Chapter 367

Grandma almost burst out laughing at her words, looking at her as if she were insane. "Aleyna, are you trying to sell your granddaughter to my family? Are you legally clueless or just plain crazy?" Aleyna's face shifted through a spectrum of colors under Grandma's scolding, yet she forced a strained smile. Mina, with a stern little face, chimed in supportively, "Auntie, according to our country's laws, direct blood relatives and collateral relatives within three generations are prohibited from marrying." "What does a little girl like you know? Marriage laws are made by those commoners. For nobles like us, during the Qing Dynasty, it was essential to marry close relatives to maintain the purity of our bloodline!" Aleyna shot Mina a disdainful look. She had already done her homework; Mina and Harold were children from the second branch of the Wallace family, and worse, they were illegitimate. Being berated by that old hag Audrey was one thing, but how dare an illegitimate child talk back