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Chapter 1880 Cousin 51 (The End)

Currently, the only person in the Prince's mansion who has any connection with the Second Master Chu is the Prince of Zhou, because his birth mother did not live as long as the Prince of Zhou and passed away early.

When his birth mother was alive, he could receive monthly and annual allowances from her. After his birth mother passed away, he only received occasional subsidies from the King of Zhou.

After King Zhou passed away, there was really no one to give him money, and he had to take care of himself.

They couldn't expect to receive any money after the death of the Zhou king.

Generally, the eldest son inherits the lion's share, while others only receive a small portion.

Even though they were members of the royal family, they didn't have to give the lion's share of the money to their eldest son like ordinary families to expand the family. The money could be divided equally. With so many sons, even if the king had a lot of money, it wouldn't be much if it was divided among so many people, because the public funds were not much. And land, shops, and other real estate were generally not divided, but only given to the eldest son's family.

The thought that their lives would be difficult after the passing of the Prince of Zhou, and that their families had not gotten along well with the eldest son's family due to their struggle for control of the household, made the Second Master Chu and the others feel gloomy.

If only I hadn't fought with the eldest son's family for control of the household, I wouldn't have strained our relationship with them, and I could have gotten some benefits from the Prince Zhou's residence later.

Those caught up in the situation, however, were so greedy for the money that they couldn't care less about anything else and only wanted the benefits.

If they had succeeded back then, they would have made a fortune over the years, enough to buy many fields and shops. So even if they had another chance, knowing that King Zhou would live for so many years, they would still try. It's just that they didn't succeed back then and were disappointed because they didn't get what they wanted.

King Zhou's conversation with Lord Chu and others this time was like a deathbed confession. After saying these words to Lord Chu and others, King Zhou suddenly fell ill.

It's normal for people to get sick as they get older.

Seeing that his health was deteriorating, King Zhou summoned his sons and began to divide his property.

In most families, except for those who die suddenly, property is usually divided before death. If it isn't divided beforehand, the property will be divided equally according to royal law after death. Of course, it's optional to divide it however the family wants, but if it's not divided equally, the government will force an equal division unless the family members file a complaint. This is because it's stipulated by royal law. If an elder didn't divide the property before death, those who receive less will likely file a complaint. Therefore, if property isn't divided in advance, it will usually be divided equally.

This is naturally not what any of the major families want to see. After all, if the property is divided equally, it would be a weaker version of the "Decree of Grace," and even the largest families would not be able to grow stronger. Therefore, the property must be divided before death to avoid the situation of equal division.

As expected, just as Master Chu and the others had thought, Prince Zhou divided the floating wealth in the mansion equally, but he did not divide the real estate and the like.

Therefore, the majority of the family's wealth naturally went to the Crown Prince of Zhou.

Although the royal family is the imperial family, in theory, the family is already very powerful. After all, they are the imperial family, so what need is there for them to be powerful? Unlike commoners, in order to prevent a weakened version of the Grace Decree and stop the family from growing stronger, they can divide their property equally. But... other families do it this way, so the imperial family follows suit. However, the main purpose of doing so is not to prevent the Grace Decree, but to maintain the dignity of the prince.

Although a prince receives an annual salary of 20,000 taels, he also has many people to support, so it's not enough to maintain a respectable lifestyle. Therefore, he needs a large amount of wealth to support him.

This is why, just like in ordinary families, the majority of the royal family's wealth goes to the eldest son.

King Zhou passed away not long after he had distributed all the public funds.

Some of the men, including Master Chu the Second, who received their share of the public funds, used their money to buy land and shops; others, like Master Chu the Second, squandered it all. They knew that once they had spent it all, life would be difficult, and no one from the Prince's Mansion would support them anymore, but they still squandered it all. There was no changing one's nature.

Leaving aside those who have already been separated from the main residence, let's just talk about the remaining people in the main residence who were not separated from the main residence before.

Now that King Zhou has passed away, those who are already married will naturally have to move out to live in their own separate households.

They thought it was a bit much to ask them to leave their residences so soon after the death of the King of Zhou, and that they wanted to stay in the royal residence. However, those who had already left naturally supported the royal residence's decision. After all, if they couldn't live in the royal residence, why should others be able to?

So when the family meeting started, everyone else supported the people in the Prince's Mansion moving out as soon as possible, so that those people wouldn't be able to stay in the Prince's Mansion even if they wanted to.

In other words, those who are not yet married are a little happier, as they can continue to stay in the Prince's Mansion and take advantage of it.

Since all the married couples have left, there are now quite a few empty spaces in the mansion. Coincidentally, the children of the Prince of Zhou are all grown up and need space for their weddings, so these empty spaces can be allocated to them.

Now that King Zhou has passed away, the Crown Prince of Zhou has successfully ascended to the throne as King Zhou, and the Crown Prince's wife has become the Queen Consort of Zhou, while the former Queen Consort of Zhou has become the Dowager Consort of Zhou.

Chu Yue, having turned twenty, received the title of Prince and was able to receive a salary. It should be noted that those under twenty were not entitled to such a salary.

Although the new emperor has ascended the throne and the Zhou family's ban on leaving the house has been lifted, allowing everyone to go out and play freely, Chu Yue doesn't really like going out anymore because he's busy writing novels every day, and when he's not writing, he reads Lin Lang's novels.

The two not only wrote, but also took over a publishing house and published their work, and surprisingly, the sales were quite good.

Chu Yue's interest was piqued when he saw that he could earn a lot of money writing novels. After all, he had never earned any money on his own since birth, and now that he could earn money with his own skills, he naturally felt a sense of accomplishment.

Since his interest had grown so much, he naturally spent all his time at home working diligently.

This shows the benefits of his previous diligent study. Many of his fellow royals couldn't endure the hardship of studying and didn't even know many characters. Unlike Chu Yue, who, although not required to take the imperial examinations, still studied diligently and accumulated a lot of knowledge. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to write novels now.

Unbeknownst to Chu Yue, he became a leading novelist in this world and beyond, just as Lin Lang had predicted, securing a place in history.

As Chu Yue's fame grew and his books sold better and better, when Chu Yue's parents passed away and they separated from their family and moved out, the young couple's wealth was no less than that of Chu Yue's elder brother and sister-in-law. They lived quite comfortably, unlike some minor branches of the family who struggled after separating from their families.

Linlang and Chuyue wrote books together in this world. Because they shared similar interests, they had a good relationship and lived a very happy life.

A century later, Linlang returned to the shuttle.

After a period of rest, Linlang will begin a new journey, and so on, in a never-ending cycle.

This concludes the story. I'm going to take a month off to write a new one, which won't be a quick transmigration story.