Perhaps An Zhengzheng was never a so-called "good child." She was obedient before, but she simply didn't have the ability to fight back.
"An Zhengzheng, have you gone mad?"
To An Zhengzheng's surprise, the first person to step forward would be Old Madam An.
Her face was already ashen, and she was trembling like a leaf. Her eyes were filled with a murderous intent as she looked at An Zhengzheng.
A sharp-eyed aunt or uncle quickly went to help her up and pat her back to help her catch her breath.
"Zhengzheng is still a girl, young, mother-in-law shouldn't hold it against her..."
On this side, various clans offered words of help to defuse the situation.
"Such a young age, yet he speaks so arrogantly! He has only cultivated the Path of Ruthlessness, and he has already forgotten his place!"
"Third brother, third sister-in-law, how did you raise your daughter? How could you raise such a rebellious and nonsensical daughter of the An family!"
On the other side were the faces of the uncles and elders in the clan, as black as the bottom of a pot.
"An Zhengzheng, don't think that just because you became the top scholar in the imperial examination, you're something special. If those words were spoken out of the world, you'd be drowned in a pig cage!"
The clan chief spoke with a cold face; the kindness he had shown just moments before had vanished completely.
An Zhengzheng is no longer the glory of her family.
To utter such treasonous words is a disgrace to the clan.
They're saying women should be registered under the same social status as men!
Is this going to turn the world upside down?
"Talking about the mortal realm? Talking about the mortal realm? The entire clan has come to this cultivation world, what is there to talk about the mortal realm? When we came, the mortal realm was still the Great Yong Empire, which is long gone now!"
An Zhengzheng was provoked by these words.
In my previous life, when news first broke that the eldest daughter of the An family had returned to China to take over the business, the comments section was filled with criticism.
It is said that in ancient times, a woman like An Zhengzheng would not be allowed to take over the family business.
That's the 21st century.
Even in the world of cultivation, one cannot escape it now.
An Zhengzheng's face also turned cold.
"Zhengzheng, what exactly are you trying to do?" Uncle Anping asked, frowning.
An Zhengzheng's expression remained unchanged, but her slightly trembling fingertips betrayed her fear... or perhaps excitement.
She slowly raised her eyes, looked directly at her uncle whose kind expression had vanished, and said, "Uncle, I want fairness."
Why should women and men be different?
"Fairness?" An Mao looked at his daughter and felt she was a complete stranger. His tone became harsher. "What fairness do you want? You've never lacked anything in your daily life—food, clothing, shelter, or transportation."
“There’s money in the mansion, you can eat and dress well, but you didn’t want it! The An family doesn’t even let you do any hard work… You want fairness, what kind of fairness do you want?” Thinking of this, An Mao felt wronged. “What did your mother and I do wrong that you have to beg for fairness at the ancestral tablets?”
An Mao was overwhelmed with mixed feelings: shame, anger, regret... He regretted not killing his daughter back then!
She's not as gentle and lovely as Rou'er, yet she's so arrogant.
He has already done so much, why is his daughter still not satisfied? Why does she have to make such a scene and lose face?
An family raised an ungrateful child!
"Zhengzheng, stop talking nonsense."
Knowing that her daughter had said something wrong, Madam Lin rushed in front of An Zhengzheng to shield her from the gazes of the clansmen: "It's my fault for not teaching her well, it's my fault... not Zhengzheng's fault."
An Zhengzheng held Lin down and helped her up, wanting to comfort her gently, but he didn't know where to begin.
He opened and closed his mouth several times, but ultimately gave up.
The clansmen who had been listening for a long time also asked with a sneer, "An Zhengzheng, explain yourself in front of the clan. Where did you suffer unfair treatment?"
An Zhengzheng suddenly smiled.
"Yes, you've done so well, providing food and clothing, you've done so well."
"But...why do the brothers lead training expeditions every year when they go to the clan school, while the sisters only learn the basics of magic and then it's over? Whenever I ask them more questions, they just brush me off with the excuse that women don't need to learn so much?"
"Why is it that all of us are of the An family bloodline, yet the brothers start practicing the An family's martial arts as soon as they turn seven, keeping it a secret and passing it down only to men, not women! But the sisters are only sent off to admire flowers and look at rouge?"
"Even though my brothers in the clan are not as hardworking or diligent as I am, they all have access to the best resources and the best training. Why is that?"
At this point, An Zhengzheng took a deep breath.
"When I was nine years old, our teacher saw that my skills far surpassed those of everyone in the clan school, so he gave me a piece of Xuan Tian Han Stone to encourage me."
"And what gives you the right to forge such precious treasures into the finest swords and distribute them all to the men of your tribe? And how do you know that the broken sword I practice with was bought on the street?"
"Just because you all said that women wielding swords is a waste of effort, and that they should just use the wooden swords from their tribe to fly! What are wooden swords? Those are things I didn't play with until I was three years old!"
"Don't you know how well Yi Rou practiced with that broken wooden sword?"
"The treasures you bring back from your business or training are all the best you've ever made into talismans, swords, weapons, pills... and you distribute them to your brothers in the clan."
"What we received were clothes, cosmetics, jade pendants, and pastries that we bought along the way!"
She wanted cultivation techniques, elixirs, and talismans; she wanted a chance to prove herself like a man.
Does it? No, clearly not.
God knows how she's managed all these years!
Why was she able to get the top score?
Because the top scholar's examination tests the most basic skills and the most ruthless combat techniques, her luck lies in the fact that time travel gave her the brain and temperament to live for more than twenty years.
An Zhengzheng was like a child in the countryside who only had textbooks and a broken pen, reviewing the limited materials he had over and over again.
She even secretly went outside to buy and learn martial arts techniques.
But others, simply because of their size, have access to the best tutoring classes, the best teaching resources, and the best stationery.
Even so, they remained complacent and were still treated as the apple of their eye.
Old Madam An glared fiercely at An Zhengzheng, her voice trembling with anger: "You are women! Is it wrong for us to love you if we don't let you suffer?"
An aunt added, "My mother-in-law is right, women are generally of average talent..."
“Mediocre?” An Zhengzheng interrupted her. “On the one hand, you use the idea of marrying a good husband and prioritizing appearance to destroy women’s resolute character, trapping them in the pursuit of marriage and looks every day. On the other hand, you refuse to allocate any resources to girls, and then you say that women with mediocre talents cannot achieve great things?”
"You always taught us that women don't have to suffer so much, don't have to work so hard. Yes, you are so kind, so considerate, so loving. It's not good for a woman to be too strong; she can only get married if she is gentle..."
An Zhengzheng then asked, "Then why is it that the men of the clan place too much importance on their appearance, and neglecting their cultivation is considered a waste when they relax even slightly?!"
Do you all love and care for girls?
pain!
Keep them like kittens or puppies.
And Anjia also has the means to be generous!
In poor families, once the daughter had learned some basic skills in drawing talismans and refining elixirs at a young age, she would have to stop cultivating and focus on selling talismans and elixirs to support her younger brothers in their pursuit of enlightenment.
An Zhengzheng once made a fuss over getting a sword made of Xuan Tian Han Shi.
The clan knew that such treasures were hard to find, and they insisted on keeping them to support the men of the clan.
Knowing there was no hope of getting it back, An Zhengzheng was disheartened. She suggested that since women are in dire need, the three charity halls of the An family should distribute some medicine to women to help them recover, and she would stop making a fuss about it.
An Jia agreed.
The medicine, which was supposed to be for girls to improve their health, ended up in the stomachs of the girls' brothers.
Even worse, some people sold all the elixirs in the charity hall and used the money to forge a sword for one of the boys!
A fine sword!
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