Shipin Dalizheng

Sima Zhi laughed heartily. "Good eyesight! This is exactly the sword your majesty wants. It's just been sharpened. Try it on the table at Minister Wei's house. Minister Wei, please don't mind. I'll pay for the table."

He reached out from his bosom and took out a handful of copper coins and scattered them on the ground. "Minister Wei, if there is nothing else, I will leave first. I just happened to go to the palace to present the knife. My nephew-in-law, Tiantian, follow your fourth uncle."

Approaching the side of Prince Rui and Prince Huai, Sima Zhi bowed with deep fear and trepidation and apologized, "I am sorry for disturbing your Highnesses. I will come and apologize another day."

Prince Huai smiled broadly, "General Sima, you're joking. Chopping a table can't scare me. Second brother, are you scared?"

Prince Rui's face twitched slightly, and he walked away in a huff.

Rong Tang walked in front of Minister Wei, opened his folding fan to cover his mouth, and said vaguely, "What kind of lousy bird is it, worthy of choosing a branch?"

Minister Wei was so angry that his nose was crooked. "Rong Tang, I cannot stand with you."

Rong Tang immediately declared loudly, "Look, this is the demeanor of the Minister of Rites. He can't explain etiquette, and can only use his official position to bully others. It's a disgrace to the civilized world."

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Why are there two sounds?

Looking back, Minister Wei and Madam Zhenlie fell to the ground one after another.

Walking on the way out of Shangshu Mansion, Tang Tiantian's eyes were red, "Thank you."

"Then what's there to thank me for? It's all my due."

Tang Tiantian's eyes turned redder. "Those men bully women to protect their overall interests. What I can't understand is that you, a man, know how to sympathize with women. Why do those ladies in the mansion help men bully women?"

This is truly a puzzling question that has persisted throughout the ages. It is said that people feel sympathy for their own kind, and men unite to suppress women because they have enjoyed gender benefits for thousands of years.

As women have been kept in captivity and domesticated for a long time, most of them will unite and fight against the oppression of women who have not yet been completely domesticated.

Rong Tang looked up and thought for a moment. "From a psychological point of view, it's because she's unwilling to accept it. She's already accepted the natural rule of male superiority and female inferiority. If you don't accept it and want to resist, how can that work? We all have to suffer together. We're all in hell, and no one can escape. If you escape, she'll feel twice as much pain."

Tang Tiantian bit her lip and said, "But why is it like this? Wouldn't it be better for everyone to escape?"

Rong Tang looked at her, his mind full of thoughts. It was good that this girl who lived in ancient times had a sense of resistance, but he also had to let her know where the confidence to resist came from.

"Tiantian, remember, your mother had the courage to resist not because of her strong character, but because of the support of her brothers, sisters-in-law, and nephews from her natal family, and you and your brother stood on her side. In addition, she had a dowry to support her, and even if she left, she thought she could live a good life. But this world is a cannibalistic world. Most women don't have the confidence of your mother. They rely on men to survive and have to swallow their anger. In other words, they are not the daughters of their mothers, but the daughters of their fathers. To put it more clearly, they are the daughters of power. Therefore, even if the female relatives have suffered from Madam Tang's suffering, most women will still choose to endure it. The mother will not make the decision for her daughter, and the daughter will not support her mother's divorce. Madam Zhenlie is right about one thing. If you follow your father, you will have to deal with your stepmother. If you follow your mother, you will lose all the status halo brought by your father. Few girls have the courage like you, willing to give up everything to help your mother escape. The general environment is like this. You can't change it, and don't even think about changing it, otherwise you and all the family you love will be doomed."

Tang Tiantian shuddered subconsciously and came to her senses. "I just want to protect my mother and live our own lives well."

"How can you protect your mother? How far into the future have you considered?"

Tang Tiantian was confused for a moment, "My uncles, cousins, my brother, and... you..."

Rong Tang's face was still gentle, yet with a hint of coldness in it. "Tiantian, your uncles and cousins, they are willing to protect you and your mother forever for the sake of family affection, but they are of low status. What if one day they can't even protect themselves? You will say that you still have your brother, but Tiantian, although your brother is a genius in some aspects, on the other hand, he is simple-minded. He is destined to never reach a high position and can only be a craftsman who will be recorded in history. Besides, you say rely on me, Tiantian, what I want to tell you is that of all your relatives, I am the most unreliable. I might change my mind one day, and I will be the one who hurts you the most."

Zhao Ling was the closest and suddenly yelled, "Cousin Tang, what nonsense are you talking about? You scared Miss Tang."

Gu Zhongxun was walking on the other side and heard it all, and was horrified.

Although what he said before was sharp, he had to admit that it was the truth.

But what was said now made him confused. Normally at this time, shouldn't the man swear and promise to treat her well for the rest of his life and never let her down, and take the opportunity to hold the girl's heart tightly?

What did he mean by that finishing kick, kicking the sepak takraw ball into his own basket?

As expected, Tang Tiantian was about to cry, "Are you unreliable?"

"I'm the most unreliable."

Rong Tang answered her seriously, "But this "I" doesn't just refer to me, it refers to all men in the world. No one is worthy of your complete trust and you shouldn't entrust everything to him."

Tang Tiantian bit her lips and was about to cry. She looked like a small flower that had just been nourished by the rain and dew, but was suddenly wilted by the sun.

Rong Tang said with a cruel heart, "Tiantian, you are very smart. You and your brother must both be strong. First, protect yourselves, and then you will be able to protect others."

At this time, they had already walked out of the Wei Mansion, and the Sima family's carriage was parked not far away.

Tang Tiantian said goodbye to him, "I understand."

Zhao Ling shook her and said, "What do you know? You're really worried to death. I'm going back to the palace. Do you want to come with me?"

Tang Tiantian was disillusioned. "I am of low status, how can I be qualified to enter the palace?"

Zhao Ling said, "Are you stupid? To tell you the truth, it's the Emperor Father who wants to see you."

She whispered a few words in Tang Tiantian's ear. Tang Tiantian was stunned and turned to look at Rong Tang. His eyes were full of encouragement.

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Sima Zhi also heard what Rong Tang said to Tiantian. He was shocked and puzzled, but finally agreed. He suddenly thought that after his sister divorced the man surnamed Tang, Tiantian was no longer a daughter of an official family. Would it be appropriate for her to marry the Earl of Jian'an?

Perhaps she was young and beautiful now, but what about the future? Those who rely on beauty to please others will lose their love when their beauty fades. Rong Tang was a capable man with a bright future in the government. To marry off his daughter solely on a piece of paper marriage contract was to gamble on human nature. The difference was that Tiantian couldn't afford to lose.

It seems that after he returns home, he still needs to discuss their marriage with his younger sister.

After Tang Tiantian, Zhao Ling and Sima Zhi were dismissed, only Gu Zhongxun was left at the door, along with the Wei family members who were roaring and shouting behind him. They were gathering many officials from the Ministry of Rites to go to the palace to sue him.

Gu Zhongxun looked around with a strange expression on his face, "Rong Tang, do you know that you have offended the entire Ministry of Rites? You will never be able to behave like a human being in the capital again."

Rong Tang scoffed, "If I don't come here today to offend them, will they leave me alone? Since we can't get along, why not just bring it out in the open? If they scold me again, at least everyone else will know why they're scolding me. It's because they ganged up on my fiancée and I slapped them in the face. Besides, they're not justified by reason, emotion, or law. This is just a personal grudge. If I take on the entire Ministry of Rites alone and win a verbal battle, they'll only be more embarrassed."

Gu Zhongxun put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Brother, please accept my knee. Let me buy you a drink."