"No, wait until he's sixty before opening it. Besides, whether he can hear it now doesn't really matter. If he shows capabilities in the future, I'll surely make use of him.
If not, we'll just treat him as an ordinary relative."
[Your Second Aunt is fifty - four. Won't you open it for her either? Anyway, it's better than Madame Sun's twenty.]
"Can Madame Sun be the same? If we don't open her heart - voice, she won't even know what she's missed. It's like killing someone without hurting their heart. How could we feel satisfied?
Moreover, you've already blocked all her bad thoughts. After getting our revenge, there's no need for her to listen anymore.
It's almost the New Year, and no one in the family has mentioned her. It seems they're letting her spend the New Year at the manor. That's fine. I'd feel annoyed if she came back."
[If she annoys you, why do you still keep her around?]
"Xiaozhuzi, you don't understand. The highest level of revenge is to make your enemy live a life worse than death when you have the power to do so.
I don't have any major grudges against her, but she was too cold and heartless towards the little girl. She deserves to taste the feeling of being treated indifferently.
And Yu Qinchun is not innocent either. So Madame Sun must stay alive. Otherwise, he'd be free again. With the current momentum of the Yu family, he might even marry another beautiful woman.
That won't do. These two should be tied together and entangle with each other for a lifetime.
Of course, when you don't have the power, physical destruction is the cleanest way. Don't hesitate then. Villains die because they talk too much, and the same goes for revenge. Delaying may lead to changes."
[Hahaha, Host, you really haven't let him off. I thought you'd forgiven him since you were so quiet.]
"What's there to forgive or not? I don't really care about them. But if it were that little girl, with such parents, she'd really live in Yu Ningrou's shadow.
Being ignored and coldly treated by her own parents and brothers, she might really end up like in the novel."
[Hey, your Second Aunt's favorability has increased by one point. Won't you open her heart - voice? Don't ladies have priority?]
"System, have you been poisoned by the Internet culture on Planet Shui Lan?
In my view, there's no difference between men and women. If I have to make a distinction, it's only between the useful and the useless.
Of course, we're a merit - based system, so we should show appropriate sympathy to the weak. Well, women in this era are relatively weak, so we can give them some proper help.
But your Second Aunt is different. She's a high - ranking official's wealthy wife. She's not on the list of those we need to pay special attention to."
"Alright, there's too much such stuff downloaded in my data. I... I'll clear it up slowly."
As the person and the system were chatting in whispers, plates of steaming, fragrant dishes were being placed on the table.
Everyone in the Yu Mansion, young and old, had fallen in love with stir - fried dishes. Among the more than a dozen dishes on this table, except for the soup and two stewed dishes, the rest were all stir - fried dishes with excellent color, aroma, and taste.
It was the first time for Yu's Second Uncle's family to eat stir - fried dishes. The first bite amazed them!
Among the four of them, except for Yu's Second Aunt who still paid attention to table etiquette, the other three were eating with their heads down.
Especially Yu Boming, who was at an age with a big appetite. He was gobbling up large pieces of braised pork, one piece at a time. Fortunately, the bowl for the braised pork was sent from the palace. It was big enough to hold a lot, otherwise, with his way of eating, it might not have been enough for him.
"Xiaozhuzi, how did my Second Cousin die?"
System: Are you being polite? Asking how someone's son/grandson died at the happiest moment of a family reunion?
This family really didn't eat a single bite of your dishes for free! If it weren't for having good health to endure it, who could stand it day after day.
Hearing his granddaughter's inner thoughts, Yu Chongshan first glanced at his son's family. He saw that his second daughter - in - law looked normal.
His second grandson, who was being talked about in a matter of life and death, was still working hard on his meal. There was only braised pork, pickled fish with pickled mustard greens, spicy chicken...
Anyway, his eyes were all on the food, which meant that this mother - and - son pair probably hadn't heard his granddaughter's inner thoughts.
His second son, having received his veiled reminder in the letter beforehand, looked relatively calm on the surface. However, the hand holding the chopsticks tightened slightly, and the knuckles turned white. This meant he had heard it!
His second granddaughter looked up in panic, trying to say something but opening her mouth several times without uttering a word. Yu Chongshan thought to himself that it was just as he expected.
He and the emperor had only discovered this problem in the past few days. They didn't know when it started, but they could only communicate with those who could hear inner thoughts.
For those who couldn't hear inner thoughts, no matter how hard they tried to talk to them, they just couldn't say a word. If they forced themselves to speak, they would feel suffocated and even on the verge of death.
If it weren't for those three unlucky colleagues, they might have taken much longer to discover this change.
In order to figure out the matter of inner thoughts, the emperor specially invited the respected Taoist priest, Xuanmingzi. The Taoist priest had attended court for several consecutive days but still hadn't found the root cause of the problem.
Now, the old problem remained unsolved, and a new one emerged.
The conclusion given by the Taoist priest was that whether one could hear inner thoughts or not was all up to fate. Of course, if one showed more respect to the junior grand - preceptor, the probability of hearing would be higher.
Conversely, those three unlucky colleagues were living examples.
In their family, it was the two grandsons of the third branch. After briefly hearing Fuguang's inner thoughts, they never heard them again.
The three grandsons of the first branch had gone to the academy, and it was unknown if there were any changes. At home, except for these two, the couple of the fourth branch could still hear inner thoughts normally.
Finally, Master Xuanmingzi said that this was a blessing for the Great Yan Dynasty, for the emperor, and for all of them.
Without the little immortal, all of them, except those who died early, would have suffered from the chaos of war. Therefore, the emperor and the Great Yan Dynasty should treat her with respect and sincerity.
At that time, Yu Chongshan secretly laughed in his heart. When Master Xuanmingzi saw his lively little apprentice, Baiyi, he became an advocate for his granddaughter. When the emperor asked him to solve the problem, he would surely be partial to Fuguang.
His second granddaughter had been secretly comforted by his wife, and his son's complexion gradually improved.
[In the original historical timeline, your second brother would have his leg broken by rioters during this snow disaster, and it would be incurable. From then on, his sunny and cheerful personality gradually became silent and gloomy.
Finally, he broke off the engagement with his fiancée. When the Great Yan Dynasty perished, he couldn't escape and was hacked to death by knives.]
Clang! The spoon in Yu Ningxuan's hand fell to the ground.
Yu's Second Aunt asked the maid to take the spoon away and replace it. Looking around at the family members, she scolded gently, "You girl, why are you so clumsy? You're about to get married soon. How can you be so careless? What will you do when you go to your in - laws' house?"
Madame Yu smiled and said, "Second daughter - in - law, it doesn't matter. Second girl is just tired from the journey and hasn't recovered yet. She'll be fine in a few days."
She gently patted her trembling and cold hand under the table, signaling her to calm down.
"Was your second uncle's family also affected by the rebel disaster among the refugees? Is everyone else okay?"
[If you hadn't appeared, your second uncle's family would have been serving in other places all the time until the fall of the Great Yan Kingdom ten years later.
This year's snow disaster hit Yizhou where he was serving, and Yizhou happened to be in the Zhao family's territory. When the Zhao family incited the Western Qiang people to plunder, your second uncle's family was lucky enough to escape.]
