Chapter 196 Requirements of Getting Married (3)_1
"Third, I uphold the principle of ’you respect me in inch, I reciprocate by a foot.’ In my marriage, if any blind relative dares to oppress me with seniority or looks down on me because of my humble background, I will strike back, regardless of whether she is my mother-in-law or younger aunt. Whoever bullies me must die!"
After speaking, she smiled at the man and said softly: "Have you heard my conditions? If you can meet these, then I’ll retire from the world, waiting for you to marry me."
Cai Wei’s words made Nangong Yi’s expression change in thousands of ways, full of surprise, shock, irritation, doubt, anger, and finally, all subsided to calmness.
He couldn’t understand her bizarre thoughts and concluded that it’s just a strategy made up by the girl to escape from him and avoid marrying him. She knew well that he, as the legitimate prince of Great Jin, couldn’t possibly marry a woman like her as his Official Wife, or marry only one woman in his lifetime, let alone indulge her in disobeying the Imperial Mother or creating discord with her younger aunt. She knew he couldn’t do these, and therefore, she deliberately brought them up to make him withdraw due to its difficulty!
Thinking about this, he started to talk again with a bitter smile: "Wei’er, did you deliberately come up with these impractical requirements just to avoid marrying me?"
Cai Wei laughed, looking at him with clear eyes, her tone calm and serious.
"No, Nangong Yi, these three conditions are the principles that I will never change, the bottom line that I can’t cross in this life, no matter when, even if one day I am old and faded, even if I become an old woman, I’ll never change my original intention."
Cai Wei’s words were gentle and slow, like a small stream flowing slowly, without a ripple, but it shocked Nangong Yi beyond measure. He watched the petite girl on the couch with complex eyes, unable to imagine that a girl of her age could have such a proud heart.
His chest felt as if it was being crushed, leaving him breathless.
He smiled palely and said a few unconvincing words in an attempt to retrieve things back to normal: "I didn’t expect you to be a woman who values nominal status. Understand that without a husband’s love, what’s the difference of being an official wife? Even if she’s not the official wife, but she has her husband’s love, her husband won’t let her live worse than the official wife?"
Cai Wei said, "You’re right. I’m the kind of woman who cares about nominal status, and is often jealous and obsessive. My husband can only be mine, whether in name or physically. If he had any contact with another woman, I would never want him again, as you said before, it’s ’disgusting!’"