Lin Xiyue's Proposal, Lu Yuan's Advice

Lin Xiyue cursed under her breath.

At her words, Zhu Junlin fell silent. This ancestral law had been passed down for countless centuries and had long since become deeply ingrained. Even he could not change it.

To change this, they would have to alter the Star Luo Imperial Family's method of succession. It was precisely because of their marriage alliance with the imperial family that the Netherworld Family had acquired this rule.

For the princes of the Star Luo Imperial Family to ascend the throne, they had to step over the corpses of their own brothers. Likewise, this arrangement extended to the Netherworld Family that had married into their line.

Take Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, for example. Did Zhu Zhuyun truly want to kill Zhu Zhuqing for no reason at all?

Of course not. She was eliminating a threat to herself. Zhu Zhuqing was betrothed to Dai Mubai, and Dai Mubai was Dai Weisi's rival. That was why Zhu Zhuyun had acted against her.

Without that connection, Zhu Zhuyun would not have gone so mad as to lay hands on her own younger sister.

After all, there was no love without reason, nor was there hatred without reason.

No normal person would kill someone who bore them no grudge for no reason, much less assassinate their own blood-related younger sister without cause.

Everything Zhu Zhuyun had done was ultimately for survival and power.

She was a product of this twisted and perverse system of inheritance.

"Then what was the other reason you kept them here?" After a moment of silence, Zhu Junlin recalled what Lin Xiyue had just said and could not help asking.

"The other reason is just as I said. I haven't seen Zhu Qing in over five years. I truly miss her and want to spend