Chapter 105: Family Division (Part 2)
Before he finished speaking, Princess Linyang walked in with Suiyu and Suiyun.
"Princess!"
As soon as they saw Princess Linyang coming, everyone hurriedly and respectfully saluted!
"Alright, excuse the formalities!" Princess Linyang took the seat of honor and said with a smile, "I'm just here to take a look at the situation, as someone asked me to. Since the family is about to split up, I'm shamelessly offering myself as a witness."
After saying this, Princess Linyang smiled and said to Madam Yuan, "Madam, you wouldn't mind, would you?"
"How could that be?" Madam Yuan hurriedly responded, "Having the princess as a witness is a blessing our Yuan family has earned through several lifetimes!"
"I'm glad the old lady doesn't blame me!" Princess Linyang smiled and raised her eyebrows at Yuan Ziyu.
Yuan Ziyu smiled and bowed gratefully to Princess Linyang.
Although I don’t know why Princess Linyang suddenly came, it is great to have Princess Linyang in charge.
"Alright, I'll be a witness. You can divide the family property according to the rules!" Princess Linyang smiled and said, "As long as it's reasonable, I won't interrupt."
After hearing what Princess Linyang said, Yuan Qilei was secretly annoyed. With such a great god in charge, even if his mother was partial to him, she would not give him too much. What's more, he was afraid that he would not get even a single cent of everything in this mansion.
Yuan Qilei felt like his heart was bleeding!
"Then I'll trouble you, Princess!" The elder lady said to Princess Linyang with a smile, but she sighed in her heart.
Since Princess Linyang came here, she said she wanted to be a witness to the division of the family without asking the reason. I think she knew the whole story. Today, the family has to be divided even if she doesn't want to. Otherwise, Princess Linyang might enter the palace and tell the Queen Mother about it. I'm afraid Lei'er's official position will be in jeopardy!
Thinking of this, Madam Yuan sighed secretly and said to Yuan Qifeng and Yuan Qilei, "As the saying goes, a big tree has many branches. Now that you two brothers have established families and careers, and the eldest brother has returned to the capital, it will be inconvenient for you to live together. So, today I will make the decision to divide this family."
"The things in your rooms will be returned to you. Lei'er, you can put them away in the next two days and go back to your own mansion. If you want to see an old woman like me in the future, just come here and see me!"
"Yes, mother." Yuan Qilei had no choice but to agree, no matter how reluctant he was.
The elder lady nodded and said, "Everything in this mansion belongs to the eldest brother, so there will be no division. I will give you some of what your father left behind."
Yuan Qifeng and Yuan Qilei looked at each other and said, "Let mother make all the arrangements!"
"Your father passed away early and didn't leave behind much!" The elder lady said to Nanny Bai, "Ah Man, go to the inner room and get the box next to my bed!"
"Yes, old lady!" Nanny Bai responded and went into the inner room.
Soon, Aunt Bai came out holding a chicken-wing wood carved box with gold inlay.
"Old lady!" Aunt Bai placed the box on the table in front of the elder lady!
The elder lady opened the box and revealed the contents, which were several house deeds and land deeds and a stack of silver bills.
"These are the farms and fields left by your father!" The elder lady took out the deeds and said, "A total of three hundred acres of fertile land and three farms."
After that, Madam Yuan Lao turned to Yuan Qifeng and said, "Big Boss, you are the elder brother, and I will live with you from now on. Logically, the things your father left behind should be given to you the most. However, your younger brother will have to set up his own residence and live a more difficult life. So, as his mother, I will be partial and give your younger brother a larger portion of the farm and land left by your father. Is that okay?"
"Mother!" Yuan Qifeng said respectfully, "It is natural for a son to take care of you. I have been on the frontier for many years and have not been able to be with you to fulfill my filial duties. From now on, I will serve you. As for what my father left behind, it is up to you to distribute it. I dare not object."
The elder lady smiled and said, "Boss, you are a good person."
Then, the elder lady took out the banknotes from the box and said, "Part of these banknotes are from your father, and part are from the profits from the farm and land over the years. The total is 60,000 taels. Today, I will make the decision. You two brothers will each get half. As for the farms and land, the eldest brother will get one farm and 100 acres of good farmland, and Lei'er will get two farms and 200 acres of good farmland."
"Yes, it's up to mother!" Yuan Qifeng responded.
Yuan Qilei was indignant, but he didn't dare show it, so he just followed Yuan Qifeng and said, "It's up to mother to decide."
Seeing that Yuan Qifeng and Yuan Qilei had no objections, Madam Yuan smiled and asked Princess Linyang, "What do you think, Princess?"
Princess Linyang smiled and said, "I told you I'm just a witness. Since General Yuan has no objection, it's not my place to interfere. Madam, please write the document to divide the family. After the family is divided, I'll go talk to Sister Yuan!"
The elder lady smiled and said, "Yes, Princess, please wait a moment!"
Since everyone had no objection to the division of the family, the elder lady personally wrote three division documents and handed them to Princess Linyang for review.
Princess Linyang read it once and smiled, then stamped her princess seal on it, took one copy and handed it to Suiyu behind her, and returned the other two copies to Madam Yuan, who gave them to Yuan Qifeng and Yuan Qilei respectively.
In this way, the Yuan family was officially divided, and all that was left was for Yuan Qilei to pack up his belongings and move out of the Yuan Mansion.
The elder lady felt unhappy, but she couldn't show it.
"Alright, now that the matter is settled, I won't bother Madam Yuan any further!" Princess Linyang supported Suiyu's hand and stood up. She said to Yuan Ziyu, "Sister Yuan, I'll go sit in your courtyard for a while!"
"Yes, Princess!" Yuan Ziyu responded quickly.
Everyone hurriedly bowed and sent Princess Linyang off. Yuan Ziyu smiled secretly at Huo Xifei and left Shousong Hall with Princess Linyang.
When they arrived at Wuyou Pavilion, Princess Linyang smiled at Yuan Ziyu and said, "Sister Yuan, your family can finally be at peace now!"
"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Princess!" Yuan Ziyu said a little embarrassedly.
"Oh, what's the big deal?" Princess Linyang waved her hand nonchalantly. "Whose family doesn't have a few troubles? I even have two troublesome concubines!"
Yuan Ziyu was embarrassed to comment on the affairs of Prince Kang's mansion, so she changed the subject: "Your Highness, you've arrived just in time. I just came up with a new dessert recipe, and I'd like to ask Your Highness to taste it for me!"
Princess Linyang's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Really? That's great! I'm such a lucky eater!"
"The princess is naturally blessed with good food!"
Yuan Ziyu said with a smile, and ordered Qingying to go to the small kitchen to get the freshly made snacks.
"Oh right!" Yuan Ziyou said, "I wonder who sent the princess here?"
Princess Linyang smiled and said, "Guess!"
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