The legitimate daughter returns to the capital and embarks on a splendid life, tearing apart the fak

Chu Wanqing didn't even glance at her sixth uncle, but looked only at Yun Heting: "Heting, tell me, can I make this decision or not?"

Yun Heting raised his head, met her gaze, and gave an awkward smile: "Madam can certainly make my decision. It's just... it hasn't come to that yet, we can still discuss it, we can discuss it."

He hadn't expected Chu Wanqing to be so determined, so he turned to Chief Yun and tried to smooth things over: "Grand Uncle, don't you think so?"

Everyone realized that the woman in front of them was not someone to be trifled with.

The atmosphere in the hall froze for a moment.

Just then, a voice announced from outside:

"Old Madam Chu from the General's Mansion has arrived...!"

"Madam Zheng from the Grand Tutor's Mansion has arrived...!"

Everyone subconsciously looked at Clan Chief Yun, who was taken aback, and then subconsciously looked at Chu Wanqing.

Seeing her holding a teacup with a calm expression, it was as if she had known all along that the two of them would come.

Before the crowd's surprise could subside, Lan Ying and Old Madam Zheng entered. Chen Mengyao and Yun Jin followed behind, Yun Jin keeping her eyes down, behaving very obediently.

"Everyone's here?" Lan Ying's gaze swept over everyone in the hall, a half-smile playing on her lips. "What, have we come at an inopportune time, interrupting your meeting?"

Chief Yun quickly stood up and bowed, saying, "Madam Chu is too kind. Please take a seat."

Yun Heting could no longer remain seated and hurriedly stood up to offer his seat: "My mother-in-law is here, please have a seat."

The maids brought chairs and placed them beside Chu Wanqing. Lan Ying and Madam Zheng sat down, Chen Mengyao stood next to her grandmother, and Yun Jin stood behind Chu Wanqing without saying a word.

Madam Zheng looked around and said with a smile, "Lan Ying and I had nothing to do, so we came to visit my goddaughter. We didn't expect to run into you discussing matters."

Chief Yun was taken aback: "God-granddaughter?"

Madam Zheng smiled and waved to Yun Jin, who walked to her side and obediently called out, "Grandmother."

Madam Zheng patted her hand before continuing, "This is the girl. She's Lan Ying's cousin. My eldest daughter-in-law took a liking to her and adopted her as her goddaughter. Isn't she my goddaughter? I heard that your Yun family also planned to adopt her as their daughter. I never expected that our two families would have such a connection."

Yun Heting's heart skipped a beat. "Bai Jin" had this kind of relationship? Did this mean that he could use this to get in touch with the Grand Tutor's Mansion?

Lan Ying laughed and said, "That's right. Wanqing saw that this girl looks a bit like me, and she felt sorry for her being alone, so she wanted to adopt her as a daughter. I heard that she's going to be added to the family genealogy today."

She looked at Yun Jin and beckoned, "Jin girl, come here and let me take a look."

Yun Jin stepped forward, stopped in front of Lan Ying, and called out, "Grandma."

Lan Ying held her hand and said with a smile, "You silly child, now that you've recognized Wan Qing as your mother, you'll have to call me maternal grandmother from now on."

Chu Wanqing also smiled and said, "Jin'er, call her maternal grandmother."

Yun Jin readily complied and immediately called out in a clear, cheerful voice, "Grandmother!"

Lan Ying responded with satisfaction, "Yes!" She then took off the bracelet from her wrist and slipped it onto her brocade wrist. "This was a gift from His Majesty when your maternal grandfather was appointed General of the State. Today, your maternal grandmother is giving it to you as a gift to mark our kinship."

Lan Ying had already given the family recognition gift, and Yun Jin knew that this was to help her save face, so she quickly thanked her.

Lan Ying then looked at Yun Heting, her tone meaningful: "Heting, would you be willing to give me this daughter?"

Just as Yun Heting was about to speak, she added, "If you don't like it, that's fine too. I'll just take her back, add her to the Chu family genealogy, and change her surname to Chu. I may not be in charge of the Yun family, but I can certainly be in charge of the Chu family."

Who in the capital doesn't know that Chu Duanshan is henpecked? She wasn't exaggerating when she said that.

