At the Marquis of Jingning's Mansion, Madam Qin was dissatisfied with what Liu's mother said. She thought that Liu's mother valued Liu Yulian more.
"If it were your little sister, and she didn't like it, she would just divorce her." Mother Liu said, "She's a princess!"
A princess has the right to forbid her husband from taking concubines or maids. For an ordinary person, it depends on the relationship between the person and her husband.
Mother Liu looked at Madam Qin and said, "Think about what you've done recently. When you were pregnant, didn't you send him a maid? Besides, your child is almost ten years old."
"That's different. Those maids were sold off later." Madam Qin said. There was no way she would have kept those maids at home. "At that time, he basically didn't go to those people's place."
At the beginning, the Qin family did not allow the maids to get pregnant, and even made them drink contraceptive soup.
Madam Qin was very satisfied with this, and this time she had a premonition that the maidservant was not just a simple maidservant, and perhaps the Qin family would make that maidservant a concubine in the future.
"Look around outside. Women like you don't have husbands who only have one wife. Even if they do have one, they often have maids." Mother Liu went through the same thing, as did many other women. "From now on, just focus on your own little family and don't worry about anyone else."
Mother Liu thought the Qin family must also hope that Madam Qin would not interfere too much. Madam Qin's recent performance had indeed not been very good. Instead of letting Madam Qin worry about other things, such as Liu Yulian's affairs, it would be better for her to focus on her husband's family.
"Mother." Madam Qin Dashao looked at Liu's mother.
"Don't talk about your little sister," said Liu's mother. "You are my first child. I love you more than your little sister. Even after you got married, I couldn't help but care about you more. Your little sister, as long as you give her a book, she won't make any noise and is very quiet."
"Didn't you collect a lot of books for her?" Madam Qin said, "You are just caring about her even more now."
"Did we give you too little back then? You're the eldest legitimate daughter, so the family will pour even more attention and energy into you," said Mother Liu. "The eldest legitimate daughter can become a clan consort and marry a better man. Look at those families, the first legitimate daughters generally marry better than the later ones, and those families also place more importance on the first legitimate daughters."
Mother Liu spoke bluntly, just to make Madam Qin understand that they really didn't dote on Liu Yulian that much; they doted on Madam Qin even more.
"We're doting on your little sister now because she earned the family fortune," said Mother Liu. "She's done so much for the family, and yet we side with you and not her. How can that be right?"
Mother Liu knew that this was not a pleasant thing to say, as it would easily make people think that she was being nice to her youngest daughter out of personal gain. Mother Liu felt sorry for her youngest daughter, who had had a hard time these past few years.
"Her fiancé is the second son of Duke Chengguo. He almost became the crown prince." Madam Qin Dashao did not think that Liu Yulian would marry badly.
"You know he's the second legitimate son. If his elder brother had a son, he wouldn't necessarily be the Crown Prince." Mother Liu said, "The two families decided on this marriage because they saw their sons were attracted to your younger sister."
When children have a good relationship, parents will try to bring them together.
"Why do you have to pick on your little sister and compare yourself to her in everything?" Liu's mother asked, "When did you become like this?"
"I..." Madam Qin Dashao didn't know when she became like this. When the Liu family was exiled, she was not so nice to Liu Yuqin. She loved her younger sister who was born to the same mother as her. She even sighed and said that her younger sister might be rejected by the Chengguo Mansion.
After all, it was because Madam Qin saw that Liu Yulian was not living well that she said that.
If Liu Yulian had just married an ordinary man, even if she had become the wife of the Duke of Chengguo, Madam Qin would not have been so jealous. The main reason was that Liu Yulian had become a princess and the director of the research institute.
After a long time, Madam Qin Dashao found that she couldn't help herself and she just wanted to say these words.
"Don't you know why your husband wants a concubine at this time?" Mother Liu said helplessly to her eldest daughter. "Rong Ning is not with you, not living under the same roof with you. She brings you benefits. Those people respect you, because of their connections with the Marquis' Mansion and your younger sister."
Mother Liu wondered if what she had taught her eldest daughter before was in vain.
"Go back and live a good life," said Liu's mother. "Your father has several concubines, hasn't he? If your son-in-law wants to take a concubine, don't always force him. Men are like that. The more you force him, the more useless he becomes. Others will only say you're jealous. It's better to behave more dignified and virtuous."
