Chapter 1217: The Village Girl and the Prince (End)
On this day, the old princess was having a birthday banquet at the Prince Ying's Mansion, and Tao Shichu went to the banquet with his family. This was the first banquet held after Tao Shiyao married into the Prince Ying's Mansion, so naturally the Tao family had to show their support.
As an unknown person, Tao Shichu followed his family to meet the old princess. After wishing her a happy birthday, it was not time for the banquet yet, so he had free time during this time.
As the Princess of Ying County, Tao Shiyao was naturally very busy, so Tao Shichu did not disturb her and took his maid to visit the sights in the palace.
Xie Yingjia and his father, the old Prince Ying, were both trusted confidants of the emperor. Therefore, the entire Prince Ying's palace was built very grandly and magnificently, with many pavilions, towers, rockery and streams, and exotic flowers and plants everywhere, so visiting the palace would not be boring at all.
It’s just that it’s too prominent, so the house is always full of guests, and it’s easy to run into other people while enjoying the scenery.
Tao Shichu was just feeding the fish in the pavilion in the middle of the lake when she suddenly felt someone walking up to her. She turned around and saw a strange young man with a tall figure, handsome eyebrows and eyes, who looked very pleasing to the eye.
"Miss Tao Er." The young man called to Tao Shichu.
Tao Shichu looked at him carefully several times in confusion, and confirmed that he had never seen him before, so he asked, "Do you know me?"
"I guess we know each other." Du Yuan raised his eyebrows and said meaningfully, "The Love-Breaking Knife."
Tao Shichu paused with the fish food in her hand, her eyes suddenly became sharp, she didn't expect that the man in front of her had even found out about her storybook, but she was just an unknown person, why would this man investigate her?
"Who are you? I don't seem to know you." Tao Shichu was wary of him in his heart, but did not show it on his face.
"My last name is Du and my name is Yuan. I'm the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice. It's not too late for Miss Tao to get to know me now." Du Yuan said with a smile.
"Minister of the Ministry of Justice?" Tao Shichu sneered in his heart. No wonder he was able to find out that he was the "Love Severing Knife". It turned out that he was a professional. "I wonder what Lord Du wants to see me for? I haven't done anything wrong, have I?"
Tao Shichu is now in her brother-in-law's territory. She is very courageous and not afraid of the young Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice at all.
"Don't be nervous. I just want to get to know Miss Tao Er and discuss the ways of doing things of the heroines in your storybooks..." Du Yuan said very kindly.
But after hearing what he said, Tao Shichu immediately sneered in anger: "Why? This Minister also thinks that the women in my book are too rebellious and shocking, and wants me to revise it?"
"No, no, I don't think so." Du Yuan explained quickly, "On the contrary, I think those women are very clear about gratitude and resentment, and they make decisions when necessary. They are very decisive and admirable."
Tao Shichu was very surprised. She thought that this man also had the thoughts of those pedantic scholars. She didn't expect that he could understand the pain and feelings of women as a man.
"There are very few men who have the same idea as you. Most people think that the women I wrote about are vicious and evil and deserve to die. As a man, aren't you afraid that you will be retaliated by women one day?" Tao Shichu asked deliberately.
"If you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door. I have never done anything wrong to any woman, so why would I be afraid of being retaliated by a woman?" Du Yuan replied with a smile.
"You are quite confident." Tao Shichu felt that his smile was a bit annoying. "But many men will not admit it even if they have done something wrong to a woman, or they don't realize that their actions have hurt a woman. Maybe you are in the same situation... Is Lord Du married? Does he have three wives and four concubines?"
Du Yuan was a little surprised when he heard this. He quickly shook his head and said, "I am not married yet, let alone having three wives and four concubines. The only mistress in my family is my mother. Of course, my father also has some concubines."
He paused after he finished speaking, then suddenly lowered his voice, looked at Zha Tao Shichu with complicated eyes, and asked her: "If you get married in the future, and your husband promises you that he will only have you in his life before marriage, but after marriage, your husband soon has another woman, what will you do?"
Tao Shichu blurted out: "Divorce. Leave that treacherous man quickly while there is no child. Cut your losses in time."
Du Yuan had actually guessed what Tao Shichu was going to do, but he continued to ask, "What if there is some reason that prevents the two of them from getting divorced? For example, it's a family marriage, or there's a conflict of interest. What should you do then? Watching your husband favor someone else, wouldn't you be sad and resentful, and quarrel with your husband?"
Tao Shichu thought for a moment and said, "If this is the case, then just treat your husband as dead. You won't die without a man. You have money and free time, so you can live as happily as you want."
Du Yuan chuckled, and when he thought of his shrewish mother, his mood suddenly became bad again. He couldn't help but wonder why his mother couldn't be as free and easy as Tao Shichu, and why she had to make herself into a shrew.
"Oh, right! If my husband can find other women, then I can also secretly find other men! Anyway, the divorce cannot be achieved, so we can just do our own things and no one will suffer. We can't let men 'allow officials to set fires but not allow the people to light lamps', right?" Tao Shichu probably felt that Du Yuan was a kindred spirit, so he couldn't help but get "intimate" with him.
When Du Yuan heard her words, he was dumbfounded. He thought that Tao Shichu's words of divorce or estrangement from her husband were eye-catching enough, but he didn't expect that she would actually look for other men and not suffer any loss. This was shocking enough. Even Du Yuan needed some time to digest her words.
After digesting it, he looked at Tao Shichu with a complicated expression and said, "Don't say such things again in the future. It's not good for you."
"I know, I'm not just saying this in front of you, right? Don't you understand women's situation very well? Then you should agree with what I say, right?" Tao Shichu looked at him steadily and asked.
Du Yuan opened his mouth but couldn't utter the word "agree". Finally, he sighed and said, "Men and women are different. It is natural for men to have three wives and four concubines, but if a woman dares to have other men and cheat on her husband, it is a great rebellion and she will be killed. What you said, playing with each other, is too risky."
Tao Shichu thought about it and agreed, "You are right. We should also consider the risk."
Du Yuan wanted to say something to her, but soon a servant came to ask them to sit down, so the two had to separate.
They thought it was just an ordinary conversation and never imagined that they would end up together.
Du Yuan, a man frightened by his mother's tears, married Tao Xiao, a village girl whose personality was completely opposite to his mother's, shocking and rebellious.
(End of this chapter)
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