Just as Jiang said, concubines, no matter how many children they give birth to, have to live according to the mistress's mood.
Moreover, there were few examples of concubines being promoted to the main wife in this era. Merchants who did not pay attention to rules would not do this, let alone wealthy and powerful families.
There was a little man in Wei Hanzhang's mind scratching his head, not understanding why, in the original plot, Jiang would be divorced and concubine Shen Yue would be made the main wife.
Not wanting to disturb her parents' rare tenderness and affection, she retreated quietly.
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Returning to his own courtyard, Wei Hanzhang pushed open the door of the courtyard wall with familiarity and stepped into the villa of Prince Yan's Mansion.
The two maids were standing firm at their posts as usual. When they saw her coming, they bowed deeply and said, "Hello, Miss Wei."
Wei Hanzhang nodded casually, said "no need to formality", and walked straight to the main hall.
Halfway through the journey, she saw Prince Xiao, dressed in a green robe, standing under a rose tree. His posture was as straight as a green bamboo. The early summer morning light shone on his face, and the smile on the corners of his lips was clearly visible. He was facing this side... as if waiting for her?
This thought made Wei Hanzhang pause and he slowed down involuntarily.
She walked slowly, but Xiao Junzhan couldn't wait any longer and walked over to her.
"Look up," Xiao Junzhan walked a few steps to the girl who had been waiting for a long time and said in a gentle voice, "Let me see if the wound on your face has improved."
"..." Thinking of his past history of personally taking action when a disagreement arose, Wei Hanzhang pursed his lips and raised his head slightly: "It's healed now."
As if being blinded by the sunlight, Xiao Junzhan inadvertently moved closer with his eyes lowered, staring at the girl in front of him without blinking, his fingers slowly clasped together in his sleeves. He smiled and said, "It seems to be better."
The man's voice was low and a little hoarse, unusually gentle and pleasant. Wei Hanzhang looked up and realized that he was too close. He quickly took two steps back and said cautiously, "Xiao Boqian, can you stop trying to take advantage of girls?"
Her voice was quite loud and all the attendants around her, including Ning Hai, heard it clearly. Although they were all slightly bent over and their expressions could not be seen, the atmosphere suddenly became a little weird.
Perhaps it was the first time that someone accused him of taking advantage, Xiao Junzhan was slightly startled, and then he couldn't help laughing. He pinched his brows and said with a smile: "Ran Ran is right to remind me, I seem to be less gentlemanly in front of you."
Compared to the beginning when he felt embarrassed and helpless when looking at the girl he liked for a long time, Xiao Junzhan has made great progress after spending these days together.
Not only did he speak his mind, he also took a step forward, held the girl's shoulders, patted her gently, and said softly: "If you nod now, I will choose an auspicious day to marry Ran Ran and bring her home openly. How about that?"
"No big deal." Wei Hanzhang took two steps back, his lips slightly curled up, "What we said at the beginning didn't include me marrying you."
Another clean and neat rejection made Xiao Junzhan's smile gradually fade, and he looked quietly at the girl in front of him.
This was the only girl he had ever met in his twenty-five years of life and waiting, and the only girl who made him happy just by seeing her.
But she was not like that. She had a boy who grew up with her early on. They were childhood sweethearts and promised to spend their lives together.
Ever since the day Xiao Junzhan learned that Wei Hanzhang was discussing marriage with a young man from the Gu family who he grew up with, he knew that the girl he loved might already have someone else in her heart.
The murderous intent that arose in anger at that moment almost burst through his head, but was finally suppressed by him.
It was easy to kill someone, but he knew he couldn't kill.
Should she let the young man from the Gu family die during the most sincere period of their relationship so that she can spend the rest of her life remembering him?
He is not that stupid, nor is he that generous.
Xiao Junzhan's gaze moved down from Wei Hanzhang's face inch by inch until it stopped at her heart.
His purpose was to drive the shadow of other men away from her.
There can only be one him.
Xiao Junzhan's emotions were up and down. In the courtyard, only Ning Hai, a close attendant, felt it. His shoulders trembled slightly, and he bent his already hunched shoulders even lower.
Wei Hanzhang was unaware of this. She was very grateful to Master Xiao for being willing to save the Jiang family, but she was not grateful enough to marry a divorced man.
Even if she becomes a princess in the future...
That's not right! Wei Hanzhang was stunned, and suddenly thought that if she really married the Prince of Yan in front of her, she would be the Princess of Yan in the future.
In an era when imperial power was paramount, the status of a princess was extremely honorable. Apart from being one level lower than the higher-ranking ladies in the harem, she was the pinnacle of a woman's career.
Once she becomes the Crown Prince's Consort of Prince Yan's Mansion, wouldn't it be a matter of just a word to protect her mother from being divorced?
Even if you want to get Wei Hanyue out of the ancestral temple, it shouldn't be a difficult task, right?
At worst, you can tell everyone that the person is dead, quietly change your identity and start a new life. Maybe you can't go back to your previous life with a group of servants and noble ladies, but it's better than spending the rest of your life in the ancestral temple.
If she really were to marry into Prince Yan's mansion, her say in the Wei family would definitely be much greater than before... She would become the biggest supporter of Jiang's mother and daughter in the original novel, and grandfather Wei Ping would probably be willing to give her this face.
Thinking of this, Wei Hanzhang's heart was actually moved... but he quickly suppressed it.
No, no.
Wei Hanzhang shook her head violently in her heart, the Jiang family's status was still stable now, but she was not so selfless as to marry her to a divorced man just to save her sister from the family temple.
Her life is also very important. Unless it is absolutely necessary, she would not go against her own views on marriage and marry a man with so many wives and concubines.
Even though Xiao Junzhan had planned everything out, he had no idea what was going on in the mind of the girl in front of him.
He was even so overwhelmed by the intense love that he didn't realize how badly he was despised as the prince of Yan.
His attention was focused on the imperial court. He had no idea which woman in a family's backyard was having difficulty giving birth or how many wives and concubines a family had. He only knew that Xiao Wen'an had no wife, and that was all.
Although he was rejected again, Xiao Junzhan still fulfilled his promise and took Wei Hanzhang to the Dali Temple prison to visit the Jiang family.
When the carriage stopped, he handed over a veil and said gently, "There are many people here, Ranran, do you want to cover up a little?"
This is a question, he is respecting her choice.
Or rather, reminding her.
Wei Hanzhang felt a warm sensation in his heart and was somewhat moved.
It was obvious that if she was caught walking alone with him by an acquaintance, the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery would be happy to marry her off because of his status as the Crown Prince of Yan, but he still reminded them.
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