Mythical Three Kingdoms

In fact, many things can be easily discovered to be correct or not if there is a reference for comparison, and Chen Xi is fortunate to have this reference condition, so Chen Xi almost instantly confirmed the reality of the situation.

”Oh, if that’s the case, then it’s much more normal.” Wei Ji laughed heartily, unbeknownst to him, the civil officials with quick-thinking brains had already inferred part of the facts from Chen Xi’s words, and all secretly sneered in their hearts.

[If my guess is true, I’m afraid this fact will make the Hedong Wei Family cry to death in the future, losing a possessor of spiritual talent for nothing, and even losing a descendant with spiritual talent.] Sima Lang thought with a touch of sympathy.

Wei Ji is not a fool; a couple of people might look at him with sympathy, and he might not know it, but if a group of people are looking at him this way, he’s not blind.

”Why do you all look at me like that?” Wei Ji said a bit fearfully.

”Now that you know, don’t ask.” Mi Zhu glanced sideways at Wei Ji, having been oppressed in the past. He was the easiest to bully among the Five Great Merchants, though he only knew from listening to others’ voice transmissions.

Wei Ji was speechless; this time he really has a thought of wanting to get rid of those foolish clan elders at home. If before he was only saying it, this time he could guarantee he’d do it as soon as he returned. Those brainless clan elders are truly going to wreck the Wei Family!

Of course, Wei Ji also admits he indeed had selfish motives back then. At that time, Wei Zhongdao was the legitimate son, and if Cai Yan married early, she would be the matriarch. Even if Wei Zhongdao passed away, if Cai Yan had offspring, regardless of gender, logically the Wei Family would have to look up to the Zhen Family.

This is to say, the matriarch would take over managing the family, and when the legitimate lineage descendants—sons grow into adults, daughters grow to maturity—then the matriarch would return the entire family to her offspring.

Normally speaking, apart from the Imperial Family having situations of not transferring power, aristocratic families rarely do so because it holds little meaning.

However, when Wei Zhongdao was seriously ill, Wei Ji had selfish motives and thus delayed without bringing in Cai Yan, and about six months afterwards, Wei Zhongdao died.

Soon after, Cai Yan was confined in Chang’an. Logically speaking, at this time, with the support of numerous clan elders, Wei Ji, who had already secured the position of Family Head, welcoming Cai Yan wouldn’t pose much of a problem. After all, the Wei Family is large and affluent; they didn’t mind another person to feed.

Whether bringing Cai Yan over to revere or just foster casually wouldn’t matter much. But at that time, the Wei Family’s clan elders rejected Wei Ji’s proposal for the sake of face.

The reason being simple, no matter how you put it, Cai Yan was previously the legitimate lineage’s wife exchanged through marriage letters. If they brought her back, they’d indeed find it difficult to handle, especially since they hadn’t gone to receive her when Wei Zhongdao was alive; visiting again was somewhat unjustifiable.

Therefore, the Wei Family abandoned Cai Yan, and as a result, there’s no need to say anymore; the more time went on, the more entangled the Wei Family became. It should be said, at first they were merely entangled, later it became heartache, a figure who could have propelled the Wei Family was kicked off the boat by the Wei Family.

Families like the Wei Family, as such, do not lack money and grain, do not lack heritage, do not lack connections; they seem to be a very formidable aristocratic family. In reality, their position among all aristocratic families is actually not much better than the previous Zhen Family, at the bottom of first-class aristocratic families.

Indeed, the Chen Family and Xun Family don’t have as much money and grain as the Wei Family, and the Yuan Family and Yang Family don’t have the Wei Family’s heritage. However, any single one of these four families can easily overpower the Wei Family.

The first-class yet lower-tier aristocratic family, compared to the ones above them, actually lacks not those resources accumulated over generations but people. People themselves are a very important resource, and the wisdom possessed by people is the most precious of all resources.

However, families such as the Wei Family and Zhen Family consistently lack truly outstanding individuals. Simply put, if Zhen Mi’s brother were replaced by someone like Cao Cao, given the resources controlled by the Zhen Family in money and grain, plus nearly monopolizing half of Jizhou’s underground network.

Believe it or not, as long as there isn’t a transmigrator, ten years would be enough for Cao Cao to unify the nation. Although money and grain alone aren’t omnipotent, when coupled with an outstanding figure, the difficulty of unification decreases dramatically.

The Wei Family’s approach was to discard their best opportunity for prominence, even further, if Cai Yan was brought back to the Wei Family at that time, given her current displayed intellect, the Wei Family could potentially dismiss Wei Ji and vacate the position of Family Head, returning governance to the previous matriarch.

In the Late Han era, aristocratic families held little integrity in this aspect; as long as it benefited the family, these aristocratic families didn’t mind losing face.

Chen Xi shrugged at Wei Ji, ”I think you should take a break, it’s completely impossible, really, and besides, she herself has no interest in relocation.”

In Ye City, Cai Yan was examining Xin Xianying’s homework; it wasn’t a particularly difficult subject, but the content’s precision was far superior to the vast majority of this world’s Mengxue.

”Well done.” Cai Yan looked over Xin Xianying’s completed content, then nodded, ”Alright, go play now.”

Xin Xianying pinched her fingers and didn’t leave. Cai Yan, puzzled, asked, ”Do you want to eat something? There’s candy and pastries, if there’s anything else, you can have the cook make it for you.”