The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

Sui Tao hates her father very much.

Every time he came home, something bad happened. In the past, when his grandparents were still in good spirits, they could still use filial piety to suppress him and send him away. But year after year, the two old people's bodies gradually weakened and their spirits gradually became chaotic, and Sui Tao's mother was a soft-hearted person...

As the only daughter in the family, Sui Tao had to go out to work when she was twelve or thirteen years old.

But she was too young and illiterate, so in the past few years she could only find odd jobs. It was only because more and more women in Beijing became officials and did business in recent years that Sui Tao was able to get a job. Otherwise, she wouldn't even have been able to find these odd jobs.

She also blamed herself for her poor background, blamed her biological father for only causing trouble for the family, blamed her mother for being cowardly and shrinking and never giving her the protection she expected... But after Sui Tao complained, all these became motivation for her to push herself to work harder.

Just the day before the incident, Sui Tao finally found a job as an accountant in a cloth pile she had had contact with for a long time. Over the years, in addition to doing odd jobs and giving 60% of her wages to household expenses, she used the rest to find a teacher for herself who was a woman who could do accounting and write. After learning for several years, she finally became a master and finally got a good job with this skill without having to run around in the wind and rain.

But this future that was about to become bright was once again destroyed by that man.

He failed to cheat people outside and ended up in debt. The other party's methods were much more sophisticated than his. My family had no choice but to pay the money. But he should never, ever ask me to be a concubine to pay off the debt, and even more so, he should never, ever, pawn my mother... go...

Whenever Sui Tao thought of her cowardly but chaste mother, and her expression that looked as if she was dead after encountering such a thing, her chest felt so suffocated that she could hardly breathe.

If only he were dead.

Sui Tao has sincerely wished her biological father to die soon more than once, so that her family can be a complete home and she can better protect her family. The most ridiculous and sad thing is that Sui Tao's tough character allows her to fight back decisively when her family is hurt from the outside world, but she is always unable to do anything about this blood-related scum!

As long as she still has a father, her grandparents still have a son, and her mother still has a husband, then as children, elders and wives, they will always be dragged down by this man!

I heard that the Queen Mother is going to build special residences for the female officials.

Sui Tao looked at the children of the rich and powerful who were arguing in front of her, and thought calmly in her heart: I wish I could be an official, I wish I could be kicked out of the house by my father like that female official.

Several parties involved had already told the group of children of the rich and powerful who had just arrived what had happened. Sui Tao silently waited for their buzzing arguments like wild bees dancing in the clear sky, as if she had offered her experience as sacrificial meat, allowing them to look at, divide and taste it... She waited for the judgment of these rich and powerful people who were born superior, but behind her, there was also someone who was judging them.

She glanced coldly at the creditors who had been helped up, as well as the sons of powerful people who held different opinions and each wanted to show their own uniqueness. Thinking of the help the owner of this Buddhist temple had given to her family, Sui Tao became more determined in a belief in her heart. She lowered her head and remained silent, looking sad and helpless, her fingers tightly grasping one of her braids.

Until the chaotic voices of the crowd gradually became smaller and more unified, until the loudest male voice began to ask himself: "...What do you think, girl?"

Sui Tao raised her eyes timidly, only to see that the one who finally subdued everyone was a young man. He was wearing a blue and white robe that looked somewhat like a monk's robe, but much more elegant and exquisite than the simple monk's robe of the temple owner. Even the string of Buddhist beads in his hand could be seen with the naked eye to be of high cost, which was completely different from the wooden Buddhist beads that the temple owner had casually thrown away when he saved her that day.

"The girl's father has had some disputes with these gentlemen, and it is a fact that he owes them money. Owing the debt is the cause, and repaying the debt is the fault. The father is the cause for the daughter, and the daughter is the result for the father. Debts must be repaid, and marriage is determined by the father's fate. This can be called cause and effect retribution." Deng Jihui didn't know where Princess Yuyi would be watching him, but as long as he thought that she was looking at him, he couldn't help but want to show his grace while mixing in some ideas that he hoped the princess would accept.

"But I also think that your father's decision was indeed too hasty."

Although women go out more often nowadays, they are still in the position of "sons" in the family and are naturally suppressed by filial piety.

Although Sui Tao's father's attempt to use his daughter to pay off his debts may be despised by others, it is in line with the moral ethics in the eyes of most people.

Deng Jihui based his argument on this point. He first affirmed Sui's father's actions, then fully expressed his sympathy for Sui Tao who had such an unfortunate experience, and then brought out the legal principle of debt repayment, and gave this matter his own characterization - Sui's father owed the debt first, and it was reasonable for his daughter to repay the debt, but it was also reasonable for his daughter to be unwilling, so...

"I am willing to pay off the debt for your father. I only hope that you can reconcile with these gentlemen. I also hope that you can forgive your father. It is better to make friends than to make enemies. Hatred is a debt, which is not good for the next life. Good friends can be regarded as part of the practice in this life. They can also increase your blessings and life in the next life."

Deng Jihui twisted his Buddhist beads and said, "The world is full of changes. You all have such a fate. If you can let go of your resentment today, you may be able to find a good marriage with these gentlemen in the future."

Quiet room.

"What the Duke of England said seemed to be all good things, but why do I always feel something is not comfortable?" Princess Yongtai looked at her sister.

Lu Weiyuan raised his eyebrows: "My father owes a debt and wants to sell his wife and daughter to pay it off. May I ask, second sister, what do you think his wife and daughter mean to him?"

Princess Yongtai frowned: "Anyway, they are not relatives."

"Goods, my dear sister." Lu Weiyuan laughed, "Assets and goods like the chickens, dogs, tables and chairs in your home. You have a father who doesn't treat himself as a human being, and you still need to be persuaded. Oh, you must understand your father's behavior of not treating you and your daughter as human beings, and use your blood, your flesh, and your life to pay off the debt he has created!"

She clasped her hands together and placed them on her chest, with a compassionate look on her face, like Guanyin shedding tears: "Forgive him, be considerate of him. He did something bad, but if you don't understand him, then you are not a kind-hearted person. If you are not a good person, how can you be qualified to blame him for his evil?"

"Alas, the Duke of England is still too anxious to get married. The last sentence clearly implies that Xiao Tao'er was almost sent to those people as a concubine, so it would be difficult to choose other people to complete the marriage." Lu Weiyuan put down his clasped hands, "It is clear that she was victimized and forced. Once she shows a little bit of unkindness, she will become a deeper sin than the perpetrator. Such remarks sound good, but in fact they are like a pool of blood in hell, rotten and stinking."