My Lord, your wife is spreading rumors about you again.

Chapter 76 Family Head’s Order

"what happened?"

Mingli, who was sleeping on the inside, slowly woke up. She rubbed her eyes and sat up, "What's the patriarch's order?"

"Slow down." Zhang Zhi quickly reached out to help her. He tilted his head and ordered, "Give me the token, and you go out first."

Shancha handed over the token, nodded her head and answered yes, then hurried away.

"I forgot to tell you last night that my father decided to give you the Zhang family's Patriarch's Order as soon as the imperial decree came down and we went to the Ming family to propose marriage." Zhang Zhi handed over the token and said with a smile, "This token is the real foundation of the Zhang family. With this token, your status is no different from my father's."

The hundred loads of betrothal gifts sent by the Zhang family were extremely spectacular.

But according to Zhang Zhi's implication, if there is no order from the head of the family, then she can only use the ready-made silver and silver notes, or pawn jewelry and antiques for these magnificent betrothal gifts. The remaining hundreds of shops and manors can only be watched, because without the order from the head of the family, the managers in the manor will not be convinced by Mingli.

Living silver is naturally better than dead silver.

Who can live off their savings forever? Mingli also wants to build her own spy network. The first thing she needs is money. Without money, she can't move forward.

However, it was no wonder that when Zhang Zhi presented so many betrothal gifts, the second and fifth wives said nothing. It turned out that they had calculated that she did not have the order of the head of the family, so even if she got the manor, it would be like a blind man groping in the dark.

See, when old Marquis Zhang sent out the order to be the head of the family, didn't he get restless and start making trouble?
Mingli suddenly burst out laughing and looked at Zhang Zhi jokingly, "I thought of something."

"What?" Zhang Zhi waited for her next words calmly.

But Mingli shook the family master's order in his hand and said with a smile: "The holder of the family master's order is the same as the master, so when you see me in the future, don't you have to call me dad?"

Zhang Zhi: “.”

Zhang Zhi put on his clothes and said he would go out to make breakfast. When he left, Shan Cha came in with hot water. After so long, Ming Li was still not used to being served by others.

Long before Shancha came in, she had already washed and changed her clothes. Mingli sat in front of the bronze mirror, with a silver hairpin inserted diagonally in her hair, her face bare, and a slightly red lipstick on.

She looked at Shancha in the mirror and asked, "Shancha, whose sandalwood hairpin was that yesterday?"

Shan Cha paused, looked around, and said vaguely, "It belongs to my daughter. She didn't have many jewelry, and this is the only one left."

Mingli looked at her deeply and said nothing more.

At this time, Nanny Li came in. Seeing Shancha standing with her head down without moving, she guessed that there might be a disagreement between her and Mingli.

She quickly interrupted, "Miss, the prince has brought some breakfast. You can eat some to fill your stomach and then we can go to the ancestral hall. I heard that the old marquis was very angry and even asked for family punishment."

"Okay, let's go." Mingli stood up, Shancha subconsciously wanted to help him, but Mingli held her down. She raised her head, met Mingli's eyes, and immediately lowered her head: "Second Miss, I..."

Mingli stared at her and said, "Think about my question again and give me a final answer when I come back. Just let Madam Li accompany me to the ancestral temple."

After saying that, Mingli strode away.

Although Nanny Li didn't understand what was going on, she still whispered to Shan Cha, "Our girl is a person who can't tolerate any sand in her eyes. You must not be confused." After that, Nanny Li quickly caught up with Mingli and followed him closely.

Zhang Zhi had already eaten a few mouthfuls and sat in the front hall waiting. He had a bowl of red date and lotus seed porridge set aside to cool. Seeing Mingli coming over, he handed over the chopsticks. "I brought some light food on purpose. Eat less first. When the ancestral hall is over, I'll take you out for a good meal." Zhang Zhi said as he served Mingli food, chopstick after chopstick. Soon, the small dish was piled up like a mountain.

Mingli was stunned and asked curiously, "Go out to eat? Don't we have to follow the rules in the mansion today?"

Before getting married, she had read some books on etiquette. Today should be even busier than yesterday. She had to meet with all kinds of elders and relatives one by one, as well as all the servants and stewards in the mansion, both big and small.

"I've never been a rule-abiding person." Zhang Zhi smiled, reached out and took a small bun and stuffed it into Mingli's hand.

"Since you're married to me, you don't have to follow those rules."

Mingli had something on his mind, but he still ate a lot.

A full bowl of lotus seed porridge was finished, and most of the porridge Zhang Zhi had brought was eaten. Thinking that there would be delicious food at noon, he restrained himself. During this time, Wuwei came again to pass on a message, saying that the old Marquis Zhang had beaten Zhang Yang, but Zhang Zhi and Mingli were calmer than each other, and continued to walk slowly towards the ancestral hall, and stopped on the way to admire the flowers.

Just when we were not far from the ancestral hall, we heard howls that were getting louder and louder.

"Ah - even if uncle beats me to death today, I will still tell you!"

Zhang Yang cried, each word louder than the previous one: "Ming Li has just married, and even the elders of the Zhang family can't recognize him. How can he be qualified to hold the order of the head of the family? If uncle insists on doing this, Zhang Yang will die in front of the ancestral hall today, rather than going to hell a hundred years later and being scolded by our ancestors!"

Zhang Yu from the fifth room also fell to his knees.

"My nephew is also unconvinced! It's not like our Zhang family is without male heirs, so why do we have to let a woman manage the family wealth? She is a second-time bride, and she was able to marry into the Zhenbei Marquis's mansion and become the Crown Prince's consort. She must have burned incense in her previous life!" Zhang Yu raised his head and squeezed out two tears: "Mingli, you are not worthy of managing the family! Please take back your order, uncle, otherwise, your nephews will kneel here and die!"

Old Marquis Zhang was so angry that he whipped him again.

"You bastard thing!"

Old Marquis Zhang pointed at the red-lettered iron certificate hanging on the top of the ancestral hall and said angrily, "Every brick and tile of the Zhang family, the wealth you enjoy now, was earned by me on the battlefield! I can give the Zhang family to anyone I want! You bastards, don't think I don't know who is behind you. Call your parents over and let them tell me in person!"

Zhang Yu retorted: "These are what my nephews want to say. They have nothing to do with my parents. Uncle, please don't frame them!"

Suddenly, two mocking laughs filled with disdain were heard from outside the ancestral hall.

The noise suddenly quieted down, and everyone's eyes fell on that plain figure.

"My husband, do you think it would be more appropriate to call them a bunch of mad dogs or a pile of mud?"

Zhang Zhi smiled softly and replied, "Whatever Madam thinks is good, then that is good."

Hearing this, Mingli glanced at Zhang Zhi, who raised his eyebrows at her, meaning that the Patriarch Order was to be given to her anyway, and had nothing to do with him as the prince. Let Mingli do whatever she wants today. In short, if his two younger brothers don't get so angry that they hit their heads against the wall today, he will lose.

As soon as Zhang Yang and Zhang Yu saw Ming Li, they immediately stood up and glared at each other.

"My two younger brothers."

Mingli walked over with a faint smile on his face: "When I treat you as human beings, please try to act like human beings and don't expose your pig-dog nature."

(End of this chapter)