"My niece has met two uncles!"
Zhao Meiniang returned to Zhao Mansion and bowed to the two middle-aged men sitting in the hall.
"Meiniang is back. I've worked hard on you during this period. Please sit down quickly."
The person who spoke was a little older, Zhao Pu, Zhao Meiniang's second uncle.
After sitting down, Zhao Meiniang took the initiative and said,
"I haven't seen you for a few days. I wonder why these two uncles are so free today and come to visit my niece?"
Second uncle Zhao Pu and third uncle Zhao Zong looked at each other. Zhao Pu coughed lightly and said,
"Coming here today is not just to visit Mei Niang, we have other important things."
Zhao Meiniang's heart tightened and she pretended to smile as if nothing had happened.
"I wonder what the two uncles have to do?"
"If one family doesn't speak the same language as the other, then uncle will just speak out!"
The rugged-looking Zhao Zong said in a rough voice,
"Meiniang, you and Youxin have been married for several years, but until now, you still have no children."
"For the sake of passing on the incense of our Zhao family, shouldn't we make early plans?"
Zhao Meiniang's heart skipped a beat!
Sure enough, those who come are not good, and those who are good will not come!
When Zhao Meiniang's father was in power, Zhao Pu and Zhao Zong were eyeing the position of the head of the family.
It was not until later that Zhao Meiniang showed amazing business talent and made Zhao's business prosperous.
Then Liu Youxin was chosen as the son-in-law who stepped in.
As a result, the other two meridians are helpless.
Zhao Meiniang originally thought that Zhao Pu and Zhao Zong would accept their fate.
But I didn't expect that they would suddenly get into trouble today, using the excuse that she had no children!
This is extremely troublesome!
As the saying goes, there are three types of unfilial piety, the worst is not having an heir!
For a big family, nothing is more important than the inheritance of incense.
It was because Zhao Meiniang's father had no heirs that Zhao Pu and Zhao Zong almost took away the title of head of the family.
Now Zhao Meiniang doesn't even have a daughter, let alone any heirs.
Even if you want to recruit a son-in-law, I'm afraid it won't work!
Zhao Meiniang frowned slightly and was thinking deeply about how to respond to the two uncles. Liu Youxin stood up on the side again.
"My son-in-law and Mei Niang are still young. Although they don't have any heirs at the moment, it doesn't mean that they won't have any heirs in the future."
"The two uncles are really impatient!"
"Bastard, are you allowed to interrupt when we are talking to Mei Niang?"
Zhao Pu's face darkened and he scolded sternly.
The status of a son-in-law is so low that he is not even as good as a concubine.
Being scolded by Zhao Pu, Liu Youxin's face froze and he stood there, not knowing what to do.
Zhao Meiniang didn't expect that Liu Youxin, who used to be a lowly man, would become so active today.
Not only did he make suggestions for himself, he even took the initiative to respond to his two uncles.
Zhao Meiniang's heart warmed up, and she felt somewhat fond of Liu Youxin.
Have you been too harsh on him in the past?
After all, he is also her husband in name only.
Maybe after this incident, I should sleep with him and give birth to an heir as soon as possible.
"Uncle, calm down, what you Xin said is not unreasonable."
After all, Liu Youxin was standing up for himself. Zhao Meiniang naturally could not sit back and watch him being bullied by Zhao Pu and Zhao Zong, so she took the initiative and said,
"It's still early now. If Mei Niang and Youxin have no heirs, it won't be too late to discuss it."
"By then, I'm afraid it will be too late!"
Zhao Pu snorted coldly and said bluntly,
"How about this? From now on, Mei Niang, you and Youxin can take care of each other with peace of mind."
"Leave all matters of the clan and the business to your uncle!"
Zhao Meiniang narrowed her eyes and said calmly,
"What if Mei Niang doesn't agree?"
"If you don't agree, the two uncles will have no choice but to invite the elders of the family to discuss the matter of establishing another head of the family!"
Zhao Pu said calmly.
The Zhao family is a big family. In addition to the head of the family, there is also an elder position.
Those who serve as elders are all prestigious old people in the clan.
The elders usually do not show up in public. Once the head of the family is incompetent and does something detrimental to the development of the family, they can come forward and depose the head of the family in accordance with family motto.
After hearing what Zhao Pu said, Zhao Meiniang just smiled lightly and didn't take it to heart.
In her opinion, even if Zhao Pu and Zhao Zong went to ask a few elders to come forward, they would not be able to dethrone themselves as the head of the family.
As if he saw Zhao Meiniang's thoughts, Zhao Pupi said with a smile,
"Meiniang, you have been running Zhao's Trading Company for so many years, and you have indeed achieved great results through your hard work."
"The Zuixian Brewing I recently collaborated with has become popular throughout Youzhou."
"We all see your contribution, but..."
Zhao Pu changed the topic and said coldly,
"Recently, nearly one hundred thousand taels of silver were missing from the bank's books out of thin air."
"It even took Gaolaozhuang outside the city and nearly a thousand acres of land."
"Why?"
"That's right!"
Zhao Zong also looked gloomy,
"I also heard that because of you, those landowners no longer sell food to us!"
"Several other shops in the city are also offering high prices to compete with us for food!"
After hearing this, Zhao Meiniang, who had always been calm, changed her expression slightly!
She gave Ji Lie the 100,000 taels of silver that were missing from the books, as well as the Gaolaozhuang outside the city and the Zhao family's land.
She handled these things very carefully, and almost no one knew about it except her confidant Mr. Accountant!
And the fact that Zhao's Trading Company was targeted by those noble families and merchants had just happened.
Zhao Pu and Zhao Zong got the news!
All kinds of things indicate that there is a spy around him.
Before Zhao Meiniang could think of a response, Zhao Pu said aggressively,
"You must give us and the entire Zhao family an explanation for these things!"
Although Zhao Meiniang is the head of the Zhao family, it does not mean that the entire Zhao family business belongs to her.
In addition to her family, Zhao Pu from the second family, Zhao Zong from the third family, and other members of the Zhao family all had shares in the company.
If there is a deficit in the trading bank, these people are qualified to attack Zhao Meiniang!
"Two uncles, those noble families and merchant houses are just normal business competition."
"As long as you give your niece some time, she will definitely be able to sort it out."
Zhao Meiniang said calmly.
"Meiniang, we naturally believe in your business talents."
Zhao Pu said calmly,
"But you have to give us an explanation for the one hundred thousand taels of silver in the account, the manor house outside the city, and the thousand acres of farmland!"
When the two parties first cooperated, Ji Lie told Zhao Meiniang that he wanted to cooperate with Zhao Meiniang because he didn't like to appear in public.
If you poke him out yourself and let him know, I'm afraid he will be unhappy.
But if we don't tell the truth, how can the two uncles agree to it?
Zhao Meiniang was speechless and felt helpless for a moment.
Seeing this, Liu Youxin on the side showed a proud smile and secretly nodded to Zhao Pu and Zhao Zong.
The two nodded knowingly.
Zhao Zong patted the table and said impatiently,
"Either you give us an explanation today, or you resign as the head of the family!"
