England, 1445 "Either your daughter will leave, or I will leave!" Felina put her hands on her waist and said fiercely, looking down at her husband.Fei Jibo was reclining on the soft couch by the window, and the sunlight shone through the ancient stone window into the blue window lattice.While stroking the ears of his beloved hound, he ate the jerky with relish. As usual, Gilbert didn't respond to his wife's demands; Lina clenched her fists.He was twelve years older than her, and the most lazy-boned she had ever seen.Although he spends most of his time on horseback, chasing a hawk around, his belly is still big and growing.Of course, she had married him for money.For his plate of gold and silver, for his vast domain of thousands and thousands of acres, for his eight castles (two of which he himself has never seen), for his horses, for his army, for his Gorgeous clothes for her and her two children.After seeing Fajiber's property list, she agreed to the proposal immediately without even seeing him face to face.

Now, after a year of marriage, Lina asked herself: If she had seen Gilbert then, seen his slack, would she have suspected who was running his estate?Does he have a senior steward?All she knew was that he had one child, a pale and shy girl; but maybe Gilbert had another bastard son who was managing his finances for him, she thought. After they got married, Lina found out that her husband was just as lazy in and out of bed; at the same time she found out who was in charge of the Fei family business. It's Ani!Lina wished she had never heard the name.Gilbert's sweet-looking, timid and shy daughter is the devil incarnate!Aini is just like her mother, taking care of everything.When the tenants pay the annual rent, Aini sits in the position of the steward and presides over it; she travels all over the country, visits the farms in person, and instructs the repair of the damaged farmhouse; she decides when to clean the castle, when to replenish the food, and when to move to another a castle.Three times this year, Lina didn't know they were moving again until she saw her maid packing her luggage.

If you want to explain to Gilber or Aini: that now Lina is the hostess of the manor, and Aini should hand over the power to her, these words are in vain. The two of them would just look at her inexplicably, as if looking at the stones on the castle wall and talking, and then Ai Ni went back to take care of her house, and Gilbert continued his idleness. Lina tried to take over herself, and for a while she even thought it was quite successful—it wasn't until later that she realized that all the servants ran to ask Ai Ni for permission before they dared to carry out her orders. Lina's complaints to Gilbert were mild at first, and usually after pleasing him in bed.

Gilbert was always absent-minded. "Let Aini do whatever she likes, you can't stop her. Trying to stop Aini or her mother is as difficult as stopping a rolling boulder. The best way is to dodge to Go away." He fell asleep as soon as he turned over, and Lina stayed awake all night, shaking with anger. The next morning she decided to be a rolling stone too.She was much older than Ernie, and, if the situation required it, far more cunning.Since the death of her first husband, her husband's younger brother has inherited the family property. Lina and her two young daughters have also been pushed aside by her sister-in-law. woman domination.So when Gilbert proposed, she was delighted to finally have a home of her own again.But now her power has been usurped by a pale and weak girl who should have been out of the cabinet long ago.

Lina also talked to Ai Ni once.She tried to tell her how wonderful it was to have her own husband, her own children, and her own home. Aine blinked at her with big blue eyes, as timid as the angels on the church ceiling. "And who will look after the father's estate?" she asked succinctly. Lina gritted her teeth. "I am your father's wife, and I will do whatever needs to be done." Ai Ni blinked and looked at Lina's velvet dress: it had a low V-neck front and back, a long silk gauze trailed behind the skirt, and the complicated headdress on her head was covered with lace.she laughed. "The sun will burn you out."

Lina retorted: "I will of course wear proper clothes when I ride, and I believe I can ride as well as you. Aine, you really shouldn't stay at your father's house any longer. You are already twenty years old, You should have your own home, your own—" "Yes, yes," answered Love. "I know you're not wrong at all, but I really have to go, there was a fire in the village last night, and I'm going to see the extent of the damage." Lina could only stand there, blushing.What was the advantage of marrying the richest man in England like her?They moved from one splendid castle to another, with splendor and splendor she had never imagined.Splendid embroidered draperies hung on every wall, and biblical pictures were painted on the ceiling; every table, bed, and chair were all covered with lace and brocade.Ai Ni invited a whole room of female reds to be responsible for needlework and embroidery; the food was simply heavenly and delicious; because Ai Ni hired chefs with high salaries.The bathrooms, the city and the river, and the stables are always clean, because Aini loves cleanliness.

