She could not help but think of Lv Zheng's previous words.
[It's easy to live, but it's hard to live with dignity.]
Kang Xintong did not dare to imagine that she would end up in such a situation many years later.
After vomiting, she squatted down and wailed while hugging her knees, extremely resentful of her gender. Kang Xintong choked and said, "Sir … all women in the world are like this. They are born to suffer. Why do women still exist? It's better to die since birth! "
So what if her mother did it for her own good?
Did her mother disregard her wishes and thoughts and force her to suffer so much for her own good?
What she thought was good, could it be that it was really good?
Why didn't she ask herself which was better: a dignified and painless death or a dignified but oppressive and violent life?
Violence and torture in the name of love, were they not abuse?
Lv Zheng interrupted her random thoughts at the right time.
"You have such messy thoughts because you have too little knowledge. It's just like how you only saw your mother's evil earlier. You don't know that all living beings suffer. Whether it's these women in the dark alley or other refugees who never have enough to eat, the most painful thing for them is not the torture inflicted on them, such as hunger and poverty. It's the endless torture that they can only be freed from until death. A person can't see the slightest bit of hope in life and can only live like a walking corpse. They don't even know why they're living, only knowing that they can live as long as they can … This kind of suffering without dignity is often more unbearable than physical torture. "
The common people could often endure physical torture, but they could not endure mental torture.
The result of not being able to endure it was the idea of using death to escape like Kang Xintong.
This was just going from a dead end to a dead end.
"What's the use of knowing more?"
Kang Xintong was, after all, a young girl who had just turned twelve.
Although her life was bumpy, she did not face the cruelest purgatory on earth. The world was still black and white.
Lv Zheng wanted to teach her what it meant to be 'gray'.
"It's not that all women in the world are like this. It's just that the world is not stable. Anyone can fall into such a situation." Lv Zheng said, "Using beauty to serve people is a shortcut, but not every 'shortcut' can reach the same level. It was the same as using beauty to serve others, but there was also a difference in the target of serving others. If your target was your stepfather, the prostitutes in the dark alleys would most likely be the portrayal of the rest of your life. If your target was a noble with a high status and authority, or a hegemon who sat on the throne of the world, it would be a different situation. Isn't that because I'm inexperienced? "
Kang Xintong was speechless.
After a while, she hung her head in embarrassment.
"I don't think I have that ability either."
Kang Xintong knew that she had a good foundation and had inherited the best side of her biological parents. This could be seen from her stepfather's increasingly passionate and eccentric gaze these two years. Even though she was inexperienced, she knew what he was thinking. It was an undisguised, predatory look of a wild beast. Every time, her mother would panic and abuse her even more vigorously, which gave her an illusion —
If that man was obedient to her, her mother would not dare to abuse her again.
The repeated hints made her come up with this equation in her mind.
Using her own body in exchange for power in the hands of a man, and using this to suppress her mother who bullied her, she could live a better life.
Just as Lv Zheng said, she was inexperienced, and her vision limited her imagination.
The best choice she could think of was this, and the only target was her stepfather.
Under such circumstances, how could she think that her beauty could attract someone who was more powerful than her stepfather?
Lv Zheng sighed and shook his head.
"Do you know who Liu Xi is?"
Kang Xintong shook her head.
Even though Jiang Pengji was a famous and powerful feudal lord, not many people at the bottom of the hierarchy knew her. Dongqing was still alright. Jiang Pengji was quite well-known. Many people knew the name of this feudal lord, where he was from, and whether he was a man or a woman. The people in Nansheng were more ignorant. It was good enough for them to know that there were other countries besides Nansheng, let alone feudal lords from other countries.
They could not even maintain their lives, so how would they have the time to understand these things?
Even if they wanted to, they had no corresponding channels.
"Liu Xi is a woman."
Kang Xintong blinked in confusion and guessed, "A stunning beauty?"
Lv Zheng recalled the face of his childhood friend and shook his head to deny it.
She was quite liked by the young ladies in Langye County, but he had never heard of any man liking her. She had a nasty mouth and could not wait to gnash her teeth.
On the contrary, Zixiao, who was known as the flower of Langye County, was much more popular with men than that authentic woman.
"She is not a stunning beauty. It is true that she looks decent, but very few people pay attention to her face. Actually, no matter how ugly or beautiful she is, whether she is healthy or disabled, it is meaningless to her and the people around her. "
Kang Xintong asked, "Why is that?"
"Because there are not many people in the world who are qualified to look directly at her face. When people bow down to her, they first see her feet and not her face. "
Kang Xintong asked again, "Is she the Empress?"
"Empress?" Lv Zheng curled his lips mockingly. "No matter how noble the Empress is, she still has to rely on her husband and her family. Once the country is destroyed, her husband no longer dotes on her, and her family abandons her, the Empress, who is second only to one and above tens of thousands of people, will also fall into a dark alley. How can she be compared to her?"
Kang Xintong could not understand who the "Liu Xi" that the teacher was talking about was.
"Liu Xi" was a woman, but she had a more noble status than the "Empress." Could she be the Empress?
She asked timidly, "The one who is more noble than the Empress is either the Empress or the deities in heaven …"
Lv Zheng said, "She is not the Empress. After all, she did not announce to the world that she was going to ascend to the throne, but she is not far from being an Empress in name only."
A dynasty could be established in the land of Dongqing. Jiang Pengji, who occupied a territory larger than Dongqing, was naturally qualified to be the Empress.
However, her ambition was obviously not something that Dongqing could accommodate.
Nansheng was also the target that the tip of her sword pointed at.
Kang Xintong's small mouth opened wide as she listened. Her small face was full of shock.
"The higher you go, the further you can see. Even if you can't reach her level, looking at her, you can remember one thing — a woman's appearance is neither a blessing nor a curse. It is just a part of her that is given by her parents and is born with. Even though she is a woman, she is not born to crawl on the ground. " Lv Zheng smiled and flicked her forehead. He said, "As long as you stand at a higher position than others, your appearance will only be the capital that they praise you. On the other hand, you will be the prey that they covet. Just like your mother, she is just a prey."
Kang Xintong's lips turned pale as she listened.
"Your mother is indeed at fault, but she sincerely hoped that you could live with dignity."
It was rare for Lv Zheng to have the patience to say so much. Even he himself was surprised.
If Wei Ci was also a salted fish in the streaming room, he could only express his feelings by clicking 666.
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