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Chapter 5559: Chapter 5559: Preaching
In the Li family, Li Ronghuan had already disguised himself as a hedgehog, making anyone who did not make him comfortable equally uncomfortable.
It wasn’t that he was reckless, but in the Li family, you had to stand firm, and then the reputation-conscious Madam Li would take heed. With his overt aggressiveness and covert scheming, Li Ronghuan could always infuriate Madam Li, who had been calculating all her life.
Just like today, early in the morning, Madam Li targeted Li Ronghuan, referring to the old family traditions and sighed, "On the first day of the New Year, paying respects is not just saying it verbally, it truly involves kneeling and paying respects. When the old master was alive, the younger members all followed the tradition and paid their respects accordingly. Now that the old master has passed, this tradition seems to have been lost."
She only mentioned traditions and the old master without implicating herself, making those unaware think she truly grieved the loss of the tradition.
But in reality, she just wanted Li Ronghuan to kneel before her early in the morning.
Was Li Ronghuan a fool? He agreed without hesitation and then brought over the tablets of Old Master Li and Madam Li, insisting that Madam Li kneel before them first before he would kneel and pay respects to her.
Consequently, that was the scene Li Jinnian walked into when he entered.
Feeling that there hadn’t been enough of an argument, Li Ronghuan intended to start another fight with his older brother Li Tianhao, but upon seeing this, Li Jinnian had no choice but to hold him back, "Uncle, there’s no need to go to all this trouble, let’s go have a look."
"Are you so sure?" Li Ronghuan righted a chair he had kicked over and inspected it carefully, "Not broken, good. It’s my own money that bought it, would hate to break it."
Perhaps this is what artists are like, temperamental and hard to understand.
The servant who had been knocking on the door had already been frightened back to the living room. Upon hearing that something had been smashed inside, Li Tianhao’s expression turned even darker, and with a slight wave of his hand, he gestured for the servants to withdraw.
Discussing matters behind closed doors was one thing, but what could be so secretive that it needed to be hidden from him, the eldest brother?
When Li Jinnian came out, he saw his own father sitting on the couch with a dark expression, his eyes cutting towards him like blades, sharp enough as if wanting to slice his flesh.
"Stay at home today, and do not go anywhere. Your surname is Li, not Fu," commanded Li Tianhao in an authoritative tone to Li Jinnian, likely worried that Li Jinnian wouldn’t listen to him. He added, "Running off to someone else’s house on New Year’s Eve, have you no respect for tradition?"
"Today there will be guests at home, and you, as the eldest grandson of the Li family, should appropriately receive them. Keep some decency and don’t disgrace the Li family’s name by going out."
Li Jinnian was chastised, but Li Ronghuan couldn’t hold back and repeatedly mocked, "Big brother, why do I feel like laughing when I hear your words? Tradition? The face of the Li family? Big brother, are you standing so high that you can’t see what’s happening below? What traditions does the Li family have? From the day the concubine forced her way in, all the goddamn traditions of the Li family went to the dogs!"
"And the face of the Li family, you really should take a good walk in the capital city and ask the prominent families there if our Li family has any face left to speak of."
Li Tianhao’s face was beyond saving at the outburst. He took a deep breath, berating Li Ronghuan along with himself, "The most disrespectful is you. What have you turned this family into?"
"Can the Li family survive your turmoil? If I don’t discipline you properly, you’ll turn the Li family upside down! Madam Li is, after all, an elder. If you don’t respect her, I won’t insist. But you infuriate her to the point of illness every day! The traditions of the Li family, the face of the Li family, it’s all been tarnished by you!"