Aine, Aine, Aine!Lina thought, her fist resting on her forehead in distress.The servants are always talking about what Miss Aini said, what Miss Aini instructed, and sometimes even the rules left by Gibb's ex-wife.In the Fei family's property, Lina didn't seem to exist. When Lena's two girls start quoting Aine, her anger really boils over.Little Isa said she would like to have a pony of her own, and Lina smiled and said yes.Isa just winked at her mother, said, "I'll ask Ani," and ran away. It was this incident that led Lina to finally give her husband an ultimatum. "I'm worse than a servant in this house!" she roared at Gilbert, not caring a bit for the servants who were listening all around.They are Aine's servants, loyal, obedient and well-trained; they know how generous their mistress is, and they are also very aware of her temper; if they are ordered, they can even shed their blood for her.

"Either she will go, or I will go!" Lina said again. Gilbert looked at the jerky wrapped in the plate, picked out one in the shape of a saint, and stuffed it into his mouth. "Then what am I going to do with her?" he asked lazily.Nothing in the world could excite Fajib, and all he wanted from life was a comfortable life, a good eagle, a good hound, good food, and a little peace.He never knew how big a dowry his ex-wife brought, and how she made his property increase rapidly, and he didn't even know what his daughter was doing.In his view, these industries can operate on their own without operating.Farmers plow, nobles falcon and hunt, and kings make laws.What about women?It looks like it's for a fight.

The first time he saw this young and beautiful widow Bai Lina, she happened to be riding by her ex-husband's estate.Her black hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall, her big breasts almost jumped out of her clothes, and when the wind blew the skirt clung to her body, exposing a pair of strong and slender thighs, which suddenly made Gilber feel a rare desire, So he told her younger brother in front of her that he wanted to marry Lina.Since then, Gilbert has done nothing until Ernie tells him that it is time for the wedding.After a passionate wedding night, Gilbert is content with Lina, he wants her to go away and do what women do all day, but she starts nagging - especially about love Ni thing.Aini is such a sweet and lovely child. She will ask the musician to play his favorite tunes, ask the maid to bring delicious food, and tell him stories to entertain him during the long winter night.He really didn't understand why Lina wanted Ai Ni to leave, Ai Ni was so quiet that it was almost impossible to feel her presence.

"I think if Ernie wants a husband, she'll have one," Gilbert said, yawning.He believed that everything that people do is voluntary, and he believed that farmers worked day and night in the fields because they liked it. Lina tried to hold back her anger. "Of course Ai Ni doesn't want a husband. She has so much power and freedom now, how can she want someone to tell her what to do? If I have so much power with my ex-husband, what can I do?" I won't leave either." She shook off her hands, showing helpless anger. "Have all the power in one body, and don't have to serve men! Ai Ni is in heaven! She will never want to leave here."

