Although Ren Yaohua didn't understand why Ren Yaoqi was so free to take a walk today, she still nodded and didn't refuse.
Ren Yaoqi instructed those behind him, "You guys go back first, leaving only Xiangqin and Pingguo with you. It's really a shame to be walking in your own yard with a bunch of people dragging their feet behind you."
So, except for two maids, all the other servants were sent away.
Ren Yaohua glanced at Pingguo, who was standing next to Xiangqin, and asked, "Is this the maid you picked? Why doesn't she look very smart?"
Ren Yaohua prefers maids who are smart and clever, but Ren Yaoqi doesn't think a maid has to be perfect before she can be used.
However, everyone has their own habits when employing people, and Ren Yaoqi didn't know what to do. She just said, "She's just quiet, not dull." She was very satisfied with her maid, Pingguo.
Ren Yaohua was just saying it casually, and seeing Ren Yaoqi like this, she stopped criticizing her maid.
Xiang Qin, who was following behind, secretly made a face at Apple, but Apple still looked obedient, which made Xiang Qin feel that this girl was indeed as boring as her master.
"Third sister, if Aunt Fang was really as powerful as I said, she would not have become someone's concubine. That's because you have reversed cause and effect." Ren Yaoqi said softly while standing in the lotus pond.
At this time of year, while the lotus pond may not yet have blossomed, its leaves are already towering and covering its surface. A gentle, warm breeze blows through, revealing a cascading expanse of green, a refreshing feeling.
Ren Yaohua was in a good mood. After hearing this, she just turned around and glanced at Ren Yaoqi, letting her continue.
"Madam Fang's current situation is the best outcome she could have achieved with her power back then. You should have heard about the fates of your great-aunt's other concubines."
Ren Yaohua thought about it and disagreed: "I know that my great-aunt's concubine daughters didn't marry well. But there are also some who married as principal wives? Isn't it better than being a concubine in our family?"
Ren Yaoqi laughed when she heard this, blinked, and said, "Third sister, is this what you call... judging others by their own standards?"
Ren Yaohua glared at her: "What a mess!"
Ren Yaoqi shook her head: "In this world, there are women like you who think that status is the most important, and there are also women like Aunt Fang who think that getting benefits is the most important."
Ren Yaohua had no way to refute this statement. Different people have different choices: marrying a poor or unbearable person as a wife or marrying a decent and wealthy person as a concubine.
"The reason Concubine Fang is so successful is because she has a reliable brother. Her younger brother, Fang Yacun, was recently promoted to the sixth rank of Chuzhou Prefecture Official. He is highly regarded by his superiors and is expected to be promoted again in the next two years."
"I heard he got a promotion, but it's just a deputy position in a local government, and it's in the south. What does it have to do with us?"
Ren Yaoqi knew about the Fang family. Some of it was from what she asked Nanny Zhou, and some was from memories of things from her previous life.
"But you've forgotten the relationship between the Fang and Ren families. Furthermore, the Ren family wants to open a coal warehouse in the south, and they'll inevitably have to deal with the locals. Although the Zhou Tong isn't the chief official of a state, he does have real power. Fang Yacun is no incompetent either. I'm afraid he'll be the one who takes over the Fang family in a few years. My great-aunt is old, and her own son is mentally unstable. Even though she's still the one in charge of the Fang family now, just wait and see."
Upon hearing this, Ren Yaohua thought carefully about the relationship between the two and found that what Ren Yaoqi said made sense.
"And Fang Yacun was chosen by my great aunt because of Concubine Fang's connections. If she hadn't taken the initiative to marry into the Ren family as a concubine, deliberately allowing my great aunt to control her, her elder sister, how could my great aunt have been so confident in making plans for Fang Yacun? Although Concubine Fang was also good at scheming, due to her status, she and her siblings could only rely on their mother for support."
"Without Concubine Fang, there would be no Fang Yacun today, and Fang Yacun today is Concubine Fang's greatest supporter. I believe that my grandparents also saw clearly the future situation of the Fang family, which is why they were so tolerant of Concubine Fang and allowed her to have a superior position in the Ren family. In the future, the Fang family will most likely be headed by Concubine Fang's younger brother. Those coal warehouses in the south of our Ren family are all related to the Fang family."
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