Xia Ying and her son were no pushovers either. With Yu Xiang'an backing them, they had no fear of Madam Yu.
Over the years, Madam Yu and Xia Ying had fought tooth and nail!
Whenever they clashed and Yu Xiang'an learned of it, he invariably sided with Xia Ying and her son, punishing Madam Yu and hers.
After each punishment, Madam Yu would go looking for trouble with Xia Ying and her son again, driven by resentment and an unwillingness to admit defeat!
Then Madam Yu and her son would be punished yet again...
The cycle repeated endlessly. Madam Yu never won once, yet every setback only made her fight harder!
Eventually, Yu Xiang'an grew tired of it too. He stripped Madam Yu of her authority over the household and handed it to Xia Ying!
As a child, Yu Haochuan had been punished alongside his mother and confined in the Ancestral Hall. Every time, his mother would hold him and sob bitterly...
He could not understand it. He was clearly the son of the principal wife, so why did his father dislike him? Why did he side with that concubine's son?
He had witnessed far too much of his father's favoritism...
That concubine's son always got first pick of everything good in the household. Only the leftovers fell to him!
That concubine's son would even bring the things he had chosen first to taunt Yu Haochuan.
In the scene, Yu Mingchuan blocked Yu Haochuan's path with several attendants and said,
"Well, if it isn't the sickly weakling. You finally decided to come out?"
Yu Haochuan glanced at Yu Mingchuan, then turned to walk around him and leave.
Yu Mingchuan blocked his way and said,
"Where are you running off to, sickly weakling?
"It's not every day you come out. Stay