Although Gilbert didn't quite understand what Lina was complaining about, her chatter was beginning to annoy him. "I will talk to Ai Nei to see if she has an ideal husband in mind." "You're 'ordering' her to choose a husband!" Lina said. "You must choose a man for her and tell her to marry him." Gilbert looked at his hound and smiled in memory. "I only messed with Aini's mother once before she was alive, and only once. Now I won't make the same mistake to mess with my daughter again." "If you don't get your daughter out of this land, you will regret messing with me!" After Lina finished speaking, she turned her head and left the room. Gilbert rubbed the ears of his beloved hound.Compared with his ex-wife, the new wife is a kitten.He really didn't understand why Lina was so angry. He never thought that someone would automatically recruit "responsibility".He took another piece of jerky and chewed it carefully in his mouth.In a haze, he seemed to think that someone once said: There is no room for two women under the same roof.Maybe he should talk to Ernie and see how she felt about getting married.After all, if Lina really left as she threatened, he would miss her in bed; and if Aini did get married, maybe she would marry into a family of hawks! "That is to say," Aini said softly. "My dear stepmother is going to drive me out of my own home, out of this land that my mother worked so hard on and I spent three more years working on." Gilbert thought his head was about to explode.Lina had yelled at him for hours last night for Ernie to order some houses to be rebuilt in the village below the castle.What Lina couldn't bear was that Aini was going to use the Fei family's money instead of letting the farmers pay for the house themselves.Lina yelled in anger, and Gilbert's six hawks were frightened from their perches by her screams, and one bird broke its neck in panic.Gilbert knew he had to do something, he couldn't bear to lose another beloved eagle. His first idea was to let the two women take up arms to fight a duel, the winner stayed and the loser left.But he didn't know that women have something more powerful than a weapon: the tongue. "I think Lina thinks you'd be happier if you had your own home, your own husband, and a few brats." Gilbert couldn't imagine being happier anywhere than in the Fei family estate, but , who knows if women think so? Aini walked to the window and looked out from the inner courtyard at the thick city wall to the villages and towns that spread out below the castle.This is just a part of the family business she manages.Her mother spent long hours training her on how to treat servants, how to check the steward's records, and how to make profits every year to buy more land. She was offended when her father announced his intention to marry back a beautiful young widow.She didn't like another woman taking her mother's place, and she had a premonition that trouble would follow.But Fajiber also has his own stubborn character, and he always thinks that he can do whatever he wants.But Aine was still glad that he wasn't the kind of man who talked about war and weapons all the time, he stayed at home with his hawks and hounds, and left important things to his wife and later to his daughter. But now, he married the vain Lina, who only cared about the profits of the manor so that she could buy more beautiful clothes.Lina had five women who worked day and night sewing new clothes for her, one of whom did nothing but wear pearls.Just last month, Lina bought twenty-four furs, and the month before that she bought a basket full of mink furs, as easily as if she had bought a basket of corn.Ai Ni knew that if she did hand over the management to Lina, Lina would squeeze the farmers dry for a golden belt. "How's it going?" Gilbert asked behind Aine.woman!He thought that if his daughter did not give him an answer, he would miss the hunt.Aini turned to face her father. "Tell my stepmother I'll get married if I find the right person." Gilbert breathed a sigh of relief. "That sounds fair, and I'll tell her, and she'll be happy." He walked toward the door, but stopped, and turned, putting his hand on his daughter's shoulder with rare affection.Gilbert was not one to look back with joy, but at this moment he wished he had never met Lina, let alone married her.He had never realized how comfortable it was to have his little daughter take care of him.He shrugged. People shouldn't regret the fact that they can't change it. "We're going to find you a young man full of energy, and let Rusheng beat you up." After finishing speaking, he left. Ernie sat down heavily on her feather bed, and she waved the maid away.She stretched out her hand and looked at the trembling hands.She once faced a group of farmers with axes and hoes, and three terrified maidservants hid behind them, but she straightened her back, distributed them with the food she had at hand, and said that they were working on the estate, and calmed down peacefully. This group of mobs, she had dealt with drunken soldiers, she had managed to escape the rape of an overheated suitor, and the disaster ensued, and she had a way to save the day. But the mention of marriage frightens her.This is not an ordinary fright, but a fear felt from