Many noble ladies have come this way. If they become the wife of a principal wife, then they must have the means to be the wife of a principal wife.
"As long as your husband doesn't favor a concubine over his wife, you just need to take care of the backyard." Mother Liu said, "You are just an ordinary woman in the inner chamber."
"Little sister..."
"Don't talk about her." Liu's mother emphasized, "You are not her."
Of course, Liu's mother didn't want her son-in-law to take a concubine. She said this because she hoped her eldest daughter would understand things. If her eldest daughter understood, the Qin family would not dare to treat Madam Qin badly.
"..." Madam Qin Dashao looked at Liu's mother. What could she say?
Madam Qin Da Shao understood that her mother would not help her to persuade the Qin family. In fact, it was not that Madam Qin Da Shao could not tolerate the man's desire to take a maid as a concubine, but she was just holding back a lot of anger in her heart, and she was thinking about Liu Yulian.
"Why didn't my younger sister tell me that she was going to Hainan? My second cousin is still in Hainan." Madam Qin said, "I should give her something."
"What gift? Your little sister can't carry so many things." Mother Liu glanced at Madam Qin, "Don't I know what you are thinking? You just want your little sister to go to Hainan but you didn't tell you."
"..." Madam Qin thought she'd better keep her mouth shut.
After Madam Qin Da Shao had dinner at the Marquis of Jingning's mansion, she returned to the Qin family. If she stayed at the Marquis of Jingning's mansion, her biological parents would be disappointed in her, and the Qin family would also be disappointed in her.
It was just a maidservant, so Madam Qin Da Shao thought there was no need to worry. Even if the Qin family directly promoted the maidservant to be a concubine, there was no need for Madam Qin Da Shao to panic.
Madam Qin thought that she was the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Jingning and the biological sister of Princess Rongning. She had no reason to panic. She had to be more mature and stable. She couldn't always think of her younger sister as being so powerful. Jealousy was too terrible. She couldn't wait until things got worse before regretting it.
She is not Liu Yuqin!
It’s good that my little sister is great. It’s good that my little sister is great, and these people can be great too.
Madam Qin Dashao told herself that she wanted to change her attitude and let these people know that she had changed. She didn't really want to make things difficult for her younger sister.
After Madam Qin returned to the Qin family, she treated her children better and didn't talk much about Liu Yulian.
Young Master Qin saw that Madam Qin had become much quieter. He wasn't one to pay much attention to women. He rarely visited the maids and mostly stayed with Madam Qin.
Young Master Qin knew the power behind Young Master Qin's wife. They already had a child, so he was willing to respect his wife more.
When Princess Zhaoyang heard about the affairs of Madam Qin, she mentioned it to Liu Yanjing.
When a couple is in the room, they can just talk a little.
"I can't discuss this matter." Liu Yanjing didn't think his eldest brother-in-law had done anything wrong. "My eldest brother-in-law didn't have any illegitimate children, and he's not letting his maid have a child now. Maybe they just think that my eldest sister hasn't been doing well recently, so that's why they're doing this."
"But once this matter is decided, it is unlikely to change in the future." Princess Zhaoyang said.
"My eldest sister's children are not young anymore, so they are doing better." Liu Yanjing said.
"Brother Yun is not a child anymore." Princess Zhaoyang said.
"It's different." Liu Yanjing said, "Having Brother Yun is enough. If you and I have children in the future, that would be great too."
Liu Yanjing did not think about taking a concubine, he was the son-in-law, even if Princess Zhaoyang was remarried. Liu Yanjing did not think about taking a concubine, especially after the Liu family encountered so many things.
"No need to arrange these." Liu Yanjing said this on purpose.
"I may not necessarily have children." Princess Zhaoyang didn't know whether she could have children or not. What if she never got pregnant in her lifetime?
"It's still early." Liu Yanjing said, "There's no rush."
In the future, when Liu Qingyun grows up, who knows, he might have several sons.
Liu Yanjing thought that he didn't need to think about this problem for the time being, and it would be better to do other things first.
In the northwest, Da Huo had a scar on her face. She didn't like it and wanted to get rid of it, but she didn't dare go to the Suixin shop to buy scar removal cream. Da Huo still went to those small pharmacies, thinking that she would rather be ripped off in a small pharmacy than go to the Suixin shop.
