The image of a good girl is in line with the expectations of aristocratic families. Women from aristocratic families must be gentle, quiet, well-educated, and courteous.
The meaning of "gentle and quiet" does not mean that women must have no talent or virtue, and must obey and cater to their father, brother, husband and husband. In fact, people in the Tang Dynasty did not advocate that women must have low eyebrows and obey eyes, and have no talent and virtue.
For example, in the "Book of Jin" written by Fang Xuanling himself, there is a special "Biography of Lienu". The ancient female characters listed in the Biography of Lienu, such as King Wuzhao's Queen Yin, Yang Dan's wife Xin, etc.
These women are all intelligent, resourceful and talented women who are not inferior to their men.
Fang Xuanling made it very clear at the beginning of his biography of women that he hoped that women all over the world would take the characters in the biographies as examples and learn from them.
Fang Xuanling's words are the true mainstream values of the Tang Dynasty today. Women do not have no status, but it is purely a misunderstanding of future generations.
This has nothing to do with whether Empress Wu overturned the world. Before Empress Wu overturned the world, the status of women in the Tang Dynasty was not low.
As for the "Three Obediences and Four Virtues" advocated thousands of years later, it was the so-called literati of later generations who deliberately distorted the traditional customs of the previous dynasties, until the Whip Dynasty finally became more and more perverted and actually required women to bind their feet.
Civilization does not always progress. Especially after barbarians destroy advanced civilization.
The same is true for Cui Jie's education from childhood to adulthood. Her gentleness and quietness are due to her upbringing, but it is definitely not her nature.
The aristocratic family's upbringing of their daughter is not to cultivate her into a body that always has a low eyebrow and a submissive attitude. The aristocratic family wants her to be strong.
Today, Cui Jie is finally strong. The object of her strength is her natal family.
When hundreds of farmers gathered around her and arrived at the Cui family's ancestral home outside Qingzhou City, there was a panic inside and outside the ancestral home.
It wasn't until the servants at the door saw clearly that the leader was actually the eldest lady who had been away from home for a year, that the panic in the ancestral house quickly calmed down.
Soon someone hurriedly reported to the head of the family, Cui Linqian, and outside the gate, the old housekeeper of the Cui family came up to him. He scolded the eldest lady with snot and tears. She was ruthless, cruel and unreasonable. She left so decisively that she didn't even want to leave the family.
In front of the old housekeeper who had taken care of her since childhood, Cui Jieyi's eyes were red, and she almost shed tears when she thought of all the difficult life she had experienced in the past year.
Soon Cui Linqian came out in person. When he saw Cui Jie standing outside the door, Cui Linqian's eyes were red. He raised his feet and was about to greet her. However, thinking of his daughter leaving without saying goodbye a year ago, he suddenly became angry again and groaned heavily.
He made a sound and stood at the door staring at her without saying a word.
When Cui Linqian appeared, Cui Jie finally couldn't help it anymore. Tears suddenly fell from her eyes. She bowed down to Cui Linqian and cried: "Unfilial daughter Cui Jie, please pay homage to your father."
Cui Linqian said angrily: "Why are you coming back? I have long thought that you are no longer my daughter!"
Cui Jie lowered her head and sobbed: "My daughter knows her mistake, please forgive her father."
Seeing Cui Jie's aggrieved look in tears, Cui Linqian's anger immediately subsided a lot.
No matter in ancient or modern times, it seems that a daughter can always be easily forgiven by her father when she makes a mistake. If it were Cui Sheng, he would have become a disabled person at this moment.
Cui Linqian had actually forgiven her a long time ago. When Cui Jie and Cong Shuanggang lived in Ganjingzhuang, the Cui family had already found out the whereabouts of the master and servant. However, Cui Linqian wanted to let Cui Jie practice more outside, and at the same time, for the sake of
Let her have more contact with Li Qinzai and then pretend not to know.
