Nanci’s Decree

My eldest sister-in-law was furious that I held the authority to manage the household, so she caused a scene in the ancestral hall. She pressed a dagger to her throat and threatened us. “If you won’t let me run the household, I’ll die here with my child.” “Your precious younger sister is nothing but a concubine-born daughter. Even marrying a stable hand would be reaching above her station. I, on the other hand, am the one who will continue the Xu family line.” “The family estate belongs to the sons to begin with. She refuses to marry-doesn’t that mean she’s after the family fortune?” Everyone in the family looked at me in silence. I smiled as if nothing could disturb me. “If the new bride is this disrespectful, then we can simply send her back to her maiden home with a divorce letter.” The fortune I, Xu Nanci, built with my own hands is not yours to meddle with.