The Emperor, with more men than women, made me his mistress.

“Aunt Lan, you’re right. After more than a month, I’ve thought it through. My father definitely wants me to be alright,” Yue Li said with a sincere expression.

But in her heart she was thinking: I hope that Xiaoyueyue can meet her father in the underworld and the two can continue their family relationship.

Seeing that Yue Li had come to her senses, Shi Jinlan didn't try to persuade her further. After all, they were father and daughter who depended on each other for survival, and how could an outsider like her truly understand their feelings?

At this moment, Shi Jinlan looked at Yue Li and said, "A Yue is 15 this year, right? It's time for you to get married. Although your father just passed away, you still need to hurry up and arrange a marriage. Otherwise, if the government gets involved, who knows what kind of ugly people they will find for you."

Upon hearing this, Yue Li's expression froze.

Although she knew from the memories she received that women here had to marry six men before the age of 25.

But since arriving here, she has been focusing on recuperating her body and cleansing her meridians, and she never even considered this aspect.

Now that she was suddenly asked this question, Yue Li was a little unsure how to react.

Thinking of the fact that her father had just passed away, Yue Li lowered her eyes with feigned sadness and said, "Aunt Lan, I plan to observe a year of mourning for my father."

Upon hearing Yue Li's words, Shi Jinlan immediately became anxious. "How can that be? In our Qian Yuan Dynasty, there's no such thing as a daughter having to observe a year of mourning for her father's death. Even the most dutiful daughters observe a maximum of three months. Besides, in another year, you'll be 16. All the good men will have been chosen. What will you do then?"

Yue Li thought to herself, "Here it comes, time to sow discord between Yuan Xinyi and me."

Yue Li lowered her head, squeezed out two tears, and said, "Aunt Lan doesn't know, after my father was buried, my mother came once and said that she had already found a family for me."

When Shi Jinlan heard that Yueyue's mother had come, she looked a little angry. She knew that during the six months that Yuecheng had been seriously ill, she had sent many messages to Yueyue's mother, but had not received a single reply.

However, considering that Yueyue's mother might be here to take Yueyue away, it's possible that she's planning to do so.

So he said, "Your mother came here, is she planning to take you to the prefectural city? Actually, going to the prefectural city is good, it's rich and prosperous there, and there are more good men there."

Upon hearing this, Yue Li shook her head and said, "No, Mother said she has already found a family for me, the six brothers of the Shang family in the neighboring Liupu Village."

"What? The Shang family has six brothers? Those six brothers are all in their thirties or forties. How could your mother... how could she..." Shi Jinlan was somewhat angry, but in the end she didn't say anything unpleasant.

Yuan Xinyi is, after all, Yueyue's biological mother. No matter how close she is to Yueyue, they are still neighbors.

She couldn't speak ill of her mother in front of Yueyue.

Yue Li was aware of all this, of course. She was only saying this to let everyone in the village know that her mother had already arranged a marriage for her and that they shouldn't try anything with her.

Although she wasn't afraid of people coming to her house to cause trouble, it would be quite annoying if there were too many problems.

Yue Li ignored Shi Jinlan's unfinished words and continued, "So I want to observe a year of mourning for my father."

As for whether she will still be in this small village a year from now, that depends on what Yuan Xinyi, her adoptive mother, is really thinking.

However, based on the few words she overheard when she first transmigrated, this stepmother wouldn't see her doing well, so she would have to find a way to escape then.

At that point, who will care about the Shang family's next partner?

Moreover, if the six Shang brothers don't have any ulterior motives towards her, that's fine. But if they dare to have any ulterior motives towards her, she wouldn't mind taking them with her when she leaves Qingshan Village.

And then there's Yuan Xinyi. She'll have to find time to secretly teach her a lesson and vent her anger on Xiao Yueyue, who was driven to her death by Yuan Xinyi.

As for why she wasn't taken away, isn't there a saying that life is worse than death?

Moreover, she didn't want others to associate her with the person in question.

After all, due to the scarcity of women in the Dayun Dynasty, the court had decrees prohibiting the harming of women in any way.

Those who violate this law shall serve in the military according to the degree of harm they have caused to women, and those who commit serious offenses shall be executed.

With Yueyue's mother involved, Shi Jinlan stopped saying anything more.

Just then, a man behind Shi Jinlan spoke up, "Alan, didn't you want to take a stroll around the county town?"

Upon hearing this, Yue Li also said, "Then Aunt Lan, you all go ahead. I'll go for a walk in the back mountain."

Upon hearing this, Shi Jinlan instructed, "Then be careful and don't go up the mountain. Although nothing has happened in our village in the past two years, wild animals did come down from the mountain a few years ago, and they injured quite a few villagers. I'm going to the county town with your Uncle Xian and the others to buy some household supplies."

Yue Li smiled and nodded, "I understand, thank you Aunt Lan."

After watching Shi Jinlan lead her two husbands away into the distance, Yue Li walked in the opposite direction from them.

Although Qingshan Village is just a small village in a remote county, it is nestled against the mountains and by the water, with beautiful scenery that makes it a very suitable place to live.

If it weren't for the mess that Yueyue's mother was causing, Yue Li would really have liked to cultivate and retire in this small village.

She had come to terms with it. In the world of cultivation, she was always busy, learning this or that, but in the end, she was still like this, with nothing to show for it.

All she wants now is to find a beautiful place like Qingshan Village, where she can grow flowers, retire, and then travel to other places when she feels like it.

Lost in thought, Yue Li arrived at the stream where villagers often washed clothes. To her surprise, all the people washing clothes there were men, young and old, each holding a wooden stick and pounding the clothes on the stones.

To be honest, Yue Li felt a little pleased with this scene.

Yue Li closed her mouth, withdrew her somewhat shocked gaze, pretended nothing had happened, and continued walking forward.

But when I glanced to the side, I saw that the people working in the field were also men. The men in the field were all working hard and sweating profusely.

Yue Li: ……

Her feelings at that moment were truly indescribable.

One can only sigh and say that this world is truly a haven for women.

This is truly a case of not having to do anything. Just like Shi Jinlan earlier, if she wanted to go to the county town to buy something, she would need two men to accompany her.

If she receives the memories correctly, their Qingshan Village is only a 15-minute walk from Pingchuan County.

Now Yue Li truly felt how precious women were in this world where there were more men than women and polyandry.

Tut tut

While feeling a mix of emotions, Yue Li didn't stop walking.

Before long, they reached the foot of the mountain. Without hesitation, Yue Li went straight up the mountain along the path.

The trees in the mountains are lush and verdant, and occasionally clumps of unknown wildflowers grow on the ground.

Further in, small animals were startled by Yue Li and ran past quickly.

Yue Li did not linger on the outside. She took out an invisibility talisman from her spatial storage, activated her spiritual power, and stuck the talisman to her body. Yue Li's figure instantly disappeared.

This is also why Yue Li rushed into the deep mountains.

However, she didn't have many talismans in her space, and she had no talent for drawing talismans, so she had to use them sparingly, as each one she used was one less available.

After entering the deep mountains, Yue Li found a flat, large rock and sat down.

Sit cross-legged, close your eyes, and begin absorbing spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy in the deep mountains is indeed much richer than that in the village, and it is also less mixed.

Although it still can't compare to the spiritual energy in the world of cultivation.