Chapter 458: Someone come quickly, the old lady fell down!
"I understand!"
Hearing what Xu Laosan said, Yang Yunyi responded hurriedly.
Although he was the full-time county magistrate, Xu Laosan was just the acting chief clerk he invited. However, not to mention Xu Laosan's status as a top scholar, Xu Laoye was the Marquis of Wucheng, and Xu Laoer was the Earl of Yongwu. This family was really not to be messed with nowadays.
Thinking about how he wanted to get involved with the Xu family, Yang Yunyi shuddered.
Fortunately, the other party was generous, otherwise his little arms and legs would have been broken into pieces long ago.
Xu Laosan quickly returned to Lingshui Village with the two people's household registration and the silk thread in the cloth bag he found.
Household registration is all real.
This means that these people obtained these things from legitimate channels. So, if we follow the clues, we may find something.
As for finding the clues, Mr. Xu could only ask his uncle for help.
When Mr. Zhao Er knew what Mr. Xu was here for, he was in a very good mood. After scolding Mr. Xu severely, he still asked Zhao Rui to investigate.
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Capital, Xu Mansion.
Because of the death of Antai Duke Xu Huairen, the mansion was in chaos.
After Xu Huairen was cleared of the charge of collaborating with the Northern Barbarians, the title of Duke Antai naturally had to be inherited. However, Xu Huairen had quite a few sons, and deciding who would inherit the position was a bit of a dilemma.
Xu Huairen's most promising son, Xu Yuanzun, was murdered by Shen Wansheng in the Xiangyi Prefecture jail. Later, the less-appreciated Xu Yuanzi arrived, only to be killed by an unknown archer.
And Xu Huairen still has a lot of sons left.
A quick count of the living legitimate sons, illegitimate sons, adults and minors, found that there were seventeen of them in total.
Of course, these are all on the surface.
As for how many children Xu Huairen's concubines had, after Xu Huairen's death, no one in the mansion really wanted to check. After all, Xu Huairen had too many daughters, seventeen sons alone, and as for daughters, no one knew how many there were.
Old Madam Xu lived in Ciren Hall all year round. She would ask about the major events in the Xu Mansion, but she didn't care at all about how many children Xu Huairen had.
After all, the Xu family has no worries about having no heirs to the title.
"For matters like this, let's wait for His Majesty's order!"
After Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an visited together again, Old Lady Xu finally spoke.
"Third Aunt, rumors are circulating that the title of Duke Antai will no longer be passed down. The emperor hasn't issued an edict in such a long time, I'm afraid it will really be like this."
"I'm afraid the inheritance of the three dukes in our Xu family is about to be cut off!"
"Aunt San, you can't just ignore it!"
Duke Yong'an looked at Old Lady Xu with great anticipation, hoping that she could visit the palace.
"Three dukes in one family, huh!"
Old Lady Xu glanced at Lord Yong'an and said, "My Xu Mansion was founded on military prowess. The Xu Mansion's Eighteen Iron Horsemen are renowned throughout the land. But what reputation does the Xu Mansion still hold?"
"Three dukes in one family, one less Duke Antai and one more Duke Dingguo!"
"And there's Marquis Wucheng and Earl Yongwu!"
"They all have the surname Xu and are descendants of King Taiping!"
"This world belongs to the Tang Dynasty. The Li family is the royal family. You still want the title of Duke Antai to be inherited. Have you asked anyone with the surname Li?"
"Let's all go back!"
It's rare for Old Lady Xu to say so much.
She had thought her two nephews would be able to figure it all out on their own. However, she realized she had overestimated them. Stupid, hopelessly stupid!
Come to think of it, there is no smart person in the Xu family.
If the Prince of Taiping, her adoptive father, had been smarter, the throne might not have belonged to the Li family. But unfortunately, he was a fool.
Duke Yong'an and Duke Changle looked at each other, and in the end said nothing more. Instead, they bowed and left Ciren Hall.
After leaving Ciren Hall, the two cousins smiled at each other, both in a good mood.
Whether or not the title of Duke Antai could be inherited was actually something they never really cared about. As long as their own title could be passed down and benefit their descendants, they were very satisfied.
As the saying goes, if it doesn't concern you, stay out of it.
"idiot!"
"A bunch of idiots!"
After Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an left, Old Lady Xu was silent for a long time, and finally swept everything on the table next to her to the ground, furious.
"You think you're so smart, and you think I can't see through your tricks!"
"You can't write two characters for Xu with one stroke!"
"You only focus on your own little piece of land all day long, but you don't know that the lips and teeth are interdependent, and the rabbit's death is the fox's grief!"
"What a sin! What a sin!"
Although Old Lady Xu had a lot of reasons when she spoke to Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an, in fact, she didn't think so in her heart.
Xu Shuo was granted the title of Duke of Dingguo, but this Duke of Dingguo was not among the members of the Xu family.
Most importantly, Old Lady Xu knew exactly how valuable her son was. Without the relationship with the Grand Princess, her son would be nothing.
"Old lady, you have to take it easy!"
The nanny who was guarding outside heard the noise and hurried in to comfort her.
"I know!"
Old Lady Xu waved her hand, "I'm just letting off some steam and putting some pressure on those two good-for-nothings!"
As the old lady of Haiyan Mansion, any movement in Ciren Hall would quickly reach the ears of Duke Yong'an and Duke Changle.
Old Lady Xu would not directly say how disappointed she was with the two of them, but she could use this method to warn her two nephews.
"Send someone in to clean it up!"
Old Madam Xu looked at the mess on the ground, stood up, and walked out slowly.
As a result, in order to avoid a piece of broken porcelain in front of her, Old Lady Xu took a few big steps.
And then the tragedy happened!
The place where Old Lady Xu stepped on happened to be a broken cake, and this step immediately caused an accident.
"Old Lady!"
The nanny standing nearby cried out in surprise when she saw Old Lady Xu fall.
But this old lady Xu really had some skills. Although she was very old, she managed to do a very gorgeous backflip and avoided the accident.
But before the nanny next to her could breathe a sigh of relief, when Old Lady Xu, who had avoided falling, landed on broken porcelain pieces for the second time.
Fall again!
But this time, it was impossible for Old Lady Xu to do another backflip.
"Someone come quickly, the old lady fell down!"
Seeing Old Madam Xu fall, the nanny rushed towards her, shouting loudly.
Then, the entire Xu Mansion was alarmed!
Old Madam Xu is the mainstay of the Xu family. If anything happens to her, it will be a disaster for the Xu family.
(End of this chapter)
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