After Mr. Chu became disabled, his temperament changed drastically and he became unpredictable. His father, the Marquis, and his deceased mother cherished him. His brothers indulged him, which led to his unhealthy habits of indulgence in pleasure, slumbering under flowering trees, and loitering under willows.
Though it was not common for men in the Chu family to take concubines, the matriarch found it necessary to bring in two chambermaids for Mr. Chu in an attempt to rein him in. One chambermaid, cunning as she was, slipped him a contraceptive soup, bore him his first illegitimate son, and ascended to the position of Auntie Fang.
Having become disabled and fathering an illegitimate son only made it more difficult for Mr. Chu to find a wife.
