"You little brat, you have me, your father, before you. How dare you presume to be the head of the family?!"

Sima Zhao's intentions caused most of the onlookers to frown, likely because they couldn't stand the arrogant and domineering attitude of these uncles.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Yi Yi sighed and said to the old man who had been quietly standing by, "Now that things have come to this, Uncle, please take out Grandfather's will."

Upon hearing this, the old man's eyes widened instantly, astonished that Yi Yi knew about the will.

Yi Yi understood the old man's doubts and explained to him, "Father has always known that Grandmother hid Grandfather's will and eventually entrusted it to you for safekeeping, but as you can see from the current situation, it's time to bring out the will."

This is fake; Yi Yi learned about this past event through a plot cheat.

The old man hesitated for a few moments, then finally lowered his head in sorrow and sighed, "Alas... what a misfortune for our family!"

After saying that, he walked unsteadily into the ancestral hall, picked up his grandfather's memorial tablet, opened a hidden compartment, and took out a thick stack of letters.

He slowly walked back to the door, muttering to himself or perhaps giving some kind of warning: "Back then, when your grandfather saw that the royal family's days were numbered, he decisively took your father to start a business. Fortunately, their fortunes turned around, and the business flourished, which preserved the prosperity of the Zhu family."

Yi Yi listened quietly to the old man's words, and no one present dared to interrupt him.

"After having several sons, he made a will early on because his family was damaged in the war when he was escorting goods in his early years, so he prepared for any eventuality." He sighed deeply and continued, "The will made arrangements for his affairs after his death, but your grandmother felt that the Zhu family should be a large family that was united and happy, so she hid your grandfather's will."

Upon hearing this, everyone vaguely sensed the contents of the will, but dared not interrupt the old man. They could only stare fervently at the yellowed letter in his hand.

The old man looked at Yi Yi deeply as he finished speaking.

Sensing the gaze, Yi Yi nodded slightly and said, "Father also knows about this matter, so he followed Grandmother's wishes and pretended not to know."

Upon hearing this, the old man sighed heavily again: "Alas... it's all fate!"

He coughed heavily a few times, and then spoke, his voice hoarse as if he had aged decades: "Then let me tell you all about the will left by the old patriarch."

The thin envelope contained a thick stack of letters, which, in summary, were not particularly complicated.

In short, there are two plans regarding what will happen after his death. One is that the eldest son's family, who is the original owner's father, will inherit the family business, and then the eldest son's family will be in charge.

Another option is that if others are dissatisfied with the eldest son's family being in charge, then they should simply divide the family property.

The rest was a detailed account of how the family property would be divided.

Basically, his eldest son, who had worked hard with him back then, took the lion's share, inheriting the ancestral home and several surrounding shops.

The remaining sons were allocated several properties elsewhere, along with shops in the surrounding area.

As for the more distant collateral branches, they were assigned to various shops as managers, and thereafter they did much more work and were no longer supported by the Zhu family.

While it's difficult to treat everyone equally, it's still a way of rewarding those who have contributed.

Upon hearing this allocation, many relatives turned green with anger.

But the uncles' eyes lit up with greed.

They had long been weary of being subordinate to their elder brother, and now that the opportunity to be allocated a house was before them, and the house they were allocated was not bad, they were confident that if they were given a few shops, they might not be worse than their elder brother. So they immediately chose the second option.

The distant relatives inevitably complained, and even my second aunt and uncle expressed their concerns, but they ignored them.

Just then, Yi Yi spoke up: "I roughly know the contents of my grandfather's will. Since the uncles have chosen to divide the family, then let them divide the family. But the uncles who do not want to divide the family can continue to stay in the Zhu family. They can also work as shopkeepers. As for their wives and children, they will still be supported by the Zhu family."

Upon hearing this, compared to her uncles who were eager to separate the family and kick them out, Yi Yi seemed like a goddess descended from heaven, radiating a golden light of benevolence.

After sensing the change in everyone's gaze, Yi Yi smiled at the old woman and said, "This way, it won't be considered going against Grandmother's last wish, right?"

The old man's face was deeply lined with wrinkles, and his aged but still clear eyes glistened with tears. He said "good" three times in a row: "Good, good, good child."

His gaze shifted to the three fools, who were overjoyed and fantasizing about their bright future. His eyes darkened slightly, but he eventually turned back to Yi Yi and said meaningfully, "Elder brother didn't misjudge you back then!"

Yi Yi smiled faintly and said, "I don't deserve it."

Afterwards, under the guidance of the elder and Yi Yi, the Zhu family divided up their property, with some remaining and others staying.

Because a banquet is currently being held outside, most of the matters have been scheduled to be handled tomorrow.

To Yi Yi's surprise, her fourth uncle chose to stay after she proposed that they could not separate the family based on their own wishes.

Looking at her fourth uncle, who was all smiles and rubbing his hands together, saying, "Nephew, you must arrange for your fourth uncle to be the manager of the big shop!" Yi Yi subtly curled her lips.

You stirred up trouble and now you want to disappear into the shadows? You hypocrite!

But in the end, you can't make a fuss or affect my main storyline no matter what you do!

Thinking this, Yi Yi forced a fake smile and said to him, "Of course, Fourth Uncle, we're all family. If you're willing to stay, I think Grandma will be very happy."

But glancing at the shrewd look in his uncle's eyes, he realized that even if he stayed in the manor, his life wouldn't be particularly easy.

Sure enough, the next morning, Yi Yi and her uncle were dealing with the unfinished business from the previous day.

The three uncles were left behind and locked in the ancestral hall, as they had initially said, to keep vigil for their eldest brother and sister-in-law for seven days and to transcribe scriptures for the deceased every day.

This really frustrated the three fools, but they were indeed in the wrong first, and with their uncle, who still had a say in the Zhu family, watching over them, they couldn't even slack off.

Seven days is enough for Yi Yi to do a lot of things.

It wasn't really a big move; it was just about selecting some of the more capable relatives to use first, while assigning some less capable relatives to manage things for the uncles.

Of course, all of this is based on the wishes of those relatives themselves.

Aside from the relatives who were initially associated with her uncles and their cronies, Yi Yi's "voluntary choice to separate the family" approach naturally won over many people, and more were willing to work under her.

Those who were determined to leave with their two uncles were probably not easy people to get along with.

If, after the two uncles take over the shop in seven days, they promptly assign these people some cushy jobs and leave the positions that truly require action to the capable people they have recruited.

The consequences of such a small action are negligible.

But what if they misjudge people...

That's their problem.

Yi Yi slowly opened the folding fan in her hand, covering most of her face, which was smiling like a little fox.

And so, the domestic power struggle that the female lead struggled to resolve was solved by Yi Yi, who had a god-like perspective, in just two or three days.

You wretched relatives, don't even think about ruining my daughter's marriage!!

"Next up is the story of the female lead entering Qingshan Academy in three days," Yi Yi murmured to herself, unconsciously stroking her folding fan as she closed it. "The plot in the academy won't be easy to follow, so you'd better get your brain working!"

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