In Fangfei Courtyard, Qi Buchen had already heard about the lifting of Wuya Gege's ban. She knew that her mother must be in a bad mood, so she stood at the door waiting for her mother to return.
Seeing a figure rushing towards them from afar, Qi Buchen went forward to greet her. When he got there, he saw that his mother's face was indeed gloomy.
She spoke cautiously, "Mother, are you alright? Don't be angry. Father had his reasons for doing this. Please don't resent him."
It would have been better if her daughter hadn't said anything, because once she did, Li Wanrou got even angrier, but she still had some sense and didn't want to talk about it in public.
She hurried back to the house, plopped down, and began to complain: "Qi Buchen, your fourth brother, he died unjustly. How can I not hate Wuya Shi, how can I not be angry?"
“If your fourth brother is alright, you now have three brothers to support you. When you get married, you will have many brothers in your maternal family, and you will be able to live a better life. Moreover, your mother has three sons and one daughter. When your father is promoted to a noble title, you may very well become a secondary consort.”
As she spoke hastily, Li Wanrou began to cough violently. Qi Buchen stepped forward and patted his mother's back to help her catch her breath, which finally calmed Li Wanrou down.
“Look at that Song Shi. She became a secondary consort only because she had four sons and two daughters. Mother entered the mansion at the same time as her, but she had one less son and one less daughter than her. Why couldn’t she be a secondary consort? Among all the women in the back courtyard, apart from the main consort who has a daughter, only Song Shi and I have children, but we are inferior to her and are only secondary consorts.”
Qi Buchen was somewhat helpless. His mother was talking about his fourth brother and Princess Wuya, and somehow she ended up talking about Song E'niang.
“Mother, please stop talking. Be careful not to say anything that might cause trouble. After all, Consort Song is a concubine. It's one thing for you to talk about Princess Wuya, but she has a grudge against you and is of lower status than you. Consort Song has no grudge against you and is a concubine. Don't say these things. It's not good.”
Li Wanrou was getting a headache from all the talking. Her daughter was good in every way—thoughtful, smart, and filial—but she was always controlling, making it hard for her to tell who was the mother and who was the daughter.
With a pout, Li Wanrou retorted stubbornly, "Sigh! Mother knows, it was just a complaint in the heat of the moment. Mother is always very proper when she sees Song Shi, how could I have ever offended her?"
If Yunyi heard this, she would definitely roll her eyes. Yes, yes, you didn't offend anyone, but you're just too sarcastic and always say things in a sarcastic way.
Li Wanrou was a bully who preyed on the weak and feared the strong. She only dared to complain about this in her heart, but dared not tell the Fourth Master. She vented her emotions by talking to her daughter for a few words, and then she didn't say anything more.
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