Last year, the eldest grandson of their family passed the imperial examination and became a juren. Now, the father of the family proposing a marriage is a fifth-rank official. The most promising eldest son of the fourth branch is only a sixth-rank official. For their grandson to propose marriage to the daughter of that family, isn't it a case of climbing up the social ladder?

Yu Chongyan said, "Third brother, you're wrong. Yue Fuguang is such a good child. What's wrong with spoiling her a bit? No matter whose reputation gets ruined, it won't be because of that child. Don't randomly blame the younger generation. I, as her fourth granduncle, won't allow it.

Moreover, whether the matters of your fourth branch succeed or not can't be blamed on that child."

As one of the few people in the Yu family who could hear that child's thoughts, he had decided to firmly hold on to his grandniece's coattails. Whoever slandered her and affected her feelings towards the Yu family, he, Yu Chongyan, would be the first to object!

Yu Chongshui looked at him in disbelief. "Fourth, when did you start liking girls so much? Aren't your own granddaughters enough for you to dote on?"

Yu Chongyan held his head high with a superior look, as if all his brothers were drunk while only he and the eldest branch were sober. "Don't worry about it. Although my granddaughters are well - behaved, they can't compare to Fuguang from the eldest branch. She is the best child in the Yu family, even better than the boys."

Not only Yu Chongshui, but also more than twenty men in the Yu family led by Yu Qi all had expressions as if to say, "Are you crazy?"

Yu Chongyan didn't care about everyone's looks. He only hoped that what he said today could be conveyed to his grandniece by that divine being.

To help him gain some favor in Fuguang's eyes.

Yu Chongshui, Yu Chongzheng and other old brothers all had expressions like, "Just look at what you're acting like now."

They just couldn't understand. Wasn't she just a young girl who had become a junior grand tutor? It was understandable for the grandfather to protect his own granddaughter, but did you, a granduncle from a collateral branch, need to fawn on a little girl?

Yu Chongzheng from the fifth branch couldn't help but retort, "Fourth brother, come on. When you praise the child from the eldest branch, there's no need to compare her with all the young men in the clan, right?

A girl being better than all the young men in the clan. You may dare to say it, but we don't dare to believe it. Fourth brother, don't let your big talk hurt your tongue, or you won't be able to enjoy the good feast from the eldest branch!"

Yu Chongyan sneered with a cold smile on his lips. "Don't bother about me, fifth brother. I'll put it right here. That child, Fuguang, is more useful than the young men in the family."

He waved his sleeve robe and said disdainfully, "You can't discuss ice with a summer insect. A bunch of useless people!"

"You... You... You can't win the argument and resort to personal attacks!" Yu Chongzheng was so angry that he almost fell backwards.

He looked pleadingly at the person with the highest seniority among them, their little uncle, Yu Qi.

He complained, "Little uncle, look at what fourth brother is saying. Is that human speech? Is there anyone who slurs his own cousins and nephews like this?"

Yu Qi also disagreed and said, "Fourth, it's wrong for you to talk about your cousins and nephews like this. When our grandfather, my father, was alive, he said that the prosperity of a family lies in unity.

All the branches of our Yu family are his descendants and are all family. You mustn't act and talk like this in the future. Aren't you afraid of chilling the hearts of your brothers and nephews?"

Yu Chongyan pretended to be obedient on the surface and said, "Yes!"

Yu Chongyan thought to himself that whether he would listen or not was his own business. Humph, he'd do it again next time.

The clan leader, Yu Chongshan, took out a thick genealogy, flipped to his own branch, and first crossed out the name of Yu Ningrou under Yu Qinchun's name.

Yu Chongying from the second branch was puzzled and asked, "Eldest brother, now that you've found your biological granddaughter, are you really willing to send this girl Rou away after raising her carefully for all these years?"

At this time, Yu Chongyan was definitely the mouthpiece for the father - and - sons of the eldest branch. He said, "Eldest brother Ying, the parents of the girl Rou you mentioned deliberately swapped the children for the wealth of our family.

After swapping the children, they didn't take good care of her. They almost abused the child to death... half - dead. If it weren't for Fuguang being so tough, this child might not have come back alive."

But alas, the original biological daughter of the third nephew died at the age of five. That child was truly pitiful.

Thinking of this, his face turned cold. "Our family raised their child with good food and drink, but they beat and scolded our child and starved her for days. Do you still want to keep her? Since you feel sorry for her, why don't you take her back to your place and raise her?"

Yu Chongying was so red - faced from being retorted that he felt ashamed as the person in charge of the second branch, being suppressed by the eldest branch.

His father was the concubine - born second uncle of Yu Chongshan and the others. Among the six branches of the Yu family, only the eldest, fourth, and sixth branches were of legitimate birth.

The second, third, and fifth branches were all of concubine birth.

Yu Chongying had always felt inferior among his clan brothers because he was from a concubine - born family and was used to being a nice guy. Unexpectedly, he was retorted by his cousin Yan today.

He stammered, "I just thought it was the adults' fault. What does it have to do with a child?"

Yu Chongshan thought of how his family was almost ruined by that fake granddaughter, and his face looked very bad. He said, "Cousin Ying, that girl was a real beneficiary.

Moreover, a son should pay for his father's debts. We're just sending her back to her original family. This is what she should endure. Not killing that whole family is already an act of great kindness."

Yu Chongyan strongly supported his eldest brother and said, "Exactly, eldest brother Ying. Don't persuade others to be kind when you haven't experienced their pain. Fuguang is your real grandniece. What's the point of feeling sorry for a fake?"

While ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌‌‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌‌ ‌ ‌‍they were talking back and forth, Yu Chongshan had already crossed out the name of Yu Ningrou with a vermilion pen. Fearing that future generations might not understand, he also wrote a few words of explanation behind it.

He briefly explained the real identity of Yu Ningrou, now Zhou Wuya.

Then he added the name of the legitimate daughter, Yue Fuguang, under Yu Zhongqin's name.

"Hey, Chongshan, this isn't right, is it? Your grandniece, the child of Zhongqin, a child of our Yu family, why is her name Yue Fuguang? Shouldn't it be Yu Fuguang?"

Yu Qi looked at it in disbelief. "Did you write it wrong, or am I just getting old and my eyes are playing tricks on me? Chongshui, Chongzheng, come and see if your eldest brother wrote it wrong?"

Yu Zhongqin thought that as expected, his great - granduncle would jump out to question it.

He exchanged a look with his third brother and took the lead to say, "Great - granduncle, Fuguang is indeed our family's child, but her name is indeed Yue Fuguang. My father means to keep the child's name as it is and not change it."

Heavens, they knew that this name was given by a divine being more powerful than the heavens here to his disciple. Who would dare to change it?

Would you ask their emperor if he dared?

Even the empress dowager had to praise it as a good name!

"Nonsense. Your eldest branch is just being absurd. First, you adopted a child, and now you're changing the name. You don't put us elders and clan brothers in your eyes!"

Yu Qi said with an angry look on his face, "Which descendant written in the family genealogy doesn't have the same surname as their ancestors? Do you still have the ancestors of our Yu family in your eyes?"

Yu Chongyan rolled his eyes behind and thought that having Fuguang's name written in the Yu family genealogy was actually a blessing for the ancestors. Maybe the ancestors underground were already overjoyed!

You're still being so coy here! If this match gets ruined by this little uncle today, he can guarantee that his grandfather, great - grandfather, and even his great - great - grandfather will team up to have a little "heart - to - heart" with the little uncle in the middle of the night, showing him what true father - son and grandfather - grandson affection is all about!