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

Chapter 77: Are you a good person?
Then, Mingli bowed his head towards Old Lord Zhang.

"Dad."

Old Marquis Zhang looked at Mingli, stunned for a moment, and even forgot to respond. Speaking of which, he had never met Mingli formally. When they got married yesterday, she was holding a round fan in her hand, covering her face, so he couldn't see clearly.

Looking at her today, she looks exactly like Wen Wan.

However, Wen Wan's expression was more graceful and gentle than hers. Mingli was like a cold wind, which could chill one's bones with a light touch, but Wen Wan was like a breeze, and no matter who it was, they would fall in love with her after seeing her once.

Old Lord Zhang looked at Mingli and suddenly laughed heartily. He threw away his crutch and walked down on tiptoe. Just as he stretched out his hands to touch her shoulders, he saw Mingli subconsciously take a half step back and with a wary look on her face, he suddenly froze in place.

She is not A Wan, she is A Wan's daughter.
A Wan, dead.

He took back his hands and put on a loving smile: "Li'er is here, there is no need for you to come here in person, father will take care of everything for you."

"No problem, I can do it." Mingli smiled politely, his eyes swept over Zhang Yang and Zhang Yu, "The Patriarch's Order is in my hands, you don't accept it, right?"

Although Zhang Yang and Zhang Yu were from a side branch of the family, they had the surname Zhang after all. They were spoiled since childhood, and their parents had never said a harsh word to them.

Zhang Yu spoke first: "Second sister-in-law, you are a new bride, you should be filial to your parents-in-law and elders, and serve your husband well. Can't you finish your work in the boudoir? You are shameless enough to reach out to the head of the family. In the whole capital, there has never been a head of the family in the hands of the daughter-in-law! This is a laughable thing!"

"Uncle is old, so it's understandable that he lost his temper after hearing a few words." Zhang Yang looked at Zhang Zhi, and he didn't know where he got the courage to ask directly: "Where is the second brother? This is the family head order that can mobilize all the assets of the Zhang family on the dark network. Do you also want to indulge your new wife like this?"

Zhang Zhiyi shrugged, dragged a chair over to the side and placed it behind Mingli, and finally said three words calmly: "I am henpecked."

Zhang Yang, Zhang Yu: “.”

They wanted to vomit blood.

"Before we start arguing, I have something I want to ask you. Can you two brothers represent the uncles and aunts from your second and fifth rooms? If you can, let's continue. If not, please ask your elders to come out. I don't want to waste my time arguing with two young people who can't make the decision."

Mingli sat down calmly. She was wearing a light green dress with lotus patterns, her hair was loose, and only a silver hairpin was used to half-tie her hair into a bun. She was naturally cold, and now that she was angry, she looked even more unapproachable.

Zhang Yu was the most impulsive. He ignored Zhang Yang's reminder and said, "We are the legitimate sons of the second and fifth houses. We have already reached adulthood, so we can make the decision!"

"it is good."

Mingli got the answer he wanted, smiled happily, and said slowly: "Since both brothers think that I can't control the family head order and the assets of the Zhang family, then I won't control it. We are all family, and we are still connected. Why do we have to argue like this in the ancestral hall?"

Zhang Yang and Zhang Yu looked at each other, their mouths open but unable to utter a word.

Weren't they going to have a fight? Why did she give in first?
"Since you are not convinced, then you should manage your own family from now on." Mingli said lightly: "The family will be separated and leave the mansion. From now on, the first, second and fifth branches of the Zhang family will each go their own way and pursue their own future. Don't interfere with each other."

Zhang Yu immediately became anxious: "How can this be possible?!"

The entire Zhang family depends on the eldest branch for survival. If the family is divided, the children of the other branches will just live off the wealth and the family fortune will be gone within a few months!
"Why not?" Mingli glanced at him coldly: "Brother Yu, don't you think I'm too young and a woman to be the head of the family? In this case, don't wrong yourself. After the family is divided, you can manage the assets of the fifth room by yourselves. You don't have to spend money from the public treasury anymore. Wouldn't it be happy?" As she spoke, Mingli's eyes fell on Zhang Yang again. She chuckled: "What about Brother Yang? Does your second room have the same idea as the fifth room?"

When Zhang Yang was called, he was instantly startled.

He stammered, "I am not like that. I am not like my younger brother Yu. I am against my second sister-in-law taking charge of the household."

If his parents knew that what he said today led to the separation of the family, he would definitely be beaten to death.

Zhang Yu suddenly raised his head, jumped up and grabbed Zhang Yang's collar.

"Third brother, what do you mean?! This morning, you came to me and said that none of us would have a good ending after Second Sister-in-law took over the Patriarch's Order, and you must force Uncle to take back the token! Why are you turning against us?!"

Zhang Yang changed his expression and pushed Zhang Yu away: "Nonsense! When did I ever say such a thing!"

"You bastard! How dare you harm me?!"

The two men started to wrestle with each other, and when they were so angry that they attacked, Zhang Yu scratched Zhang Yang's neck, leaving several bloody marks.

"stop!"

Madam Wang from the second house and Master Zhang Xin, the third master, were standing outside the ancestral hall, glaring at their two children.

Madam Wang walked over quickly and separated Zhang Yang and Zhang Yu. Her eyebrows were raised as she scolded: "You guys want to be beaten for fighting in the ancestral temple?!"

Zhang Yang and Zhang Yu both had bruises on their faces, and they retreated to the back in silence.

Madam Wang first bowed to Old Marquis Zhang and Zhang Zhi, then turned to Ming Li and said condescendingly: "Although Miss Ming is now the Crown Prince's Consort, she is still the daughter-in-law of our Zhang family after all. Why don't you bow when you meet your elders?"

"According to the laws of the Great Qi Dynasty, the Crown Prince's Consort is of the same rank as a Princess, and is included in the royal canon, which is one level higher than the first-rank lady." Mingli burst out laughing, and asked Madam Wang teasingly: "Second Aunt is so confident that you want me to pay my respects to you, what rank are you? Do you have any rank?"

Mrs. Wang's face turned blue from choking.

How could she have a rank? Her husband and son were both useless. They could rely on the eldest wife for assets and land, but no matter how powerful the eldest wife was, could the title of Consort Gongming be given to someone from their side branch?
She couldn't argue with Mingli, so she placed her hope on Lord Zhang: "Brother, are you going to let this little girl humiliate us like this?"

Old Lord Zhang closed his eyes, pretending to be asleep, isolating himself from all worldly troubles.

"What are you talking about, Second Aunt?" Zhang Zhi's eyes turned cold, and he said in a cold voice: "Who was the first to start trouble today? What, Second Aunt is blind? Can't you see clearly?"

Zhang Xin coughed and warned, "Brother Zhi, you are going too far. Now, what we saw was that your daughter-in-law was instigating the separation of the family and setting up a new residence on the first day of the wedding. A woman like this should be divorced and driven out immediately!"

(End of this chapter)