"If you ask me," said Shen's father, "you should treat Sheng well now and break things off with Situ Ya soon." He continued, "A woman like Situ Ya is simply not worthy of you. Being with someone like her will only lower your value."
Shen's father didn't like Situ Ya very much.
"Shut up!" Shen's mother glared angrily at Shen's father, "Keep out of the children's affairs. Who among today's youth doesn't keep a few women outside? Son, listen to your mother, don't let Duanmu Sheng catch any hint of this for now. Just keep fooling her. As for your affair with Ya Ya, we can talk about that after you marry Duanmu Sheng. After that, the two of you give me a grandson, and I'd like to see what that Duanmu Sheng would dare to say then?"
In Shen's mother's view, it was normal for a successful man to have several women.
Just like the emperors of ancient times, which Emperor didn't have the three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines?