[Suggested song for this chapter – The Crown Main Title, Hans Zimmer]
Zhu Yicai searched his Father-in-law's inscrutable face for any tells, but he could find none. Nor should he have expected any. The man was a master at hiding his emotions.
"Of course, when she married me, I was the Second Prince, and she could only have expected lowly concubines to join our household. She did not seek my promotion to Crown Prince, but now that it has happened, I must build a harem which will include women of families needed to cement my position and support my future reign."
"Well said, Son-in-law. I will have a word with my Feng-er. She must of course come to terms with this new state of affairs, which is only right and natural. There is a corner of hell reserved for the jealous wife, and we must not see her sent down there," he chuckled.
