"Of course, what else? You don't think I really want to marry you? What's so good about being married? You'll be stuck around your husband, children, and the kitchen all day, without even any time to yourself. If you marry someone from the royal family, it'll be even more miserable. You won't even be allowed to talk to boys. You might even be executed. It's even more terrifying than the modern TV dramas where they say don't talk to strangers. That's at least domestic violence. After being with you, it's like living with a tiger. You might even lose your life. Anyway, I won't marry. I'll marry whoever I love."
"Ji Nianqin, you're disgusted with me because I have no money, right? You want to find a rich man?"
"That's not the case. I want to pick someone with potential, and you don't look like one."
"Why?"
"Because you're lazy and good at eating."
"Me? I get up early and work late, okay? Even when I was in the palace, I never stayed up this late."
"That's because kerosene lamps are expensive."
"Ji Nianqin, I can see that you look down on me just because of my family background. You think that I, as an emperor in ancient times, can't earn as much as a modern lawyer, right? In fact, you like that lawyer brother."
"Wow, how did you know? I am just such a woman, greedy for fame and fortune."
"Okay, Ji Nianqin, if you keep accusing me, I'll have to debate with you. But the aspect you mentioned is something I can't change at all. And I was like this from the beginning, and I worked hard later on, but in your eyes, I'm worse than dog shit. So you stay in modern times, and I'll go back."
"That's right, this place is not suitable for you."
"Huang'er, where are you going?"
"Empress Dowager, I want to travel back in time. Will you come with me?"
"You want to go back? Get a change of clothes?"
"No, I'm never coming back."
"Why? My dear, isn't the modern world good?"
"It's good, but I don't have any concerns here. Anyway, someone is in charge of the company now, so I feel relieved."
"Then you don't care about me, your royal mother? And your aunt."
"My aunt?"
"Yes, Ji Nianqin."
"I'm leaving because of her. Forget it, mother. In your time, everything was arranged marriage. You don't know the ins and outs of free love. It's definitely not something that can be explained in a few words."
"Ji Nianqin, look how you've pissed off my emperor! What on earth did you do to piss her off? Didn't you agree to accompany me to the gym to shape a perfect body? They say on TV that beauty isn't about appearance, but about the heart. The same goes for youth. I don't want to look old and frail."
"Empress Dowager, what on earth has befallen you on Ji Nianqin? If you don't come with me, and I really run away and never come back, you won't miss me? Forget it, anyway, Cao Haoyu pretended to be me at that time, and you, Empress Dowager, couldn't recognize me. It seems that you don't treat me well either, hum."
"Huang'er, look, why are you so angry? It's such a small matter."
"You're women anyway, and you don't understand how it feels for men to be on equal footing with you women, even though they used to be so high and mighty. It really does make people feel uncomfortable. Do you understand what I'm saying?"
"You're calling this male chauvinism. Are women supposed to be inferior to men? I see these modern, new-age women standing up, and that's our pride."
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