These were her genuine feelings.
Because Gu Junzhu had power and influence, and others couldn't afford to provoke him, it gave her the confidence to fiercely push back against those she found displeasing.
Thinking about it this way, being a woman actually has its perks.
Some say that when a woman gets married, she becomes like spilled water in her family, instantly becoming an outsider.
In her husband's family, they see her as someone married in from another family, unreliable because of the different surname.
Only after years of being a daughter-in-law and finally becoming the matriarch does she truly establish her footing and gain a say in the family.
But regarding those sayings, Ye Xingbei felt they were half right and half wrong.
If one ended up with a bad family and a bad in-law family, those sayings would be accurate.
But if one had a good family and good in-laws, then they weren't true.