Female Supporting Character with a Good Life

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Ruan san niang's outburst splashed a large basin of cold water on Earl Chengyi directly, since the hidden meaning in her words was short of criticising Earl Chengyi for being solely bent for profit.

Initially, Zhang shi was utterly indignant, but after the din that her daughter caused, Zhang shi was more worried that her husband might detest and reject her daughter instead.

She was secretly thankful that the servants in the side hall had already withdrawn, and they did not witness her daughter striking an attitude.

Compared to her daughter, she comprehended her own husband's ambitions, lofty aspirations and high ideals more.

Owing to the fact that she was severely lectured by Lao Taitai for nearly causing si niang's death, she had learned that her husband only had his current governmental position because all the powerful factions were tussling, and her husband without a backing had picked up what they left out by mistake. He was merely a stand-in Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Works and he could be beaten back to his original governmental position at any given time.

When Zhang shi thought of how she nearly ruined her husband's good matter, cold sweat immediately surfaced. She did not even tell her son and daughter about this.

In the present moment, Earl Chengyi's face became as black as a pot bottom instantaneously.

It was true that he was biased. His was biased towards his sons because his sons were concerned in the prospering of the clan, his legitimate son and heir especially; he was biased towards san niang because san niang was intelligent and his legitimate daughter, and he felt remorseful about determining such a marriage for her so he allowed her mother to dote on her more in the dark; he was being biased towards si niang now because si niang had entered Wen gongzi's eyes, which meant that she could indeed bring more benefits to the Earl Residence.

Earl Chengyi did not feel that he was wrong in any way. San niang had enjoyed the best treatment ever since she was young as the legitimate daughter of the Earl Residence: her food, clothing, and expenses were naturally superb and he even invited the best teachers to educate her. All in all, he had expended a lot of hard-earned capital to cultivate his daughter.

On the other hand, si niang had enjoyed the treatment meant for concubine-born daughters.

Da niang and er niang were the same, but their biological mothers were around so their days were slightly better than si niang.

大娘 (pinyin: da niang) – first-born daughter.
二娘 (pinyin: er niang) – second-born daughter.

Right now, he was just beginning to attach more importance to si niang, and the fact that he was being criticised for being biased by san niang solely because of a still absent Mama, splashed cold water on him. Hence, Earl Chengyi furrowed his eyebrows tightly and he asked with a sunken expression:

"San niang, you call Father biased, but you should examine your conscience, has Father not treated you well enough?"

Earl Chengyi's tone of voice was brimming with disappointment. This was the daughter that his mother, Zhang shi and the teachers praised?

All of a sudden, Earl Chengyi remembered the daughter he had deemed as mediocre because she did not flaunt her talent and skills, and he started to doubt his own vision.

Noticing the shift in his father's emotions, Ru Yu Wen's heart palpitated as he said in a hurry: "Father, younger sister has always been prideful, and she couldn't accept the situation in the moment. Please do not be angry, everything will be fine once younger sister has thought this through."