contradiction
The free and unrestrained wind blew from all directions. Taishi Zheng and Song Mingyue both knelt with their arms folded, their gazes, sometimes lowered and sometimes raised, focused on the sky and the earth.
They seemed like chivalrous warriors in the martial arts world, whose bodies and minds were exhausted after years of revenge, and who only wanted to fight to become famous today.
The calmness before drawing the sword suddenly froze the falling leaves in the wind, but suddenly accelerated the process of cutting off the fluttering hair on the temples of the two men.
Cui Zhichou stood in the middle of it, straightening his body with his palms placed squarely on his hips.
He was ready to flee at any moment.
"Your words are not always trustworthy, your actions are not always steadfast, and you will do anything for the sake of profit. If you are like this, you can be called a villain. Song Mingyue, you confuse right and wrong in this way, either foolishly or falsely, to gain benefits. Don't you feel guilty?"
The incoherent tone of Taishi Zheng's voice made Cui Zhichou turn his head and look, as if he saw his second brother.
"?" Song Mingyue was at a loss as to what to do.
Cui Zhichou sneered and said to Taishi Zheng, "Second sister-in-law, it's useless to tell her. She's illiterate."
Illiterate? Taishi Zheng turned to look. Wasn't Song Mingyue's father a successful Jinshi? How could he be illiterate like his own father?
Cui Zhichou finished speaking, then turned around and echoed Song Mingyue on his left, "Don't you understand? Second sister-in-law said you're a despicable person. I think what Second sister-in-law said is very accurate. I agree with her."
"Cui Zhichou, you are so disloyal. Let's sleep in separate beds today." Song Mingyue threatened Cui Zhichou.
But the separate bed issue didn't seem to hurt Cui Zhichou. He retorted, "You don't need to separate the beds. I can't even sleep because I can't finish making the banners. Why should I be afraid of you? Just keep the bed and sleep peacefully."
The couple started arguing and threw Tai Shi Zheng aside.
Zheng coughed when she saw this.
The two of them then returned to the main topic. This time, Song Mingyue took the initiative and shamelessly refused to admit it.
"Second sister-in-law, what you said is not authentic. Look carefully at the tabloids. Is there any article that mentions you by name? Don't make assumptions and make unwarranted judgments. In the end, you will wrongly accuse me, an innocent person. Mingyue created this tabloid just to let everyone find a little fun in life after dinner and in the boring work. It makes people smile and relieve their worries because of the tabloids. What a wonderful thing. Did I do anything wrong? I just want to do a good thing, and this is not allowed? Are you going to deprive me of everything?"
Song Mingyue stood on the moral high ground.
Tai Shi Zheng frowned. How could there be someone more shameless than her?
Zheng explained, "Song Mingyue, you know exactly who's in that tabloid. And Sanlang was there yesterday, with so many servants watching. Even without naming names, everyone knows a thing or two. But do you really understand the facts? Do you know the reason behind it? You're just writing nonsense without any basis for truth."
"Song Mingyue, you want to leave a name for yourself, you want to make a profit, but you want to do this at the expense of my reputation? You still say that what you are doing is a good thing? It's too shameless-"
Tai Shi Zheng regained the high position of morality.
Cui Zhichou watched the two of them beaming with joy, and was completely stunned by what he heard. He always felt that she was right, and she was right too.
Seeing that things were going wrong, Song Mingyue quickly resorted to her last resort—shifting the blame. Her demeanor was humble, and she was both delicate and pathetic. "I know one reason, but not the other. But if I were to explain why, it's all because of one person..."
"One person? Who? Is there anyone helping you?" Tai Shi Zheng was puzzled.
Cui Zhichou also turned his gaze to Song Mingyue, but Song Mingyue pointed at him and said, "This man is him, Cui Laosan."
"Who—" Cui Zhichou cried out in injustice, "Me? You're talking nonsense."
Tai Shi Zheng was surprised when he heard this.
Song Mingyue took advantage of the situation and added fuel to the fire, "Yes, it's you. It's because you came back yesterday and learned this from me. Otherwise, how could I have known so much detail if my mother-in-law had banned the news and told the servants not to speculate? Many of the details in the tabloid were also due to his guidance. That's why it turned out the way my second sister-in-law saw it."
"Song Laoliu, you...you are so despicable!" Cui Zhichou was so angry that his teeth were itching.
