Female-dominated society: My husband is clingy and I can't shake him off

Li Mo'er thought to herself, "It seems that the people here still respect love and do not accept marriages without love."

Li Mo'er nodded knowingly, looked at the words on the plaque on the left, and gently tugged at Li Lin's sleeve, "What does it say on this?"

Li Lin touched her nose awkwardly. She didn't know as many characters as Sister Mo'er. "Sister Mo'er, if you don't know them, how could I possibly know them?"

Beside her, Wang Xian was dressed in fine clothes and held a folding fan in her hand. Despite the relatively refreshing weather, with occasional gusts of wind, she continued to wave the folding fan, acting like a spoiled young master.

She overheard Li Mo'er and the other woman's conversation and smiled contemptuously, "They can't even read, what are they doing here?"

Upon hearing this, Li Lin flew into a rage and yelled at Wang Xian, "So what if you can read? You can't answer the question either!"

Wang Xian seemed to have his thoughts exposed, and a hint of guilt flashed in his eyes, but he still stubbornly said, "I, I don't care to answer the second half of the sentence. I want to live a few more years. Who wants to marry a man who is destined to bring misfortune to his wife?"

"Kills wives?" Li Mo'er repeated softly, somewhat puzzled. How did it get to the point of being associated with killing wives?

Wang Xian didn't hear Li Mo'er's question. He just wanted to prove that he didn't not know the answer, but that he didn't want to answer. So he repeated it loudly again.

"Who doesn't know that these twins were born with the curse of killing their father? Moreover, Taoist priests have long said that twins are destined to bring misfortune to their wives. Who would dare to marry them?"

Upon hearing this, the people around began to whisper among themselves. They all knew about the rumor, but never spoke of it openly, let alone at the entrance of Feihua Pavilion.

However, now that someone has started the conversation, they've all begun to discuss it amongst themselves.

"That's right. If this young master of the Shen family were to actually marry her, the wife might not even survive her wedding night."

……

Hearing the whispers and pointing fingers around him, Shen Ziche trembled involuntarily, a sharp pain shooting through his heart, but his eyes involuntarily glanced at Li Mo'er.

Hearing these words, Li Mo'er frowned slightly. These people were really shameless, constantly belittling and cursing others just to save face.

Li Mo'er was so angry she felt like her lungs were about to explode, but unfortunately her eloquence was limited, and she couldn't unleash a torrent of words to slap these hypocrites in the face.

The shopkeeper, standing at the door, saw the scene escalating and wanted to speak up to stop it, but after looking at the young master standing in the crowd, who didn't seem to want him to intervene, he could only refrain from stepping forward.

His eldest son was extraordinary and well-read, while his younger son, though fond of martial arts, was kind-hearted and never mistreated the servants.

Just as the shopkeeper couldn't bear it any longer and was about to speak up in defense of the young master...

At this moment, Li Mo'er deliberately cleared her throat loudly, waiting for everyone to quiet down.

Then she bowed to Wang Xian, who had just spoken to her, and asked him in a seemingly polite manner.

“Madam, since you know how to respond, why don’t you tell me, and I will finish the sentence: If I really marry the young master of the Shen family, I will repay you handsomely in the future.”

Upon hearing Li Mo'er's words, Li Lin anxiously tugged at her sleeve, trying to stop her, but she raised her head and stared straight at the woman in front of her.

Li Mo'er already understood from the woman's evasive gaze that this woman didn't know what was coming next, which was why she was fearless and only wanted to shut her up.

Of course, it was also to protect the Shen family's young master, whom they had never met. This feudal superstition about him being a jinx to his wife was pure nonsense.

He was clearly incompetent and couldn't keep up, yet he used the excuse that twins are unlucky in marriage to say he didn't care to participate.

The idea that twins are more likely to have difficult births, which could lead to the death of the mother during childbirth, is simply nonsense and has no basis whatsoever.

Upon hearing this, Wang Xian glanced away the moment his eyes met Li Mo'er's, his folding fan in front of him stopped moving, his fingers gripped the handle tightly, and his face instantly turned red.

"Oh dear, she looks like a scholar, but she can't even match a single line of poetry."

"Exactly. If her mother knew that she had studied for so long and still didn't know this, she would probably kick her out of the house in a fit of anger."

……

Hearing their whispers, Wang Xian's face flushed red and then turned pale. He trembled with anger, his eyes fixed on the poem on the plaque, as if he wanted to stare a hole through it.

She studied diligently for over twenty years without achieving any significant success. Her mother initially didn't want her to take the exam again, but it was only after she promised to become the top scholar this time that her mother allowed her to participate in the provincial examination.

If her mother had known that she couldn't even match a simple poem, she wouldn't have allowed her to participate in the imperial examination.

She glanced at Li Mo'er, who was pressing closer, and feigned composure. "Of course I know, but why should I tell you?"

Li Mo'er had anticipated that she would say that, so she rubbed her fingers together as if counting money, but then suddenly remembered that the people here couldn't understand it, so she said meaningfully, "A lot of money~ a lot of money to thank you."

"I am a scholar, how could I sell my talent for such a small amount of money?"

Before Li Mo'er could speak, Li Lin interrupted.

"You came here for the money, didn't you? Or did you come just to watch the show?"

Li Lin has a loud voice and doesn't try to tone it down when he speaks, so everyone can hear him.

Everyone, as if watching a joke, advised her, "Just tell her, you'll get paid."

"Oh dear, you can't say that! That's insulting to scholars!"

Everyone's words were sarcastic and sarcastic, and Wang Xian's anger continued to burn.

Suddenly, an older woman in the crowd clapped her hands.

"Oh my, isn't this the daughter of the Wang family who has taken the imperial examinations for six years and still hasn't even passed the lowest level of the imperial examinations?"

Upon hearing someone mention the Wang family's daughter, everyone looked Wang Xian up and down, nodding as they observed her.

"That's true. She can't even match the poem. She definitely won't pass the exam this year."

……

Wang Xian stormed off in a fit of rage, a hint of malice flashing in his eyes.

When Shen Ziche heard Li Mo'er defend him, his usually calm heart was stirred by a spring breeze.

He stared intently at Li Mo'er; if she were willing, he and his brother could too…

He shook his head. He couldn't let himself waste his time with a woman like her. If something really happened to her, he would regret it deeply.

Seeing that the commotion had subsided, the shopkeeper led everyone at the entrance into Feihua Pavilion.

Li Lin originally wanted to follow the crowd, but then he found that his sister Mo'er was frowning as she looked at the couplet on the left.

At this moment, outside Feihua Pavilion, only they and Shen Ziche, who was standing to the side, remained.

"Mo'er, what are you looking at?"

Li Lin followed Li Mo'er's gaze, scratched his head, and saw nothing there.

The more Li Mo'er looked at it, the more it resembled the characters. She couldn't help but ask, "Er Gouzi, don't these characters look like 'The mountain has trees, but the trees have no branches'?"