Chapter 213 The Picked-Up Twins
Chapter 213 The Picked-Up Twins
Old Zhu was annoyed by Wang's crying: "Stop crying, everyone, go back, I'll think about it."
Wang looked at her three sons and left immediately.
The other two went about their business, and only Lu Youcai was stopped by Wang.
"Mom, do we really want to separate?"
"Didn't you say that we can't split up the family? Without the protection of the General's Mansion, what would our second branch be?"
Wang looked at her youngest son and suddenly asked, "Youcai, what do you think of Lu Ziwei?"
"What's wrong? I get annoyed just by seeing her. She looks down on people all the time. If she didn't have good parents, I'd beat her three times a day."
Lu Youcai got angry when he thought of Lu Ziwei's arrogant look.
Wang's eyes were full of calculations. She suddenly leaned in and asked, "You have money. How about letting her be your wife?"
"What... let her be my wife?"
"Mom, what are you thinking? I'm her cousin, not her cousin."
"Besides, I don't want to marry a hag."
Wang curled her lips and said, "What's wrong with cousins? Who says cousins can't get married?"
"Cousins are even closer, and cousins are even closer still."
Seeing that no one was around, Wang murmured quietly, "Besides, you are not cousins."
Lu Youcai's face changed, he looked around, and said seriously, "Mom, what do you mean?"
Wang snorted coldly, her expression somewhat sarcastic: "Your uncle and your aunt are not your grandmother's biological children."
"What?" Lu Youcai's face changed drastically.
His uncle was a general and his aunt was the queen; these were two elders he was proud of.
Now he is told that his uncle and aunt have no blood relationship with him?
Then what is their second room?
His grandmother's partiality towards the second wife had long made his uncle and aunt dissatisfied.
If my aunt and uncle knew the truth one day, wouldn’t they ask the second branch to get out of here as far away as possible?
Maybe there will be a reckoning later!
The more Lu Youcai thought about it, the more frightened he became. He felt that the good days of the second house were over.
Lu Youcai pulled Wang into the room and then asked in a low voice, "Mom, is what you said true?"
"Are uncle and aunt really not my grandmother's biological children?"
"Who did you listen to?"
"Listen to your father, and your father listens to your grandmother."
Lu Youcai was stunned for a few seconds, then continued to ask nervously, "So, do many people know that they are not biological children?"
"Do my uncle and aunt know?"
Wang curled her lips: "If they knew, would they still be filial to your grandparents?"
"Only your grandma and your dad know about this. Even your grandpa doesn't know."
"What? My grandfather doesn't know?"
"How is this possible?"
"Your grandmother was married for three years but couldn't conceive, so your wife was so anxious that she wanted to divorce her."
"She went to the temple to pray and met a blind fortune teller. The blind man said that your grandmother is destined to be very rich and powerful, and that her children in the future will be either dragons or phoenixes."
"Your grandmother was very happy and asked him to calculate when she would be able to get pregnant and how many children she would have in her life."
"The blind fortune teller said that your grandmother was destined to have only one child, but when she died, she was accompanied by two sons and a daughter."
Lu Youcai was confused: "I was destined to have only one child, so how come I had three when I died?"
"Your grandma asked the same question, and the blind man said that your grandma was originally destined to be childless, but she would have a great fortune a year later and would find a pair of twins, a boy and a girl, in the mountains."
"Those twins are destined to have a brother. If your grandmother adopts them, she'll have a son, and she'll have children and grandchildren in the future."
"Your grandma believed him, but she didn't want your great-grandmother to know that the child was not her biological child."
"Otherwise, your grandmother would definitely not be able to tolerate it. After all, at that time, our family was so poor that we could barely make ends meet. How could we have the spare money to support someone else's child?"
"So your grandma pretended to be pregnant and stuffed a pillow in her stomach every day."
"When she was about to give birth, she went up the mountain to chop firewood all day long, just to see if she could find the baby there."
"In the end, she actually picked up a pair of twins, a boy and a girl."
"Your grandmother brought the two children home, saying she gave birth to them in the mountains. Your great-grandmother and her family didn't doubt it and were so happy they couldn't stop smiling. They even personally took care of your grandmother during her confinement period."
Lu Youcai asked again: "My grandma hid this matter from even my grandpa, so why would she tell my dad?"
"It's because your uncle became a general, and your father resents your grandmother."
"When the army was being recruited, your grandma didn't let your dad go, so she sent your uncle instead."
"Who knew your uncle was so lucky? Not only did he not die on the battlefield, but he made great contributions and became a general."
"Your father is resentful. If your grandma hadn't stopped him, he would have become a great general."
"Your grandma was afraid that your dad would always resent her, so she told him the truth."
"Joining the army is a matter of suicide. Naturally, she didn't want to let her own son go to the battlefield. Who knew your uncle would have such a lucky break?"
"So, your uncle originally owed our family something. He stole your father's generalship."
"It's only right that he supports us for the rest of our lives."
Wang spoke with confidence, but in fact she felt even more resentful.
If her mother-in-law hadn't stopped her husband from making meritorious deeds, she would be the general's wife now. Would she still have to look at the eldest wife's mood?
Lu Youcai was stunned for a long time. It seemed that this matter was true.
He actually felt a little lost. He used to be able to rely on the fact that he had an uncle who was a general and an aunt who was the queen, and claim that he was a royal relative.
As a result, I turned out to be a real peasant!
This was something he couldn't accept for a while.
"Why are you in a daze? I'm here to tell you something serious."
"Marry Lu Ziwei?"
"Why?"
Wang glared at him, "You're stupid! With Lu Ziwei as a hostage, even if the family splits up, we can still control the eldest wife."
Lu Youcai was still puzzled: "Why do we have to split up the family when we can just leave it as is?"
"The eldest wife doesn't know that my uncle is not my biological son."
Wang looked at her son, speechless, "What about the dragon robe and the letter? You still haven't figured out what's going on?"
"Someone wants to clean up the General's Mansion."
"Last time, the dragon robe incident was fortunately exposed by that bitch Su Yujiao, otherwise the entire general's mansion would have been beheaded."
"Do you want to be implicated by the eldest wife?"
Lu Youcai's eyes widened with horror: "Who wants to mess with the General's Mansion?"
"Can you use your brain a little? Besides Concubine Jing and the Third Prince, who else could it be?"
"Concubine Jing wants to be the Queen, and the Third Prince wants to be the Crown Prince. Who do the Queen and the Crown Prince rely on most?"
After Lu Youcai figured it out, he broke out in a cold sweat: "Yes, we must separate the family. We can't be implicated."
"Then will you marry Lu Ziwei?"
Lu Youcai still resisted a little: "Mom, don't you hate Lu Ziwei the most?"
Wang sneered: "It's because I hate her that I want to be her mother-in-law."
"This is the only way to discipline that little bitch openly."
"Haven't you already disliked her? Now that you've married her, you can beat her however you want. Let's see if she still dares to be arrogant."
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