After Gu Qingchen left, Linglong couldn't help but say:
"Miss, I was wrong."
She truly admired Yuan Zhao; her mistress had a good eye for people.
Yuan Zhao smiled; she was only relying on her past life experiences.
Since Gu Qingchen could still pursue a career in government, she naturally wouldn't hinder him. However, Gu Qingchen's appearance reminded Yuan Zhao of his younger brother, Gu Qingfeng, who was known as the "treasure trove."
Perhaps we could investigate what Gu Qingfeng is doing.
She had collected most of her dowry money, but had not yet found a suitable person to manage it.
If Gu Qingchen hadn't appeared, she would have forgotten about Gu Qingfeng.
After thinking for a moment, she sent a message to her elder brother, asking him to help investigate Gu Qingfeng.
Just after this was done, a maid came to inform everyone that the old lady wanted to go to her courtyard, saying that she had something to announce.
It seems that Madam Zhou has finally decided to divide the family property, but it may not be easy.
Yuan Zhao smiled, changed her clothes, and went to Old Madam Zhou's courtyard. She was the last one to arrive; everyone else had already gone by the time she got there.
No one gave her a pleasant look, especially Zhou Shiyuan, whose face remained gloomy. The second wife of the Yuan family couldn't help but retort:
"The younger generation these days is really something else, arriving so late and making everyone wait."
Yuan Zhao wasn't angry at all, and said with a smile:
"There are many miscellaneous matters in the household. I was just calculating how to distribute next month's allowance, so I arrived a little late. Please forgive me, Second Aunt."
Upon hearing this, the second wife, Duns, fell silent.
Yuan Zhao's words conveyed two meanings.
First, she is different from those idle people; she has the right to manage the household.
Second, the household is out of money, so everyone's monthly allowance will probably be reduced next month.
With the monthly allowance about to be distributed, the second wife naturally did not want to offend Yuan Zhao at this time.
Seeing that Yuan Zhao's words had silenced the Second Madam, Old Madam Zhou opened her eyes and glanced at her, saying:
"Okay, stop arguing."
"As you all know, things are getting harder and harder in the manor recently."
"So, after thinking about it, I feel that splitting up the family might be better. What do you think?"
Hearing Madam Zhou's words, the Zhou family members were all stunned. They had never expected that Madam Zhou would bring up the division of the family at this time.
Zhou's father and Zhou Shiyuan didn't care; whether or not the family split up wouldn't affect them. However, the second and third wives were unhappy.
The second and third branches of the family are not very capable either, and have been relying on the Yongning Marquis's mansion all these years.
Aside from the Yongning Marquis's residence, who knows who they are?
The second wife immediately started shouting:
“My elder brother committed a crime that angered the emperor, resulting in the exile of all the men in the household.”
"We didn't separate the family back then, so why do we have to now?"
The implication was that we had all suffered alongside you, and now that things were finally getting better, you wanted to separate the family, which she naturally didn't want.
Those who are easily swayed!
Old Madam Zhou was annoyed; these were all shallow-minded people.
Do they still think that the Marquis's mansion today can compare to what it used to be?
They had no idea what Yuan Zhao was plotting. Her desire to separate the family was simply to save as many members as possible, but they were completely ungrateful.
But she couldn't make it very clear to me, so she could only vaguely say:
"I just have this idea. You can think about it for a few days, and then we'll talk about it again."
She decided to give them a good talking-to in private, to help them understand the current situation.
Now, she no longer holds any hope for Zhou's father and Zhou Shiyuan.
Both father and son disappointed her more than ever.
How could Yuan Zhao not know what Old Madam Zhou was thinking?
She glanced at Old Madam Zhou indifferently. This old woman was indeed formidable, but unfortunately, there wasn't a single person in the Zhou family who could be of any use.
Before, when interests weren't involved, things were fine, but now these people won't be as obedient as before.
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