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Shen Yao retreated two steps back due to fear, then fell down powerlessly onto the ground, his two hands tightly holding onto the hem of Kong Linyuan's clothes as he spoke incoherently, "Hubby, the things that happened in the past were all my fault. I, I was just too afraid that I would lose you, so I lost my reason for a moment.

She leaned on the man's knees and sobbed as she implored, "Husband, I really know my wrongs. I will definitely be a good wife and mother in the future. I definitely won't make things difficult for you. I just hope you don't chase me away. I don't want to leave you, and our daughter …"

"Shen Yao, I'm warning you, if you continue to cause trouble for no reason in the future, find your sister or your parents and say something about my Kong Family being unfair to you, then I'll satisfy you. I'll give you a piece of paper, and you can go back completely. As for Yun'er, she is a child of my Kong Family, so she must stay in the Kong Family. "

"Since my husband wants to accept me as his concubine, then I'll accept it. Tomorrow, I'll help my mother pick the concubines."

Shen Yao panicked, and spoke incoherently.

She and Kong Linyuan had been married for so many years, and even though they had quarreled before, her feelings for Kong Linyuan had never changed. No matter how noisy the two got, in her heart, she had always loved Kong Linyuan. She had only said those fierce words to let Kong Linyuan coax her, but she had never truly thought of leaving Kong Linyuan.

"If you want to continue staying in Kong Family, then I must set a few rules for you. If you can hold on, then you're the owner of all the Kong Family. If you can't, then where do you want to go?"

His face was dark, neither too hot nor too cold.

"I-I can defend, I can defend."

Shen Yao bit his lower lip as he replied with an ugly expression.

However, she could only hold it in now. After all, Kong Linyuan was the man that she had snatched from Shen Zhu back then, and she had spent so much effort to obtain that man. How could she be willing to let him go so easily?

Now she finally understood that no matter how much grievances she had suffered in the Kong Family, a powerless and powerless parent would not be able to be her backing and would not be able to help her in the least.

On the other hand, once Kong Linyuan took her home, she would completely lose everything. Everything regarding Kong Family wouldn't belong to her, and it wouldn't have anything to do with her at all.

Right now, she could still use her identity as Kong Linyuan's official wife to compete, but if she was let go, she would not even have the qualifications to compete.

"As long as you understand."

Kong Linyuan lowered his head slightly to look at the woman crying sorrowfully. His eyes did not have the slightest bit of mercy as he walked away righteously with large strides.

As for Kong's Mother, he had left earlier, and immediately sent someone to deliver a letter the moment he came out of the room. He invited the young miss from the families he had his eyes on to his house, saying that they were here to drink tea and chat.

Not long after, a few wives came to the door with their daughters.

Kong's Mother intentionally set up a tea feast in the backyard, welcoming the group of people with a smile plastered all over his face.

In the past, when she was in the village, her impression of Shen Yao was not bad.

But now that Kong Linyuan had become an official, and that Shen Yao was unable to give birth to a son for Kong Family, coupled with her unreasonable temper, the more Kong's Mother viewed her, the more annoyed she became, and the more she felt that she was not worthy of her son.

"I heard that Madam suffered from a headache a while ago. Is it better now?"

A lady who had met Kong's Mother a few times smiled and spoke to him.

"Thank you for Lady Chen's concern. This illness of mine is always an old ailment. There's no need to worry. I'm more or less better off now."

Kong's Mother said with a smile, his gaze faintly discernable as he looked at the young girl behind Lady Chen, "This must be Lady Chen's elder? "She looks really pretty."

"I'm still young and insensible. Please excuse me." Lady Chen hurriedly called out to her daughter behind her, "Ruo'er, why aren't you greeting Madam?"

"My daughter Chen Ruoran greets Madam."

The young girl hurriedly took a few steps forward and gently bowed towards Kong's Mother. Her voice was also soft and gentle, extremely pleasant to hear.

"Quickly, dispense with the formalities. We are all family, there is no need to be so courteous."

Kong's Mother smiled as he reached out to help her up. He was satisfied no matter how he looked at Chen Ruoran.

"Look at this little girl. The more I look at her, the more I like her. Such a cute and obedient little girl. Whoever marries her in the future would truly be blessed." The Kong's Mother smiled and looked at Lady Chen. He pretended to sigh and spoke: "If my Linyuan has such good fortune and can marry such a well-behaved and sensible wife, I can rest at ease …"

When Lady Chen heard the meaning in Kong's Mother's words, she let her daughter go play with the other misses with a smile on her face. Then, she continued to speak, "What does Madam have to say to fill the heart of the Young Noble with talent, and make him a scholar who has a bright future. If my Ruo'er is able to marry into the Kong Family, that would be the fortune that I will have cultivated for the rest of my life."

Madame Chen's words made Kong's Mother feel especially satisfied, and the two of them became more and more happy. This matter was directly settled, since Kong Linyuan had already handed everything over to her, so Kong's Mother did not need to care about Shen Yao's feelings.

The group of people in the backyard stayed for a good half a day before they all took their leave. When the Kong's Mother sent them away, he immediately sent someone to take the portraits of the ladies he selected to the study.

"Linyuan, this is Miss Chen, this is Miss Song, this is …" Kong's Mother held a few portraits of the girls, and introduced them to Kong Linyuan excitedly, "These girls all look very pretty, their families are not bad, Mother has met people today, they are all obedient and sensible children."

Kong Linyuan sat behind the table and read a book. After hearing Kong's Mother's words, he also casually raised his eyes and roughly swept through the drawing a few times. He did not seem to care too much about these things.

"Mother thinks it's not bad, so we'll accept it into the mansion. I'll have to trouble you to take care of these matters."

Kong Linyuan slightly nodded, he did not have any objections towards the candidates.

"Sigh, then mother will do it right away." Kong's Mother kept the drawing and happily brought everything out of the study room.

On the other side, Kong's Mother was overjoyed because Kong Linyuan had agreed to take in a concubine, but on the other side, Shen Yao was stuffily crying loudly in his room as if he was wronged.

"Madam, don't be sad, no matter how many concubines the madame has taken in, you are always the one in charge of the house. You are the master's wife, and you even gave birth to a young lady for the master, how can those concubines compare your position in the house?" Qing Qing quickly comforted her.

"Even so, but …"

Shen Yao wiped away her tears and did not continue.

If Qing Qing's words were spoken in the past, she might have been able to listen in. But now, Kong Linyuan had given her so many rules, the meaning was obvious — he was clearly detesting her.

"Madam, they are concubines and you are a wife. Even if they entered the mansion, wouldn't they still have to serve you tea every day?" Qingqing gently held onto Shen Yao's shoulder, and continued to comfort him.

Only now did the anger in Shen Yao's heart dissipate a bit. Thinking about those beautiful little girls that were about to be sent to his residence, she started to scheme to show them her might so that they wouldn't know where she was. In the future, she would not threaten her own position.