Chapter 990: Involvement
[Tsk. If he’s doing something like this, he should have ensured he at least succeeded.] His Elder brother thought.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, indeed.
Eugene’s elder brother also thought of him as nothing but trouble, just like his mother did.
They put all the blame on Eugene and his mother when it was Lord Hamel, the head of the household, who had decided to get a second wife to ensure the family line.
Because pregnancy and childbirth are dangerous, if there may be complications or health problems, noble women don’t bear more than one child if they give birth to an heir.
It was understandable for there to be friction between the spouses, but the children were innocent. Maybe Eugene wouldn’t have turned out the way he did if he had been treated better.
Being the Lady of the House is different from being a normal wife. It comes with a lot of responsibility. Among these are to ensure the household doesn’t fall by managing finances, managing the household if the lord is away, ensuring the continuity of the family line, educating the children to become assets of the Household regardless of whether they were her children or not, and so on.
If Arabella had married someone who would get more than one spouse, she would have to do those duties as well.
Of course, there may be jealousy and friction among other spouses, but they must do their duties as adults and raise the children without involving them in their fights.
However, this was not an isolated case. There were also a lot of these cases among noble households. And sadly, the royal family cannot interfere directly with family issues and fights for the lord of the house.
If they did, it could lead to national chaos as noble households become fearful that they might just place any ruler they preferred anytime.