An arrogant concubine fell from the harem

Chapter 221 Don’t Lose Your Mind Carelessly (2)

The Queen Mother was furious: "Jinlian, when did you become sensible? Let the Ai family stop worrying?"

I blinked my eyes, a little bit aggrieved: "Chen Qie is not ignorant, Chen Qie seems to be—well, seems to be very obedient."

The queen mother glared at me: "This is called obedient? Look at you now, what do you say? Is archery something a lady should do?"

I muttered: "The concubine has nothing to do, so boring."

The queen mother said: "You have nothing to do, you can read a book."

"Reading? What are you reading?" I asked.

The queen mother took out two prepared books and handed them to me.I took it, and when I saw the words on it, I was stunned and asked stammeringly: "Mother, Empress Dowager, what kind of book is this?"

The queen mother said: ""Women's Training" and "Women's Filial Piety"."

With a blank face, I turned over.What kind of "Women's Training" and what kind of "Book of Filial Piety for Women" books are almost like heavenly books.The characters inside are traditional characters, with more strokes than the complicated etiquette in the palace, which made me dizzy and dim-sighted. Seven out of ten characters I don’t know, and the three I know, There are two guesses, not necessarily correct, and the one with fewer strokes can barely know what the word is.

Seeing my sad face, the Queen Mother asked, "What's the matter?"

I murmured: "Chen, my concubine should not read it."

The queen mother said: "Why don't you read it? These two books are specially brought by the Ai family for you to read, so that you can learn how to be a human being." Then she said: "This "Women's Training" was taught by Cai Yong, a celebrity in the Han Dynasty. A short article written by a daughter, the Book of Commandments, is the elders’ expectations for their children to be good, upright, and self-cultivating. There is also this "Nv Xiao Jing", which is a classic of etiquette to educate women, explaining the meaning of filial piety and various women's etiquette specification."

My face was more bitter than bitter gourd, so I had to honestly say in a low voice: "Queen Mother, my concubine can only read a little bit, and most of the words in the book are not, what do you think? Besides, the two This book is probably not worth reading, and the concubine probably won't be able to read it."

The queen mother was very surprised, and stared at me: "Jinlian, what are you talking about? You can't read? How could you not be able to read?" The queen mother couldn't believe it, and asked me: "Did your mother teach you how to read?"

I was so frightened that my legs went limp and I almost sat down on the ground.

(End of this chapter)