HRPM – Chapter 78 A Tragic Confession (5)

But since she said that any man she truly liked would never do something so foolish, then he absolutely couldn’t do it either.

Seeing Jin Luoluo’s indifferent expression, Xiao Yu couldn’t help but say angrily, “I just can’t stand it. Do you even understand what propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame mean?”

In all of Chuyun, which noble young lady would dare do something so disgraceful to her family? Yet this Jin Luoluo dared to say and do anything—it gave him a headache.

She was like an untamable wild horse, but that only ignited his competitive spirit even more.

“Oh? You’re lecturing me about propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame? Your standards for women are so harsh they’re practically shameless—demanding purity in body and mind, enforcing obedience and virtue, making them tolerate you taking concubines and fooling around outside.” Jin Luoluo snorted coldly.

“You set up these utterly shameless rules for women, and still dare accuse me of lacking morals? Let me ask you—are you pure? No need to answer, it’s obvious you’re a playboy. If you’re not pure yourself, what right do you have to demand purity from others?”

“Rules are nothing more than tools created by those in power to serve their own class interests. Are these moral codes that bind women even reasonable? If I were emperor, I’d flip the gender hierarchy upside down and make you experience the ‘three obediences and four virtues.’ Maybe then you’d understand what fairness really is.”

Propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame? In Jin Luoluo’s world, there was only cunning and boldness—such so-called virtues meant nothing to her.

Xiao Yu was left stunned by her shocking words, unable to respond for a long moment.

Since ancient times, women’s status had always been lower than men’s.

He had long been accustomed to the idea that women were subordinate to men, and had never questioned the norms imposed on them.

But hearing Jin Luoluo’s fierce criticism, he found himself thinking about it seriously for the first time.

Although he didn’t agree with her views, he did feel that such rules didn’t suit Jin Luoluo. For one, she wasn’t a woman who depended on men; for another, her abilities and charm were no less than any man’s.

How could a woman like her be bound by society’s rigid constraints?

“Enough. I know you’re dissatisfied with the inequality between men and women, but that’s the law of Chuyun—it’s not something you can change on your own. However, when it comes to me, I won’t treat you like an ordinary woman. And as for saying things like becoming emperor—how dare you speak so recklessly? Even if you had ten heads, it wouldn’t be enough to save you.”