My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!
Chapter 729 Why do you have to have a child?
Chapter 729 Why do you have to have a child?
"Can I do it?" Lu Zhi looked at herself in the mirror. Spring has arrived, but some people's complexion is no longer bright and beautiful.
Lu Zhi was no longer a girl. She had become a young woman relative to that era. Without the nourishment of rain and dew, she was completely like a dried flower, with a yellow complexion and a gloomy mood.
There are many violent women in the palace, and this is one of the reasons why.
As for the tombs in Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, hundreds of thousands of prisoners often appeared to be in a state of irritability or listlessness.
The reason is a long-term imbalance of yin and yang.
I don't know why Lu Zhi thought of these questions. Perhaps it was because she read the Book of Changes every day, and the principles of yin and yang taught her these things.
But Lu Zhi also believed that she was probably not the only one facing these problems.
This was especially common among the women in the palace, so there was always adultery in the palace. Once a child was born from adultery, it would be a sin. Many people would abandon the child or secretly raise it in the palace...
Lu Zhi was also a woman who had suffered a lot. She had seen too many things in the countryside, and the war had changed the peaceful life of her family.
Then, by analogy, if the issue of incompatibility between yin and yang between men and women is expanded to the whole world, as long as more men and women reach the appropriate age for marriage but are unable to get married for a long time, more disputes will definitely break out.
Because not everyone will choose to stick to the moral bottom line when facing these things like her.
But these thoughts are like ripples in the water. When the wind blows, the ripples are blown away; when the wind stops, the ripples stop and everything returns to normal.
"Talent... I heard that there are many talented people around your majesty. Not only are they talented and virtuous, but they are also famous throughout the world. What can I, an unknown person, do if I go out?"
Lu Ze shook his head, "That may not be the case. It depends on whether my sister wants to, not whether she can."
Only then did Lu Ze tell Lu Zhi about his promotion.
"how come?"
"I was wondering, how could it be possible?" Lu Ze held Lu Zhi's hand. "Anything is possible. I never thought that such a thing would happen to me."
Lu Zhi smiled, "No, I have always thought that my eldest brother is the best since I was a child. Because if other people encounter something good, they will be as happy as my second brother, and will tell others about it, wishing that everyone would know about it."
"If others encounter any kind of adversity, they will give up on themselves. But my eldest brother is different. No matter what happens, he always stays happy and calm."
"I just think that you are the most suitable for this position. The fact that His Majesty the Emperor has chosen you and appointed you to be the Weiwei shows that His Majesty the Emperor is extremely wise."
Lu Zhi had already developed resentment towards Fusu, but after hearing the good news, she told Lu Ze that she now felt that the emperor was not so annoying.
"How can you say that, sister? If it weren't for His Majesty, our family would still be living in the countryside." Before this, Lu Ze didn't understand what a resentful woman in a wealthy family looked like.
"That being said. However, I, Lü Zhi, would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. Even if Your Majesty doesn't exist, I can still marry a very good person and be his legal wife."
"But now, he brought me back to the palace and treated me like a pet, locking me in a cage and ignoring me. If he really cares about me, he should let me go. I want to get married!"
Several black lines appeared on Lu Ze's forehead.
"You are the emperor's woman, how could you go out and marry someone else?"
"Then he shouldn't have taken me as his concubine from the beginning. If he did, he shouldn't have ignored me." Lu Zhi squatted on the ground and cried sadly.
Seeing his sister like this, Lu Ze felt helpless. "Then I will go and plead with His Majesty in person to ask him to give you a child."
"What!?" Lu Zhi screamed, and then her pale face turned red again, "No! How can you do this? How can you beg for mercy in such a matter?"
"If you dare to say this to others, I, Lü Zhi, will never have anything to do with you again."
"I don't need his favor. I am living a good life now. No one disturbs me, and no children make noises. I can spend my days with books, have enough food and drink, and don't need to please men. This is something many women can't ask for."
Lu Ze couldn't help but grit his teeth, "You were the first one to complain that His Majesty didn't favor you, and then I went to plead for you and you said you didn't want His Majesty's favor."
"What do you want to do now? I'm afraid that you will lose your temper now and miss the opportunity in the future. If you can't give birth to a child to rely on. When I get old, will I have to rely on Lu Shizhi?"
