As they reached the main courtyard"s entrance, old madame turned her head and said, "Hanying, I"m slightly tired today. They can forgo with paying respect to me one by one. You and that Wei Cui, come into my room to speak.""This servant will obey." Rachel acknowledged the order and the other women dispersed. Wei Cui was left to stand by herself in front of Rachel. The furrowed s.p.a.ce between her eyebrows showed that she was worried.
While old madame was changing her clothes, Rachel whispered to Wei Cui, "First Madam, don"t be afraid. Old Madame is just unhappy that the marquis hid this from her. It"s not that she doesn"t like you. You"re already the marquis"s wife. There"s nothing for you to be afraid of."
Wei Cui was surprised at first to be comforted by the women, but she quickly turned her head away as heart felt like it was being stabbed a few times.
Rachel was ten times more beautiful then her, smarter, and could do more. She wondered why the Marquis fell in love with her instead and not this beautiful and talented woman. Who didn"t seem as bad as he said in the beginning.
"I already heard about this on the way here. That Hanying"s gave her position as the main wife away." Old madame"s eyes sharply swept over the two people in front of her. "Miss Wei, where do you come from?"
The Old Madame was understandably upset, Rachel was the perfect daughter-in-law. This Talented daughter-in-law who took care to study meal to improve her heal, who investigated remedies that made her feel younger. Who took complete control of the concubines and bed-servants, who increased the currency of this household by ten-fold. This woman was replaced by someone she didn"t know.
Her foolish son had never seen her worth nor attempted to know. If he would just look into the account books even once he would see that she was talented if not beyond it.
Rachel had long understood this would happen, even if Rachel hadn"t given Wei Cui. The Old Madam wouldn"t have recognized it, Rachel was an excellent daughter-in-law and niece to her best friend. And Someone who she had seen grow up.
The fact the Zheng Rong didn"t put his mother"s feeling or view of things into account first. This outcome anyone can expect to happen.
When Rachel had given her position to Wei Cui, if he wanted for his mother to be a little less angry. He would have given it back to her, but, if he did give it back to her it would have caused a strain in his relationship with Wei Cui.
If he didn"t the old Madam was going to be angry and take it out on Wei Cui, why, because Zheng Rong was her son and Rachel was her beloved chosen daughter-in-law. She would probably say a few worlds in disagreement.
This action of Rachel"s was intentional she was Afterall the second female lead, and someone meant to put a strain on the main lead"s relationship. In the end her goal was to get the female lead to blacken, once a female lead blackens only ruin will come for them.
However, if the female lead doesn"t blacken that fine to, Afterall the original Xie Hanying wanted her fate to change but didn"t specify how. Should the Main lead continue to love strongly, Rachel does already have a plan to separate herself without death. While if they do well, she also has plans for that as well.
But in her mind, she did hope that the male and female lead will stay strong, because in truth she wanted love to prevail all. She was a girl to afterall.
Wei Cui had already been married to Zheng Rong for a month, but old Madam was still calling her Miss. Old madame was clearly unwilling to acknowledge her status. Wei Cui"s face turned slightly white. She kneeled down and reported, "My father"s name is Wei Hi. He works as a jailer on the northern side of the capital"s imperial prison. My father"s younger brother is a seventh rank judicial officer."
Rachel put her eyes back on the Old Madame"s black face. Wei Cui"s status is considerable low even if she was sponsored by the Crown Princes side. It is to low to be worthy of the Marquis household.
"Did you instigate Rong into making you his main wife?"
Wei Cut bit her lip, "This daughter-in-law didn"t do this. The marquis and second madam had done this voluntarily…"
"Are you saying that my son is blind?" Old madame"s gaze became abruptly sharp. "For the n.o.ble families, marriages are only between families that are well-matched in terms of social status. Rong isn"t foolish. If you hadn"t bewitched him, how could he possibly do something so asinine?"
