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My family is from the Youyang Sheng family, which is famous in Jinling. My great-great-grandfather was lucky enough to be a prostitute but died young. My great-grandfather, Sheng Honggong, was already an official when he became an official. All of them were Jinshi in the second rank and became an official. Among them, my My grandfather, Sheng Changbai Gong, was a veteran of two dynasties who had been granted the title of Mingchen Pavilion. He entered the pavilion four times, paid homage to the prime minister, served in six ministries and ten provinces, and had disciples and former officials all over the world. Huo Ran? Wen????.

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And I am just a little concubine in this noble family, born from an unpopular son.

My grandfather was strict in running the family, and everyone under him asked to cultivate his moral integrity first and then manage the country and bring peace to the world. However, if he behaved inappropriately, he would be dealt with immediately according to the family law. Everything went well until now, with the exception of my father.

When my father was young, my grandfather was transferred to the northwest as a feudal official, and my grandmother accompanied him as usual. She had to leave the frail child to be raised by my great-grandmother, Mrs. Wang. The old man felt a little pampered. When her grandparents returned to Beijing, her father He has been raised to be arrogant and indulgent.

Later, my grandfather tried to discipline me several times, but my great-grandmother always cried and screamed that she wanted to live or die. After all, my grandfather was busy with court affairs and could not fight with mother and child every day. My father lived like this until he got married and had children.

Why is he neither above nor below? You can say that he is up to date, but he only has a junior in the Sheng family, which is known to be full of hairpins. But if you say that he is a scum, he does not dare to hang out with the dandies of the capital and cause any drama with outsiders. Come.

When I could walk and jump, I could still see my great-grandmother hugging my father, who was a very old man, and crying to my grandfather who was holding the family law: "...Who said my Ah Huan is not good? It is difficult for ordinary people to produce a Jinshi. The ancestors of the Sheng family burned high-quality incense, and most of their children and grandchildren can read, which makes Ah Huan inferior in every way. What's wrong with having a few girls? I know you don't like me, so you feel sorry for Ah Huan more when you see me. , you just want to torment him to death, oh, why don’t I just hit him to death first..."

Facing the grandfather and grandson who were crying together, Grandpa Rao had no choice but to give up. The embarrassed grandmother turned to comfort her daughter-in-law and said that the matter was over.

My mother-in-law and my father had no relationship at all. After giving birth to a son and a daughter, the couple basically had nothing to do with each other. Their biggest pastime was to use art to satirize my father. Sometimes they wrote limericks, sometimes they drew pictures, and they often used jokes about my father. As a negative example, I taught my brother to study hard and cultivate himself and reflect on himself.

Dad couldn't afford to offend his aunt, so he had to stay away from her. Except for the few days of the month that were restricted by the family rules, he stayed with Xiaoxing on weekdays. My aunt only got four days a month.

With my father's courage and wisdom, he did not dare to get acquainted with any strange woman who had a "despicable heart", and no one offered him good concubines, so all his concubines were maids in the house.

My aunt was neither high nor low in my father's army. She was not as favored as Aunt Li later, nor was she as desolate as Aunt Zhao, who had lost her lust before she got old. Her biggest competitor was the one who lived across the door. Aunt Qiu.

The two of them were sold into the Sheng Mansion, and then into the inner house to become the young master's maidservants. Aunt Qiu beat them to their wedding by twenty years, but it was my aunt who took care of her aunt too early. She even gave birth to a daughter only half a month apart. It's really amazing. Fight to the death and meet your opponent.

The maids and even the cats on both sides never interacted with each other, which made even Aunt Qiu's seventh sister look at me like a black-eyed chicken - their biggest competition at the moment is to see who will be the father-in-law.

Why bother?

I'm not saying why did the two aunts go to such trouble? Giving birth is the biggest proposition and pursuit in a woman's life, and of course she should work hard. I mean, why did the seventh sister go to such trouble?

My eldest cousin, who was born as a concubine, was already married. At that time, my eldest uncle was an official in the Zhengliu Hall, and because of my grandfather’s prestige, she was betrothed to a wealthy family member. Based on this calculation, my father was just a junior, and he was not liked by my grandfather. It was about seven sisters and I.

