The maid, Sang'er, standing nearby, hurriedly offered a word of comfort:
"I hope the Young Madame will calm her anger. Who could have foreseen that the concubine would be so favored? By all rights, the position of heir was a certainty, belonging to the Eldest Young Master."
"How could such a mishap occur so suddenly? The Eldest Young Master is already depressed and sullen due to his failure in the imperial examinations; why must the Young Madame choose this moment to be at odds with him?"
Meiniang, the more she thought about it, the angrier she became, growling irritably:
"He failed the exams and is in a bad mood, but I’m in a bad mood too! If I had known earlier that he was so utterly incapable, I wouldn't have been so blind and foolish as to marry such a good-for-nothing."
"What I had my eye on was the position of future mistress of the Marquis Manor, where I could be the one in charge. Now, it’s all gone—my hopes are completely dashed."
"Fu Jin managed to place second in the examinations; why is he such a loser? To think he couldn't even make it into the top three—it’s truly disgraceful. How are we mother and child supposed to survive in the Marquis Manor from now on?"
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Chapter 124