I will obey your command."
Gu Ting also turned his head slightly, looked in the direction of Xuan Zhiyuan from afar, and sneered, it's time to deal with them.
【Author has something to say】
In fact, Mannia is also a very interesting ancient archetype.
As a person at the bottom of society, she is actually very strong-willed and never considers her background as humble. She is standing on an equal footing to fall in love with Gu Tingye, and being pitiful is just her means.
It's hard to say whether this person is good or bad. To put it nicely, he has a modern spirit and is breaking through feudal decay. To put it bluntly, he's just wishful thinking.
Comrade Lao Cao summed it up well: although he was of low status, his heart was as high as the sky.
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Let me add two sentences here.
Maybe in the previous few chapters, Minglan was described too smoothly, causing everyone to forget a very important thing.
Minglan's marriage was purely a marriage of status. What was her original status? She was just the concubine's daughter of a fourth-rank civil official. Even though she had good personal conditions, was beautiful, smart, and likable, she was still the concubine's daughter of a fourth-rank official after all.
In the capital, fourth-rank officials were a dime a dozen. According to the Ming and Qing civil service system, fourth-rank officials were at the top of the middle ranks, with the first, second, and third ranks above them being the upper ranks. Yes, Changbai was indeed promising, but it was only promising; that promise had yet to be borne fruit. How many promising young officials ultimately failed to make it?!
Therefore, even though Qi Heng was cuckolded, Princess Pingning still looked down on Minglan as her daughter-in-law because from a practical point of view, there was not much benefit in marrying Minglan.
Again, from an emotional level, Gu Er’s marriage to Minglan was of course the result of his great efforts, but from a practical level, Minglan’s marriage was purely a case of marrying up - of course, she herself did not want to marry up.
On one side were a plethora of fourth-rank civil servants, while on the other were the sons of noble families, trusted aides to the emperor, and powerful officials. Faced with this stark contrast, the Sheng family, as Rulan's natal family, felt completely powerless. If Rulan and her husband's family quarreled, Wang Shi could rush over and scold them. But if Minglan and Gu Er started to quarrel, who would stand up for her, who would dare to stand up for her? Would it be Changbai, Sheng Hong, or Yuan Da's brother-in-law?
They can't even rely on Gu Er? !
If Minglan and Gu Er quarreled, probably all the relatives except Mrs. Sheng would advise Minglan to be more patient and not to anger this noble son-in-law.
Why did Mrs. Sheng always want Minglan to marry into the He family? This is the reason.
This is also the sad part.
From the beginning to the end, Minglan was obviously extremely curious about Yanhong and Manniang, but she never even asked a single question, let alone dealt with Manniang personally.
After all, that woman once occupied a very important position in Gu Er's heart. No matter how she dealt with Man Niang, it would leave bad thoughts in Gu Er's mind, so he simply pushed her hand away.
As for the He family, even before the marriage was discussed, Old Madam Sheng could come to their house and show her displeasure; but as for the Gu family, once you enter the mansion, it is like entering a deep sea. Not to mention that Gu Er had already driven Man Niang away, he also gave Minglan enough face both emotionally and rationally. Even if Gu Er broke his promise and brought Man Niang into the mansion to be a concubine, what could the Sheng family do?
Divorce? Divorce by peace? Or a letter of divorce? If things get out of hand, Minglan will be the only one to suffer.
Maybe the writing style of some levels is very light-hearted, but careful readers can still tell from between the lines that Minglan has actually been working very hard. She manages her family and relationships carefully and prudently, and never dares to be arrogant and spoiled.
The situation is stronger than people, this is reality.
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