The Xie family must abdicate and yield the position to a more worthy successor.
Qiao Jingjing originally sympathized most with the infighting among the wives and concubines in these large, multi-wife mansions.
I felt they were all just pitiful people, appendages of men, without any sense of self.
But since Xie started the trouble with her first, she can't be blamed.
Sun Quan has already left.
As soon as Qiao Manman came out, she heard her older sister say that Sun Quan wanted to remarry a wife with a family and background, and that this was the way to make Xie Shi step down and give way to a worthy one.
Qiao Manman was very happy for a moment.
"Serves Xie right for being so unlucky! Her own position is not even secure yet, and she's already thinking of bullying you, elder sister."
Qiao Manman also understood the reason behind Sun Quan's second wife, Xu Jiao.
She understood this from her own experience.
When Qiao Manman first married Zhou Yu, she was originally a concubine.
Later, because she accompanied Zhou Yu to Baqiu and stayed close to him, she gave birth to a son and a daughter.
Because her elder sister was favored by the Marquis of Wu and had a great reputation in Jiangdong, Qiao Manman also became a high-born daughter of the Zhou family.
Everyone else was eager to curry favor with Qiao Manman.
At that time, her father-in-law, Zhou Yi, stepped forward to uphold justice:
"Xiao Qiao has contributed to the Zhou family by bearing children and is virtuous and kind. She should be promoted to the position of principal wife."
So Lu Qiuqiu was wronged for nothing, having to manage Zhou Yu's household affairs for so many years.
Whether a girl is a wife or a concubine is determined solely by her family background, isn't it?
Qiao Manman also understood these ups and downs.
Many times when she returned home, she would say to her husband Zhou Yu, "My sister is now pitiful and helpless. Among her family members, you are the most capable. You must make my sister proud so that she won't be bullied by those shameless people."
These words didn't need to be said by Qiao Manman.
Zhou Yu would naturally favor Qiao Jingjing.
Lady Da Qiao was both his sister-in-law and the widow of his good brother.
Sun Quan either went home that day or took the initiative to educate Xie Shi.
The next day, Ms. Xie came to find Qiao Jingjing again.
She looked completely different from how she had looked the day before.
"Sister-in-law, I was confused the other day and said the wrong thing! Please, sister-in-law, go and persuade the general not to make me serve tea and kowtow to a widow!"
As Xie mentioned the widow, she suddenly looked up at Qiao Jingjing.
Isn't Qiao Jingjing a widow?
At this moment, isn't Xie kneeling in front of Qiao Jingjing begging her?
Qiao Jingjing didn't say anything yet.
Qiao Xiaomei retorted, "Madam Xie, what's wrong with a widow? What you said the other day, these days, it's not uncommon for widows to remarry! How can I control who General Sun marries? My elder sister is General Sun's sister-in-law, and no matter how loving she is, she can't interfere in General Sun's domestic affairs."
Until Xiao Qiao finished criticizing him.
Only then did Xie realize that she had said the wrong thing again.
Xie still wanted to salvage the situation, so she squeezed in tightly and grabbed Qiao Jingjing's hand:
“Sister-in-law, that’s not what I meant. What I meant was, sister-in-law, your words carry weight with Zhongmou, and he listens to you.”
"Sister-in-law, we all know how capable you were back then! When you followed my brother back to Wu County from Lujiang, you already had a concubine, Lady Gu. Lady Gu was the wife, and you were a concubine, yet you managed to maintain your position thanks to my brother's favor. Sister-in-law, you have such abilities, please help me!"
By the end, Xie had effectively trapped himself in a dead end.
Qiao Jingjing's face was cold.
Xie dug up her past, revealing Qiao Jingjing's shocking experience that she herself didn't want to recall.
The last bit of reluctance in Qiao Jingjing's heart had dissipated.
Qiao Jingjing gently pushed Xie's hand away.
As Sun Quan wished, Qiao Jingjing will now properly mediate and resolve the conflict between her and her second brother's wife.
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