Chapter 153
When Old Yi came back, he saw a piece of paper under the vase on the bedside table. He picked it up and found a ticket for the court session the day after tomorrow.
He remembered that she had gone out early this morning because she had something to do before he left the house, so she went out early in the morning to get the audition ticket.
Look at her lying on the bed and catching up on her sleep.
Wang Jiazhi wanted to attend the trial of a recently famous wife-murder and dismemberment case. Because it was so popular, there were only about 400 tickets available, so she got up early to get them.
He sighed helplessly. This little girl was truly adorable in a silly way. It would be fine if someone else could go. She must be too embarrassed to bother anyone.
When she woke up, he said to her, "Do you want to go to the court hearing for that case?"
She said with curly hair, "Yes, I want to go and listen."
This case has been a hot topic lately. A wealthy woman in her thirties went out and never returned. Her husband said she went to the mansion that day and said he had bought a fur coat for his second wife and wanted one for her. He gave her the money for the coat, sent her away, and then disappeared.
Both of them come from prominent families. The woman's family is a high-ranking political official, and the man's family is extremely wealthy. They got married when they were teenagers and have several children.
But the two of them are not good. They are always quarreling and fighting, and there is no peace in the family.
The man had a small house outside, and the second wife he took in was no ordinary woman, with a distinguished family background and mixed race. It was said that they had a very romantic love story. As a teenager, the man rescued the girl from drowning, but he never left his name. Years later, they ran into each other again, and she recognized him instantly, and their relationship was unstoppable. While others considered her the second wife, they had a Western-style wedding ceremony and publicly declared themselves co-wifes.
The first wife and the second wife were at odds, and she would often go to the first wife's house to cause trouble. After something happened, the first wife's family also said that it might be related to the man.
Later, the girl's friend went to the police station to report that the two of them had left a strange box at his house, and when they opened it, they found...
He said that she must be taken there by car that day and not go by herself.
When we got there, as expected, the first and second floors were packed, the corridors were full, and people outside were trying to get in. It was a sea of people.
Wang Jiazhi thought that if she came alone, even if she had an audience ticket and squeezed in, she probably wouldn't be able to see anything.
Someone took her to the best seat.
Having been incarcerated for over a month, the man emerged dressed in a leather jacket and a hat, deliberately covering his head. At this point, he looked even more shabby. The woman, on the other hand, exuded a proud demeanor, dressed up and even sporting light champagne lipstick.
The man claimed that the first wife had come over to cause trouble and had started the fight first, and that he had accidentally killed the woman, which was self-defense. Then he said it was alcohol that had affected her. The man, quite honest, claimed he had done it all himself. The woman, unable to resist questioning, said she had helped dispose of the body.
In the end, the man was sentenced to death and the woman to life imprisonment. Both were dissatisfied and decided to appeal.
Wang Jiazhi listened attentively, and some people looked at her. Seeing that she was wearing a white fur coat and only white diamond earrings, they thought she was a young lady from some wealthy family.
People thought that a girl from a wealthy family would come out to listen to this, and there were so many people.
Someone said, "She might be someone's concubine, she doesn't care about that."
When she got back, she shared with him what she had seen in court.
How could these three wealthy or noble families go to the extent of killing and dismembering people?
He said, "That's the problem with being well-matched. As long as the woman doesn't agree, it's very difficult to get a divorce." Then he added, "That kid is so useless, using such a stupid method. He must have been causing too much trouble, so he must be killed as soon as possible."
Wang Jiazhi thought, he is only ten years younger than you, how can he be a child? She said, "How can he have so many children?"
What she meant was, if she really didn't like him that much, why would she have given birth to several children?
He said, "There's no conflict between a bad relationship and having children." He added earnestly, "In fact, sometimes humans are even worse than animals. Most animals go on blind dates and choose the one they like."
Wang Jiazhi thought to herself, "You have so many, are they all my favorites?"
However, she felt that women were much better than men in this regard. At least if a woman hated a man, she would never want to have anything to do with him unless she was forced to do so. Those men despised their wives and still had a bunch of children.
She felt a little disappointed, as he had a lot of crushes on him. She also understood that some people weren't really likeable. It was easy for a person to have many women, but it wasn't easy to like many women. He might have just been attracted to them, but the fact that he had been interested in so many women made her sad.
Wang Jiazhi discussed arranged marriages. She felt that women in feudal society lived in a narrow, insular world, powerless to resist them. But what about those men? They weren't afraid of death, so why would they obey their parents' orders and marry a woman they had no feelings for, no understanding of, or understanding? And then, after marrying her, they didn't treat her well, leaving her to suffer in her hometown, wasting her youth and enduring the hardships of life.
He said, "Every generation has its own difficulties."
Judging from her expression, she felt that he was quibbling.
"It's not that people don't care about other things just because they're not afraid of death. There are many people and many things that can't be solved by just dying. For example, parents and relatives."
Wang Jiazhi was very interested in his views on marriage and love when he was young.
He talked about his marriage, saying, "I had just returned from studying abroad at the time and was already 24 years old. My parents wanted me to go home and get married, so this was the only way. In this line of work, I never know when I'll die, and if I don't give them some comfort, I won't feel at peace either."
"But I think you're being very selfish. You're only thinking about yourselves and your parents, but not others."
He laughed and said, "Among those people who are framed, how many are loyal and have never let their wives down? I think I am better than them."
Lao Yi has never felt guilty. He has doubts about many things and often doubts himself, but when it comes to his marriage, he is always very confident and never feels guilty.
He didn't love her, but he was worthy of her. Marriages in this world, at his level, were mostly about exchanging benefits. He didn't abandon her, giving her the wealth and status she deserved. He didn't take concubines, so there were no children. He had fulfilled his responsibilities.
