Child Bride’s Peaches and Plums Are All Over the World

The maids of Compassion Ning Palace were guarding the gate of the palace, and when they saw Bai Yitang entering the palace gate with Qin Wenyin, they hurriedly went up to greet him, bowed their knees and said: "I have seen Hero Bai, Mrs. Qin, Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Gu."

The four of them returned the salute hurriedly, avoiding to let the people behind go by the side of the road first.

The maid bent her knees and smiled and said: "The Empress Dowager has been thinking of Miss Gu early in the morning, so she asked the servants to wait at the gate of the palace, saying that Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Gu will be led to the back palace as soon as they come. It will be a while before we leave the banquet. It’s never too late to start.”

After that, he led the two of them to sit in the soft sedan chair beside him.

Seeing the two of them hesitate, the maid explained with a smile: "The empress dowager is sympathetic. All the old ladies of each mansion enter the palace in soft sedan chairs this year. The madam is weak, and the wife is carrying a child. The soft sedan chair was ordered by the empress dowager early in the morning. of."

The maid said softly: "Madam and Madam, please don't make things difficult for us."

Qin Wenyin and Li Baolu went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning in soft sedan chairs. As for Bai Yitang and Gu Jingyun, they should naturally go for a walk, where they should go.

Li Baolu carried An An, who was looking around with her head turned around, into the sedan chair. At the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Li Baolu didn't want to enter the palace at first, but the Queen Mother sent a message in advance that she wanted to see An An and Qin Wenyin.

Gu Jingyun guessed something, and as soon as he told Li Baolu, they entered the palace in new clothes.

The Compassionate Ning Palace is very quiet, completely different from the bustle in front of the palace, the maid explained in a low voice: "The guests are all in the Queen's Palace."

Such a point was unnecessary, but the maid still mentioned it, she knew that these two guests were different from others.

Otherwise, the queen mother would not give them special opinion. You must know that the queen mother has not seen anyone in the past six months, and she has not even seen the old lady who is the same age as the queen mother enter the palace to pay her respects.

The palace maid respectfully led the two of them into the Compassionate Ning Palace, and then stopped outside the door, and someone inside led them in.

The Empress Dowager was dressing up, and the nanny just inserted a phoenix hairpin into her head, looked at it for a while and found that there was no problem, then nodded with a smile, "Your Majesty, look, are you satisfied?"

The Empress Dowager looked at the clear person in the mirror, smiled slightly and said, "That's right, the diorama is just for your convenience, unlike our bronze mirror, which makes you see blurry."

Mammy smiled.

"But the bronze mirror also has the advantages of the bronze mirror. Sometimes it is not beautiful to see too clearly."

Mammy smiled and said nothing, bowed and stepped aside. The maid outside just came in to report, "Your Majesty, Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Gu with Miss Gu are already waiting in the front hall."

"Why are you so unfamiliar, please come to the back, Chunxi is breastfeeding, so I won't serve her tea, and give her a hot bowl of goat's milk."

The palace maid responded, Qin Wenyin and Li Baolu were immediately led to the outer room, and the Empress Dowager walked out of the inner room to meet them.

Li Baolu hugged An An and was about to kneel down. The queen mother immediately raised her hand and said, "There is no need to be polite, come and help Mrs. Qin and Mrs. Gu up."

Li Baolu insisted on hugging An An and kowtowed to the queen mother, and then sat down on Qin Wenyin's lower chair.

The queen mother's gaze was first on An An, seeing her staring straight at her with her round eyes open, not only not afraid of life, but also screaming from her with her hands open.

The Empress Dowager's already cold heart couldn't help but soften, she beckoned and said, "Hurry up and let me have a look."

Li Baolu stepped forward with An An in his arms, half-sat on the couch and handed the child over to her to see.

The queen mother took it directly, only to feel that her arm was heavy, she couldn't help but narrowed her eyes with a smile, "Oh, it's really heavy, it's been more than six months?"

"Six months and eleven days."

"It doesn't look too bad for an eight or nine-month-old child. It's really well-raised." The queen mother smiled and said, "Just like the prince, I remember that the prince was also strong and naughty when he was young, just like a calf. Yo, no one can control him. His father was weak since he was a child, and he was happy to see his body strong, but this kind of energy made him trouble. I remember that he entered the palace one year, and the palace people ran away without watching him When he arrived at the imperial garden, he directly pulled out the chrysanthemum in the imperial garden, and his grandfather was so angry that he wanted to beat him with a whip..."

The queen mother smiled slightly when she said this, looked at An An and smiled and said: "This child is lucky and well-raised. I heard that Qinghe also dotes on her very much. You still put her on your neck and go shopping every morning?"

Li Baolu was slightly embarrassed, and said with a chuckle: "This child has a very domineering temper. We used to only take her to play in the garden, and she would go to the garden every day. Later, her father accidentally took her out of the house , then she must go out for a walk every day, otherwise she will howl until the sky falls, so her father can't help it..."

"That's what you're used to," the queen mother said with a smile, "but it's a good thing to be able to pamper your children. I'm afraid you won't be able to pamper your children if you want to..."

That was the case with her and the prince back then. The grandson was so healthy and lively. Don't she and her son want to get used to him?

But under such circumstances, wanting to get used to the child has become a luxury, and they can only suppress him to be sensible.

