The Incense Monopoly Order

Chapter 44 The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows behind
"This engagement banquet is really lively." Shang Zishu, like Shang Mingshu, loves to watch the excitement. On the way back, Shang Zishu was still excited. "It's so satisfying to see the Yao family members' faces of wanting to wipe out the whole family exposed in public!"

"Everything about the Yao family is strange." Shang Wenshu also felt pleased. The Shang family was similar to the Yao family. The Yao family had a weak son, while the Shang family had no children. "It would be great if our family could also make a scene to put an end to their thoughts."

"Eldest sister, don't talk nonsense." Shang Zishu subconsciously retorted, then thought of the unpleasantness of that day and hurriedly tried to make amends, "I'm saying that we are different from the Yao family. The Yao clan leader and Old Lady Yao are uncle and sister-in-law. Our clan leaders are not from the same family, and their minds are particularly dark..."

"Second sister is right. The timing is not right yet." Shang Mingshu agreed with Shang Zishu's words. "The Yao family was able to achieve a complete victory today and escape unscathed. First, the clan leader favored Old Lady Yao. Second, the Yao family makes a living from medicinal herbs. The head of the family needs to understand medicinal herbs. Otherwise, dealing with herbal farmers and buyers from all over the country can easily lead to huge losses. Third, they encountered a good opportunity."

Shang Mingshu did not say that the Shang family members were more cunning. She was just like that. Even when facing her own sisters, she would not easily speak ill of them. However, not all the Shang family members were vicious and greedy. Otherwise, Shang Jia would not be living so easily now.

When Shang Mingshu was young, everyone trusted their father wholeheartedly and worked together to make Xiang Ming Zhai what it is today.

Ever since it was confirmed that Shang Jinliang had no children, some people started to act rashly. Others instigated this, leading to the current situation where people appear to be acting okay on the surface, but are constantly on guard behind the scenes.

The clan leader wasn't from their family, so while he was biased, he had no intention of harming them. He simply saw the various clans fighting over Shang Jinliang's inheritance, creating a rift between them. He repeatedly asked Shang Jinliang to be adopted, hoping for a quick resolution to prevent further fighting that would cause the entire family to fall apart and become hostile.

After understanding all this, Shang Mingshu never blamed the clan leader.

Why didn't Shang Jinliang announce earlier that he wanted to keep his daughters and marry into his family? It was also to protect his daughters, so that no one would take the plots against his family and against him and put them on his daughters.

She guessed that Shang Jinliang would make a decision only after they got married. Fortunately, he was still in good health and could suppress his clansmen.

Shang Wenshu sighed after hearing this, putting aside the unpleasant conversation and continuing to discuss the affairs of the Yao and Lin families. "There's a lot I don't understand about the Yao family. Was that Taoist priest really sent by Yao Sanlang? Was his purpose to disrupt the engagement between the two families? Why? If Yao Dalang doesn't get engaged to Madam Lin, he will get engaged to someone else. Can he keep stopping it?"

"Maybe marrying someone doesn't require half of your fortune?" Shang Zishu replied.

"But Old Madam Yao said that was just a rumor, and they never had such an intention before." Shang Wenshu shook her head. "The Yao family made the Lin family's betrothal banquet so embarrassing in front of so many people. If the Yao family doesn't compensate them, the two families will become enemies."

"Think about everything from the perspective of the beneficiaries, and you will definitely gain something." Shang Zishu's eyes rolled, "The beneficiary of this matter is the Lin family."

Shang Wenshu disagreed: "How could the Lin family have known that the Yao family would compensate them as they wished after such an embarrassing situation? What if the Yao family gave up this marriage and became enemies with the Lin family? What did the Lin family do to frame Yao Sanlang? That gold coin belongs to Yao Sanlang."

