside the window. Her voice was fluent and firm, and ethereal.

"My future husband must be a great man, a real great man, a real hero!"

"A man like my father, wise, intelligent, strong and heroic!"

Ying Jing's words interrupted Ying Yi's contemplation. Ying Yi couldn't help but burst out laughing and mocked Ying Jing, "Silly sister, how can you say such a stupid thing? How can there be a man like our father in this world?"

"Father is the Son of Heaven!"

"He is a holy monarch who has never been seen before and will never be seen again!" The more Ying Yi spoke, the more proud and excited he became, and he clenched his fists and waved them fiercely.

"Father is destined to unify the world! He is the father of hundreds of millions of subjects!"

"Everywhere the sun shines is the father's land, and everyone who can speak is the father's people."

"My father is majestic and powerful, wise and intelligent, virtuous and talented, and his achievements in civil and military affairs are unparalleled in the world. Even a dragon would bow before my father."

Ying Hua nodded gently in agreement and looked out the window into the distance. His deep eyes were somewhat confused, and he said softly, "There is no one like my father in this world."

"My father is the Son of Heaven, a god."

Ying Jing made a mischievous face and said, "What I mean is that it would be great if my future husband could have some of the qualities that my father has. Of course I know that there will never be another person as great as my father in this world."

"My father is the emperor!" Ying Jing raised her little face, her face full of respect and admiration.

(End of this chapter)