On that day, there was a birthday party for the old princess of the Yingjun Prince's Palace. Tao Shichu went to the banquet with his family. This was the first banquet held by Tao Shiyao after marrying into the Yingjun Prince's Palace. The Tao family naturally wanted to join in the party.
Tao Shichu, being a little transparent, followed his family to see the old princess. After wishing her a birthday, it was not yet time for the banquet, so he could move around freely during this period.
As the princess of Yingjun, Tao Shiyao would naturally be very busy, so Tao Shichu did not bother her and took the maid around to explore the palace.
Xie Yingjia and his father, Prince Ying, were both trusted confidants of the emperor for two generations. Therefore, the entire Prince Ying Fu City was built very magnificently, with many pavilions, pavilions, rockeries and flowing water, and exotic flowers and plants can be seen everywhere. , so visiting the palace will not be boring at all.
It's just that it's too prominent, so it's crowded with guests, and it's easy to meet other people while enjoying the scenery.
Tao Shichu was just feeding the fish in the pavilion in the middle of the lake when she suddenly felt someone walking beside her. She turned her head and saw that it was a strange young man with a long body and handsome eyebrows. He was very pleasing to the eye. appearance.
"Miss Tao Er," the young man called to Tao Shichu.
Tao Shichu looked at him carefully several times in confusion, confirming that he had not seen him before, so he asked, "Do you know me?"
"We know each other, maybe." Du Yuan raised his eyebrows and said meaningfully, "Love-cutting knife."
Tao Shichu's hand holding the fish food paused, and his eyes suddenly became sharp. He didn't expect that the person in front of him could even find out some of her story books, but he was just a little transparent. Why was this person checking on him?
"Who is your Excellency? I don't seem to know you." Tao Shichu was wary of him in his heart, but it didn't show on his face.
"My surname is Du Mingyuan, and I am the Minister of Justice. It's not too late for Miss Tao Er to know me now." Du Yuan said with a smile.
"Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment?" Tao Shichu sneered in his heart. No wonder he found out that he was a "love-cutting knife". He turned out to be a professional. "I wonder what Mr. Du wants to do with me? I haven't committed any crime, right?"
Tao Shichu is now in her brother-in-law's territory. She is very courageous and does not feel embarrassed at all about the young Minister of Justice.
"Don't be nervous. I just want to get to know Miss Tao Er and discuss the ways of the heroines in your story books..." Du Yuan said very kindly.
But when he heard what he said, Tao Shichu immediately mocked and said angrily: "What? This Lord Minister also thinks that the women in my book are too rebellious and shocking. Do you want me to revise them?"
"No, no, I don't think so." Du Yuan quickly explained, "On the contrary, I think those women are very decisive and admirable."
Tao Shichu was very surprised. She thought that this man also had the thoughts of those pedantic scholars, but she did not expect that he could actually understand the woman's pain and mood as a man.
"There are very few men who think like you. Most of them think that the women I wrote about are vicious and deserve death. As a man, aren't you afraid that you will be retaliated by women one day?" Tao Shi Chu asked deliberately.
"I won't do anything wrong, and I won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on my door. I have never been sorry to any woman, so how can I be afraid of being retaliated by a woman?" Du Yuan replied with a smile.
"You are very confident." Tao Shichu felt that his smile was a bit annoying, "but many men will not admit it even if they have done something wrong to a woman, or they may not realize that some of their actions have hurt the woman. You are also in the same situation... Is Mr. Du married? Does he also have three wives and four concubines? "
Du Yuan was a little surprised when he heard this. He quickly shook his head and said: "I haven't gotten married yet, let alone three wives and four concubines. The only mistress in my family is my mother. Of course, my father also has some concubines."
After he finished speaking, he paused, then suddenly lowered his voice, looked at Zha Tao Shichu with complicated eyes, and asked her: "If you get married in the future, the husband you marry will agree with you before the marriage that you will be the only one in this life, but after the marriage, , your husband will soon have another woman, what will you do?"
Tao Shichu blurted out: "Heli, while we don't have children, leave that treacherous man as soon as possible and stop the loss in time."
Du Yuan had actually guessed Tao Shichu's approach, but he continued to ask: "What if there is some reason why the two cannot reconcile? For example, it is a family marriage, and there is a relationship of interest. What should I do? Just watch. If you watch your husband pampering others, won't you be sad, resentful and quarrel with your husband?"
Tao Shichu thought for a while and said, "If this is the case, just treat this husband as dead. It won't be impossible to live without a man. If you have money and leisure, you can be as happy as you want."
Du Yuan chuckled lightly. Thinking of his mother who was a resentful woman, her mood suddenly became bad again. She couldn't help but think about why her mother couldn't be as free and easy as Tao Shichu and had to turn herself into a resentful woman. .
"Oh, by the way! If my husband can find other women, then I can also quietly find other men! Anyway, we can't get divorced. We all play our own way and no one suffers. We can't let men only allow state officials to set fires, but not common people. Can you light up the lamp?" Tao Shichu probably felt that Du Yuan was a fellow-minded person, so he couldn't help but have a "deep conversation" with him.
Du Yuan was stunned when he heard what she said. He thought that Tao Shichu's words of divorce or estrangement from her husband were enough to raise eyebrows, but he didn't expect that she would actually find another man without losing any money. This was enough. It was so shocking that even Du Yuan needed a short period of time to digest what she said.
After digesting it, he looked at Tao Shichu with a complicated expression and said, "Don't say such things again in the future. It's not good for you."
"I know, didn't I just say this in front of you? Don't you understand the situation of women very well? Then you should agree with what I say, right?" Tao Shichu looked at him steadily and asked.
Du Yuan opened his mouth, but couldn't say the word "agree". Finally he sighed and said: "Men and women are different. It is natural for a man to have three wives and four concubines, but if a woman dares to have other Men, if you cuckold your husband, that is treason and you will be killed. As you said, everyone has their own way, the risk is too great."
Tao Shichu thought about it after hearing this, and couldn't help but agree: "You are right, we need to consider the risk."
Du Yuan wanted to say something to her, but soon a servant came to look for them to sit down, so the two had to separate.
They thought it was just an ordinary conversation and had no idea that they would end up together.
Du Yuan, a man who was frightened by his mother's tears, married the shocking and deviant Tao Xiaocun girl who was completely opposite to his mother's personality.
