Early in the morning of the second day, the fourth master went straight to the fourth wife's room, drove all the girls out, and then smashed down a phone call that covered his face, saying that he wanted to record Yi Ammonium and Yi Fei in her name, saying that he would arrange for the patriarch to carry out a matter the day after tomorrow, and strictly ordered her not to tell the old lady and the fifth room, and after speaking, she didn't care whether the fourth lady agreed or not, and left.

The fourth lady froze there, stunned for a long time, before she figured out what the fourth master meant, and immediately began to cry bitterly. The maids in her room had long been accustomed to wiping away tears from her eyes when they saw her, but it was the fourth master who gave her anger again, and it was no longer a good thing. Later, when I saw that she didn't eat, she still couldn't stop crying, which was much worse than the previous crying, so I was a little panicked, and I hurriedly sent a little girl to Xuhui Hall to ask the eldest lady Yizhi to come over.

Yizhi came over for a while, and before the ceremony was finished, he was pulled to the side by the fourth wife, and after the maids went out, they hugged her and began to cry, and the beginning was those old sayings, "Since I got married, the lord has never given me a good face, but only thinks about my idea of dowry every day, and every now and then I want or steal it to the slut surnamed Liu, and the aunt is dressed up and dressed more glamorous and decent than my wife." It's okay, it's my life to be horizontal, and it's over if I endure it, but now I'm more and more unwilling to let me go, and I'm trying to bully me in a different way. ”

Yizhi had long been accustomed to her aunt and stepmother chattering for a long time and couldn't get to the point, so she had to ask patiently: "What happened today to make my mother cry like this?" ”

"Early in the morning, the lord suddenly came in and opened his mouth and said that he wanted to record a pair of children in that cheap life in my name, and in the future, they will be counted as the sons and daughters of the fourth room. If this really puts his brother and sister in my name, when I die, all my dowry will go to them, and more than half of my dowry has been taken by their mother, and they will not let go of the coffin of this idea for the elderly, woo woo ......"

As soon as Yizhi heard it, she knew that this must be the 10,000 taels of silver dowry that Aunt Liu's eyes could get as a concubine, and her status was decent and noble. Then he asked her stepmother, "What does my mother mean, is she agreeing or not agreeing?" ”

"Naturally, I won't say yes! His brother and sister have not been raised by my side since they were young, serving me like a mother, although they are only a concubine, they rely on their biological mother to be favored, and never put me in their eyes, except for getting up every morning to ask for peace, they never come to my main room, even this morning and dusk province often find an excuse to refuse to come. I said a few words, and the old man blew his beard and glared at me, if he turned the two of them into sisters-in-law, would there be a way for me to live in this yard? ”

"What's more, if it weren't for that bad boy who was instigated by his mother and deliberately bumped into me, tripping me to the ground, and causing me to lose a formed brother. I said a few words to him, and he falsely accused me that I was about to give birth to a sister-in-law when I saw it, and seeing that his eldest son was dazzling and wanted to harm him, he really wronged me. The old man still took his words seriously, and did not say that he pity me for losing my son, but said that I was not kind and bad, and I would never come to my house in the future. It's just a pity that I was misconceived and aggrieved and angry, and my body was ruined, and I hated my lord again, and I haven't been pregnant for so many years. ”

"Brother Ammonium, that bastard boy, he harmed my son, and now he wants me to recognize him as a son, so that he can get a good name, I, even if I die, I can't let this black-hearted embryo get his wish! Good boy, mother has to bother you again, you go and talk to the old lady, this is a big matter no matter what, the old lady has to call the shots for me! ”

Yizhi thought for a while, shook her head and said, "Please also ask my mother to forgive me, I won't tell my grandmother." ”

When the fourth wife saw that even Yizhi refused to help her, she immediately became anxious, "Good boy, you don't look at me as your stepmother, but I am also your mother's sister-in-law, your aunt, at such an important juncture, how can you leave me alone?" But do you think that in your family business, your mother didn't stop your father, and she told him about your birthday, so you blame me in your heart? ”

Yizhi was so angry that he hurriedly said: "I'm such an indiscriminate fool, how can I ever complain about my mother?" The master's behavior is that I, the daughter, no longer know what it looks like, the most lonely person, who doesn't care about our life or death, where can I blame the mother. Besides, I don't want to leave my mother alone, but my mother also thinks about it, my grandmother was angry with the old man a few days ago, and now she is still in bed to recuperate, and the doctor said that day, my grandmother will no longer be able to move in the future, if I go to say this named thing again, in case I provoke my grandmother to get angry and hurt my body, wouldn't it be a sin, and how can I be worthy of my grandmother's care for us? Mother thinks about it, isn't this the reason? ”

When the fourth lady heard this, she also knew that she was reasonable, so she was speechless for a long time, but she just pulled her handkerchief and cried: "I also know that I shouldn't bother the old lady at this time, but in this house, in addition to looking for you to rely on, and then begging the old lady to make decisions for me, who else can I beg?" ”

Yizhi took a handkerchief to wipe her tears and said: "In the past, whenever my mother had needs, I responded to them one by one, and I never ignored my mother, but how long can my mother rely on me?" I will stay in this house for another year at most, and I will finally leave here, and then my mother will have something to talk to and who to rely on. It is to ask the old lady to make the decision for her mother, the old lady is old, and she can't be the master for her mother for a lifetime, her mother is the old man who is marrying the media, and she is marrying the lady of the main room who enters the door with three books and six ceremonies, and everything has to stand up by herself! ”