"Him? It's almost certain that he will rely on me in the future." Lu Zhi was confident.
Lu Ze just thought Lu Zhi was ridiculous, "You can't even take care of yourself, and you still want to take care of Lu Shizhi. Do you know that the third sister's child is already five years old? And you are still throwing a tantrum here. If you don't have a child, I will have one myself."
Lu Zhi was so upset after being scolded that she finally lost the courage to quarrel with her brother again. This is the reality as she gets older and there is nothing she can do about it.
She began to remain silent and buried her face between her knees.
"Now that you have become a concubine, giving birth to a child for the emperor is a big deal. It's not as simple as you think. Weren't you also very tempted last time?"
"Ugh……"
Hearing Lü Zhi's soft sobbing, Lü Ze soothed her, "I know you don't want to do that kind of thing. In your eyes, using your body to please men and using your beauty to seduce men are all lowly acts."
Perhaps in this world, only Lu Ze understands Lu Zhi.
In fact, many men in this world do not understand women, and they do not understand morality in the eyes of women.
In fact, in the eyes of quite a few women, it is not moral for a woman to actively please a man, not to mention seducing a man.
Of course men like this kind of beauty who knows how to deal with things, but women are different. Women are basically repelled by women who behave this way.
In the eyes of women, this type of woman can bring great danger to themselves. If a woman has such a good friend, she will basically avoid bringing her to her husband.
Even most women are disgusted by women with gorgeous looks and revealing clothing styles that tend to seduce men, believing that they are immoral.
Men also have roughly the same view. For a few strong men, when they see this beautiful woman, they will subconsciously determine that she belongs to them.
If they can’t get her, they will think that this woman is either already taken or will attract many men, which makes her unsafe. In short, they don’t consider her as a good choice for starting a family.
Unless one is a docile wife whose husband was taken away by another woman, no one can understand why Lu Zhi hated Concubine Qi so much.
In fact, the problem with Lü Zhi was that her moral values were too strong. She set many requirements for herself, what was shameful and what should be admired.
She was strict with herself, but faced with an uninvited guest like Madam Qi, she easily manipulated her husband with the most despicable means and even alienated the relationship between the couple.
So Lu Zhi believed in her heart that people like Concubine Qi were extremely evil and should be executed.
Basically, Lu Zhi would never regret turning Concubine Qi into a human pig until her death.
If another woman were to do something more extreme, she would only do it in a more extreme way.
But now, the fate of Lu Zhi and the Lu family has been completely changed.
Lu Zhi first saw all kinds of women in the palace, and knew what means women would use to win favor. She lowered her vision to a very low level, so that her heart with a strong sense of morality could expand its tolerance. Lu Zhi saw power and understood that genders were equal only in the face of supreme power.
Because of her own predicament, she also began to change her views on moral issues and no longer used her own standards as universal standards.
In a sense, because some happiness came late, Lu Zhi became more mature.
She has changed her perspective on the world.
"Women are like flowers. Flowers are beautiful, varied, and pleasing to the eye, but women's blooming period is very short."
"In order to avoid regrets before the flower season ends, many people will take risks. As a result of taking risks, most palace people will suffer the bitter consequences in middle age, and then look back on it in their later years and think it was worth it."
"I don't think it's a good thing to have children too young. Many people are forced to have children early under such a system. I am spared such pain."
"Besides, why do people have to have children? Life is so painful, why should I give birth to a child and let him suffer with me?"
Lu Ze once again expressed his admiration for her sister, "You actually think so."
"In fact, I didn't care about these things. But when I arrived at the palace, I suddenly realized that the things and practices that I used to look down upon are actually what I have to do if I want to survive."
"You asked me to compete for your favor so that I could have a child. The situation now is that you, my brothers, are forcing me to do something that everyone cares about except myself."
"But what does having a child mean to me? Do you think that as long as I have a child, I will become secure? Is it true?"
"What if he is a worthless person? I think these are just excuses."
Lu Ze frowned, "I am the only one willing to listen to what you are thinking, and I can only listen to it. If it gets out and you don't pass it on to your descendants, do you understand how much trouble these words will bring you? This is heresy."
Lü Zhi: "I always feel like there is a big hand behind me, pushing me step by step, not allowing me to make my own choices. I don't want to serve a husband with other women, so God made me a concubine."
