Before Mammy could finish speaking, Mrs. Li interrupted her irritably and cursed to herself: "How can I not be angry at this?! How dare Xia Zhihe! I think he was just a poor scholar back then, if Had I not condescended to marry him, and with the help of my mother-in-law these years, how could he have achieved his current status?!"
"It turns out that he is doing well now and has become a little more capable, so he dares not to take me seriously?! Look at what he just said? Does he feel a little grateful to me? Does he feel a little grateful to me for him? What do you mean by bringing this wealth and power?!"
"Everything he has now was given to him by me, and he actually..."
Mrs. Li walked back and forth in the room angrily, smashing everything that could be smashed. The sound of various items breaking and colliding could be heard one after another. She kept cursing and saying anything out without hesitation. , just want to vent this full of anger.
The nanny didn't dare to say anything at all, she could only respond obediently, and she had to be careful to dodge various items that might affect her.
At this time, Mrs. Li didn't know that there were two pairs of ears outside the house listening to her endless abuse.
It was only when Li couldn't come up with anything useful anymore and kept saying the same words over and over again that the two figures quietly retreated to the corridor a little further away.
In the corridor, two figures under the light and shadow of the lantern gradually emerged. They were the twins born to the Li family, brother and sister Xia Hongzhang and Xia Zhilu.
The two looked at each other and saw the solemn look on the other's face.
From Li's scolding just now, the two brothers and sister had a general understanding of the situation, but they still quietly called the maid serving in Li's house to ask about the cause.
There were actually only two mistresses in the Xia Mansion, the brother and the sister. As for the concubine who had been hiding in the house all year round and was sick, she had long been forgotten by the servants of the Xia Mansion.
Thinking that the Xia Mansion would only fall into the hands of these two brothers and sisters in the future, Li's personal maid naturally knew everything and told everything about the conversation between Xia Zhihe and Li just now.
After the maid left, Xia Hongzhang frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "It's just a concubine. How could my mother be so angry? Is it necessary to have such a fierce quarrel with my father? Anyway, I have to obey my mother when I enter the house."
Xia Zhilu on the side raised her eyes and looked at Xia Hongzhang with disapproval in her eyes, but she didn't say anything more or speak.
How could you not be angry if your own man took a concubine? What does this have to do with whether the concubine listens to the mother?
Sure enough, my brother is a man just like his father, and he doesn't know how to cherish and consider his wife at all.
Unexpectedly, Xia Zhilu thought of that tall and handsome figure again...
Prince An must not be a man like his father and brother. After all, Prince An rejected the concubine that came to his door twice! Even though it was given by the emperor the second time, Prince An still kicked him out without saying a word!
Although several days have passed since this incident, it is still being discussed hotly among the noble ladies in the capital to this day, with expressions of envy and yearning on their faces.
Although Xia Zhilu thought so, she did not tell her brother Xia Hongzhang's plan because she knew that even if she did, she would not get his approval.
Xia Zhilu didn't say anything, but Xia Hongzhang continued, "Who is this Sun Jiaolan? Does my sister recognize her?"
Xia Zhilu was stunned for a moment, then tried to remember for a while, and then remembered: "I have some impression, but she just returned to Beijing not long ago, so I haven't had much contact with her, so I'm not familiar with her. I remember she is just a concubine of the Sun family."
How could a mere concubine deserve to be friends with me? Moreover, Sun Jiaolan's father is only in the fourth rank, how can he compare with her own father?
Their father is the second rank in the dynasty! There are quite a few of them of poor quality!
In Xia Zhilu's eyes, she didn't even bother to associate with those whose grades were lower than her father's.
Xia Hongzhang was even less impressed. Now he only stared at the legitimate daughters of those wealthy families. How could he have the leisure to look at the concubine of a fourth-rank official's family?
He has reached the age where he should get married. If he can get a good marriage and have the support of his father Xia Zhihe, how can his career be any worse?
What's the use of reading? It's time-consuming, laborious and tiring. Why should he bother with such a trouble-free shortcut?
However, there was quite a big fuss over the matter between his father and mother today. Xia Hongzhang thought it would be better for him to get to know each other, so he asked his sister: "My brother is going to go to my father to find out about this matter. Can my sister go with him?"
Naturally, Xia Zhilu would not refuse. After all, this would be related to the situation in the mansion. Unlike other families, the Xia family had never taken concubines seriously! The only two concubines were just maids that Li mentioned casually.
Now that this precedent was suddenly set, they naturally took it seriously.
After the brother and sister found out Xia Zhihe's whereabouts, they immediately rushed to the study. Now when Xia Zhihe is in the mansion, he spends most of his time in the study.
In the study at this time, Xia Zhihe was hugging a young and pretty maid and teasing her. In the short time since he returned to the study, the maid's clothes were disheveled and her eyebrows were full of youth.
There is a soft couch in the study room, which is used for Xia Zhihe to rest when he is tired from studying.
Just when Xia Zhihe picked up the little maid and was about to walk to the soft couch, a servant's voice suddenly came from outside the door. It was Xia Hongzhang and Xia Zhilu, brother and sister.
Xia Zhihe immediately frowned as his interest was disturbed, but thinking that these two people were the descendants of Zi Wei Er, and that they came together at this rare late night, it was obviously because of what happened just now, so he temporarily endured his temper.
Xia Zhihe put down the maid and waited for the maid to pack her clothes before letting her open the study door and call the brother and sister in.
Seeing the two brothers and sisters standing still, Xia Zhihe stopped going around the corner and said directly: "But you are here to take a concubine for your father?"
The brother and sister didn't expect their father to be so straightforward, so they nodded along.
Xia Hongzhang was the first to speak: "Dad, why do you suddenly want to take a concubine?"
Xia Zhilu raised her eyebrows, glanced at her brother beside her calmly, and realized the meaning of these words.
Obviously, in the elder brother's opinion, taking a concubine is not a big deal. What the elder brother cares more about is the reason why his father took a concubine. Obviously, the elder brother thinks that there is a reason why his father suddenly took a concubine.
Xia Zhilu did not speak, but stood quietly looking at Xia Zhihe, ready to hear what Xia Zhihe would say.
"You two have grown up now, so I might as well tell you some things directly." Xia Zhihe nodded, obviously satisfied with the reaction of the brother and sister. At least they didn't get into trouble as soon as they met like Li.
"My father wants to take Miss Sun as his concubine, naturally for the Xia family and for you two brothers and sisters." Xia Zhihe said straightforwardly, "Although Lord Sun is only a fourth-grade inspector, he does have real power in his hands, and Sun The power behind the master is not small. If we can get help from Mr. Sun, it will be of great benefit to my father, the Xia family, and you two brothers and sisters."
