"Sister, do you know what happened last night?"

Seeing that Liu'er didn't even care about having breakfast, Gu Jue was helpless, "Eat breakfast first, and I'll tell you after breakfast."

"Sister, do you really know? What is it? What is it?" Liu Er was anxious. She was really curious and wanted to know. She couldn't wait any longer.

As a result, Gu Jue simply ignored her.

Now Liu'er was completely relieved. She knew there was no hope and she would have to wait until after dinner to find out.

Wait until you finish eating.

As expected, as soon as the servants left, Liu Er began to pester Gu Jue again. "Sister, what happened last night?"

This time, Gu Jue did not keep Liu'er in suspense, but very kindly satisfied Liu'er's curiosity.

"It's nothing serious. My third uncle just confessed that he likes men, and my father was diagnosed as infertile."

Gu Jue's tone was indifferent and he spoke very casually, as if he was talking about the weather today.

Liu'er really thought it was a trivial matter.

As a result, Liu'er was shocked.

"What!?"

Liu'er looked at Gu Jue in shock.

Seeing that people were so shocked that their jaws couldn't close, Gu Jue manually helped Liu'er close it. "Yeah."

Liu'er hurriedly grabbed Gu Jue's sleeve and asked anxiously, "Isn't that right?" Liu'er didn't say the rest of the words.

But Gu Jue knew what she wanted to say. It was nothing more than cutting off the lineage and the descendants. Without the incense, the Marquisate would also go extinct, and the Gu family would cease to exist.

To be honest, when she first found out about it in her previous life, she was also shocked, even more surprised than Liu'er.

In Dayan, the most important thing is the inheritance of incense.

This is the case for ordinary families, let alone a marquisate that has been passed down for hundreds of years.

In the eyes of most people in Dayan, not having a male heir means the family line is cut off and there is no future.

For aristocratic families, once there are no male heirs, their future is doomed.

The aristocratic families died out because they had no heirs.

What a sad thing.

If there are no male heirs in the direct line of a noble family, they often choose to adopt one from the side branch.

The adopted boy no longer has any relationship with his biological parents.

The direct lineage would even send them to live far away. Some would even quietly deal with the biological parents of the adopted male offspring to avoid future troubles and to consolidate the position of the direct lineage.

Of course, there are some who get along well with each other, and some who even keep in touch with each other, but they are very few.

Dayan attached great importance to the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children.

The direct lineage always holds the right to speak and the resources.

Once there is no male heir in the direct lineage, it will be a very dangerous thing.

For the direct lineage, it was a fatal blow; but for the collateral lineage, it was an opportunity.

However, a large family like the Marquisate, which relies on direct bloodline to inherit the title, is different.

The Marquis's Mansion is different from many aristocratic families.

The ancestor of the Marquisate was just an ordinary farmer, and the Marquisate has only been in existence for a hundred years.

There is no family heritage that has been passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years.

The Marquis's Mansion relies on military merit and the inheritance from the Marquis's direct descendants.

Once the direct line of the Marquis's family loses its male heirs and heirs, it becomes a matter not just for the direct line.

The requirements for succession to the title of Dayan are not high, only requiring that the eldest of the direct line of descendants inherit.

However, for a marquisate without a direct descendant, that would be a fatal blow, not only to the direct descendant, but to the entire Gu family.

Without the title, the Gu family is doomed to perish.

Adoption was something that could not even be thought of. Once it was discovered that the child was not of direct bloodline, it would be considered deceiving the emperor, a serious crime punishable by the execution of the entire clan.

Therefore, it was for this reason in the previous life that the Marquisate tried its best to support the Third Prince in his fight for the throne.

After all, the Third Prince was not born of a legitimate wife. The Third Prince's mother, Concubine Xiao, and his grandfather, who was the former Prime Minister, were also his own.

These alone are not enough to tempt Gu Yuanhou to fight so hard. It seems that there are other conditions.

Now that this incident has broken out again, she might as well just let it go and reap the benefits.

After thinking it over, Gu Jue did not go to the main courtyard. Caring? Showing his presence?

It's no longer necessary.

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