After lunch, the afternoon wasn't just for the girls; all the women in the family went to chat in Grandma Gu's courtyard.
Grandma Gu and Cai Xiaolian asked Gu Nian if she had gotten used to it.
Zhang then asked whether Gu Nian had gained real power.
In the past, Gu Nian thought Zhang was a very vulgar person, but after getting used to it in the past few years, she no longer felt that way.
To put her family at ease, Gu Nian mentioned the Xue family's attitude.
She and Xue Qianyu overslept that day, and the tea ceremony was indeed held in the afternoon.
The Xue family actually had quite a few members, but they split up, and Xue Qianyu's branch of the family had fewer members.
When a new bride enters the family, not only will everyone from the clan come, but Xue Qianyu's uncles, aunts, and other relatives will also be present so that Gu Nian can recognize them.
After recognizing the people, Duke Chengen and Madam Xue took out the keys to the mansion and handed over the entire Xue mansion to the young couple in front of all their relatives.
Xue Qianyu hadn't expected this at all.
Xue Qianyu was unwilling and didn't want to accept it, but Duke Chengen and Madam Xue insisted on giving it to him!
Xue Qianyu's uncles, aunts, and other relatives were extremely envious.
You, father, son, mother-in-law, and daughter-in-law, are pushing it away, but you could have given it to us, right?
Some people think this way, and some people say it.
Xue Qianyu's aunt then spoke her mind.
Duke Cheng'en scoffed, "Sister-in-law, don't be greedy. When you were dividing the family property, what did you give us? All this was earned by Ning'er's mother and me, and it was a gift from the sister-in-law you looked down on back then. What? You still want to divide the family property? Do you want Her Majesty the Empress to preside over it and give back what we didn't get?"
Xue Qianyu's grandfather was a womanizer who married two wives. The Duke of Chengen and Empress Xue were full brothers, while his other brothers and sisters were born to his second wife and concubine.
In their family, all the concubines were promoted to the rank of principal wife. Cheng'en Gong had an older sister before him, so the son born to the second wife was older than Cheng'en Gong.
However, the eldest sister of the Duke of Chengen and Empress Xue was murdered. The brother and sister had a big fight, and with the support of the current emperor who was then the crown prince, they separated their family.
The title was inherited by the Duke of Cheng'en. After Empress Xue married the Crown Prince and the Crown Prince ascended the throne, the title became the Duke of Cheng'en. Previously, he was just a Earl.
Now that Empress Xue has given birth to the Crown Prince, the Xue family's position is very secure, and Xue Qianyu is so capable. Therefore, after the Duke of Cheng'en said this, no one else dared to utter a single word.
And so, Xue Qianyu and Gu Nian accepted everything the Xue family had to do.
That evening, Madam Xue summoned Gu Nian and told her about the history of the Xue family. Madam Xue told Gu Nian that the entire Xue family belonged to the young couple, so they could live a life of luxury. She also told Gu Nian not to give those other branches of the family a hard time, and that they had already separated their households.
Gu Nian didn't actually want to manage the household, but Madam Xue said that she was going to go to the Western Regions with Princess Consort Kang, Duke Chengen, and Prince Kang. How could she not leave the household to them?
Madam Xue told Gu Nian to treat the Xue family as her own home and come and go as she pleased!
Gu Nian was still a little dazed when she talked about this. She felt that she was much better than Gu Xin. Really, her in-laws had taken care of all the troublesome things in her husband's family.
After their daughter Xin Xin gets married, she'll still have to face all sorts of monsters and demons in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion!
As expected, she wasn't the female lead; she didn't even have any truly exceptional men around her.
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