Chapter 471 Helping Younger Brother (4)_1
Lady Hong snorted, "He’s six, turning seven after the New Year."
She could never forget the day Jin Shiwen was born; the old lady had held him, her smile so wide she could hardly close her mouth, a happiness she had never seen when her Yukyuk was born.
She resented the old lady for sneaking a concubine into her husband’s quarters, and she disliked that aunt, let alone the son they bore. As the Family Head’s wife, she had reached a pinnacle of sorts. She couldn’t even have a say over the women in her own husband’s quarters.
Jin Yuyu knew her mother was irritated inside, but given the circumstances, she, like her mother, disliked the son born of the concubine greatly. Yet the next words were ones she could not withhold, "Mother, you saw what happened today. The old lady doesn’t like us and foisted a maid on father, and uncle is bullying us even more, trying to frame me and rob me of the position as Family Head. Mother, have you ever thought about why they do this?"
Lady Hong was struck. How could she have not thought about it? She had long seen through their intentions—they were simply bullying their main branch for lack of a legitimate son!
No matter how many women there were in the second brother’s house, Lady Ruan still had a son, so she wasn’t worried about her status shaking. As for her, even though there weren’t many women in her house, her status was unstable, all because she bore only one daughter, Jin Yuyu!
"Mother, it’s time to do something," said Jin Yuyu, saying no more. She knew her mother was smart and understood her meaning.
Lady Hong’s face turned pale, and her hands uncontrollably clenched the fabric over her chest. It was time to do something. But what? To adopt that concubine’s son she couldn’t stand all day and raise him as her own legitimate son?
She was unwilling. She had thought that being young, she could have a son in a few years. But looking again at Jin Xufa, the simpleton, it was as if he’d rather have children with those inkstones! And with her age now, there was an even smaller chance of becoming pregnant again.