the depths of the soul.Two years ago she had watched her cousin Margot marry a knight her father had chosen for her.Before the marriage, the Sir wrote many love poems to Margot, and Margot always said that the two of them were a match made in heaven, and that she couldn't wait to start a new life with him. After getting married, the knight showed his true nature. He sold all of Marge's huge dowry to pay off the debt, and left Marge in a dilapidated and cold old castle, while he went to the palace to buy money with the remaining dowry. Provided him with many mistresses of noble birth. Aine knew how lucky she was to be in charge of her father's estate, and she knew that a woman had little power without a man empowering her.Men had proposed to him since he was four, and she was engaged once when she was eight, but the young man died when she was ten.Since that time her father has accepted no other marriage proposals, so Ernie quietly avoided the trouble of marriage; If the world is in chaos, Gilbert will naturally reject the suitor. But now Lina, who is greedy, has also come to interfere.Aini also considered handing over the jurisdiction of all the properties to her, and she went to live in their estate in Wells.It should be far enough away that she can settle there quietly, and soon Lina and her father will forget about her. Aini stood up, her hands hanging in fists, her simple long nape dragging on the tiles.Lina will not let her live in peace, she will chase her to the ends of the earth, and make Ai Ni miserable like every married woman in the world, only then will she be willing to quit. Aini picked up a handheld mirror from the small table and looked at the figure in the mirror.Despite the love poems written to her by the young men who proposed to her, or the songs of praise sung to her by the bards she paid for, she still did not see herself as a beauty.She was too pale, too light-haired, too,,, too innocent to be a beauty. But Lina is different, when her dazzling black eyes look at men, there is a kind of wild temptation.Aine sometimes thinks that the main reason she manages her servants so well is because she has no gender.When Lina walked through the garden, the man would stop his work to see her; for Ai Ni, the man would touch his forehead with his fingers to express his respect.But they never stood there giggling at her or tapping each other's shoulders as she walked by. She went to the window and looked down into the courtyard.A beautiful milking girl was flirting with a stable boy, who stretched his hand over the girl's plump, round body. Aine turned away, the sight was too sad.She dared not hope that any young man would pursue her position more respected than her father, and call her "Miss"; as for her suitor, she would do anything for her dowry.Even though she was a hunchbacked three-eyed monster, these men would still praise her as a fairy descended, Venus reborn.Just one man ever wrote a poem about her feet, as if he'd ever seen them! "Miss?" When Aine looked up, she saw Joss, her maid, standing on the porch.Joss was very close to Aine, almost her friends.Joss was only ten years older than Aine, so she felt more like her older sister.When Aine was a baby, Aine's mother hired Joss, who was also a baby, to take care of her. Ai Ni's mother taught Ai Ni how to run a business, but when Ai Ni had nightmares, it was Joss who came to comfort her.Joss taught her things outside of the industry, like how babies are born and what the man who tried to rape her was up to. "Miss," she said, she was always careful to show respect to her master; although Ai Ni was not a person who likes to put on airs, she was always a reporter herself, and she would not say a word that the master didn't like to hear if. "There was a little conflict in the kitchen—" "Do you like your husband, Joss?" The waitress hesitated before answering.Everyone in the entire castle knew what Lina wanted, and everyone believed that if Ai Ni left, the Fei family's ancestral property would be reduced to dust within a few years. "Oh, miss, I like it!" "Did you choose him yourself, or did someone choose him for you?" "My lady's mother chose it for me, but I believe she was doing it for my own good, so I married this healthy and young man, and I gradually fell in love with him." Annie raised her head. "yes?" "Oh, yes, miss, that's a common thing." Joss felt much more secure when she said this.Women are terrified before marriage. "Two people have been together for a long time in the long winter night, and love is easy to produce." Ai Ni turned her head away.If only there was a way for the two of you to stay together, she thought, if your greedy husband didn't kick you off.She turned back to look at her maid again. "Am I pretty, Joss? I mean, am I pretty enough for a man to be really interested in me, not all of that?" She waved her arm, pointing to the brocade that encompassed the velvet bed, the walls, , gilded vases, carved oak furniture, and everything else. "Oh, yes, miss." Joss interfaced smoothly. "You are very beautiful, in fact beautiful. No man can refuse you, your hair—" Aini raised her hand to tell the woman to shut up. "Let's go and see what's going on in the kitchen!" Her voice couldn't hide her disbelief.