Chapter 1204 - 1210: An Old Friend Arrives (3)
So, the path of divorce was utterly unworkable, as long as the daughter was alive, she would have to continue living in that mansion.
Seeing her mother silent, Xiang Yun sniffled and muttered gloomily, "Actually, I had thought about fighting for it, but my great aunt came and told me that woman is already carrying his child, and is now nurturing the fetus in the mansion. Mother, my husband has a child with another woman, how do you expect me to face him, I can’t get over this hurdle in my heart!"
Madam Wu held her handkerchief, wiping away the tear beads that had emerged from her emotions, and sighed, "Silly girl, what can you do if you can’t get over it? You still have to get through it. We women are fated to suffer, bearing children for others, managing household affairs, serving in-laws, and also having to endure men taking concubines, with illegitimate sons and daughters flaunting themselves under your eyelids every day... Alas! In the end, we women are destined for this. You cannot escape or hide from it, so, Yun’er, just endure it. When you have your own children in the future, just focus on them, and life will be much better. I survived this way initially!"
Xiang Yun said, "Mother, why should we make ourselves live such a miserable life? Actually, we could live independently of men, relying on our own hands and wisdom, living the life we want, a life that belongs to us, wouldn’t that be better?"
Unknowingly, she thought of the words Cai Wei had said to her that day!
Madam Wu smiled bitterly and said, "What nonsense are you talking, child? If all women were alone, nine out of ten would not accept such a fate, but we are not alone. We have families behind us, parents, brothers and sisters. If everyone selfishly goes to live the life you mentioned, it’s not just their own reputations that will be ruined, but it will bring shame to the family, disrupt our brothers’ careers, and cause our sisters to be rejected in marriage. Even those who are married will be discriminated against by their in-laws. So, once a woman is married, in life she belongs to her husband’s family, and in death she becomes a ghost of her husband’s family..."
Hearing her mother’s words, Xiang Yun lowered her head sadly and said despondently, "Mother, I understand now. It’s all my fault for being too selfish. From now on, I won’t think about divorce anymore. I’ll contentedly be a young madam of the Mo family, and will not tarnish our family’s reputation!"