In a place like A City, especially the gentry, if a woman married to a man cannot be on the ancestral tablet, cannot enter the family tree, even if they are legal married, she a concubine in the eyes of the gentry, the discerning people have long become a consensus.
On the ancestral tablet, a man must have his name on it. Unless a man is determined to love only one woman in his life, he still has to marry a woman who can be on the family tree in terms of reputation.
If the relationship between a man and a woman is ever weakened, or if the woman cannot produce a son in the future, the man will marry another woman for the sake of his family's interests or future generations, married her in any country and bring her back to the gentry. As long as his family recognized her, she was his wife, while the original wife would be a concubine.
This risk was known to everyone, and Lexie knew it well.
Although the gentry are very generous and open, a concubine cannot compromise the interests of the original wife, so she is not allowed to live in the house.
Although the state advocates monogamy, this rule has long since failed to meet the needs of the men of the gentry who want their heirs to grow, so they will either explicitly or implicitly make a home outside and start a family, and as for the social troubles these issues bring, that is nothing to them! Money is the answer to everything.
Calvin had no interest to marry a second wife. He thought that if he could marry a wife, like his father did, he would be better off than anything else. Since he loved a woman, he had to give her the best, and it would be irresponsible to hide a woman outside. He had seen many women fought over their status in the gentry. He disliked this kind of life and thought it would affect his quality of life.
It was for this reason that Calvin hated Belle at the time, hating her for depriving him of his wife's name and overshadowing his future love.
Even if the man had married only her, it would be disgraceful and an insult to the woman's family, not to mention the Harvey family. The rules for concubines in this area were so rigid that everyone knew about them, so no one with status would want to marry their daughter into a powerful family as a concubine.
"No, Grandma said you can marry me as your proper wife, Calvin, you're already divorced, we can be a proper couple, and mum has promised me that she will let me live in Harvey Mansion." Lexie's face began to turn white and her eyes were tearful.
"Lexie, as I said, I can't make decision, and please talk to your mum and dad about it." Calvin was quite helpless and shook his head.
Lexie's heart was sour. She knew that if Calvin only married her in this life, they would not be bound by those worldly things, but if Calvin once married another woman, as long as the ancestral tablets were on, then her uncertainty would be too great.
But she has Paige's support, and as long as she waits until Sophia passes away, she will have the opportunity and it is entirely possible that she will be able to live in Harvey Mansion, but of course, all this presupposes that Calvin must love her and must support her fully behind her back.
But does Calvin love her now? She doesn't have a clue, especially when Belle appears!
Belle did not find Calvin on the second day in Grand Hyatt Apartments, and he did not answer her phone. She wanted to go out, but Yanis said that Calvin did not allow her to go out for fearing that she would have another accident.
Yanis guarded her, so Belle had not chance to leave.
Even if Belle was a good person, she was filled with resentment. Was she going to be put under house arrest here?
The longer she stayed, the more annoyed she became. Could he really have something to do with her father’s death?
Since he had lived in this flat for so many years, if he had something to do with it, there must be some traces left behind. After thinking for a while, Belle decided to check it out first and walked towards Calvin’s study.
There are six rooms in this flat. She had never been his study, which was locked, but she knew where the key was.
There was a spare set of keys in one of the utility rooms, so Belle walked over, found the key and opened the door to the study.
The study shouldn't have had anyone in for a long time, and it reeked of a musty smell, with thick curtains hanging and very low light.
"Isn't it just a study? It's so dark." Belle felt more and more odd about this place, chanting, curiosity aroused.
He pulled open the thick curtains and the bright light shone in, so Belle opened the window and the fresh air flowed in.
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