After crossing the fire plate as required.
"Splash!"
A plate of black, foul-smelling blood was spilled at his feet!
The splattered blood stained her bright red wedding dress, making it look bizarre and nauseating!
"What, what is this! Mother-in-law, you..."
"Black rooster's blood! Used for exorcising evil spirits! Perfect for removing the lewd and evil aura from your body!"
Wang spoke with a cold, thin face, her dark lips drooping, revealing a face that was cruel to the core.
This is outrageous!
Mi Fen clenched her fists, wishing she could lift the red veil and rush up to punch that old hag!
But as long as Zhang Jianyue doesn't suffer the reputation of being disloyal and unfilial because of her!
The only option is to endure it with all your might!
“Mother-in-law, what other rules do you have? Let’s establish them all.”
Mi Fen's words surprised Wang Shi.
"That's all! Come in!"
After saying that, he walked back and sat down on the high-class bench in the center of the lobby.
The cheap red candles, burning with black smoke, made the dilapidated house look even more desolate.
Mi Fen and Zhang Jianyue knelt together, picked up the tea on the table, and offered it to Madam Wang. No matter how unwilling they were, they still respectfully called her "Mother".
Wang hummed in response, took the teacup indifferently, took a sip, and put it back on the table.
"Now that you've entered the Zhang family, you're a member of the Zhang family. From now on, behave yourself! Don't be as unruly as before!"
"Although our family can't compare to yours, we still have our own family rules!"
"You must come and pay your respects to me every morning and evening!"
"When the meal is ready, the elders should be served first. And Jianyue's younger brother, he is deaf and mute, so you must be more considerate of him..."
Mi Fen felt dizzy and overwhelmed as she listened to her endless list of rules. She had always been waited on in the Mi family since she was a child, but now that she had married into the Zhang family, she had become a "servant".
Finally, they were able to leave the house and return to their little nest with Zhang Jianyue.
Mi Fen was already so angry that she had lost all patience. Before Zhang Jianyue could do anything, she lifted the red veil herself.
"Husband, your mother is going too far. Why does she look down on you so much?"
Are you really not as good as your mentally challenged, deaf, and mute younger brother?
She had previously learned that the Zhang family had a mentally challenged younger brother.
I didn't take him seriously; I just thought he was an idiot.
Who would have thought that Wang would be so clueless, neglecting her perfectly healthy eldest son and insisting on doting on a fool?
And they treat her, their newlywed daughter-in-law, so harshly!
"It's a long story. Guan and I were twins. When we were born, our mother loved us equally."
"But later, my younger brother became smarter and smarter. He could recite hundreds of poems when he was one year old, and he could compose poems by himself when he was two. When he went to school, he always got first place in his exams."
"He was deeply loved by the Master, who praised him repeatedly as having the talent to become a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations)."
"Unlike me, I only know how to be naughty and make my mother angry, and I'm completely clueless about studying."
"Once, my younger brother and I went to the fields to herd cattle. On the way back, he accidentally fell into a pond and developed a high fever that lasted for three days and three nights. When he woke up, he was a deaf-mute mentally challenged child."
“My mother hates me for not taking good care of my younger brother, and from then on, she expects me to always give in to him. It’s something I owe her…”
"If I hadn't been walking ahead of him on the way home, but had stayed with him, I could have rescued him in time and prevented him from choking on water and getting sick..."
"So I have no complaints, but Fen'er, I'm sorry you've suffered..."
"So that's how it is."
Mi Fen's face darkened. "But you can't blame it all on you! You're such a biased mother!"
"Yes. It's my fault for making you endure all this, my wife!"
"No, my husband, please don't say that. You are a dragon among men, and you have excellent martial arts skills!"
Your mother's eyesight is failing; that's how she was fooled by that imposter.
You're treating a fool like a treasure, not realizing that you are the true pillar of society!
What's so great about being a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations)? You're destined to be the top scholar in the imperial examinations!
Then I'll teach your mother, who can't tell right from wrong, to open her eyes and see for herself!
Which son should she truly cherish?
Upon hearing this, Zhang Jianyue's face contorted in pain, and she burst into tears, hugging her tightly.
"Fen'er! What have I done to deserve such a wonderful wife like you! I promise you, I will practice martial arts diligently and never let you down. I will win the title of Martial Arts Champion!"
Mi Fen hugged him tightly with satisfaction, feeling wave after wave of emotion.
But they didn't see the fleeting darkness in Zhang Jianyue's eyes.
He released her, then looked troubled.
"Right now, I'm out of money, and I can't even buy a few suitable weapons."
“I have enough. My mother prepared enough dowry for me to buy a hundred kinds of weapons. Just take them and use them.”
"Fen'er, you're so good to me!"
Moved, Zhang Jianyue scooped her up in his arms and laid her on the embankment.
Mi Fen felt a bit disgusted; he looked so dirty, and he didn't even bother to wash himself.
But Zhang Jianyue was a martial arts performer, and he was used to being rude and slovenly.
His blood was rushing to his head, and without saying a word, he tore open her skirt.
Mi Fen was initially unwilling, but gradually she stopped resisting.
In the dimly lit, dilapidated village house, faint, ambiguous noises could be heard.
Nobody noticed.
Outside the wooden door with its cracks.
A pair of eyes, gleaming with greed, peered at the figures locked in a passionate embrace on the pit inside the room.
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Yuqing Palace.
For several days in a row, the emperor spent his time on Consort Yu's bed.
"I should go back now..."
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