"You mean..." the old lady hesitated.
Lu Zhe nodded gloomily. The old lady looked at Lu Xiao, only to see Lu Xiao also nodded imperceptibly.
"Mother, if you hesitate to make a decision, you will suffer the consequences. The assassination by the men in black tonight was aimed at the eldest son's family."
Lu Xiao pointed to the sky, his eyes flashing with determination and ruthlessness, "In that person's eyes, Chang Gong must be eliminated. We must cut off ties with the eldest branch and cannot be implicated by them."
Qin Qing, Huang Siyan and Chen Chunhua looked at each other tacitly. They had no right to interrupt the men.
However, the joy in their eyes showed that they agreed with the method discussed by the men.
Lu Mao raised his head timidly, "Mother, Gong'er, time is running out. If we and the eldest wife... our eldest sister-in-law will be left alone and widowed, how will we survive?"
The old lady was used to being strong and decisive, but was interrupted by Lu Mao, the person she disliked the most and was the most dull, so she scolded him harshly.
"Shut up! The eldest branch brought disaster upon us. Don't you see clearly, you fool? If it weren't for the eldest branch, how could we have been assassinated by the men in black?"
Lu Zhe joined in the lobbying with a serious tone, "We are doing this to protect the younger generation of our third house!"
"Whether the Lu family can make a comeback depends entirely on the younger generation. We can't sacrifice the younger generation for the sake of the eldest branch!"
"Third brother, can you bear to watch Bao Ge'er get killed?"
"I……"
Lu Zhe's sanctimonious words successfully shut Lu Mao's mouth.
Lu Mao's voice has always been insignificant to the old lady.
Therefore, the old lady discussed it with Lu Zhe and Lu Xiao, and after obtaining the consent of everyone in the second, third and fourth houses, she instructed Qin Qing to call the eldest house to issue a notice.
"Uncle Xu, thank you for saving my brother. My sister-in-law specially asked me to bring some food as a token of gratitude. Uncle Xu, if you need anything in the future, just let me know. Changming has plenty of strength."
Xu Yongsi, a military officer of the ninth rank Chengzhonglang, was a palace guard. He was implicated by Lu Changgong, along with Jiang Guan, the Imperial Counselor, and Cao Yushu, the Cavalry Captain of Wude, and they were exiled together by the Emperor of Dai Viet.
Xu Yongsi and Cao Yushu were supported by Lu Zhan. After Lu Zhan's death, Lu Changgong also supported and cared for them many times.
Lu Zhan not only recognized Jiang Guan's talent, but also saved his life. Without Lu Zhan, Jiang Guan would not have become a fifth-rank counselor.
Therefore, Jiang Hong took good care of Lu Changgong's eldest son along the way. The reason why Xu Yongsi did not show up to get close to Lu Changgong was simply because Lu Changgong had no use for him.
As for Cao Yushu, he was the one who was most hostile to the eldest branch of the Lu family at the beginning.
After hearing Lu Changming's statement, Su Sijin realized that the three of them had such a complicated relationship with the Lu family.
Since Lu Zhan was kind enough to help Cao Yushu, where did Cao Yushu's hatred come from?
Su Sijin didn't understand and asked, "Second brother, why is Cao Yushu so hostile to the Lu family's eldest branch, especially to your eldest brother?"
"Why do I feel like he hates your elder brother?"
Lu Changmin lowered his head, opening and closing his mouth in embarrassment, but no words came out.
Just when Su Sijin's patience was completely lost, Qin Qing's annoying voice interrupted her.
"Hey! They're all here! The old lady wants you to come over."
"all?"
Su Sijin leisurely observed Qin Qing's happy expression.
She had just experienced an assassination attempt, and she was in such a good mood? Could it be that something good had happened during the treatment of Lu Changgong that she didn't know about?
Qin Qing yelled impatiently, "The old lady wants you to come over, hurry up! The old lady is still waiting."
After Qin Qing finished speaking, she jumped away.
