Meili listened patiently to him, standing in a proper pose as he spoke, her face carefully unreadable. It was something that her mother had taught her to do. It was safer that way than to let your true feelings poke through and have someone use that against you. She didn't move for a long few moments after he had finished, processing everything that he had said and coming up with what she wanted to say.
Had he said this in front of her father, mother, or within earshot of advisors, she would have had to say what they expected her to say in a situation like this, but since he had asked to speak to her alone and she had made sure her maid and Eunuch Ying were out of earshot even if they were probably wondering why he was kneeling right now. So she could say what she wanted to say.
"I appreciate the consideration to tell me about this before we are officially married and to tell me yourself so I don't hear it from someone. It is not ideal according to my family, but I cannot fault you for having found someone you care about before any of this was even considered by Royal Father. So, as long as I am your only wife, we can make both arrangements work, our marriage and your relationship with him."
Considering her father had a dozen "wives", she was not unfamiliar with this concept, but at least this arrangement meant no competition with other women or competition among children of two different wives.
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Date: 2021-01-15 10:10 pm (UTC)Had he said this in front of her father, mother, or within earshot of advisors, she would have had to say what they expected her to say in a situation like this, but since he had asked to speak to her alone and she had made sure her maid and Eunuch Ying were out of earshot even if they were probably wondering why he was kneeling right now. So she could say what she wanted to say.
"I appreciate the consideration to tell me about this before we are officially married and to tell me yourself so I don't hear it from someone. It is not ideal according to my family, but I cannot fault you for having found someone you care about before any of this was even considered by Royal Father. So, as long as I am your only wife, we can make both arrangements work, our marriage and your relationship with him."
Considering her father had a dozen "wives", she was not unfamiliar with this concept, but at least this arrangement meant no competition with other women or competition among children of two different wives.