Yang Jingxue's eyes flickered slightly as she cautiously probed, "Matriarch? Are you planning to change your heir?"
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Chen Yu nodded gently, his expression as calm as still water. "That is indeed the case, but we are not replacing the official heir. We are adjusting the order of succession."
"Xiaojun was already second in line. We are merely making a few adjustments between the two brothers. It is nothing particularly serious."
Chen Yu's explanation was measured and orderly.
Yet the news still landed like a heavy bomb, plunging the two members of the Yang Family into a brief silence as they struggled to digest this unexpected information.
Among great aristocratic clans, especially those as prominent as the continent's Twenty-Four Eminent Families, the question of succession had always been a serious and sensitive matter.
Although Chen Xiaojun ranked fifth on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking, Chen Jianjun stood eighth. The gap between them hardly seemed sufficient grounds for replacing an heir.
They did not know why the Chen Clan had made this adjustment, but at least the change did not extend to the positions of Young Chief or clan head. That offered them some reassurance.
More reassuring still was the substantial distinction between the designated heir and those in the line of succession.
One was the rightful successor, while the others served as reserves.
Moreover, because the boys were still young, the web of vested interests had yet to spread, greatly reducing the impact.
Judging by what they had seen today, the adjustment did not seem to have caused much upheaval within the Chen Clan. It had the air of a smooth transition.
They also knew Chen Yu's and Chen Cong's temperaments well. Neither would make such a decision lightly without sufficient reason.