NCCnovel Chapter 214 The Righteous Way (3)
Chapter 214 The Righteous Way (3)
The system revealed the key point in one sentence, "Of course it's because there are no poor people in this article, only upper and lower classes. There are only classes, not rich and poor."
Lu Changqing gave a thumbs up, "Great! Using the real historical background, it directly wiped out the vast majority of people in the real world."
"The author said that the purpose of writing this article is to teach people how to manage marriage and life in ancient times. Since it is a novel, who would not want to have a more noble status when traveling back in time?"
"Then how did she know that she would definitely be a daughter of an official when she traveled back in time? How small is the chance for her to have such a good life? What if she traveled back in time and was a farm girl carrying manure and working the land?"
Lu Changqing couldn't stop complaining and continued, "I've never seen a time traveler kneel so smoothly and quickly in this cannibalistic society. The ancients had to shout, 'Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers of different races?' She knelt right down.
I also know that it would be difficult for a modern person to travel back to ancient times. In order to survive and save your life, it is understandable that you do not resist in action, but you should always have some resistance in your mind. Look at what Bai Xing did in the plot. "
"She helped her mother beat up the mistress, helped her brother pimp, helped her husband fight his stepmother, and finally beat up the mistress around her. She fought back and forth and drove away all the restless women around her. What did she get? She got the wholehearted love of a second-married old man."
"The funniest thing is that he even competed with a mare. I'm not being speciesist, but a living person, a person who can think and think, a person who has received modern education, what is there to compare with a horse?
How much love does one have to use such a unique way to prove the love of Lao Chong for 'himself'? Doesn't the author herself find it ridiculous?"
At this point, Lu Changqing's brows were furrowed into a shape of a "川" (river).
"She's still managing a marriage. The male lead of the evil feudal drama "Mother's Way" was still a virgin before he married the female lead. This 'good' story that is said to teach you a lot of life lessons actually uses a 鳥虫 as the male lead. What's wrong? Does she want others to marry a 鳥虫 with her?"
The system said: "Your idea is a bit dark."
Lu Changqing refused to accept the blame and retorted: "Didn't she say that she wanted to teach readers how to manage life and marriage in ancient times? Can I blame her for thinking darkly? I can only blame her for writing darkly. This is obviously the creator's fault."
"It's useless for us to complain here now. According to the schedule, your second sister who married into the Earl of Loyalty and Bravery's Mansion will be back tomorrow."
Lu Changqing disagreed, "She comes back if she wants to. Do you want me to go to the door to greet her?"
The titles in this world are also funny, with dukes, marquises, and earls everywhere, making it seem as if the titles in the Northern Song Dynasty could be inherited from generation to generation. Moreover, these dukes have great power, and most court officials would bow and greet them when they see them.
The truth is that the title in the Song Dynasty was just an honorary reward. Apart from better treatment, it had no real power. The ones who truly held power were real court officials such as the prime minister and the privy councilor.
Moreover, except for very few special cases, the titles of nobility in the Song Dynasty were almost all limited to one's lifetime, meaning that it only extended to that one person and ended after his death. No matter whether the descendants of the king were legitimate or illegitimate, the oldest one would usually be granted the title of duke, and the rest of the descendants could only take advantage of the royal family's influence and serve as officials in the court.
So it was a joke that the male protagonist inherited the title from his father.
The Earl's Mansion that Bai Fuying's second sister Bai Lingyi married into is also a joke. In addition to the issue of inheritance of the title, there is another situation that the creator thinks is a joke, but in fact it often happened in ancient times - that is, illegitimate sons are more promising than legitimate sons.
What would the book do when encountering such a situation? Of course, the whole capital laughed at him. Bai Lingyi was also angry because her husband, her "legitimate son", was not as good as her half-brother, so her love life was not going well, and she ran back to her parents' home to cry.
But will it actually be ridiculed? The conservative answer is: unlikely.
This author obviously got one issue wrong, thinking that as long as the child is born to the mistress, it is a legitimate child, and those born to other women are illegitimate.
This idea is wrong, absolutely wrong.
The one who inherits the main body of the family is called the legitimate heir, that is, the eldest branch, and the rest are all called concubines, that is, the younger branch.
For example, Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng were born to the same mother, but he was called a bastard. This well illustrates that the so-called legitimate and illegitimate status is not determined by who the mother is, but by who the father chooses as the heir.
It was the same in the Song Dynasty. No matter which mother gave birth to you, as long as you were favored by your father or more promising than other brothers in the family, you were the legitimate son. For example, Han Qi, did anyone dare to laugh at him for being a concubine's son and unworthy of being the head of the clan?
There are too many things to complain about, and it’s impossible to make fun of them all.
Lu Changqing was no longer in the mood to look at the calligraphy, so he put down his paper and pen, and walked out of the inner room holding a round fan.
"Girl, are you going out?" Yuan Liu saw Lu Changqing coming out and hurried forward to ask.
"I'm going to visit my mother."
Yuan Liu put her index finger to her lips and reminded her, "Young lady, you can't call Lin Xiaoniang like that. If the people in the front yard hear it, they will be unhappy."
Yes, you cannot call your biological mother "mother", you can only call her "little mother".
My dear...
Lu Changqing no longer wanted to complain about this title. Couldn't he just follow the example in "Dream of the Red Chamber" and call her "Auntie"?
"It's okay. It's just you and me now. No one else can hear it."
Lin Wenqing was sitting in the room embroidering something. When she saw Lu Changqing coming, she put down the needle and thread in her hand and waved to her.
"Why are you here at this time?"
"Come and see mother." Lu Changqing said as he picked up the cloth beside Lin Wenqing and shook it open. It was a blue hoodie. "Who did you make this for?"
Lin Wenqing said: "I made it for your father."
After hearing this, Lu Changqing put the clothes down and said, "Isn't the purchase of clothes in the mansion handled by the mistress? She will definitely choose carefully for father, so why bother to sew them yourself?"
"How can something made by hand be the same as something picked by hand?" Lin Wenqing pinched a corner of the clothes and said angrily, "This is filled with my love for your father."
Lu Changqing sat down next to Lin Wenqing, pulled her sleeve and said, "Mom, I will be thirteen years old soon, but I don't want to get married or get married."
Yes, that's right. According to the Song Dynasty Criminal Code - Household Marriage Law, which stipulates that "males aged 15 and above and females aged 13 and above are eligible for marriage", this body is currently under the age of 13.
Lin Wenqing glared at Lu Changqing and said, "You are getting more and more disobedient as you grow older. You are a girl, and it is natural for you to get married when you are old enough. How can you have such an idea?"
"Look at the life your second sister leads after marrying into the Earl's Mansion, and then look at the life your eldest sister-in-law leads in our house. I don't want to get married. It's not good at all to get married." After saying this, Lu Changqing deliberately acted angry.
"Your second sister did it for the sake of the family. Your father chose a useless son-in-law for her in order to hook up with Earl Zhongyong. We can't learn from her. When the time comes, mother will ask your father to find you a husband with a good family background and good talents. As for your eldest sister-in-law, your eldest brother doesn't even have a concubine. He only cares about her. Isn't that good?"
"There are four or five concubines in the house. You call this guarding her wholeheartedly?" Lu Changqing wanted to roll his eyes, but he held back and just sneered, "In order to maintain a good reputation of loving and respecting his wife, he only does some superficial work to gain fame and reputation. He is a hypocritical and shameless hypocrite."