Wei Ci also smiled bitterly.
Regarding this point, he vaguely heard the reason from Her Majesty.
There were no more than three reasons why Bai Yuexia chose Shi Zhong.
First, Shi Zhong knew how to please his father-in-law and increase Bai Ning's favorability.
Second, Bai Yuexia also felt that she should have a child to continue the bloodline and let her father, Bai Ning, feel more at ease in his old age.
Third, Shi Zhong was a man, a man with no ability and was easy to bully. No matter how much he roared or barked, he was still the same.
"When all men are men, there is only one father. What the ancients said makes some sense. "
In summary, Bai Yuexia was willing to end her single life only for her old father, Bai Ning.
There were many men in the world who could be a husband, but there was only one father. How could the two be compared?
It was not appropriate for him to say these details, so he just vaguely explained the general situation.
He said, "Bai Yuexia was almost 30 in her previous life, but she still refused to get married. General Bai Ning was very worried. Shi Zhong was forced by his mother, and somehow, he set his eyes on her, hoping that Bai Yuexia could help him in his career. Shi Zhong was self-aware and did not take the initiative to approach the girl. Instead, he took a detour to look for General Bai Ning. After a while, he had a good impression of her. Shi Zhong pretended to be good before marriage, but after a few years of marriage, he revealed his true nature. He could not tolerate his wife being in a high position and humiliating his dignity as a husband. "
Jiang Pengji laughed. "That's funny. On one hand, he wants his wife to help him, but on the other hand, he can't tolerate his wife being in a higher position than him. What does that mean? Does he think that if Bai Yuexia helped him and gave him a chance, he would be able to rise to the top? "
Doesn't he have any idea what kind of qualifications he has?
Wei Ci said, "There are many people in this world who are more ambitious than the sky. Maybe that's what he thinks."
In the end, Bai Yuexia and Shi Zhong were married for a few years and had two children. Shi Zhong was still a small official who could not be put in an important position, but Bai Yuexia's career became smoother and smoother. She became the Minister of Works, one of the six ministries. Everyone in the imperial court knew that Bai Yuexia had a good-for-nothing husband. When his colleagues gathered together, there were always people who teased or ridiculed Shi Zhong, asking him why, as the head of the family, he couldn't control his wife.
Shi Zhong had long held a grudge against Bai Yuexia for not doing her best to support him. Now, he was even more furious and jealous.
He did not know when it started, but Shi Zhong started to wander around the red-light district. The first time he went there, his colleague informed Bai Yuexia.
Bai Yuexia waited for him to return to the mansion and interrogate him. Shi Zhong knew his colleague's secret and was ashamed and angry. He lost his composure and wanted to use domestic violence.
As the daughter of a general, how could Bai Yuexia be at a disadvantage? On the contrary, it was Shi Zhong who was beaten black and blue by her, crying and wailing.
After learning the whole story of her son's beating, Shi Zhong's mother secretly urged Bai Yuexia to resign from her position and stay at home to serve her husband and teach her son. Shi Zhong's mother pushed and fought, and Bai Yuexia had a miscarriage. She didn't know she was pregnant until she miscarried.
Jiang Pengji said, "In this world, other than blood-related men and married men, what man can't be a husband? She can actually tolerate it?"
Wei Ci said, "Of course she didn't. Coincidentally, Her Majesty was implementing the 'one family, two households' system. She used her official position to force Shi Zhong to agree. She originally wanted to register both children into her family and then prepare for a divorce. However, Shi Zhong and his mother refused to agree and the law did not support Bai Yuexia's taking the two children, so she took her eldest daughter away. This daughter is very promising, but that son was raised to be useless. "
Bai Yuexia's eldest daughter was chosen to be the study companion of the crown prince, Jiang Yan. Looking at the relationship between the two children, they would definitely be the left and right arms of the young emperor in the future.
Bai Yuexia's son was raised to be arrogant and willful by Shi Zhong and his mother. After Shi Zhong remarried, his wife maliciously praised him to death.
When the child was 15 years old, he fought with others and rode a horse to race. He trampled six people to death and was finally sentenced to death.
Jiang Pengji was not surprised. "Shi Zhong and his mother are not good. How can they teach their child well under the influence of what they see and hear?"
Wei Ci said, "That child, I'm afraid his innate talent is not good. He takes after his father. Before Bai Yuexia divorced, she was the one who raised the child. Not long after the divorce, Bai Yuexia found out about her son's situation in the residence. She wanted to raise him, but unexpectedly, the child pointed his finger at his biological mother and insulted her, comparing her to a prostitute. Bai Yuexia was so angry that she completely gave up on this son and refused to acknowledge him anymore. "
Of course, in the end, she was the one who sent people to the market to collect her son's corpse.
Their mother-son relationship was limited to that.
"Shi Zhong is really a bad person. After he separated from Bai Yuexia, he often referred to himself as the husband of the minister of works. Usually, he would drink and drink with his scoundrels and gossip about Bai Yuexia's private affairs. He often visited brothels and his mother slandered and insulted him everywhere …"
Officials were very concerned about their reputation. No matter what happened internally, their reputation must not be tainted on the surface.
If Bai Yuexia was not trusted by Her Majesty and she was usually cautious and reliable, she would probably be depressed by the Imperial Censor's criticism.
Wei Ci said, "I thought that Bai Yuexia had long entered the lord's tent and she would not meet Shi Zhong. I didn't expect to meet him in this way."
Jiang Pengji said, "Maybe this is called fate."
"Even if it's fate, it's an ill-fated relationship." Wei Ci sighed. "Compared to Shi Zhong, I think Xiheng is better. It's a pity that Xiheng has worked with her for several years, but they still address each other as colleagues. There doesn't seem to be any romantic feelings between them. If the two of them can get married, it will be perfect. "
Zhang Ping was fated to have a plum wife and a crane son in his previous life. This was also his pursuit, so Wei Ci could not persuade him otherwise.
In this life, he saw that Zhang Ping's obsession with being single for the rest of his life was not very deep. Perhaps there was a chance.
Jiang Pengji said, "If you were an iceman, I'm afraid you would starve to death."
Wei Ci asked, "Why?"
Jiang Pengji said, "Matchmaking is also a skill. How can I mess around like you?"
Wei Ci held back his laughter and said, "I hope that my lord can point out the right path."
Jiang Pengji said as if she had been through it, "To deal with this kind of situation, you should get straight to the point. Don't pretend to be ambiguous. Ask them what their impression of each other is and whether they are willing to lie in the same coffin after a hundred years. Won't that solve the problem? "
Wei Ci was speechless.
Wasn't this too simple and crude?
"I'll go back and try. Maybe I can be a matchmaker. I haven't been to a wedding for a long time." Jiang Pengji hesitated for a while and said, "Wait — why do you want to matchmake Xiheng and Yuexia, and not someone else? It's not that I'm biased, but Xiheng has a dignified appearance. If he has the intention to get married, I'm afraid that his family's doorstep will be flattened by icemen. The possibility of him choosing Yuexia doesn't seem high? "
Wei Ci held back his laughter and said, "Xiheng doesn't rely on a face to distinguish beauty from ugliness, he relies on his hands."
Because of this strange illness, others thought that Zhang Ping was arrogant and difficult to get along with. Wei Ci was one of the few friends he had.
He took the initiative to get to know Wei Ci only because he had a pair of hands that made people fall in love at first sight.
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