Chapter 461 - 458: Facilitation_1
Dong Tingzhen’s throat churned, "Cousin can even go to the battlefield like men. Even though she is a woman, she makes a name for herself among nations and becomes a fierce general feared by all. This is something many men can’t achieve! I really envy that cousin can make decisions for her own life and control her direction!"
When Dong Tingzhen was a child, she saw Bai Qingyan and King of Zhen, Bai Weiting, sparring with bamboo swords in the courtyard. After returning, she tried to mimic with bamboo but was scolded by her mother. She wanted to ride a horse but was forced to learn embroidery. She wanted to practice martial arts but was forced to learn the zither.
She had never made a decision for her own life.
Even before King Liang appeared, she thought her life would be to master the arts of qin, chess, calligraphy, and painting, learn from her mother how to manage the household, then marry, have children, and learn to navigate between her husband and in-laws, and to manage her husband’s concubines.
This was probably the life of most Jin Kingdom women.
Dong Tingzhen smiled and wiped her tears with a handkerchief, "I’ve already chosen this path. If I don’t walk it, how will I know if it’s right or wrong? Perhaps King Liang is ambitious and covets that lofty position. Perhaps his cowardice and incompetence are all to deceive others. But unless I see it for myself, I will never know!"
Dong Tingzhen stood up and bowed deeply to Bai Qingyan, "If King Liang marries me for our affection, I will have won! If he marries me to gain the support of my uncle, the governor, and you, the fierce general of Jin, then I won’t let him succeed! The Dong family has always treated sincerity with sincerity, an inch for an inch. But if someone betrays us, there will be destruction!"
"Did your parents raise you delicately so that you could destroy yourself along with someone worse than a pig or dog?!" Bai Qingyan couldn’t control her anger, her voice rising, "Tingzhen, will today’s words not deter you from marrying King Liang?"