Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

When I first started writing this book, my personality was incredibly twisted; the results I've achieved so far have at least calmed me down.

I'll definitely have to hide it from now on. I'll let the young girls appear first, and then bring out the older women after I've lured people in (hehehe).

As for the writing style, I actually wanted to write in a more cheerful way, but I don't know why it gives people a heavy and oppressive feeling.

I really like ancient-style novels because I grew up reading them. The ancient setting naturally creates a sense of immorality in the relationship between elders and younger generations.

Even though many years have passed, I still occasionally revisit my childhood memories of works like "Xiaoyao Xiao XX" and "X Honglou" produced by Hetu in its early days, as well as "Liuchao XX Lu" and various romance novels about collecting beauties after time travel in the Three Kingdoms period.

This is so exciting!

Whether it's the Three Kingdoms, Tang and Song Dynasties, or fictional historical novels, female knights, sect leaders, saintesses, empresses, princesses, female constables, mothers-in-law, and other characters with different identities are the main victims in the novels I read.

Awesome!

If you've read similar stories, you should understand how dangerous these types of female characters are.

These articles had a huge impact on me, so much so that even now, my understanding of the beauty of traditional Chinese style is rather old-fashioned.

The ancient-style novels on this site tend to be more youthful and lighthearted, which I find a bit hard to emulate. It's giving me a headache.

Some readers have commented that the setting of this book is very similar to "The Prince is Fierce," which is indeed true; the male protagonist's character is a copy of that book.

"The Crown Prince" is a novel geared towards mature women, and it's quite famous. If you look at the types of female protagonists in my previous books, I doubt anyone would believe me if I said I hadn't read them.

Why did I follow the trend of this book's male protagonist's starting character setting? Because this is the first book I've seen that can so naturally connect the male protagonist's identity with female characters who are frequent characters in H-novels (the types of characters mentioned above).

He could take revenge on the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and the Princess; he could contact the female sect leader and the Holy Maiden; and he could favor the courtesan, the female knight-errant, and the female constable.

No other book connects these regular female characters more naturally than this one, really! The others all feel a bit stiff and abrupt.

Actually, I could have simply changed the male lead's character setting and the keywords. The male lead could have gone from being a prince to the son of a patriarch with a noble status but whose ancestors had run the state religion of the Tianji Empire. Then, the royal family would have coveted the resources of the male lead's family and caused the Abyss Disaster during a mission. The royal family would have used the excuse of helping him get medical treatment to imprison him in the capital, hoping to uncover his secrets about the family's treasure. That's why they hadn't taken any action against him yet.

Changing the keywords in this way will significantly reduce the similarity and sense of déjà vu, but the underlying logic remains unchanged.

However, this change, while seemingly "brand new," eliminates the historical conflict between the emperor and the feudal lords over centralized power, as well as the sense of satisfaction that comes from local lords taking revenge on the emperor's wife, the virgin empress.

I couldn't stand this, that's why I wrote this book in the ancient style!

When I was writing another failed ancient-style novel, I was aiming for the plot of a son "paying respects" to his empress mother, but unfortunately, I was too strict back then. Even touching a foot was considered acceptable, and in the end, it turned out to be neither fish nor fowl.

Since I've openly followed someone else's male lead setup for this book, everyone can keep an eye on whether I'll touch on someone else's main storyline later on!

Happy Lunar New Year's Eve and Happy Chinese New Year to everyone!

Chapter Sixty-Five: You, a female Taoist priest, are playing this big game?

After Chu Mingkong left, Shangguan Rong opened her eyes and stared blankly at the bed curtains.

Her still-preserved pretty face showed no joy or shyness, but rather a sense of loss.

She didn't resent Chu Mingkong for taking her body, because it was her own choice, a choice made in a conscious state, even though that choice... might not have been good.

Previously, Shangguan Rong told Chu Mingkong that she wanted to secretly cultivate, then get married and become the Crown Princess, accumulate enough strength, and make enough preparations and drama to sever ties with the Shangguan family before "running away from home," leaving the Tianji royal family and the Tianji Empire.

Why sever ties with your family?

It was simply because they were afraid that their departure would implicate their families. The royal family would say, "A married daughter is like water spilled from a cup." Normally, concubines were only allowed to leave the palace to visit their families if there was a death in their family or if an elder had passed away.

If you ask for an explanation, it's because once a concubine enters the palace, she becomes a member of the royal family. How could they allow a member of the royal family to be treated like this by her own family? It has nothing to do with your family anymore.

However, if the concubines commit a crime, they will be punished with a reduction in their monthly allowance, or even have their families investigated.

Afterwards, she became the Crown Princess and actually escaped from her husband's family. She was happy, but her family members were implicated.

The Shangguan family gave birth to her and raised her. Many ordinary people struggle their whole lives, but she enjoyed life for more than ten years. This was all given to her by the Shangguan family.

However, the so-called "secretly cultivating and running away from home in the future" is just wishful thinking.

Is it really that easy to leave the capital from the powerful figures supported by the royal family? I'm afraid they won't even be able to leave the palace before being captured and taken back.

Shangguan Rong had her own pride. She didn't want to stay in the palace like a caged bird for the rest of her life, even though it was a life of wealth and glory that many women envied. But what use was her pride in the face of reality?

So when Chu Mingkong wanted to take her body, Shangguan Rong agreed, which could be considered a form of resistance on her part.

She doesn't want to marry the crown prince!

Why is this a form of rebellion? Because the royal family would not want a woman who had lost her virginity before marriage. The fact that the Crown Princess lost her virginity before marriage was an even greater scandal, and the royal family would not allow a woman like her to be included in the royal family genealogy.

However, this would also implicate the Shangguan family.

