The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family novel Chapter 1979

The Wade family’s ancestor worship ceremony was the grandest family ceremony that the Wade family had.

All large families would always value ancestor worship, especially for large families with a long history such as the Wade family. As they had a profound history and many branches to their family, they attached great importance to the ancestor worship ceremony.

In truth, a lot of wealthy families had always wanted t o engage in special ancestor worship ceremonies. However, a real ancestor worship ceremony was not something that any ordinary family could just do.

Some nouveau riche families who wanted to hold an ancestor worship ceremony might not be able to keep up with the appearance at all.

This was because these people's ancestral tombs might have the latest three to four generations of their ancestors in total. Moreover, when it came to their identities, most of their ancestors from the previous generations might be peasants with no high-end or amazing stories to be told to the future generations.

Although those from the peasant class were also very worthy of respect, to those in the upper-class societies, if the other party's ancestors did not have a strong identity or background, it would be somewhat

unpresentable and embarrassing to be shown. 4

This was especially so for the upper-class people from Eastcliff.

In addition to comparing their wealth and power, they also compared their family origin and heritage.

In Eastcliff, many elders were survivors of the bygone ages. During ancient times, the ancestors of their families were all nobles from a reputable background. They were all lords and ladies from the upper-class societies.

This kind of family had a strong foundation. During the ancestor worship ceremony, if they read out two to three of their ancestors' deeds, they could immediately portray a very positive feeling to the other people.

The ancestors of the Wade family were also palace officials. Any ordinary family would definitely be very eager to build an ancestral hall in his hometown for their ancestor if there was a talented individual in their family. There were more than a hundred palace officials and scholars amongst the ancestors of the Wade family. There were already about ten top scholars in the history of the Wade family. There were even about thirty-one scholars in the Wade family who had made it to the top three ranks. 4

With a history of nearly three hundred years in ancient times, there had already been about one hundred and twelve examinations for scholars held in the king's palace.

During these three hundred years, a total of more than twenty thousand scholars and one hundred and fourteen champions had been awarded.

This way, the second and third son's families would eventually become the Wade family's collateral family.

At this time, these two collateral families would still b e relatively close to the main family. After all, the second and third brothers were still biological brothers with their eldest brother. 3

However, when it came to Charlie's generation, Charlie’s cousin would be the one to inherit the original Wade family. So, the relationship between the two collateral families and the main family would be set apart by yet another generation.

When it would finally be time for the third and fourth generation to take over, these two collateral families would have also derived even more collateral families, and they would be separated even more from the original main family. 1

If this continued for five to six generations, more than a hundred years would have already passed by. 1

At that time, the family members might not even know each other at all, and they would only be able to find the names of the descendants from the other collateral families from the genealogy chart.