She found that the other party's eyes remained utterly calm, as if she had not heard those words at all—or perhaps had simply failed to understand them.
Madam Ye frowned slightly. Was she truly unable to understand, or was she deliberately pretending to be ignorant despite knowing perfectly well?
"Now that he has finally found you, we hope you can give him two children as soon as possible. That way, even if you aren't the principal wife in the future, your position in the fortress will still be secure."
Madam Ye had nearly said outright: You are destined to remain nothing more than an unpresentable concubine for the rest of your life. Your best way out is to get pregnant quickly. Perhaps your days will be a little easier afterward.
In truth, Madam Ye was extremely pleased that Ye Shaoxuan had become infatuated with the woman before her.
That had been her purpose from the beginning.
Besides, even if the woman before her gave birth to Ye Shaoxuan's son, she still could not become the heir of Flying Eagle Fortress.
First, Madam Ye was still carrying a child herself. She had already had a venerable monk calculate it, and this child was destined to be a boy.
Second, Su Lian Yue's status was simply too low and too embarrassing to present.
Flying Eagle Fortress could never let a child born to a courtesan Skinny Horse inherit the family business. That would make the people of the martial world laugh.
"Why are you telling her all this in such a roundabout way?" Fortress Lord Ye had grown extremely impatient.
He felt that a woman of this status did not need to be treated with much courtesy, much less deliberately given any consideration.
Of course, he had not forgotten how this woman