"A marriage granted?"
The mother and daughter were so shocked that they stood up at once, their eyes wide open, their faces full of disbelief.
"Is this true?"
It was Mrs. Su who reacted and came to her senses quickly, but she still couldn't suppress the excitement in her eyes.
Su Qiao curled her lips, smiled gently and nodded: "Absolutely true."
"Sister will soon be the Fourth Prince's concubine. Are you happy?"
"Concubine?"
Before Su Yuxin could recover from her excitement, she heard this shocking information and screamed.
"Impossible, how can she be a concubine? He clearly promised me that he would marry me as his principal wife."
Su Qiao said casually, "Oh, the principal wife, the principal wife of the Fourth Prince, the Emperor also granted her the title, she is the granddaughter of Grand Tutor Jiang."
"I heard that she is a very talented lady from a noble family, extremely beautiful, and at the age of sixteen, she has managed the entire Grand Tutor's Mansion in an orderly manner. The servants respect her and the elders are satisfied with her. I heard that several princes have sent people to propose marriage to her, hoping to marry her."
"Impossible... Impossible... He just told me yesterday that he would marry me. He also said that other women were just decorations and he would not visit them or pay attention to them."
The more Su Yuxin spoke, the paler her face became, and she looked shaky, which made people feel a little distressed.
Su Qiao shook her head helplessly: "Sister, are you stupid?"
"He can ignore other women, go see them whenever he thinks of them, and sleep with them for a night, but this is Grand Tutor Jiang's most beloved granddaughter, and she is also the Fourth Prince's principal wife."
"No matter who he neglects, he can't neglect his wife. If someone reports him favoring his concubine over his wife, wouldn't that be troublesome?"
Mrs. Su supported her daughter, who looked pale and about to cry, and turned to glare at Su Qiao fiercely: "Shut up!"
"What do you mean by favoring a concubine over a wife? Even if Xin'er is a concubine, she is not a concubine. She is a legitimate concubine who will be on the imperial jade list."
Su Qiao nodded in agreement: "Mother is right. Sister, although I am not the principal wife, but only a concubine, I am also a legitimate daughter-in-law of the royal family, which is much better than a concubine without a name or status..."
"Shut up! You shut up!"
Su Yuxin couldn't bear to listen any longer and covered her ears frantically.
"You just want to see me make fun of you, don't you? I won't let you see it."
"So what if I'm the Fourth Prince's concubine? He only likes me, and he will only have me as his woman? And you? Forget about being a concubine, it's still unknown whether you can get married in this life. Do you think the Fourth Prince will really marry you as a concubine? Don't dream."
Su Qiao was not angry at all, and even had a smile on her face: "Sister, are you worrying too much? I have never thought of marrying into the Fourth Prince's mansion."
"The Emperor is particularly caring for the Fourth Prince this time? He has granted him one principal wife and two concubines at once."
"Add to that the seven or eight concubines in the backyard? And the three concubines, the emperor should no longer have to worry about the Fourth Prince's offspring."
Madam Su's face darkened and she wanted to get angry, but considering her and her daughter's current situation in the mansion, she forced herself to hold back her anger.
"Xiao Qiao? Go check your mother's dowry first! In case they make a mistake when counting."
"Okay? Mother." Su Qiao had said everything she needed to say, and she didn't want to stay here any longer.
*
"Mom! What should I do?"
As soon as Su Qiao left, Su Yuxin collapsed in her mother's arms, tears streaming down her face like beads from a broken string, she sobbed inconsolably.