The Crown Princess was caught having an affair at her parents' home the day before her wedding!

The Shangguan family is doomed, even if they don't die! All the women have been thrown into the brothel to be played with!

So in order to avoid that outcome, she had to pretend that her body had been forcibly taken.

A thief sneaked in unnoticed and took possession of the Crown Princess.

But this is not enough to quell the royal family's anger. They may blame the Shangguan family for not taking good care of the Crown Princess, or even smear the Shangguan family for indulging the Crown Princess's immoral behavior and punish them directly.

so......

She has to die.

They created the false impression that "the Crown Princess was virtuous and chaste, and committed suicide to prove her innocence after being defiled by a thief."

In this way, the responsibility falls entirely on the mysterious "silver thief," and the royal family cannot blame the Shangguan family even if they want to.

All of this was decided in an instant when Chu Mingkong asked her for his body; otherwise, she wouldn't have agreed to his "excessive request."

Shangguan Rong had already given up hope, but she was worried about how to fall gracefully so as not to leave a bad impression on her family.

"Unfortunately, I don't have any enemies, nor have I found out who wanted to harm Chu Mingkong's master. Otherwise, I could have left a letter written in blood accusing the other party of possessing my body and taken an enemy with me. Heh..."

She felt remarkably at ease, yet couldn't help but laugh at herself.

Using suicide as a means of resistance has a self-deceptive feel to it, like "the weak staring wide-eyed and thinking they've scared the enemy."

"So stupid."

These are the words Shangguan Rong said to herself in the mirror.

She sat up, somewhat wanting to see what the "blood" left on the bed when a woman loses her virginity looked like, but she didn't dare to look, nor did she dare to look at what it looked like when her virginity mark was gone.

I'm afraid that if I see it, the bloody scene of my family being forcibly punished will flash through my mind.

With a sharp bite to her red lips, Shangguan Rong resolutely took out a dagger.

The light fell on the sharp, refracting blade, reflecting a cold glint that shone on her delicate neck.

The woman raised the dagger—

In that instant, an arrow pierced through the window, entered her boudoir, and, along with a piece of cloth, became embedded in the floor.

Shangguan Rong stared blankly at the arrow on the ground, put down the dagger in her hand, got up and got out of bed to check the piece of cloth.

She had only taken two steps after getting out of bed when she looked pained and stumbled.

"You filthy scoundrel...you're charging around like a mad bull, recklessly courting death!"

The book describes the pain of losing one's virginity as something like this.

It took her some effort to pull out the arrow, and when she removed the piece of cloth, she saw that it was written in blood, in hasty handwriting:

Wait for me to come back

Shangguan Rong's eyes reddened, and she pursed her lips: "Your handwriting is really ugly."

The maids in the mansion heard the commotion and Cai Cai rushed in. She was stunned to see that her second young lady had changed into the undergarment she wore on her wedding day. Then she noticed a hole that had been nailed into the ground.

"Second Miss, what happened? What's going on in the room... Where did this scoundrel come from, so bold as to shoot arrows into your room? The windows are broken, and the floor tiles are shattered! Who is this person?!"

Shangguan Rong composed herself and said, "Don't make a fuss. Nothing happened. Just have someone come and fix it."

"Yes."

Cai Cai assumed that the second young lady didn't want to make a big deal out of it, since it was her wedding day and she didn't want to get involved in so much nonsense.

"Second Miss, why did you make your wedding clothes so wrinkled... You don't have to vent your anger like this. It's a good thing you didn't take it out on the phoenix crown, otherwise there would have been no time to order another one."

Shangguan Rong's face stiffened, and she glanced at the clothes lying on the ground: "Don't say anything!"

This Chu Mingkong, he doesn't even bother to tidy up his clothes before going out.

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Rewind two or three days to the day Chu Mingkong saved Jin Yu on Qing'an Street.

Zuo Qiuchi had not yet left Yunhai Taoist Temple and had not returned to the Prince's Mansion for several days, so she stayed there.

Anyway, there's nothing Nongyu can do to get rid of her.

Although Yun Nongyu is strong enough to fight Zuo Qiuchi, she can't guarantee a win; to be precise, her chances of winning aren't particularly high.

Since that's the case, we can only let Zuo Qiuchi stay here.

"Your disciple practiced his internal energy on Qing'an Street and suffered a backlash. Aren't you going back to check on him?" the blindfolded female Taoist said calmly.

She hoped that Zuo Qiuchi would hear the news and rush back immediately, so that she could immediately set up a barrier to seal the mountain and prevent Zuo Qiuchi from bothering her again.

Zuo Qiuchi lay on his side on Nongyu's couch, not moving an inch, showing no intention of going back to visit Chu Mingkong.

She knew that if she left, it would be difficult to go up the mountain and enter the Yunhai Taoist Temple again.

"I'd like to, but it's no use if I go back. That brat's injury has worsened, and I can't even help him suppress it. I need to go back with a treatment method."

Master Nongyu, would you be interested in practicing the arts of the bedroom? I can find you a high-quality partner for dual cultivation~

"But I want Sword Immortal Zuo to cultivate with me?" Yun Nongyu said with a forced smile, hoping to make Zuo Qiuchi back down.

"Uh...you want three people? I didn't realize you were such a wild cultivator." Zuo Qiuchi gave her a subtle look.

"..."

Chapter Sixty-Six: Prying Open the Door

Zuo Qiuchi left Chu Mingkong's side and no longer stayed by his side to protect him, for she had her own reasons.

Although it seemed that Gu Jun Gui accidentally told her that Chu Ming Kong was full of bad intentions and dared to talk back to his master, the main reason was Chu Ming Kong's injury.