Marquis Pingxi nodded repeatedly, saying, "I don't object, I don't object."
Chen Zhong said, "I am a businessman. When businessmen negotiate, they always keep a trump card for themselves. But Yuan'er and Yuanyuan are your biological children and my nephews. Now we are talking about matters concerning the two of them, so there is no need for some formalities. My lord, let's be frank and lay out our terms. You have no objections, do you?"
The Marquis of Pingxi had been stationed at the border with the old Marquis for several years before finally settling in the capital. In terms of cunning and scheming, he was no match for Chen Zhong, who had been navigating the business world for decades. Otherwise, the young Chen family wouldn't have been able to manipulate the Marquis of Pingxi so easily.
Seeing that Chen Zhong had put it this way, Marquis Pingxi nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll tell you my thoughts. I want Yuan'er to be adopted into my second uncle's branch so that we can preserve the imperial edict passed down by my second uncle and protect our marquisate. Back then, the late emperor promised to give us the current Marquis Pingxi mansion so that my second uncle's descendants could inherit everything from him in the future. Our Marquis Pingxi mansion is in a special situation. In addition, when the late emperor bestowed the title, there was no suitable house, so he gave us the current mansion. We can divide the family property when my second uncle's children grow up."
Chen Zhong nodded upon hearing this. The Marquis of Pingxi had not lied to him; the events of that year were indeed as they had been.
Marquis Pingxi said, “Ever since my second uncle passed away, my second aunt’s health has been poor. She passed away not long after the child was born. My cousin was born with a birth defect and died very young. Since we have always lived in the same courtyard, and my second uncle’s lineage has become extinct, my father thought that after I had a child, he would adopt another child for my second uncle to continue his family line. After Yun’er was born, we originally planned to open an ancestral hall, but his mother couldn’t bear to, so we never did it. It’s been delayed until today. Brother-in-law, we really can’t delay any longer. If we delay any longer, our Marquis Pingxi’s mansion will become a laughing stock in the capital.”
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