After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 577 Beating
Jin Jiashu was a little confused after hearing this.

When he was growing up, he only had contact with the members of the second branch of the clan. Jin Juren, the clan leader of the branch, was basically sidelined by the second old lady Jin and her son. Apart from presiding over ancestor worship during the New Year, he rarely dealt with the so-called clan affairs. Therefore, Jin Jiashu, who grew up with him, did not understand what kind of rights a clan leader had over the members of his clan.

After arriving in Chang'an, he became very familiar with Zhou Yijun of the Zhou family, but he would never talk about clan affairs and tell an outsider about them. The Zhou family also had many rules in Chang'an that were completely different from those in Zhili. He did not pay much attention to the relevant news, so when Ma Shangyi said this, he felt confused.

Seeing this, Ma Shangyi couldn't help but laugh secretly twice.

Although Empress Xu's eldest son is smart and determined, and has a lot of ideas at a young age, he is still a child after all!
She stopped laughing and told Jin Jiashu, "You have now inherited your father's position as the head of the small clan, and you can control all the members of your clan. Don't you have a rule in the Zunhua Jin family that 'there are no men who break the law in the family, and no women who remarry'? Isn't Jin Miao a man who breaks the law? Can the main family of the Jin family tolerate an exile in their family? If they were not far away and you were the head of the branch clan, they would probably want to make the decision for you immediately and expel the black sheep from the clan, right?!"

Jin Jiashu understood immediately: "Not only Jin Miao, but also the second old lady has broken the law. The Jin family cannot tolerate men who break the law, and naturally cannot tolerate women who break the law. If the second old lady is also expelled from the clan, the children she gave birth to will naturally not be considered members of the Jin family!"

Ma Shangyi nodded with a gratified expression, saying, "In this way, the second old man will be the only innocent person left in the second branch of the Jin family. If you are willing to let the main family intervene, write a letter to ask the main family to adopt a child to inherit the incense of the second branch, and let him take care of the ancestral house and ancestral tombs in the old house; if you are impatient to let the main family send someone, wait until you get married and have children in the future, and then adopt a child to the second branch. In this way, no matter the first branch or the second branch, all the property of your branch will be yours. The second branch is blinded by greed and will get nothing in the end. After death, it can only be a wandering ghost."

Jin Jiashu reminded her: "The new governor has sold off all the properties of our two families in our hometown of Zunhua Prefecture. At most, only the ancestral house and ancestral tomb are left." The ancestral house of the eldest branch was originally his, so it doesn't matter if the second branch's house. If that house was big and good enough, would the second branch of the Jin family have to stay in their eldest branch's place for so many years?

But Ma Shangyi said lightly: "The property has been sold, and it is easy to buy it back. Ah Tian is in Zunhua Prefecture. She went there on the orders of the Empress Dowager and with Madam Xu's instructions. How could she really let you suffer a loss? What belongs to you will return to you one day."

Jin Jiashu blinked and hesitated: "The new governor sold the Jin family's property... Could it be that he asked Aunt Tian to buy it?"

Ma Shangyi coughed lightly and said, "Anyway, brother, don't worry about this problem. If you want to check the accounts, I can also write to Ah Tian and ask her to send a copy of the account book over."

That's not necessary. The property has been sold, even if it was sold at a big discount, but the money has been delivered to Jin Jiashu after all. He doesn't intend to let the Queen Mother's people lose money and property. Since Nanny Tian and others were ordered to go to Zunhua Prefecture to deal with the aftermath of his "aunt", it is only right to give them that little bit of property as compensation. If he is interested in buying property in his hometown in the future, he can also have other options, and he doesn't have to take back these properties.

The property had been ruined by the group of people from the second branch of the Jin family, so it was easy to imagine that there wouldn’t be many good things left.

Jin Jiashu was silent for a long time before he said, "I didn't know. It turns out that my aunt and the maids had already made arrangements. Even the ancestral graves in my hometown were taken care of. I was going to help Aunt Jin and rescue the Hu brothers and sisters. Am I doing something unnecessary and stupid?"

Ma Shangyi smiled and said, "My brother has a kind heart and knows how to be grateful, which is a good thing. If the Queen Mother and Madam Xu knew about it, they would only feel relieved. My brother does not need to think too much, your arrangement is not bad, but you don't know the Jin family well enough, so you ignored them." She said this not against her will. Even if Jin Jiashu is not obedient enough and not loyal to his biological mother, it is not a bad thing to be kind to the people in the second branch of the Jin family. If he is a cold-hearted child, who knows if he will use this coldness on his biological mother and brother?
You know, not long after he was born, his mother entered the palace, and from then on, the mother and son were separated and never met again. He had never seen his biological mother since he could remember, so how much affection could he have for her? It was only because his father's family was too harsh and ruthless, and the wet nurse who took care of him and grew up kept saying good things about his biological mother in his ears, that he felt closer to her in his heart. If he grew up in the future, studied for the imperial examination, and went to the capital to enter the prosperous world of fame and fortune, would he still be as innocent and pure as he was when he was a teenager? Would he choose to hurt his mother and brother for wealth, fame and fortune?

These are impossible to say.

Therefore, he was a kind-hearted child who was easily soft-hearted and grateful, which was better than being a person who would be ruthless and disloyal to his relatives. The second branch of the Jin family had bullied him for many years, but he still let them live. Then he would naturally treat his biological mother, younger brother, and a group of palace maids who took good care of him and helped him live a rich and stable life even better.

When Ma Shangyi thought of this, her eyes softened as she looked at Jin Jiashu.

Jin Jiashu looked uneasy. He asked Ma Shangyi for advice: "If there is anything wrong with my idea, please point it out to me. Don't hide it from me. I don't know what the situation is in Beijing and Zunhua Prefecture. I just hope that my aunt and the prince are safe and sound and everything goes well. If I cause trouble to my aunt and hinder the prince's future because of my confusion, I will be blamed even if I die!"

Ma Shangyi smiled and said, "Brother, you don't have to be like this. It's really not that serious. You have thought it through very carefully. Madam Xu really wanted to take care of the Hu brothers and sisters. If they hadn't left Zunhua Prefecture with the second branch of the Jin family, they would have lived a stable life by now. I will send people to Lantian to inquire about their whereabouts. As long as they are still alive, I will definitely bring them back safely and send them back to Zunhua Prefecture safely."

As for Aunt Jin, she could have died of "illness from overwork" after returning home with the coffin. Anyway, she was now living under the Ma family's watchful eyes, so nothing could happen to her. She could also solve the funeral of Old Lady Jin Er while she was there, saving Jin Jiashu from having to worry about it.

Ma Shangyi didn't plan to tell Jin Jiashu about these things in detail. She just comforted him with a few words, letting him know that he didn't make any big mistakes, but he shouldn't do things privately without telling people around him. It would be great if Jin Jiashu could learn from this lesson and consult her, an experienced old lady, about anything in the future, instead of acting on his own or asking his friends for help.

With Ma Shangyi's comfort, Jin Jiashu seemed to calm down, but there was still some anxiety in his eyes.

But he knew clearly in his heart that Ma Shangyi was warning him not to do things privately in the future and to consult her before doing anything. He was still a child and could not be as thorough as the adults. If he did not want to cause trouble for his biological mother, he should be obedient and follow their arrangements.

Jin Jiashu didn't want to make any comments on this, but he just thought: Aunt Jin might still die after returning home, but it was lucky that the Hu brothers and sisters were able to survive. But would the people in the palace bringing the Jin family into the game affect his life?

(End of this chapter)