Dressed as a middle-aged mistress, I want to lie down every day

He Wenyan didn't expect his mother to do such a stupid thing.

If there were officials who took the daughter of a merchant as a concubine, or if their concubine was the daughter of a merchant, everyone would know what was going on.

Take what you need.

What merchants want is a backer, so that even if the children born to their daughters in the future are born out of wedlock, they are still children of officials.

Officials gain both wealth and people. The law stipulates that concubines cannot inherit property, but when the husband's family increases the property, no one will check where the property comes from. Even if they do, it is given by the concubine's family. Besides being despised, it is not against the law.

What is a second wife? She is just a concubine. It is a way of saying that the original wife can rest and elevate the concubine.

He Wenyan looked down on officials who did that, but she never expected her mother to prepare a second wife for her.

He was furious. He stood up, his face red and his neck thick as he shouted, "Mother, are you afraid that your son is living too well? Aren't you afraid that my father-in-law will come to the He family and ask for an explanation?"

He Wenliang heard his elder brother's voice at the door and felt helpless.

My eldest brother just doesn’t know how to speak. Timothy’s family, won’t that make mother even angrier?

He had just returned home and heard Fan talking about his mother entertaining guests. He guessed that it was to take a concubine for his eldest brother, or for a merchant.

He hurried over and heard his eldest brother and mother arguing. He hesitated whether to go in. After all, it was his eldest brother's private matter and he had to save face, so it would not be good for him to be present in such a matter.

When I heard that my eldest brother Timo was at home, I knew something was wrong and quickly pushed the door open and went in.

Mrs. Jiang was worried that her son would refuse, so she didn't tell him at first and secretly asked her brother to find someone. A while ago, her brother sent someone to give her something and told her that the person had been found.

It just so happened that Mrs. Mo took her child to the farm, and she didn't go, so she quickly asked her brother to bring someone over.

I wanted to let my son see her first while Mrs. Mo was not at home.

As long as her son agreed, Mrs. Mo wouldn't dare to say a word.

If the Mo family is willing, what can they do?

Unexpectedly, her son was not grateful for everything his mother had done for him, but instead blamed her and used the Mo family to pressure her.

This is intolerable.

Old Madam Jiang slapped her thigh and burst into tears.

"I have committed a sin by giving birth to such an unfilial son. Others forget their mothers after marrying a wife, but I have married a wife for my son and he is threatening me, a poor old widow, with his wife's family? What am I still living for?"

When she saw her youngest son pushing the door open, she stood up and rushed towards her eldest son.

"Strangle me, strangle me quickly so that you can bring the Mo family in. You'll be the Mo family's son, and I'll go see your father. He passed away early, leaving me with a mess. I raised my children and helped my son pass the imperial examination, but in the end, my son helped outsiders bully me. What's the point of me living?"

She was pretending to throw a tantrum last time, and she was pretending at the beginning this time as well. As she spoke, she became really sad, with tears and sobs running down her face. She suddenly fell to the ground and burst into tears.

He Wenyan seemed to be thinking of his grandmother. In his memory, his grandmother always used this trick to control his father. After his father passed away, his grandmother did the same to his mother. One time, his mother couldn't stand it anymore and banged her head against the wall, which scared his grandmother so much that she never dared to do that again.

He Wenyan stood there motionless, staring blankly at his mother who was throwing a tantrum. He only came to his senses when he heard his third brother's voice.

He Wenliang came in and helped her sit down on the chair.

Seeing that her son didn't kneel down in anger like before, Madam Jiang became even angrier. She pointed at her son and said, "Whether you like it or not, she's engaged. Just think of her marriage as a service to me. If you're unfilial and don't care about your mother, I still have your brother! And Wen Liang!"

He Wenliang knelt down and said, "Mom, please forgive me. My wife is still pregnant. If I take a second wife, will I still be a human being?"

Madam Jiang blurted out, "I won't follow you either, because your brother is a fifth-rank official."

He Wenliang stood up and looked at his elder brother with sympathy.

He Wenyan slowly knelt down, his face pale. "Mother, I have resigned from my post. I cannot be a human being. Who will associate with me in the future? Taking a merchant's daughter as a second wife for money is ungrateful to my father-in-law."

Old Madam Jiang didn't believe what her son said. Others took second wives and still did well as officials. Her son was just worried about the Mo family and was afraid that they would come to him for trouble.

She thought about it and decided she should talk to her daughter-in-law and get her approval. Didn't Mrs. Mo want her husband to rise higher and higher in power? She should be the one to find a wife for her husband personally, so that she, as the mother-in-law, would end up doing the hard work.

Madam Jiang said with embarrassment, "Mother has already promised him, so she must find a reason to refuse."

Not to mention that He Wenyan thought his mother had figured it out, He Wenliang also thought so. He said, "Even if mother said that the horoscopes are incompatible, don't offend anyone. If it gets out and people talk about big brother, it won't be good."

Madam Jiang nodded and said weakly, "You all go back. I need to rest."

He Wenyan and his brother left the room. He Wenyan felt exhausted and didn't want to talk, so he went to the study silently.

He Wenliang stood there for a long time, watching his elder brother walk away, before he returned to his own yard.

When Fan saw him coming back, she quickly asked, "Are you looking for a concubine for big brother?"

He Wenliang shook his head and said, "No, it's my uncle's family who wants my mother to help find a husband in Beijing."

He thought that since the matter didn't work out, he wouldn't mention it.

Fan was skeptical. Why was her husband so depressed about other people's family affairs?

Oh no, could it be that because I’m pregnant, my mother-in-law found a concubine for my husband?

Thinking of this, I tremble all over.

There were already two concubines in the house. One was arranged by her when she was pregnant with the eldest child, and the other was arranged by her mother-in-law when she was pregnant with the second child. Coincidentally, the concubine also became pregnant, so the mother-in-law arranged a new one for her.

Now that she is pregnant and the two concubines are not, her husband has nowhere to go, so why does he have to arrange for someone from outside to come in?

It was Uncle Jiang's idea, maybe he received some benefits from others.

When He Wenliang saw Fan trembling and crying, he quickly asked, "What's wrong? Do you have a stomachache?"

Fan shook her head, "Don't hide it from me, did I find a concubine for you?"

He Wenliang quickly said, "No, don't let your imagination run wild. I really am here to visit you."

He helped Fan lie down, sat beside the bed, held her hand, and whispered to her in comfort, "I won't swear anything either. There won't be any concubines in the future. I didn't understand before, and I thought it was okay for a man to have concubines. Now I know that only when a man is childless and needs a child will he take a concubine. Now we have Yu'er, and you're pregnant with another one, and you can have another one in the future. Why would I need a concubine?"

Mrs. Fan held her husband's hand tightly and asked, "What if Mother arranges someone?"

"I am a wooden man. My mother arranged for me to marry her. Those two concubines have given birth to children, otherwise they would have been sent away with dowries. Don't be angry for them in the future. Just give them food. If anyone makes trouble, don't bother. Tell me and I will solve it."

Fan smiled and nodded, her stomach relaxing.

From now on, she will never be jealous of me and feel upset.

Mo Chenxi didn't see He Wenyan coming over, so she knew that Mrs. Jiang had really found a second wife for her son.

He Wenyan agreed?

She felt relieved for some reason.

It's uncomfortable to live like this, guessing all day long.

She has to consider how to divide the property and separate.