Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 1167 - 1172: Zhao Yun’s Thoughts (2)

Chapter 1167: Chapter 1172: Zhao Yun’s Thoughts (2)

Zhao Yun looked toward the direction where Tuoba Liang had disappeared, and spoke indifferently, "Miss, it’s not that I’m heartless, but the society is simply too unfair to us women. Once a woman gives her heart away, her life becomes like a kite, perpetually tugged at by someone else’s hands. If they tell you to fly, you fly; if they tell you to fall, you fall; and even if they tell you to disintegrate into ashes, you have no other choice."

"The Young Prince is too outstanding. In the future, he will face many choices and temptations. Perhaps he can resist once or twice, but who knows what might happen later on? I dare not stake my whole life on such a gamble; I can neither afford to bet nor afford to lose. So, I no longer wish to marry anyone. As long as I can live a peaceful and content life alone, I am already fully satisfied."

Cai Wei had not expected Zhao Yun to have such thoughts, no wonder she had agreed without hesitation to disguise herself as ugly in the past. It is said that women dress for those who cherish them, but now it seems her readiness to agree at that time likely meant she had already decided not to marry for life!

Having heard Zhao Yun’s words, Cai Wei felt a bit regretful. Although she didn’t agree with Zhao Yun’s perspective, just as Zhao Yun had said, what if she gave her heart and Tuoba Liang changed later on? Wouldn’t that be disastrous for Zhao Yun? Cai Wei herself did not know what the future might hold, so she couldn’t force her, yet added, "There are no absolutes. Perhaps if you were to marry the Young Prince, your life could be happier."

Zhao Yun said, "Leaving aside whether he will change his feelings for me in the future, even if he were good to me for a lifetime, just based on the social status of a Meng slave woman, I would never entangle myself with him. Back in the days of Great Jin, I always felt it was difficult being a woman of Great Jin. Why is it that, though we are all human, men can do anything they please, with unrestrained liberty, while women must abide by wifely conducts, the Three Obediences, and Four Virtues? But since coming to Lingbei, I’ve realized that the women of Great Jin are not the most pitiable. The status of women in Lingbei is even lower than that of the women in Great Jin, less than even animals."

"Though they are human, they are treated as the property of their fathers and husbands, to be given away, sold, or even killed at will. Once a woman is married to a husband’s family, any member of that family can beat, scold, or insult her however they like. How many women have been injured, disabled, or even killed by their husband’s family? However, that is not the worst part. The worst is the funerary burial system of the Meng slaves."

"Once, I went to the northern suburbs of King City to purchase wood, and there, in a cemetery, I witnessed a scene I’ll never forget for as long as I live. Around the tomb of a recently deceased Meng aristocrat, a circle of young, beautiful women were buried like trees. Unlike the ritual burials in Our Great Jin Dynasty, these women were buried upright in the ground directly."

"Most of their bodies were buried, leaving only their shoulders and heads exposed, as if they were built into the ground, struggling powerlessly, howling and crying. It took days to die; some were even gnawed upon by wild beasts that came to forage. It was simply too horrifying to watch. Later, I learned that in Meng, whether aristocrats or common people, if a husband died, the wife had to undergo such a funerary burial. Only the difference was that at the graveyard of a poor man’s husband, only one woman was buried alive, whereas multiple women were buried for aristocrats."

"Just for this reason alone, I would never marry a man of the Meng slaves. You can laugh at me for being practical, or even call me a coward, but as long as I remember what I saw that day, I can absolutely not accept the feelings of the Meng people. Of course, there are other reasons as well... so, Miss, I have no intention of ever getting married in this lifetime. After three to five years, I will comb my own hair, and when I return to Great Jin, I’ll buy three acres of land and establish a Women’s House, and just quietly live out my life alone..."