As the words fell, Yu Tingwan could sense many servants looking over in surprise, their gazes towards her more respectful than before.
In other mansions, the authority to manage the household is the greatest recognition for a daughter-in-law. But in the Duke Shun Mansion, even after a daughter-in-law proves herself capable, she must gain further approval from her mother-in-law to hold the key to the Book Collection Pavilion.
This key has been handed down from the first mistress of the Wei Family, but not every mistress receives it.
It has sometimes skipped the daughter-in-law and gone to the granddaughter-in-law.
It has skipped the elder son's wife and gone to the second son's wife.
In some cases, neither daughter-in-law nor granddaughter-in-law received it, and in disappointment, it was temporarily handed to the legitimate heir, leaving three questions before her death, and only if any new wife answered them correctly could she receive it.
