Chapter 8: 8.第8章 男人的鬼话

As long as she did not die, she would seize every opportunity to change her own fate and the fate of the Tang family.

"Good!" Lin Ye’s eyes were filled with smiles as he nodded in satisfaction. "I will go speak with your parents right now. I intend to take you back to our sect."

If Tang Wanqiu had looked up at this moment, she would have discovered that her master was smiling as cunningly as a Big Bad Wolf.

There was no helping it; finding a suitable candidate was simply too difficult.

He had been trapped in this low-level world called the Central Continent for two sexagenary cycles. With his time running out, if he failed to find a suitable person to open that Inherited Grotto Heaven and show him the way home, he truly would die in this godforsaken place.

Fortunately, heaven rewards the diligent. He had finally found a candidate who met all the requirements. He only hoped that this little disciple was truly as she said—that she could endure the hardships and withstand the suffering!

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Her master's words gave Tang Wanqiu a glimmer of hope to change her own fate and that of her clan. However, her master said that once she left, it would take at least five years before she could return home.

But many things would happen during those five years. Even if she did not marry Prince Rong, Li Hao, who knew if that cunning man would use other means to tie the Tang family to his sinking ship?

Therefore, she had to do certain things before leaving. To change the fate of the entire Tang family, it wasn't enough to just change her own; everyone had to change.

However, as a mere child, it was clearly not easy to change her parents.

She would have to start with her two elder brothers!

General Tang currently had only one wife and three children: two sons and one daughter. The eldest son was Tang Zifeng, and the second son was Tang Ziyu. The three were close in age, each separated by two years.

Tang Zifeng was only thirteen now, and Tang Ziyu was eleven, but neither of them lived in the Tang Estate. Instead, they lived in the military camps, eating, sleeping, and training alongside the soldiers.

Because of this, Madam Tang had more than once thrown tantrums, threatening to kill herself to the General. Yet, while General Tang was usually submissive and obedient to his wife, he refused to yield even an inch when it came to his sons' education.

After throwing many tantrums and seeing there was no way to change things, Madam Tang eventually gave up. Fortunately, she still had a daughter to dote upon. Madam Tang poured all the maternal love she had for her three children onto her daughter alone. Consequently, the Third Miss was held up to the heavens by her family.

It could be said that in her past life, Tang Wanqiu had possessed an absolutely perfect childhood. Of course, the reason her life after marriage was so miserable was largely due to that very perfect childhood.

Imagine a young girl as pure as a blank sheet of paper, one who gave her heart sincerely. How difficult would it be for her to survive in the complex inner courts of a Prince's manor?

Despite being a Princess Consort, those side consorts and concubines targeted her with calculated malice while she remained oblivious. Naturally, she had no way to deal with them.

Furthermore, the man who had promised before their marriage that he would not let anyone harm or bully her did not help her after the wedding. Instead, he indulged those women as they bullied and insulted her, even cooperating with them to humiliate her.

Her sadness and despair were met only with his disdainful sneer. He said, "You cannot even handle a few women; by what right do you stand by my side as my wife?"

Fine! She reflected upon herself and began to apply what she had learned.

Yet, he turned around and cursed her, calling her as venomous as a snake and heartless.

It was only then that she truly awakened. That man, who had once claimed to love her to her very marrow, had never actually cared for her. It was her own ignorance that had made her believe his lies.