Chapter 1 — Mother-in-law taught me to be generous, I gave her eighteen beautiful cards

"As a wife, the most important thing is the word 'generosity'."

"Your husband just brought her back to an exterior, and in her belly she has his flesh and blood, yet you can't bear her?"

The mother-in-law sat neatly on a monk's chair made of apricot wood. She held the rosary in her hand and used a poignant tone to admonish me.

“For a man to have three wives and four concubines is a normal thing.”

"Uyen Nhi comes in and becomes an equal wife, with you on equal footing, serving my son together. That's what we call a harmonious and prosperous family."

"Don't be jealous, violate the seven payout rules, and lose the face of the Shen family in Giang Nam, the richest in the world!"

My husband, Luc Van Chu, is standing next to me. He carefully protected that exterior, his body was so weak that it seemed like just a gust of wind could make him fall. He looked at me with a matter-of-fact expression, and even brought some alms with him. I look at this mother and daughter with their mouths filled with kindness and morality. I see them both greedy for my huge dowry and wanting to use ritual to disgust and oppress me. Not only am I not angry. On the contrary, I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"The mother taught very well, the daughter-in-law has been instructed."

I bowed respectfully and bowed, smiling gently and respectfully. Then I turned around and instructed my close maid:

“Xuan Hoa, bring the pen and ink here.”

"If I have to be so generous, I will directly give this position of main wife to younger sister Uyen Nhi. We will immediately separate."

The mother-in-law's hand that was holding the rosary suddenly stopped. Luc Van Chu's face immediately changed. Obviously, they did not expect that Tham Minh Chau, who had always been gentle and accommodating, would dare to proactively mention the matter of separation. They were just planning to show off the power of the Marquis Palace to suppress me. Then I took out a stack of half-life contracts from my spacious sleeve. I looked at my mother-in-law, the smile on her lips became more and more sincere, more and more radiant.

"In addition, today my daughter-in-law heard her mother explain the profound truths about the word 'generosity', it was truly like receiving an empowerment and awakening."

"Daughter-in-law knows very well that in recent years, under her husband's pillow, she has always been lonely."

"My mother is old, her appearance is no longer the same as before, and she worships Buddha all year round and takes care of her. It is inevitable that she is not sufficiently attentive."

“To imitate our mother's virtue of 'generosity', and at the same time promote the female virtue of our Marquis to the limit.”

"The daughter-in-law specially spent a large sum of money to buy eighteen beautiful horses from Duong Chau, each of them skilled in playing the flute, playing the lute, singing, and dancing."

"Today, on the occasion of separation, these eighteen beauties will be considered as the last generous gifts that the daughter-in-law will honor and honor."

The atmosphere in the main hall of the Hou Palace seemed to freeze. On the outside, Uyen Nhi was so scared that he hid behind Luc Van Chu, his whole body trembling non-stop. Luc Van Chu raised his hand and pointed straight at me, his fingertips trembling like he was popping cotton.

“Tham Minh Chau, are you crazy?”

“You dare to use such impure words to insult your elders!”

I laughed coldly, my spine as straight as a pine tree.

“My husband said that with meaning What?"

“Mother taught me that it is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, and also told me to accept the wife he brought home.”

“I completely agree, and even seriously reflect on myself.”

"Not only do I accept it, I also know how to think of myself as someone else's, thinking of the lonely and lonely Duke."

"I used my own dowry to pay concubines for the public, to help people spread the leaves, how can this be called an insult?"

“This should be called heaven-touching filial piety!”

I took a step forward, sharp eyes looking straight at Luc Van Chu.

“Or should I say…”

“A mother's so-called 'generosity' is only used to make demands on her daughter-in-law?”

“Until it happened to her head…”

“So it's no longer effective?”

"If that's true, then aren't the words 'virtue' that my mother has been hanging on her lips for a while now just the way she instructs officials to light fires and not let people light lamps? It's all nonsense and nonsense?"