The Queen Mother touched An An's head and smiled at Li Baolu: "I saw your book at the Emperor's place a while ago. It is very well written, but there is always something left to be desired. Do you want to write another book?"

"No plans yet."

"Is everything in the book true?"

"It's all from Qiongzhou's experience."

The queen mother sighed, "Women in the world are too difficult. The status of women in the previous dynasty was not weak. There were even female generals. Even though the official position was humble, they were still in rank. But later, the borders were stable, the country was peaceful and the people were safe, and I don't know where to fight." The unhealthy tendencies caused by women require women to wear veils and hats when they go out, otherwise they will damage their virtues. Later, when the kings in the court become more stupid and courtiers become more incompetent, the fetters on women are even deeper. It is an honor for the husband's family to compete for a chastity arch..."

Seeing the surprise in Baolu's eyes, she smiled and said, "Why, I don't think Bengong is the one who wants to say these things?"

Li Baolu bowed her head in embarrassment.

Yes, the Empress Dowager is the mother of the country, and everything she says and does represents Great Chu and the attitude of the royal family. It is obviously inappropriate for her to support women so clearly.

The queen mother didn't care and said: "The attitude of this palace is not a secret, it's just that you are young and don't know it."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Qin Wenyin and said with a smile, "Wen Yin should know about it."

Qin Wenyin stood up and slightly bent her knees, "Yes."

The Empress Dowager nodded slightly, pressed her hands to let her sit down, turned her head and continued to talk to Baolu: "Empress Wenxiao ordered Songshan Academy and Qingxi Academy to open women's schools more than a hundred years ago. It was difficult. After more than 30 years Only when women's studies are accepted by more people, and every family in Beijing is willing to send their daughters and granddaughters to colleges, women's studies have gradually emerged. And in your mother-in-law's generation, women's studies were the most popular."

"Women's studies only picked up when I was studying. At that time, what we had to study in school was women's history. From ancient times to the present, outstanding women and dull women." There is no obstruction, because I know that the more I obstruct, the more thoroughly the women's school will be withdrawn. So I am indifferent, but this does not mean that I have forgotten my original intention."

"You showed me the emperor's booklet, you are very caring, but what I want to tell you is not enough."

Li Baolu opened her mouth slightly.

The queen mother hugged An'an and said in a low voice: "I don't agree with your second request. If you want to run a technical school, you can only do it yourself. Chunxi, you have to know that all the people standing on the top are men. You If they run the school themselves, they might not think too much about it, but if the imperial court runs the school, then the matter will most likely fail.”

Only then did Li Baolu understand the reason why the Queen Mother told her so much, it was to explain to her.

She nodded after thinking about it.

The Queen Mother is willing to explain in person, which shows their sincerity.

Li Baolu got up and knelt and said: "Chunxi understands, empress, don't worry, I will tell His Majesty to withdraw the second clause when I turn around."

The Empress Dowager smiled slightly, glanced at Mammy, and said with a smile to Baolu: "Although you can't be named as the imperial court, I am willing to help you."

She blinked and said with a smile: "After all, I am also a daughter."

The mother handed over a sandalwood box, and the queen mother handed it to Li Baolu and said: "This is what I want, don't refuse, running a school is not such a simple matter, and it requires a lot of money. You and Qinghe have such a thin family background. Impossible to bear."

Li Baolu took it after thinking about it, knelt down and thanked the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager supported her with one hand and said, "It would be great if you can understand me and the emperor."

Li Baolu knew that the emperor had the intention of Zen, and wanted to announce it at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet. Li Baolu felt that it would be unkind to delay the promise the emperor left her to the next generation. Anyway, there was only the last promise left, and she did I remembered one, so I wrote an excerpt for the emperor.

And the promise she wants is simple and simple, and it is not simple or simple.

The simplicity lies in amending a law, not the simplicity in that it involves politics.

Li Baolu asked the emperor to amend the household registration law to relax the conditions for female households and at the same time relax the right of female households to inherit property.

There are female households in Dachu, and there are only two situations for female households in Dachu, and the review is very strict.

One is that the parents have no children, only a daughter, and they can recruit a son-in-law to pass on to the family. At this time, the household registration is a female household.

However, to set up a female household, half of the property needs to be handed over to the public.

The second is that widows who have no children but do not want to return to their natal family or remarry can establish a female household, but the examination of this kind of situation is more stringent. Ninety-nine cases out of 100 will not be passed, because she will change to The female household yamen will not only ask her husband's family's intentions, but also confiscate two-thirds of her property.

Therefore, the female households in Dachu are almost cut off. When encountering the first situation, it is obvious that the son-in-law is recruited, but in order not to hand over the half of the property, the son-in-law is only recruited in private. The child takes the mother's surname, but according to the law, the head of the house is still the man who was recruited.

Therefore, when a woman's parents die, the son-in-law will sell the son and wife to monopolize the wife's property.

Because as a husband, he really has the right to sell his wife and children.

But if a man is a son-in-law according to the law, his status is lower than that of his wife, and he has no right to sell his wife, let alone occupy her property.

Because his son's inheritance rights are one step ahead of him.

What Li Baolu mentioned was to relax the standards for female households. Even ordinary women can establish female households, as long as they can afford the taxes.