My Lord, your wife is spreading rumors about you again.

Chapter 31 The Benefits of Marrying You

"You..." Zhang Zhi moved closer, and a thought suddenly occurred to him, "You don't understand what it means to get married?"

"How come I don't know?" Mingli felt a little uneasy, but he still retorted, "My sister told me a long time ago that getting married is about managing the household and having children."

Zhang Zhi smiled: "Do you think it's right?"

"There's nothing right or wrong about it. My sister believes this, and she does it." Mingli's expression was a little gloomy. In the past few days, she heard from all kinds of people that her sister was different from her own impression. She was wholeheartedly thinking about her husband's family and exhausted all her energy to maintain the superficial relationship between husband and wife, but in the end, she ruined her life.

Mingli raised his eyes and asked, "Do you know about my mother?"

"I know. I'll tell you."

"My father and your mother were close friends. That year, the Wen family fell into decline, and Madam Wen was so angry that she had a difficult delivery. The entire Ming family was only concerned about Ming Boyuan's promotion. It was my father who went to the palace to bring a doctor and saved you and your mother and daughter safely. Now, in this world, only my father knows that Madam Wen gave birth to twin girls."

Mingli's bloody and murderous intentions were significantly reduced. When she was young, she learned from reading that everyone in the world has parents and relatives, but she only had her master. She didn't understand, so she took the book to ask, but she was slapped coldly. The master said that if she dared to mention the word "parents" again, he would throw her into the snake cave as food.

Her master never let her go down the mountain. She had only three things to do every day: learn how to make poisons, listen to her master's stories about the imperial court down the mountain, and be a poisoner.

She was born with an extremely cold constitution, making her the best vessel for testing poisons. The master was obsessed with refining poisons, and whenever he developed a new poison, he would first test it on Mingli.

For a full ten years, starting at the age of five, her body had been tested with hundreds of poisons.

Zhang Zhi propped himself up and stood there looking at her.

"Mingli, you are you and she is she. Revenge for my sister is your responsibility, but it is not everything."

Zhang Zhi took a step closer and said, "You killed Ming Shuyuan out of righteous indignation, what will you do in the future? Ming Shuyuan is just one of the people who persecuted your sister. If you kill him now, it will only alert the enemy. Zhou Shu used her body as a bargaining chip to pave his future. If you do it once, you will do it twice. You know Zhou Shu is a beast. The sky in Kyoto has long been dark. I'm afraid that most of the officials and wealthy businessmen in the court and the country have done this."

Mingli lowered his head and his fists clenched so tightly that they made a creaking sound.

"Killing someone is really nothing."

Zhang Zhi took two steps closer to her and said, "Ming Shuyuan deserves to die, but his death shouldn't involve you. You are not a substitute for your sister, nor a tool for her revenge. You should live for yourself."

Seeing that she had no resistance, Zhang Zhi's voice softened: "To be honest, you are indeed cruel. You wiped out the entire Zhou family and burned down the entire mansion. People feel good when they see it. People are dead, and the truth is more important. Not all the Ming family members are vicious and evil. Those who do evil should be dealt with according to the law. If you kill them all without distinguishing right from wrong, what is the difference between you and the evil people?"

Zhang Zhi felt guilty when he said this.

In today's world, officials protect each other. How can anyone obey the law as if it were a sword? He just wanted to tell Mingli that before taking revenge, he should protect himself first.

The dead are gone, and the lives of the living should be more important than the truth. Before loving others, love yourself first, and before protecting others, protect yourself first.

Mingli could recite the entire Da Qi law, but he did not understand the meaning of the law.

If the law is enforceable, why are there still water slaves in Kyoto? Why did her sister receive such inhuman treatment, but no one stood up to protect her?

Just as her mind was engaged in a heated debate, her master's voice rang in her mind -

The master said: "Yangyang, in this world, the strong are always respected. As long as you are strong and cruel enough, you can kill everyone in the world at will, and the people will be your slaves for life."

"Why are you helping me? What's your intention?" Zhang Zhi thought about it for a moment and a legitimate reason came to his mind.

"To watch a play."

Zhang Zhi raised his eyebrows, seeming to be very satisfied with this casually made up reason: "I want to see, how can sisters who are born of the same mother have such different personalities? There are too many vulgar people in this capital, and your joining will definitely stir up a huge splash. I also want to see, in this abyss where people are eaten without leaving any bones, the fate of a person like you who doesn't fit in, will you be swallowed by the giant beast, or kill the giant beast and eventually become the giant beast."

Mingli looked at him for a long time, and finally accepted the answer silently.

Ming Li said, "Tell me, did my sister regret it when she died? She was extremely talented and cared about the people, but she was forced to marry a scum like Zhou Shu in order to cover up the scandal for Ming Shuyuan. She was sincere for three years and even lost her life for it. She couldn't even protect Ming Yi and Ming Xin."

"If I were the older sister, I would regret it."

She was too deeply tied to her family and had long since sunk to the bottom of this mud. Even if she wanted to turn back, there was no way.

Mingli loves to read storybooks. She has always lived in the mountains and has no one to talk to. When her sister learned of her hobby, she would send her many storybook books.

The most dramatic part is that a rich girl falls in love with a poor scholar. For the sake of the scholar, the girl abandons her family and relatives, and follows the scholar without hesitation, eating coarse food, living in a cold kiln, and living a life of poverty and loneliness.

They would call such a woman a wife who has shared the hardships of life with them.

Later, there are only two possible endings. One is that the poor scholar is frustrated all his life and uses his anger and dissatisfaction with life to inflict his fists on his wife. The other is that the scholar is on the list of successful candidates, favored by the emperor, betrothed to the princess, rides on a tall horse, and becomes a royal consort.

Why can't a woman use her own hands and feet to create a bright and honorable life for herself?

Do you have to rely on men to live?

Zhang Zhi lifted his robe, sat next to Ming Li, and said, "Since you don't like that kind of life, then avoid it and find one you like."

"What I like?" Mingli was a little confused, "But I..."

But she didn't know what she liked, and the only reason she lived now was revenge. There was nothing else.

Besides, even if there is someone I like, her body
Zhang Zhi seemed to be determined to get an answer: "Mingli, what do you like?"

"I" Mingli suddenly thought of the scene of Wutongyu that made her sigh when she first entered Mingjia Theater two days ago, "I like watching plays."

Zhang Zhi was startled for a moment, then he smiled and nodded: "You set a date, and I'll take you to see the Lou Family Troupe. Even the prince praised their performances. You'll definitely like them."

"it is good."

A faint smile appeared on Mingli's lips, and she felt that the depression in her heart had dissipated a little.

It was like walking in a gloomy and unbearable plum rain day, and every breath was so stuffy and uncomfortable. Suddenly, a cool breeze swept by, dispelling the gloom and letting in the light.

"Zhang Zhi, what good will it bring me if I marry you?"

(End of this chapter)