Chapter 110 The Empress Destroyed Your Country (36)

Song Zhi couldn’t refute anything, feeling a bit chilly in her heart. This exotic woman was right, Ming Changrong had indeed never done anything for her personally.

It seemed that all those good things, when spoken by them, became fake.

Bai Tang sighed, “Are you still unable to let go of that matter? It will become a fatal weakness for you. Where did the books I asked you to read go? Don’t tell me you went to read the so-called ‘Female Virtue’ and ‘Female Precepts’?”

Song Zhi shook her head, “I didn’t read ‘Female Virtue’ and ‘Female Precepts’. If I did, I would be ashamed to stay in the army. Lord, you haven’t experienced what I have. For a long time, I could dream about it. My resistance was seen as an unintentional teasing by them, and their insult to me is the shame of my life. I’m not clean anymore, my lord. I’m dirty, my lord.”

As Song Zhi spoke, she burst into tears. Ayimu really couldn’t understand how women in the Central Plains thought. If a woman of the Great Desert was violated by a man, those men would be tied up and publicly flogged and reviled. No daughter of any family would want to be with such a man.

The bondage of women by the world was too deep. In such matters, women were clearly the most innocent, but in the end, they were nailed to the pillar of shame. Clearly not voluntary, but it became their shame.

Bai Tang took out a handkerchief and gently wiped away Song Zhi’s tears. “You didn’t cry when you were whipped by the whip, nor did you cry when you fought with a man and got hit. Why are you crying now?

“Song Zhi, Zhizhi, you must remember that what happened could be your scar, could be your shadow, could be their guilt, but it is never your shame. You were innocent, and you cannot nail yourself to the pillar of shame, nor can you let others nail you there. It is their fault, not yours. You are not dirty, you are not unclean. If the world thinks a woman’s purity is only defined by being touched by one man, then why can those men who seek pleasure from other women and have countless concubines be treated leniently and be called ‘romantic’? We are all humans, just with different genders. If they can do something, why can’t we? If they can do something good, why can’t we do the same?

“Who decides what our place in society is anyway? You must remember, Song Zhi is excellent, much more excellent than most men. Your heart is pure and kind, much more beautiful than those who only care about money and power. You are already a very good person, you must realize that. We are standing here today, among the same group of men, to fight for our place in this world, we are not weak. Zhizhi, don’t forget, you were once excited and wanted to prove to the world that women can do what men can do. You wanted to be a pioneer and lead other women to live for themselves.

“You should not lose your heart just because of a man’s sweet words. Your heart needs to be strong, not just your martial arts skills. This is why I want you to read more books, the world’s opinions may be flawed. You must have your own opinion, or you can take mine. Song Zhi, you have reached the position of general today, it wasn’t easy. You have experienced it yourself, you should be more aware that you carry more than just yourself, more than just love. You also carry the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and the future of women like us. Do you understand?”

If Song Zhi still didn’t understand, Bai Tang had nothing more to say. She would not allow someone who only cared about love to sit in such an important position.

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