Green Branch scoffed.
"Don't worry, Madam. They're just two concubines. How could they possibly dare to ride roughshod over you? How dare they rebel against you?"
After a pause, Green Branch said thoughtfully, "However, Madam, how did this daughter of the Feng family get married? It's quite unexpected."
I've heard that the laundry maid had a past relationship with our master, but this young lady from the Feng family doesn't seem to have any connection with him.
There might be some issues here. After all, it was sent by the emperor. Our lord refused it once, and we can't keep refusing it. It would be disrespectful to the emperor and wouldn't do our lord any good either.
Although two women have been brought into the manor, given our master's temperament, he would never betray the lady.
If he truly wronged the lady, her family would absolutely not stand up for him.
Even if the master had the intention, he wouldn't dare to anger the Su family.
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When An Mangu personally relayed the news of the two extra women in the household to An Dalin, he frowned and his expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
“My family has a tradition of not marrying so many women. You’ve really made me proud.”
An Mangu pursed his lips. "Father, this is an imperial edict. Imperial edicts cannot be disobeyed."
“This group of women, won’t they cause chaos and make a mess of things?” An Dalin glared. “You should find a way to send these two women away. Having such a good wife is already a blessing from my ancestors. My An family will never have a heartless man.”
Anle kept her eyes down, her head bowed, not saying a word, just eating her snacks. This was not something a child like her should chime in on, especially since it was an imperial edict, and the emperor's command could not be disobeyed. Her uncle was helpless, so it was understandable.
Once you've made it to the emperor's side, you naturally have to be mindful of his moods and act accordingly. Unlike living in a peasant's home, where you can marry a wife and grow old together, living a simple and uneventful life, this is a different story.
She came here mainly to talk about her third brother. She had only hosted Yan Qingxue and Young Master Bai for a day and spent the day playing with them. When she came back, her third brother was no longer there.
However, seeing that her grandfather was in a bad mood, she couldn't say anything for the time being and could only sit and wait for her grandfather to finish scolding her uncle before bringing up this matter again.
She sat there eating and drinking for half an hour, but her grandfather still hadn't calmed down.
Judging from the looks of it, it seems we can't ask today. We'll talk about it tomorrow. Anle leisurely jumped off the chair. Seeing that her grandfather was in the middle of scolding her, she didn't interrupt and went out on her little legs.
The two women who had been brought in had already been settled in the mansion. Before Anle even left his uncle's courtyard, he saw the two women loitering outside his uncle's gate.
Anle's eyes darted around, and after a moment's thought, he realized that these two women were the beauties bestowed upon him by the emperor who had just been sent into the house.
Anle, with her short legs, stepped out of the door, smiling and greeting the two women with a sweet little mouth.
"Hello, my two aunts. The commander of this manor is my uncle, and I am his niece."
Why are you two aunties just standing here instead of going in?
The woman, dressed simply and wearing a blue headscarf, hesitated for a moment, then glanced at Anle with a somewhat forced smile. "No...no, I won't go in. The master must be quite busy."
Anle nodded with a grin, "I am a bit busy." Busy being scolded by her grandfather.
"Oh, it's my little niece. Here, this is a gift from your aunt." Another woman, dressed somewhat seductively, immediately smiled and took off a silver bracelet from her wrist, then bent down, took Anle's little hand, and slipped it onto Anle's little arm.
The large silver bracelet on Anle's hand was so big it looked almost comical; it was clearly not something suitable for a child.
Anle looked up at the alluring woman with a somewhat slick smile and couldn't help but click her tongue. Wow, her uncle really was enjoying the blessings of having two women at once.
This woman is truly alluring; no man could resist her charm.
The woman wearing a blue headscarf watched as the alluring woman took out a bracelet and put it on Anle's wrist. A little flustered and helpless, Anle touched her own hands, finding them empty. She then touched her head, finding nothing there either. Forget decent jewelry; her clean, simple appearance meant she couldn't even find a single piece of jewelry.
Finally, he took a bamboo leaf embroidered pouch from his waist and put it into Anle's hand.
"I...I don't have anything to give you, niece, please don't look down on this purse I'm giving you." Remembering her status as a concubine, the woman in the blue turban changed her words.
Anle smiled and examined the purse in her hand. "Did your aunt embroider this purse herself? It's very delicately embroidered."
The woman wearing a blue headscarf lowered her head shyly, nodded slightly, and replied, "Mm."
"Auntie, if you have time, could you make me a couple more? I think these little purses look quite pretty."
The woman in the blue scarf nodded hurriedly.
Anle smiled and glanced between the two women. "Thank you for your gifts, my little aunts. You can wait here. I have something to do, so I'll be leaving now."
She stayed in the manor for two days and learned a little about the situation there; there weren't many people in the manor.
Because her uncle preferred a quieter living environment, he rarely hired servants to work in the mansion. There was only one gatekeeper and one cook who cleaned the courtyard and cooked. He did almost everything himself.
This huge mansion was so sparsely populated that it could be described as deserted and desolate.
Of course, the maidservant beside his uncle's lawfully wedded aunt was brought from the Su family and was not from his uncle's household.
Seeing that there were several servants trimming flowers and plants in the courtyard, Anle was stunned and wondered if her uncle had hired servants.
Just as I was pondering this, I overheard several servants gossiping.
"You're saying that it's shameful for our Feng family's young lady to become someone's concubine? I don't know what our Feng family head was thinking. As one of the thirteen prestigious families, how could he agree to that?"
If she were to become the emperor's concubine, that would be one thing, but to become the concubine of a mere commander of the Imperial Guards? Tsk tsk, is our Feng family doomed?
"Come on, the royal family has given them a lot of benefits. They even gave the Feng family that mine right next to the capital."
Is it such a worthwhile deal to sell a concubine's daughter for a mine?
"If the Feng family disagreed, they would be truly foolish."
"Oh? Is that so?"
"Yeah, you don't know anything, so what are you gossiping about? Otherwise, do you think the Feng family would be so happy to send their daughter over as a concubine?"
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