After leaving the space, Hong Xiaoduo saw through the moonlight streaming through the tent window that Feiyan, Yuheng, and Xiaoyaoguang were all asleep.
Having eaten a late-night snack in the space, Hong Xiaoduo felt a bit bloated, which made her, who was usually a heavy sleeper, feel wide awake. She thought about going out for a walk, but then she remembered Quan Jinghuai's hearing. She thought that if she got up, he would notice and get up to check on her, even if she was already asleep.
Well, he must have had a tough time this evening.
So, Hong Xiaoduo decided to just lie there quietly.
Thinking back to what Old Man Luo had said in the space earlier—that if she met someone she liked, and that person liked her back, she shouldn't have any reservations and should just love freely—she remembered that he would find a way to bring that person back to the modern world with her, and that he would help her take care of their identities afterwards.
Hong Xiaoduo took it as just casual conversation from Old Luo when he was in high spirits after drinking, and didn't take it seriously at all.
In modern times, love, this beautiful and sacred thing, has been desecrated and turned into a legend by some scumbags.
In addition, her parents' divorce has also had some impact on her. Recently, she has remembered some things. Old Luo did not lie. Her parents were indeed divorced, and she knew about their current situation before.
My parents also fell in love on their own, not through a blind date or introduction, and they still ended up going their separate ways, didn't they?
However, this doesn't mean she's afraid of marriage. She thinks she won't force it, and if she meets the right person, she'll give it a try. Maybe her other half is also searching for her!
But what if you're talking about finding true love in ancient times?
Ahem, Hong Xiaoduo thinks it's better to forget about it!
In this dynasty, with its feudal ideology of male superiority and female inferiority, it was perfectly normal for anyone with a bit of status or wealth to take concubines in addition to their wives.
Not long ago, when I stopped to rest in a village and bought ingredients from the villagers, I encountered a private tutor wearing a patched robe who also had a concubine.
Just because the legal wife had given birth to several daughters, she actually took the initiative to help her husband take a concubine!
Seeing the wives and concubines dressed in old cloth clothes and with wooden hairpins in their hair, living together harmoniously, Hong Xiaoduo did not judge them as weak from a modern perspective.
In ancient times, women were considered appendages of men and generally had no say. They had to listen to their husbands in everything, and obedience was a virtue. Anyone who dared to challenge their husband was considered immoral.
In ancient times, there were seven grounds for divorce. If a woman was in any of these seven situations, her husband could divorce her. One of these grounds was "jealousy".
This left Hong Xiaoduo speechless, because "jealousy" here specifically refers to "being jealous," which means being unable to tolerate her husband taking a concubine. To put it more bluntly, if a woman opposes her husband taking a concubine, she risks being "divorced."
In such a feudal society, isn't it just making things difficult for yourself to find someone to spend your whole life with?
After arriving in this dynasty, she had encountered many handsome men, but Hong Xiaoduo never entertained any thoughts about them. She could be muddle-headed about other things, but she had to be absolutely clear-headed about marriage.
Take that woman surnamed Mu I met earlier, for example. How could she have been so foolish as to marry someone like that!
Lost in thought, my eyelids finally grew heavy with sleepiness. I tugged at the thin blanket, turned over, and drifted off to sleep.
Of the ten people in the two adjacent tents, only Feiyan, Yaoguang, Kaiyang, and Hong Xiaoduo were actually asleep. The other one adult and five children were wide awake.
On the women's tent side, Yuheng was careful not to disturb Hong Xiaoduo and the others, so she turned over very slowly.
The situation was different in the men's tent; only Xiao Kaiyang was sound asleep, carefree.
"Big brother, that villain is really dead. We can follow her with more peace of mind now, right?" Tianquan couldn't contain his excitement and whispered to Tianshu beside him.
When they heard from the White Impermanence, who was disguised as a villain, that the villain was dead, their hearts were pounding with excitement.
Ever since they started following Hong Xiaoduo, they've been living in constant fear that the villain will come after them.
Even after they discovered that Hong Xiaoduo was incredibly powerful, and that even villains couldn't defeat her, their hearts were still in suspense. Now, they can finally rest easy.
“Well, but if she gets married, we might not be able to follow her,” Tian Shu said softly.
He knew that his master was also awake, and there was no need to avoid discussing this topic with his master.
Tian Shu knew that it wasn't appropriate for him to say such things at such a joyous occasion. He should let his younger siblings enjoy the happiness for a few more days, and then find an opportunity to tell them the truth.
But after thinking about it, I decided to say it anyway.
"She's so capable, her husband's family shouldn't reject us, right?" Tianji quietly joined the discussion.
She's not the type to take things lying down.
"If we behave ourselves, don't make mistakes, and don't become a burden, we should be fine, right?" Tianxuan also started to worry.
Quan Jinghuai, who had been resting with his eyes closed, originally didn't intend to join their conversation, but sensing his disciples' worry, he couldn't bear it: "What time is it? Why aren't you asleep? What nonsense are you thinking about? She's married, but she still has me, her master!" She's married, and the seven of them can just follow him!
As soon as he said that, Quan Jinghuai immediately regretted it. He knew his seven disciples too well. Even if they respected him as their master, they still wanted to stay with Hong Xiaoduo.
Fortunately, the two youngest, Yaoguang and Kaiyang, who would blurt out whatever came to mind, were asleep.
Otherwise, those two innocent and rebellious little disciples would never consider his feelings as their master and would definitely say they wanted to follow that person.
His master was not even among their options.
Silence fell inside the tent. Quan Jinghuai sighed inwardly. Well, the older disciples weren't much better than the two younger ones. There wasn't a single response, not even one that came against their will!
If he had met them first, rescued them from that villain, and kept them by his side, they would have trusted and relied on him just as much as they did on her!
Thinking about it this way, Quan Jinghuai felt much better.
However, thinking back to the concerns her disciples had just expressed, it turned out they weren't overthinking things. She was destined to marry eventually.
The next day, Hong Xiaoduo felt that Tian Shu and the others were acting a little strange.
During our lunch break, while I was taking Yaoguang to relieve herself, I secretly asked her, "What's wrong with the brothers?"
Xiao Yaoguang stared wide-eyed, shaking her head in confusion, and asked, "Huh? What's wrong with the brothers?"
The little one's reaction made Hong Xiaoduo realize that she had asked the wrong person this time; Yao Guang really didn't know.
While waiting for lunch, Hong Xiaoduo noticed that Quan Jinghuai was alone, so she went over to ask him, "What's going on with those kids...?"
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