Chapter 85 Leaving
"Aunt Zhao, as long as you think it through, it's fine."
Shen Wei sincerely felt happy for Aunt Zhao, but at the same time, he would also tell her that the future was out of her control: "In the days ahead, there may be a lot of gossip and you may suffer injustice."
"But your life will no longer be controlled by the Marquis' Mansion."
"As long as every step in the future is what you want, then you are free. Even if you are confined to the secular world, your soul is still passionate."
Aunt Zhao got up from the ground and nodded heavily, her face showing unconcealable joy.
Before, she didn’t understand what Shen Wei meant by freedom, nor did she understand why Shen Wei worked so hard, giving up wealth and glory and insisting on practicing martial arts, doing business, and making money, trying desperately to regain control of his own destiny.
But just now, she suddenly understood.
When Madam Hou could send her to the Dong family to apologize with just a few words.
When Master Dong flirted with a woman, the one who was despised by everyone in the end was the innocent woman.
When she was ready to fail, the mistress Qin Shuyu came forward without hesitation and divorced her on behalf of the Marquis.
Only then did she understand.
Freedom is also destiny.
Taking destiny into your own hands is better than thousands of wealth and glory.
Shen Wei and Aunt Zhao smiled at each other, as if they were thankful for every step they had taken these days, each of which was treading on thin ice: "Let's go! Pack your luggage, I'll take you out of the house."
The two of them left supporting each other.
After Shen Wei and Aunt Zhao disappeared, Lu's mother, who was standing far away at the rockery, sneered with a look of disdain on her face.
Originally, Lu's mother was going to take Miss Lu to the main hall, but Miss Lu insisted on staying here and even kept talking to Shen Wei on behalf of Aunt Zhao.
Mother Lu simply couldn't understand why her sensible daughter would say such a ridiculous thing today. She looked at Aunt Zhao's back as she left and said coldly, "Do you really think they are right?"
"I see you are becoming more and more unruly! Where did your good manners go? You are even speaking for this debauched abandoned woman."
"Mother, you think what happened today is all due to Aunt Zhao's promiscuous seduction, right?" Miss Lu felt as if her heart was being cut by a knife.
She didn't know how to deny her mother.
I don’t know how to prove that Aunt Zhao is not wrong.
She just felt that everything she had learned, thought and knew was extremely ridiculous!
The mother said that men are all upright and capable, with broad minds and the potential to achieve great things. However, Mr. Dong almost defiled her after he finished spending time with her!
My mother said that the women in the harem were all petty and ambitious, and only knew how to resort to despicable means. If she became the mistress of the house in the future, she would have to do her best to control the concubines and mistresses.
Let them know that the mistress's authority cannot be challenged. Only by establishing her authority can those concubines dare not look down on her and act recklessly.
But the result?
result!
Shen Wei's righteousness, Qin Shuyu's tolerance, and Aunt Zhao's courage are all so dazzling that they let Miss Lu see what it means to be truly upright.
"Is not it?"
"Look at Shen Wei. A great marquis has become a laughing stock in the whole capital because of a foxy girl like her. He even said something about being together for life. What a foolish dream. How can an orphan like her, who is nothing, be worthy of him?"
"If the old marquis were still alive, there wouldn't be such absurd things happening now!"
"Let's look at that immoral Aunt Zhao. Let's put aside whether she seduced Master Dong or not. The fact that she came out to hang out on such an important day means that she is not innocent, and in the end she even damaged Master Dong's foundation!"
"Such a big event, this is a matter of continuing the family line, but the Marquis' Mansion just evaded the issue and sent the person away."
"If this kind of thing happened in our Xiangguo Mansion, we would first give that bastard a hundred lashes. If he's not dead, we would send him directly to the Dong Mansion to confess his crime."
"It's a pity for the young master of the Dong family. I discussed it with the master before and was planning to make him my son-in-law."
"........"
Listening to her mother's biased words, Miss Lu felt a sense of depression in her chest. She wanted to laugh, but couldn't; she wanted to cry, but couldn't make a sound.
All the grievances and panic today suddenly erupted due to my mother's misunderstanding.
Miss Lu suddenly raised her head, took a deep breath, and said word by word: "Mother, Aunt Zhao is right, she is innocent, how could she be wrong!"
"It was Master Dong who was attracted by beauty and did everything. Why was Aunt Zhao punished? Is she so deserving of death just because she is a concubine?"