"Yes, this servant will go now!"
Han Xiang seemed to have known about it since long ago, so she was not surprised by Matriarch Yang's decision.
The Young's disease and the Young's were so quiet that it seemed as if they did not exist.
From time to time, the two's eyes would light up as three parts of their face flashed, while the other part was filled with surprise and joy.
Han Xiang and Scented Fragrance personally brought out a box. The box wasn't too big, it was only about a foot and a half long, and it was made from a longevity immortal's carving of a yellow and pear wood.
The Matriarch Yang took the reading glasses that Han Xiang handed to him, and put it on, then looked at everyone seriously. Mu Rousang's eyes were calm, Yang Zixuan was indifferent, Yang Junyi's eyes were anxious, Young's disease was happy, Yang Junhui was not happy, Young's was happy, but also not happy.
Mu Rousang guessed that it was probably because their third son had failed to get the position! After all, Prince Chung had more than one son.
Matriarch Yang kept everyone's expression in his eyes, and looked at them meaningfully. He then took out a brocade cloth from his bosom, and took out something wrapped in a small brocade cloth. He then slowly opened it, revealing a copper key with a lion's head.
She stared blankly at the key for a moment, then carefully touched the yellow pear flower box with a face full of nostalgia.
When I gave birth to your third uncle, your grandfather was ordered to lead troops to guard the border. Before he left, he gave me this small box. He said that it was a gift for his two sons.
Mu Rousang was very surprised. How could their relationship be so good?
Yang Zixuan seemed to have seen through her thoughts, and secretly told her: "Grandfather isn't always guarding the border, when the war breaks out, the late emperor will always take this opportunity to let them take turns to return home."
It seemed like the late emperor really wasn't a simple person. Not only did this happen, the generals were also very grateful towards him and had their hearts planted firmly on the ground.
Matriarch Yang did not know what the two were muttering about, but he heard a slight sound and was startled awake.
She opened the box and took out a stack of yellowed paper, then said: "There should have been some money left in the court, but that unlucky wangfei had already filled in the hole, and helped Zi Zhi and her clean up the mess. Currently, there isn't much left in the accounts of the court."
Speaking till here, she did not wait for Yang Junyi to jump out, and said: "I will split the money with you guys right now, the few hundred thousand that wangfei moved to buy the land is already empty, but she was colluding with Zi Zhi, so the money is all on Zi Zhi."
Mu Rousang looked at the Matriarch Yang strangely. Originally, it was four clans's even, but with this, it could be considered as Yang Zizhi's flat head. It was only 580 to 440, was there any difference between it and 850 to 440? The silver still flowed out?
She then heard from the Matriarch Yang, "Let's not talk about the money first. Let's talk about the deeds in my hands first, there are a total of eight stores, three orchards and five farms in the capital, and one of them is given to me by the late emperor. This one belongs to the future successor, Zi Zhi."
Yang Junyi and Yang Junhui both said the same thing. Who asked him to be the eldest son of the Prince Chung?
Matriarch Yang continued, "Other than that, there's another six hundred thousand taels of silver."
This was the Yang Mansion's true wealth. Mu Rousang pouted and glanced at Yang Zixuan, who was acting all cocky. No wonder people looked down on them, this was really too little!
Even if he and Yang Zixuan added everything that was on the surface, it would not only be these, but she, Mu Rousang, would definitely not be lenient towards her family.
"Xuan'er has no intention to inherit it, so the next successor will be Zi Zhi, and he should be taking a third of the property here."
At that time, the Matriarch Yang had wanted to have Yang Zixuan as his son because he could get a share of most of the assets. Unfortunately, Yang Zixuan didn't have the intention to do this, so she could only give up.
Mother, that's not right, why is Zi Zhi still taking a third of it, then everyone can take one point from the family, and at that time, the money will be given to the ancestors of the back street, there is no reason for him to take so much away, furthermore, will he not inherit the title of son?
Yang Junhui did not want to take advantage of Yang Zizhi with such a big piece of fat.
Matriarch Yang scolded hatefully: "You useless trash, have you forgotten what I said before?"
Yang Junhui was dumbstruck for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Mother said that she wanted to put it all on Eldest Nephew's account."
There was not a lack of pride in their words. This way, they could share more of the room.
"Who is the heir? You have to tell me already, your second brother already said this, even if Xuan'er doesn't want to, I can give the son to Zi Zhi, if he doesn't have a son, he can change Ru Cheng to his son, or wait for him to marry a new wife."
Matriarch Yang immediately rejected his rotten idea, which also implied that he would not hand it over to Yang Zizhi for now.
"Xuan'er has no intention to inherit it, so the next successor will be Zi Zhi, and he should be taking a third of the property here."
At that time, the Matriarch Yang had wanted to have Yang Zixuan as his son because he could get a share of most of the assets. Unfortunately, Yang Zixuan didn't have the intention to do this, so she could only give up.