But Song Mingyue's words were half true and half false. She actually asked back forcefully, "Cui Laosan, stop talking nonsense. I'm asking you, do you dare to swear in front of your second sister-in-law! What about your second sister-in-law poisoning your second brother, scaring your mother-in-law to tears, and the story of the suona playing for your second brother? Didn't you say that—"
These two people are not from the same family, so they don't enter the same house. Cui Zhichou was obviously not confident enough when he heard this, and he trembled. But he still said: "I, I, I dare."
"Then send it out." Song Mingyue pursued relentlessly.
Cui Zhichou slowly extended his palm. "Let it go, Song Mingyue, don't regret it." He seemed to have made a great determination, just to fight Song Mingyue to the end. "Second sister-in-law, I swear to heaven, if I deliberately plotted against you and second brother, I will have no descendants in this life!"
When these words were spoken, everyone present was shocked.
Tai Shi Zheng's eyes widened even more.
Cui Zhichou could say that if he injured one thousand enemies, he would lose eight hundred of his own. If such a poisonous oath were to come true, who could bear the responsibility?
Just look, after Cui Zhichou finished speaking, Song Mingyue suddenly raised her hand and swung it towards the back of his neck, "You are so good, Cui Zhichou, you are cursing me——"
Cui Zhichou was stunned by the noise. He turned to Song Mingyue and said angrily, "Hit me again!"
"Do you think I don't dare?" Song Mingyue said as she swung again.
Tai Shi Zheng watched as Cui Zhichou leaned forward, then quickly bounced back. Cui Zhichou clenched his fists, "Song Mingyue, I'm warning you, I'm not afraid of you. Try to swing at me again."
Song Mingyue had never seen anyone make such a request, so she did as he wished and waved her hand away expressionlessly.
Cui Zhichou finally couldn't bear it anymore and didn't need to endure it anymore.
"Is it still not enough?" Song Mingyue said as she stretched out her arm for the fourth time. Seeing this, Cui Zhichou cleverly raised his hand and held her wrist tightly.
Seeing that he had successfully dodged the attack, Cui Zhichou began to say proudly, "Hehe, you didn't expect that, Song Laoliu, I already know the exact timing of your arm swing. You - can't hit me."
Unfortunately, Cui Zhichou planned to use his right hand, but forgot that people have more than one arm. The next second, there was a snap, and Song Mingyue's left hand was firmly pressed against Cui Zhichou's right cheek.
Cui Zhichou was so exhausted that he almost cried, and shouted, "Song Mingyue, you've gone too far. I'm going to fight you today—"
"Cui Zhichou, it was you who asked me to hit you, so stop being unreasonable!" Song Mingyue said as she stretched out her hand to block her "reproachful husband".
Thus, what began as a debate between Taishi Zheng and Song Mingyue gradually devolved into a bitter feud between the couple. Zheng, having gone from being an adversary, became the one mediating. "Sanlang, Mingyue, stop fighting! Stop fighting! You two, stop fighting! Just listen to me, okay..."
The chaotic scene made Taishi Zheng at a loss.
She tried to pull Cui Zhichou, but because she was too weak, it was useless. She turned to Fu Qile for help, but Fu Qile looked at her indifferently. Perhaps in Fu Qile's heart, only Erlang could win her attention.
Oh my God, who can come and save her...
At that time, Cui Zhijun, who was passing by the door not far away, looking for his beloved wife who had been away for a long time, seemed to have heard Tai Shizheng's thoughts. He stepped into the courtyard, his eyes fell on her, and said in a deep voice, "I didn't mean to pass by. Madam, why are you here?"
Cui Zhiyun lied again.
His voice was clear and elegant, as if it possessed some kind of magic that could soothe others' chaotic emotions. The third brother and his wife stopped their antics and turned to look at each other.
"Brother Yun." "Second brother."
Tai Shi Zheng didn't react for a moment. Why did the two of them suddenly stop moving? Until she followed their gaze and looked back, but when she saw Cui Zhijun, she was instantly wronged and tears welled up in her eyes.
Zheng reached out and called out, "Husband."
Cui Zhijun was very confused. Why did she go out for so long? Why was she in the Ginkgo Pavilion? And why was she kneeling with them?
Everything is so weird.
But Cui Zhijun still stepped forward. He stretched out his hand to pull the person up, but Zheng suddenly hugged him.
