The Tang family property was not successfully reclaimed, which was quite normal; after all, Cheng Xing was the legal heir of the Tang family. However, in accordance with the promise he made when he married into the family as a matrilocal husband, inheriting the estate meant that at least one son had to take the surname Tang to carry on the Tang family line.
Otherwise, if the Tang family lineage were to be broken and the property denied to Tang Ning while the remaining children all bore the surname Cheng, they would have no choice but to follow the old rules and adopt an heir from a collateral branch of the Tang family.
To protect the estate, Cheng Xing chose to have his son change his surname. After all, a son of his own flesh and blood was still better than losing the property altogether.
Chapter 224