After the empress transmigrated, she became the judge of the entertainment industry.

Chapter 374 She is not worthy of being included in the family genealogy

Ye Wanyin won't be out for at least half an hour after changing her look, so everyone can have a meal during this time and wait to drink later.

Ye Sanqing glanced at Cheng Yanye's table and found it somewhat comical.

If Mona hadn't suddenly snatched the bouquet, it would have landed near Cheng Yanye.

But that table was almost entirely filled with men...

Ah, I must say, this is truly the Southwest region; Ye Wanyin really does adapt to local customs!

That being said, missing an opportunity for Ye Wanyin and Cheng Yanye to get to know each other is not very good. Hopefully, this guy can perform normally when toasting later.

By this time, the dishes had been served one after another, and Ye Sanqing was satisfied.

The Lu family at least did not treat their guests perfunctorily in this regard, offering things like "four joys at the door," "a hundred years of happiness," "good fortune," and "abundance year after year."

Interestingly, the Lu family may be clarifying something, as both the spoons and chopsticks are made of silver.

It's possible that this is because of that previous incident... that's why they did this.

Ye Sanqing couldn't help but mutter a few words of complaint in his mind: "Wouldn't it be easier for you to have a Western-style buffet if you used silver cutlery?"

However, Chinese style also has its advantages. At least everyone shares food from the same bowl, so the whole table is well-fed.

Sheng Hanyu cautiously examined the dishes that had been served, then exchanged a glance with Nangong Wang, who was sitting opposite him, and whispered to Ye Sanqing, "It should be fine."

"..." Ye Sanqing glanced at Jiang Jueheng, who was taking out a test strip, and Yun Shu, who was immersing some kind of instrument in the soup...

Their table... is really reassuring.

The two of them were clearly oblivious to the opinions of others and showed no concern for the disapproving glances directed at them from the Lu family's main table.

After Yun Shu finished testing, he glanced at Jiang Jueheng, who was clearly not very satisfied, but he still nodded.

"No problem, the previous accidents won't happen again, everyone can rest assured," Yun Shu said.

Jiang Jueheng was clearly dissatisfied because he thought the dishes were too extravagant and wasteful... but with Ye Sanqing here, Yun Shu didn't think anything would be wasted.

“Five years ago, there was a poisoning incident…” Sheng Hanyu wasn’t sure if Ye Sanqing knew the details, but she still explained, “Many people died, but the Lu family didn’t report it to the police, and these deaths were recorded one after another with different reasons for death…”

"But everyone suspects that there were problems within the Lu family. At that time, the Lu family also carried out a major internal purge. So their population is not very large now."

Sheng Hanyu glanced at the population over there—it couldn't be described as thriving, but it certainly wasn't sparse either—and smiled.

That's why the Lu family has its own survival wisdom; in this situation, having more children is their rule for preserving the family.

"I know about this. But they still dare to hold such large gatherings. Aren't they afraid it will happen again?"

The information Ye Yifan provided only included the current surviving members of the Lu family. She only mentioned this matter briefly, perhaps because she thought that the deceased were not important.

The proportions themselves aren't really important; compared to the total number of people in the Lu family, a dozen or so individuals are insignificant. However, Ye Sanqing had some guesses. For instance, these people were almost all members of the Fourth Concubine's faction, so while the poisoning appeared indiscriminate, there were actually differences.

"No one knows who the murderer is or whether he has been purged. Perhaps he died in the purge, or perhaps he escaped... Today's gathering is not an internal Lu family meeting, so I suspect the probability of him committing the crime is low."

Sheng Hanyu said.

"Even you don't know?" Ye Sanqing asked, leaning closer to him.

Sheng Hanyu knew she was referring to the matter of rebirth and shook her head.

Since Ye Yifan didn't mention it, then this person must be very well hidden, or it must be an untriggered side quest.

So even after a hundred reincarnations, there were no clues.