It is true that the Lin family is the beneficiary, but the risk is too great. If Mrs. Lin is not careful, she will lose face and use her own daughter and the reputation of the Lin family to seek uncertain compensation from the Yao family. From the perspective of a businessman, Shang Wenshu does not think that the Lin family will do this.

Mr. Lin may not be a very kind person, but he is not such a sinister person either.

Shang Zishu fell into deep thought after hearing this: "Could it be Old Lady Yao?" She analyzed seriously: "Old Lady Yao has long suffered from the greed of the Yao clan. She couldn't catch Yao Zongtian, who was raised by her knees, and the clan would not allow her to give him up easily. After this incident, she expelled Yao Zongtian, and the clan members dared not say anything. With the precedent of Yao Zongtian, the clan would definitely not persuade Old Lady Yao to adopt another child while Yao Zongsi was still alive.

Moreover, what Old Lady Yao said today was that Yao Dalang and Lady Lin had no children, so they would give half of the family property to the Lin family. If they had children, wouldn't the family property still belong to the Yao family? The old lady didn't lose much, but she did get rid of the greedy Yao family members. "

Shang Wenshu thought it made sense, but she also felt that Old Lady Yao was not that kind of person.

Shang Mingshu looked around at her two sisters and couldn't help but ask, "Why not Yao Dalang?"

Shang Wenshu thought of Yao Zongsi's sickly and weak appearance and subconsciously wanted to deny it.

Shang Zishu suddenly realized: "Yes, he is more likely than the old lady. He admitted that he was worried that someone would steal the engagement letter, so he put in a fake one!"

Shang Zishu still remembered that Shang Mingshu had gone to Fuqiu Temple to match them up. She couldn't bring herself to tell Shang Wenshu about this, but after the clouds cleared and the sun came out, she figured it all out: "Yao Dalang wanted to marry Lin Niangzi, so why did Mr. Lin agree? Mr. Lin is from a wealthy family, and Ms. Lin has a good reputation. Her kesi weaving skills are even better than those of the weavers in Jiangnan. She is a good wife that hundreds of families want.

Mr. Lin would never marry his wife to Yao Dalang without some benefit. Yao Dalang must have promised Mr. Lin something to gain his favor. But if he had offered half of the Yao family's assets in exchange for his wife, Old Lady Yao wouldn't have agreed, and neither would the Yao clan.

Even if he succeeded, Lady Lin's marriage would still cause discontent within the Yao family. He must have deliberately spread rumors about half of the Yao family's assets. How could Yao Zongtian agree to this? Naturally, he would stop him from marrying Lady Lin.

Yao Zongsi guarded the engagement letter with great care, leaving only a small loophole, waiting for Yao Zongtian to take the bait so that he could easily get his money. Yao Zongtian thought he had Yao Zongsi's weakness, so he privately revealed that Yao Zongsi was the only close relative of Old Lady Yao, and he could easily pass it off with a simple statement of emotional indifference.

He had sent people to cause a disturbance on the betrothal day, in order to prevent Old Lady Yao from defending Yao Zongsi in public, and to make Yao Zongsi completely offend the Lin family. After this incident, Yao Zongsi would no longer be able to marry a wife of equal status, and Old Lady Yao would have to give them enough benefits to appease them, and the Lin family would not dare to really take the so-called half of the Yao family..."

Everything makes sense. The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Yao Zongtin thought his plan was a brilliant one to completely defeat Yao Zongsi and even anger him to death, but it turned out to be a trap set by Yao Zongsi, and Yao Zongtin himself was the tortoise that was ruined.

"This Yao Dalang is so cunning." Shang Wenshu was stunned when she heard this.

"If he didn't have this ability, he probably wouldn't be alive today." Shang Zishu admired Yao Zongsi's ability.

His plan was correct, but if the Yao Zong family had any regard for brotherhood, things would not have come to this.

The affairs of the Yao and Lin families were talked about in the provincial capital for a day, but then they were forgotten by the gathering of scholars.

(End of this chapter)