Chapter 791: Time Was like a Butcher Knife
Ning Shu didn’t care that An Lingyun didn’t like hearing about this and relentlessly continued stabbing her heart. “Unwed men also have chambermaids. Before you even marry over, men already have women by their sides. Once you marry over, those chambermaids will be promoted to concubines or mistresses.”
“The reason your father doesn’t have a chambermaid is because he’s often out on campaigns,” said Ning Shu mildly.
An Lingyun’s facial color worsened like she had stepped on dog sh*t. She stared at Ning Shu almost blankly as she said, “Mother.”
“Of course, you’ll also have a loving relationship with your husband, although you have to share him with others.” Ning Shu’s words stabbed An Lingyun’s heart again and again.
Ning Shu then said, “You’re the daughter of a general, so you’ll naturally be the main wife. That’s why you have to work hard when managing the residence. Once you get married, your in-law’s home will be your home. There are some things that the general’s residence wouldn’t be able to get involved with. Married daughters are spilled water after all.”
An Lingyun: …
Ning Shu paid no attention to how dejected An Lingyun was and started discussing with the old madame regarding the son, An Yu’s marriage.
The old madame took a liking to Minister Su’s daughter, but Ning Shu immediately rejected this. In the original storyline, this Su Li was An Yu’s wife, but she had actually revered Mingzhu and admired Mingzhu’s courage in being so determined and faithful towards her love.
Mingzhu was clearly the person in her husband’s heart, but she was actually supporting her love rival and helping her oppose Wei Lingxian, her true mother-in-law. She was always criticizing her mother-in-law for being so cruel to Mingzhu. How many holes must’ve been in this girl’s brain?
It was another unbelievably naïve woman with no sense of right and wrong.
Ning Shu directly stated her reasoning. “This Su Li is Minister Su’s only daughter, so it’s hard for her not to be spoiled. Meanwhile, An Yu is the eldest son, so his wife will be the eldest daughter-in-law. In the future, she’d have to take up the heavy responsibility of looking after the general’s residence. This daughter-in-law has seen this woman before. She’s a naïve and lively child.”
The moment the old madame heard this, she eliminated Su Li from the selection. Naivety meant stupidly. How could someone who didn’t know how the world worked be expected to manage the home correctly and interact with other madames? Could it be that they should allow her to offend everyone?
Ning Shu never considered establishing any rules for Mingzhu, nor did she have Mingzhu give her greetings. As for An You’s doting love towards Mingzhu, Ning Shu just acted like she was blind and couldn’t see anything.
Towards this, Mingzhu was overjoyed. Although the madame didn’t say anything, Mingzhu felt that the madame had already forgiven her.
Meanwhile, An Lingyun who had been very protective of Mingzhu in the original storyline was now seemingly unintentionally making things hard for Mingzhu. When Ning Shu saw what An Lingyun was doing, she got the feeling that An Lingyun seemed to be practicing. She was probably polishing her skills in preparation to deal with mistresses.
For example, if Mingzhu wanted to eat something, An Lingyun would tell the servants to delay things and not bring it over. When Mingzhu asked about it, An Lingyun said that the general’s residence didn’t have money and couldn’t afford something that expensive. Even the old madame didn’t have the money to eat swallow’s bird nest anymore.
Mingzhu first made a huge scene in a wronged manner and An You stepped out to protect Mingzhu again. However, An Lingyun just said directly, Father, you’ve been demoted and don’t get much from your salary. The general’s residence currently isn’t doing well.
Being told this by his own daughter dealt An You a heavy blow.
In the end, the matter was dropped. Mingzhu had her personal maid go buy it.
Using one’s own money didn’t go into the account books. However, though Mingzhu got to eat what she wanted to eat, she felt very unhappy.
An Lingyun also felt very unhappy whenever she saw that there were good things in Mingzhu’s courtyard. She was the one that had spent money to buy most of the things there. Now the entire general’s residence was working to save money, but Mingzhu still had so many good things.
A mistress actually had more things in her house than her mother.
Ning Shu just silently took in An Lingyun’s chancg. That was why people only knew pain when the stick struck their own body. Right now, would An Lingyun still enthusiastically welcome Mingzhu into this large family?
All humans were selfish. They’d always compete hard when things touched upon their own possessions.
The general’s residence was now doing worse than before, but Mingzhu was still living very well. Would An Lingyun be able to accept this?
An You and Mingzhu had been lovey-dovey for a while. In the past, they would be stuck together all day, but recently, An You would occasionally sleep in the study.
Ning Shu looked at An You’s slightly yellow face. His brows were tightly furrowed like he had something on his mind, while Mingzhu’s gaze contained a bit of blame.
Inwardly, Ning Shu was laughing her head off. Time was like a butcher knife, it was capable of destroying all true love and feelings.
In the original storyline, An You and Mingzhu had both died, creating a legendary true love.
But what did death count for? What did they die for? If they had lived, they would be able to love each other for so much longer. Only love that survived the ravaging of time could count as true love.