Liu Zhai heard his mother's words and quickly got up to greet her.
He humbled himself, but the old lord did not let it go. Liu Zhai had to explain himself.
"Mother, you are putting me in a difficult position. When have I ever complained about you?"
Liu Heng also stood up to greet his grandmother.
With the help of the father and son, the old lady sat down in the seat of honor.
She had lived like a princess for many years. Although she was old, her skin was fair and she looked younger than her actual age.
However, her face was slightly mean and her eyes were narrow and sharp. She looked like an old lady who was not easy to get along with.
She was Liu Zhai and Liu She's mother, the ancestor of the Liu family, and the old lord of Changshou. She was furious when she heard that Jiang Pengji dared to divide the family. She hurried to discuss it with her eldest son. She did not expect to hear the conversation before she entered the door. She was even angrier.
"Hmph! I heard that the second branch has an unfilial girl. " The old lord was old, but his voice was loud. When he talked about his granddaughter, Jiang Pengji, who he had never met before, his expression became sharper. "She is over 20 years old and still hasn't gotten married. Now she wants to divide the family? As the head of the family, why didn't you write a letter to reprimand her? How can you allow a girl to make a scene in front of you? Do you have any rules in your family? "
Liu Zhai could only smile bitterly.
How would the old lord know the influence of the Liu family in the outside world?
The ancestors of the Liu family had been glorious for a while, but they had been going downhill for the past 100 years. They were able to hang on to the second-rate position in Hejian mostly because of Liu She. Compared to Liu She, Jiang Pengji was more powerful. What could the Liu family do to make her obey?
"Mother, it is not as bad as you think. Lanting separated from the family for the sake of the family. Hejian County is now in Huang Song's hands. Huang Song and Lanting are rivals. If Lanting does not separate from the family and cut ties, Huang Song will use the lives of the Liu family to threaten Lanting. If she separates from the family, Huang Song will have no reason to do anything to the Liu family. This is also the child's filial piety, "Liu Zhai said gently. She tried to persuade her mother.
Liu Zhai and Liu She's mother came from a prominent family in Langya County. She and Gu Min's mother were cousins.
Because of her noble birth, the old woman had been willful all her life. She had developed a strong and reckless personality when she was a girl.
She always liked to force others to do what she wanted. She lived a free and easy life, but the people around her were almost driven crazy by her.
A recent example was Liu She and his wife.
As soon as Liu Gui finished speaking, the old Fengjun waved his hand away.
"Stop saying nice things to that unfilial girl. It's fine to coax an idiot, but what's the use of coaxing me? Although this old woman is old, her mind is not muddled. Liu Xi is clearly unfilial to his elders and heartless to his clan! " The old woman's eyes widened, revealing the whites of her eyes. Just looking at her made one shiver in fear. "If she says that the sect will be independent, then the sect will be divided. Where will the face of the entire clan be? Gu Min really gave birth to a b * stard. First, she instigated her man to go against me, and now, she has raised an unfilial daughter that disgraces our clan! "
The old woman was raised with honor. She also heard that her granddaughter was capable, but she didn't like her. Instead, she hated her.
It wasn't that Liu Xi was bad, but it was because of some old scores.
The old woman and Gu Min's mother were cousins. They were equally important in the clan.
At that time, the atmosphere between the sexes was still very open. It was normal for unmarried girls to have a sweetheart before marriage.
When the old woman was young, she liked young and handsome scholars. Occasionally, she would have trysts with them under the moonlight.
After all, she was born in a big clan. If her reputation was too bad before marriage, it would affect her marriage, so she was very careful.
However, Gu Min's mother, her cousin, was more skillful. During the marriage discussion, she tricked her and let others see her exchanging a token with a scholar. This matter was fatal, but it also affected her status. The marriage discussion went wrong.
In the end, Gu Min's mother married into the Langya Gu Clan and became the wife of the clan.
Everyone envied her, but she married a son of the Liu Clan in Hejian County. After marriage, she was not as good as her cousin.
She never thought that the daughter of her cousin, Gu Min, would marry her second son, Liu She!
Every time she saw her daughter-in-law, she felt as if there was a fishbone stuck in her throat.
She didn't like Gu Min either. In her opinion, Gu Min was the culprit who instigated the separation between her and Liu She.
After Gu Min got married, she became restless. She started a business and showed her face in public. Her business was big, but she didn't want to give it to her elders.
She had been Gu Min's mother-in-law for many years. Every time she asked that woman to set a rule, Gu Min was unwilling.
Hmph, she had never seen such an unfilial woman!
When Gu Min passed away, she secretly clapped her hands and cheered.
With Gu Min's death, her filial and obedient son would definitely come back.
She couldn't bear to see her son dying for Gu Min. She specially found a woman who looked like Gu Min and planned to make her Liu She's concubine. Under her secretly instigation and support, the woman stole the inheritance left by Gu Min and bullied the child she left behind.
A dead person was dead, and a man was a man. Which man would push away a beautiful woman for a dead person?
However, things didn't go as he wished.
Not only did Liu She reject her, but he also changed his temperament. He whipped the woman to death in front of all the servants in the courtyard and skinned her.
The old woman heard the news and was so scared that her legs turned to jelly.
After that, Liu She moved out of the clan land and opened a residence. He didn't even take a step in the door. The old woman almost vomited to death.
Whether it was her cousin, Gu Min, or Liu Xi, all three women of the same lineage, none of them could get along with her!
The old woman became even angrier when she thought of the trauma and grievances she had suffered all these years.
Now, Liu Xi wanted to separate from the clan. He must have grown up!
Liu Zhai frowned and said unhappily.
"Mother, no matter what, Lanting is still your granddaughter."
Ever since Liu Zhai and his brothers got married, their mother became more and more domineering and willful. She wanted to control everyone and everything.
When their father was still alive, he could still restrain her. After their father was gone, she became more and more lawless.
Now, she didn't care about the old lord's identity and age. She called her granddaughter "b * tch" in front of everyone.
Liu Zhai was a gentleman and couldn't stand such filthy words.
The old lord said stubbornly, "I don't have such an unfilial granddaughter!"
Liu Zhai was a grandfather and almost five years old, but he still couldn't do anything to his mother.
The old lord scolded Liu Zhai.
Liu Zhai was already in a bad mood. Faced with his unreasonable mother, he simply retorted, "Mother, the situation is better than the person! Lanting is a duke with millions of strong soldiers, not a granddaughter who listens to your scolding. To put it bluntly, she controls the life and death of our clan! We are meat on the chopping block. We can only accept her independence without any complaints. "
When the Old Lord heard this, he suppressed his anger in his heart.
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