"I suddenly came home today, why didn't you come in? How on earth would it be to stand outside the door?" Cui Linqian still carried his father's majestic air, raised his eyes and glanced at the farmers behind Cui Jie, and said in confusion: "You brought these
person is……"
Cui Jie still knelt down, but her tone gradually became colder: "My daughter is going home today, firstly to see her father and apologize to him, and secondly to seek justice for my future husband-in-law!"
Cui Linqian was stunned, and his expression suddenly became very strange: "You come to your home... to seek justice for your future husband?"
The logic is a bit confusing, and Cui Linqian is still trying to digest the complicated information in this sentence.
"Why did Jie'er say this?"
Cui Jie stared at the door of the Cui family and said coldly: "My father's new wife, I wonder if I can allow my daughter to see her?"
Cui Linqian said dissatisfied: "I have been away from home for a year and have become more and more unruly. Although she is your stepmother, you should still call her 'mother'."
Cui Jie smiled: "It's better to let my daughter see her before we talk."
Cui Linqian glanced at her strangely. He suddenly realized that his daughter was very different from a year ago. He couldn't tell what the specific changes were.
"Let's go in first." Cui Linqian greeted: "After meeting your stepmother, I just want to tell you about your wedding date to the fifth son of the Li family. There is a scholar in the family who is good at counting, and has already calculated an auspicious day for you. I
I have sent a letter to the British Prime Minister..."
Unexpectedly, Cui Jie stood at the door without moving, with a stiff smile on her face: "No, please father, please invite the new lady out. My daughter will meet you outside the door."
Cui Linqian's expression became serious.
He finally discovered what was different about his daughter.
I haven’t seen Cui Jie for a year, but today Cui Jie has a sharp edge, like an unsheathed sword.
"Jie'er, what happened? Did the Wang family provoke the young master of the Li family again?" Cui Linqian asked in a deep voice.
Cui Jie sighed: "My father is in charge of the Cui family in Qingzhou, and there are people in the family who are trying to deceive the superiors and subordinates. This time it has gone so far that even your son-in-law is murdered..."
Cui Linqian was taken aback, and his face suddenly turned ugly.
After a long silence, Cui Linqian turned around and said, "Madam, please come to the door right away, right now!"
Not long after, Mrs. Cui walked out the door proudly surrounded by several servants.
Before anyone arrives, the sound comes first.
"As expected of a daughter from an aristocratic family, when she finally returned home, she had to be greeted by her elders in person. The Cui family's upbringing is quite different from other aristocratic families."
As soon as she finished speaking, Ms. Cui Wang stepped out of the door. She was wearing a palace skirt and her hair was in a bun. Surrounded by her servants, she showed her grace and grace. In addition to being beautiful, she was also a bit domineering.
Cui Jie raised her eyes and looked at the so-called stepmother she had never met before.
Cui Wangshi was also sizing her up. Seeing that Cui Jie was young and beautiful, and her pretty face was even more beautiful without any makeup, Cui Wangshi couldn't help but flashing a trace of jealousy in her eyes.
When a woman is jealous of another woman, it is first of all out of shame.
One is losing her youth, and the other is a proud daughter of heaven. Even if there is no grudge, they are destined to be unable to get along well with each other.
Cui Jie looked directly into Mrs. Cui Wang's eyes, but she didn't move her body and had no intention of saluting her stepmother.
Cui Linqian stood aside with a frosty face.
From his daughter's few words, he had realized that his new wife might have done something evil without telling him.
After a long silence, Mrs. Cui sneered: "I have personally welcomed her out the door, and I am still waiting for my daughter to salute her stepmother. Husband, you must not neglect your upbringing, or else you will lose face to the Cui family when you go out."
Cui Linqian said nothing with a cold face.
Cui Wang finally realized that something was wrong in the atmosphere, and when she looked at Cui Jie's eyes, she was suddenly shocked.
This is not the expression and look that a junior should have when meeting an elder. It is clear that enemies are extremely jealous when they see each other.
After a long time, Cui Linqian looked at Mr. Wang and suddenly said: "Last time you sent your servant to Weinan County without permission and was rude to my daughter. I have already said that and you will not do it again."
