The little princess' mind was read, and the court and harem were eating melons

System: [Okay. 】

System: [Yang Yiyi, the eldest daughter of the seventh branch of the Yang family, but her father is the illegitimate son of Yang Jianrang, and the seventh branch does not have a high status in the Yang family, so Yang Yiyi does not have much status in the Yang family. Although she lives with her parents in the Yang family, they have actually always wanted to separate and move out.]

System: [However, because of Yang Jianrang, the other branches of the Yang family still want to live with Yang Jianrang, so that they can maximize their benefits. Therefore, unless Yang Yiyi's father Yang Lian made a mistake and was kicked out of the house by Yang Jianrang, if they want to separate the family through formal channels, they can only wait until Yang Jianrang passes away. ]

Li Qingyi: [If Yang Jianrang is willing to split the family, it won’t be that difficult even if the other sons are unwilling.]

System: [I don’t think Yang Jianrang will agree to this. Although I don’t know what Yang Jianrang is thinking, he is treated almost like the emperor in the Yang family. He is the one who has the final say. If the family is divided, it is not certain whether the small families will still listen to him like they do now.]

Li Qingyi chuckled and said, "But if the family is not divided, once Yang Jianrang falls, the Yang family will be wiped out in one fell swoop."

In this era, no matter how the division of a family is done privately, as long as it is clearly documented by the government, it will be regarded as two families.

As long as the emperor above does not insist on killing three or nine clans, the small family that has been separated will escape the disaster as long as they have not made any mistakes.

Although your reputation will often be affected and your future life will be affected, at least your entire family won’t die with you.

But if the family is not divided, well, it's fine if nothing goes wrong, but if something goes wrong, haha.

System: [But according to the Daning Law, even if Yang Jianrang allowed his sons to divide the family property, when the accounts were settled, only Yang Lian would be able to continue to serve as an official with a clean record.]

Li Qingyi was curious: [From what you said, Yang Lian is an honest official? ]

System: [Well, Yang Lian's mother was the daughter of a poor family. She was the only one left in the family when she died. Yang Jianrang planned to take her back. After taking all the inheritance from her, Yang Jianrang became cold to her because she was unwilling to bow her head even as a concubine. Yang Jianrang and his wives and concubines didn't like her very much.]

System: [Because of this, after Yang Jianrang stopped doting on her, her life in the Yang family became increasingly difficult.]

System: [When Yang Lian was born, Yang Jianrang doted on this poor girl. It was not until Yang Lian was five years old and had grown up that Yang Jianrang suddenly became indifferent to this poor girl.]

System: [When Yang Jianrang doted on them, although Yang Lian was a concubine's son, he lived a good life in the Yang family, and his elder brothers treated him well.]

System: [But once Yang Jianrang’s attitude changed, the treatment of both Yang Lian and Yang Lian’s mother plummeted, and Yang Lian became the target of ridicule and bullying by his brothers.]

Although Li Qingyi had not experienced it, just thinking about it made him feel bad for Yang Lian, who was only five years old at the time.

Li Qingyi: [How long did that lady live? ]

The system was silent for a while before saying: [She must have been a tough person, but her health was not good. She fell ill and was bedridden soon after that. Without a good doctor to treat her, she dragged on until Yang Lian was thirteen years old and passed the examination to become a Tongsheng before she died.]

System: [From the recorded information, Yang Lian first wanted to split the family from that time, because he mentioned it when he was drunk talking with his good friend.]

Li Qingyi: [But if I had any idea in my mind, it would be earlier. ]

System: [Yes, but this system cannot determine. ]

Li Qingyi: [Yang Lian probably has a grudge against the Yang family, and he must be feeling very uncomfortable staying in the Yang family. Yang Yiyi has such a father. Unless he is brainwashed by the Yang family, or Yang Lian's wife is stupid, she probably doesn't have a good attitude towards the Yang family.]

System: [Yes, the whole family of the Seventh House is like this, except for the two concubines. However, Yang Lian's two concubines were forced by Yang Jianrang's wife, because she was the legal mother, and when she was fighting with the Seventh Madam, she sent women to Yang Lian twice to disgust the Seventh Madam.]

[However, Yang Lian did not touch those two people. He promised Madam Seven that they would be together for the rest of their lives. Although he could not do it in name, he did it in body.]

[At first, Yang Lian felt sorry for the two concubines who had no choice. Maybe he felt that they were just as pitiful as his mother. But even so, Yang Lian only treated them better materially and did nothing else.]

[As it turned out, these two concubines were originally arranged by Madam Yang to cause trouble for the Seventh House. They also saw that Yang Lian and the Seventh Madam were destined to have no chance of success in the Yang family and had no intention of switching sides. So they followed Madam Yang's words and tried to sow discord between the Seventh Madam and Yang Lian.]

The system paused for a moment before saying, "I compared the information about the backyards of the other branches of the Yang family and felt that their method should be very popular in the Yang family, but it had no effect on Yang Lian at all."

System: [Once, the concubine Yu He found out in advance where Yang Lian would pass by, and then waited there with her maid. When Yang Lian was about to arrive, she started crying, and the maid angrily said that Madam Seven was not good to Yu He, and that Yu He should ask Yang Lian for help.]

System: [Then, Yang Lian heard it, and he stopped where he was and listened to it. After listening, he said to Yu He: "You are a dishonest maid. Not only did you not advise you to take care of yourself, but you also made up stories about your master in your ears. It's really unruly." Then he replaced the maid. ]

Li Qingyi: Phew.

System: [Another time, another concubine, Xia He, deliberately made a small mistake with Madam Seven, and before Yang Lian arrived, she knelt in front of Madam Seven, crying and admitting her mistake. This is what you humans call a self-torture tactic.]

System: [The concubine from the sixth room next door used this trick to make Madam Yang Liu suffer a loss, because Madam Yang Liu liked to torment people like this, which led to Madam Yang Liu quarreling with Yang Liu for several days, and she was treated coldly for several months before they reconciled.]

System: [When Yang Lian arrived at the Seventh House, he saw and heard everything. He listened carefully to the end and then said to Madam Seven, "Since she has admitted her fault, and considering that it is her first offense, she should be punished lightly and warned severely. Madam, please be magnanimous and let her kneel here for half a day."]

【Then Madam Seven said: "Ah? If it takes half a day, will it be possible..."】

Yang Lian said, "Madam, if you think half a day is too short, then let's just use a full day."

[Wow, this is the first time I’ve seen a human face actually turn green.]

[In the end, it was the Seventh Lady who interceded for the concubine. She was afraid that the concubine would die in front of her after kneeling for half a day, so she changed it to one and a half hours. Anyway, this happened several times before the concubine finally behaved herself and ran away as fast as she saw Yang Lian.]

Li Qingyi: Poof!

Li Qingyi: [From this point of view, Yang Lian is a wonderful person. ]

No matter whether he really understands the purpose of others doing this, his approach is very interesting anyway.