Chapter 1659 - 1661: The Luo Family’s Three Branches
After speaking, Luo Linhao turned around and looked at Old Madam Luo, "Listen up, old lady, return the engagement in the way you arranged it. Otherwise, on the wedding day, if the bride in the sedan isn’t Luo Linfei, it’s going to be you! Mark my words, at your age, you should rest peacefully at home, instead of meddling left and right. Be careful, or you’ll break your hand reaching too far."
Having finished his words, Luo Linhao flung his sleeve and left.
Old Madam Luo was so angry her eyes rolled back, looking as if she might faint at any moment.
And the legitimate daughter of the first branch, Luo Linfei, was even more furious, her cheeks flushed red. This bastard actually dared to compare her, a legitimate daughter of the first branch, with a concubine’s child? "Luo Linhao, you just wait!"
"I don’t agree with Linyu’s marriage either." After Luo Linhao left, Old Mu stood up and said, "My daughter will not marry a young lord with a bunch of concubines. How could my daughter marry such a person? Dream on! I agree with Linhao, return the engagement as it was set. As for the marriages of Linhao and Linyu, as their father, I have my plans, and I don’t need you to worry about it."
Watching Luo Linhao and his father leave one after another, Old Madam Luo furiously pounded on the table.
"Outrageous, outrageous, none of you have any respect for me as the legitimate mother, it’s simply intolerable."
In fact, Old Madam Luo had been living quite a suppressed life these years.
The Luo family had three branches. The first branch was legitimate, her own son, yet lacked any real ability. Although he inherited the position of head of the family, he failed to gain prestige at the court, and the sons of the first branch were just as unremarkable. As for the second branch, it was also legitimate but different from the first—it was born of the late Madam Ping, wife of the then-house master of the Luo family, and similarly lacked talent. As for the third branch, it was Old Mu’s, and while a legitimate branch, it was the most competent of the three brothers, holding significant power in the court. Years ago, there was also a Fourth Luo who was a concubine’s child, but unfortunately, the whole family was killed by bandits a few years ago while traveling. The old lady considered it unlucky, so nobody in the Luo residence mentioned them anymore and acted as if the Luo family only had three branches.
As for the two deceased daughters, the late Noble Princess Consort Luo was a full sibling of the first branch, while Ye Zi’an’s mother was a full sibling of Old Mu.
Apart from her own son’s and daughter-in-law’s household, Old Madam Luo suppressed the other two branches as much as she could. However, over the years, the third branch’s wife passed away, and with their two children no longer in the capital, she couldn’t suppress them. As for the second branch, the wife was shrewd and formidable, intolerant of any losses, so there was little Old Madam Luo could do, resulting in various resentments.
Now that the children of the third branch were back, she thought she had to seize control of their marriages. The ones they marry should be those she can control, and the ones they marry into should be their own people, so that Old Mu, this high-ranking general, would not ignore his own sons and grandsons. As long as both families are tied together, he would have to consider his family.
But who knew this little brat Luo Linhao grew up so strong outside. If she had known earlier when she first found out he was still alive, she should have tried harder to have him killed then.
"Mother, what should we do? They both disagree." After the second branch left, leaving only the first branch of the Luo family, Eldest approached Old Madam Luo to ask.
"Exactly, Mother. Why does he look down on our Li family? What’s wrong with our Li family? What’s wrong with my nephew?" Eldest Luo’s wife, Ms. Li of the Luo Family, was very dissatisfied.
"Exactly, Grandmother, that little bastard, how dare she compare me to that bitch Luo Linyu?" Luo Linfei was equally displeased. Of course, she wouldn’t want to marry into the Li family. Wasn’t she delaying her marriage just to see who had the hope of rising to a high position so that she could be like her aunt back then? She’s the darling of the heavens; how could she marry into a family like the Li family?