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Chapter 1879 Cousin 50
It must be said that Liu Si Niang's words moved Madam Song and Song Da Lang. They thought that Liu Si Niang's words were not wrong. Even if she regretted it in the future and was unwilling to pay for raising the children, they would take the three children to her mansion gate and cry, and see if she dared not to give them money.

Because they thought Liu Siniang was right, Song Dalang and the others, who originally thought Liu Siniang was the last hope to support their family and did not want to let her leave, immediately agreed to write a divorce agreement.

Liu Si Niang took the divorce papers given to her by Song Da Lang and returned to her parents' home.

When the Liu family saw her return, just like when Second Madam Chu returned to her parents' home, they were overjoyed. They immediately set her up with a husband, intending to sell her to raise money for a dowry.

Although the Liu family hasn't declined that badly yet, their daughter had told her parents about the previous situation of the Duke of Chengen's mansion. She knew that once the support was gone, the family would soon be unable to hold on. So, seeing the Song family as a cautionary tale, they decided to take precautions and start making money now, beginning with Liu Siniang's betrothal gifts.

Just as Liu Si Niang had thought, although she was old, she was still married off to a wealthy but low-status family because of her status as the daughter of a duke, which allowed the Liu family to earn a large dowry.

Liu Si Niang was a modern person and naturally did not want the Liu family to take advantage of her. However, she could not leave the house without giving them the dowry. So Liu Si Niang had no choice but to give some of the valuable items from the dowry to her family. She thought that her husband's family was rich and she would not lack money after she married into the family, so she accepted the dowry with her family.

When Liu Si Niang married into her husband's family, she found that although she had no worries about food and drink, life was not so easy. Her current husband was a widower. After all, she was too old to marry a first wife. Since he was a widower, he must have had children from his previous marriage. Moreover, her current husband's children were quite a few and not young. As a second wife, she would be facing many children, some of whom were quite old. Being a second wife was not an easy task. She was not the kind of person who would reason with others. Otherwise, she would not have kept causing trouble for the original owner of the body and Lin Lang. Such a person, married into such a complicated family, naturally soon found herself in a chaotic mess with her husband's concubines and his children from previous marriages.

His ex-wife and daughters were grown up and difficult to get along with; his concubines and children were young, but the concubines themselves were not easy to deal with. Given this complicated environment, and the fact that Liu Si Niang was a modern person, it was no wonder that she couldn't tolerate it and had a good life.

If it weren't for the fact that it's not good to divorce so soon after getting married, and that people might think she'd have a better life if she remarried later, Liu Si Niang would have divorced long ago, because this family's situation is much more complicated than her previous one, the Song family.

Besides the numerous conflicts in her current husband's family that were causing Liu Si Niang distress, she was also entangled in the messy affairs of her ex-husband's family—the eldest branch of the Song family had been starving since Liu Si Niang left, and if it weren't for the occasional help from Master Song, they would probably have starved to death.

With the Song family's main branch like this, it's clear that Liu Si Niang married into a well-off family. How could she not come to leech off them?

They didn't want to go to the door themselves, so they sent Liu Si Niang's children to ask for money. When Liu Si Niang saw that the Song family had actually sent their children to ask for money, she was furious. After all, it was one thing for her ex-husband not to support her, but now that they were divorced, she was expected to support their whole family. How could she not be angry?

But seeing her children crying and begging for money in front of the mansion, she couldn't very well refuse, fearing that these children would block the gate and cause others to point fingers at her.

The thought of the power struggles within the household and the messy affairs of her ex-husband's family outside made Liu Si Niang feel extremely stifled. She was constantly angry and could not find a moment of peace. Moreover, she could not return to the modern world, which made Liu Si Niang suffer greatly.

In fact, it's fortunate that Liu Siniang isn't doing well; otherwise, Linlang would have made trouble for her after seeing her leave the Song family and marry into a good family. Now that she's not doing well, Linlang is holding back.

With the former Duke Cheng'en's mansion out of the picture, Linlang was relieved.

Thanks to Linlang's reminder, the Prince of Zhou and his heir kept their restless descendants firmly under control, and nothing untoward happened.

However, other members of the imperial clan who had signed off on matters involving Empress Liu and her favored concubines were now in trouble—the new emperor, as expected, could not tolerate these people, and they were soon stripped of their titles for bullying men and women.

Because the imperial clan members had nothing to do all day, and when people have nothing to do, they are prone to causing trouble. Therefore, many members of the imperial clan had problems to varying degrees. Wouldn't the new emperor find fault with them and seize the opportunity? It would be easy to find a reason to strip them of their titles.

Sometimes, it's not necessarily that the new emperor couldn't tolerate these people siding with Empress Liu's son or the son of his favorite concubine. After all, those two had no connection to the new emperor. So why did the new emperor strip these members of the imperial clan of their titles? It was simply because he felt there were too many members of the imperial clan, consuming too much public funds. Therefore, he found an excuse to strip them of their titles, which also served as a warning to these members of the imperial clan not to get involved in the matter of supporting the emperor in the future, lest such a thing fall on the new emperor's sons.

Whatever the reason, some members of the royal family were unlucky. So now that things have settled down, when the King of Zhou released his sons and called them over to talk, he used those people as a comparison, saying, "If it weren't for me keeping an eye on you, you would be the ones without titles now."

Seeing that many members of the royal family had been stripped of their titles, Master Chu and the others were now somewhat frightened, so they were convinced of the King of Zhou's scolding.

King Zhou continued, “I am old and don’t know how many more years I can take care of you. In the future, think carefully before you do things and don’t act recklessly. Once I’m gone, no one will be watching you. If you act recklessly and cause trouble, you will lose your titles or even your lives, and no one will save you!”

Many years have passed since Linlang entered the manor. Prince Zhou was already quite old back then, and he is even older now. This is considered a very long life in ancient times, so it is normal for Prince Zhou to warn his sons in this way, because he really can't control them for many more years.

Upon hearing this, Master Chu and the others felt a pang of sadness, but this sadness was not so much for the Prince of Zhou, but rather for the possibility that they would never again receive any money from the Prince of Zhou's mansion.

You should know that while King Zhou was still alive, he would sometimes give his sons some subsidies. Although the Second Master of Chu was not King Zhou's favorite son, he was still a son, and sometimes when he was in a good mood, he would give them a little something.

When the King of Zhou passes away and the Crown Prince of Zhou ascends the throne, the Crown Prince of Zhou is just their older brother and won't give them any money. How could Master Chu and the others not feel distressed at the thought of not being able to get money from the King of Zhou's mansion?