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"It seems Lady Qin has everything covered, I think your father is just worrying over nothing." Madam Chow's heart was a mix of emotions as she spoke.
Thinking about the hardships Hanwen had once suffered, she felt dishearted; if Lady Guan had been replaced by her, Madam Chow wasn't even sure if she could have raised the children, let alone find a wife that matched Hanwen.
"Mother, I think our sister-in-law is quite capable, otherwise she wouldn't have caught the emperor's eye and even opened a pharmacy, don't you think?"
Lady Wu understood her mother-in-law's conflicted feelings. The mother-in-law treated Fu Hanwen as her own son, so even though she had a good impression of Lady Qin, she was always worried that Lady Qin wasn't good enough for Fu Hanwen.
It took Lady Wu a while to console Madam Chow, and only after the mother-in-law had gone back to her room to rest did Lady Wu, dragging her exhausted body, return to her own room.