As soon as she entered the manor, she heard Yun Jin tell her about the elders' attitude and learned that Yun Heting had agreed on the surface but was secretly making things difficult for her. So she deliberately used this trick to force Yun Heting to acknowledge this daughter.

Yun Heting quickly began to calculate in his mind.

What's done is done; there's no stopping it now.

Since that's the case, why offend Lan Ying? He can't afford to lose the General's Mansion as an ally.

And what Madam Zheng just said meant that the Zheng family recognizes this daughter, but the Yun family doesn't?

Having figured this out, he quickly replied with a smile, "Mother-in-law, you're too kind. How could I not like such a wonderful daughter? I should thank you, Mother-in-law."

Lan Ying nodded in satisfaction, then looked at the elders: "Are you all elders of the Yun family? I wonder if you have any objections to Jin'er joining He Ting and Wan Qing's branch?"

Several clan elders felt a chill run down their spines when Lan Ying's gaze swept over them.

Clan Chief Yun coughed lightly and quickly waved his hand, "Madam Chu is joking. Since Mr. and Mrs. He Ting are willing, how can we, as elders, stop them?"

The other elders also knew that the matter was already settled, and there was no need to be a villain, so they all chimed in, "That's right, this is a good thing, we have no objections."

Chu Wanqing watched all this with a cold smile. These people, in the end, were nothing more than bullies who preyed on the weak and feared the strong.

Lan Ying glanced at them with a half-smile, too lazy to say anything more, and simply said, "Now that it's settled, when will the ancestral hall be opened? Since this old woman is here, let's observe Jin'er's family recognition ceremony."

Yun Heting quickly replied, "Let's set the ancestral hall opening at 1-3 PM to present the family genealogy to Jin'er. What do you elders think?"

Chief Yun nodded repeatedly: "Very well, then it will be 1-3 PM."

The other elders echoed this sentiment, and not one of them uttered a single word of dissent.

The matter of including Yun Jin in the family genealogy was thus settled.

At 1-3 PM, at the Yun Family Ancestral Hall.

Incense and candles are lit, and wisps of smoke rise.

Yun Jin knelt on the prayer mat and kowtowed three times respectfully to the ancestral tablets on the table.

Chu Wanqing stood to the side, her eyes slightly red.

Yunheting stood on the other side, his expression unchanged, revealing neither joy nor anger.

Yunxiu stood beside him, a polite smile on her face, but jealousy and hatred lurked in her eyes, and she almost tore the handkerchief in her hand to shreds.

Yun Lang's face was full of joy.

From then on, he had a second sister. Although she wasn't his biological sister, he felt a strange sense of closeness to her.

Yun Jin glanced at Yun He Ting's head out of the corner of her eye, resulting in a -58% decrease in favorability.

She sneered inwardly.

So what if you don't like me? From now on, you'll have to hear me call you Father every day.

The ceremony is complete.

Chief Yun personally opened the family genealogy and picked up his pen to add words.

He originally intended to write "adopted daughter," but Chu Wanqing insisted, "Grand Uncle, just write 'daughter' directly. Now that she's joined my branch, she's my daughter, there's no need to include the word 'adopted'."

Chief Yun glanced at her, then at Yun Heting beside him. Seeing that he had no objections, he had no choice but to obediently write down a line:

"Yun Jin, aged fifteen, is the second daughter of He Ting Gong and his wife, Lady Chu, and is recorded in the family genealogy."

Yun Jin took the genealogy book, her fingertips gently tracing the words, a slight smile playing on her lips.

From that moment on, she was Yun Jin!

The rightful Miss Yun!

[It needs to be explained here that many people think Yun Jin is a bit too mild-mannered, and wonder why she is so reserved after entering the Yun family.]

Don't forget, everyone, she needs to establish herself in the Yun family to have a voice. So she can only plan step by step, gain a foothold, obtain Chu Wanqing's absolute support, regain her status as the legitimate daughter, and then gradually trample Yunxiu under her feet. This process will take time.

Only when her strength reaches a point where Yun Heting dares not touch her will she truly rise to power. All her forbearance is solely for the purpose of better slapping the faces of the villains.