After the luncheon ended, Yang Zhengshan invited Liang Hui and Liang Jinyan into the tea room for tea.
The idle talk was all exhausted; next, it was time to speak of proper business.
"Brother Liang, there are some ugly words I must say up front!"
Yang Zhengshan spoke with a solemn expression.
Hearing this, Liang Hui's face turned serious. "Brother Yang, please speak!"
"I was born in the countryside, and there are many things about the court and officialdom I do not understand. Nor am I particularly versed in all the various rites and etiquette!"
"As for my children, I have only one requirement, and that is to let them live well!"
"A man may go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and establish merit and achievements; a daughter may bear and raise children and look after the inner household!"
"I do not ask that they enjoy great wealth and high rank. I only ask that they live comfortably!"
"Especially my daughter. Yunxue is my youngest daughter. Although she suffered some grievances when she was little, she has always been the pearl in my palm!"
"A bright pearl must not be covered in dust. Yunxue must not suffer wrongs."
Yang Zhengshan looked at Liang Jinyan. "If you want to marry my daughter, you may. But I have two requirements!"
"Uncle, please state them!" Liang Jinyan rose and bowed.
"Only after the age of thirty may you take a concubine! This is the first!"
"You may divorce by mutual separation, but you may not repudiate your wife! This is the second!"
These two conditions were ones Yang Zhengshan had arrived at after careful deliberation.
According to the Yang Family rules, if a man had no son by the age of thirty, only then could he take a concubine.
But in