In the future, she will either be a scholar's wife, or she will be the wife of a gentry, or maybe even the boss's wife of a merchant.

It's just half a catty to eight taels. It depends on whether the seventh sister would rather ask about status or silver ingots. Anyway, I'm fine. With our family background and family tradition, we won't use our daughters to cling to the powerful, and we won't let our aunt torment us.

The concubine deliberately promised to marry a second time, but the conditions were limited. The father was basically a white man. Everything was almost destined, so there was nothing to argue about.

The seventh sister couldn't think of it. From her appearance to her upbringing, she tried to outdo me in every aspect, and won an overwhelming victory.

My aunt hates that iron cannot be made into steel, and she chases me and talks about it every day. I am annoyed, and I can't help but educate her in turn: Why do you want to be so outstanding as a concubine? Wouldn't it be a shame to compete with your legitimate daughter? It's just like you

If the aunt is more virtuous than the main wife, is capable of doing things, is famous for her many talents, and is deeply in love with the master and promises to live forever - then she is probably not far away from death.

My aunt couldn't help me, so she could only beat her chest and scold me for being unmotivated: "What the hell is wrong with you? You are so determined to not make progress."

I said I don't dare, I'm just good at observing.

There were two famous concubine aunts in my grandfather's generation. One of them not only married into a distinguished family, but also devoured her husband to death. Old Gu Hou, who stomped his feet and shook his head in court, had been devoted to her all his life.

, it is said that from the day his great-aunt entered the house, he would not even ride a mare anymore. At that time, his great-aunt fell ill and could not see well. It is said that old Guhou, who had been strong in the battlefield for decades, cried as if he was dead.

Dad - of course, his father died long ago.

He is already sixty or seventy years old, so what?

Such a special favor would inevitably attract criticism from the powerful nobles in the capital. My aunt Pian was a very good person. From the family members of the British Duke's family, to the Marquis of Weibei, to the Zheng family, the Bo family, the Fu family, the Duan family... many high-ranking families.

Her family members all became friends with her, and everyone followed her, and no woman with an itchy tongue would dare to say anything. Moreover, facts have proven that my great-aunt was a prosperous husband, and she gave birth to four children in one breath, all of whom were promising and successful.

The rate is higher than that of my grandfather.

The youngest fourth uncle in the Gu family neither practiced martial arts nor wanted to get married. He traveled all over the country and completed the "Jiangshan Quanyu Zhi" when he was sixteen years old.

The local customs and customs, the beautiful mountains and rivers are recorded in a volume, the words are elegant and vivid, lifelike, making the readers feel as if they are there, and the paper in Luoyang is expensive for a while; the colors of the drawings are meandering and dreamy, and the ruler is precise. Standing in front of the picture of four or five people wide and tall, the beautiful mountains and rivers

It seems as if it is coming to the face, and those who look at the picture can't even breathe - among them, the customs chapter has been hung on the inner wall of the main hall of Qianqing Palace, while the military chapter is secretly hidden in the Ministry of War.

Because he was overtaken by his uncle who liked to sail eastward by boat, the fourth uncle had no choice but to go west, along the ancient road that Zhang Qian, the Han Dynasty envoy, walked on. A yellow sand pass mountain, a shocking desert sunset, and the barren sand where bones are buried, but...

Can grow beautiful flowers, stand proudly and stubbornly, and never change for thousands of years - I, who have never been heartless, couldn't help but shed tears when I read this paragraph.

The latest news about the fourth uncle is that it seems that at a young age, he has charmed the only daughter of a certain king in the Far Western Region. He plans to stay there and eat tender grass while recruiting a consort to inherit the throne.

Inspired by his uncle and his fourth uncle, all ambitious people in the world were proud to follow his example and traveled east and west to explore the world.

For the girls of the Sheng family, this great-aunt is their idol, a role model, and the way forward. Both the concubine and the daughter-in-law wish they could not follow her legend. Unfortunately, they have not yet.

