She had come bearing the banner of righteousness, yet the identity with which she acted in this matter was that of my beloved concubine. This left me with incredibly mixed feelings. After all, it was impossible to use our identities to arrange some hierarchy between them. That would be unfair to every one of them.
"Don't show yourself to others with that kind of identity anymore. There is no difference in status between you and me, and you are not the least bit beneath anyone else. In my eyes, everyone is equal." I looked at her seriously as I spoke.
Luo Yingshen smiled faintly. Then she walked over to me, pushed me—just after I had stood up—back down onto the seat at the table, and looked at me. "So, is there a difference in status now?"
I could not help giving a wry smile. "You know what I mean, so why make things difficult for me?"
"I didn't mean anything by it. I'm just not very good at joking. I feel that this is how I should treat my husband." Luo Yingshen spoke very calmly. She likely truly thought that way.
Back when her sect had joined the Heaven's Unity Immortal Alliance, her master had betrothed her to me, and that was how she entered the women's legion. Now, she perhaps regarded herself both as a member of the women's legion and as my woman.
I stood up again and looked toward a small hall in the rear courtyard of the study. "Come with me. I have to correct your way of thinking."
Luo Yingshen gave a soft, smiling "All right," then followed me into the small hall where we sat on the floor. This was a place for drinking tea and playing chess. Beside it was a small pond,