Because when it came to the issues between his wives and concubines, he truly had nothing to say.
The eldest son, Jie, watched his father with a strained face, and only after quite a while did he let out a stifled grunt, bowed with hands clasped together, and said, "Your son dares not."
Magistrate Jie huffed angrily, "You even dare to spout words such as 'lead the charge and die before the soldiers'; what else is there that you wouldn't dare to do? You are clearly resentful towards me. You can resent me, but you must not joke with your lineage and your life. Just look at the state our house is in now, with no woman in charge, the inner courtyard is almost in chaos."
The eldest son, Jie, snorted coldly in his heart, thinking: Wasn't it a mess even when a woman was in charge?
He glanced at Jie's second son and, seeing his elder brother's extremely unfriendly gaze coming towards him, he hurriedly turned away.