As the saying goes, those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. This great-aunt's career in the boudoir was both ordinary and low-key. She was famous for her talents, virtues, and benevolence... she was never particularly outstanding. She only heard about her filial piety and her close relationship with her great-great-grandmother. She fought with her grandfather several times to support her great-grandmother, but she was repelled several times by her grandfather, and she was angrily defeated. When she became a grandmother herself, she still persisted in her evil intentions. Fortunately, her grandfather was also strong and strong, and successfully kept her where she lived until she grew old.

——Judging from the rumors, this great-aunt seems to be completely unknown in the boudoir. How can we get used to it?

The girl's family has no chance to show off, so they can only work hard. The most beloved fifth cousin spent a whole year writing a 60-line poem "Yong Mei" to congratulate her grandfather on his 60th anniversary. On her birthday, unexpectedly, she only got a brief sentence from her grandfather: "The main thing in governing women in the boudoir is to cultivate their moral character." The fifth cousin's eyes were red at that time.

In fact, the fourth cousin has the best poetry. That year, she received a lot of praise for her five-character quatrain at the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet held at Princess Fuyang's mansion. After she came back, she had her grandmother scold her and she was punished for copying. Moon sutra and female precepts.

'The princess clearly wanted to make her daughter stand out, so she specially invited the nerdy emperor to come and listen, so that her cousins ​​could cook better. What trouble would she make?' - The cousin who had always been at odds with her fourth cousin was proud. Said proudly.

My grandfather dislikes girls reciting poems and painting, while my grandmother dislikes girls showing off outside. This is because my equally famous great-aunt went out on her own because she was dissatisfied with the marriage arranged by her great-grandfather. When looking for a husband, you don't know how to behave in front of everyone. Although the marriage was finally achieved, people still occasionally use it to make excuses.

In the end, she didn't fall in love either. She gave birth to five golden flowers in one go, and each of them married at a young age. The reason why I knew it so well was because my great-aunt of the Liang family was looking for a son-in-law all over the world and couldn't find a good one, so she wanted to marry her daughter back to her parents' family. I My father and an uncle, an uncle from my fourth grandfather's family, made the whole family aware of it, but they were all declined.

Only this aunt's direct brother and sister-in-law reluctantly accepted one, and she was still a commoner. However, I heard that the relationship between the couple was quite good, and now they are doing business with the uncle of Dafangtang in their hometown.

Since the daughters of the Sheng family are already so colorful and lively, there is no need for me to join in the fun. They eat and sleep every day. There are only a few female celebrities, and I don’t bother to ask. I know that Li Bai and Li Bai are the same person, and Li Guang and Li Guangli are two people. Even if it's almost done.

When I was nine years old, the seventh sister across from me grew taller and slimmer. She was already very handsome at a young age, with waist and legs, but I grew longer and rounder. Because of my small frame and body covered with flesh, I was chubby. Live like a little pig.

My aunt was crying for me, thinking that I had let down her beauty, abandoned myself, degenerated, and destroyed myself. My aunt knew all these idioms, and she was doing it while serving my father in the study. , all used on me.

I patiently continued the counter-education: A girl gets married in her teens, then serves her parents-in-law, pleases her sister-in-law and uncle, tutors her husband, and then stays with concubines to live in the same room. She watches others eat, and stands while others sit. No matter how miserable I feel

, have a smile on your face... After enduring this for decades, until you become a mother-in-law, you can finally bully other people's daughters to vent your anger - but if the mother-in-law is not dead, then it is not over yet, and you will continue to endure it.

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The only real comfort in my life is the years I spent as a daughter. Although I was born as a concubine, I was lucky enough to have a strict grandmother and an aunt who ran the house well. The servants did not dare to watch people serving dishes. Even if I was born a concubine, I did not need to

I have to fight hard for food, clothing, and favors. In that case, why don't I enjoy this rare day.

Like the seventh sister, she obviously likes to eat butter cake, she likes it to death, but she refuses to eat it, letting the sad saliva flow back into her intestines, watching me sip it one bite at a time, her eyes are about to spit out fire.

His face was blue, his nostrils were flaring, like a hungry frog.

Again, why bother? When you get married, you might not be able to eat anything you want.

My aunt couldn't argue with me, so she said I was being unreasonable, but I still went my own way. Seeing that I was unteachable, my aunt had to devote all her enthusiasm to the cause of trying to please my father and have a son.