Su Sijin looked at the abnormal Qin Qing, narrowed her eyes, and hid her thoughts. "Second brother, you stay and take care of your eldest brother and Qiu Ling. Mother, third brother and I will go over to check on them."
"But..." Lu Changming was worried that they would suffer losses and was reluctant to agree.
"Don't say but, just listen to me. If you stay, they won't dare to do anything to us." After Su Sijin said that, she raised her foot and walked towards the old lady.
When they arrived, everyone from the second, third, and fourth branches of the Lu family were sitting there waiting for them.
After Su Sijin and the others greeted each other, the old lady couldn't wait to tell them her purpose, and refused to even give a perfunctory answer.
"Now that the eldest brother is gone, it's not right for me to drag my children and grandchildren to live with me. Therefore, I plan to separate your eldest son's house."
"Mother, what did you say?" Zheng Jie asked the old lady in disbelief.
The old lady knocked the ground with her cane, and the dust that flew up could not hide her disgusted expression. "It's just as you heard. I want to separate your eldest son's house."
"From now on, whether you, the eldest son's family, live well or not, whether you eat well or not, it has nothing to do with me, an old woman, and I don't want you, the eldest son's family, to support me in my old age."
"The birth, old age, sickness and death of this old woman have nothing to do with your eldest branch. Similarly, all the troubles your eldest branch encounters have nothing to do with us."
Su Sijin curled her lips. Is he planning to sacrifice the car to save the driver?
Throwing away the hot potato of the eldest house was almost what she expected.
But Zheng Jie obviously disagreed. When she heard that the eldest house was going to be divided, she felt like the sky was falling.
Regardless of the consequences, he pleaded pitifully, trying to get the old lady to change her mind, "Mother, Chang Gong is seriously injured and unconscious. How can you separate our eldest son's house at this time?"
"In our eldest house, Changming is the only one in charge. The rest are women and children. Mother separated our eldest house. This...this, we can't survive!"
Qin Qing sarcastically said, "Oh! It seems that the old lady raised her son, not only that, but she also wants to raise her grandchildren?"
"Sister-in-law, you are really calculating. You are unwilling to separate from the family and cling to the old lady. Are you planning to let us, the third branch, raise your child?"
"Tsk tsk, this abacus is really loud."
Zheng Jie's face flushed red at Qin Qing's sarcasm, and the rebuttal that was on the tip of her tongue just couldn't come out.
Zheng Jie's eyes were red as she pointed at Qin Qing and then looked at Huang Siyan and Chen Chunhua who were watching the show. She knew that the separation of the family was a done deal and she shed tears of despair.
Just when Su Sijin was about to agree, the frail Lu Zhangji, suppressing his discomfort, stepped forward and said, "I will do as you say, Grandmother. From now on, the first branch of the Lu family's honor or disgrace, poverty or wealth, life or death will be up to Grandmother, and will have nothing to do with the second, third, and fourth branches."
"Brother Ji, I..." Lu Mao's unfinished words were stopped by Qin Qing's eyes. He lowered his head and acted like a turtle again.
Since Lu Changji said what he wanted to say, there was no need for her to repeat it again, but...
"Grandma, words are not enough. Be careful that our eldest branch will break their promise in the future. Grandma, shouldn't we draft the documents for dividing the family?"
The old lady thought about it and it made sense, so Lu Zhe drafted a family division document and wrote it according to the old lady's words. Everyone in the Lu family, young and old, had to sign and seal it.
That’s not all, Su Sijin also got the signatures of Tang Peng, Jiang Guan, and Xu Yongsi.
Su Sijin made the old lady's intentions known to everyone, repeating every word of the old lady's words.
When everyone heard this, they were disgusted by the old lady and the third house for being so heartless and ungrateful, and for taking advantage of others' misfortunes. They slandered the old lady and others in private.
The family division document was made in duplicate, and from then on, the eldest branch of the Lu family had no relationship with the other three branches.
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