can’t give him is children, but Second Wife craftily arranges young wives for Wu Tsing. In the case of An-mei’s mother, Second Wife maliciously tricked her. An-mei’s mother fell asleep at Second Wife’s summer house on the way to a monastery, still loyal to her deceased husband. Second Wife then let Wu Tsing into the bedroom to rape An-mei’s mother. As a widow, An-mei’s mother was not allowed to remarry, yet Second Wife announced to the community that An-mei’s mother had seduced Wu Tsing, and An-mei’s mother was cast off in disgrace. Soon after, she gave birth to a son, whom Second Wife immediately adopted as her own, ensuring her role as mother to Wu Tsing’s heir