As they reached the main courtyard's entrance, old madame turned her head and said, "Hanying, I'm slightly tired today. They can forgo with paying respect to me one by one. You and that Wei Cui, come into my room to speak."
"This servant will obey." Rachel acknowledged the order and the other women dispersed. Wei Cui was left to stand by herself in front of Rachel. The furrowed space between her eyebrows showed that she was worried.
While old madame was changing her clothes, Rachel whispered to Wei Cui, "First Madam, don't be afraid. Old Madame is just unhappy that the marquis hid this from her. It's not that she doesn't like you. You're already the marquis's wife. There's nothing for you to be afraid of."
Wei Cui was surprised at first to be comforted by the women, but she quickly turned her head away as heart felt like it was being stabbed a few times.
Rachel was ten times more beautiful then her, smarter, and could do more. She wondered why the Marquis fell in love with her instead and not this beautiful and talented woman. Who didn't seem as bad as he said in the beginning.
"I already heard about this on the way here. That Hanying's gave her position as the main wife away." Old madame's eyes sharply swept over the two people in front of her. "Miss Wei, where do you come from?"
The Old Madame was understandably upset, Rachel was the perfect daughter-in-law. This Talented daughter-in-law who took care to study meal to improve her heal, who investigated remedies that made her feel younger. Who took complete control of the concubines and bed-servants, who increased the currency of this household by ten-fold. This woman was replaced by someone she didn't know.
Her foolish son had never seen her worth nor attempted to know. If he would just look into the account books even once he would see that she was talented if not beyond it.
Rachel had long understood this would happen, even if Rachel hadn't given Wei Cui. The Old Madam wouldn't have recognized it, Rachel was an excellent daughter-in-law and niece to her best friend. And Someone who she had seen grow up.
The fact the Zheng Rong didn't put his mother's feeling or view of things into account first. This outcome anyone can expect to happen.
When Rachel had given her position to Wei Cui, if he wanted for his mother to be a little less angry. He would have given it back to her, but, if he did give it back to her it would have caused a strain in his relationship with Wei Cui.
If he didn't the old Madam was going to be angry and take it out on Wei Cui, why, because Zheng Rong was her son and Rachel was her beloved chosen daughter-in-law. She would probably say a few worlds in disagreement.
This action of Rachel's was intentional she was Afterall the second female lead, and someone meant to put a strain on the main lead's relationship. In the end her goal was to get the female lead to blacken, once a female lead blackens only ruin will come for them.
However, if the female lead doesn't blacken that fine to, Afterall the original Xie Hanying wanted her fate to change but didn't specify how. Should the Main lead continue to love strongly, Rachel does already have a plan to separate herself without death. While if they do well, she also has plans for that as well.
But in her mind, she did hope that the male and female lead will stay strong, because in truth she wanted love to prevail all. She was a girl to afterall.
Wei Cui had already been married to Zheng Rong for a month, but old Madam was still calling her Miss. Old madame was clearly unwilling to acknowledge her status. Wei Cui's face turned slightly white. She kneeled down and reported, "My father's name is Wei Hi. He works as a jailer on the northern side of the capital's imperial prison. My father's younger brother is a seventh rank judicial officer."