Cui Zhichou and Song Mingyue looked at the two people next to them who were showing affection, turned around and looked at their own arms that were holding each other, and quickly let go, parting unhappily, saying that they were unlucky to each other.
Fu Qile stood in the corridor and still did not interrupt.
She was still a bystander.
As for Erlang, all she could do was turn a blind eye.
"My dear, are you here to save me?" Taishi Zheng hugged Cui Zhijun as if he had grabbed a lifeline. Cui Zhijun was puzzled: "What do you mean? Why did you say you were here to save me?"
Cui Zhijun asked without waiting for Taishi Zheng to reply.
Song Mingyue took the opportunity to complain, "Isn't this all mother-in-law's order? When she gets angry, even the sparrows that pass by her will have their wings plucked off. None of us are lucky, so we have to suffer the same misfortune. She actually made us kneel for a whole hour. I've never seen anything like this before."
Cui Zhiyun ignored her.
He just lowered his eyes and stared at his wife in front of him, but Zheng didn't say anything.
Although Cui Zhijun didn't know the whole story, he knew from Zheng's expression that there were only a few reasons for this matter.
He then pulled up the arm of the person in front of him and said, "Alright, that's enough. No more kneeling. If there's anything, I'll go talk to my mother."
Look, what a responsible and ideal husband.
Song Mingyue stared at Cui Zhijun, the man she had missed. Ultimately, it was just her bad luck. She couldn't blame anyone else.
Then accidentally glimpsed at the silly Cui Lao San from his family, Song Mingyue couldn't help but roll her eyes. They were obviously brothers from the same family, so how could this guy not even one ten-thousandth as good as the others!
She has such a miserable life.
"What are you looking at?" Cui Zhichou looked at Song Mingyue's disdainful eyes with a look of unwillingness.
Song Mingyue rolled her eyes at him again and didn't bother to pay attention to him.
Cui Zhijun tried to pull Tai Shi Zheng up, but when she looked at Fu Qile in the corridor, she knelt down again.
She said, "My dear, if you take me away like this, I'm afraid Madam Fu won't be able to explain herself to you. Let's not make things difficult for her."
Cui Zhijun didn't look back at Fu Qile. He just said, "Mother won't make things difficult for her. Don't worry."
But Taishi Zheng still felt something was wrong, so she waved her hand to signal Cui Zhijun to come closer. "My dear, I have a plan. It won't embarrass Madam Fu, but it will also help you explain it to your mother-in-law next time you see her."
"What can we do?" Cui Zhijun leaned closer, but heard Taishi Zheng suddenly shouting in his ear: "Hey, my dear. What did you say? You said you suddenly felt dizzy. What happened? Could it be that the residual poison from yesterday hasn't dissipated yet? What should we do? What? You want me to take you back to rest? Okay, okay, let's go back now-"
Anyone who hears her awkward accent knows she is acting.
Cui Zhijun was extremely surprised, while Fu Qile crossed her arms and remained silent. Zheng helped Cui Zhijun to his feet, but she looked even more dizzy than Cui Zhijun. She then snuggled into Cui Zhijun's arms, making it look like he was leaning on her.
Then, she lowered her eyes to look at her "brothers in distress" and said, "Goodbye, take care of yourselves." Then she and Cui Zhijun limped away.
Song Mingyue was stunned by this series of operations.
She felt like she had met her match.
Song Mingyue thought that if she could get Tai Shi Zheng to join her tabloid, she might be able to sell it outside the house in the future.
However, this was a long-term idea. Right now, she had to think about how to get out of this situation.
But seeing her imitating Zheng's moves and Zheng's appearance, she said to Cui Zhichou in a sympathetic manner: "Hey, Sanlang, was I too harsh just now? What? You feel dizzy too? Okay, okay, let's go back to the house--"
But Cui Zhichou didn't buy it like Cui Zhiyun did.
Cui Zhichou threw Song Mingyue away with resentment, turned around and said stubbornly to Fu Qile in front of the corridor: "Madam Fu, don't listen to her acting, I'm fine. Since mother asked me to kneel, I am willing to accept the punishment, and we must kneel to the end!"
It was obvious that Cui Zhichou wanted to "die together" with her, and Song Mingyue almost fainted when she heard that.
In this way, Song Mingyue repented from the lesson.
She began to reflect on herself, why she wrote that tabloid, why she pushed the blame onto Cui Zhichou, and why she wanted to beat him up.
She is now suffering the consequences of her actions and will never dare to do it again...
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