"Second sister, there's something I want to discuss with you."

Looking at the other person's red and swollen eyes, Nan Yi's voice softened considerably. "I've entrusted the funeral arrangements for Father and the others to Quanfu, who works for Master. He's always out and about and knows more about things than we women do. He'll hire craftsmen to rebuild the courtyard. You can also contact him if you need anything."

This matter should have been handled by the Fourth Prince. As the saying goes, a son-in-law is half a son, and the Fourth Prince is practically a son-in-law. However, he is a prince, and the Tong family's status is not what it used to be. It would be inappropriate for the Fourth Prince to step forward.

“In a few days, my assistant Xiao Shunzi will come to help. You can also ask him to run errands.”

Tong Tinglan clearly understood that it was unrealistic to have Fourth Master preside over the Tong family's funeral, so she said understandingly, "It's alright, Third Sister and Third Brother-in-law should be here too, let Third Brother-in-law preside over it."

"Would the Wang family agree?"

It wasn't that she looked down on her third sister's husband's family. Yiren had said that the filial son, who was praised by outsiders, was, in her opinion, more than kind and honest, but a foolishly obedient person, a typical modern-day mama's boy.

She obeyed her mother in everything, and her mother-in-law controlled everything in the house. Even when her husband took a concubine, and which concubine to take, it was her mother-in-law who made the decision. With such a husband and mother-in-law, her third sister-in-law was really unlucky.

To make matters worse, the third sister also failed to give birth to a son for the Wang family, only having a daughter. Her mother-in-law disliked her, and her husband did not love her, making her life extremely miserable.

Unlike her younger sister, Tong Tinglan often visited her sister Tong Xinlan, who was born of the same mother. She saw her sister's situation and was anxious, but helplessly could not help her.

Later, it was the younger sister who sent someone to the Wang family to put them in a bad light, and the third sister's life improved slightly, but that only meant she was no longer bullied by the Wang family; it didn't get much better.

The Wang family arranged for their brother-in-law to take a concubine. It is said that this concubine was very beautiful, had some knowledge of poetry and literature, and was also very eloquent, which made their brother-in-law treat her with utmost kindness.

Fortunately, that concubine did not bear any children for Wang's brother-in-law; otherwise, there would be no place for his sister in the family.

Without a son, she cannot please her husband. What good is her younger sister, who has the support of a concubine? Can her younger sister protect her for a lifetime?