After Transmigration: Building a Kingdom in Turbulent Times-Chapter 583 - 577: Choice

Zhao Yi lifted his lids and glanced at him, saying, "Uncle Dian, no need to hide anything in front of me. What kind of relationship do our families have? Outsiders might not know, but don’t we know ourselves?"

It was already peaceful as long as they weren’t pointing swords at each other.

However, Zhao Dian shook his head and said, "I think it’s not that outsiders don’t know, even the Lord doesn’t know himself."

He continued, "The Elder Master and the First Madam made many mistakes, but above them is the Master Lord. The Master Lord cherishes the Third Lady, and she respects him. She is willing to cultivate the Lord for him, so why can’t the Lord lend a hand to the Third Lady for the Master Lord?"

"The Master Lord hopes you siblings can put aside past grievances and start fresh," seeing Zhao Yi drop his eyes without speaking, Zhao Dian paused, glanced at the servants in the house, and waited until they retreated, leaving only the three siblings in the room, before saying, "First Lord, Second Lady, Fourth Lady, don’t you have any sibling affection for the Third Lady and Second Son?"

Their expressions changed slightly, and they all bowed their heads.

They did, but not much.

Zhao Dian also knew it wasn’t much, but he pretended not to know, and continued with a sorrowful face, "The Master Lord and the previous Clan Leader were not harmonious, the two brothers often argued, yet the previous Clan Leader still entrusted the entire family and the Zhao Family to the Master Lord."

"The Elder Master and First Madam and the Third Lady caused such a mess, but the Master Lord still valued the Third Lady and was willing to lean all resources toward her, forsaking his son and choosing the niece," Zhao Dian asked, "In the Master Lord’s heart, isn’t a son more dear than a niece?"

Zhao Yi, somewhat resentful, said, "I know what you want to say, everything for the clan, isn’t it? In Grandfather’s heart, the responsibility of the Clan Leader is more important than our family of six combined."

Many things Zhao Dian wanted to say were choked in his chest, he just took it as his unintentional words of resentment, after all, his mother had just died, so he paused, collected himself, and continued, "First Lord, with the family, it’s glory shared, losses shared, especially in these troubled times, without the family’s protection, no matter how noble the birth, one would be swept away like grass by the chaotic armies."

Zhao Dian said, "Have you forgotten the Imperial Family who died outside in the Battle of Luoyang this time?"

"Was their status not noble? Was their family wealth not abundant? Yet how many princes and royal sons died outside this time?" Zhao Dian lowered his voice and said, "If the Sima family were strong, who could kill them, who would dare?"

"Don’t think the Master Lord is biased toward the Third Lady, nor think the family is favoring her. Now, she is the courage and armor of the Zhao family. The Zhao family is her pair of wings, and you are to be a feather on her wing, not only are you protecting her, she is also protecting you."

"Otherwise, the feather might fall off on its own and could fall to the ground at any moment, being ground to dust by others," Zhao Dian said heavily, "What the Master Lord is doing now is letting this feather grow fuller, to protect the Zhao family and protect you too."

Zhao Dian, with a sorrowful face, "How can you misunderstand the Master Lord because of this?"

Second Lady took two steps forward, reddened eyes, and tugged Zhao Yi’s sleeve, "Big Brother, let’s listen to Grandfather."

Fourth Lady also nodded repeatedly, pressed her lips and said, "Big Brother, Grandfather cherishes us more than Third Sister. It’s like this now because Third Sister is more capable than us. This isn’t cherishing, it’s valuing."

Zhao Yi felt even more ashamed, so was it because he couldn’t compete with Zhao Hanzhang, that Grandfather gave up on him and chose her?

Fourth Lady encouraged him, "Big Brother just needs to be more capable than Third Sister, then Grandfather will rely on you as he did before."

Second Lady hesitated a little, she didn’t think Big Brother could surpass Zhao Hanzhang, but she still nodded at Zhao Yi, "Yes!"

Encourage first, talk later.

Zhao Yi lowered his eyes and didn’t make a decision, a servant came to report, "First Lord, the managers from the third and fifth houses came to deliver funeral arrangements, Fifth Grandfather will come with people tomorrow to set up a spirit hall for the First Madam."

The servant kept his head down and said, "Fifth Grandfather said, though the person hasn’t returned, the soul must be called back, so the manager of Seventh Grandfather’s house invited the Daoist from Qingchen Temple to perform a ceremony, after setting up the spiritual position, the lord and ladies can also keep vigil and fulfill their filial duties."

Zhao Yi’s eyes turned red, tears falling drop by drop onto the ground.

Seeing this, Zhao Dian sighed with relief, gently said, "First Lord, about the exam the Third Lady asked you to take..."

Zhao Yi, with red eyes, said, "I know, I will take the exam."

Zhao Dian couldn’t help but smile, repeatedly saying "good," "then shall I go report back to the Master Lord?"

Zhao Yi, with red eyes, nodded.

The Zhao Family intentionally suppressed the news, waited for a while before delivering the message to Nanxiang County Zhong Family.

The Zhong Family felt instantly odd upon hearing Mrs. Wu passed away, why did she just pass away?

But seeing Zhao Hewan crying sadly, and carefully checking the letter from the Zhao Family, which said Mrs. Wu caught a cold during the migration, combined with the fright in Luoyang, her health was already bad, and this illness didn’t recover.

The Zhao Family said, while Mrs. Wu fell ill, she specifically didn’t let anyone inform the family, just worried it would delay the eldest daughter’s marriage, so Zhao Family hoped Zhong Family could comfort Zhao Hewan and not let her be too sad.

The strange feeling in Zhong Family’s heart instantly disappeared, that makes sense, not to mention in these chaotic times, even in peaceful times, people who die from a cold are numerous.

Why do people love to consume Five Stone Powder?

Isn’t it because they firmly believe Five Stone Powder can treat and prevent colds?

Colds are the most common killer and the deadliest disease of this era.

Zhao Hewan had just married into the Zhong Family for less than a month and now had to keep mourning, fortunately, she was a married woman and only needed to mourn for a year.

But Zhao Yi and Second Lady Zhao and Fourth Lady Zhao had to satisfy the full mourning period, those who wanted to propose to Second Lady had to regretfully stop.

After the funeral, Zhao Yi took Zhao Dian and others to Chen County, while Second Lady Zhao and Fourth Lady Zhao stayed in Xiping to mourn, there were clan members caring here, no worries.

Now the Zhao Family’s atmosphere is quite good, even if occasionally there are oddballs like Zhao Hu, they can’t overshadow Zhao Song, won’t let clan members suffer great grievances.

So Zhao Yi went to Chen County with peace of mind.

Zhao Ming also received Zhao Hanzhang’s letter, she asked Zhao Ming to find a room for Zhao Yi to stay at his home, "Big Brother’s first time out, lacking experience, surely fearful, and Mother’s temperament is weak, frequently unwell, hard to take care of him, so I trouble Uncle Ming."

Zhao Ming snorted, threw the letter aside and said, "She knows how to care for her mother, doesn’t she?"

Changqing knelt by the side, brewed a bowl of tea and presented it to Zhao Ming, asking, "Then... should we prepare a room?"

"Clean up the guest courtyard, when their master and servants arrive, lead them to stay there," Zhao Ming lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, said, "Alright, I’ve only seen that child three times, since he’s coming this time, I’ll take a serious look at him."

He said, "Second Son is still too young, to count on his son..." besides, who knows if his son will be like him?"

So if Zhao Yi can be cultivated, it may be worth a try, he’s not very old, if Zhao Ji didn’t raise him well, he can be straightened from now on.