“How dare you!” Shuang Hong yelled from behind. Lu Lingyun smiled faintly and waved her hand at Shuang Hong, indicating that it was alright. The woman in the pink dress before her scoffed and rolled her eyes. “You people are so old-fashioned, always shouting ‘How dare you!’ It’s so boring.” Lu Lingyun listened to her words and felt relieved that she had sent Zhiyan out of the Houfu yesterday. If not, Zhiyan would have already acted. She still smiled faintly at Xing Dai Rong, “Then what do you think is not old-fashioned?” “Of course it’s equality for everyone! People are equal, I’m not inferior to you in any way, why should I listen to you?” Lu Lingyun looked at the woman full of arrogance and confidence, “Your ideas are very novel.” “Of course they are, I’m different from you old-fashioned people.” Xing Dai Rong pulled her maid beside her, “I treat my maids like sisters, unlike you, you treat people like slaves, like dogs!” Lu Lingyun didn’t get angry, she walked to the main seat and calmly sat down. When she sat down, Xing Dai Rong pulled her maid to sit down too, “Sit down, why are you standing there? Aren’t you tired?” The maid was originally the Young Master’s personal maid, Xing Dai Rong had been taking care of her personally since entering the Houfu. She was still a member of the household after all. Meeting Lu Lingyun’s gaze, she felt flustered and dared not sit down. “Miss, this servant will stand.” Xing Dai Rong pulled her twice, but it was useless, “I’m speechless, you feudal women are hopeless, you can’t learn no matter how you’re taught!” Lu Lingyun listened to her using new words every now and then, and she scraped her teacup, “What is feudal?” “Feudal is like you, bound by a bunch of rules, unable to resist, a pitiful creature without freedom.” “Isn’t it good to have rules? As the saying goes, without rules, there is no order.” Lu Lingyun scraped her teacup, saying calmly. “That’s oppression! It’s a bad custom! Forget it, I’ve told you and you wouldn’t understand.” Chunxing rolled her eyes, “Only you understand, no rules means no manners, it’s just that you have no upbringing. Well, you’re from a brothel, who would teach you manners and rules.” Xing Dai Rong’s eyes immediately turned red when she heard the words “from a brothel,” “I was in the brothel because I had no choice! Your madam, on the other hand, a proper lady from a prominent family, deliberately became a mistress to someone else!” “Mistress?” Lu Lingyun repeated the two words. “It’s the third party who intervenes in someone else’s relationship! And she knows it but still does it!” “You’re talking nonsense! Our young miss was married with a proper ceremony, carried into the Houfu in a palanquin!” Shuang Hong said angrily. Xing Dai Rong sneered, “Your madam knew I was already with Yunshuo and still married him, what do you call that if it isn’t knowingly becoming a mistress!” Lu Lingyun couldn’t help but laugh, “According to what you said, what should I do?” “You can refuse the marriage, pursue your true love!” “Marriage is a matter of parental arrangement, how can I refuse?” “Then you can run away! Who tied your feet? The world is vast, you can go anywhere! You women are not bound by your feet, but by your mind, poisoned by feudalism, you have no spirit of resistance at all.” Lu Lingyun held her teacup and looked at Xing Dai Rong who was talking incessantly, she didn’t show any annoyance, but Shuang Hong and Chunxing, Chunhe behind her were all furious. Refuse marriage? Run away? Escape? Not to mention whether they could escape, in this era, why should these women leave the protection of their families? The family may not be good, but the outside world is a hundred times more dangerous than the family.
Those who have money, their money can be stolen, robbed and taken directly, how can a woman protect her wealth of gold and silver.
Those who have no money are even more difficult to survive, they are all meat on others’ plates, they can be abducted, sold, stripped and killed, who will avenge them.
In this era, everyone, from the top to the bottom, has to form groups, build families, clans and factions to survive in this cruel environment, it’s a pipe dream for a woman to live alone.
How could she say that escaping from the family is a light and happy thing?
Lu Lingyun patiently listened to her finish before putting down her teacup, “So you’re here to tell me all this?” “Kind of,” Xing Dai Rong changed her expression, looking at Lu Lingyun with pity, “Actually, you are also a victim of feudalism, I don’t blame you, but Yunshuo has already promised me a lifetime together, I will never accept polygamy, so stay low-key in the Houfu from now on, let’s live peacefully.” “You’re just…. How dare you!” The steady and honest Shuang Hong angrily scolded, her face flushed. After listening, Lu Lingyun suddenly regretted sending Zhiyan away last night.
Shuang Hong, don’t just get angry! Go up and tear her apart!
At this moment, an urgent voice came from outside.
“Dai Rong!”
A young man in a brocade robe rushed in impatiently.
“Cheng Yunshuo, I’m here.”
Xing Dai Rong waved at him with a smile.
“Are you okay?”
“What could happen to me.”
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