Once upon a time, a man married a concubine and left his wife aside. The right wife was very sad and often quarreled with her concubines. A friend advised his wife, "I'll give you a solution, it will definitely work." "A few months later, the right wife's imperial martial arts were successful, and the husband circled around the right wife every day, but he lost interest in the concubine.
The man's name is Hong Daye, and he made a lot of money in business in his early years. His wife's surname is Zhu, gentle and virtuous, adhering to the way of women, and her appearance is also a closed moon shame flower.
However, Hong Daye was not satisfied, looking for flowers outside every day and asking Willow, and a year ago brought back a dusty woman from Fireworks Alley and became his own concubine.
The concubine is also very beautiful, and more importantly, she can speak well and say all kinds of sweet words to Hong Daye every day.
In this way, Hong Daye preferred concubines, and rejoiced with concubines every day, leaving his wife Zhu Shi aside.
Zhu Shi was very sad, he and her husband have shared happiness and suffering for so many years, but he did not expect that his husband liked the new and disliked the old. She did not dare to be angry with her husband, so she spread her anger on the concubine, and scolded the concubine every day.
Unexpectedly, this backfired, the husband took pity on Xiang Xiangyu, pampered the concubine even more, and stood on the same front with the concubine, accusing the Zhu family of being vexatious.
Zhu had no choice but to go around to find friends to complain. On this day, she gathered with friends, and talked about this troublesome thing in her family, and as she was talking, a woman named Hengniang smiled and said, "Sister Zhu, what is this?" That's the same thing in my family. I used a few tricks and got my husband-jun done. ”
When Zhu Shi heard this, Heng Niang had something to say. So as soon as the party was over, she bought some valuable gifts and personally delivered them to Heng Niang's house, asking Heng Niang to guide her.
Hengniang smiled and said, "Sister Zhu, you are looking for the right person." I, ah, created a set of imperial arts by myself, tried a hundred spirits, seeing that you are so sincere, I will teach it to you. Then she explained in detail.
When Zhu returned home, he used the first trick of the Hengniang Sect - to get rid of the trouble. She deliberately distanced herself from her husband and tried to make her husband happy with her concubine. The concubine has something excessive, and she also shows an inclusive attitude. Not only that, but she also wore coarse linen clothes and did housework with her servants.
The husband noticed the change in Zhu's family. At first, he was just curious, but later when he saw that the Zhu family had been working like this, he felt a little moved in his heart, feeling that the Zhu family was very diligent and thrifty, and the concubine would only dress up and would not live.
The husband began to take the initiative to approach Zhu. But Zhu treated her husband like a guest, just greeting him politely.
At this time, the husband felt even more uncomfortable in his heart, and even felt guilty, feeling that he cared too little about the Zhu family.
Two months later, Zhu suddenly changed into gorgeous clothes, dressed up carefully, and took the maid out to play. After returning from the game, she deliberately passed in front of her husband again, so that he could see her dressed up.
At this time, Zhu's face was red, and he had just walked a lot, and his body was slightly sweaty, soaked in silk clothes, and there was a beautiful feeling of dewy flowers and thinness.
Hong Daye watched from afar, and his soul was fascinated. He stepped forward quickly, put his arm around Zhu Shi, and wanted to make out.
Zhu Shi was very happy in his heart, but he still took the second trick taught by Heng Niang - to welcome and refuse. Zhu Shi pushed Hong Daye away coquettishly, saying that he was too tired after swimming back, and then walked into his room.
The next night, Hong Daye came to the door of Zhu's room again. But Zhu Shi said that he was unwell and chased Hong Daye away.
Hong Daye is now like a cat scratching in his heart, and if he is no longer close to the Zhu family, I am afraid that he will not even be able to sleep. On the third day, he sat directly in Zhu's room at noon, saying that he would not leave anything.
In this way, Hong Daye slept with the Zhu family. Zhu's battle plan finally succeeded.
Zhu Shi told Heng Niang the good news. Heng Niang listened to Zhu's description and nodded with satisfaction. Then, she also told the Zhu family not to be careless, a man's heart is easy to change, if he wants to keep his husband permanently, he must also have deep cultivation.
Then, Hengniang began her own in-depth teaching, from the way of doing things, the frequency of getting along with her husband, to the posture of walking, eyes, movements, all aspects were carefully guided.
The Zhu family is also a little master, and in only one month's effort, he has learned all the essence of Hengniang Sect. Now she, even if she smiled slightly, she could fascinate Hong Daye.
Hong Daye liked the Zhu family more and more, and paid less and less attention to concubines. The concubine was jealous in her heart, and did not dare to confront the Zhu family in person, so she took the Zhu family's maid to be angry, and still said bad things about the Zhu family behind her back.
And in the face of the concubine's foolishness, the Zhu family still adopted the method of Hengniang Sect and was infinitely tolerant.
At this time, Hong Daye felt that the Zhu family had a pattern, and accused the concubine of not being sensible.
The concubine was angry, and not only said bad things about the Zhu family behind her back, but also said a lot of bad things about Hong Daye.
Hong Daye was furious when he learned about it and wanted to take the concubine off. At this time, the Zhu family became a good person again and ran to intercede for the concubine. At this time, in the eyes of Hong Daye, the Zhu family was simply as good as a saint.
Although the concubine was eventually left behind, Hong Daye never entered her room again.
The story is adapted from "Chat Zhai Zhi Yi". This is one of the rare stories in this book that only writes about characters, but it still does not depart from Pu Songling's writing style of writing mainly satirically. This story is ostensibly about the art of imperial husband, with Zhu as the protagonist, describing how to make her husband die for himself, but in fact it is a satire of some hypocrisy in marriage.
Zhu Shi is Hong Daye's right wife, and she shares hardships with him. But Hong Daye was intoxicated by the sweet words of the concubine. Later, although Hong Daye returned to the Zhu family, it was not by feelings at all, but by the virtuous and amorous style performed by the Zhu family.
Such a marriage is probably just an exchange of benefits, losing happiness, beauty, and meaning.
