After the imperial edict was announced, everyone had different expressions.
Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Wu were stunned in place, forgetting to get up.
Zhang Fu kowtowed to thank the Emperor for his kindness, raising his hands above his eyebrows: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, and long live, long live, long live."
After receiving the imperial edict, he stood up, thanked the eunuch, and looked at Zhang Jin. Zhang Jin understood, stuffed a thick purse into the eunuch who issued the edict, exchanged a few words with him, and sent him out of the house.
The master and his servants have all stood up. The juniors have not felt much about Li's memorial tablet in the ancestral hall every year, and they are not as impressed by her as they were now.
My father and uncle turned out to have a first wife.
I have never seen the servants of the Li family. I have only known the Wu family for these years. How can I know about the Li family? Now everyone is secretly looking at the Wu family.
Wu's face was ashen and she forced herself to endure it.
She is a concubine, Fu Zheng, and she will not get a title in Zhang Fu's place. According to the law, when officials apply for a title, they only ask the mother and his wife. This mother can only be the legitimate mother, and the biological mother must have made special contributions.
And this wife can only be the first wife.
Stepwives are not allowed unless they are a special exception. Otherwise, if there are also first wives and several stepwives, do you have to ask for a seal for each one? Mrs. Gaoming is a big cabbage?
Mrs. Gaoming is entitled to the imperial salary. She is strict.
If Mrs. Wu wanted to be granted a royal title, she had to rely on her son to grant her a title.
Early in the morning, Mrs. Tai led everyone to wash their bodies and place incense tables. Mrs. Wu thought there was something good going on in the mansion, but she didn't expect that she was giving Li a posthumous title.
Mrs. Wu hates this in her heart. She is not even the royal wife, but Mrs. Li, who is so dead, has been named the "Mrs. of the State".
Zhang Biyao was also full of dissatisfaction, glanced at her mother, came to her side, and silently held her hand.
Mrs. Wu almost turned her hands blue.
Mrs. Tai glanced at Zhang Fu, feeling dissatisfied, but she didn't show it on her face. She called everyone to go to the ancestral hall and offer the imperial edict.
After a series of things were completed, Wu took her two children and left the ancestral hall without looking back.
Brothers Zhang Xian and Zhang Fu glanced at the Wu family, then at their eldest brother, and then walked into their own courtyard with a room full of people.
Zhang Fu came to the second brother's side and said, "Second brother, why do you think the eldest brother suddenly requested a title from the Li family?"
Zhang Min glanced at him and said, "That's my deceased eldest sister-in-law." What's the Li family? "My eldest brother has to be granted the title of duke, what's wrong with granting her the title?"
There's nothing wrong with that either.
However, no one in the Li family is gone, and the sister-in-law’s sister Ning is gone too. What’s the point of asking for a title? It doesn’t seem to be of any benefit to the family.
Zhang Xi's eyes flashed, "Have you not heard about the rumors in the mansion?"
Zhang Fu realized later: "What rumors?"
"I heard that Sister Ning, who was born before my sister-in-law, is still alive. The fetus in her belly was also born that year, and it was a boy."
Zhang Fu opened his mouth in a circle, his face full of disbelief. "Second brother, this is not a joke!"
Zhang Xi glanced at him, could he joke about this? He strode ahead of him.
Zhang Fu was stunned and hurriedly followed. "Second brother, is this true?"
"Didn't you see that Grandma Sun and her family beside your mother are missing?"
Ah? Zhang Fu tilted his head and thought for a moment. He hadn't seen Grandma Sun for a while. Even Miao Renqi, the steward of the outer courtyard, was missing. But what does Grandma Sun's family have to do with this matter?
But his second brother looked like he was swearing, "This..." If this is true, the house will probably be in chaos.
First, the eldest sister-in-law must be granted the title of Lady of England, so her child's status will naturally be higher than that of Zhang Jie, the son of Wu. Can Wu and Zhang Jie be willing?
"I'll ask big brother!"
"Don't go!" Zhang Mi hurriedly stopped him.
"Then I'll ask my mother." How can such a big thing be confused?
Zhang Min also wanted to confirm the authenticity of this matter. After thinking about it, he followed his third brother and the two brothers went to the Taifu's courtyard together.
Mrs. Tai just came back from the ancestral hall, and before she could sit down, her two sons came looking for her.
She had no idea in mind and had no intention of hiding it from her two sons. She also wanted them to give her some advice.
"I didn't expect that your eldest brother would ask for Li's seal without telling me." Wang felt a headache and pressed her forehead. Her eldest son caught her off guard.
The two brothers were stunned. Is this actually true?
"Does the eldest brother want to recognize them?" Oh my god, Sister Ning, who was born before the eldest sister-in-law, is still alive?
When he was a child, he also carried Sister Ning on his back, putting her on his shoulders and running with her on his back. Sister Ning even peed in his arms several times.
Zhang Fu recalled Sister Ning when she was young. Ten years later, he could hardly remember what Sister Ning looked like.
Zhang Xi glanced at his third brother, what stupid question was he asking? Those are the eldest brother's own flesh and blood. With his personality, how could he let them continue to live outside.
It's not like their family can't afford to raise children.
However, I didn't expect that in addition to Sister Ning, the fetus in the first sister-in-law's belly would also be born. So why did the family say that he was stillborn?
Did the servant conceal the report? Or is there something hidden? Zhang Mian looked at his mother, waiting for her to clarify his doubts.
Wang, however, spoke calmly: "Your eldest brother did not listen to my advice and insisted on taking them back. I have told him that if he wants to take them back, he will take them back as a concubine, and they will be recorded in Li's name."
, it’s the same. It won’t damage the foundation of the mansion, and everyone in the mansion will return to their respective places, but they will still remain the same.”
"Then they don't agree?" Zhang Fu asked.
"It's you, do you agree?" Zhang Min scolded him.
Sister Ning is the eldest daughter of the eldest family member, and her younger brother is the legitimate son of the Yuan wife. To have him take her back as a concubine, the two children must feel aggrieved.
I can't even imagine how these two children have survived over the years.
"Why haven't the two children come to us or to their eldest brother all these years?" Zhang Min asked.
Zhang Fu was rarely smart for once, and he quickly figured out the key.
"Are you worried that the Wu family will be detrimental to them?"
Looking at the Madam, she said, "Mother, why were the two children living outside? And the people in the house unanimously said that they were dead?"
The lady did not answer.
He scolded with a straight face: "Are you here to cause trouble for me? You have no idea at all, and the noise is giving me a headache. Let's go!" He waved his hand and drove them out.
The two brothers looked at each other.
"Why did mother kick us out?" Zhang Fu was puzzled and wanted to go in and ask for more information.
Zhang Min hurriedly grabbed him and shook his head at him.
"Second brother, why do you think this is happening?"
Zhang Xi sighed, no one in the house could do it except their mother.
Zhang Fu probably also thought of this and sighed.
"Second brother, I want to go see them. I don't know how they have lived these years. I don't know what Sister Ning looks like anymore."
Zhang Min was also curious about the two children, but still said: "Let's wait. There is no regulations in the government yet, so don't disturb them yet."
When the two brothers heard the news, they couldn't digest it for a while. Then they went to the Yamen for business and were still in a trance.