However, a thousand people might see a thousand Hamlets.
In Luo Tianshen's view,
this was a good thing—a misunderstanding had been resolved.
Objectively speaking, misunderstandings were bad things to begin with. But since this misunderstanding could be cleared up, there was no problem.
Only if it could not be resolved would it become a bad thing.
Or rather, a nuisance.
But in the eyes of the others—or, more precisely, in the eyes of the vast majority of Luo God Clan elders who refused to believe this—it was nothing more than a fine show staged jointly by Luo Tianshen, the clan leader, and Lu Yuan, his granddaughter's husband. Perhaps Luo Li had participated as well, cooperating with Luo Tianshen in some entrapment scheme or sleight of hand.
The overall logic should have gone something like this...
This Lu Yuan really was a fake. But whether he was the boyfriend Luo Li had chosen or a chess piece chosen by Luo Tianshen remained open to debate. In any event, this had been a trap laid from the very beginning...
First, they had the First Elder, this illegitimate son...
Of course, there was no intent to insult him. Based on the relationship between this First Elder and Luo Tianshen, Luo Tianshen truly was Luo Cangqiong's legitimate son, while this First Elder truly was Luo Cangqiong's illegitimate son. Though within the Luo God Clan, the difference between legitimate and illegitimate sons was minor. If one had to point something out, it would only be inheritance: legitimate sons received a greater share, while illegitimate sons got only a tiny amount of resources—or perhaps nothing at all. And even when they received a little, it was generally only a show of generosity by the legitimate sons for outsiders to see.
For capable illegitimate sons, this difference