Chapter 1608 — Are They Relatives? And for Tang Yuyu to Enter Here Was Itself a Kind of Honor
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"Let me see!" Though Old Master Tang said it was unlikely, a storm was raging in his heart! Deep down, he actually hoped Tang Yuyu's claims were true - if so, the day the Tang family rose to greatness was just around the corner!
Old Master Tang practically snatched the phone from Tang Yuyu's hands. One glance at the photo, and he froze dead in his tracks!
"So alike... truly so alike..." Old Master Tang gazed at the photo on the phone, murmuring to himself. "She's the spitting image of your Third Aunt in her youth..."
"Grandfather... you're saying she..." Hearing his grandfather's words, Tang Yuyu's suspicion was all but confirmed: "She's my half-sister?"
"If she is, then she is. But... I can't be certain..." Old Master Tang stopped here and suddenly sighed. "Your mother has always been consumed by jealousy - she was the one behind what happened all those years ago. Now, if this Ice Palace Master truly is your sister... it might not be a blessing for our Tang family!"
After the initial excitement subsided, Old Master Tang's mind cooled. His eldest son had taken three wives. The first wife came from a Hidden Clan as well - frankly, the marriage was nothing more than a political alliance, with no emotional foundation between her and his eldest son. Meanwhile, his eldest son's childhood sweetheart had become his second wife!
But this eldest daughter-in-law of Old Master Tang's first household had actually schemed to kill the second daughter-in-law! Had she not been born into a prominent clan, Old Master Tang would have carried out the family law on the spot. However, the second daughter-in-law had no backing and no children, so once the eldest daughter-in-law's family offered a few financial concessions, the whole matter quietly faded away.
The third concubine of the first household had been taken as a bride after the second daughter-in-law's death, and she bore the eldest son a daughter. Originally, this daughter posed no threat whatsoever to Tang Yuyu's right of succession as the young clan head. But the jealous eldest daughter-in-law ordered the servants to take the third concubine's child and throw her out!
After that, the third daughter-in-law of the first household fell into perpetual gloom, barely speaking anymore. She wandered about in a daze all day searching for her child, her mind seemingly unhinged. Seeing she was no longer a threat, the eldest daughter-in-law stopped bothering with her - claiming the woman had gone mad, she had her locked away in a separate courtyard, never to see the other members of the Tang family again.
"My mother? Hmph, if I were my father, I'd have divorced her long ago!" A flash of fury crossed Tang Yuyu's face. "She doesn't deserve to be my mother - I am ashamed of her! As a child, I was always close to Third Aunt and frequently sent servants to deliver her daily necessities. With me acting as a go-between, surely Third Aunt wouldn't blame our Tang family!"
Tang Yuyu was a man of honest and upright character. He favored open strategies and held petty schemes and devious plots in absolute contempt!