That wave rises again
Huai'an is only eight years old. When he first saw her, he didn't cry and complain that Huaimin pushed him into the water. Instead, he was worried about Huaiyin's situation. If such a child is not a good child, then what is he?
Zhao, who was standing nearby, saw that the mistress really wanted to take Huai'an to the fifth room, and hesitated whether to go up and say a few words to the mistress.
She went to see the mistress tonight because Huai'an had been crying since waking up in the afternoon, insisting on going to see Shen Huaiyin. He wouldn't take his medicine until he saw Shen Huaiyin. No matter how she tried to coax him, it was no use. She was just a concubine in the second house, so how could she bring her illegitimate son to the fifth house to see the mistress? But Huai'an insisted, so she had no choice but to go find the mistress.
But the mistress had just heard what Huai'an said. She knew that she had concealed the sentence in which the Sixth Young Master stood up for the Seventh Young Master, and she had preconceived the idea of "letting her make the decision for the Seventh Young Master" and removed the Seventh Young Master. However, the mistress did not seem to have any intention of holding her accountable at the moment, and actually took Huai'an to find Huai Yin.
Zhao couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. The Seventh Young Master hadn't said anything about letting the mistress make the decision for him; it was she who had said that. If the Second Master asked about it later, she would inevitably be labeled the "villain who caused the quarrel between brothers."
Moreover, she wondered what the Second Master would think if she offended the Fifth House for Huai'an. She knew that the Second Master valued brotherhood the most, and she was a little uneasy when the mistress acted so unreasonably.
After hesitating for a while, he bit his lip and stepped forward, bowed, and said softly, "Madam, these are just children playing around. Would it be inappropriate to do this?"
This is funny. Just now, Aunt Zhao came to Yan Xiju and clearly asked her to make the decision for Huai'an. Why, now that she really wants to make the decision, she reminds herself that doing so will offend the fifth room. Isn't that inappropriate?
Chen Yuanyuan held the teacup and glanced at Zhao.
The woman in the inner house was thinking about the same thing. It seemed that she, as a mother, did not want to be intimidated and rejected in front of Huai'an, so she asked Ling Wan for help in front of Huai'an.
If Ling Wan did not stand up for Huai'an, Huai'an would not blame her; and if Ling Wan agreed to Huai'an's request, Huai'an would also remember her act of coming to ask for it.
Anyway, Aunt Zhao didn't do any business at a loss, so it's not a loss.
Chen Yuanyuan thought of the palace fighting dramas she had watched before, and now she understood the things she didn’t understand in the dramas before.
In the play, a concubine who gave birth to a bastard child said helplessly when faced with her son's misbehavior: "Although this son is my biological son, he is now grown up. If I control him too strictly, I am afraid that the relationship between mother and son will be hurt."
Chen Yuanyuan, who had been chased and beaten by her mother since childhood, was very puzzled when she heard this line. Since they were her biological child, how could educating them hurt the mother-son relationship?
Now living in this era and facing such a situation, Chen Yuanyuan knows that it will indeed happen.
For children, no matter whether they are legitimate or illegitimate, there is only one legitimate mother, and that is the legal mother.
The legitimate mother has the right to discipline and educate her children, while the concubine mother and the aunt, in a large family with strict etiquette and laws, are simply slaves who have given birth to children for the master. When they see their own children, they have to call them "Master" or "Miss".
Since they are the mistress's biological "son or daughter", she cannot help but offend her own child for the sake of her duties as a mistress, and most of them will adopt a policy of winning over the child with gentleness.
But what's the point of winning over Rouci? No matter how good the illegitimate son and the biological concubine are, no matter how capable the illegitimate son is, he cannot surpass the legitimate mother in terms of clan law and etiquette.
Take Yuan Shikai as an example. Yuan Shikai's biological mother, Liu, was his father Yuan Baoshan's concubine. After Liu's death, the Empress Dowager Cixi personally issued an imperial decree to confer upon Liu the title of First Rank Consort, erected a memorial archway in her honor, awarded her 3,000 taels of silver, and sent the Governor of Henan to pay tribute.
Yuan Shikai held the Empress Dowager's award and imperial edict and personally escorted the coffin back to Xiangcheng, intending to bury his mother in the ancestral tomb with his father.
Yuan Shikai's elder brother Yuan Shidun firmly refused. Yuan Shidun was the legitimate son of the Yuan family. In the eyes of the Yuan family, "there is a difference between wives and concubines, and between legitimate and illegitimate children." No matter how glorious Yuan Shikai was outside, he was still a illegitimate son at home, and Liu was just a concubine after all.
How could a concubine be buried with her master? Therefore, Yuan Shikai had no choice but to agree and bury his biological mother in the wild outside the ancestral tomb.
Thinking of this, Chen Yuanyuan suddenly became curious. If she died in the future, would she be buried with Shen Cong?
But Chen Cong’s original wife, Wang, was already there. According to etiquette, Wang was Chen Cong’s original wife. As a concubine, she probably couldn’t be buried with him, right?
But Chen Yuanyuan had no strong opinions on this matter. She didn't care about her past life after death. She was completely satisfied with her life, so why would she care where she was buried? If she wasn't buried, it didn't matter. After all, it was others who were embarrassed and worried, not her.
Ling Wan put down her teacup and looked at Aunt Zhao with a smile. When she saw a slight fear in her eyes, she said calmly, "Huai'an being pushed into the lotus pond today is the most inappropriate thing."
Then, Aunt Zhao heard her mistress say something meaningful: "Huai'an fell into the water this afternoon. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known about it until now."
As soon as these words were spoken, the maids serving in the side hall turned pale. Even Aunt Zhao was about to kneel down, but she heard the young mistress continue, "Don't kneel. I don't have time to judge you right now. Come back and talk to me when you have thought it through."
After saying that, he went to see if Huai'an was okay.
Huai'an is a good boy, and she likes him sincerely, so even if she knows Aunt Zhao's little thoughts, she will still protect him without hesitation for Huai'an.
not to mention--
Ling Wan sneered in her heart. She, Chen Yuanyuan, had been the little bully in the family since she was young. She had always held the idea that "this is your first time as a child, why should I give in to you?" and she was the one who acted arrogantly.
Huai'an is her child after all. If she, as a mother, turns a blind eye to bullying for the sake of the overall situation, it would be too unspiritual!
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