But Mrs. Huo didn't have that much money. After buying all those things again and again and having her money stolen, she had very little money left. Mrs. Huo wrote a letter to the capital, asking her family to give her Victoria Song, but they didn't send her any money.
Da Huo had no money, so she went to borrow money. The people in the village were not willing to lend money to Da Huo. They also knew that Da Huo wanted to treat her face, but Da Huo did not buy good scar removal cream, but always went to those small pharmacies to buy it.
They all knew that if they lent money to Da Huo, they might not be able to get the money back from Da Huo.
On this day, Mrs. Huo found Lin Xiaowan and asked her to lend her money.
"No money." Lin Xiaowan refused.
Mrs. Huo frowned. It was clear that Lin Xiaowan had lent money to the eldest wife in her previous life. She had gone to Lin Xiaowan to borrow money, and Lin Xiaowan had given it to her. Why didn't Lin Xiaowan agree in this life? It wasn't like she didn't want to pay it back.
"I'll pay you back when my mother sends me the money," said Mrs. Huo.
"That's impossible." Lin Xiaowan refused to lend money to the Huo family.
"We were sisters-in-law after all, so why are you so cruel?" said Mrs. Huo.
"It's not that I'm cruel, but don't you know what kind of person you are?" Lin Xiaowan said, "You divorced the Liu family when they were in danger. Now that you're in trouble, how can you have the nerve to come to us?"
"My face..."
"What does your face have to do with us?" Lin Xiaowan asked, "Don't you have so much money in front of you?"
Lin Xiaowan knew that Mrs. Huo didn't trust the stuff in Suixin's shop, and that the money she had was enough to buy the good scar cream there. If Mrs. Huo didn't buy it herself, who could she blame?
Even if they lent money to Da Huo, she would not go to Sui Xin's shop to buy good scar removal cream. They also could not lend dozens or hundreds of taels of silver to Da Huo. Lin Xiaowan looked at Da Huo's face and thought that she deserved it.
"If you have the time to waste with me, you might as well go to the mountains and find some herbs yourself," Lin Xiaowan said. "Read more medical books and do some research on your own. If you do it yourself, you won't have to worry about others tampering with your things, right?"
Everyone in the village knew how frightened Da Huo was. She always felt someone was spying on her. She had so many things to worry about that it was impossible for them to pay much attention to her.
Da Huo asked others to borrow money, but those people were unwilling to lend him money.
"If you don't want to lend it, then don't lend it. Why are you saying all this?" said Mrs. Huo.
"You're the one who came to borrow money, not me." Lin Xiaowan rolled her eyes. "Why, are you feeling ashamed? Do you think that just because I'm a concubine's daughter, or the wife of a concubine's son, I have no right to say these things in front of you?"
Lin Xiaowan really didn't think there was anything to say about Da Huo's family. Da Huo's current situation was even worse than hers.
"You asked for a hundred taels of silver right away. An average family only earns a few taels of silver a year." Lin Xiaowan said, "Now that you've come here, do you think you can still be the same as before? Will your family just give you so much silver once or twice? If I were you, I wouldn't be so suspicious. You're already like this now, who would want to deal with you?"
Lin Xiaowan found it funny that one or two of them thought others were persecuting them.
Princess Rongning is someone who does big things, not someone who spends all day worrying about trivial matters.
"Go away, don't stay in front of my yard." Lin Xiaowan said, "Don't scare my daughter."
"Aren't you afraid that your family will fail one day?" Mrs. Huo gritted her teeth.
"Why not? If that doesn't work, we can just ask the eldest wife for money. That way we can make ends meet." Lin Xiaowan said, "If you can even ask your mother's family for money, why can't we? Don't even think about the Jingning Marquisate falling. If it's going to fall, it'll be your uncle's house that falls first."
Ah, bah, Lin Xiaowan pouted at Mrs. Huo. How dare such a person say such things?
Mrs. Huo was unable to borrow money and could not continue with her facial treatment, so she could only wait for the money to be sent from the capital.
When Mrs. Huo received the letter from Mrs. Huo, she was very nervous after learning that Mrs. Huo's face was injured. But just as she asked people to prepare things, she was discovered by Uncle Huo.
"Master, my daughter's face is about to be ruined." Mrs. Huo was anxious.
"Who would destroy her face for no reason? Is there something going on?" Uncle Huo asked, "Why don't you ask?"
"The northwest is so far from the capital, how can you ask?" said Mrs. Huo.
