Chapter 21 is back.
The love story between Du Ziheng and You Bingyue, as told in traditional storybooks, is a romantic tale of a noble young man falling in love with a peasant girl, overcoming numerous obstacles and societal norms to boldly pursue their love, and ultimately living happily ever after.
If this content were written down and sold, it would probably make countless young girls excited, thinking they could rise to the top and become a phoenix.
How many teenagers have been brainwashed into thinking that it's incredibly cool and awesome to fight against the whole world for your beloved?
What is the reality?
Du Ziheng was missing for three whole months. Yao was terrified and cried every day until she almost went blind. Prime Minister Du was also worried and couldn't sleep at night. In just a few months, he aged several years.
However, Du Ziheng was able to get out of bed and move around less than half a month after the accident, and his injuries were almost healed a month after the accident.
If he were to send someone to inform Prime Minister Du and his wife at this time, and bring their savior back to the capital, Prime Minister Du and his wife would be displeased because of You Bingyue's status, but they might not necessarily oppose it so strongly.
After all, that was their son's savior.
However, Du Ziheng was worried that Yao would not like You Bingyue's identity, so he always thought of delaying it until he could think of a way to get his parents to accept it.
As for You Bingyue, when she learned that Du Ziheng still had parents and family, she didn't think to persuade him to send a message back. Later, when she learned that his parents wanted a daughter-in-law of equal social standing, she actually thought of making him give up everything and wander the world with her.
Her exact words were: Anyway, I have ways to make money, and you have knowledge and ability. Even without relying on the Prime Minister's mansion, the two of us can live very well.
She not only told Du Ziheng this, but also directly confronted Yao Shi when Yao Shi subtly told her that she hoped to marry a noblewoman who could help her son.
When Prime Minister Du sent people to find that small mountain village, Du Ziheng was planning to wander the world with You Bingyue.
Given this way of handling things, unless Prime Minister Du and his wife were made of clay, they would absolutely never agree to let You Bingyue enter the family.
Yu Zhiyi said calmly, "From what I've observed, neither my father nor my mother are unreasonable people. For example, when I wanted to set up a fragrance room, my mother, after finding out the reason, agreed even though she didn't quite trust my abilities."
"If you hadn't intentionally concealed it from the beginning, or even considered abandoning your parents and running away, there might still be room for maneuver."
Du Ziheng didn't feel anything was wrong with what he was doing.
His father was the prime minister of the court, and he was the only son in the prime minister's family. His father was always strict with him, and although his mother loved him, she would only advise him to compromise when his principles clashed with his father's.
Because his parents had always told him since he was a child that he should marry a woman of equal social standing, he never imagined that his parents could accept a woman of low social status. So when You Bingyue proposed to wander the world, he was moved.
He never considered the other possibility.
Before that, he had never even considered how much he had hurt his parents by doing what he did.
The people around him always scolded him for being blinded by beauty, but they never told him that if things had gone back to the beginning and he had chosen to believe his parents, perhaps the outcome would have been different.
As if struck on the head, he was dizzy and suddenly asked, "Then, in your opinion, what should I do?"
Yu Zhiyi: "?"
She looked helplessly at the young nobleman in front of her: "When Miss You first met me, she not only spoke rudely to me, but also tried to push my people into the water."
"The second time Miss You saw me, she helped others frame me."
Why should I help her?
Du Ziheng was speechless, but he still wanted to try.
Yu Zhiyi said calmly, "It is my greatest magnanimity not to personally decide to break you up. Helping you is impossible."
In fact, after asking the question, Du Ziheng also realized that he had gone too far.
Is it even human to ask one's legal wife to help persuade one's parents to accept a concubine?
He covered his face, feeling somewhat ashamed: "I'm sorry, I was being presumptuous."
"It's alright."
The carriage continued its rumbling journey.
Du Ziheng was not a talkative person, and Yu Zhiyi would never go out of her way to make conversation, so the carriage fell silent.
Du Ziheng picked up a book, but found that he couldn't concentrate on reading it at all today.
He found that what was on his mind now was not even his relationship with You Bingyue, but rather what he had seen and heard that day.
To his utter surprise, the usually gentle and generous Madam Ji was actually a vicious person behind the scenes. He was somewhat curious: "Yi'er, can you tell what Uncle Ji will choose?"
Although Pang was vicious, Ji Congxin's first wife and son were still alive.
For many people, this is something they can laugh off.
As a man, Ji Congxin could have easily brought his first wife into the household and enjoyed the blessings of having two wives.
But Du Ziheng put himself in their shoes and realized that he couldn't tolerate a snake or scorpion staying by his side.
He was genuinely curious about how things would unfold.
Anyway, the results of this matter will be out tomorrow, and Du Ziheng is not a big mouth who would gossip everywhere, so Yu Zhiyi satisfied his curiosity: "Master Ji is a man of deep feelings and true character, so he will naturally choose his original wife."
Du Ziheng was satisfied with the whole story and also pleased with Ji Congxin's choice.
However, there was also some regret: "It's just a pity about Brother Ji..."
A perfectly good family has fallen apart.
The next day, Ji Congxin divorced Pang.
Pang was initially unwilling, but Ji Congxin laid out all her crimes one by one and said that if she was unwilling to divorce, then he would have no choice but to divorce her.
The Pang family, unwilling to let their daughter be branded as abandoned, agreed to the divorce on her behalf.
Ji Congxin is no longer the rural merchant who had to flee to avoid the power of the Pang family. He now has substantial capital and connections, with many powerful figures behind him. No matter how angry the Pang family is, they can do nothing to him.
Ji Congxin wasn't completely heartless after all. After the divorce, he gave Pang a large sum of money and allowed Ji Yifei to live with his mother.
Zi Yuan was vividly recounting the affairs of the Ji family when, just as she reached the climax of her story, Yu Pan'er rushed in, her face filled with anxiety: "Something terrible has happened, young mistress!"
Yu Zhiyi glanced over lazily: "What?"
"Young master has brought that woman back again! I don't know how he persuaded the madam, but he actually allowed that woman to stay in the Moon-Viewing Pavilion again!"
Yu Zhiyi looked away without much surprise: "I thought it was something serious, that it was worth getting so anxious about?"
Yu Pan'er stared in astonishment: "This...isn't this a big deal?"
“Young master is a man, he can bring back whomever he wants, there is no need to interfere.”
Yesterday, Du Ziheng made an unprecedented trip to visit her again, and Yao Shi was beaming with joy.
Yu Zhiyi was worried that if You Bingyue didn't return soon, Yao would bring up the matter of consummating the marriage and having a child.
All she wants in this life is to cultivate herself beautifully; let others serve her men and let others bear her children.
Regardless of who gives birth to the child, everyone must call her "stepmother." Even if she fails to ascend to immortality and fails to achieve a title, she can still be buried with dignity after death.
Isn't this better than the effort and mental strain involved with a man?
Even with these thoughts in mind, Yu Zhiyi still sighed.
If the timing of her rebirth hadn't been wrong, she wouldn't have had to face all of this.
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