After a short pause, she shook her head again and said, “Besides, a concubine is merely a plaything for her husband in a wealthy family. The mother-in-law can simply punish her with one simple command. The maidservants in the estate will not treat her as one of their masters. Even the child they give birth to cannot address his or her own mother as mother, instead, the child had to refer to her as ‘concubine’... I just don’t understand why some women are scrambling to become a concubine. Sister Huifang, do you agree?” 

Liu Huifang saw that the expression on Zheng Xiaocui’s face was becoming more and more unsightly. When she recalled how Zheng Xiaocui had accused her of seducing Yu Hang behind her back in the village, she grinned in agreement, “Isn’t that right? Even though you will be poor and tired, you can still live with dignity and freedom if you’re married to an ordinary family. I heard that sometimes, a concubine’s status cannot even be compared to a maidservant that has some power and influence in the estate. Why would anyone be so desperate to be someone’s maidservant?” 

Zheng Xiaocui hated that she couldn’t shred Liu Huifang’s proud face into pieces. She was just blabbering on because it had nothing to do with her. If she managed to snatch Yu Hang back then, Liu Huifang wouldn’t have been able to say what she had just said. It was a pity that...