Chapter 72: Make Good Arrangements
Xie Rongying looked at Qin Junyi with a slightly surprised look and did not speak for a long time.
Qin Junyi frowned: "Why are you looking at me like that? Didn't you understand what I just said?"
"What illusion made the young marquis think that I would allow you to bring your concubine to my manor?" Xie Rongying leaned back in her chair, a bit sarcastic. "The young marquis thinks that just because you are my husband, I should do whatever you say?"
"Isn't it?" Qin Junyi knew Xie Rongying wouldn't be so happy. "I thought you had found a way for mother and gave her your land deeds and house deeds so that the Marquisate could fill the hole as soon as possible. I thought you had put your heart on the Marquisate, but I didn't expect you to be as hypocritical as before!"
Xie Rongying seemed to have heard something funny. She asked, "If I'm such a hypocrite, why did you come here, young marquis?"
"Thank you, Rongying," Qin Junyi tried her best to suppress the anger and the strangeness deep in her heart. "As the principal wife, you should take care of my husband's harem. Now I only have Yao'er besides you. Yao'er and I don't intend to blame you for the loss of her child. Now I just want you to take good care of my harem, not the entire mansion. What else are you dissatisfied with?"
Upon hearing this, Xie Rongying's eyes darkened. Qin Junyi and Jiang were indeed mother and son. Even when he wanted to gain benefits from her, his words were exactly the same.
In her previous life, Jiang openly used the head of the household to put her on the fire. Later, when the border reported that Qin Junyi had died in battle, she was even more bound by the rules set by Jiang. But now Jiang knew that those rules and regulations were of no use to her.
But Qin Junyi came again.
It seems that all the rules and regulations in this world are specially set for women, especially after they get married.
It seems that the original wife should be magnanimous. When her husband has a new lover, she should not be anxious, angry, resentful, or hate him. Everyone's advice is "Which man is not like this? Which wife has not gone through this?"
It seems that as long as the wife has the slightest complaint or displeasure, she has made a huge mistake, which is jealousy.
If a man bows his head, but a woman still complains and is unhappy, and someone criticizes you, "He has already bowed his head and apologized to you, what else do you want?"
The wife not only has to tolerate her husband's lack of talent, money and ability, but also has to impose her husband's career setbacks on her. If you manage all the big and small matters around your husband in an orderly manner, how can he be distracted and not make money and gain a good reputation?
It seems that once a woman gets married, she becomes someone else's family instead of herself.
You should do this, you should do that, but you will never say that you should do this for yourself, you should do that for yourself.
Qin Junyi had watched Jiang give everything for his father since he was a child. He also knew what kind of life Jiang had lived after being let down by his father, but he still chose to follow the same path as his father.
He even felt that it was good for Xie Rongying that she was not worrying about the affairs of the Marquis' Mansion for his mother, and that he did not force Xie Rongying to use her dowry to fill the deficit of the Marquis' Mansion. After all, Xie Rongying was his legal wife.
Xie Rongying should be like Jiang and devote herself to the Yongyi Marquis Mansion.
In Qin Junyi's eyes, a wife should be like his mother.
Before, Qin Junyi thought Xie Rongying was hypocritical, and later, Qin Junyi felt that Xie Rongying was not the wife he wanted.
So there was blame and confusion, as if everything Xie Rongying did after marrying into the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion had broken Qin Junyi's view of his wife.
"Young Marquis, are you going to talk about etiquette in front of me?" Xie Rongying didn't get angry. She calmly picked up the teacup and blew slowly on the surface of the tea. She took a sip to moisten her throat and continued lightly, "It has always been the custom for concubines to pay their respects to their mistresses morning and evening. Shangguan has been married to the Marquis' Mansion for almost a month now. Has she come to my East Garden to pay her respects to me?"
"Of course, I'm not the kind of person who insists on her paying respects to me as my principal wife. After all, the young marquis likes it, so these rules are dispensable." She raised her eyes and stared at Qin Junyi, "It's just that the young marquis treats his principal wife differently and his concubines differently. The famous King Huai of the previous dynasty was just like the young marquis. He had both a principal wife and concubines, but King Huai treated them equally and knew the difference between a 'wife' and a 'concubine'. Both the principal wife and the concubine understood the rules and never overstepped their bounds."
"Since Shangguan married into the Marquis's mansion, how can she act like a co-wife?"
Qin Junyi was stunned by Xie Rongying's words.
Xie Rongying knew that if she directly said something bad about Shangguan Yao, Qin Junyi would definitely argue with her, but if she gave examples and how a "wife" should be, he would definitely listen to her.
She continued, "It would be understandable if she was being affectionate with the young marquis in his courtyard. After all, no one would see them, and no one would say anything disrespectful behind their backs."
"But Shangguan has been flirting with the young marquis outside, acting like a seductress. How can this be the proper way for a wife?" Xie Rongying said with a mocking smile, "Those who know would think the young marquis has married a concubine, while those who don't would think he has taken a concubine."
"You..." Qin Junyi was choked by Xie Rongying's words. Thinking about the several times he took Shangguan Yao out of the house, it seemed that it was indeed as Xie Rongying said.
Xie Rongying put down the teacup, her red lips curled up slightly, and said, "But since the young marquis has asked, I won't take it seriously and refuse."
When Qin Junyi heard this, his solemn expression relaxed a lot.
"Is mother not at home?" Xie Rongying asked.
Qin Junyi saw that Xie Rongying had the right attitude, and her tone softened a lot. She said, "She left the house this morning. Second Aunt said that mother went out of town on business."
Xie Rongying smiled faintly, thinking about how Mother Yuan had left and returned home several times yesterday evening, and she knew what Jiang was planning: "Since Mother is not here, I will not follow you and Shangguan to the manor."
"That's fine." Qin Junyi hadn't planned to take Xie Rongying with him to the manor. He hadn't taken Shangguan Yao out for a long time, so naturally he wanted to be alone with her. "Then you can make the arrangements. Remember to make them appropriate. Yao'er is still very weak."
As he spoke, Qin Junyi stared at Xie Rongying, as if he knew Xie Rongying wouldn't say anything nice, and immediately said, "You also said at the beginning that you needed Yao'er to give birth to children for me. Now that you've recovered, if she and I have another child, I'll have to call you my legal mother."
Xie Rongying's eyes changed slightly, thinking of Qin Junyi's previous life, who had many children and grandchildren. She smiled faintly, "Then I must make good arrangements. Young Marquis, don't worry."
[Aside: While writing this chapter, I was reminded of a video I saw yesterday about a woman who dedicated her entire life to her family, bearing children, and then, when she fell ill, she had to beg her husband for food. Her children didn't treat her well, and instead went to honor her husband. This video came to mind while writing this chapter. I always think that we women seem to work so hard, working hard to earn money, working hard to support a family, and working hard to treat those we consider our family well, but we neglect ourselves. So, please don't neglect yourselves. Please love yourselves! Please love yourselves!]
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