"I hate this practice of serving men with my beauty, but there is no other way in the palace. Apart from doing this, I have to endure loneliness by myself."
"I hate being the kind of person who would do anything to hurt others for a little bit of gain, but as a result, I am in a situation where I have to do things that I used to despise in order to survive."
Lu Ze smiled knowingly, he understood everything about his sister.
Girls of the same age as me have seen beggars passing by asking for water, and others would choose to close the door, ask for money, or even drive them away;
But Lu Zhi was different. She was not only willing to give water, but also share her extra food with others. [See "Historical Records"]
"Did you compromise later?"
Lu Zhi shook her head firmly, "No, not even once."
Lu Ze smiled for the first time. "Although from a man's perspective, most people are afraid of others' dignity rather than their virtues."
"Your character means you may suffer a lot in the future, but I think you may also get a lot of rewards in the future. If you need me, remember to find someone to notify me in time."
"Brother, I see that you seem to be worried about something. You are actually not happy about getting this official position." Lu Zhi and Lu Ze were born from the same mother. The affection between siblings is sometimes better than that between father and daughter.
"You figured it out again." Lu Ze told Lu Zhi that the emperor now wanted to use him, but was worried that there would be too much resistance in the court and it would cause dissatisfaction among the nobles in Xianyang, so he had not made the matter public until now.
Lü Ze didn't know why, but he told Lü Zhi all these things. He didn't even tell Lü Shizhi about this.
After all, it didn't seem like a happy event, nor did it seem like a bad thing. If I told Lü Shizhi, I'm sure the whole city of Xianyang would know about it within the next day.
"I think maybe His Majesty wants to test something. You are the first one of the Nine Ministers to be promoted since His Majesty ascended the throne. How is it possible that such a big thing has not been known to everyone until now?"
"So everyone already knows about this?" Lu Ze recalled everyone's reactions when they saw him. "There should only be a very small number of people who know about this."
"Your Majesty just wants to see who dares to speak out first, and who chooses to follow Your Majesty's wishes and ignore the matter of your official position."
However, Lu Ze shook his head. Although the emperor liked to play tricks, he didn't have so many conspiracies.
Just following Lu Zhi's line of thought, Lu Ze realized that the emperor might really have this intention. He wanted to see who around him was keeping in touch with people outside the palace.
Lu Ze did not get the answer he wanted, but after listening to Lu Zhi's words, he inexplicably felt a sense of security.
Because he felt that the emperor was behind him, as if he had a mountain to lean on and had his own strength to support him.
Lu Ze felt that he didn't need to be afraid of anything.
Because there is an emperor behind him, and the emperor chose him to do these things.
Thinking of this, Lu Ze felt relieved.
However, after Lu Ze left, Lu Zhi began to regret it.
Lu Zhi didn't understand why she rejected her brother's help so quickly. The next time her brother came to see her would probably be a month later. What would she do then?
However, Lu Zhi now has some confidence in the palace.
Because her brother was promoted, it meant that her treatment in the palace could be improved.
Although Lu Zhi received so much love from her brother, she felt embarrassed and always wanted to do something to repay her brother.
As for the issue of having children, putting aside the pressure from outsiders, she actually really wants to have children.
After all, she is a woman with innate maternal instincts.
But when she thought that she and Qin II had become the most familiar strangers, Lu Zhi felt a little embarrassed.
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While the Lu brothers and sisters were still in a dilemma behind the scenes, the Qin Empire officially welcomed its new life in this bright spring.
Institutional reforms have always been what the people expect.
However, for the ministers, there has always been a polarization: one side is reform, and the other side is no reform.
If you want to reform, you must first convince your family members, otherwise they will do bad things; of course, even if you convince the majority, there will always be a few who will trip you up.
Fortunately, the Qin Dynasty has now been united, because Fusu is the next Qin II to succeed to the throne.
Reform must include many aspects. I don’t understand politics, but economic and military aspects are the big ones. Laws are formulated with these two aspects as the core.
The first step is to reform the military system.
Fusu formally announced a ceasefire, and the military system could no longer continue as before.
[I don’t know what’s wrong, I don’t have the passion to create these days. When I become stable in a few days, I will find the passion every day. Writing is something that you have to feel more and more as you write.]
(End of this chapter)
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