The Great Planned Marriage: Becoming A Splendid Princess
Mo Shujun directly spoke out her intention. “I have asked the elders in our clan today to come and check the family treasury, breaking up the family for you three brothers. And it happens to take a load off my mind.”
After that, she added meaningfully, “After all, you always hoped to break up the family as soon as possible, right?”
Mo Shujun was unwilling to prepare doweries for Shi Baoning with the shared property, but after she said that, it seemed that Shi Junhe couldn’t wait to break up the family.
Shi Junhe raised his head and glanced at Mo Shujun. He opened his mouth yet didn’t say anything in the end, agreeing to Mo Shujun’s arrangement silently.
After a moment, he stated, “I am going to tell Baoning and Qingxue to return home.”
Mo Shujun frowned and was unhappy as Shi Baoning and Qingxue went out randomly, but thinking that they were going to live apart soon, she was “broad-minded” and controlled herself, without making a comment.
After lunch, all people in the Shi family gathered in the living room, waiting for the elders in the clan to lead some people to check the family treasury and their farmland, shops and manors.
Perhaps because it was related to Shi Juncai’s vital interests, Mo Shujun let Zhou Ruyu out unexpectedly.
The people from different families sat in different areas.
The only problem was probably that even Mo Junyang came besides Wenren Chi who accompanied Shi Baoning in the first master’s family.
Zhou Ruyu was unhappy when she saw Wenren Chi. After seeing Mo Junyang, she exploded on the spot. “Mother, aren’t we handling the domestic affairs of the Shi family today? Why are there outsiders present?”
She didn’t mention the outsider’s name, while all people present looked at Mo Junyang.
Mo Junyang remained unmoved and just leered at Zhou Ruyu casually, which made her shrink her neck.
He expressed unhurriedly, “Anyway, Duke Shi’s family is a noble family in the capital city. There is something wrong with Elder Duke Shi’s grave, and the problem hasn’t been solved. Now the people in the clan are asked to help you break up the family. His Majesty is worried, so he specially sent me to check if you need anything.”
As soon as he finished his words, there was an uproar in the room.
Zhou Ruyu had thought just now that if Mo Junyang insisted on staying here, she would ask Mo Shujun to kick him out, but he came on behalf of the emperor. Who dared to do that?
Not to mention kicking him out, they didn’t dare to play any trick.
Mo Junyang represented Mo Xiangbin. If he found their faults, he would take their lives.
The atmosphere in the living room changed in an instant.
All people looked at one another speechlessly, and even the members from the third master’s family who were itchy to have a try in the beginning quieted down and didn’t say anything.
Mo Shujun raised her head and glanced at Mo Junyang. She didn’t say anything but turned around, telling the elder Shi Changfeng to start to check the property of the Shi family.
Shi Changfeng was Shi Lei’s distant uncle and an old man of the highest rank among the elders in the Shi clan who were still alive, yet his children were disappointing, and the best descendant of him was only a Rank-5 or 6 petty official working in the Capital Bureau.
They just relied on Shi Lei’s glory when he was alive. After he passed away, they merely flattered Mo Shujun to make a living.
Since Mo Shujun mentioned that they would break up the family, he happily came to help.
Although he was an old man over eighty years old, he wasn’t like the other men at this age who looked wise like immortals. Instead, because he always narrowed his small eyes, he looked obscene.
As soon as Mo Shujun looked at him, he smiled at her flatteringly. “Your Highness, please don’t worry. We have checked the family property, prepared the statistical information and divided it according to the ancestral rules. Please have a look.”
After saying that, he read the information about the houses and manors that the three brothers should have respectively in public.
In the end, he added, “All the three brothers in the Shi family are legitimate sons. Although the title of nobility was inherited by the eldest son, it’s better to divide the family property evenly.”
Before Shi Junhe spoke, Dong Hui was dissatisfied first. “The law of the country stipulates that the eldest legitimate son inherits the title of nobility and should get at least forty percent of the family property. Now my husband doesn’t ask for more, but it is improper to divide it evenly anyway.”
“Hui!” Shi Junhe frowned and rebuked Dong Hui in a low voice, trying to pull her back.
Dong Hui refused.
These years, she had been bullied by the people in the Shou’an Hall and South House enough.
She swallowed insult and humiliation silently and almost didn’t live a good life for one day.
Now they would finally break up the family, yet Mo Shujun still brazenly incited the elder in the clan to pocket what belonged to the first master’s family.
She was reluctant anyway. Even if others said that she was mean and greedy in the future, she would ask them to return the belongings of the first master’s family on behalf of Shi Junhe.
Shi Changfeng flattered Mo Shujun but didn’t fear Dong Hui. He changed his attitude at once and rebuked mercilessly, “The elders are talking now. As a woman, can you make irresponsible remarks?”
