In the previous chapter, it mentioned the return to the Capital of the Second Master; the Second Master still needed to handle the handover with the incoming official at his post. The first to return were several boatloads of luggage and belongings, followed by Aunt Li and her daughter, the Eighth Miss, who accompanied the Second Master.
This Aunt was previously mentioned.
The Second Master needs to embark on his official duties, and by necessity, must bring a female companion to manage the household. The Second Madam was unwilling to leave the bustling city of the Capital herself, and yet, she was also unwilling to favor any of the two concubine mothers who had sons.
So, at the cost of harming others without benefiting herself, she sought to vex Aunt Bai (the biological mother of the Second Young Master and the Third Miss), and arranged for the Second Master to take in a proper concubine, who was Aunt Li.
