After traveling to a country where women are king, I abandoned my husband and children

Princess Hengyang?

Using the country name as a title...

A flash of white light flashed through Lu Yao's mind, and he asked in surprise: "Your princess is the daughter of Duke Dingguo Ge Yao?"

"I told you that you shouldn't be unaware of this." Ping Haoke said proudly, "Our Duke's bravery back then was reported internationally, and her emotional beast, the Fire Kirin, is selling like hot cakes."

Lu Yao lowered his eyes. It turned out to be this princess...

Seeing his silence, Ping Hao thought he was uncomfortable. After all, their Duke was most famous, and his last battle was against Jinglong State, and he died in that battle.

As a Jinglong citizen, it is normal for Lu Yao to feel uncomfortable.

"So your princess is also developing in the army now?" Lu Yao asked casually.

He was not interested in the anecdotes about aristocratic families, but he was unwilling to miss anything related to the military.

Hearing this, the smile on Ping Hao's face disappeared little by little.

He said somewhat disappointedly: "Our princess is not an emotional consultant."

"Not an emotional consultant?" Lu Yao was a little surprised.

You have to know that although there are some emotional masters who have risen from commoners like him, most emotional masters are inherited from the bloodline. As far as he knows, before Ge Yao, all the heads of the Ge family were emotional masters. Is it true that Ge Yao's daughter is just an ordinary person?

This is really... What's the difference between this and a tiger giving birth to a cat?

Seeing the disapproval on his face, Ping Hao quickly spoke up for his princess, "But my princess is very smart. When she was fourteen, she was the top scorer in the college entrance examination in Yaojing City. Now she is only twenty-two years old and has graduated from the First Medical University."

Ge Yao's daughter went to medical university?

The corners of Lu Yao's eyes were raised and his lips were slightly flattened. Although he didn't say anything, Ping Hao could see the sarcasm on his face.

He wanted to defend his princess, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say a word.

Finally, he lowered his eyebrows and said, "You are the only one living in the Princess's Mansion for free, so stop thinking about unnecessary things."

Oh, you're angry again?

Lu Yao found it quite interesting.

After eleven o'clock, the courtyards of Princess Hengyang's Mansion gradually darkened, and only the lights in Longyuan were still on.

Lu Yao had been hungry for a whole day and night, so it was inevitable that he was getting a little anxious waiting.

Finally, footsteps were heard from outside.

Ping Hao opened the door and walked in with a big food box. He brought out the food and said happily, "My dear, you are so lucky. You caught up with the princess who just left the hospital. There are all kinds of tonics on the stove in the big kitchen. I brought you a bird's nest and a bowl of ginseng black chicken soup. The chef changed the braised pig's trotter you ordered to a braised pig's trotter, and the roasted beef to salt-baked pigeon. There are also live fish in sauce, West Lake beef soup, chicken oil cabbage heart, and crab roe cabbage."

Looking at the table of dishes in front of him, Lu Yao was stunned. These dishes, whether in name or presentation, were very particular.

It's not like he hasn't stayed in aristocratic mansions before, but perhaps because of the deep heritage of the Ge family, he felt that the mansions were more luxurious and refined.

However, the opinions that need to be raised still need to be raised.

"You call this ordering dishes? Do all the servants in your mansion act on their own like this?" He only ordered two dishes, and then changed the orders for both.

"Isn't your situation special? The cook said that patients can't eat anything they want. The salt-baked squab and the live fish in sauce are just concessions." Ping Hao handed over two pairs of chopsticks and said, "The white ivory chopsticks are for public use, and the black sandalwood chopsticks are for private use. You must distinguish them clearly and don't make a mistake. Use the public chopsticks when picking up food, and use your private chopsticks when eating."

"So annoying." Lu Yao frowned. This was too particular. Besides, "I'm the only one eating. Why do I need to use public and private chopsticks?"

"Can you finish such a large table of food?" Ping Hao was unhappy.

"I can't finish the rest, can you..." Before he could finish his words, Lu Yao reacted, touched his nose and said, "I'm sorry."

Ping Hao, on the other hand, didn't care and explained, "The rule of using serving chopsticks was set by the princess. In the past, we were not picky about the leftovers of the master or even the stewards, and would take them home to eat. Besides, it's not our turn to dislike them. The food in this mansion, even the leftovers, are made of top-notch materials. People outside don't know how much they envy us."

He pointed at the plates on the table and said, "The princess has not only changed the serving chopsticks. I can see that you think it's extravagant with so many dishes now, but it used to be more. Take other noble houses outside, which one doesn't have 17 or 18 dishes for dinner? The princess said that she doesn't need to mobilize a large group of people for dinner, and 7 or 8 dishes are the most. I heard from the maid who sweeps the yard in Shuyue Pavilion that the princess often calls the maids to eat together, which is much better than those noble families who scold their servants at every turn."

"Like the cook, do you think she only changes the dishes you ordered? She also changes the dishes ordered by the princess. What is she relying on? It's because of the princess's understanding."

Lu Yao thought to himself that for people without real ability, the only virtues they can boast of are a good temper and being reasonable.

There was a lot of food, and Lu Yao ate half of it. He really couldn't eat any more. He held a bowl of chicken soup and drank it slowly while asking, "Are you considered a servant?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?" Ping Hao's attention was all on the leftovers, wondering how much he could bring back to add to the dishes for his parents and younger sister.

"You are willing to do this?" Lu Yao actually didn't understand. In Jinglong Country, there was no such insulting term as servants. There was only an employment relationship. Not to mention that Ping Hao had been a slave for generations. Even if he didn't do it for himself, he should think about future generations.

——There are three types of household registration in Hengyang State, namely, royal household registration, official household registration and civilian household registration. Royal household registration refers to the privileged class like Ge Fu who can buy and sell land within a certain range; official household registration refers to hereditary servants like Ping Hao; civilian household registration refers to the majority of ordinary people.

Ping Hao did not find it strange that Lu Yao, who was born in Jinglong Country, asked such a question. He replied, "In our Hengyang Country, it is difficult to transfer household registration from the bottom up, but it is very easy to transfer from the top down."

"The levels of household registration are generally recognized as follows: royal household registration, official household registration, and civilian household registration from high to low."

"There are fewer and fewer official registrations nowadays, and it is indeed for the reasons you mentioned. But if the master family is sensible, they will want to change to civilian registration if they don't have official registration." Ping Hao pointed at himself, "For someone like me, if I were a civilian, I would probably just find a wife, get married, and stay at home to take care of her and raise children."

Seeing that Lu Yao had almost finished eating, he started to clean up while saying, "I know the situation in your Jinglong country. It's the same as in foreign countries, with the employment system. But in the end, it's the same. If you have a good master, he will still respect you even if he calls you a servant. But if you have a bad master, he will still look down on you and mistreat you in private even if he calls you uncle or aunt."