Wei Cui felt extremely wronged. Kneeling on the ground, her body even started to slightly tremble, and eyes looked to Rachel.
"Old Madame, this matter happened because Hanying wanted to make the Marquis happy, this servant wanted to trust in the Marquis eye. That the Madam who he had wanted to be his main wife and longtime partner was someone exceptional, thought it may not show know but people grow. So, may this servant ask the Old Madam to trust in your Son eyes and wait for the Madam to prove herself."
Both the old Madam and Wei Cui where shocked, Wei Cui was appreciative for such a lovely speech in her defensive. As for the Old Madam she understood the hidden meaning behind her worlds and immediately calmed down.
What Rachel basically said was and what the Old Madam understood was "Let this wild Girl, create her own downfall. Your Son will then see that she is nothing special and do away with her eventually."
"Bring the Marquis here" The old Madame said after hearing that her son had returned to the residence.
When Zheng Rong came into the room, he immediately saw Wei Cui kneeling on the ground and heard the sound of her falling tears. While feeling distressed, he even forgot to greet old madame first. Instead, he directly walked over to Wei Cui and asked, "Cui, what happened?"
"And then it begins"
Zheng Rong was her son and she hadn"t seen him in two months, so old madame had originally missed Zheng Rong a lot. But, instead of greeting her and asking her if she had been well, her son went to that wild woman"s side and asked her what happened.
Old madame was so angry that she almost couldn"t breathe. She ordered, "Kneel!"
Crouched down on the floor, Rachel"s eyes rejoiced in Zheng Rong"s misfortune, but, showed no facial expression. What a fool. In this type of situation, he still dared to look after his woman first. Zheng Rong was also a person that had become foolish because of love like so many other male leads.
The Marquis returned to his senses after hearing old madame"s angry voice. He pursed his lips, kneeled, and said, "This son greets mother."
"Do you still remember that you have a mother?" Old madame"s anger wasn"t light. She pointed at Wei Cui and asked, "Did you even ask me once before marrying her?"
"Ah! And after calming her down to, you just had to make her mad again" Rachel thought
Zheng Rong lowly said, "Mother, please calm down. This son had planned to report our marriage to you after you returned." After saying this, he actually glanced at Rachel who was dozed off into her thoughts again.
"You knew that I wouldn"t agree, so you acted first and reported later." Old madame heavily harrumphed.
Zheng Rong raised his head. His eyes were full of sincerity. "This son truly loves Cui. This is why I want to give her the best position."
Old madame stared blankly at him for a long time. Wei Cui, who was still kneeling, started to cry again.
"This son wants to grow old with her."
Wei Cui was extremely moved by his words. Underneath their sleeves, Marquis Zheng Rong was gently holding her hand. She suddenly felt confident and kowtowed to old madame, "All of this blame is entirely Wei Cui"s. As long as Wei Cui can stay by the marquis"s side, whether it"s being the main wife or concubine, Wei Cui doesn"t mind either way."
Old madame was silent for a long time. She finally said with a smile, "Look at the two of you. One is crying like a rained upon pear blossom. The other has a solemn expression and a stretched taut figure. If someone didn"t know any better, they would think of me as a malicious old woman that was tearing up a happily married couple that truly loved each other." She turned her head and looked at Rachel.
"Hanying, I"ll take your suggestion." She turned back to the couple on the ground "Wei Cui, you remember Hanying word from earlier correct."
"Yes, Old Madam"
"Prove that my son eyes are not bad and that you are worthy of being his wife"
Wei Cui was overjoyed at the unexpected good news. She whole-heartedly thought that old madame had accepted her. She repeatedly kowtowed to express her thanks and pulled Zheng Rong"s hand to kowtow with her.
However, Zheng Rong"s brow didn"t relax. He only saluted old madame before taking Wei Cui with him as he left.
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He naturally had a clear understanding of his mother"s character. But, seeing how happy Wei Cui was, he couldn"t tell her the truth and make her worry more.