Chapter 238 Who should be blamed?

This was a bit too much. Even Xie Xiongcheng frowned. Zhuang Wenxiu kept signaling to Xie Yang, her eyes almost twitching, suggesting that she stop talking nonsense.

“Isn’t it?” Xie Yang said with a vehement voice, “Only the first wife can be the mistress of the house. A bitch like you was never born with the qualifications!”

Since childhood, Xie Yang has seen Zhuang Wenxiu having trouble with her concubines.

Those little bitches, each one of them is spoiled by the favor, some are arrogant and domineering, thinking that they are favored by Xie Xiongcheng, they even climb over Zhuang Wenxiu’s head.

Zhuang Wenxiu, who had never been in love with Xie Xiongcheng, was getting older and her appearance was failing, and she was even less popular with Xie Xiongcheng.

She cried secretly for Xie Xiongcheng countless times, and was also stepped on by the favored concubines, and had to swallow her anger time and time again.

Outsiders all praised her for her good fortune. She was an equal to Lord Xie, had both a son and a daughter, and her position as the legal wife was secure.

But no one knew how much energy and scheming Zhuang Wenxiu had to spend in order to maintain her status and get rid of her concubines one by one to bring peace to the backyard.

Xie Yang saw it all and his hatred towards these bitches grew deeper and deeper.

“You have no self-awareness at all. You are just a lowly concubine, yet you dare to show off in front of my mother!”

“You must know that the wife is always the wife. Since I have become a concubine, I should be beaten and scolded and ordered around. I must not resist even if I die.”

“As for you concubines, you were born into this world thanks to my mother’s generosity. You should recognize your own status and serve as foot-washing maids for the legitimate daughters. You should be grateful to your mistress!”

Xie Fei did not refute, but clapped his hands and said, “What our Seventh Miss said makes a lot of sense. It is really eye-opening and enlightening. I am grateful for your advice.”

As she spoke, she glanced at Xie Xiongcheng again, and said with a half-smile: “However, you should not blame the concubine and the concubine’s daughter, but the man who took the concubine and gave birth to a concubine’s daughter with the concubine.”

Xie Yang was stunned, then looked at Xie Xiongcheng.

Xie Fei said slowly, “No one forced the master to take a concubine. Giving birth to illegitimate children is not something a concubine can do by climbing into bed or giving birth on her own, right?”

Xie Yang retorted, “How can this be the same?”

She wanted to say something, but she racked her brains and couldn’t think of how to refute Xie Fei.

Xie Fei continued, “In the final analysis, it’s all because of the master’s lust. Which concubine in this mansion wasn’t married by the master? Which concubine’s child wasn’t born from the concubine’s belly because the master and the concubine had sex?”

These words were so explicit that everyone in the room fell silent and just looked at each other in shock and fear.

Pei Yuan said nothing and continued to drink his tea calmly. When he finished, he felt that the tea was not good enough and asked someone to make another pot.

Xie Yang was dumbfounded, Xie Fei was still smiling, but his eyes were colder, as if mocking, as if powerless.

“Seventh Miss, do you really think that it was the concubine and the illegitimate children that hurt the eldest lady, so you don’t want to blame our father? If father really loves the eldest lady and doesn’t want a concubine, is there anyone who can take the initiative to climb into bed and rape him?”

“Xie Fei!” Xie Xiongcheng finally got angry, slammed the table and stood up and said, “Listen to what you are saying! Your husband is still here, but you are still speaking foul language, bringing shame to the entire Xie family!”

Pei Yuan felt that he finally had a chance to show off, and immediately said earnestly: “I think what Madam said makes sense.”

He was a man with a “famous reputation” and many wives and concubines. What he said was really unconvincing and sounded like a joke. Xie Xiongcheng pretended not to hear it. His handsome face turned ferocious, trying to suppress Xie Fei with his momentum and stop the farce from continuing.

“Although my Xie family is not a family of scholars, we cannot raise a shameless, lawless beast like you! If you still have a bit of shame, get out of here right now and learn some good female virtues!”

Xie Fei was already dissatisfied with Xie Xiong, but he sneered when he heard this. It was different from the teasing attitude he had when facing Xie Yang, but he was more resentful and unwilling.

“Father, what did I say was wrong? If you hadn’t taken concubines one after another, why would the eldest lady be so depressed, and why would Sister Yang hate her illegitimate sisters so much?”

“You are so heartless and disloyal that you never care about the lives of the women in your backyard. You just let them blame and hate each other, and scheme and fight for your favor, your rewards, and your every word and action.”

“In the end, they resented all women and lived in hatred all day long, but they only blamed you. Seeing so many women jealous of you and fighting overtly for you, you must be very happy and proud in your heart, right?”

Xie Xiongcheng was so angry that his whole body was shaking, but he vaguely knew in his heart that he could not refute Xie Fei.

He didn’t have many concubines, but he never stopped having them. He brought them in sporadically over the years, but some of them died unexpectedly or due to chronic illness.

Concubines were like consumables to him, and he didn’t have to be devoted to them. When one died, he would marry another. The turmoil in his backyard never subsided.

But so what?
He worked hard for the court during the day and went to the backyard at night to enjoy the beauty of red sleeves and the arms of a beautiful woman.

He doesn’t have to care about life and death, swords and sabers, because he has his wife to support him.

Seeing that Xie Xiongcheng had nothing to say, Xie Fei said self-deprecatingly: “Did I choose to be born into such a family? In the end, I have to bear everything.”

Not wanting to get entangled with these people any more, Xie Fei asked Zhuang Wenxiu again.

“Madam, I’ve said that I’m only seeking justice for my mother. If you take the initiative to speak out, we can still discuss it. If I come, it won’t be easy to settle.”

Zhuang Wenxiu’s whole body was shaking, her facial muscles were twitching abnormally, and she had difficulty controlling her expression.

Xie Jing stepped forward, leaned on his mother’s knees, and gently advised: “Mother, you are the legal wife. As long as it is not an evil thing that harms the heaven and earth, father will never embarrass you for the sake of the face of my two brothers and the reputation of the mistress of the Xie family.”

“You don’t understand,” Zhuang Wenxiu shook her head slowly, and said word by word: “Jing’er, you don’t understand.”

Harmful to others?

If Xie Xiongcheng knew about this, he would probably cut her into pieces, right?

Looking at Xie Xiongcheng who was silent and out of breath, Zhuang Wenxiu closed her eyes and felt regretful for no reason.

Over the years, in order to gain a foothold, she has indeed resorted to a lot of despicable and vile means.

Some women still think that she is the kindest and most gentle person until they die, and are the only good sisters who can be trusted and to whom they can speak the truth.

On the surface, she treated her concubine’s children very well. Even if she raised them to be useless, it was all due to her motherly doting. Even Xie Xiongcheng could not find any fault with her.

That was because her outward evil behavior towards Xie Fei became excusable and known to everyone, concealing her true intentions.