Talking about his youth, he said, "There are many people who believe that women should be respected, but only think that respect should be given to certain women. In their eyes, the uneducated wives from my hometown with bound feet are not worthy of respect. In their eyes, they are rotten and worthless, like a piece of rotten wood. Sacrificing a piece of rotten wood to make your parents feel at ease is nothing to blame. Later, they marry someone they like and abandon the one from my hometown. Some are even worse. They hate the rotten wood and have a bunch of children with it. Some even know how to take care of their children, while some don't even care about their children, which is really too much."
Wang Jiazhi said, "Now that you put it that way, it's like those people are really like ancient princesses seeking their husbands. They disregard the common people's benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and wisdom. They don't care if there's a wife or not, they just look at who's the best match. After all, the chosen one will definitely divorce. It's been like this since ancient times."
Wang Jiazhi remembered that Princess Taiping was to marry Wu Youji, who was married, so she offered him a foot of white silk and asked him to commit suicide, which would allow her to marry him. Princess Taiping was to marry Xue Shao, but Wu Zetian felt that Xue Shao's brother's wife was of low birth, and that her daughter could not be a sister-in-law with someone of low status, so she asked Xue Shao's brother to divorce his wife and remarry.
Sure enough, the more supreme one is, the more shameless one is.
Wang Jiazhi asked, "Do you know which wise ruler I hate the most?"
He said without hesitation: "Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu."
"How do you know?"
She asked Xiaoshuang and Zhou Minlin this question, but one of them said it was Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and the other said it was Emperor Wu of Han.
He said, "You hate hypocrites more than villains."
That's right, when I was a kid, I heard the story of marrying a wife like Yin Lihua, and at that time I thought it was a rare and perfect story of an emperor and empress throughout history. But these two people turned out to be so shameless.
When Emperor Guangwu was in a poor position, he fell in love with Yin Lihua at first sight. After he became rich, he married her as his legal wife. A few months later, in order to pay for Guo Shengtong's dowry of 100,000 troops, he said that Yin Lihua was a concubine and married Guo Shengtong in an open ceremony.
After becoming emperor, in order to win over the hearts of the people, he also made Guo Shengtong his empress. In order to win over the political power behind Guo Shengtong, he did not dare to have children indiscriminately. He let Guo Shengtong give birth to a son before he dared to let Yin Lihua give birth to another one. Then they gave birth to children alternately. Guo gave birth to five sons, and Yin also gave birth to five sons.
After nearly twenty years, he finally had the chance to cross the river and demolish the bridge. He said that Empress Guo was jealous and domineering, and had deposed the Crown Prince for no reason. He then made Yin Lihua his wife, and her son also became the Crown Prince.
Guo Shengtong died at the age of 46, and her son, deposed as the crown prince, likely died in his early thirties out of fear. Both of them lived to a ripe old age, and their son, who became emperor, enjoyed a good reputation. They left behind a legacy of enduring praise for their relationship, and even more tragically, their son lived a fulfilling life, making this a rare example of a wise father and son ruling from generation to generation.
They talked about how Yin Lihua gave up her position as first wife for the greater good, yet they also threw dirty water on others. They talked about how Guo Shengtong was willful and jealous, and how she had to compromise. Yin Lihua was already in dire straits at the time. Was she seeking death by not "seeing the big picture"?
It was clearly a shameless act of crossing the river and burning the bridge, but it was instead portrayed as a compromise, a heartbreaking and helpless act. Then they even said that they treated Guo Shengtong very well, not killing her, and letting him and his son retire to their fiefdom. He became emperor with her dowry, fathered six children, lived out most of his life, and was finally deposed and thrown into a fiefdom far away from the capital, never to be seen again in this life or death. He was simply worse than an animal.
Wang Jiazhi thought, perhaps they were just making this up. If they were truly jealous, why did Yin Lihua give birth to five sons? Or perhaps they were deliberately treating her badly to make her angry, and this would just play into their trap, giving her a reason to depose her.
If he had been known as a heartless and ungrateful person like Emperor Wu of Han, he wouldn't have been so angry. But not only did he not get any retribution, he also became a famous story for all ages.
Wang Jiazhi said, "I think they're especially like a poor scholar and his wife, who faked a divorce for the sake of wealth and fame. Then they seduced a lady from a wealthy family, and after using her father-in-law's influence to rise to prominence, they divorced her and officially became husband and wife again. And then they even go on to say that their love is stronger than gold, and that they've been together through thick and thin. They talk about how the young lady is so proud and willful, and how he suffers so much. And how his wife is so understanding and patient."
He smiled and said, "That's a good metaphor. Very much in the style of Sanyan Erpai."
Then he said, "What kind of person can't let go for a lifetime?"
She listened to him say this and looked at him. He was trying to tease her, but she seemed serious.
"Will you stop liking me one day?"
"No."
She threw herself into his arms, resting her head on his shoulder, and said sadly, "It will happen. One day you won't like me anymore."
"I really won't."
"What if someone says something bad about me? Would you believe it?"
"Of course I trust you, how could I trust anyone else?"
"What if a lot of people say that?"
"So many people have said that I still believe in you. A distance can never separate a family."
His words "distantness does not separate family" made her cry. But he still believed it. If he didn't believe it, why didn't he go to see her for the last time? No matter what, he didn't like her anymore.
He thought she thought he would dislike her one day if he knew her identity. What a silly girl, she just couldn't see that he had known it for a long time.
After crying for a while, she was fine. She was really easy to coax and would be fine once coaxed. We wouldn't even argue with her.
As the price of not being heartbroken, she forced him to tell her the story of his love life when he was young.
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