"What? My brother-in-law has been transferred out of Xiliang?!"
In the back courtyard of the Magistrate’s office in Jinwei Prefecture, Xiu Yi looked at Yan Yishuang with a face full of shock.
Yan Yishuang handed the letter in her hand to Xiu Yi: "My brother-in-law has to report to Huaichuan Prefecture by mid-March. There’s so little ti that my sister couldn’t deal with the fields, estates, and pastures here. She wrote asking to help look after things."
Xiu Yi read the letter swiftly; it rely ntioned briefly that You Kai was being transferred and asked Yan Yishuang to help keep an eye on the You Family’s properties here. It didn’t elaborate on anything else.
"How could this happen so suddenly?"
As one of the first batch of officials to establish the prefecture, coupled with the relationship with the Prince of Wei Yuan, their continued tenure was almost a certainty. The sudden transfer of You Kai truly shocked Xiu Yi to the extre.
Yan Yishuang sneered: "What else could it be? It must be my wonderful second aunt and youngest sister offending my eldest sister. Ever since they ca to Xiliang, I had a premonition that they would cause trouble."
"Over the years, the second branch of the family has caused many issues. Most of the ti, our family didn’t hold it against them, but this ti, even my second sister bore my eldest sister’s wrath, which shows how seriously they have offended her."
Xiu Yi sighed, thinking about the situation of the second branch of the Yan Family, and felt sowhat sorry for You Kai: "After all, You Kai has been dragged down by his own Yue Family."
Yan Yishuang expressed her agreent: "It’s really unfortunate for my sister to have such parents and a sister – because of her own family, her husband’s political career has been damaged. For the next few years, my sister won’t be able to hold her head high in her marital ho."
Xiu Yi: "In Huaichuan Prefecture, it won’t be easy for You Kai to make political achievents."
Though Huaichuan Prefecture is more established than Lanwu Prefecture, compared to the newly developing Lanwu Prefecture, it is filled with influential gentry and powerful clans. It’s going to take a good deal of thought for You Kai just to gain a foothold there, let alone achieve any significant political gains.
Yan Yishuang, constrained to the inner courts, couldn’t empathize with the difficulties and troubles n face in their outside endeavors like Xiu Yi did, hence she wasn’t as worried.
"The second branch of the family should learn a lesson. In Beijing, because of grandmother, father and mother have been very tolerant of the second branch, but this doesn’t an my eldest sister will tolerate them."
"If my second aunt had any sense, after coming to Xiliang, she should have kept a low profile. Instead, they went and provoked the very person in the family who should not be provoked. They got what they deserved."
Xiu Yi looked at Yan Yishuang: "In your family, your eldest sister is indeed the last person anyone should provoke." If the Princess Consort wants to do sothing, even her parents-in-law can’t stop her.
Yan Yishuang smiled: "My eldest sister still has sisterly affection at heart; being sent to Huaichuan Prefecture is not bad after all."
After expressing his sentint about You Kai’s situation, Xiu Yi returned the letter to Yan Yishuang and went to handle his duties at the office.
Watching Xiu Yi leave, Yan Yishuang instructed her maidservant to put the letter away, then got up to see her three sons.
With the support of her natal family, she moved her children to her side to raise them as soon as she was settled in Xiliang, sothing she was much more fortunate in than her second sister.
Her second sister also wanted to have her children by her side, but she didn’t have the sa confidence.
At this mont, what Yan Yishuang was most grateful for was the lessons from Madam Shen, who had taught them since childhood. She taught her to recognize her own status.
Fortunately, she understood in ti; otherwise, she would have beco another Yan Yile.
...
You Kai’s transfer out of Xiliang was sothing Yan Wenxiu had not known about beforehand. By the ti he found out, You Kai had already left Xiliang with his family.
Yan Wenxiu couldn’t help but sigh at this developnt.
Han Xinran saw it and said nothing. She thought it was rather good. Father-in-law and mother-in-law couldn’t bear to be harsh on the second branch of the family due to family ties, but this only led to the second branch becoming more and more excessive.
But the eldest sister-in-law didn’t have so many concerns; she acted decisively and effectively.
The son-in-law had already been hard by them, affecting his career. He could have been promoted in a few years, but now, it may take ten or even twenty years.
Having learned this lesson, the second uncle and aunt would probably not dare to make more trouble; otherwise, next ti, it would be the second brother who would suffer.
...
Beijing, Yan Residence.
After reading the letter from her eldest son, Madam Li slapped the table with a ’bang’, startling Yan Zhigao, who was sitting beside her sipping tea, his hand trembling.
"What’s wrong?"
Madam Li gave Yan Zhigao a sidelong glance and threw the letter at him: "Read it for yourself."
Yan Zhigao saw how angry Madam Li was and quickly put down his teacup to read the letter. After finishing it, his face also darkened considerably.
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