Mother, that's not right, why is Zi Zhi still taking a third of it, then everyone can take one point from the family, and at that time, the money will be given to the ancestors of the back street, there is no reason for him to take so much away, furthermore, will he not inherit the title of son?
Yang Junhui did not want to take advantage of Yang Zizhi with such a big piece of fat.
Matriarch Yang scolded hatefully: "You useless trash, have you forgotten what I said before?"
Yang Junhui was dumbstruck for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Mother said that she wanted to put it all on Eldest Nephew's account."
There was not a lack of pride in their words. This way, they could share more of the room.
"Who is the heir? You have to tell me already, your second brother already said this, even if Xuan'er doesn't want to, I can give the son to Zi Zhi, if he doesn't have a son, he can change Ru Cheng to his son, or wait for him to marry a new wife."
Matriarch Yang immediately rejected his rotten idea, which also implied that he would not hand it over to Yang Zizhi for now.
As a result, the remaining two-thirds would be split between the three families. Because of the Prince Chung, the remaining two-thirds would be split into three parts, with the majority being given to the Duke Palaces, and the other small half being given to Yang Junhui, the third son. Yang Junhui obtained an orchard, a farm, two courtyards, and a banknote of one hundred and fifty thousand silvers.
The eldest son, Yang Junyi, obtained a smaller orchard, a courtyard, and ten thousand taels of silver.
"Mother, why are we sharing so little?" Young's disease was very unwilling.
"I have the final say! Do you have any objections? "Then don't take them."
She could be considered kind, as there were a few families like her who would even send over a few plots of land. Most of them would take out a few banknotes to fool the bastard son once the old man was dead.
Yang Junyi pushed the Young's disease away and smiled apologetically: "Calm down mother, don't lower yourself to the same level as this woman."
Matriarch Yang looked at him deeply, then looked at Yang Zixuan and said in a confused manner: "I've treated you well enough!"
If not for Yang Zixuan, the Matriarch Yang might not even have split the money with him.
Matriarch Yang looked at his remaining belongings and said: "Xuan'er and Zi Zhi are direct descendants, adding on to that, Zi Xuan is from a flower-scouring background, and has gotten himself a proper job, the treasures we get are naturally different from the previous ones."
After dividing the disciples between Yang Junyi and the younger generation, the conversation between the Matriarch Yang turned to this junior once again.
When Yang Zizhi heard Matriarch Yang say that he would take responsibility for the Duke Palaces, his tail even rose to the sky, but he had never thought that there were hidden meanings in Matriarch Yang's words.
Yang Junyi reaped the benefits, although he admired Yang Junhui, he knew that he had obtained the best. If he stirred up more trouble, Matriarch Yang would be unhappy, at that time, he would not even be able to get a single grain of rice.
"Mother, why don't we take advantage of this opportunity to split the loot. Third nephew will be moving out to open up the residence in a few months. It's time for him to have some time to clean up."
The Matriarch Yang did not accept his words and continued to speak, "Coincidentally, your Uncle and Third Uncle are both acting as witnesses. Because Zi Zhi and your mother had squandered their wealth in the sect, this loss of over a hundred thousand silver taels was spread over your head, thus, this sum of two hundred thousand silver taels which belonged to your father was drawn to Xuan'er. As for the shop, the courtyard, and the orchard, the two of you will get two each.
Mu Rousang had understood that the Matriarch Yang was just trying to change her concept. Originally, it was true that the money was given to the public, but since the public didn't have the money, it became a bad debt. Since he couldn't take out the money, it didn't matter if it was given to the public.
Matriarch Yang had really struck it rich with his clever tactics. She moved this rotten debt to the properties of the branch families, first tricking them, saying that he had plotted this on Yang Zizhi to show his weakness.
Then, he didn't mention anything about the division of assets and just decided to split the debt based on the points he had. As a result, all of the bad debts would fall to each of them.
In the end, they had put the blame on Yang Zizhi, one going and two going. With this, Yang Junhua made a profit, although it was to fill the hole in the Princess Chung, but the silver was split between the four families.
And then, he calculated Yang Zizhi's name once again, and turned to Yang Zixuan to earn a bit of money. Moreover, Yang Zixuan ended up becoming a person who got benefits in the end, haha!
Mu Rousang deeply felt that the Matriarch Yang's plan was the best.
However, Mu Rousang's Seven Apertures Mystical Heart had been opened for a long time when she finally understood the ruckus that was Matriarch Yang.
The Matriarch Yang had already spoken: "The remaining two shops, farms, orchards, a courtyard, and two hundred forty thousand silver all belong to the Duke's Palace. In the future, when Zi Zhi inherits the Duke's Mansion, he will have the right to inherit this portion of the property."
Mu Rousang did not really understand how the ancient families split up, she secretly looked at Yang Zixuan, only to see him nodding his head, and knew that this time, the division was actually fair.