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After being with a mn that cheated on you, I do not think wealth that you already have becomes your top priority. Added to that, she was already an older woman, so she had matured in her priorities, then you have her own personality.

MCH's father was never close to her. He was grown by the time she came, so it's quite possible.

Jialiang is actually not a bad person. But at his level of maturity, his best match is with a girl of equal or even higher status. Someone younger than him. His nonchalance about the cares of life will not be a problem in that relationship. Also, his bride will not be maltreated because his family won't have the grounds to do so, so there'll be less friction for him there. So he will not even need to learn to properly stand up for her with his family.
You know, it was not a bad thing that his dad bought a house for him and MCH to live in. The problem is that none of the favours from his family is coming from a good place. If she was welcomed by them and treated sincerely, then it would have been easier for her to accept such a gift because it makes sense in a wealthy family. In this situation, she and her family have already been severally insulted, so she definitely cannot feel at ease.

Jialiang does not understand her at her core, he just knows some things she does not like, but cannot understand the why's. And that is one of the main issues.

There is something you got wrong. Grandma is actually related to Huan by marriage. Yao Zhi Ming's grandpa cheated on grandma and she immediately divorced him. Then she met and married MCH's grandpa. But all their children were already born by then, so she does not have any children with MCH's grandpa. And because she got married to him when she was older and they were grown up, she was not able to foster a good relationship with his children. So she is not close to them. But she is close to MCH because she keeps visiting and taking care of her, especially after she paid for her medical treatment.

Why on earth would they have done that?

They spent 6 months in that manor. That means they have been back for 3 months.

I think YZM is happier than all of us that she finally ended things lmao.

MCH's mother is not done yet lool

The next thing he wants from her is grandma's hotel. He's not done lol.

Alright

That theory does not make sense at all. Her mother obviously gave birth to her. There are many witnesses to prove it. And her mother is the person with the least intelligence and courage in this show. She is so timid and ignorant, so they do not let her take charge of anything. How would she have met the emperor to sleep with him? And then someone easily frightened like her did that successfully, that is had an affair with the emperor and kept the secret for 20 years. Someone that tried to kill herself after her husband was taken away because she did not know how a woman was supposed to live without her husband.

Nobody is happier than me that she has given birth. I was counting the months and was starting to get confused.

I should not have watched the previews. How am I to wait?

Yeah, for whatever reason. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

You are buttressing my point. It was normal for them to be avoided. Even the son of the Shen family was well beaten because of his visits to their family. It has been shown that he is a guy with integrity and is kind, something not common in those days. Even his family wants to protect themselves by dissociating with the Hua family. Have you forgotten that two of the Hua daughter-in-laws went to their own parents in the capital to ask for help and were turned away? Even the wife of the youngest Hua son that told stories of how very well loved and pampered she was by her parents was not even able to catch a glimpse of them. Her mother told her that when things had calmed down, then she would talk to her father, who was right there on the other side of the door, to offer them assistance. That is crazy and cruel, but it was expected because of the time and situation.

I am not saying any of what has happened is good, and neither is the show. That is the point of telling these stories. These were the things that happened in that time and they were normal then. In our time, we believe every human being has dignity and honour and are more compassionate, so these things do not make sense to us. So when I say it was normal, I mean in the context of the story setting, not that it is a good thing to have happened. To tell you that the storytelling is not illogical or random, but intentionally written for a purpose.
But these stories teach us about history and cause us to reflect and compare between then and now. A good result would be to see how in some ways, we may still be propagating the ideas of those times when people were not treated equally, to a dehumanising extent, and make personal changes.

YZM how do you scheme using your blood grandmother? 😭😭
This guy is positively devious lmaoo

I think you are still rationalising this with a modern point of view. Also, they did not even fully show the part where greetings were exchanged between the Song man, Hua Jing his wife and Madam Hua. That is because this is a show and they are limited in how much story telling they can put in. We did not see their arrival and all that because that was not the focus of the scene. In the scene before that, they showed the women talking about how Hua Jing was back again with her husband and how Hua Zhi was already in the room and had received them. That it would be difficult for her to handle them alone and since the woman had the audacity to bring her useless husband, this time, they could go and add to the conversation. That was the introduction to the scene already and an explanation.

It was normal, although cruel, that the Song family did not associate with the Hua family when they were down. Most families did not. Even the family of her other daughter did not. Madam Hua said she told everyone not to bother them, to leave them alone so that things would not be worse for them in their households. The difference is that the younger daughter actually cares for her mother, although she is suffering, but the older daughter can only focus on herself.

Also, Hua Jing and her husband mentioned that he saw Furong in the shop briefly, but he did not get good look at her. They most likely also wanted to have her because of her skills, but that was not even something that needed to be said because the point still remained. The man leveraged on the fallen status of his in-laws and arrogantly made a request he expected to be fulfilled. After all, he is only interacting with a bunch of women, who have no men in the family to speak up for them. And it is about an "object", so he could easily bully them just by insisting a bit. Plus the way they went there, it looked like the aunt was the one that talked him into going with the expectation that they would be successful. See the way he reacted towards her there.

There are many important issues that have not yet come up to a boil. Their relationship is actually quite complicated. He belongs to the family of those that cause her family harm. Her family will surely be against it in the beginning at least. And the emperor will definitely be against it. Their relationship is like a slap to his face. Especially coming from his favourite. It will draw criticism and a lot of talk.

People that read the novel said that it didn't happen. Unless they added that.

Yes. He is so calm and really does not care lmaooo. I laughed so hard

Exactly. That conversation revealed her actual feelings, even though she's not fully aware of what that means in how it informs the decision she should make.