Poor Family Laity

  Chapter 374, imperceptible

  For Guan Xiuyan, Chu Yao's mood is very complicated. The good brother-sister relationship has now become the relationship between a man and a woman, and he actually rejects it from the bottom of his heart.

   What's more, no matter how much he doesn't want to admit it, he is now more and more concerned about Shi Liu's thoughts.

  Shiliu talked about his cousin before getting married, and he also promised that he would properly handle the cousin's affairs, but he broke his promise.

   "Since the concubine mother is looking for you, you should go quickly."

  Shi Fuxin stepped into the palace without telling Chu Yao much.

  Chu Yao was silent for three seconds, followed by Shi Fuxin: "I'll go back to the yard first and change my clothes."

  Shi Fuxin was noncommittal, and she didn't take the initiative to ask Chu Yao to say anything along the way.

  After returning to Rong'an Yuan, Chu Yao didn't leave after changing his clothes, just sat in Shi Fuxin's room and waited.

  After Shi Fuxin came out after changing into casual clothes, seeing him like this, she asked with a smile, "Why don't you go to the main courtyard?"

  Chu Yao looked at her struggling, and finally asked: "Well, why don't you go with me to pay my respects to the concubine mother?"

  For Chu Yao, this kind of remark is tantamount to showing weakness on his own initiative.

   Shi Fuxin could see this point clearly, but she didn't agree.

  There are some bottom lines that must be firmly defended, so that people know that they cannot cross the threshold.

  Shi Fuxin shook her head and said with a smile: "I pay my respects to my concubine every morning. We get along like this, and everyone feels at ease. If I bother too much, concubine mother will feel uncomfortable."

  Being rejected, Chu Yao was a little embarrassed. If it was the past, he would definitely get up and leave, but this time he just sat with a straight face and didn't move.

  Shi Fuxin saw her, paused, and expressed her true thoughts: "If Aunt Guan is not here, I will accompany you, but if she is, I don't want to go."

  Chu Yao frowned and looked over: "Why?"

  Shi Fuxin looked at him: "Why do you men like three wives and four concubines?"

  Chu Yao was taken aback for a moment, a little confused as to why Shi Liu would suddenly ask this.

  Shi Fuxin smiled: "Except for the reasons of liking novelty and youthful beauty, the most essential reason is that you enjoy women's competition for you."

   "Looking at women trying their best to win favors and fight for favor, you men's vanity can be greatly satisfied, and you feel that you are the master."

   Speaking of this, Shi Fuxin put away the smile on her face, and said indifferently: "But these are all very annoying to me."

   "If I go with you, whether I like it or not, I will be caught in a fight with Aunt Guan for you."

   “I don’t want to be someone I hate myself.”

  Chu Yao's brows were frowned: "You know, my cousin is not what I want to marry, and I don't like three wives and four concubines, you can trust me."

  Shi Fuxin smiled and said: "I believe in you, but some things happen, not based on your and my thoughts."

   "You should know that once a person's identity changes, his position will change accordingly."

   "Aunt Guan is not your cousin now, but your concubine. If a concubine wants to live well, she can only rely on her husband's favor. In order to gain your favor, what do you think she will do?"

   "Besides, with the participation of the mother and concubine, the matter becomes more complicated."

  Shi Fuxin paused for a moment: "When it comes to getting along with your mother and concubine, as a daughter-in-law, I really don't want to interfere. As for how you and Aunt Guan will deal with each other, you can figure it out yourself."

  Chu Yao's complexion is not very good-looking: "You have to be born like me, don't you? Which concubine's room is not managed by the wife?"

  Shi Fuxin looked at her: "I take good care of your concubines, no matter if they are given by your grandmother or your father, I will treat them well. You haven't been bothered by them, have you?"

   "Besides, I don't have any relationship with you. I said that I will devote myself wholeheartedly to the affairs between us, but you have to solve your own affairs. You can't think that I should clean up the mess for you just because I am your wife."

  Chu Yao's eyes widened: "Why did it become my mess? Aren't you and I a husband and wife?"

  Shi Fuxin: "Why isn't it your mess?"

   "Let me ask you, although my mother and concubine are not close, have we always lived in peace?"

   "Aunt Guan and I didn't fight against each other, and we coexisted peacefully on weekdays."

   "I have done all the rules and etiquette to my mother-in-law; I have not treated my concubine harshly. As your wife, I think I have done my duty."

   "Now, it is your own business that Concubine Mu and Aunt Guan are looking for you. If you want me to get involved, it will only complicate the matter."

  Shi Fuxin looked at Chu Yao seriously: "If I don't go, you can treat them whatever you want. If I go, you probably have to take care of me, right?"

   "Sir, I have given you full respect and let you make your own choices. Don't disappoint my good intentions."

  Chu Yao stopped talking, got up and prepared to leave directly.

  He knew that if he continued to talk, he would not be able to persuade Shi Liu to go to the main courtyard with him, and he would only be persuaded by Shi Liu's various fallacies if he stayed.

  When Chu Yao was about to leave the room, Shi Fuxin stopped him.

   "After you come back from the concubine mother, remember to come here. I have something to tell you, it's very important."

  Chu Yao glanced at her, left without saying anything.

  At this moment, Nurse Leng came over and looked at Shi Fuxin: "Ma'am, is it really okay to do this?"

  Shi Fuxin smiled lightly: "How can Chu Yao know me without comparison?"

  Nurse Leng is still a little worried: "However, Aunt Guan's tenderness and Wang Hao's eager expectation may not make the third master soft-hearted."

  Shi Fuxin smiled: "People are selfish, and all decisions are made for one purpose, which is to make themselves better."

   "Whether it's the eager expectation of the mother and concubine, or the tenderness of Aunt Guan, one or two times can soften Chu Yao's heart, but if there are too many times, it will become a burden."

   "Who wants to carry a burden on their shoulders all the time?"

   "The relationship between people should be comfortable and comfortable."

   "Whether it's the concubine mother or Aunt Guan, they all want to rely on Chu Yao too much, and transfer all the pressure of survival to Chu Yao."

   "As for Chu Yao, he has the pressure of the emperor outside and the supervision of hundreds of officials. He is already in a tense state. Under such circumstances, how can he still have extra energy to deal with the demands of his mother and concubine Guan?"

   "With the comparison, Chu Yao will subtly favor me, and in the end he will only gradually alienate them!"

  Nurse Leng showed a surprised look on her face, and said with a smile, "Madam still thinks clearly."

   That's right, big families, not all families, mother-child estrangement happens endlessly, and it's not because of the reasons mentioned by the madam.

   And it is more common for concubines to fall out of favor. If Chu Chupi can subdue a man's heart, then the backyard would have been dominated by concubines long ago.

  (end of this chapter)