A Timely Wife

After dinner, Li Bairen said to Li Ruosong: "Tomorrow is the day when Dong'er returns home. Are you ready for the return ceremony?"

Li Ruosong replied: "Don't worry, grandfather, it's ready."

Li Bairen nodded and said, "No matter what you did before becoming a mansion, etiquette is indispensable."

Li Ruosong immediately replied after hearing the words: "Grandson will save it."

"Go early and come back early, don't bother me for too long." Li Bairen ordered lightly.

"Yes, grandson understands." Li Ruosong replied respectfully.

Cheng Dong listened to the conversation between the two in a daze. It sounded quite ordinary, but he couldn't understand why they were connected together. He always felt that there was some deep meaning in it.

Back in the room, Chengdong immediately asked, "What did you mean by what you told your grandfather just now?"

Li Ruosong raised his eyebrows, a little surprised, "You still have the heart to care about what I told my grandfather? Shouldn't you be worried about who are the people you will meet tomorrow?"

"That's right, I've already forgotten about it. Come on, tell me about that Cheng Dong's family." Cheng Dong said excitedly.

Li Ruosong shook his head. This person doesn't know what he is happy about. Cheng's Mansion is not a good place. "Cheng's Mansion is a well-known merchant in Songjiang Mansion. Their ancestors are all businessmen. Cheng Dong's father, Cheng Zecai, repeatedly If he failed in the imperial examination, he donated a Yuanwailang, who can be regarded as an official.

Chengdong's mother has passed away for many years, and she is also from Songjiang Prefecture. Chengdong's maternal ancestral family name is He. This was revealed by accident when he was in school. At that time, Chengdong's tone was extremely impatient. It's not good.

As far as I know, Chengdong's father had a concubine before his mother passed away. He had a son named Chengjie, who was the same age as Chengdong, only a few days younger than Chengdong, but married three years earlier than Chengdong. Now There is already a daughter under the knee.Cheng Jie is also a student of our Songjiang College, but we are in Class B, and he is in Class A. He has a good relationship with my second brother.

Cheng Dong lost his mother when he was young, and this aunt has always been in charge of the housework. Cheng Dong has a very good relationship with this aunt. , This is also one of the reasons why Chengdong became domineering later on.

Member Wai married this stepwife three years ago, and he treated Chengdong pretty well at the beginning. In my opinion, I am afraid that he also had the intention of recruiting his son-in-law to fight against that aunt, but Chengdong has always looked down on this stepmother. , At the beginning of this year, Chengdong's stepmother was pregnant, and she immediately told Chengdong about the marriage. Chengdong was originally a twin, and he could be married. I am afraid that most of his son's property will be divided. "

Chengdong nodded thoughtfully, and asked, "Chengdong's father doesn't care about these things? After all, it's his first child. Shouldn't a man have a special affection for his eldest son?"

Li Ruosong said with a smile: "It also depends on who gave birth. Chengdong's mother was not a beloved person outside the members, but she had to marry because of her parents' orders. That concubine was his childhood sweetheart. Cousin and cousin have been together for so many years, how can it be so easy to lose their love, not to mention, after you were born, you were a twin, not a man."

"Tsk, in our place, this kind of man deserves to be beaten to death. He is a complete scumbag. Then why didn't he help that cousin after his wife died?" Cheng Dong asked with some doubts.

"Fuzheng? I haven't said this since the founding of the country. I was a concubine for a day and I was a concubine for life. In the early years, after a fourth-rank official lost his wife, he wrote a concubine release document to his beloved concubine, and in the name of his successor. Marrying someone into the door, this matter was reported to the imperial court by the imperial censor. At that time, the emperor was extremely annoyed. In front of all the ministers, he angrily reprimanded this fourth-rank official for messing with his wife and concubine, so that there was no distinction between his wife and concubine. How can such a confused person able to be an official.

Needless to say what happened after that, not to mention that this person lost his official position, and three generations of descendants were not allowed to take part in the scientific examination. "

Cheng Dong rolled his eyes and said, "This emperor has either suffered the loss of his own family, or he is facing this kind of problem, otherwise he would not be so angry. His behavior is clearly to scare the chickens to scare the monkeys."

Li Ruosong was very surprised, he didn't expect Cheng Dong to point out the key point, "How do you know?"

"That's how it's played on TV. Didn't I tell you that the TV in our place is to find a bunch of people to act out a story. I've watched a few of them anyway."

"So that's true. Indeed, the sage at that time was the eldest son who was born successively, but he almost failed to keep the crown prince. Later, a noble concubine mentioned it. The battle for the throne was extremely fierce, and after the Holy Majesty succeeded to the throne, he was worried that this kind of thing would happen again in the future, so he issued an imperial decree that the Great Chu Dynasty must appoint the eldest son as the crown prince."

"Then what if there is no eldest son? For example, the concubine gave birth to several sons without a son."

"No matter how many concubines there are, there is still only one eldest son. Only the first child in the direct line can be called the eldest son."

"It's easy to distinguish. So for so many years, the eldest son has been the heir to the throne? What if some eldest son is not successful? Bite the bullet?"

"How could it be? Because of such an imperial decree, Da Chu attaches great importance to the education of the eldest son. He is not with his mother at birth, but is raised alone. After enlightenment at the age of three, he has his own set of officials and assistants. It is necessary to enter the imperial court to listen to the government, and after reaching the crown, it is necessary to assist in handling government affairs, under such circumstances, even if it is not good enough, you can still keep the ancestral property."

"That emperor of yours is pretty smart. This way, you can completely avoid future battles for the throne. Has your Great Chu never had a battle for the throne for so many years?"

"Of course it happened, but it was extinguished at the first sign, and the royal family of Great Chu has always been thin. It is a miracle that there are more than three princes in each generation. Now the Holy Majesty is over forty years old. , but there are only two princesses under his knees, according to this trend, I am afraid that he will have to pass on his stepchildren from the side."

"Oh, that's it. Anyway, it has nothing to do with me. I'm just a commoner. I know what so many royal family secrets are doing. However, if the royal family of Great Chu attaches great importance to the concubine, the people will definitely pay more attention to the son."

"Indeed, such as family property, if we are still in the west courtyard and divide the family property, the three sons of the direct line can share [-]% of the family property, and of the [-]%, the eldest son can account for [-]% or more, and the eldest son of the eldest family can share [-]% of the property. Take [-]% of the family property, and the remaining [-]% ​​of the family property will be shared equally by other bastards, and other grandchildren will not be able to share the family property."

"No wonder your second and third uncles dislike you all the time. I've always wondered, was your father born to that grandmother of yours? How could you dislike your father so much?"

This question has been held in Chengdong's mind for too long, and finally he couldn't help asking it.