Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Grandma Zhou grew up in a disharmonious family. Seeing the Zhou family like this, she felt that they were quite harmonious. After all, even if Master Zhou wanted to kill Master Zhou, he wouldn't show it. The other family members had a good relationship before, and there were no quarrels on the surface. This was a sign of harmony.

Besides her family being much more harmonious than hers, Grandma Zhou also discovered that although Brother Zhou didn't know much, he didn't pretend to know what he didn't. Instead, he would ask her if he didn't understand something. When she explained, Brother Zhou would look at her with admiration and say that she knew so much, which greatly boosted her emotional value.

You have to understand that she grew up in an environment of oppression. From childhood to adulthood, no one ever praised her. Her father scolded her for not being a boy and therefore unable to inherit the title. Her mother, on the other hand, didn't scold her but just cried and said that it would have been better if the three sisters were three brothers. No one ever thought she was good; everyone disliked her for being a girl.

When she arrived at the Zhou family, not only her eldest brother but also the rest of the family thought she was capable and knowledgeable. Grandpa Zhou would often consult her on matters—which was quite normal, given that the Zhou family had just arrived in the capital, and Grandma Zhou, being a native, certainly knew more than the rest of the family. Therefore, Grandpa Zhou would inevitably ask for her opinion on certain matters. Her status rose like a rocket, making her increasingly confident and daring to speak with her head held high. Back in her previous home, because her father disliked her for being a girl, she was afraid of offending him and dared not speak too loudly. Now, in the Zhou family, many of her opinions were agreed upon by the family. This surge in emotional value made her naturally feel that marrying into the Zhou family was the right decision.

Actually, it was Linlang who reminded the Zhou family to ask Madam Zhou if they had any questions. She said that Madam Zhou was a native of the capital, and if they didn't understand something, they should ask her. It was more useful than asking the servants. After all, although a large number of servants had been replaced, who knew if they had been bribed again and arranged to say things that would lead the Zhou family into a pit?

Since Grandma Zhou married into the Zhou family, she's part of the family. She certainly wouldn't take anyone's money or harm the Zhou family. Asking her is the right thing to do.

If Grandma Zhou is also unsure, she will then decide how to handle the situation.

Grandpa Zhou and the entire Zhou family thought Linlang was right, which is why when Grandma Zhou arrived, the Zhou family would ask her any questions they didn't understand, thus maximizing her emotional appeal.

Actually, Grandpa Zhou had been worried that after Linlang left, he would have no one to discuss things with. Now that Grandma Zhou has arrived, although she is not as smart and capable as Linlang, she is a native and the natives always know how to handle certain things, so she can be consulted. This naturally made Grandpa Zhou happy.

When the second aunt saw that Linlang had arranged for Brother Zhou to marry a member of the imperial clan whom she had previously suggested, but it turned out that the woman was not the one she had recommended, she was furious. She immediately resolved to bring down the Zhou family, thinking that once she had ruined them, they would still be smug.

Aside from the second aunt who died of anger because the Zhou family rejected her proposal, the eldest aunt and the great-aunt were anxious because they saw that the Zhou family was not in trouble at all. On the contrary, they even married a member of the imperial family and their daughter married into the Prince's Mansion, and their lives were getting better and better. After all, the Zhou family had no close relationship with them. If they didn't bring down the Zhou family, they would not be able to rely on the Duke's Mansion's power. How could they not be anxious? They immediately prepared to take strong action against the Zhou family and were about to cause trouble.

So some people started giving Master Zhou advice on how to kill him.

We have to come up with a plan. This Master Zhou is a complete waste. After being instigated, he did want to kill Master Zhou immediately, but after hesitating for a long time, he still didn't do it. First, he was timid and afraid that if he did it, he would be discovered and lose his current wealth and status, so he didn't dare to do it. Second, he had no power in the capital and couldn't find a suitable person to help him. So he had the guts but no means to do it.

Therefore, the aunt and others had no choice but to send people to help him personally.

Originally, they intended to encourage him to find someone to do the deed himself; they would only offer encouragement and not get involved, to avoid being implicated if anything went wrong. Of course, even if they personally sent people to help him, they would conceal their identities to avoid trouble if they were discovered.

Sure enough, when Master Zhou heard from his servants that they had inquired around and found out who on the street could handle the matter, he was overjoyed and immediately went to contact the person the servants had mentioned—naturally, the person arranged by the mastermind—intending to have that person kill Master Zhou when he went out.

After receiving a large sum of money from Master Zhou that made him feel bad, the man said that there was no problem and that they would find a way to take advantage of Master Zhou whenever he came out to do something.

When Master Zhou saw that the matter had been accomplished, he was overjoyed and was just waiting to kill Master Zhou so that he could become the heir.

I never imagined that even if Master Zhou died, the position of heir would fall to Zhou Dalang, and he would have nothing to do with it.

After all, Zhou Dalang is now married to a member of the imperial family. Even if Master Zhou dies, Old Master Zhou will not ask for an heir for him, but will ask for an heir for Zhou Dalang, so as not to displease the Yingwang Mansion, the maternal family of Zhou Da's wife. After all, no matter how little importance is placed on Zhou Da's wife at home, she is still the granddaughter of the Yingwang. If the title is not given to his grandson-in-law but to Master Zhou, and the Yingwang is unhappy, he can say something to the emperor. As an old prince, and it is such a trivial matter, the emperor will definitely listen. So it has nothing to do with Master Zhou.

This is another benefit of Zhou Dalang marrying a woman from the imperial clan: it can solidify his position in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. As long as Zhou Dalang is still alive, any plans the second branch of the family wants to make against Master Zhou will not succeed.

Some might say, "Let Master Zhou kill Zhou Dalang again."

Some might think that killing Master Zhou was an accident, but if Zhou Dalang also dies, how could it still be an accident? When the three judicial departments investigate thoroughly, they will definitely find out that Master Zhou was behind it. Then what will Master Zhou have to do with it? The title will fall to the original brother of the eldest son's family, and it will never fall to the second son's family.

In other words, it was all in vain that Master Zhou was incited to do these things on Tuesday.

Of course, even if the eldest son's family didn't discover that it was the second son's father who did it after Master Zhou died, the person behind it would still sow discord among the eldest son's family, saying that it might have been the second son's father who did it, so that the eldest son's family would take revenge on the second son's family.

The mastermind behind the scenes had Master Zhou kill Master Zhou, but their purpose was not simply to kill Master Zhou and cause the eldest branch of the family to lose its title. After all, as long as the Zhou family members were not all dead, the title would still belong to the Zhou family. Whether it was inherited by the eldest branch or the second branch, it would be the same for the mastermind. So their goal was to make the Zhou family fight amongst themselves until they were all wiped out, just like the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion in the past.

Leaving aside the fact that Master Zhou had already sent men to seize an opportunity to attack Master Zhou, let's just say that at the Prince Ying's residence, Linlang, under the pretext of discussing Master Zhou's mother, Madam Chen, came to the fourth branch to visit Madam Chen and see if she was doing well, since it was something she had promised Master Zhou. (End of this chapter)