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Chapter 399 Wives and Concubines

Chapter 399 Wives and Concubines

When they came to Xue's house, Zhang Qing went to play cards with Mrs. Xue, and Guo Caiyue, led by the maid, came to the backyard.

Xue Xiaoxiao was practicing martial arts. When she saw Guo Caiyue coming, she didn't stop, she was still dancing with her sword.

Guo Caiyue didn't bother, she stood aside and watched.

After Xue Xiaoxiao finished a set of sword skills, she panted a little, put down her long sword, and said with a smile: "Sister Caiyue, what do you think of my practice?"

Xue's family passed down halberd techniques, which Xue Xiaoxiao didn't practice very much. Xue Rengui only taught her some boxing skills.

Xue Xiaoxiao's swordsmanship was taught by Guo Caiyue, so she naturally has the right to speak.

Guo Caiyue smiled and said, "That's right, in such a short period of time, you have already practiced well. But if you want to master it, you still need to practice hard."

"I know, I will definitely work hard." Xue Xiaoxiao said, waving her powder fist.

Guo Caiyue pursed her lips and said, "It's enough to practice and play martial arts. We women can't go to the battlefield, and we still have to marry in the end."

Both of her parents died since she was a child, and Guo Lanhua raised her.

Guo Lanhua didn't want martial arts to be lost, so she taught Guo Caiyue martial arts, but she didn't want Guo Caiyue to go out of the rivers and lakes like her.

In addition to teaching Guo Caiyue martial arts, she also taught her three obediences and four virtues, sewing and mending.

"My mother said the same thing, but I like to practice martial arts." Xue Xiaoxiao said, sticking out her tongue.

The two chatted for a while, Xue Xiaoxiao asked: "Sister Caiyue, how many years older than me are you, did your grandma not arrange a marriage for you?"

A trace of unnaturalness flashed across Guo Caiyue's face, and she said, "Why did you ask this suddenly?"

"It's not my mother. During this time, she keeps saying that I'm not young, and that she wants to find a wife for me. It's so annoying." Xue Xiaoxiao pouted.

"Women always want to marry, Mrs. Xue is doing it for your own good." Guo Caiyue said.

Xue Xiaoxiao said unwillingly: "But my mother chose all the generals in my brother's army, and I don't like any of those people."

The Xue family was originally a family of military generals, so Mrs. Xue naturally would not look down on military generals.

When Xue Xiaoxiao reached the age of marriage, Mrs. Xue asked Xue Rengui to help find him in the army.

Many generals and schools in the army have already married, and there are very few generals and schools who have not yet married at this age.

In addition, those people are much older than Xue Xiaoxiao, and although they are not ugly, they are also mediocre, so Xue Xiaoxiao naturally looks down on them.

"Mrs. Xue will definitely not harm you. Although their status is not high now, as long as they make meritorious service in the army, they will not worry about their future. Maybe your future husband-in-law will also be able to become a marquis." Guo Caiyue replied. I thought Xue Xiaoxiao disliked those people's low status.

Xue Xiaoxiao blushed slightly, and whispered: "No, I just don't like them like that."

"Then what do you like? Could it be that you already have someone in mind?" Guo Caiyue joked.

"I hate it, Sister Caiyue, you are laughing at me." Xue Xiaoxiao twisted her body and said, "The jade tree facing the wind of the Marquis of Jingyang County, and his martial arts are high. Satisfied."

"I think you belong to my Lord Hou?" Guo Caiyue laughed and said, "But my Lord Hou is already a son-in-law. Even if you want to take a concubine, you need the consent of the princess. Besides, Mrs. Xue Can I agree with you as a concubine?"

The concubines of the Tang Dynasty did not have as many restrictions as in the later dynasties. They were not allowed to take concubines, and they were not allowed to be officials.

According to regulations, concubines in the Tang Dynasty were allowed to take concubines, provided the princess agreed.

The status of concubines in ancient times was very low. In ancient times, Confucian etiquette was advocated, and the etiquette clearly distinguished that in official families, concubines had a similar status to maidservants. They could be bought and sold at will, and their family and social status were not high.

