The Amazing Son-in-Law [The Charismatic Charlie Wade] (Chinese name) Chapter: 6807 Part 1

Song Qianshi, whose real name is Song Ruyu, has just turned 24. He is the first monk from the Song family in many generations and their greatest hope in years.

The Song family’s fate has been linked to the Wu family for centuries, with their fortunes rising and falling together. It all started when a daughter from the Song family married into the Wu family and gave birth to their heirs. However, as the Po Qing Society grew stronger and uncovered many secrets about the Wu family, Wu Feiyan decided to turn the married families into collateral families, permanently tying them to the Wu family.

Wu Feiyan’s approach to securing these collateral families was quite harsh: she used poison. As long as these families stayed loyal to the Wu family, they would receive antidotes, along with money, power, and status. But anyone who dared to defy the Wu family would face total destruction.

Wu Feiyan wanted to bind these families because, as she lived longer, more secrets about the Wu family emerged. She realized that the Wu family would no longer be able to easily marry outside. The Wu family was her birth family, and she wanted to ensure their legacy remained strong. So, she directed the Wu family to develop families like the Songs into their own breeding machines.

According to Wu Feiyan’s rules, girls from the Wu family could not marry and had to serve the family for life. Boys, however, could only marry girls from the collateral families.

For hundreds of years, the main responsibility of the Song family has been to keep providing heirs for the Wu family.

The Wu family has a tradition of marrying off their heirs to girls from the right age group. This practice has been going on for hundreds of years, leading to a complex family tree. As a result, the connection between the children of the Song family and outside women, as well as the Wu family’s descendants, is so distant that it doesn’t pose any issues for marriage.

To ensure that the Wu family receives girls with strong genes, the men from the Song family look for exceptional Chinese women outside their circle to have children with. However, to keep their family secrets safe, these men often act deceitfully. They create fake identities to win the hearts of suitable women. Once these women give birth, the men vanish with the child.

If the child is a boy, he is brought back to be raised as part of the Song family. If it’s a girl, she is raised according to the Wu family’s standards. When she grows up, if she is chosen by a high-ranking man in the Wu family, it brings wealth and opportunities to her family. If not, she may have to marry a lesser-valued male descendant of the Wu family.

Even the less successful men in the Wu family cannot remain single forever. They are expected to marry and have children, ensuring their parents and grandparents have a legacy. To maintain their family’s secrets, these men can only marry women from related families.

Thus, the cycle continues.

In families like the Song family, about 80% of the women who are of marriageable age will end up being chosen by the Wu family. Because the Wu family is so much more powerful, the girls who marry into this family often find themselves with little to no status. It’s common for these women to be looked down upon by their husbands, and many suffer mistreatment. In extreme cases, some may even lose their lives at the hands of their spouses. Despite this, the girls’ families dare not speak out or show any dissatisfaction, as their well-being depends on the Wu family’s favor.

For those girls who are fortunate enough not to be selected by the Wu family, the Song family does not allow them to leave and start their own families. They must stay with the Song family to guard its long-held secrets and serve the family for life.

Song Ruyu is unique; she is the only monk in the Song family in hundreds of years. In fact, she is the only monk among all the collateral families. Because of this, she represents the hope of the entire Song family.

Song Ruyu is aware of the influence of the Po Qing Society and the British Lord, and she has been shaped by her family’s history. She knows she must never defy the Po Qing Society. To change her family’s fate, she understands that her only option is to strengthen herself and take on a more significant role in the Qing Dynasty.