Chapter 884: Chapter 883: So Naive, So Innocent
Upon hearing Madam Zhou’s question, Wu Lihong’s body stiffened, and he inexplicably felt a bit guilty, sowhat unable to et her burning eyes.
"iniang, I..."
"Mr. Wu." Madam Zhou interrupted him, clutching his sleeve with both hands, "You only need to tell , are our mother and daughter destined to only beco a line of concubines and concubine-born daughters? Can Wufu not even call
mother anymore?"
Wu Lihong felt a bit awkward, coughed, and said, "This, iniang, although I cannot give you the status of a legitimate wife, I promise you, my heart is solely with you, and I will not let you and Wufu suffer grievances."
Madam Zhou’s face turned deathly pale.
"Really, apart from the status of a legitimate wife, I promise you will lack nothing, okay?" Wu Lihong said, "If you feel insecure, I can privately secure so assets for you. In the future, it can be Wufu’s dowry when she marries, and it would be dignified."
Madam Zhou was full of despair, saying, "Mr. Wu, don’t you know, concubines are beneath everyone else? Don’t you know how hard the days will be for concubine-born children? Wufu has suffered enough, must she also bear a reputation as a young wife’s daughter?"
"Nonsense. She is the daughter of , Wu Lihong, who dares to disdain her! Do not overthink, I am here for everything!" Wu Lihong coaxed.
Madam Zhou gave a sorrowful smile, "Can you defy the laws and traditions?"
Wu Lihong felt a bit guilty.
Of course, he could not, nor did he dare.
He was a court’s official, scrutinized by Imperial Censors at every word and action. If he were to abandon his wife to take another, he feared the impeachnt reports against him would be piling up.
"iniang, is this status truly more important than our family’s reunion?" Wu Lihong grasped her hand, gently saying, "You also said it, you have waited for
for over a decade, have I not thought of you for over ten years as well? Now that Heaven has granted us the rcy of reunion, would you refuse to grow old together with
over such concerns?"
Madam Zhou raised her head, her eyes sparkling, "In that case, Mr. Wu, stay, do not return to Changan. Stay in Huayang, and live with us."
"What? Are you crazy!" Wu Lihong jumped up in fright, staring at her as if he’d seen a ghost, "I am a court’s official, serving in the Ministry of Rites, how could I stay in Changan?"
"Then don’t be an official!" Madam Zhou said sowhat frantically, "Mr. Wu, our Wufu is a very capable person, nowadays our family lacks nothing, we don’t worry about food and drink, we have lands, properties, and shops, enough for our family to live in wealth and happiness, okay?"
Wu Lihong laughed in anger, "Are you saying that I abandon my clan, abandon my family, quit being an official, and co to be a wealthy landlord in this little Huayang? iniang, you are a mother now, not an innocent child, how can you be so naive?"
He truly did not expect her to have such thoughts, to be so foolish and naive.
Abandon his clan and quit being an official?
That was absolutely impossible.
Madam Zhou’s heart shattered instantly, sneering coldly, "Then why seek
out at all? When I thought you were dead, why did you appear to disrupt the peace for us mother and daughter! How selfish you are!"
"You!"
Indeed, Wu Lihong was sentintal, but he was also a man raised under ancestral teachings, believing won should view n as the sky, how could she be so defiant?
Madam Zhou’s questioning made Wu Lihong very displeased, so he said with a stern face, "It seems I am rely being one-sided, and iniang does not admire
as much as I imagined. So be it, if you are unwilling, then fine, I will leave first!"
Madam Zhou panicked, watched him leave with wide eyes, disappearing quickly. Driven by urgency, she lifted the quilt to chase him, but then she stopped, thinking of sothing, and embraced the quilt, crying uncontrollably.
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