Cui Wang's face was ugly, and she tried her best to squeeze out a smile: "Yes, I know I was wrong last time."
"You know your mistakes, but you don't change them? Do you think I'm easy to fool?" Cui Linqian stared at her with cold eyes.
The powerful and fierce momentum made Cui Wangshi change color suddenly, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
"I...I don't understand what your husband said. I have been keeping my peace since I made a mistake last time. I haven't done anything to be sorry for my husband or the Cui family..."
Cui Jie, who had been silent until now, suddenly said: "It doesn't matter whether you admit it or not. When I come back today, I should greet you as a junior, but you are as vicious as a snake and a scorpion. I really can't bear to bow to you..."
Mrs. Cui was stunned for a moment, and then became angry: "Cui Jie, what do you mean by saying this?"
Cui Jie stared at her and said calmly: "Wang Cong'an in Chang'an City has been captured by Baiqisi. He has attacked them all."
Mrs. Cui was shocked and her face turned pale instantly.
Cui Linqian asked in confusion: "Jie'er, what happened?"
Cui Jie said: "A few days ago, Li Qinzai was assassinated in Ganjingzhuang. Does father know about this?"
Cui Linqian nodded: "I heard about it. Fortunately, there was no danger, but what I heard was the work of the envoy to the Tang Dynasty who was stranded in Chang'an. Isn't it right?"
Cui Jie stared at the Wang family and sneered: "It was done by the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty, but there were also people who secretly instigated it, and even sent a dead soldier within the family. The Wang family of Taiyuan is so skillful and courageous! The dead soldier is very skilled.
My future husband-in-law almost died under the knife of a dead soldier, just... just by a small margin!"
"If I don't seek justice for my husband and son-in-law today, the Wang family of Taiyuan will still think that the Cui family is just a mere slave to be bullied and humiliated by you!"
Cui Linqian understood everything, and his eyes suddenly filled with overwhelming anger. He stared at Wang's pale cheek and said coldly: "Did you do it?"
Ms. Wang's body trembled and she shook her head subconsciously: "How can my husband be suspicious of the relationship between you and me because of the words of an outsider?"
Cui Linqian said angrily: "Jie'er is my daughter, is she an outsider?"
Cui Jie finally took a step forward and said indifferently: "I said it doesn't matter whether you admit it or not. I'm here to seek justice today, not to argue with you."
As she spoke, Cui Jie looked at Weiwei's old housekeeper next to her and said, "I would like to ask the housekeeper to sort out all the servants, generals, maids, etc. who came as dowries from the Wang family. Anyone she brought over from the Wang family should be called out."
After saying that, the Cui family stared at the Wang family again and said: "You are the wife of the head of the Cui family. If I do something to you, it will be disrespectful and will ruin my reputation. But the punishment my husband-in-law has suffered,
I must repay it."
"So, today I will take action on your servants from the Wang family. All the servants from the Wang family, regardless of gender, old or young, who came as dowries, will be brought to the door, their legs will be broken and thrown out. No one from the Wang family will be allowed to enter the door of my Cui family in the future!
"
As soon as he finished speaking, the servants of the Cui family outside the door immediately ran to the yard. There was a burst of crying and screaming in the mansion. Not long after, all the servants of the Wang family were forcibly taken outside the door and knelt in front of Cui Linqian and Cui Jie.
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Mrs. Cui Wang panicked, grabbed Cui Linqian's sleeve, and cried loudly: "Husband, if your daughter commits such a crime, why don't you care about her?"
Cui Linqian vigorously shook his sleeves and said with a frosty face: "Have I ever said the words 'I won't do this next time'?"
Mrs. Cui’s heart sank.
"Do you think the warning I gave you was just a perfunctory way to get you down the stairs?" Cui Linqian said slowly with a livid face.
"I'll write a letter to you, pack your bags immediately, and go back to your royal family! I can't afford such a vicious woman!"