After a long while, Lady Cao finally came to her senses and glared angrily at Cao Cao.
"Aman, if you don't want to get married, just say so. Why joke with your mother and say such nonsense?"
Cao Cao replied solemnly, "Mother, I am not talking nonsense. I really want them all!"
Seeing her son's expression, Madam Cao understood that he had truly taken a liking to them all.
Although every mother hopes that her son will have many wives and concubines and be surrounded by children and grandchildren, her son's appetite is a bit too big.
Madam Cao looked troubled and said, "Aman, it's not that I don't want to help you, but these women are all legitimate daughters of other men. Which one of them would be willing to be your concubine?"
Cao Cao dismissed the idea, saying, "Then let them all be my wives. It's just a matter of rank; I'll give it to them!"
"Nonsense! Since ancient times, has there ever been a man with five wives?" Madam Cao scolded.
Cao Cao's eyes darted around: "His Majesty said that rules are set by the people. If our ancestors could set rules, we can change them."
The laws of the Han Dynasty don't explicitly forbid marrying five wives at the same time, do they? Besides, we don't distinguish between wives and concubines, but we can differentiate by rank!
Madam Cao: "What do you mean by 'big' and 'small'?"
Cao Cao smiled and said, "The titles are the same, but the status is different! The first wife is in charge, and the second wife assists. The children born to the first wife still respect the first wife as their mother."
Madam Cao frowned: "How is this any different from those wives and concubines?"
Cao Cao raised an eyebrow: "There's no difference, it's just a different name!"
Furthermore, it could also curb the outdated practice of casually giving away concubines.
"Hmm, I think what Cao Cao said makes a lot of sense," Cao Song echoed earnestly.
"It's quite a story to hear that one of our Cao family's sons can marry five wives at the same time, isn't it?"
Seeing that the father and son shared the same opinion, Madam Cao couldn't help but be somewhat tempted.
Having lived with that old scoundrel Cao Song for so many years, she was naturally not a pedantic person.
"Since that's the case, then I, your mother, will swallow my pride and arrange for someone to go and propose marriage right away!"
With that, Madam Cao turned and walked out to make arrangements for the marriage proposal.
Seeing this, Cao Song, who was standing nearby, also chased after them with a grin.
"My lady, as the saying goes, 'like father, like son, they fight side by side.' Cao Cao has already married five wives. Do you think I should add a few more?"
Upon hearing this, Madam Cao's eyebrows furrowed and she said, "Aman is my son. He can do whatever he wants, but you... don't even think about it!"
"I..."
Looking at his wife's double standards, Cao Song couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
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