Chapter 159: 过继的事

[The matter of succession]

Liu was directly dragged away by two guards.

“No, Elder brother, what do you mean by this? When you were sick, we took care of the chores in the mansion for you, and not only did you not thank us, but instead, you had to beat someone up and send them to Yamen? Is there still any law left?” Third granduncle was furious and said, “Second brother, why don’t you guys say something, this key was still your proposal to put us in charge of it at that time.”

The second granduncle can see that his big brother is going to take the knife and use it, he will not open his mouth to plead for leniency.

At that time, let Lao San (the third brother) be in charge of the key, to prevent today’s situation.

He pretended not to hear, picked up tea  on one side and drank it. 

“Ah…” Liu’s miserable scream floated in, making everyone who heard it felt timid. 

This Duke of State went into battle to kill the enemy when he was young, and was never a person with a soft heart.

“Where is the key to the treasury?” The Duke of State asked again.

Third Great Uncle heard the screams outside and knew that this big brother of his was rushing to settle the score today, but thinking that he still had to decide on the successor today, he temporarily held back. 

As long as his grandson succeeded to his name, by then isn’t the Marquis government residence still his own?

At that moment, he no longer insisted and asked someone to go to Liu’s place to fetch the key.

The Duke of State let someone give the key directly to Uncle Wang, “Get someone to go to the treasury and smash the door today. Remember, both the key and the door are all replaced with the new one.”

“Yes!” Uncle Wang looked at this key that they snatched from his hands at that time which came back to his hand again, he instantly felt some mixed feelings. 

“Check the account books properly for this month or so, how much was used, where it was used, who paid for it, sort it all out and send it to their respective mansions, if they refuse to pay back the money, sue them directly to the Yamen.”

The Duke of State said in a cold voice.

He didn’t care about this before, after all, he was a widow and an old man, it was useless to ask for so much silver.

But in the past few days he heard Yin Shuang say that Luo’er in order to raise money to buy medicine for him went to the gambling house to get silver. In the palace she was also worrying about money every day, so he could imagine how hard Luo’er’s life had been in the period of time when he was sick.

Anyway, he has no one to succeed him now, so he might as well give all this silver to Luo’er, so that her life in the harem can be more comfortable.

“What? Still have to pay back the money?” At this point, even the second grand uncle’s face was somewhat dissatisfied.

How much silver could they spend in the State Duke’s Mansion ah?

Elder Brother, even had to calculate it so clearly with them?

In the past, big brother wasn’t like this.

But when he saw the Duke of State’s serious and indifferent face, he swallowed his words.

Forget it, as long as we get the title in our hands later, these silvers are nothing.

“Big brother, this account’s matter, you can slowly calculate it later, now isn’t it time to discuss the matter of succession?” The second grand uncle asked.

This was the real reason they came over this time.

“Yes ah, this succession matter will be settled sooner, the sooner then I’ll have peace of mind.”

Everyone chimed in.

If it wasn’t for this title, who’d come here? 

“Now that my body has recovered, you guys should not mention the matter of succession in the future.” In the end, the Duke of State still had a faint hope in his heart, thinking that his incompetent son would return one day.

This title was the only thing he could give it to him.

“Big brother, this succession matter is important, is our whole family matter, the Su family prosperity, not you one person have the final say. If you have an heir, we will not be so worried either. You, take a look at you, now you are almost fifty, wife and children dead, your son disabled. In the whole State of Duke’s Residence, only left you alone. This time you survive, but what about next time? You say, if something bad happens to you, this title will be empty. This matter, to the Su family, is such a big loss!”