On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

Ninth Aunt watched the adults' reactions in confusion. She didn't quite understand what "ordinary people" meant, but she could feel Sixth Aunt's excitement and tears.

That doesn't seem... a bad thing?

She timidly asked in a low voice, "Sixth Sister, do ordinary people no longer have to be locked up here? Can they go out and play?"

"Shut up! What do you know!" Wang suddenly turned around and shouted at Ninth Aunt, her face twisted with anger and humiliation. "Go out?! To do that lowly job?! I'd rather die here! I'd never be a disgraceful peasant!"

"Yes! We would rather die!" The fourth concubine also echoed sharply, her face full of fear of the future and obsession with her identity.

The warm room instantly split into two factions!

The people headed by Wang and the Fourth Concubine were immersed in the humiliation and anger brought about by the huge gap in status and could not accept it; while the Sixth Concubine, the Ninth Concubine and two other concubines who were also of humble origins or had been abducted, had a strong desire to survive and a longing for a new life burning in their eyes!

Fifth Aunt looked at the chaotic situation in front of her, her heart filled with anxiety and helplessness! She slammed the table!

"That's enough!" Her voice was filled with a fierce and unquestionable determination. "Shut up, everyone!"

Her eyes were like knives, stabbing Wang and the Fourth Aunt fiercely:

"Madam! Fourth sister! Wake up! What are you still dreaming of being an official's wife?! The Wang family has fallen! That old thief Wang Youde can't even protect himself! He's about to be hacked into pieces! What are we?! We are fish on the chopping block! Lambs to be slaughtered! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is willing to show mercy now and give us a way to live! A way to live uprightly and honestly! Do you still think this is not decent enough?!"

She pointed out the window, her voice filled with grief and indignation:

"Look outside! Look at those days under the watchful eyes of the Jinwu Guards! What's the difference between us and the prisoners?! Waiting to be sold? To be used as a prostitute? To be exiled to a bitter cold land and be forced to work like slaves?! Or to be beheaded?! Is this the dignity you want?!"

Her words were like a heavy hammer, hitting Wang and the Fourth Aunt's hearts hard!

Both of their faces turned pale instantly!

Fifth Aunt's voice was filled with tears and extreme pleading. Her eyes swept over everyone, especially the young and ignorant children:

"What's wrong with ordinary people?! Ordinary people are also human beings! They can earn a living with their own hands! They can also walk upright in the sun! No longer need to worry! No longer need to be stabbed in the back! No longer need to bear the stigma of being the family of a corrupt official!

Children... children don't have to be born into sin! They can go to school! They can learn a craft! They can have a clean future!"

She suddenly turned to Sixth Auntie, her voice filled with sympathy: "Little Six! Don't you want to completely get rid of the shadow of that demon?! Don't you want to start over cleanly?!"

She looked at Aunt Jiu and the children again: "Ajiu! Children! Do you want to be locked up in this dark cage for the rest of your lives?! Or be sold to an unknown, filthy place?!"

Her words, like thunder, exploded in everyone's heart!

Especially when the children were mentioned, the stubborn resistance and humiliation in Wang and the Fourth Aunt's eyes finally began to waver!

Their eyes involuntarily turned to the ignorant child nestled beside the Sixth Aunt, and to the illegitimate sons and daughters hiding in the corner with frightened eyes... Yes!

They can die for so-called "respectability," but what about their children? Are they going to perish with them?!

The Sixth Aunt stood up suddenly, with tears still on her pretty face, but with an unprecedented firmness and determination!

She walked to the center of the warm room. Her voice was not loud, but very clear, carrying a power of rebirth:

"Fifth sister is right! I'm willing to be an ordinary citizen! I've had enough! Enough of this golden cage! Enough of this darkness! Enough... Enough of that demon's shadow! As long as I can leave here! Live a clean life! Support myself with my own hands! Even if I have to wash clothes and cook for others! Work in the fields to farm! Carry bags at the docks! I'm willing to do it! I want to start over!"

Her words were powerful and there was a new fire burning in her eyes!

"I...I want to do it too!" Although the Ninth Concubine was naive, she was also infected by the Sixth Concubine's emotions and timidly raised her little hand, "I...I can embroider! I can cook! I...I can work! I don't want to be locked up here!"

The other two concubines also nodded quickly: "We...we are willing too! Please show mercy, Madam! Give the children a chance to live!"

Wang looked at the eyes of the Sixth Concubine, filled with determination and hope; at the ignorant yet resolute expression of the Ninth Concubine; at the pure fear and longing for freedom in the eyes of the children...

Then look at the desperate plea of ​​the Fifth Concubine and the gradually wavering struggle in the eyes of the Fourth Concubine...

The high wall in her heart called "identity" and "respect" finally collapsed!

The immense exhaustion and despair overwhelmed her like a tide, followed by a deep-rooted relief and a faint hope for a new life.

She slumped back onto the chaise longue, covering her face with her hands. Tears streamed from between her fingers, her voice filled with endless sadness and resignation.

"Forget it...forget it...it's me...I was confused..."

She raised her head, tears streaming down her face, her eyes filled with hatred for the past and uncertainty about the future:

"That damned beast Wang Youde! Why should we, the children, pay for the sins he committed and the blood debt he owed? Why?!"

She finally uttered the long-held, deep curse against Wang Youde! Her voice was filled with venom and hatred!

"He deserves to die! He deserves to be cut into pieces! He ruined me! He ruined the Wang family! He ruined all of us!!"

The Fourth Aunt also started crying and cursing like a lit firecracker, completely venting her long-standing fear and resentment towards Wang Youde!

For a moment, the warm room was filled with curses and insults against Wang Youde!

The grievances, fears, and resentments that women had accumulated over the years erupted like a volcano!

They cursed his greed, his cruelty, his incompetence, and the endless humiliation and current disaster he had brought to them!

Wang Youde's name has become the dirtiest and most vicious curse in this mansion where he once acted tyrannically!

Amidst the angry cries and curses, Fifth Aunt slowly walked to the window and pushed it open a little.

She looked in the direction of the county government office, her eyes filled with complex and unspeakable emotions - deep hatred for Wang Youde, regret for the past, but more of it was a kind of awe and gratitude for the young prince who had survived the disaster.

Just then, the servant ran in.

"Madams!! The master is back!"