But as long as the girl from the Wei family is the legal wife, the Wei family can just save face.

Favoring concubine and destroying wife?

As long as the Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery stands firm, the Qian family will not dare to treat the girls of his Mansion harshly.

No matter how many worries the children have, in the eyes of Liu and Wei Ping, they are not important at all.

Just as Liu asked, which husband doesn’t have a few concubines in the backyard?

Wei Hanzhang's three uncles had concubines, several married cousins ​​also had concubines, and several uncles and cousins ​​in the Wei Mansion after returning to the capital also had concubines, including her father Wei Heng.

Not to mention that Liu was unwilling to listen, even if she listened, she could not understand Wei Hanzhang's thoughts.

In this era, the concubines she cared about were absurd and unacceptable to the world.

The father and daughter walked a few steps together. Wei Heng looked at his daughter, who was taller than his shoulders, and sighed again in his heart.

He thought for a few breaths, and finally advised: "Your grandmother's consideration is also reasonable. Qian's fourth son is a perfect match for you in every way. If you miss the Qian family, I'm afraid no marquis' mansion will be interested in discussing marriage with you."

Hearing this, Wei Hanzhang was startled, raised his eyes to look at him, and said nothing. Under the moonlight, his expression could not be seen.

Seeing that she remained silent, Wei Heng continued, "It is indeed inappropriate for him to bring his mistress to our house for a date. However, the Qian family has been a hundred-year-old mansion and has always been very strict with rules. I think his elders are not aware of this. If you are still willing to discuss marriage with the Qian family, your father will ask the young master of the Qian family to get rid of this mistress before you get married."

He said gently, "Don't worry. After you get married, if he dares to do something like favoring his concubine and abandoning his wife, I, as a father, will not sit idly by and watch. With the two elders watching, he will never be so out of line again. After you get to know each other, with my son's character, talent and appearance, why worry about the relationship between you and your wife not being loving?"

Wei Hanzhang listened quietly to Wei Heng's earnest advice. As a father, he was indeed quite responsible and tried his best to carefully and thoughtfully resolve his daughter's concerns and dissatisfaction about the marriage.

If you are not happy with the other party having a mistress, send her away before marriage.

If she is not satisfied with Qian Silang's way of dealing with people, then he should promise to take care of her after marriage and not let her be bullied.

She also firmly believed that with her daughter's talent and beauty, she would definitely win the love and affection of her husband.

Although he said it politely, he actually approved of Liu in his heart.

He wanted to marry into the Qian family.

After coming to this conclusion, Wei Hanzhang felt very upset. He was silent for a long time before finally speaking: "Father, how do you feel about your relationship with my mother?"

Wei Heng looked slightly stunned, and said, "Your mother is gentle and virtuous, kind to me, impartial in educating the children, and never jealous or overbearing. With her around, I don't have to worry about the affairs of the inner house."

"That's right," Wei Hanzhang nodded slowly and concluded, "Aniang is indeed gentle and virtuous. She has lived in harmony with you, treating you with respect and going hand in hand for half her life."

At this point, she paused and continued, "So, do you think you and your spouse have a loving relationship?"

"…What does Ranran want to say?" Wei Heng's face turned pale. He lowered his head and said, "What do you think is wrong with my relationship with your mother?"

"It's just living together." After seeing how cold this mansion was to family affection and thinking about the ending of Jiang in the original novel, Wei Hanzhang felt an uncontrollable irritation in her heart. She said bluntly, "If this is also called good, then who would my mother have married that day and not lived a good life?"

They spend their lives like this, and they respect and honor their husbands, and perhaps have some affection for them, but how can they say there is any love? The man has concubines, dancers, and maids, and he doesn't know how many he has enjoyed, but he still expects his wife to always think that this marriage is "loving."

He frowned and said in a heavier voice, "What did you just say?"

"What I mean is that the reason why A Niang is gentle and virtuous, kind to concubines and impartial to concubines is not because she is born without the emotion of 'jealousy', but because she doesn't care about it. Or, she knew that it's useless to care about these things."

"I am the same as my mother. If my husband finds another woman in the future, I can be cruel and not care about it," Wei Hanzhang said softly but firmly, "but that is not a happy marriage, let alone 'love'. No one wants such 'love'."

She looked calm and made a conclusion: "That's called 'living together'. It doesn't matter who the partner is."

After saying this, Wei Hanzhang took a deep breath, called for his sedan chair, bowed slightly to Wei Heng who was standing there motionless, and took his leave.

Tonight was her first time to have a private conversation with her biological father Wei Heng since she returned to the Wei Mansion. Her words might have been a little disobedient, but she was also speaking from the heart, speaking from her true feelings.

Are all men so confident that they really think that their wives and concubines can live in harmony and love them wholeheartedly?

…………

After his daughter left for a long time, Wei Heng, who had been standing there in a daze, slowly moved his body and sat on the sedan chair.

Jingya Hall.

There is a wedding banquet at home today, and several daughters-in-law are in high spirits to entertain the guests. Jiang has just recovered from a serious illness and has been taking medicine for recuperation. She has finally shown signs of improvement, but she can't stand the fatigue and went to bed early.

He didn't know that his daughter was called to the study at night, nor did he know about the conversation between the father and daughter.

When Wei Heng arrived, except for the two lanterns under the eaves, the entire courtyard of Jingya Hall was shrouded in moonlight, looking quiet and lonely.

When the night watchwoman saw the male owner coming, she bowed hurriedly and was about to call someone to serve her, but was interrupted by Wei Heng's shushing.

He walked around the old woman who was on night watch and entered the room. He then waved away the two maids who were on night watch in the room and walked to the bed alone.

Put your hands on the collar, unbutton the inner buttons one by one...

Jiang was awakened by the heat. She was always afraid of cold but not heat. Even though it was midsummer, there was no ice in the room. She was covered with a brocade quilt which was just right for her, but she felt inexplicably hot tonight.

I wanted to turn over and find a cooler place to lie down, but I couldn't move...

"Madam is awake?"

Just as she moved uneasily, she heard a voice in her ear. Jiang opened her eyes, looked at Wei Heng's face close at hand, frowned and asked, "Why is the master here?"

"Why can't you come over?" Wei Heng smiled slightly, suppressed the melancholy in his heart, and said softly: "I can't remember when Madam stopped calling me husband?"

"The children are getting married soon. It's ridiculous to still call them children when they first got married." Jiang held his arm and said, "I feel a little hot. Master, please let me go."

(End of this chapter)