Although she doesn't practice nepotism, in this clan-based society, as long as she can keep the clan members in check, they are one of her most useful cards.
The men are the best weapons, and the women are her good helpers.
The ones who took action were Aunt Huang's brother and nephew. Actually, the matter was quite simple: Yu Chongyan initially opposed Yu Huaijian and his mother entering the mansion.
Yu Boyuan's wife was the daughter of his friend, and he had gone to great lengths to arrange her marriage for his son.
He never expected that Yu Boyuan had another son outside the marriage, and this son was the same age as his second grandson, Yu Huaixian! Naturally, he would not agree to it.
Later, when the mother and daughter finally managed to get in, he refused to let Aunt Huang's niece marry Yu Huaijian, which made the Yu family resent him.
Speaking of the Huang family, they also fled because their home was hit by a snow disaster. They arrived in the capital this spring and unexpectedly met Aunt Huang.
The whole family just jumped on the bandwagon and started sucking our blood!
"Are the Huang family really that bold? My second grandfather was an official, after all. How could a mere commoner like him dare to do this, and how did he manage to do it?"
Only after arriving here did she see and hear firsthand how the people feared the officials. They would keep their distance from the official sedan chairs, and those who dared to kill officials were probably all desperate criminals.
The Huang family has taken more than one or two lives on their way to escape, and the ferocity of humanity has been unleashed. Along the way, they have transformed from commoners into mobs.
They were no different from those outlaws except for the identity of law-abiding citizens and the appearance of 'honest' farmers.
Through Aunt Huang's connections, Huang's eldest son entered the Yu household as a servant to his cousin Yu Huaijian, frequently visiting the outer courtyard. Once, when Yu Chongyan fell ill, Huang seized the opportunity to poison his medicine. He repeated this several times, and sure enough, the old man died!
Upon hearing the news of his own death, Yu Chongyan was surprisingly calm. He understood perfectly well that since he knew who had harmed him, he should simply find that person and kill them!
He will never repeat his mistakes in this lifetime!
Finally, the reunion dinner between the two branches of the Yu family ended happily as everyone else was all smiles, except for Yu Boyuan, who was carried out of the house.
Oh, by the way, Yue Fuguang also gained his thirtieth subordinate—Yu Huaixian.
Yu Huaixian is Yu Boyuan's second son. Yu Chongyan seems determined to groom his eldest and second grandsons.
In the future, the eldest grandson, Yu Huaiming, will directly overtake his father and take over the family business of the second branch of the Yu family.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain to his other two sons.
Yu Zhongqing and Yu Jinan naturally saw through their father's plan and also felt that it was not impossible for their nephew to take over the family business in the future.
As for splitting up now? They had never even considered that idea.
The reason my uncle's family was willing to take my family along was because of my father's influence. Once we separated from the family, our relationship with my uncle's family would become even more distant.
Seeing that the Yu family was about to prosper, they would never do something so foolish.
[Host, in the original timeline, the Huang family was also colluding with the Zhou family. The Huang family's daughter who didn't marry Yu Huaijian later married the second son of the Zhou family.]
"Don't worry, the Zhou family is finished, and the Huang family won't live past this month either. The things they did later won't happen again."
The next day, Yue Fuguang took her top henchman, Yu Huaixian, to court. Why was he called her top henchman?
Among her many new subordinates, apart from Yu Mochun, Yu Huaixian had the highest favorability, followed by Shen Chunying and Shen Dongxue.
Yu Huaixian's favorability rating jumped from 70 to 80 overnight, second only to the Yu Ningxuan and Yu Ningxin sisters.
【Master, you now have a couple of followers, do you want me to bring you that book on training intelligence agents and special forces?】
"Let's wait until these people are completely loyal!"
The hands of the sisters Shen Chunying and Shen Dongxue, who were helping Yue Fuguang into the car, visibly trembled.
Yue Fuguang nodded in satisfaction. It was quite impressive that the two of them could resist looking up at her and were trying their best to hide their panic!
The Shen sisters are quite different. The elder sister, Chunying, is steady and meticulous, while the younger sister, Dongxue, is lively and cheerful. Although the younger sister was adopted by their parents, the sisters have a very good relationship.
Of the people she selected from the guest house, only half have reached the level where they can hear her thoughts. Among them, the Shen sisters, Liu Wei, Xu Xiaoman, and Zhang Fang have the highest favorability.
This was the first time the group had heard her thoughts. Shen Wei and Xu Xiaoman, who were a few steps behind, only paused for a moment before quickly catching up.
As for Zhang Fang, who was seeing them off, he had his hand on the Lieyun Sword at his waist, and only when he heard the familiar "wait a little longer" did he refrain from drawing it.
So this is what Master Yu was hinting at about the extraordinary nature of their Junior Tutor?
How can someone speak without actually saying a word? Is it some kind of supernatural skill? Could it be the long-lost art of ventriloquism?
Where is that little guy called Master hiding?
Zhang Fang, who was the most skilled in martial arts, searched for a long time but could not find the owner of the voice.
"Alright then, once they've completely accepted their master as their master, I'll give them some medicine. These mortals' skills are too poor; I can't trust such weaklings to protect their master."
"With the little bead here, my safety is assured. My actions towards these people are merely to reassure the emperor and his ilk."
As you said, mortal strength is indeed lacking, but perhaps we can train a few promising talents to serve us in the future.
Mortal? Immortal Lord? What does that mean?
Shen Chunying and Liu Wei exchanged bewildered glances. How could the Young Master call himself a Celestial Lord? And that little bead not only looked down on them but also referred to them as mortals!
The group looked around carefully several more times but found nothing unusual... However, they did make a discovery: of the twelve people in their group, only eight had unusual expressions.
Wang Qingxiao and the other three acted as if they hadn't heard anything, remaining calm and composed, even noticing the changing expressions and puzzled looks on their faces.
Their faces were full of questions, almost as if they were about to ask: What's wrong with you? You look so pale. Are you sick?
Along the way, the eight of them overheard the man who called himself Little Pearl cursing everyone from the emperor to the civil and military officials in front of the Junior Tutor.
The reason is that transporting the seeds to them consumed a lot of its 'divine power'!
The group were all skilled in martial arts, and they could hear the only sound inside the carriage was the young master's heartbeat. Where exactly was that little bead hidden?
It dared to insult the emperor and his officials without restraint; they dared to curse, but they dared not listen!
Several of them were resigned to their fate, but they didn't suspect anything amiss; they simply assumed they had encountered a master.
After all, they've seen plenty of people in the martial arts world who call themselves immortals. Which of those who trick people into drinking talisman water doesn't claim to be a reincarnated deity who has come to the mortal world to impart magic?
The few people waiting to die were unaware that this was just the beginning, and that this was not even the most shocking part of their worldview.
With trepidation in their hearts, the group, who were now acting as if it were their last words, watched as the Junior Tutor's carriage drove directly into the palace.
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