Generally speaking, unless Mr. Xie is crazy, he would never do such a cruel thing unless there is some really extraordinary reason.
A family with many brothers does not necessarily mean that the brothers are not harmonious.
On the contrary, the children of the aristocratic families of the big families have received strict education from the beginning, and they are very clear that survival in a group is much more advantageous than fighting alone.
They also understand that no network of relationships will be as strong as the one brought about by blood ties.
The descendants of the Xie family used to do the same thing.
The previous old men of the Xie family had a total of 16 households, including both legitimate and illegitimate children, but they did not fight against each other. On the contrary, they worked together through thick and thin and survived the chaotic days after the death of the late emperor. Step by step, they have come to the present day and made the Xie family even more prosperous.
The patriarch of the Xie family is now the old man of the second branch. The eldest master and his kin are all from the first branch, and they all call the old man of the second branch uncle.
But the second old master was old after all, and although he was still the clan leader in name, he could not take care of many things. The clan members had to manage the public school and the heavenly sacrifices, etc. He could no longer handle it, so he handed it over to the eldest master of the first house, the elder brother of the third and second masters Xie.
Because of this, the eldest branch of the Xie family should be more united - you know, they are not the only ones who are the direct branch of the Xie family. The second branch of the Xie family is also the direct branch and their elders are still alive, with extremely high prestige.
If anything bad happens to them, the second branch will most likely take their place in the clan.
Mr. Xie is so abnormal...
Wei An frowned and didn't want to wait any longer, so he simply asked Lin Sanshao directly: "Is there any other hidden story behind this?"
If there is no other serious grudge, why would brothers be so calculating towards each other
Third Master Lin hummed, and seeing that the foreshadowing was almost complete, he directly told Wei An: "It's nothing, it's just... the first master and the second master are indeed brothers from the same mother, but the third master is not."
Wei An raised his eyebrows and suddenly realized something.
"The Xie family is famous and is also a noble family in Jingxi. The connections and reputation accumulated over more than a hundred years are unmatched by any other family. Even the local governor who comes to Jingxi usually has to pay his respects to the Xie family first, let alone others. But it is precisely because of the great reputation that it is easy to be constrained by it."
"You seem to know something about the Xie family." Third Young Master Lin pointed this out bluntly. Seeing that Wei An did not deny it, he said softly, "Then you must know that the late Mrs. Xie of the Xie family died after the third master Xie's baptism ceremony."
Yes, because of this, the Xie family had quite a disturbance.
I heard that some members of the Xie family said that the third master Xie was unlucky and that he brought misfortune to his mother, and they requested that such an outlier should not be included in the family tree.
But Old Master Xie refused to compromise. In the end, he overcame all objections and finally got what he wanted.
Many people said that Old Master Xie really loved Madam Xie deeply. He knew that what Madam Xie cared about most was her youngest son, so he protected her at all costs so that his wife could rest in peace in the grave.
But the truth is often not what we see.
Young Master Lin took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and waited for Wei An to look over before saying, "Old Master Xie had a childhood sweetheart who was betrothed to him. When she was young, she followed her family into exile and disappeared. The Xie family thought she was dead, so they chose another lady from a famous family as a wife for Old Master Xie."
"Because the person is already dead, there is nothing to resist. Old Master Xie and his wife are also very respectful to each other." Lin Sanshao's voice is flat, and his tone is still calm and flat when he tells about the ups and downs of others' lives: "But things are unpredictable. Nine years later, that childhood sweetheart came back..."
Wei An could guess the next story without him having to tell it.
Since they were childhood sweethearts, after the little girl came back from suffering, the old man might have been moved and rekindled their old love.
"But at that time, he already had a wife, and his sons were already nine and seven years old." Lin Sanshao's tone was still calm, but with a hint of melancholy: "He wanted to divorce, but the clan wouldn't allow it. How would his wife's family agree? How would his wife and son agree? Everything came to a deadlock, but the woman said she didn't ask for anything, saying that she only wanted to have the old man's flesh and blood. The old man was even less likely to let her go, so he bought a house and let her live in it. Then, the little childhood sweetheart finally got pregnant."
Wei An remained silent.
She had already guessed that this childhood sweetheart must be the mother of Master Xie San.
No matter what, no matter how much she couldn't help herself, she intervened in Old Master Xie's marriage and caused the innocent Madam Xie and her children to suffer.
"As for what that little childhood sweetheart did, she didn't do anything too extreme." Third Young Master Lin laughed, "She just asked Old Master Xie to give the child to Madam Xie to raise right after she gave birth to her son. She didn't want her son to be called a concubine's son in the future, and she didn't want her son to always bear the identity and shame of being born out of wedlock and having a sinner mother. So she decided to die that night."
This woman is so cruel.
For the sake of her own child's future, Mrs. Xie had to raise the son of her love rival whom she hated so much for the rest of her life. How difficult was Mrs. Xie's situation
She agreed, but couldn't get over it.
If she disagreed, the pressure from the Xie family, the pressure from her natal family, and the eager eyes of her two children would probably be enough to torture her to death and cut her heart with every stroke.
Wei An understood a little.
Why does Second Master Xie have such a bone-chilling hatred towards Third Master Xie
"Not only the Xie family, but even Madam Xie's family members persuaded her to agree to this request. Anyway, the woman was already dead, so what was there to argue about? What was there to be afraid of?" Lin Sanshao looked up at the sky, then looked away expressionlessly after a moment: "Madam Xie did agree, but three days later, on the third day after she had the child, she resolutely committed suicide."
Wei An didn't know how to react.
If we have to say who was wrong, it was certainly Mr. Xie's mother who was wrong, and it was a big mistake.
But isn’t it Old Master Xie who is more wrong
He is the one who caused all this.
If he could have contained his overflowing sympathy, if he could have properly settled the situation of Third Master Xie's mother, even if he really felt guilty, he could have given her the status of a sister and married her off to someone suitable as someone else's legal wife... ...
Things wouldn't have come to this point today.
He drew an unbridgeable gap between his sons at the cost of the lives of two women.
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