Chapter 19 The Right to Dance (Part 1)
Not long after Zhang Huan walked, the eldest son Zhang Xuan was summoned by his mother and hurried to the inner courtyard. Before he could enter the door, he saw his mother's close maid facing her back and looking carefully inside. Seeing that there was no one around, Zhang Xuan showed a lewd smile on his face, pulled her skirt open and reached in.
The maid was shocked and was about to shout, but she saw that the eldest son was standing behind her and felt relieved. She pushed Zhang Xuan's hand away, pointed nervously inside, and whispered: "Not now, the lady is getting angry!"
"I'm angry?" Zhang Xuan smiled. One day his mother was not angry. He was about to drag the maid into the side room when Mrs. Wang's voice came from the hall, "Is Xuan'er outside? Not coming in yet!"
Zhang Xuan had to let go of his maid and hurried into the living room. He saw his mother writing something at the desk. He didn't dare to disturb him and stood by his side with his hands down. After a while, Mrs. Wang finished writing the letter, and when the ink was dry, she stuffed it into the envelope, and wrote the four words "Wang Ang's Kid" on the envelope, then put the pen down.
"Mother, are you asking me for trouble?" Zhang Xuan asked softly.
While varnishing the envelope, Mrs. Wang asked with concern: "Xuaner, what do you think about what your father announced?"
Zhang Xuan's face immediately became gloomy, "No matter whether it is legitimate or illegitimate, only a illegitimate person is the only one who is responsible." This is equivalent to denying the inheritance rights of his own head of the family. How could he not be angry but helpless? He glanced at the letter in his mother's hand and moved his heart. Could it be that his mother wanted to ask for help from the Shannan Wang family?
As if he saw a glimmer of hope, he hurriedly said, "My father's decision is really ridiculous. What is the only way to be a talent? Now the world is peaceful, even if you become an official, you will follow the steps and move upward at one level. How can you show your talents? Besides, all the aristocratic families in the world succeed to the throne as their eldest son to ensure their noble bloodline. The Zhang family is unique, so will it not make people laugh at if it is spread?"
Mrs. Wang put down the letter, sat down to her son, and sighed, "Xuan'er, you can think like this, which shows that you still have a little ambition, but I want to tell you, the so-called 'no matter whether you are legitimate or illegitimate, only talent is to be promoted' is just a cover!"
"Pret?" Zhang Xuan was a little confused, and he looked at his mother in confusion.
"Not bad, it's just a cover!"
There was anger in Mrs. Wang's eyes. She restrained her emotions and said, "Actually, the heir of the head of the family has been decided. There are four people in total. You are one of them. The two legitimate sons of your second uncle and fourth uncle are both average and lacking. You don't have to worry about them. But your father likes Zhang Huan, who is also among them. This is the person you deserve to pay attention to. Do you understand?"
Zhang Xuan has a good impression of Zhang Huan now. He is willing to help him solve his second wife's house and has also specially increased her monthly money. Although he doesn't want to come to the door to thank him in person, he still received this favor, so he has not deliberately made things difficult for Zhang Huan over the past month.
But now my mother meant to let herself deal with Zhang Huan, which really made him feel embarrassed. How could he take his face down? His lips moved, but he didn't say anything. Mrs. Wang saw his hesitation and couldn't help but be furious: "I think you are really confused! He gave Hua Erniang a house, that's just a small favor. Can you compare with your head of the family? If you are so kind and ruthless and can't tell which is more important, then you can hand over the head of the family to him!"
My mother's anger was like a blow, and Zhang Xuan suddenly realized, yes! What else is more important than the head of the family?
"I understand!" He nodded slowly, raised his head and thought for a moment. A knife on the word "se" was the most effective method since ancient times. If he could catch a villain on the spot, he would not be able to do anything.
The more Zhang Xuan thought about it, the more proud he became. He cheered up and said to Mrs. Wang: "I want to use the beauty trick to lure him into the trap and destroy his reputation. I wonder what my mother thinks?"
Mrs. Wang's face turned slightly red, and then cold frost calmed down. She shook her head and said, "Don't underestimate him too much. He will not take this trick. The best way is to unite everyone to oppose him in charge of financial power. Let your father know that the Zhang family is definitely not the only one who has the final say."