Wife, "one who is on par with her husband", means that her status is the same as that of her husband, the status of a master.The concubine's identity is a servant girl, and the way of serving is to sleep with the master and have children.

Generally speaking, a concubine is either married with the hostess, or bought by the host with money, without going through legal procedures at all. From this perspective, a concubine is more like a commodity.According to the records in the history books, in addition to serving the male master in daily life, the concubine has three functions, each of which sounds humiliating.

The first function is to exchange goods as goods.Many historical celebrities have done the absurd thing of exchanging concubines. For example, Su Shi, a literary giant in the Northern Song Dynasty, even though he wrote good articles, it is unambiguous to sell his concubines.On the way to Huangzhou to take up his post, Su Shi was exhausted because he lacked money to buy a good horse, so he could only walk on his feet.In the end he decided to exchange his concubine Chun Niang for a horse.It can be seen from his poems that "it is only because of the dangers of the mountain journey, so the red powder is exchanged for chasing the wind".It means, because the mountain road is too rough, I had to exchange the beautiful woman for the good horse.

The second function is as a bargaining chip.A typical example is Xin Qiji. Once his wife suddenly became seriously ill. In order to stimulate the doctor's greatest potential and treat his wife with all his heart, Xin Qiji thought of an unreasonable method.He said to the doctor, as long as you can cure my wife's illness, I will reward you with a beautiful concubine.The doctor was elated when he heard it, and he devoted all his energy to seeing a doctor. As a result, he cured Xin Qiji's wife in just a few days.It can be seen from this that the charm of using a concubine as a bargaining chip is still quite large.

The third function is as a service tool.In the Qing Dynasty, there was a famous person named Huang Shiling. His family kept an ancient mirror from the Han Dynasty.It just so happened that another person named Li Mingke also had a soft spot for this ancient mirror.It's a pity that Huang Shiling doesn't sell mirrors no matter how much he pays.Li Mingke later came up with the trick of beauties, and sent a young and beautiful concubine to wash and cook for Huang Shiling every day, rubbing his shoulders and beating his back.In the end, Huang Shiling fell in love with this concubine, so he handed over Gu Jing and embraced the beauty himself.

Therefore, it is impossible for a decent family to let their daughter be someone else's concubine.

Although the status of women is not high, the ancients were very particular about face, unless the family really couldn't live on, and there were prostitutes, so naturally they would not care about these.

Another possibility is that the other party's status is very high, in order to curry favor with the other party.

"No, I just said that I like those who are as capable as the Marquis of Jingyang County." Xue Xiaoxiao defended a sentence, quickly changed the subject, and said, "Sister Caiyue, you haven't said it yet. You are older than me, and your grandma will Didn't I arrange a marriage for you?"

"Of course there are. Grandma is so old, but she still comes to seek refuge with Lord Hou just because she wants me to marry a good family." Guo Caiyue said.

She didn't tell Xue Xiaoxiao, because Zhang Dayong and Cao Hu were reused by Lin Xuan, and Guo Lanhua had intended to betroth her to one of Zhang Dayong and Cao Hu.

Although the two were also in the green forest before, but now they are reused by Lin Xuan, and they have broken away from their previous identities.

Guo Lanhua has always worried that after her granddaughter gets married, the other family will look down on her because of her previous status, but Zhang Dayong and Cao Hu have the same status as them, so naturally there is no such problem.

But she is really not interested in Zhang Dayong and Cao Hu.

"Then sister, does she have someone she likes?" Xue Xiaoxiao was teased by Guo Caiyue before, so naturally she won't let go of this opportunity now.

A figure appeared in Guo Caiyue's mind, and she quickly said, "No."

Xue Xiaoxiao, who didn't get the melon, said with some regret: "It's a pity that my brother has already decided on the marriage, otherwise it would be nice for my sister to be my sister-in-law."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Guo Caiyue was a little ashamed, as if she was going to hit Xue Xiaoxiao.

"Haha~" Xue Xiaoxiao quickly dodged.

(End of this chapter)