Li Houjin gave a cold scoff, then said nothing more to Li Zhongshuang.
He knew that the Little Ancestor favored Li Zhongshuang, and that Li Houcheng was delighted by it.
Li Jiehua, born of the principal wife, was a useless waste. Instead, Li Zhongshuang, the illegitimate daughter who had lived outside the clan for years, had caught the Little Ancestor's eye, helping secure Li Houcheng's position as clan head.
But Li Houcheng's delight did not mean he shared it.
To put it bluntly, her mother had never been married into the household by Li Houcheng. As an illegitimate daughter, Li Zhongshuang did not even qualify as a concubine's child. Calling her one was already giving her more credit than she deserved.
What right did an illegitimate daughter have to earn the Little Ancestor's favor and enjoy the Eastern Bian Li Clan's resources?
That was what Li Houjin resented about Li Zhongshuang.
The name Li Zhongshuang could not even be entered in the Eastern Bian Li Clan's genealogy. Even if they gave her resources, what could she bring the clan in return?
In his view, rather than giving the Lineage's resources to an illegitimate daughter like Li Zhongshuang, they should give them to him-a Celestial Person from the clan head's legitimate line.
Besides, Li Zhongshuang was so hideous that she disgraced both the Eastern Bian Li Clan and him.
If other clans saw her, anyone who did not know better might think the Eastern Bian Li Clan had produced a monster.
Seeing the strained relationship between the two junior members of his sect, the elderly Li Jingque gave a dry cough and said quietly, "Zhongshuang, your Uncle Houjin has been like this since he was a child. Don't stoop to his level."
He was old now, and cared only about whether