Whether a person speaks sincerely or not can be seen from their eyes. The Lu family has its flaws, but after being an official's wife for several years, she can tell if Aunt Shen's words are genuine or not.
Madam Lu said angrily, "Look at how severe you make it sound. Do you think that as the madam, I hope the family's affairs to go badly, as if you are a troublemaker wishing for us to suffer?"
Once Shen becomes Song Zhiqing's concubine, unless Song Zhiqing writes a divorce paper, Shen will be tied to him for life.
Honor and disgrace are shared; who doesn't understand this?
Had Shen not been clever, she wouldn't have risen to the rank of a seventh-grade female official, so she naturally knows what her well-being is founded upon.
Aunt Shen smiled and said, "Aren't I just worried that the madam might get stuck in stubbornness and blind herself?"
"What do you mean by this?"
