Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

Xianyang Harem.

Yao Meiren's Mansion.

Today's Yao Meiren's mansion is particularly lively. In order to celebrate the Qin royal family's "Happiness of Nongwa", the entire mansion is decorated with lanterns and colors and a banquet is held for guests.

"The joy of making tiles" comes from "The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Siqian": it is a woman who is born, a place to sleep in, a piece of clothing to carry, and a tile to carry tiles

simply put.

It is a happy event when a girl is born in the family.

In ancient times, the birth of a girl would not be celebrated with such great fanfare, even by the royal family. Everyone envied the palace for its magnificence, but little did they know that in many cases, it was not much different from the city.

Even in a place where too many women gather, fighting might be even more terrifying.

In the harem.

If a concubine gives birth to a boy, it will arouse the jealousy and hatred of other concubines. They will hate this concubine for giving birth to a boy, and will take away some of the status of her own children in the future.

If a concubine gives birth to a girl, although it will not threaten the status of the concubine who has a boy, it will secretly attract ridicule and contempt from others.

Hate others, laugh at others, despise others for being poor, and fear others for being rich.

This kind of thing seems to be the same everywhere.

Therefore, in the past, if a concubine in the Xianyang harem gave birth to a daughter, most of them would simply celebrate within the royal family according to etiquette, and then tell the officials to announce the birth of the princess and then hastily.

But this time it was different.

As early as two years ago when Lord Mo was crowned king, Ying Zheng had already ordered that the next born princess would be betrothed to Lord Mo.

In the past two years, there were only two pregnant princesses in Xianyang Palace.

Hu beauty.

Beauty Yao.

Among them, Hu Meiren is still pregnant with Liujia.

On the contrary, Yao Meiren, who was originally expected to officially give birth in half a month, suddenly gave birth to a baby girl.

This was like a 'big gift package' dropped out of thin air and delivered to Yao Meiren. After all, the eldest son of the Qin State had already been born and had even begun to 'supervise the country' now.

All young masters born after this are basically destined to be unlikely to have the opportunity to get involved in that position in the future.

And even if there is, it most likely has nothing to do with Yao Meiren.

Because the power behind Yao Meiren is not enough to support his children in fighting for that right.

on the contrary.

Giving birth to a princess at this time is actually a great thing.

Who is Mr. Mo?

This is Lord Shengping of the Qin Dynasty, who is worshiped as a censor and is also the teacher of Fusu, the eldest son of the current Qin State. In the entire Qin State, Lord Mo is definitely one of the most trusted people by King Qin Yingzheng.

Young and promising, with both wealth and appearance, whether it is status, fame, power, wealth... Mo Jun already has it all.

To put it bluntly.

If any young master in Xianyang can get the support of Lord Mo, it is not impossible to fight for the throne.

But for such a person, now he was going to become his uncle. Of course, Yao Meiren had to celebrate with great fanfare and publicize this good thing.

The ceremony for the princess's birth of a daughter was originally supposed to be under the control of Ying Zheng, but now Ying Zheng happened to be away on war. Although Fusu had the power to 'supervise the country', he was obviously not qualified to preside over such a thing.

Therefore, Yao Meiren's "Happiness of Nong Tile" can only be hosted by the Queen Mother Huayang.

In the past, the relationship between Yao Meiren and the Queen Mother Huayang was not bad, but it was not close. If a daughter of an ordinary princess wanted to have so much sex, the Queen Mother Huayang would probably not agree.

But this time, Queen Mother Huayang agreed.

the reason is simple.

The Queen Mother Huayang could not give face to Yao Meiren, but he had to give face to Mr. Mo.

After all, Queen Mother Huayang represents the face of the royal family of the Qin Dynasty at this time. If she tries to lose face with Lord Mo on this matter, she will not only appear to be petty, but will also arouse the dissatisfaction of the Ying family.

The Empress Dowager Huayang could use her identity as a grandmother to play the emotional card with Ying Zheng, but facing the old men of the Ying clan, her identity as the Empress Dowager was not so easy to use.

"Hurry up, don't wait any longer. The distinguished guest will be here soon. This guest is different from the past. If you mess up, be careful with your heads."

"And those over there, go and sweep the door again."

"How are the preparations going in the kitchen? Go and hurry up personally. The banquet must be served on time. Don't miss the time."

In Yao Meiren's mansion, a chamberlain wearing eunuch clothes held an orchid finger and was shrilly instructing a group of young eunuchs and maids to clean and tidy up the courtyard.

Twenty or thirty servants were busy without a moment's rest.

At this moment.

I heard a sharp shout suddenly coming from the door.

"Zhang Liang has arrived."

Hearing the shouts coming from outside the door, the face of the chamberlain who was still sweating profusely while directing everyone suddenly changed his expression and hurriedly whispered: "Quick, quick, everyone, put down what you are holding and step back."

Many maids and petty officials quickly retreated, but the chief steward of Yao Meiren's Mansion first wiped the sweat on his forehead with a fine handkerchief, then quickly showed a smile on his face, and walked quickly to the door. Start welcoming guests.

At this time, a dignified woman wearing a green skirt was standing at the door of Yao Meiren's mansion. When he saw this person, Manager Qian immediately greeted her with a polite smile.

"I have seen Mr. Zhang. He is polite."

"Manager Qian is polite."

Zhang Liangren smiled politely, then took a gift from the chamberlain beside him, handed it to Manager Qian, and said, "I heard that Sister Yao is pregnant with a princess. I am very happy. I am here to congratulate you today."

"You're welcome, Mr. Zhang Liang, please come in quickly."

After receiving the gift, Manager Qian handed it to the servant beside him with a smile, and then bowed to welcome Zhang Liangren into the mansion.

And it didn't take long.

Several more people came to the house, and the servants welcoming guests outside the door shouted again.

"Li Bazi has arrived."

"Chen Liangren has arrived."

"Yang Liang has arrived."

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The largest person in Qin's harem is the "Queen".

However, Ying Zheng has not yet established the position of 'queen'. Under the queen, all princesses are divided into seven levels, namely:

Madam, beauty, beloved, eighth son, seventh son, long envoy, young envoy.

In the past, Meiren Yao's status in the harem was neither high nor low, but today's banquet is special, so the lowest-ranking princess who is eligible to be invited is also the "eighth son".

When a banquet is held in the palace, the order in which the guests visit is also particular. Generally speaking, the higher the status, the later they arrive.

Therefore, most of the people who first arrived were Bazi, Zhang Liang, and Meiren.

Ying Zheng had many harems.

In just two quarters of an hour, Yao Meiren's house was already filled with warblers and birds, and it was very lively.

Until two quarters of an hour later.

Some heavyweights began to enter the venue one after another.

"The eldest son has arrived."

"Mrs. Zheng is here."

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