Chapter 152 What You Fear Will Come
At that time, Zhou Yunshu was young and very vulgar. She just felt that Ji Sheng's face, plus his identity as a princess, was not a bad deal for her.
Facts have proved that it is indeed worth it. Ji Sheng looks very impressive and works very hard inside.
The only shortcoming was that he was young and full of vigor, and had no concubines by his side, so he was a little too devoted to her.
Ji Mingzhu looked at Zhou Yunshu with a look of relief, "You're right, people change."
"Besides, it's only been a short time. It doesn't even matter."
Ji Mingzhu looked at the woman in the audience who was willing to eat coarse food to take care of her parents-in-law and work like a slave for her husband's family for the sake of love, and said coldly: "This kind of woman who regards men's words as imperial decrees and regards men as everything in her life, if she doesn't suffer, who will?"
"What do you think, Xiuying?"
Zhou Yunshu looked at her grandmother, who suddenly turned the conversation to Nanny Wang beside her, with a puzzled look in her eyes.
Weren't they just talking about Ji Sheng? Why did they suddenly bring up this drama?
Nanny Wang looked at her master helplessly, "Master, you are absolutely right."
"This silly girl didn't even realize that the Cai family was plotting against her."
When Zhou Yunshu heard what Nanny Wang said, she subconsciously looked towards the stage. She was not a person who liked watching plays. She came to watch the play today because her grandmother wanted to come, but her grandmother obviously did not come to watch the play.
Zhou Yunshu had been talking to her grandmother and only listened to a few lines of the following play. But even with those few lines, Zhou Yunshu frowned slightly two or three times. What was sung in the play really did not conform to her values.
But when it came to Nanny Wang's words, she listened to them from beginning to end.
As soon as Nanny Wang spoke, the women in the private room all looked at her.
She laughed and said, "Cai Bojie's mother didn't want him to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination. She was afraid that after her son left, her husband would be old and there would be no one to support him at home. On top of that, the couple had only been married for two months, and Zhao Wuniang was still pregnant. Cai Bojie's father wanted him to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination, hoping that his son would pass the exam and bring honor to the family. Besides, if his son left, he could leave. After all, the family already had a daughter-in-law, so there would be someone to take care of him when he was away."
"After all, Cai Bojie is just a 'filial son' who doesn't care about his wife. Doesn't he know what life will be like without her? He knows."
The more Nanny Wang spoke, the colder her voice became.
"So you see how well-staged this play is. Cai Bojie goes to the capital to take the imperial examination, while Zhao Wuniang takes care of his parents at home; Cai Bojie writes poems and couplets with his friends in the capital; while Zhao Wuniang pawns her dowry to buy food to support her parents-in-law because of famine."
Nanny Wang sneered at this. "Did you see that scene earlier? Zhao Wu Niang left all the delicious food and drinks for her parents-in-law, and while she was eating bran in the kitchen, her parents-in-law suspected her of being unfilial, eating delicious food and drinking spicy drinks behind their backs."
When Cai Bojie passed the imperial examination and was removed from the list of candidates for a husband, Zhao Wuniang cut her hair and pawned it to bury her parents-in-law. When he played the zither at the Niu Mansion to express his sorrow, Zhao Wuniang came to the capital alone to sing and sell songs, and in the end, she was looked down upon by her husband's servants.
Ji Mingzhu pointed at the two women hugging each other in the audience and said to Nanny Wang, "Two women are sharing one husband. Look how happy they are."
Nanny Wang's mouth was bitter, but when she turned to look at Ji Mingzhu, she said with a hint of coquettishness: "Didn't you say they were stupid? You can't get angry because of them."
Ji Mingzhu flung her sleeves and said, "I don't think I'm idle anymore, but I'm angry about some lewd story written by some sour scholar in his daydreams!"
She turned around and said to Zhou Yunshu again, "The world is getting worse and worse. There were no such sour scripts in the past, and no such many women who had no self and only cared about their husbands."
"Listen to the girl below who was moved by the fact that they were finally together. What was there to be moved about?! What was there to be moved about?"
Ji Mingzhu looked at Zhou Yunshu and said, "Men change. Just like Cai Bojie, who was just making a solemn vow to Zhao Wuniang, but then turned around and married Miss Niu in the capital. There was no way he could have so many things against his will. Ultimately, it was his own acquiescence."
Zhou Yunshu listened to Ji Mingzhu's words and always felt that her grandmother seemed to be hinting at something to her. Could it be that she knew that Ji Sheng had agreed to Cheng Jiajia being carried into the palace in his previous life?
Impossible, Zhou Yunshu denied herself.
But what her grandmother said made sense. No matter whether Ji Sheng had some difficulties in her previous life or was forced to do so, Cheng Jiajia still entered the palace, and she still died of complications during childbirth there.
In this life, she would never put her life in the hands of others.
Zhou Yunshu was reflecting on herself, while Ji Mingzhu was still angry with Nanny Wang.
Come to think of it, she had only seen her grandmother get angry with her grandfather occasionally, and the other time was Nanny Wang.
Although she said she was angry, sometimes she actually felt more like she was spoiled and arrogant.
Just like now, Nanny Wang kept apologizing, "I just liked colors when I was a child, and I was blind, so I fell in love with this thing. My master, why are you still angry after all these years?"
"How can I not be angry? When I think about him asking you to wait on that little bitch during childbirth, I can't wait to bring people to tear down their doghouse!"
Nanny Wang thought of how her master had brought two thousand soldiers and demolished that man's house with such great momentum, and the corners of her mouth curled up in satisfaction.
She bent down and patted Ji Mingzhu's back, admitting her faults repeatedly, "I was wrong. Blame it on my blindness. My master, please don't be angry. You need comfort the most right now. If you get angry about something old, Xiuying will really not be able to survive."
"snort!"
Zhou Yunshu picked up the teapot on the small stove, poured it into Ji Mingzhu's cup, and said, "Grandma is right. It's not worth it for a man."
Ji Mingzhu took a deep breath while holding the teacup and said, "This world is just not good. When your great-grandfather was still alive, there were still female officials. Now, huh!"
Zhou Yunshu patted Ji Mingzhu's hand and said, "Grandma, maybe there will be one in the future."
Ji Mingzhu sighed, "I hope so."
She never thought that women were inferior to men, but they were just not as good as before.
The play in the audience was criticized by Ji Mingzhu and Wang Ma, but they watched the following play "Mu Guiying Takes Command" with great interest.
Zhou Yunshu was as uninterested in opera as ever. No matter what was being performed, her mind was always elsewhere.
It's been so long, why haven't Ji Sheng and Kang Jingyu left yet?
After the performance of "Mu Guiying Takes Command", Ji Mingzhu frowned slightly and sat up. When Wang Ma saw this, she immediately pressed Ji Mingzhu a few times. Although she felt much more comfortable, Ji Mingzhu still looked tired.
"It's getting late, grandma. I've booked a private room at Zuixianlou and also ordered some Jiangzhong specialties. Let's go and try them." Zhou Yunshu said, thinking about bringing some back for Zhou Yunzhi at home when she left.
She remembered that her eldest brother also loved eating fish, but his injuries were not fully healed yet, so she didn't know if he could touch it. If he couldn't, it would be fine to just smell it.
As soon as Chunque opened the door of the box, she met Kang Jingyu and the man who was said to be Ji Sheng.
When the few of them looked at each other, Zhou Yunshu didn't want to say what her luck was. What she feared would come true.
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