After he reproached Dong Hui, he turned to Shi Junhe. He was afraid that he would offend the duke, so he softened and just stated with displeasure, “Junhe, I have watched you grow up since your childhood, and I always think that you are young, promising and upright, and you live up to your father’s instructions.”
He said something nice and thought that it was enough to move Shi Junhe. Then he suddenly changed the subject and continued harshly, “But…you are the eldest son in the family. Although the law is favorable to you, you should take care of your two brothers. Otherwise, if the news spreads, it would harm your reputation then. Am I right?”
However, Shi Junhe didn’t want to argue with them. The Shi family was wealthy. Besides the cash in the shared treasury, they had so many shops, farmland and manors which couldn’t be used up even if he didn’t work for a few lives.
Moreover, Shi Junhe wasn’t extravagant. Only his monthly salary was enough to feed the whole first master’s family.
“Mother hopes to take care of my two brothers, and I have no objection.” Shi Junhe spoke calmly and revealed Mo Shujun’s plan directly.
They blushed in embarrassment and didn’t dare to look at Shi Junhe after a long time.
Dong Hui asked, “Even if it should be divided evenly, you should let each party own the same shops and manors. Why does our family get the shops which don’t make money and the remote manors?”
“Who says that your shops don’t make money? Aren’t the satin shops in the north of the city good?” Zhou Ruyu was reluctant to show weakness and retorted Dong Hui first.
Afterward, she started to shed tears and show that they were poor. “They are not like our shops near the south gate, which don’t make money, and we even have to pay out of our own pocket. You said that it’s unfair. Is it fair?”
Zhou Ruyu spoke with a grievance, as if the third master’s family was treated unfairly.
Seeing that, Mo Shujun glared at Dong Hui coldly and rebuked, “Don’t speak if you don’t know how to. You just fight as soon as you start to speak. Do you think that I have died and allow you to do whatever you like?”
After cursing, she forcefully looked at Shi Junhe and stated vigorously, “When your father was alive, he had decided who should own these shops and manors. Although he didn’t write it down then, I am clear about it. Don’t you believe me?”
Mo Shujun bore witness shamelessly. Even though they knew that it was not true, Shi Junhe couldn’t say anything.
He couldn’t charge Mo Shujun with lying.
Not to mention that he didn’t have evidence, even if he had, he couldn’t reveal Mo Shujun’s fault. Otherwise, wouldn’t he ruin the Shi family’s fame?
Mo Shujun just knew that, so she dared to openly further her youngest son’s interests.
Shi Junhe merely stared at Mo Shujun calmly. He looked indifferent but gave others an invisible sense of pressure.
After a long while, he responded, “Just do as Mother said.”
Mo Shujun had prepared a lot of words to cope with Shi Junhe as she was guilty, but unexpectedly, he agreed without demur.
It made her feel restless.
She didn’t believe that Shi Junhe was so generous. After all, they said that they would divide it evenly, yet in fact, he would probably get less than thirty percent of the property. Didn’t he mind?
After a moment, she tried hard to pretend to be calm. “Junhe, it’s great that you can understand my effort. I believe that if your father knows it, he would be satisfied with your behavior.”
Mo Shujun praised him tentatively.
Shi Junhe was emotionless and didn’t say more. He just nodded at Mo Shujun politely and distantly. Then he remained silent.
He really didn’t mind at all?
Seeing that Shi Junhe didn’t care about the family property seemingly, Shi Juncai had another evil idea. “Since you said that it would be divided evenly, Junfeng and I will move out of Duke Shi’s mansion, and we can’t live in the main mansion in the future. Junhe, you need to make up for us, right? Otherwise, it’s unfair.”
Shi Qingxue didn’t think that it was improper to divide the family property into three parts evenly. It was no big deal even if they occupied the shops which made money.
Her family didn’t care about such a small amount of money.
Her uncles were also her grandpa’s sons. Even if they had conflicts, they shouldn’t be treated unfairly in this matter.
However, hearing Shi Juncai say something so shameless, Qingxue thought that her view of life was damaged.
Shi Qingxue couldn’t help but ask sarcastically, “Uncle, what do you think we should do to make up for you and be ‘fair’ to you?”
She purposely stressed the word “fair” to satirize Shi Juncai’s shamelessness.
Nevertheless, Shi Juncai seemed not to understand and even smiled flatteringly. “I won’t ask for an unreasonably high price. How about this? The shops near the city gates in the northern suburbs are not prosperous all the time because the location is remote, yet it happens that they are in a row on the same street as my shops. Junhe, help me and give them to me.”
“Uncle, which shops would you give us in return?” Shi Qingxue couldn’t control herself and retorted Shi Juncai again.
Shi Juncai asked in disgust at once, “They are just several shops. My brother can make big money. Would he bother about so much?”
He just planned to gain something for free.
