It was their own child they had given birth to, yet when they saw him, they could only call him "aunt." How could their hearts not ache?
Even so, many concubines would still request for their children to be raised under the principal wife's knees, wanting a better future for them.
This was because the treatment of legitimate children and peasant sons differed like heaven and earth.
Families adhering to traditions would provide better education to legitimate children, marry them to well-matched and respectable young ladies, and only the legitimate child could inherit the family business.
Peasant sons could only marry another peasant daughter or choose an inferior girl, and when it came to dividing the inheritance, they would receive but a small portion and had to set up their own households.
If one was fortunate enough to be listed under the principal wife's name, that truly was a blessing of three lifetimes.
