It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Lu Kui looked at Lu Nie with disbelief.

This younger brother is usually well-behaved and sensible, but what’s wrong with him now? He’s not pretending at all.

The two brothers stared at each other fiercely in the room.

Once relatives turn against each other, they are several times more cruel than outsiders. The deeper the love, the stronger the hatred.

A muffled thunder outside the window did not interrupt the tension between the two sides.

After the muffled thunder, dark clouds covered the sky and crackling raindrops hit the window sill.

A moment later, the whole world seemed to be immersed in heavy rain.

"You know that I have always raised Xingchen as a boy, just for this day." Lu Kui finally spoke to break the oppressive silence.

"I don't know. I thought you had been raising Xingchen as a boy, just wanting him to give birth to a son for you." Lu Nie said with his neck stiff.

"Stop pretending to be confused. Can that son be lured out just by luring him away?" Lu Kui said angrily.

"I have told you more than once before that Xingchen will be the master of Xing County in the future."

Lu Nie sneered, "When did you tell me that? Didn't I hear it?"

"I have often heard you say that Xing County will depend on me, Lu Nie, in the future."

"You often say that Xingchen is a girl and will have to rely on me, her uncle, for support in the future."

"Let me take care of her more and help her more."

"So I'm going to pass the position of county magistrate to Xingchen. In the future, you have to assist her wholeheartedly. You are her uncle."

Lu Nie sneered a few times, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"You mean for me to assist her."

"I'm her second uncle, and you want me to listen to her, a sixteen-year-old girl."

"Do you think anyone will still support her when her identity as a woman is revealed?"

Lu Kui knew that Lu Nie was Lu Xingchen's only direct blood relative after he passed away.

He would not force Lu Nie unless it was absolutely necessary.

Besides, Lu Nie is capable of handling some internal affairs.

He hoped that Lu Nie could stay with Lu Xingchen to assist and support her.

Originally, he was thinking of discussing this matter with Lu Nie first, and then talking to Lu Xingchen after the discussion.

But he never expected that when he came back from Song County, he encountered bandits and was injured.

He felt that his health was deteriorating and he didn't know when he would pass away.

In a hurry, he talked about the matter with Lu Xingchen first, and then went to find Lu Nie.

However, he did not expect Lu Nie to react so violently, and he was even thinking of passing the position of county magistrate to him.

"I have made up my mind." Lu Kui knew that he could not reach an agreement through negotiation, so he could only use force to suppress the matter.

"Then I won't support your decision either." Lu Nie stood up, his face stern and his voice cold.

"Now that you are alive, your adopted sons can still be suppressed by you. If you leave and they know that Xingchen is a girl, do you think they will still obey Xingchen, a woman?"

"When the people are divided and the country falls apart, Xing County will be easy prey for the bandits."

"If you are determined to do this, I will have no choice but to leave Xing County with my family and return to my hometown."

In this world, the North has gone through three dynasties within thirty years.

They are the Song Dynasty, Qi Dynasty and Liang Dynasty.

Lu Kui was a Jinshi in the late Song Dynasty. After he passed the Jinshi exam, he was assigned to be the magistrate of Xing County.

Later, the Song Dynasty was destroyed and the Qi Dynasty was established. The county magistrate of Xing County went to the court to perform his duties. In fact, he just wanted to recognize his master and continue to be the county magistrate of Xing County. However, he was killed by bandits on the way.

It was half a year later that Lu Kui learned that the county magistrate had been murdered.

The county could not be without a leader for a day. In addition, the Qi Dynasty had just been established and could not care about a small county like Xing County, so Lu Kui took the position of county magistrate himself.

He was waiting for the appointment from the Qi court.

However, the Qi Dynasty was too short-lived and was destroyed in less than twenty years.

The Liang Dynasty was established.

This was only the second year of the establishment of the Liang Dynasty.

After more than 20 years of hard work, Lu Kui has completely built Xing County into his own little kingdom.

Lu Nie had always been in his hometown. Later, when the State of Qi was established, his hometown was in constant war. Lu Nie brought his family to Xing County and lived with Lu Kui.

Lu Kui and Lu Nie are nearly twenty years apart in age.

When Lu Kui went to Beijing to take the imperial examination, Lu Nie was not yet born. The two brothers met for the first time in Xing County.

Therefore, at this time, Lu Nie was in his thirties, in the prime of his life and full of energy, so it was normal for him to want to take the position of county magistrate.

However, Lu Kui had no plan to have his younger brother succeed him.

"Okay, since you have this idea, it's not impossible for you to go back. You have been away from your hometown for more than ten years. It's time to go back and see who else is left in your clan." Lu Kui said.

If Lu Nie does not support him in passing the position of county magistrate to Lu Xingchen, then Lu Nie will be the biggest threat to Lu Xingchen in the future.

Since you can't get it, you can only destroy it.

Even brothers have to step back in front of their daughter. No one is as important as their daughter in their heart.

Lu Nie obviously didn't expect Lu Kui to be so ruthless and actually let him go. He looked at Lu Kui with disbelief.

After all, Lu Nie had not received much education, and he had grown a lot in Xing County in the past few years. However, when it comes to political strategy, he is still inferior to Lu Kui.

Lu Nie was extremely angry and slammed the door and left.

When he got home, he told his wife to pack up.

The second wife looked at her husband in bewilderment. She had just gone to see her eldest brother happily, but now she came back so angrily and had to pack up her things.

Where to go after packing?

"Let's leave Xing County and go back to our hometown."

"Whose hometown? Which hometown?" the second wife asked puzzledly.

She was the wife that Lu Nie married in Xing County. Lu Nie's hometown was in Hexi Road, which was said to be more than a thousand miles away.

"Of course it's our Lu family's hometown, Hexi Road."

"You're crazy. I won't go," said the Second Lady.

Lu Nie was very angry. It was bad enough that his elder brother didn't take him seriously, but even his own woman didn't take him seriously.

As Lu Nie said this, he slapped the second wife in the face.

The second lady covered her face and looked at Lu Nie with disbelief.

This man is crazy. He usually speaks softly to her and dotes on her, but she didn't expect that he would dare to hit her today. So all his kindness to her before was fake.

The second wife covered her face and rushed to Lu Kui's room.

Lu Kui's wife died of illness two years ago and he never remarried, so the second wife could only go to this eldest brother to file a complaint.

"Brother, Lu Nie hit me." The second wife was less than 30 years old. She was married because of her beautiful appearance. Now she was crying so hard that I felt pity for her.

Lu Kui naturally knew what was going on and tried to persuade him in a friendly way.

"Sister-in-law, it's my fault. I made my second brother angry and made you suffer from me as well."

"He is very angry. Go back and try to persuade him."

Lu Kui didn't want to separate the couple because of the issues between the brothers.

"Brother, what's the matter?" The second wife stopped crying. With most of her face red, she looked at Lu Kui with confusion.