Facing Cui Tian Rui's words, the woman smiled and said, "My son has such lofty ambitions. Of course I support him."
"But your second brother-in-law has only just arrived. I'm afraid he won't manage without someone to support him."
"Aren't you usually closest to your second sister?"
"If you don't help her at a time like this, who will?"
Hearing this, Cui Tian Rui thought for a moment and said, "Fine, I'll go help my brother-in-law."
"But let's make this clear first. Once it's done, I want to go out and make my way in the world on my own."
"Fine!"
Seeing his mother agree, Cui Tian Rui left happily at once.
After Cui Tian Rui had left, Cui Xingxue appeared behind the woman and said softly, "By sending Tian Rui to his side, our branch will never know peace again."
Hearing Cui Xingxue's words, Li Fengyi said calmly, "From the day I married you, I never expected to live a peaceful life."
"In these great clans and aristocratic families, only useless cowards can live out their lives in peace."
"The two of us may like being 'useless cowards,' but our son does not."
"Rather than let him wander around blindly, we might as well choose a road for him."
Faced with Li Fengyi's words, Cui Xingxue thought for a moment and said, "Then why did you make Yao'er get involved as well?"
"I think they're living quite well right now."
At those words, Li Fengyi's expression became somewhat unnatural.
"Cui Xingxue, you make it sound so easy, but have you ever considered how I feel as a stepmother?"
"You married Cui Yao to Huang Wen Shu, thinking that peace was a blessing."
"But do you know how outsiders see me?"
"They all think I deliberately neglected Yao'er. If Tian