The four brothers sitting in their seats were suddenly shocked.
The fourth asked sub-consciously "My little Lingshe did this?"
Shaking his head, the great elder scolded "You don't even know your own child's matters!
Alright, she has been in seclusion ever since, so it's fine if you don't know things very well.
Since you are all here, let's do it directly.
I have recovered well from my injuries, so there is no need for me to sit away, doing nothing."
When the four brothers heard this, they knew their father would take back some power, but they didn't feel resentful at all.
Each of them had their own jurisdiction even when he was the clan leader, the role of the clan leader was never a supreme power but functioned the same way a manager would.
Rather than saying they lost power, it's better to say that they never had this power.
Prior, their father would intervene under the role of great elder, now he would just intervene directly.
The great elder was happy that his sons were still well behaved and said directly "Yonglu, you will give up the position of the clan leader and become the treasurer.
Yongyu, after giving away the position of treasurer, you will become the elder of inner affairs.
I hope you can manage the affairs of the clan well, I have expectations for the new generation of clan children."
He was naturally saying the last part in recognition of Yongyu's skills in handling internal affairs.
Internal affairs controlled the whole inside of the clan, whether it was the clan school, disputes, or other matters.
Luyen then looked at the rest and said "Yongxu… your daughter is very good in everything, why can't you be a bit better!
Alas, it's fine, just train your martial arts better. If you have questions, you can come and ask me."
There was nothing else he could say.
His second son, Yongli was the best in doing things, he was talented, righteous and knew when to stop.
The only issue was that he wasn't ambitious and never planned to do anything more than assisting the clan.
Still, to make it equal, so commented "Yongli, just keep doing what you do."
Yongli nodded "I know father is most proud of me, I will make sure you don't regret this trust!" he answered, as nonchalant and direct as always.
Luyen nodded with a smile, walking forward to sit in the main seat.
Yonglu hurried to a different seat, sitting just as comfortable.
Seeing that everything was fine, Luyen simply said "The position of the clan leader will be vacant for now. Alright, tell me about the current situation."
…
When Lingshe ended her seclusion, she had already fully stabilised her first stage qi refining cultivation.
"Based on my absorption, I should be able to reach the peak of early qi refining stage latest in five years, if everything goes well, it might be a bit shorter.
Reaching the peak of middle stage should be possible in seven to ten years... as for the peak of qi refining in itself, it should be another twenty years.
This is a total of thirty five years just on the absorption in this spirit barren land."
When she thought of the last thing, she wanted to instantly go back to seclusion, strive to cultivate even a bit faster.
Then she stopp herself, remembering that she hadn't been out for a whole month and a week.
She wanted to have an overview of the current situation before she goes back into seclusion.
At least she has to make sure there are no issues right now.
Thinking of this, she stood up and called her attendants to join her.
When they entered, they saw their lady.
Glowing hair, glassy skin, shining eyes, it was as if she was reborn and became even more beautiful.
After being stunned, they lowered their heads, trying to calm down.
As experienced attendants, they were quick with these things and soon they raised their heads again.
Although still stunned internally, they already moved forward to help her dress.
Lingshe smiled and didn't comment on this.
As she was dressed, her head maid told her "Miss, the great elder just send an attendant a bit ago.
He said there was an ongoing clan meeting. If the miss was free, she could join them."
She was a bit surprised. As the eldest lady, she could enter the clan meetings before she had taken a formal position, but this was too early.
Besides the clan meeting, there is also a clan gathering, where all clan members of a higher rank attend and discuss future matters.
The clan meeting is the executive where they put into effect the things discussed at the meeting, while the members of the meeting were decided based on the different factions in the gathering.
'It seems grandpa still takes care of me best.' she thought, as usually, one would have to hold a speech before entering the meeting, it's a formality but tradition.
Since there was an ongoing meeting, she could just join in and listen to them.
Having quickly decided, she walked out with her small entourage.
The main hall was right down the path of her residence anyways, so it didn't take long.
When she arrived, the guards in front bowed and opened the door.
Her grandfather was the first to notice "Little Lingshe! You came out of seclusion!"
Her uncles reacted too, until it was her father's turn "Lingshe, ah, how come you give your grandfather the good things and ignore me?"
She just glanced at him sideways and slightly closed them with a scrutinising look.
"If you spent more time outside the backyard, maybe you would have learned of this earlier!
Look at you, all of you uncles… how come no one visited grandpa for the past month!" she scolded them a bit.
As the clan eldest lady, her position was technically not lower than any of theirs, and she was the first in line to be the clan leader.
When her uncles and father heard this, they all felt ashamed.
Her scolding looked a bit weird, as she was much younger, but she still had the right to scold the elders.
After all, it's said that children are the most honest.
Her grandfather smiled and said "Come come, sit next to me! Ignore your uncles, there was a little trouble and they were all too busy finding a solution!"
Lingshe walked forward and sat to the right of her grandfather, which was the position of the first elder after the clan leader.
Since there was no clan leader, the position was basically that of the clan leader.
The uncles all shut up, knowing that the grand elder wanted to create momentum for this beloved granddaughter of his.
She smiled and commented quietly, even though everyone heard it "Grandfather is clearly the most experienced and wisest in the family, why wouldn't you just ask him?"
Even though they heard it, since the person said it quietly, there was naturally no need to answer.
Still, they were all a bit embarrassed… but they all thought their grandfather was in bad health, why would they trouble an old man close to death with worries?
The topic fell and the second uncle, Yu Yongli, spoke up "Since you have been in seclusion for so long, you probably don't know yet.
Well, your third uncle's son, Linglin, was kicked out of the crown prince's entourage.
The crown prince and others of his group schemed for Linglin to represent the crown prince at a banquet.
There, the seventh prince beat up Linglin, creating a scene.
In the name of dirtying the crown prince's, he was kicked out of the faction.
Now, he is in third brother's courtyard, still recuperating.
This wouldn't have been that big of an issue, but it seems the seventh prince became bold and started to target several of our Yu families' children.
Either embarrassing them or punishing them for small mistakes.
Who knows which idiot told him to focus us.
Anyways, he, a prince, is actually so stupid as to follow the orders of others.
I don't know how the third concubine taught her children, they are actually so rebellious."