The fourth wife muttered: "You only said that you told me to stand up, but this woman is married to her husband, and the old man is so temperamental, she only favors the concubine and concubine, and never gives me half a cent of decency, but why do you want me to stand up?" Don't talk about it, just talk about the matter in front of me, the master will definitely record those two children in my name, how should I deal with it? ”

Yizhi said unhurriedly: "If he wants to remember his mother's name, he can't help his mother's nod, as long as his mother makes up her mind and doesn't let go, even if she doesn't agree to this matter, even the master can't help you." ”

The fourth lady remembered the string of words that the fourth master threw down in the morning, and couldn't help but hesitate: "Look at the posture of the old man in the morning, he doesn't seem to care about what I mean, and he also plans to hide it from the lady, just to inform me, as if this matter has been secured." ”

Yizhi thought about it again and said, "Anyway, if the master wants to do this, he will either ask his mother to personally agree to record the brother and sister in his name in front of the patriarch, or he will have to write a piece of paper to explain this matter." Either way, his mother ignored him and saw how he could handle it again? ”

"What if they ignore me and change their names to mine on the genealogy?" The fourth wife was still a little uneasy.

Yizhi smiled when he heard this: "Mother don't worry, even if the old man wants to do this, the patriarch Uncle is the most cautious, he will not come by the old man." Isn't there still two or three days to go, and then I'll think about what else I can do. On the other hand, she comforted her aunt with kind words for a long time before going back.

When she arrived at the main room of Xuhui Hall, she saw that her grandmother was closing her eyes and taking a nap, so she quietly withdrew and went back to the west wing, but instead of entering her bedroom to rest, she opened the curtain of the second room where Cai Wei lived and walked in, and asked, "What is my sister doing?" ”

Cai Wei was writing on a small bookcase near the window, and when she heard her voice, she turned around and smiled: "I'm learning calligraphy, I haven't practiced calligraphy seriously for a few days this year, and I'm being forced to work hard here by Mama Du!" ”

After seeing Yizhi's face clearly, he couldn't help but put down his pen and got up and asked, "Sister, what troubles do you have, why are your eyes full of sadness?" ”

Yizhi sighed first, knowing that this matter would definitely not be hidden, and she had lived with Cai Wei for so many days, knowing that this sister was a smart and smart person, and she always had some whimsical ideas in her conversation, and the Du Mama beside her was also extraordinary, and they were extremely tight-mouthed, not the kind of gossip that loved to pass on. didn't hide it from the two of her, and told them one by one, and also wanted one or two more people to help her think of some ideas.

Cai Wei couldn't help but be surprised after hearing this: "My sister knows, my father served as the secretary of Dali Temple in Beijing before he was abroad, and it was the place where the world's first-class cases were tried, and it was naturally extremely lawful." When he was free, he told us that the law of this dynasty is fixed, and it is forbidden to take concubines as such, and that "whoever violates the law shall be imprisoned for one year." That is, if the wife is over 50 years old and has no children, he may be appointed as an elder and not as an elder*. 'Moreover, if the wife has no children, and finally the eldest son can be justified in the name of the eldest son, why should this son be in a hurry to do this named thing? ”

"On the same day, my father also said that the genealogy and genealogy of the Western Qin Dynasty could only be officially repaired, not privately, and I thought it was also to prevent people from arbitrarily modifying and compiling the family tree. After all, genealogy is related to the inheritance of bloodline from generation to generation, if you remember it wrong, it is a major event that confuses the bloodline of the clan. For example, when the Shenggong family of Yan was passed to the forty-first generation, there were servants who killed the head of the family, secretly changed the family tree and usurped the throne, and brutalized the heirs of the orthodox lineage. ”

Taking this as a reference, the genealogical revision at that time was extremely strict, and since the Northern Qin Dynasty, each family was gradually allowed to revise its own records, so such changes in the name were also common, as long as the consent of the grandmother was obtained, sometimes even the government would not pursue it if it was known. But most of them only recorded their daughters in the name of their mothers-in-law, one of which was not related to the lineage of the family, and the other was named as a daughter-in-law in order to be able to talk about a good family affair in the future, which was also helpful in the family. It's just that this concubine is a son-in-law, which is extremely rare. ”

"If there is only one son in the family, why should he not recognize his own mother and record it in his mother's name? If there are several sons in the family, and a small one is remembered as a concubine, how can the eldest not make trouble, and if he reports to the government, he will be sentenced to one year in prison. I think that the fourth uncle wants to do this named thing, most of it is for the second cousin, and my sister might as well tell the fourth uncle about this law, so that the fourth uncle can know that there is no need to go through such trouble. ”

Yizhi sneered: "I'm afraid that the lord is worried that the identity of Brother Ammonium's eldest son is to be a long-term heir, and when he attacks the lord in the future, he will still not be able to compare to Brother Ming'er's second-room son-in-law." ”

The fourth master's heart, Cai Wei and Mama Du also know, but it's always difficult to say it, now seeing that Yizhi didn't shy away from saying it, he said: "What kind of identity is sitting on the top now, but I have a lot of support and care for the son of the outer room!" It's just that although my sister has the intention to hide it from the old lady, I am afraid that it will be difficult to hide it, so my sister might as well blow some breath and test a little with her grandmother first, so that she can also be prepared, so as not to poke it out at once when the time comes, and it will make her old man unbearable. ”