Son of Heaven Assistance System

Chapter 151
The Mao family in Liangzhou can only be regarded as middle class among many aristocratic families. It should have a mediocre reputation, but ten years ago because of the resignation of the eldest wife of the Mao family, the Mao family was suddenly pushed to the forefront.

The fourth madam looked puzzled, she didn't quite understand what father-in-law meant, if she made trouble again, Mrs. Mao's yesterday would be her tomorrow?
Thinking of this, the fourth lady looked at the backs of the old man and the old lady, and the depression in her heart turned into fear. She began to reflect on why she was so impulsive!Even if she can ignore everything, she still has a son, and her son can't have a mother who is out of court!
"Fourth Master, shall we go back to the courtyard?" She said timidly.

Fourth Master Bai looked at her expressionlessly, and nodded after a long time.

After a while, there were only three people left in the hall: the eldest lady, the second lady and the third lady's sister-in-law.

The third lady was always quiet, so she just drank her tea in silence.

Ordinarily at this moment, they should also go back to each courtyard, but the three of them still sat together tacitly, and no one said that they wanted to leave.

The second lady glanced at the third lady next to her, and then at the eldest lady opposite.

Finally, she spoke first, because relatively speaking, she felt that she was the least affected by the old man's warning.

"Sister-in-law, is the eldest lady of the Mao family that father refers to the one who invited herself down ten years ago?" The second lady asked with some uncertainty.

The eldest lady nodded, "It can only be her."

"Father, what does this mean?" The second lady continued to ask.

The eldest lady looked at the second lady with a funny face, "Don't you understand?"

Although there were no outsiders present, the second lady's thoughts were exposed directly, and the second lady looked embarrassed for a moment.

At this time, the third wife realized that the two sisters-in-law were playing the oboe, and they were actually teasing her.

So the third wife simply stopped pretending, "Sister-in-law, I don't quite understand. I roughly heard that the Mei family was supported by the current emperor to restrict the Zheng family. So who is the fourth brother? Digging under the wall?"

"Puchi", as soon as the third lady's words of "digging the wall" came out, the eldest lady and the second lady were amused for a while.

"Third brother and sister, what you said is quite appropriate, but I'm afraid that this corner of the wall was pasted by myself." The lady said.

"Sister-in-law means that the Mei family wants to break away from the control of the Holy Majesty?" the third lady exclaimed.

The eldest lady nodded, "Exactly. I wasn't sure about it at first, but what the fourth brother and the grandfather said just now made me think about it for a while."

"The emperor is from a noble family, and the noble family likes to hug together for warmth, just like the inextricable relationship between our mother's family and the Bai family, the family closely related to the Yang family is naturally the same. I don't know how many times, this Mei family may have been the current emperor many years ago, or the Yang family's pawns, and since the Yang family became the royal family, those former pawns will naturally rise with the tide."

"The Mei family is like this, and the Cao family, that is, the family of the Cao family who squeezed out the position of the eldest wife of the Mao family, is also like this."

Speaking of this, the eldest lady suddenly paused for a moment, then took another sip of water to moisten her throat.

At this moment, the third lady was thinking, but the expression of the second lady did not change at all. Obviously, she also knew what the eldest lady said just now.

After the eldest lady put down the teacup, she looked at the second and third wives who were sitting opposite her, and continued with a calm expression: "Siblings and sisters, why do you think the first lady of the Mao family asked herself to come down?"

The third lady didn't know much about this matter, she was afraid of saying the wrong thing or making a joke, so she didn't dare to say much for a while, so she just turned her head to look at the second lady.

The second lady doesn't have so many worries. "Because I found out that my husband was having an affair with a member of the Cao family, I was not angry for a while, so I just asked myself to come down. After all, the Cao family's family background was more prominent than hers, so it was impossible for her to be an aunt. Instead of It’s better to lose your life in a mysterious way at some point, at least you can save yourself.”

The eldest lady shook her head, "It's not that she is upset, on the contrary, she is fulfilling the Mao family and fulfilling her last duty as the eldest wife of the Mao family."

"To make room for others to be the wife, what is this called perfection, how can there be such a low level of perfection?" The second wife obviously did not agree with the first lady's "success", this reason made her feel extremely absurd. "If you want me to think, she might as well be bumped to death, at least she can hold the other head of the Qin family."

The eldest lady smiled lightly.

"Then what if the Cao family is unwilling? You have to know that the Cao family at that time completely suppressed the Mao family, and also completely suppressed Mrs. Mao's natal family. Under the pressure of the two sides, she was a weak woman. Even if you give up on your husband's family, at least you have to think about your mother's family, death is never the most terrible thing, what's terrible is that you can't die calmly."

"For hundreds of years, the imperial power and the aristocratic family group have either the east wind overwhelm the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind. The comparison between the two has become a rule. But in the past few decades, the Yang family has gradually changed from a big family to a representative of the imperial power. And those aristocratic families that rely on the Yang family, will they be willing to be minions for the rest of their lives like this? Especially when their own strength has far surpassed that of ordinary aristocratic families, they will think, a certain family does not rely on it. The royal family is also doing very well, and occasionally even challenge the royal family and the emperor on certain issues. Now I am no worse than these families, and even higher by more than a line. Why do I still want to be this answering person? , be this vanguard?!"

"However, it is obviously not a particularly wise choice to betray the master hastily. So the Qin family, which was already very strong at that time, thought of the traditional way of forming a group among the aristocratic families, that is, marriage. They even wanted to ensure their right to speak. The target must be the head of the other family or the next head of the family, and the Mao family didn't even have an heir at the time, so of course we had to choose the uncle of the Mao family."

After hearing what the eldest lady said, the second lady involuntarily covered her mouth. She was already stunned at the moment, not to mention the third lady beside her who knew little more than her.

After a long while, the second lady came to her senses, "Sister-in-law, what do you mean, the Mei family is also reversed? Then the Mei family chose our Bai family? Then why didn't the Mei family squeeze out the fourth sibling? No. Ah, the fourth brother is not the head of the family either?"

The eldest lady let out a soft "huh".

But the third wife interrupted first: "Second sister-in-law, what right does Mei have to squeeze out sister-in-law? She is also worthy?"

That's right, no matter how strong the Mei family's development momentum is, can it be compared to the Zhong family's hundreds of years of precipitation?You must know that the Zhong family has not been down for hundreds of years since its fortune!
At this moment, the eldest lady spoke again.

"I'm afraid the Mei family's original choice was not the fourth brother. I guess it should have been the Zheng family. After all, the Zheng family and the Mei family are in Yangzhou. If the two families are connected by the same spirit, it will not be as simple as one plus one, but fate will bring them together. Next, the fourth brother went to Yanguan, so it’s not too out of the ordinary for Mei to choose to go to the fourth brother in the end.”

"After all, the Zheng family has a close relationship with my natal Zhong family, and I am in contact with the Zhong family and the Bai family. It is much cheaper for the Mei family to hook up with the fourth brother than to choose a Zheng family."

Although there was some hesitation, in the end the eldest lady lowered her voice and continued.

"...and the inexplicable name of 'Ping Wife', I think it is my father's sincerity to the Mei family."

(End of this chapter)