Chapter 791: Time Was like a Butcher Knife

Ning Shu didnt care that An Lingyun didnt 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 doesnt have a chambermaid is because hes often out on campaigns, said Ning Shu mildly.

An Lingyuns facial color worsened like she had stepped on dog sh*t. She stared at Ning Shu almost blankly as she said, Mother.

Of course, youll also have a loving relations.h.i.+p with your husband, although you have to share him with others. Ning Shus words stabbed An Lingyuns heart again and again.

Ning Shu then said, Youre the daughter of a general, so youll naturally be the main wife. Thats why you have to work hard when managing the residence. Once you get married, your in-laws home will be your home. There are some things that the generals residence wouldnt 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 Yus marriage.

The old madame took a liking to Minister Sus daughter, but Ning Shu immediately rejected this. In the original storyline, this Su Li was An Yus wife, but she had actually revered Mingzhu and admired Mingzhus courage in being so determined and faithful towards her love.

Mingzhu was clearly the person in her husbands 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 mustve been in this girls brain?

It was another unbelievably na?ve woman with no sense of right and wrong.

Ning Shu directly stated her reasoning. This Su Li is Minister Sus only daughter, so its 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, shed have to take up the heavy responsibility of looking after the generals residence. This daughter-in-law has seen this woman before. Shes a na?ve and lively child.

The moment the old madame heard this, she eliminated Su Li from the selection. Naivety meant stupidly. How could someone who didnt 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 establis.h.i.+ng any rules for Mingzhu, nor did she have Mingzhu give her greetings. As for An Yous doting love towards Mingzhu, Ning Shu just acted like she was blind and couldnt see anything.

Towards this, Mingzhu was overjoyed. Although the madame didnt 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 polis.h.i.+ng 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 generals residence didnt have money and couldnt afford something that expensive. Even the old madame didnt have the money to eat swallows 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, youve been demoted and dont get much from your salary. The generals residence currently isnt 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 ones own money didnt 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 Mingzhus courtyard. She was the one that had spent money to buy most of the things there. Now the entire generals 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 Lingyuns 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. Theyd always compete hard when things touched upon their own possessions.

The generals 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 Yous slightly yellow face. His brows were tightly furrowed like he had something on his mind, while Mingzhus 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.