usatvline Chapter 178 Stay Noble
Chapter 178 Stay Noble
The two women seemed to understand, but Chang Ning asked in confusion: "How do you maintain your nobility?"
Liu Rusi pondered for a while and said, "How to maintain nobility, I can't explain it clearly... well... but humble examples can be found everywhere."
"For example, Caiyun's mother was beaten and kicked by her husband, but even though she was covered in bruises, she still managed the housework and greeted her husband with a smile."
Fang Qiu frowned and said, "Who dares to hit me? And you greet me with a smile, my fists are not vegetarian!"
Chang Ning was not good at martial arts, but she was also confident: "If my husband dares to hit me, my brother can beat him to death!"
“So, you are born noble.”
Liu Rusi smiled and said, "But what if, I say what if, you married into a family like Prince Duan? If you can't win, it will be difficult for your family to protect you."
The two women who originally admired Prince Duan became embarrassed. Fang Qiu grinned and said, "Uh... His Highness Prince Duan wouldn't... hit a woman, right..."
"I'm just using him as an example, like you marrying into such an extremely prominent family."
Liu Rusi continued to hypothesize, "If you were married for many years without having children and were beaten by your husband, would you still resist with confidence as you think now?"
The two women looked at each other, both with uncertainty in their eyes. Childlessness is the first of the seven reasons for divorce...
Liu Rusi also sat up a little straighter and started to talk: "Bad husbands always have various reasons to abuse women, such as jealousy, disobedience to parents-in-law, but what are the standards for these? Who decides? Even if they are really wrong, should they be hurt endlessly?"
"Many women who are mistreated in marriage have many reasons for enduring it... For example, Caiyun's mother was mistreated because she didn't give birth to a son. She even felt that the beatings and scoldings were what she deserved."
"But I think that not having a son is not the reason why she is humble. The reason why she is humble is that she does not have the confidence to survive independently. She has nowhere to go and it is even difficult for her to survive without her husband."
Liu Rusi asked with a smile: "But do you think that you will not be able to survive if you leave your husband's family in the future?"
Fang Qiu immediately denied it disdainfully: "How could it be? Not to mention that our family will not sit idly by and watch, our dowry will not be small, and there will be absolutely no problem living together for the rest of our lives."
Chang Ning pondered, "So... to remain noble means that even if one commits one of the seven offenses, he will not be beaten or scolded?"
"Yeah, the worst that can happen is getting divorced! So what?!" Fang Qiu suddenly realized.
“So, you are born noble.”
Liu Rusi sighed again, and then continued: "But staying noble... is not just about not being beaten or scolded, but also not about having to consider the terrible situation of being divorced."
"Let's take Caiyun's mother as an example. In order to get a few more taels of silver, Caiyun's father wanted to marry Caiyun to a widowed old man as his second wife. Caiyun's mother clearly disagreed, but she didn't dare to speak out against it."
Chang Ning was puzzled and asked, "Isn't it usually the mother who decides on marriages?"
"What if father insists on making the decision?" Liu Rusi asked hypothetically.
Fang Qiu frowned slightly and said, "The husband is the leader of the wife... If my parents disagree in my family, then I will definitely... listen to my father."
Chang Ning smiled proudly and said, "My family doesn't care about that! My mother will decide my marriage!"
Fang Qiu felt as if he had lost a game for some reason, and said unconvincedly: "Anyway, my father won't force me to marry an old man! Last time I said I didn't want to marry the King of Gui, my father said that if I didn't want to marry, then I didn't have to, and it would be fine if I stayed at home for a few more years!"
"No wonder you are not good at studying. You can't understand this! Rusi said that women should maintain their nobility. If they are not satisfied with their children's marriage, they can make the decision to oppose it!"
Chang Ning shook his head and said proudly: "Rusi is right! My mother is very noble!"
"If my mother is not satisfied, she can still discuss it with my father! As long as it makes sense, my father will listen!" Fang Qiu argued.
Chang Ning curled his lips in disdain: "How can that be compared with my mother? My mother can not only decide on my brother and my marriage, but she can also decide on her own marriage! My father was found by my mother herself! Even my grandfather can't decide on my mother's!"
Fang Qiu stopped talking immediately. There was no comparison!
Liu Rusi felt a pang of sadness in her heart...
Qin Lie's father, Qin Zhong, also known as General Wei Yu Qin Shuangyu, married a woman less than two years after he joined the army... And, around the time of his marriage, he sent home 100 taels of silver... and there has been no news since then...
After hesitating for a while, Liu Rusi couldn't help but ask tentatively: "Your Highness, it seems that you got married in your twenties? Isn't this a bit late in Daxia?"
Changning paused. This matter was actually a scandal for Princess Taihua, but she thought that Liu Rusi's thinking was different from that of ordinary women.
"You'll probably hear rumors in the future anyway, so why don't I tell you so you don't have to listen to other people's gossip!"
Chang Ning opened up: "When my mother was fifteen years old and had just come of age, my grandfather arranged a marriage for her. The man was the legitimate son of the powerful Zhang Guogong Mansion at that time. Logically speaking, this family background was barely a good match, but my mother heard that the Zhang family had a bad tradition..."
...
The girl in gorgeous palace dress walked quickly towards the magnificent palace.
"Your Highness! The Emperor is holding a banquet for beauties! It is not convenient for you to go in!" The eunuch at the door hurriedly stopped the girl.
"Another banquet?! Didn't we have one yesterday?" *** asked with a frown.
"It was at yesterday's banquet. Your Majesty got drunk at the banquet. When he woke up, he couldn't remember the beauties' dancing. So he asked them to dance again. Mr. Zhang and several other adults were still there to accompany him."
The eunuchs had smiles on their faces. They would often be rewarded for serving the nobles well, and this kind of banquet was when there were the most opportunities! Moreover, when rewarding in front of others, they would often be more generous for the sake of face. Yesterday, a eunuch received a reward of 1,000 taels of silver!
But *** showed some anger on his face, and asked in disbelief: "Today is not a holiday, is the emperor going to court early?"
"Uh..." The eunuch was embarrassed and whispered, "Your Majesty will not wake up until the afternoon... He will not be able to catch the morning court..."
*** became even angrier, and angrily walked into the hall to question him!
"Princess! You really can't come in! If you have something to do, please come and see His Majesty after the banquet is over!"
The eunuchs around hurriedly lined up in front of them. The scene inside was not something an unmarried princess could watch!
The human wall was a barrier, and even if the eunuchs didn't dare to take any strong actions, it was impossible for the *** to cross it...
*** was extremely anxious! She had heard that at the banquet yesterday, Duke Zhang and the emperor discussed her marriage, and that the emperor intended to marry her to the Zhang family! If she didn't find the emperor quickly, it would be too late to issue the imperial decree!
But it was useless to say this to the eunuch in front of him. He clenched his fists for a long time and could only angrily yell "dog slave" and turned away angrily!