In the north of the city, it was a place where many noblemen lived and a highly prized real estate zone. It was impossible that the shops made no money because the location was remote.
Shi Juncai wanted to get the shops which made most money from the first master’s family, and he even had the face to say that he didn’t ask for an unreasonably high price.
He even tried to grab everything.
Chapter 282: Fight for the Family Property
After that, she added meaningfully, “After all, you always hoped to break up the family as soon as possible, right?”
Mo Shujun was unwilling to prepare doweries for Shi Baoning with the shared property, but after she said that, it seemed that Shi Junhe couldn’t wait to break up the family.
Shi Junhe raised his head and glanced at Mo Shujun. He opened his mouth yet didn’t say anything in the end, agreeing to Mo Shujun’s arrangement silently.
After a moment, he stated, “I am going to tell Baoning and Qingxue to return home.”
Mo Shujun frowned and was unhappy as Shi Baoning and Qingxue went out randomly, but thinking that they were going to live apart soon, she was “broad-minded” and controlled herself, without making a comment.
After lunch, all people in the Shi family gathered in the living room, waiting for the elders in the clan to lead some people to check the family treasury and their farmland, shops and manors.
Perhaps because it was related to Shi Juncai’s vital interests, Mo Shujun let Zhou Ruyu out unexpectedly.
The people from different families sat in different areas.
The only problem was probably that even Mo Junyang came besides Wenren Chi who accompanied Shi Baoning in the first master’s family.
Zhou Ruyu was unhappy when she saw Wenren Chi. After seeing Mo Junyang, she exploded on the spot. “Mother, aren’t we handling the domestic affairs of the Shi family today? Why are there outsiders present?”
She didn’t mention the outsider’s name, while all people present looked at Mo Junyang.
Mo Junyang remained unmoved and just leered at Zhou Ruyu casually, which made her shrink her neck.
He expressed unhurriedly, “Anyway, Duke Shi’s family is a noble family in the capital city. There is something wrong with Elder Duke Shi’s grave, and the problem hasn’t been solved. Now the people in the clan are asked to help you break up the family. His Majesty is worried, so he specially sent me to check if you need anything.”
As soon as he finished his words, there was an uproar in the room.
Zhou Ruyu had thought just now that if Mo Junyang insisted on staying here, she would ask Mo Shujun to kick him out, but he came on behalf of the emperor. Who dared to do that?
Not to mention kicking him out, they didn’t dare to play any trick.
Mo Junyang represented Mo Xiangbin. If he found their faults, he would take their lives.
The atmosphere in the living room changed in an instant.
All people looked at one another speechlessly, and even the members from the third master’s family who were itchy to have a try in the beginning quieted down and didn’t say anything.
Shi Changfeng was Shi Lei’s distant uncle and an old man of the highest rank among the elders in the Shi clan who were still alive, yet his children were disappointing, and the best descendant of him was only a Rank-5 or 6 petty official working in the Capital Bureau.
They just relied on Shi Lei’s glory when he was alive. After he passed away, they merely flattered Mo Shujun to make a living.
Since Mo Shujun mentioned that they would break up the family, he happily came to help.
Although he was an old man over eighty years old, he wasn’t like the other men at this age who looked wise like immortals. Instead, because he always narrowed his small eyes, he looked obscene.
As soon as Mo Shujun looked at him, he smiled at her flatteringly. “Your Highness, please don’t worry. We have checked the family property, prepared the statistical information and divided it according to the ancestral rules. Please have a look.”
After saying that, he read the information about the houses and manors that the three brothers should have respectively in public.
In the end, he added, “All the three brothers in the Shi family are legitimate sons. Although the title of nobility was inherited by the eldest son, it’s better to divide the family property evenly.”
Before Shi Junhe spoke, Dong Hui was dissatisfied first. “The law of the country stipulates that the eldest legitimate son inherits the title of nobility and should get at least forty percent of the family property. Now my husband doesn’t ask for more, but it is improper to divide it evenly anyway.”
“Hui!” Shi Junhe frowned and rebuked Dong Hui in a low voice, trying to pull her back.
Dong Hui refused.
These years, she had been bullied by the people in the Shou’an Hall and South House enough.
She swallowed insult and humiliation silently and almost didn’t live a good life for one day.
Now they would finally break up the family, yet Mo Shujun still brazenly incited the elder in the clan to pocket what belonged to the first master’s family.
She was reluctant anyway. Even if others said that she was mean and greedy in the future, she would ask them to return the belongings of the first master’s family on behalf of Shi Junhe.
Shi Changfeng flattered Mo Shujun but didn’t fear Dong Hui. He changed his attitude at once and rebuked mercilessly, “The elders are talking now. As a woman, can you make irresponsible remarks?”
After he reproached Dong Hui, he turned to Shi Junhe. He was afraid that he would offend the duke, so he softened and just stated with displeasure, “Junhe, I have watched you grow up since your childhood, and I always think that you are young, promising and upright, and you live up to your father’s instructions.”