When he was ten years old, his grandfather's old friend Qi Guogong finally ended his more than ten years of exile and returned to Beijing to serve as a cabinet minister in the Sixth Ministry. He and his grandfather had been friends since childhood, classmates, the same year, and colleagues, and they were brothers.

That year during the Lantern Festival, because the children, grandchildren and daughters-in-law of the Qi family had not yet returned from other places, my husband came to the house to celebrate the festival with my family. My grandfather called the children and grandchildren of the house to kowtow to my husband.

As usual, I wore a festive red coat, wrapped up like a rice dumpling. On my chest was the golden lock that all sisters have. On my hair, I had two round and fat hairdos, which were simply tied with a string of red coral beads.

——It’s not that my aunt didn’t want to give me a bun and a hairpin, but my little fleshy face didn’t look right, so I had to give up.

Looking at the seventh sister, who was wearing an exquisite peach-red waisted long coat embroidered with gold and folded flowers, with a small beaded hairpin hanging gracefully from her temples, as beautiful as a spiritual bird, my aunt looked at me again and almost thought in annoyance

Cried.

I squeezed in among my brothers and sisters to pay homage to the Duke of Qi. My grandfather and father-in-law above me were carrying a few cousins ​​to talk to me. I began to feel sleepy and slowly and quietly moved to an inconspicuous corner.

"That fat girl in red clothes, come here and let me take a look."

The voice was old and clear, like a breeze blowing away the stale air in the room. Everyone looked at me. I shuddered, woke up immediately, and was pushed to the front.

I timidly raised my head and looked at my grandfather first - his expression was very complicated, he frowned and looked at his friend beside me, thoughtfully. But the old Duke of Qi was very kind, patting my fat pig's trotters and saying,

They asked me how old I was, what books I read, and what I like to eat. When he found out that I was going to the sixth grade, the old man was particularly happy and said repeatedly: "Okay, the sixth grade is going well, good!"

What's good? There are many girls in the family, so there is no formal naming, but they call me "Wu Niang, Qi Niang" and so on in the order of teeth. My second cousin, who loves to joke, sees that I am kind and rarely gets angry, so she calls me "Xiao Liu".

Come for fun.

I am a typical bastard. Except when I am educating my aunt, I don’t really speak well outside. I answer every question my husband asks me, and I am dull and dull. However, my husband is patient with me and listens to my stumbling with a smile.

While saying silly things, the eyes of the fifth cousin beside her almost burst out of their sockets - she is obviously the smartest, best-spoken and most lovable girl in the house!

Before he left, the old man gave me a palm-sized mutton-fat jade tablet. The jade tablet was completely clear, clean and moist. Although I didn’t know much about the product, judging from the gasps of my aunt next to me, it must be quite valuable.

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After that day, my cousin said something very harsh and mean about me, such as 'ugly people tend to do evil things', and 'such a fat and stupid person has brought shame on the Sheng family', and even ignored my fourth cousin who was relatively friendly.

As for the fifth cousin, she deliberately went to be friendly with the seventh sister and criticized her from time to time. I felt very sad because I obviously didn’t do anything bad. To be precise, I didn’t do anything, yet I had to be bullied.

My aunt was very happy and kept saying that the old Duke of Qi was a wise man. Half a day ago, she thought I was a "pig", but now I am a "pearl". Power and wealth are so good, everything can be changed.

My aunt asked me what my husband looked like, but I couldn't answer. At that time, I was just scared, afraid of being scolded for being inappropriate or disrespectful. Later, I thought back on it - Mr. Qi was about the same age as my grandfather. He was also white-faced, long-bearded, and slender.

There is a sense of majesty in it.

But it's not all the same. My grandfather has always been serious and serious, but his eyes are serious and sharp, but the old prince is a little more elegant. He smiles, and his smiling eyes are raised slightly, just like the breeze flowing on the river bank, blowing on his face refreshingly.

Comfortable.

I never knew that an old man could be so beautiful.

The second uncle of the Gu family is also very handsome, but he just follows his grandfather's example. He either doesn't speak, and never has anything good to say when he opens his mouth. He is really a waste of money. The older he gets, the more powerful he is. Many senior officials are weak in the knees when he sees it, and no one dares to
To be continued...