Chapter 199 Creating Myself

Song Yunshu's expression froze for a moment.

She literally couldn't say no.

A married woman should obey her husband. Even if her family has a strong background, they generally won't interfere in the affairs of her daughter and son-in-law. What's more, she was marrying up.

Her parents' home is far inferior to the royal palace.

If the prince insisted on taking back her power, what could she say?

She is just a senior housekeeper!

“No…” She pursed her lips and calmed down: “Miss Shen, you have to know that respectable families are all managed by the mistress of the house. As the ancients said, a wife is a person of harmony. How could the prince deprive me of my position for no reason?”

"Different division of labor?" Shu Yan smiled again. "Why don't you guys take a look at the law? You know 'a wife is equal to her husband,' but do you know that the Tang Dynasty, widely considered the most enlightened in history, states in Article 325 of the Tang Law Commentary: 'A wife's words are equal to her husband's, and her body and rights are the same as those of a child'?"

Shu Yan said to both Song Yunshu and the real readers: "What does it mean? Although a wife is one with her husband, her actual status is the same as that of a child. Therefore, 'those who beat or injure their wives are reduced to two levels of ordinary people.'"

"What does it mean? It means that if a husband injures his wife, the punishment is two levels lighter than if he injures an ordinary person. And this is just one of the many unequal laws between husband and wife."

"Excuse me, how did you and your husband get together?"

"Instead of telling me this, you might as well say that your authority depends entirely on your husband's mood. If he's in a bad mood and makes up an excuse saying you're 'sick' or 'tired', what will you do?"

Song Yunshu's hands clenched the handkerchief tightly, but her expression was cold: "Miss Chen, these crazy words are not what a woman like you should say. It is a rule since ancient times that women should abide by the rules of women. You are simply crazy when you say these words. You should immediately..."

"Who said that women's virtues are rules from ancient times?"

Shu Yan suddenly dismissed Song Yunshu and her maid, leaned closer to Song Yunshu, and said slowly, "Have you ever thought that in another era, women could also go to school and work, and have all the rights that men have?"

"Have you ever considered that the prince is so stupid and is fooled around by his concubines every day? If it were you, you would definitely be able to do better than him?"

"Have you ever considered that if you were to become the crown prince, you would hold the real power and money, not have to look at your husband's eyes, and if you wanted, you could even make him look at your eyes. Is this what real power is?"

Song Yunshu was horrified: "Chen Lixin, what on earth are you talking about! How could you..."

"Stop, stop." Shu Yan interrupted directly: "That's all I have to say. If you figure it out, come find me. If you don't figure it out, I won't say any more."

After saying that, he stood up.

In fact, if she didn't have the golden finger to save her life, she really couldn't say this so bluntly.

However, even with such straightforwardness, Song Yunshu's sobriety level was only 5% at this moment.

After all, feudal ideas are deeply rooted. That is the creed she has accepted for more than ten years. It is not surprising that she cannot change it for a while, and there is nothing to blame.

However, she believed that Song Yunshu would no longer be able to firmly believe that she had obtained any power and money in the future.

The readers on the other end were already arguing:

…

Shu Yan didn't read the comments, but found that the original book readers' favorability towards ancient times had dropped to 77%.

She left Song Yunshu's room but did not go back. She first opened the system and switched to the male protagonist.

Our male protagonist, Xia Jian, the prince of the royal palace, was rushing to Shu Yan's Xuanji Courtyard in anger.

"This Shen Lixin is becoming more and more ignorant! If this prince finds out that he is pretending to be sick, I will..."

As he was speaking, his foot suddenly slipped and he fell into a pool of strange substance with a thud.

"Hmm——" A vile smell filled his nostrils, and Xia Jian's face turned pale.

"What is this? This... Ugh! What the f*ck is this? Ugh!"

He struggled hard and accidentally took three big bites.

When Xia Jian realized what this was, he was so angry that he almost exploded. He vomited violently for half a minute before recovering. He kicked the servant away and said, "Are you dead?! You can't even see something like this?!"

Mission 1: Revenge on the prince of the palace.

Shu Yan changed "spit" to "bath" and "servant" to "self".

So, when our innocent and devoted boy Xia Jian understood what it was, he suddenly jumped into the pool with a look of anger, unbuttoned his clothes, and began to bathe passionately.

"? Prince?" The servant was horrified: "Prince, what are you doing..."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

"Prince, are you crazy?"

Xia Jian ignored them. He happily scooped up the oil and things on the ground and washed himself, even his handsome face and hair were not spared.

Half a minute later, Xia Jian finally finished washing and came to his senses.

Then he kicked himself and sent himself flying half a mile.

I don’t know how he did it.

"ah--"

The servants were stunned.

Xia Jian was also shocked.

"What the hell am I doing?!" Xia Jian was furious, and didn't even bother to look at Chen Lixin anymore. He rushed to the nearest main courtyard and ordered the servants to fetch a bucket of water and wash it clean.

Shu Yan changed washing to drinking.

So Xia Jian rushed to the main courtyard and ordered his servants to fetch him a large bucket of water.

The servants thought he wanted to take a bath, but he actually picked up the bucket of water and drank it in big gulps.

"? Prince, you, you..."

"Sir, no matter how thirsty you are, you must first..."

You have to wash it before drinking it, right?

Besides, who drinks water from a bathtub? Are you crazy?

When Song Yunshu came out and saw this scene, he was almost suffocated to death by Xia Jian.

"Shi, Shizi?"

Is this still the prince? Where did this mud pig come from?

"Prince, Chen...how dare she treat you like this?" Song Yunshu's eyes flashed with astonishment, and he went over to help Xia Jian.

But Xia Jian, who was eager to drink water, pushed her down and got her hand stained with something.

Song Yunshu looked at his hands and shook himself.

Xia Jian drank like this all night, and no matter how Song Yunshu tried to stop him, it was useless.

It’s not that there is too much water in the barrel, but mainly because it is a wooden barrel, and the water will be absorbed into the wood and cannot be completely absorbed in a short period of time.

After he finished drinking the water in the bucket, he had to suck the water droplets off the bucket wall. After sucking the water droplets, he had to chew the wood and suck them dry.

Finally, by the time he finished chewing the wood, it was almost dawn the next day.

"Someone, help...help this prince...up..."

Xia Jian stumbled to his feet, looked at the wood chips on the ground, then looked at the tired and frightened servants, and his whole body was numb.

What did he do all night?!

[“No, I…” Xia Jian was angry and anxious. Suddenly, he remembered that it was time to go to court. As a prince with an official position, he had to go to court.

But he is in this state now and hasn’t even taken a bath. How can he go to court?

He had no choice but to grit his teeth and let his servant ask for leave.

Shu Yan immediately changed "let" to "harmony" and "take leave" to "go to court".