"Then I'll ask for you. Before she went to the northwest, I sent someone to keep an eye on her." Uncle Huo was speechless when he thought of what Mrs. Huo had done. "She followed several men, and was beaten up by their wives."
"How is that possible?" Mrs. Huo didn't believe it.
"How could it be impossible? There are so many things about your daughter that you don't know." Master Huo said, "She is also suspicious all the time. She thinks that everyone around her is Princess Rongning's accomplice and wants to harm her. She was exiled because she hurt Princess Rongning."
What else did Mr. Huo not understand? It was that his daughter had brought trouble upon herself.
"I can't blame anyone else." Master Huo said, "You prepared so many things for her. How will the emperor and others view me?"
"Why can't I care about my daughter? It's human nature." Mrs. Huo said.
"After something happens to so many people, no matter how close their relationship is, it's useless and they won't acknowledge each other," said Uncle Huo. "Before, I gave it to her if you asked me to. But now, I won't."
Uncle Huo couldn't help but think that if his daughter's face was really ruined, then let it be ruined, so as to save Mrs. Huo the trouble.
"She was exiled there. She wasn't there to enjoy herself," said Mr. Huo. "She should have suffered a little."
"If your face is ruined, it will be a lifelong thing," said Mrs. Huo.
"Her whole life? It's not like she can't live." Uncle Huo said, "Without this face, she can be quieter. If you don't want to be the wife of the uncle, I will give you a letter of divorce now, and you can go back to your parents' home to live."
"What?" Mrs. Huo didn't expect Uncle Huo to say such a thing.
"Go back to your mother's house and do whatever you want." Master Huo said, "Did you think I had an easy time in the court during this period? The emperor didn't assign me any tasks, and some people even impeached me."
Uncle Huo was worried that if this continued, his family would be affected sooner or later.
"If you don't want to go back to your parents' home, then stay here and don't do anything. Leave all the affairs of the mansion to your daughter-in-law. Sooner or later, she will have to take charge of this family too." Master Huo said, "Our family will be demoted to a lower rank in the inheritance."
Mr. Huo had to remind Mrs. Huo of this. "I had originally hoped that I could wait for the new emperor's grace to avoid being demoted. Now, I'm afraid that's no longer possible."
The Huo family has had too many problems, and Uncle Huo doesn't think it can continue like this.
"Why should we downgrade our rank?" asked Mrs. Huo.
"It was originally going to be a downgrade," said Master Huo. "Many families with titles had their ranks downgraded to inherit the title, but the emperor, through grace, didn't allow them to be downgraded. This means that the family can inherit the title for another generation. Think about your family, your sons, your grandsons..."
Uncle Huo had discussed this issue with Mrs. Huo before, but Mrs. Huo never cared.
"You...why didn't you say so earlier?" Mrs. Huo said.
"Just pretend you didn't hear it." Uncle Huo said, "Don't go and send her anything. Her face is ruined, and now she knows the pain. She knows how to live a good life."
"No, how can that be possible?" Mrs. Huo muttered.
"Then give me scar cream," said Mr. Huo. "Don't even think about giving me money."
Mrs. Huo didn't dare to say anything else. As long as she could send the ointment, it would be fine, even if it took a long time. As long as there was hope that her daughter's face would get better, there would be no problem.
At this time, Liu Yulian and his group arrived in Hainan. They spent little time on the road and the journey was relatively smooth. Liu Yulian did not say much about her identity on the road, nor did she go to those government offices. They just kept going south.
The south is indeed much more desolate and not as prosperous as here.
"Settle down first." He Xiyuan said.
"Yeah." Liu Yulian nodded. "Do you want to buy a house?"
"Buy a house?" He Xiyuan didn't react for a moment.
"Buy a house and some land." Liu Yulian thought that Hainan would develop sooner or later, so they could reclaim the wasteland first.
At this time, the price of those wastelands wasn't that high. Liu Yulian thought that since she had bought them honestly and with money, it wouldn't be a big deal. She also planned to have the research institute reclaim more land; those lands would eventually be of greater use.
"The price will go up in the future," said Liu Yulian.
God, please forgive her. She comes from the afterlife, so she can't help but think that this place will be very prosperous in the future.
Liu Yulian said that buying more land wouldn't hurt, even if there wasn't enough relocation money these days. She didn't want relocation money, but fertile land suitable for growing vegetables and fruits.
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