Sun was the second wife of the Marquis Xingyong. Her natal family was a small businessman in Kyoto. At that time, the Marquis took a fancy to Sun's beauty and took her as his concubine.
Back then, with the power of the Xingyong Hou Mansion, it was natural not to pay attention to such a young lady from a small businessman's family who was always following the influence of others. But now the Hou Mansion is in decline, and even the heir to the Hou Mansion is vacant.
Zhang Yuhang was a surrogate son-in-law and could not inherit the title of Marquis Xingyong. However, other than that, the Nuo Da Marquis Mansion could not find a suitable successor.
Moreover, the title of Marquis of Xingyong was earned by Mr. Liu Mingzhou based on his own military exploits. Before, he was just a big-headed soldier and had no branches. So now the entire Marquis Mansion is waiting for Liu Shirui to give birth to a boy.
That is the most suitable successor.
It's a pity that since Liu Shirui woke up, she not only married Zhang Yuhang, but also secretly stayed with that sour scholar. Within a year, she gave birth to a daughter again. Because of this, her body was completely damaged and she could not regenerate.
Although she had a child before, that is, Liu Ziheng, it was shameful from any point of view. Once it was discovered that it was the child of Liu Shirui's unmarried husband.
Not to mention inheriting the Marquis, I am afraid that the entire Marquis Mansion will suffer setbacks, and the consequences are not a price they can bear.
The old lady became furious when she heard this: "What nonsense are you talking about? Listen to what you said. Can an aunt say this?"
"Don't think that I don't know what you're thinking. I'm not dead yet, so it's not your turn to dictate what's going on in this family."
Sun knew that she had said the wrong thing, and she did not dare to say anything more after hearing this.
However, after Sun's actions, the old lady and others did not dare to talk about joining the clan, so they had to temporarily ignore this link and simply call them foster father and foster mother.
"This matter is settled for the time being. I also like this child. I hope you, Yuhang, will teach him well. We will discuss the rest later. Aunt Zhou, please take the child down and settle him down first."
After hearing this, Grandma Zhou silently took the child and left the hall.
Upon seeing this, the old lady changed the subject and ignored Zhang Yuhang's reaction: "Yuhang, I heard that you just asked someone to take the account books to your study?"
"That's right, I just want to discuss this matter with the old lady." Zhang Yuhang said: "After I have been in charge of the Hou Mansion in the past few months, in order to take care of the expenses of the entire Hou Mansion, I have also used my private money to invest in it. After a lot of rides, Yuhang felt that it was not a problem for my son-in-law to lend money to people like this. If outsiders found out in the future, it would be detrimental to the reputation of the Hou Mansion, so he wanted to see what the current industry of the Hou Mansion was. situation, so I brought the account book over and wanted to consider it carefully."
When the old lady, Mrs. Liu and Liu Shirui heard this, their eyelids twitched involuntarily.
How could they not know the current situation of Liu's industry? It could no longer be maintained as early as half a year ago. Not only did they not understand the accounts, but they also enriched their own pockets wantonly, and the money they earned was either in their own pockets. , or take it back to subsidize their natal family.
There was really no other way, and I found out that this son-in-law actually had a lot of money, so I handed over the entire family property to Zhang Yuhang without hesitation.
And this Zhang Yuhang is not only rich, but also extremely easy to handle. He actually poured tens of thousands of taels of silver into it, which ensured that their lives have been as normal as usual in the past few months, and they are even a little more luxurious than before.
"Our Xingyong Marquis Mansion was also a new rich man in Kyoto before. We can't rely on my son-in-law to support us like this, and our Marquis Mansion's prestige has been ruined for nothing.
Next, I will clean up the Hou Mansion's account books and properties, sell what needs to be sold, and rectify what needs to be rectified. When the time comes, I will first pay back the money I borrowed from the third brother, and then use the remaining money to Re-planning the industry, using the industry to make profits, and supporting the prince's mansion is the right way. "
Zhang Yuhang said simply and straightforwardly.
The old lady's hand held the cane harder and harder.
Mrs. Liu opened her eyes wide and didn't know what to say.
Liu Shirui looked at Zhang Yuhang in surprise. This was simply not the person he knew.
Everything Zhang Yuhang said was reasonable, and the old lady didn't know how to reply.
"Besides, to put it bluntly, after all, I was married into the Marquis Mansion at the beginning, and Yongchang Marquis Mansion gave me a large dowry because of this. I am not saying whether I have used this money, but now the third brother I have already married, and I still have a wife and children at home who need to be taken care of. Last time I went to my third brother’s place, he had already mentioned this matter openly and secretly. I couldn’t shirk it, otherwise I would have thought that our Xingyong Marquis Mansion would care about this. Just a little money.”
The old lady really wanted to say: "We care, we care. If nothing else, the dowry together will cost more than 20,000 taels of silver."
But when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them, so he had to keep silent.
"Old lady, Yuhang will go back and continue to handle the accounts. I will report to you after I have completely figured it out."
After speaking, Zhang Yuhang bowed and retreated.
The old lady had a sullen face and stomped the ground vigorously with her cane, "Shirui, did you find trouble with Yuhang again because of his adopted son-in-law, or did he find out about your private affair with that sour scholar? What happened?"
Liu Shirui looked innocent: "Old lady, how could I do this? You have already said that our Hou Mansion now needs Zhang Yuhang's funds to live a good life. How could I be so stupid? As for that matter, I did a good job of keeping it secret. It has been two years and there has been no problem at all.”
The confidentiality is very good. You stay outside for more than twenty days a month, so only this fool will believe you, and the rest of the ghosts will not believe you.
Liu Shirui's face turned red as if she had thought of something again. Was it because she had spent too little time with him? She remembered the scene in the study just now.
They are both young men. Zhang Yuhang is now eighteen years old, and Zhou Lang is now twenty-one years old. Normally, he is too busy to fend off even one of them, but now there are two of them?
Hearing Liu Shirui's words, the old lady waved her hands impatiently: "I don't care, you find a way to appease him yourself, otherwise our treatment will definitely drop again and again, and then you won't be able to even think about taking out a single thing from the house. Share your money to help that sour scholar."
After the old lady finished speaking, she stopped paying attention to these people, turned around and walked to the bedroom.
Zhang Yuhang is a very good partner in the eyes of the old lady. Although he is a concubine, he is honest and reliable. He is no better than that sour scholar. However, if his granddaughter is not in a coma, they would not be able to be together.
"Hey, this is all injustice."
I can't think about it, the more I think about it, the angrier I get.
"Old lady, you must not let my uncle and the people in the Yongchang Hou Mansion know about this matter. Although my uncle is a wife, no man in this world can accept such a shame and humiliation, not to mention that his third brother is now working in the Ministry of Household Affairs. If you are favored by the Minister of Household Affairs, your future will be unlimited. Once they find out about it, our already weak position will be even worse."
Aunt Zhou also followed the old lady all the way to where she is today, so she naturally knows the consequences of this incident being revealed.