He said something nice and thought that it was enough to move Shi Junhe. Then he suddenly changed the subject and continued harshly, “But…you are the eldest son in the family. Although the law is favorable to you, you should take care of your two brothers. Otherwise, if the news spreads, it would harm your reputation then. Am I right?”
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Humph! If they didn’t gossip and judge, how would the outsiders comment on something that conformed to the law and discipline rite?However, Shi Junhe didn’t want to argue with them. The Shi family was wealthy. Besides the cash in the shared treasury, they had so many shops, farmland and manors which couldn’t be used up even if he didn’t work for a few lives.
“Mother hopes to take care of my two brothers, and I have no objection.” Shi Junhe spoke calmly and revealed Mo Shujun’s plan directly.
They blushed in embarrassment and didn’t dare to look at Shi Junhe after a long time.
Dong Hui asked, “Even if it should be divided evenly, you should let each party own the same shops and manors. Why does our family get the shops which don’t make money and the remote manors?”
“Who says that your shops don’t make money? Aren’t the satin shops in the north of the city good?” Zhou Ruyu was reluctant to show weakness and retorted Dong Hui first.
Afterward, she started to shed tears and show that they were poor. “They are not like our shops near the south gate, which don’t make money, and we even have to pay out of our own pocket. You said that it’s unfair. Is it fair?”
Zhou Ruyu spoke with a grievance, as if the third master’s family was treated unfairly.
Seeing that, Mo Shujun glared at Dong Hui coldly and rebuked, “Don’t speak if you don’t know how to. You just fight as soon as you start to speak. Do you think that I have died and allow you to do whatever you like?”
After cursing, she forcefully looked at Shi Junhe and stated vigorously, “When your father was alive, he had decided who should own these shops and manors. Although he didn’t write it down then, I am clear about it. Don’t you believe me?”
Mo Shujun bore witness shamelessly. Even though they knew that it was not true, Shi Junhe couldn’t say anything.
He couldn’t charge Mo Shujun with lying.
Not to mention that he didn’t have evidence, even if he had, he couldn’t reveal Mo Shujun’s fault. Otherwise, wouldn’t he ruin the Shi family’s fame?
Mo Shujun just knew that, so she dared to openly further her youngest son’s interests.
Shi Junhe merely stared at Mo Shujun calmly. He looked indifferent but gave others an invisible sense of pressure.
After a long while, he responded, “Just do as Mother said.”
Mo Shujun had prepared a lot of words to cope with Shi Junhe as she was guilty, but unexpectedly, he agreed without demur.
It made her feel restless.
She didn’t believe that Shi Junhe was so generous. After all, they said that they would divide it evenly, yet in fact, he would probably get less than thirty percent of the property. Didn’t he mind?
After a moment, she tried hard to pretend to be calm. “Junhe, it’s great that you can understand my effort. I believe that if your father knows it, he would be satisfied with your behavior.”
Mo Shujun praised him tentatively.
He really didn’t mind at all?
Seeing that Shi Junhe didn’t care about the family property seemingly, Shi Juncai had another evil idea. “Since you said that it would be divided evenly, Junfeng and I will move out of Duke Shi’s mansion, and we can’t live in the main mansion in the future. Junhe, you need to make up for us, right? Otherwise, it’s unfair.”
Shi Qingxue didn’t think that it was improper to divide the family property into three parts evenly. It was no big deal even if they occupied the shops which made money.
Her family didn’t care about such a small amount of money.
Her uncles were also her grandpa’s sons. Even if they had conflicts, they shouldn’t be treated unfairly in this matter.
However, hearing Shi Juncai say something so shameless, Qingxue thought that her view of life was damaged.
Shi Qingxue couldn’t help but ask sarcastically, “Uncle, what do you think we should do to make up for you and be ‘fair’ to you?”
She purposely stressed the word “fair” to satirize Shi Juncai’s shamelessness.
Nevertheless, Shi Juncai seemed not to understand and even smiled flatteringly. “I won’t ask for an unreasonably high price. How about this? The shops near the city gates in the northern suburbs are not prosperous all the time because the location is remote, yet it happens that they are in a row on the same street as my shops. Junhe, help me and give them to me.”
“Uncle, which shops would you give us in return?” Shi Qingxue couldn’t control herself and retorted Shi Juncai again.
Shi Juncai asked in disgust at once, “They are just several shops. My brother can make big money. Would he bother about so much?”
He just planned to gain something for free.
In the north of the city, it was a place where many noblemen lived and a highly prized real estate zone. It was impossible that the shops made no money because the location was remote.
Shi Juncai wanted to get the shops which made most money from the first master’s family, and he even had the face to say that he didn’t ask for an unreasonably high price.
He even tried to grab everything.
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