Sheng Hanyu couldn't help but think that if the players before Ye Sanqing arrived had not chosen the Lu family as their target, or if they had chosen them and ended up with a failed ending, then the subsequent events of this event might not have been fully triggered.

It's a waste of all the effort the game developers put into designing the Lu family characters...

Sheng Hanyu also knew that there were three people she needed to pay attention to today who might have a romance route. From a game design perspective, it was natural to write detailed character designs and storylines for these people.

The complexity of the Lu family members is like a hellish domestic power struggle scenario. So it's normal to end up with a bad ending.

Ye Wanyin barged in... which is actually quite nice.

Speaking of Ye Wanyin, she came out not long after. Lu Wangqian then got up and let her take his arm. The two of them started toasting from the main table.

Their table was the third one; after the main elders of the Lu family and the Ye family had paid their respects, it was their turn.

Only these few tables need to be toasted one by one. After that, you can toast one table at a time. Otherwise, you might not be able to finish toasting until midnight.

Ye Sanqing watched Ye Wanyin walk gracefully towards him, then picked up a wet wipe from the table and wiped his mouth and hands.

Unfortunately, the food was still wasted.

"Brother, sister..." Ye Wanyin called out to them, then pulled Lu Wangqian aside.

"Second brother, third sister," Lu Wangqian said reluctantly.

He seems to have forgotten his sudden humility during the New Year after being home for a few days, and has now returned to the arrogant demeanor he had when we first met.

Ye Sanqing thought to himself, "Does Lu Wangqian even have a status refresh function? Is the Lu family some kind of recovery point?"

"Xiao Lu, congratulations!" she said.

Ye Jin'er clearly thought so too, and laughed loudly, "Yes, Xiao Lu, why the long face on such a nice day?"

"..." Lu Wangqian twitched the corner of his mouth.

It wasn't that he was in a completely new state; it was just that he felt he couldn't lose in terms of momentum to his brothers who were eyeing him covetously when he returned to the Lu family, so he put on the confident and in control attitude he had when he first returned to the country.

But his second uncle, Lu Dingzuo, speaking on behalf of the elders just now had somewhat broken down his mental defenses.

Lu Wangqian always believed that he was only temporarily away from the country and that he would definitely be the heir when he returned. Therefore, he regarded Lu Mingye's various sarcastic remarks to him a few days ago as the lament of a loser.

As a result of Lu Dingzuo's actions, the third concubine was now sitting next to the old master...

Lu Wangqian then realized that things were not as he had thought.

Furthermore, something else happened in the afternoon: during the ancestral worship ceremony after the tea ceremony, the Lu family did not produce the family genealogy and add Ye Wanyin's name.

Ye Wanyin may not have noticed, since this is not a common part of wedding procedures, but Lu Wangqian knew it perfectly well.

The fact that Ye Wanyin's name is not added to the family genealogy means that the Lu family does not acknowledge her as their daughter-in-law.

He subtly inquired and discovered that the old master disliked Ye Wanyin for not being a true member of the Ye family bloodline... therefore, she was not worthy of being included in the family genealogy.

However... when he brought Ye Wanyin back during the Chinese New Year, no one objected, so they naturally held their wedding on the most auspicious day recently.

Looking back now, everyone had ulterior motives. Perhaps they thought that his marriage to Ye Wanyin would benefit their own side, which is why no one objected.

The fifth concubine, who had given him the information, laughed and said, "Since you're going to marry, why don't you marry the real one? Alas, what a pity back then... They were clearly a perfect match, but you made a foolish mistake..."

Fifth Concubine's words were obviously malicious, but Lu Wangqian had no time to care.

What exactly caused him and Ye Yifan to not get together back then?

That's why he tried to find Ye Yifan when he went on stage.

Well... although it's not exactly against the rules, it's not like you can't marry two sisters...

Besides, Ye Wanyin didn't add her name, so Ye Yifan probably wouldn't mind!