Under the bright candlelight, the mother and daughter looked at each other.
Xie Mingxi took a deep look at her daughter: "Okay."
Xianghui and others all retreated, leaving only the mother and daughter alone in the dormitory.
Ah Luo, who was cheerful, intelligent, and smooth-tongued, seemed to have encountered an extremely difficult matter, and she frowned. Her beautiful and delicate face was shrouded in the halo of the candlelight, giving her a strange and solemn look.
At this moment, Ah Luo looked very much like Sheng Hong, and also very much like her.
Xie Mingxi stared at A Luo quietly without opening her mouth to urge her.
After a long time, A Luo frowned and whispered: "Mother, these days, people in the court have been sending memorials to invite my father to accept concubines. My father has not paid attention to any of them."
"That Sun Yushi used this incident as an excuse to impeach his mother for being jealous and unworthy. As a result, he was punished. Such an incident actually caused waves inside and outside the court."
"It was the father's decision not to accept concubines. Why did the courtiers blame the mother for this matter? The mother and the father had a deep relationship, and it was natural that they did not want her husband to take concubines. Why did everyone blame this matter?
Mother?"
"Even my grandmother had a quarrel with the queen because of this matter, and moved the palace to let everyone watch the queen's hilarious joke."
"All this is so unfair to the Queen Mother!"
The more Ah Luo spoke, the angrier she became. Her bright black eyes flashed with a frightening light in the candlelight: "It's not fair! This is not fair!"
She is so angry, how does the queen feel in her heart?
Why is it that the queen is the one who gets blamed and makes things difficult for her?
Xie Mingxi's expression remained calm and her voice was calm: "Men are superior to women. This has always been the case."
"If poor people's families are unable to survive in a year of famine, they will always sell their daughters first. They will even drown their newborn girls. Merchants and rich families often have concubines in their houses. Officials and officials are very common.
Among members of your clan, concubinage is even more common."
"Not to mention, your biological father is the Emperor of Qi. As an emperor, the harem is empty and he only favors the middle palace. This is abnormal in the eyes of everyone."
"After I gave birth to you, there has been no good news in these years. Your father is now nearly thirty years old, so the courtiers felt confident in submitting the memorial. Your grandmother also believed that I should be a virtuous queen and take the initiative to serve your father.
The emperor selects a concubine!"
"So, your grandmother argued and argued with me today without any hesitation."
"In her opinion, this is just an ordinary thing. If I can't give birth to a son, I should let other women come into the palace to give birth. Even though I have all kinds of advantages, just not having a son is my biggest fault."
"Moreover, this is my fault and has nothing to do with your father. Not only your grandmother, but everyone also thinks so. The memorials from the courtiers are just the beginning. In the future, there will be more criticisms and accusations like this."
A fire seemed to be burning in A Luo's heart, and her face was flushed with anger. She blurted out: "Why!"
Xie Mingxi stared at the angry A Luo and continued unhurriedly: "There is no reason. This has long been a common practice. Even most women in the world have become accustomed to being born inferior to men and being subordinate to men.
life."
"Behave to your father before you are married, follow your husband if you are married, and follow your son if your husband is dead."
"Women should be submissive, regard men as their gods, be virtuous and virtuous, and having children is a top priority. If you don't have a son, you should take the initiative to take concubines for your husband. When you have a concubine and a concubine, you should also take on the important task of educating them.
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"This is the world's perception of women. As a queen, I am no exception."
"Since I have not given birth to a prince, I should choose a concubine to enter the palace and let the concubine give birth to the prince. As a queen, I should treat children born by other women as my own."
"A'luo, you are the only daughter of your father and the queen, and the most noble princess of Daqi. You are unparalleled in intelligence and outstanding. You are the pride of your parents and our most beloved child."
"If you were a man, you would be the natural crown prince of Da Qi. No one would dare to accuse the queen. But you are a woman, so no matter how outstanding you are, you cannot be made the crown prince. Throughout the ages, no woman has ever inherited the title of crown prince.
precedent.”
"In other words, if your father has a son in the future, as long as he is a prince, no matter whether he is smart or not, no matter whose belly he comes from, no matter how many years younger than you are, he will be superior to you from the day he is born.
above."
"If an ordinary family has no sons but only daughters, it means that the family is devastated and has no one to take care of them until they die, and they will be looked down upon by everyone. The family property will have to be left to the nephews."
"If your father insists on not accepting concubines, I have been unable to do anything. Then, when it is time to establish a prince, the court officials will ask your father to choose a suitable adoptive one from his nephews and establish him as the prince of Qi.
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"This is the secular routine that everyone is accustomed to."
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A Luo bit her lips hard, leaving deep marks on her soft lips.
The fire in my heart was burning fiercely. It almost broke through my chest!
These calm and almost cruel words exposed the happiness she thought she had and deeply hurt her pride.
She is her parents' most beloved daughter, she is the most outstanding girl in Daqi, she is smarter and smarter than many boys. Why should she be inferior to men?
Why... why can't she inherit the position of crown prince?
"A Luo, after hearing this, do you feel angry and unwilling?" Xie Mingxi's eyes were bright and sharp, like a mirror, and she could see through all the unwillingness in A Luo's heart.
A'luo loosened her teeth, exhaled a deep breath, and nodded vigorously: "Yes, Queen Mother, I feel both angry and unfair."
"Mother, the so-called secular conventions are all prejudice and contempt for women."
"My father, the emperor, and my queen have a deep relationship, and they only want to be together for the rest of their lives. This is a matter for the father, the emperor, and my queen, and no one can make any accusations. Not even my grandmother."
The fire in Ah Luo's eyes finally ignited her entire face, and her bright black eyes seemed to be burning, looking straight at Xie Mingxi.
"My mother only has one daughter and no sons. But my daughter has been outstanding since she was young. She is even better than several of her cousins. When it comes time to establish a heir, why should I choose one of them? Why can't I be chosen?
"
Why can't you choose me?
I am the only bloodline of my father, the emperor, and my mother!
I am the best and most outstanding junior of the Sheng family!
Why should you treat me as nothing just because I am a woman?
Why!
I, Sheng Luo, want to break all the secular conventions. My parents don’t have sons, but they have me. I will inherit my father’s family business, I will be the crown prince of Da Qi, and I will become the empress of Da Qi in the future!
I want to do something that has never been done before! I want to make everyone in the world see clearly that women are not weaker than men.