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Speaking of Zhang Huan returning to the tent, his vigilance was not only not eliminated, but became even stronger. Although he had heard some rumors about Mrs. Wang, he never believed that she would be tempted to the point of being tempted when she first met. And she was also trying to marry the daughter of the Shannan Wang family to herself. There was only one explanation for this, and she did it with purpose.
Zhang Huan poured himself a cup of tea and closed the door. The light in the room immediately dimmed. He simply lay down, pillowed his hands under his head, and thought carefully about Mrs. Wang's intentions. Perhaps he was dissatisfied with his financial power, so he seduced himself and then took the serious sin of insulting his mother on his head.
This possibility seems very high at first glance, but Zhang Huan thought it was not that simple. If it were for financial power, she would not wait until now. Besides, she would end in at most one and a half months, and the conflict with Zhang Xuan had been resolved. Even if she rushes herself to step down, it will be at most to resume the approval of Zhang Ruofeng in the past, and she does not have any benefit. She does not need to sacrifice her appearance for this, and she will not think about marrying the Wang family's legitimate daughter to a concubine son of the Zhang family.
Excluding the possibility of fighting for financial power, Zhang Huan naturally thought of the letter from the capital yesterday. He suddenly sat up and a trace of enlightenment flashed in his eyes. It should be because of this matter. Zhang Xuan was deprived of the heir of the head of the family. As his mother and the head of the family's main wife, the only thing she is anxious about now is this matter.
But what does this have to do with him? He remembered what the head of the family said to him before leaving, "If one day the concubine's son can be the head of the family, do you have any ideas?"
"Did the head of the family really intend to favor him?"
Zhang Huan simply took out a piece of white paper and wrote a series of sporadic events that have happened recently on the paper, "Seeing relatives, appointing himself to take charge of financial power, checking accounts, 400,000 yuan, Shannan Wang's family, Mrs. Wang, and Zhang Ruofeng.
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Zhang Huan's pen calmed down. He stared at the names of Mrs. Wang and Zhang Ruofeng in a daze. He gradually understood in his heart that Zhang Ruohao must have heard some rumors and came back to investigate the matter in the name of visiting relatives. However, he did not want to cause internal conflicts between his brothers, so he appointed himself to take charge of the financial power for investigation.
But the result of the investigation was that Zhang Ruofeng privately transferred the Zhang family's 400,000 yuan to the Shannan Wang family. Needless to say, Zhang Ruofeng must have colluded with Mrs. Wang. In this case, if Zhang Xuan was asked to be the heir of the head of the family, the Shannan Wang family would sooner or later swallow the Zhang family in Hedong. So just over a month later, Zhang Ruohao decisively abolished Zhang Xuan as the heir of the head of the family.
Thinking of this, Zhang Huan had already fully understood Mrs. Wang's intention. He couldn't help but sneer. Marrying the Wang family's legitimate daughter to him was trying to cut off the path of the head of the family! What a cunning woman.
Zhang Huan threw down his pen, took out the clan rules from the drawer, and turned to the page of the authority of the income and expenditure approver. He looked carefully one by one. Mrs. Wang could not succeed, and there would be a future. How could he be influenced by them?
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A few days later, a news gradually came from the Zhang Mansion that more than 20 legitimate sons of the Zhang Mansion united first and unanimously demanded the abolition of Zhang Huan's income and expenditure approval authority. Not only the Zhang Mansion in Taiyuan, but other legitimate sons who were officials in Hedong also wrote letters to support the decision of this sect. The concubine's son should not be in such a high position, and even some other legitimate sons sarcastically said that Zhang Huan did not know the world was high and he was humiliated by himself.
As everyone's attitude became clearer, the calls for opposing Zhang Huan's power had completely occupied the mainstream. Everyone enthusiastically signed the joint letter, indicating that they were determined to stand on the mainstream side.
That morning, Zhang Huan had just arrived at the tent when he saw his starling Zhang Can standing in the yard with his hands behind his back. He had a gloomy face and stared at a big tree with complicated eyes, and he was stunned. He didn't know what he was thinking?
Zhang Huan slowly walked to him and said with a smile: "Brother Tsang seems to be in a bad mood! I wouldn't have called you here if I had known."
Zhang Can was startled. He turned around and saw that it was Zhang Huan. Seeing that he was leisurely and leisurely, he seemed to know nothing. He couldn't help but say angrily and anxiously: "The whole Zhang family is venting its anger on you. Even I am implicated by you, but you are like nothing happened. Do you know how serious the matter is?"
Chapter completed!