For women, this world is like a dark night and a cold winter. I will also step on the snow alone and split a piece of heaven and earth.
——Then I will lean down and be a lamp to illuminate you as you walk through the long night, to the vast world, and strive for three feet of spring light for you.
A sober and scheming beauty VS a self-denial and a powerful minister
After discovering that her fiancé had an extramarital affair, Shen Huici proposed to break off the engagement.
The elder brother of his fiancé, Xie Yujing, the eldest son of the Duke of Guo, who is now the head of the imperial court, has a pair of eagle-like eyes. When he learned that his brother's wife was raised by Shen Huici, he asked coldly:
"You don't want to get married to the Duke of Guo, and you clearly say so, so why do you need to frame him like this..."
Shen Huici calmly met his sharp gaze:
"It's not that civilian girls don't want to get married to the Duke's family."
"The daughter of the common people just--doesn't want to get married to your brother."
Xie Yujing's face suddenly darkened.
Except for his younger brother, he was the only marriageable man in the entire Duke's mansion.
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After Shen Hui, who was born as a merchant, resigned from marriage and entered the Duke's mansion, he single-handedly took care of his aunt, who was not even able to do anything to her mother-in-law and was the best at being a monster. Her naughty and indulgent sister-in-law was sent to a school by her, and she actually achieved academic status along the way. Even her eldest aunt, who had gone through a lot of hardships as a married woman, managed to help her escape from her husband's clutches...
Xie Yujing, who originally disliked her scheming and being polite and distant towards her, began to look at her with something wrong.
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Shen Huici knew that Xie Yujing, a high-ranking nobleman who restrained himself and returned to etiquette, didn't like that he was so scheming.
She just wanted to use the power of the Duke's Palace to fight for some fairness for women in the world in a world where women were extremely unfair. When things are successful, she will reconcile with Xie Yujing and no longer hinder his eyes.
I just didn't expect that one day the book of words I wrote to encourage women's freedom would be punished by the court for the crime of lese majeste.
On the day when the officers and soldiers surrounded the mansion, Xie Yujing, who had always been upright and never acted for personal gain, stood in front of her alone without taking off her court uniform, and said coldly:
"If you touch her, step over me first."
Purpose: Women should strengthen themselves