Nowadays, the word "dividing the family" is the biggest taboo for wealthy families. Even Lu Sanlang, who has a bad relationship with his father and two brothers, is separated from his family but not from his family. Even though Mrs. Lu secretly subsidizes him countless times and blatantly favors the youngest son, she can't divide the entire family property cleanly after all.
Most families take it as a golden rule that as long as the parents are alive, the family should not be divided. So when Mrs. Li received the message from her nephew, she was shocked and incredulous. She immediately drove over that day. When she was politely led to Qing'an Hall, she found that it was packed with people.
However, the most eye-catching thing was the pair of beautiful girls with matching looks. Mrs. Li had just met Zhu Ying before, and had always wondered what kind of man could be worthy of such a dazzling girl. Now that she saw Zhang Shou, she couldn't help but feel that this was how it should be.
When Zhu Ying came forward and introduced the people who came today, she realized that in addition to the sons, daughters, daughters-in-law and sons-in-law of Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing, all the relatives of Zhao Guogong's mansion had arrived. Weinan Bo Zhang Kang had arrived, and Zhang Shou's adoptive mother Wu had also arrived. When they saw her, they both greeted her very politely, and she naturally returned the greeting.
Seeing that both of them looked normal, Madam Li felt that the so-called division of the Zhao family was probably not a big deal. It was not like she thought, that the brothers and sisters would each take care of their own business and ignore others in the future.
Soon, a mother came out from the east side room and said that the madam invited them in. Madam Li wanted to lag behind, but she saw that the Duke of Zhao and his wife gave way to the Earl of Weinan first, and then asked her to go in first. Realizing that this was in accordance with the seniority of the third generation of the Zhu family, she said a few humble words and agreed. When she entered the slightly dim room, she saw the madam leaning on a large pillow.
Although he was quite thin, he was in good spirits at this time. When he saw her, he smiled kindly and said in a gentle voice: "Mother-in-law, the children are about to get married, but it is really abrupt to suddenly invite you here. However, some things should be postponed until later. I am afraid that we will have grudges against each other."
This was the first time that Madam Li had seen such a straightforward and unreserved way of speaking from a relatively unfamiliar person. Therefore, she was slightly startled, and quickly said with a smile: "Even if the Second Young Master marries my Qing Niang, they are still the younger generation, and they should naturally listen to the elders in everything. How can they hold a grudge over such a small matter?"
"That's what I said, but I can't treat them unfairly."
The lady raised her head and glanced at Zhu Er with a smile, then told everyone to sit down. She drank two sips of ginseng soup served by Mother Jiang, then straightened up and raised her head again.
"Jing'er fought hard to get the title of Duke of Zhao, so even though he has other useless brothers, they are not here now."
"Although I am still alive as their mother, I let them split up the family property a long time ago. Others say I am cruel, but I know that if I don't let them go, they will be even more hopeless and will have to live their whole lives under the protection of the Duke of Zhao's mansion. I once thought that Erlang would also end up like this, but I didn't expect that I would witness a miracle when I am old."