But after all, the others were just the "loyal servants" set in the script.
After many days of restless sleep, she visibly aged much, and on the very day Marquis Pingnan finally arrived safely in Capital City, Nanny Zhao made up her mind.
"...Nanny, how could Marquis treat like this?"
"After all the Marquis Mansion has put us through, how much hardship have we endured? How much suffering? We almost died on the road being escorted to Capital City!"
"And our Zhang Family, we were implicated because of the Marquis Mansion too. Even now, my parents and my brothers and sisters-in-law are still eating sand at the frontier."
"And yet, he married a barbarian woman in the Southwest and even had two sons with her, does he, does he deserve ?!"
Marquis Pingnan returned, and he paraded through the streets with a few captured barbarian leaders.
The onlooking crowd noticed that among Marquis Pingnan’s entourage were not only barbarian leaders but also a stunningly beautiful barbarian woman.
Soon, the identity of this barbarian woman was revealed.
It turned out that when Marquis Pingnan was seriously injured, it was this barbarian woman who saved him and even took him ho to recover.
When Marquis Pingnan awakened, he had forgotten who he was, even forgetting his own parents and family.
During the subsequent recovery period, feelings developed between Marquis Pingnan and the barbarian woman, and since he couldn’t rember anything and did not know where to go, he simply stayed in the mountains.
Having received a life-saving grace, Marquis Pingnan pledged himself to her and even had two sons with the woman.
Later, Marquis Pingnan regained his mory due to an accident. Although he was in a difficult position—he still had a lawful wife in his Marquis Mansion.
After much thought and having discussed it well with the barbarian woman, he decided to bring her and their sons to Capital City.
The rightful mistress of Marquis Pingnan’s Mansion was certainly Mrs. Zhang, but Ah Man could be made a noble concubine.
In Marquis Pingnan’s mory, his wife, Mrs. Zhang, was not a jealous woman. She could accommodate many concubines and concubine daughters, so presumably, she could also accept Ah Man and her sons who had saved her husband’s life!
Mrs. Zhang: ...To hell with "not being jealous"!
No woman in this world, unless she has ulterior motives or is inherently cheap, likes to share her husband with others.
And that barbarian called Ah Man, is she just an ordinary concubine?
No!
She saved Marquis Pingnan’s life; even the Grand Madam would be sincerely grateful to her from the bottom of her heart.
Besides, initially, Ah Man "married" Marquis Pingnan. Although it wasn’t through the Dazhou Dynasty’s formal betrothal process, it was still a proper marriage.
Ah Man had also lived with Marquis Pingnan as his wife for several years, and their relationship was surely deeper than that of Mrs. Zhang, who had been separated for seven or eight years as the original spouse.
Such an Ah Man, let alone Marquis Pingnan, even Mrs. Zhang would find it hard to treat her as an ordinary concubine.
"...Madam, Marquis was injured at the ti; he didn’t rember anything, he, he didn’t stop being a husband to remarry, but was a victim of fate!"
Nanny Zhao saw Mrs. Zhang crying her heart out, her own heart aching in sympathy.
She gently patted Mrs. Zhang’s back, trying to console her and offer comfort.
"A victim of fate?! Yes, what a victim of fate!"
However, Mrs. Zhang was provoked by Nanny Zhao’s words. She raised her head abruptly, her eyes filled with raging tears.
"That Ah Man did not intentionally seduce a married man, as she was unaware."
"And upon learning that her husband had an original spouse, Ah Man gracefully stepped aside, even humbly stating that she would respect and serve well, the wife of the Marquis Mansion!"
Mrs. Zhang gritted her teeth and said, "Listen! Nanny, just listen!"
"How magnanimous and virtuous can she get?"
"Such a man of sentint and honor as Marquis, even when you and I hear this, don’t we also feel that Ah Man is extrely good?"
"Ptui! What’s so good about her? She’s too scheming by far, she’s practicing ’retreat as a strategy’."
"She knows that even if she made a fuss, it wouldn’t change the fact that I am the mistress of the Marquis Mansion. Moreover, I, Mrs. Zhang, have done no wrong and even strived to save everyone in the Marquis Mansion when it fell into disgrace!"
Though the deeds were done by Feng Zhongliang, but the Grand Madam, the second branch, the third branch, they all owe Mrs. Zhang a favor.
If it weren’t for her, these people would have died on the way to the capital.
Even if not dead, they could have suffered injuries or sickness!
Just for this reason alone, Mrs. Zhang has made great contributions to the Marquis Mansion.
Oh, right, and Yanting!
When the future of the Marquis Mansion was uncertain, she relied on her own ability to preserve the foundation of the family and raised Yanting to be so outstanding.
Mrs. Zhang is undoubtedly an Outstanding Official to the Marquis Mansion; with these rits, the Marquis cannot possibly divorce her.
That what’s-her-na Ah Man could not possibly rise to the top.
And she, most likely knew this fact, so she voluntarily conceded to avoid the bad reputation of being unreasonable and also to make Marquis Pingnan feel pity and guilt.
The more Mrs. Zhang thought about it, the more difficult she found Ah Man to handle; and the two sons of Ah Man also made her very wary.
"Nanny Zhao, we can’t wait any longer. I must have Yanting recognized and returned to his birthright!"
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