Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 119: Elimination of the Clan

As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd watching exploded.

The second master of the Qiao family is not of the Qiao family’s bloodline. Whose family is he from?

Tang Dong was so angry that he jumped up from his chair. He thought it was something that could be resolved within the Qiao family, but he didn't expect that these family scandals would become known to everyone.

Moreover, his father was alive and well, so why did he die?

"Oh, don't you know? Her mother was a maid who climbed into the bed. When the old Duke Dingguo attended a banquet, he got drunk and was climbed into the bed by the maid. A month later, the family said that the maid was pregnant with the old Duke Dingguo's child, so they sent her here."

"It seems like he fell into a trap. He gave someone else a baby to raise, and he's been raising it for almost fifty years."

"Do you know whose party we are attending?"

"There, at his house, at the banquet at the General's Mansion, it is said that a group of military officers were drinking."

"I'm so drunk, who knows if I'm asleep or not? I'll just take advantage of you."

"It has been more than 20 years since the old Duke Dingguo sacrificed his life for the country. I am afraid he will crawl out of his coffin tonight to look for the old man of the Tang family."

These people with mouths are, of course, the creation of Qiao Lili. The dirty deeds of the Tang family cannot be resolved without anyone knowing. The whole capital must know about it, no matter how big or small.

Aren’t you going to die? Then hurry up. It won’t be over until you’re angry to death.

Tang Dong's face was blue and purple. He didn't want to come, but he didn't dare to disobey his father. Ever since his father gave the position of General of Cavalry to his eldest son, his temperament became more and more perverse. This time, he ignored everyone's objections and insisted on recognizing Qiao Bieyuan back.

I kept saying I was sorry to him.

At that time, Tang Xing's wife had not given birth yet, but her maid became pregnant. For this reason, he used a little trick to send the pregnant maid to the Mansion of Duke Dingguo. He originally thought that he could let the Mansion of Duke Dingguo raise his child, disturb his family, and learn the secrets of the Mansion of Duke Dingguo, thus killing three birds with one stone.

Unfortunately, after this maid entered the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, there was no news of her since then, and even no one knew whether the child she gave birth to was dead or alive.

The investigation into Qiao Bieyuan only happened in recent years.

Originally, he wanted to help Qiao Bieyuan obtain the title of Duke Dingguo, so he recognized him in secret and kept the news well hidden.

Now, Qiao Bieyuan said that if he could not leave the clan, he would be implicated by the Duke Dingguo's Mansion, have his property confiscated and be exiled. Tang Xing already felt guilty towards this child, and wanted to take him back at all costs.

Qiao Lili is now full of thoughts. She originally thought that Qiao Bieyuan framed her father and brother in her previous life because he was bribed by foreigners or he defected to a prince. Now it seems that it is probably related to the General of Cavalry's Mansion.

Otherwise, why would he just acknowledge his relationship? Why would he still be hiding in the Duke Dingguo's Mansion? He must be holding back.

The Qiao clan leader was also shocked when he heard this. This illegitimate second wife was actually plotted. It was really too much. The Qiao family had helped raise a child for almost fifty years. He suppressed his anger and asked, "Whose child are you, and why did you become our Qiao family's?"

At this time, Tang Dong stood up and said, "My father said that the Duke Dingguo's Mansion had taken a fancy to a maid in our Tang Mansion. My mother didn't know that this maid had been taken in by my father, so she gave her to the Duke Dingguo at that time. Unexpectedly, the maid was found to be pregnant when she arrived at the Qiao Mansion. This is the current Qiao Bieyuan."

Is this an attempt to whitewash the situation? Is it because the old Duke Dingguo has passed away that no one knows about it?

If you want to discredit the Duke Dingguo, that's impossible.

The old Duke's wife said to Madam Hui, "Ah Hui, take out the letter my father-in-law left behind."

Nanny Hui presented the letter to the patriarch of the Qiao family.

The old patriarch's face was filled with anger after reading the letter. He handed the letter to the clan member next to him and said, "Read it. Read it out loud to me."

The gist of the letter was that one month after he went to the banquet at the General of Cavalry's mansion, a pregnant maid was sent to the mansion, saying that he had asked the maid to serve him after drinking. He said that he was born a military general, and even if he was drunk he was still clear-headed, so he knew whether there was anyone serving him or not. There was no such thing, and he wanted to kick the maid out.

His wife dissuaded him, saying that it was a dispute between adults, but the child was innocent, and if he was driven out, he would die, with one body and two lives. Just treat it as raising an extra child of a soldier's orphan. Madam was kind-hearted, and there were so many orphans and widows of soldiers in the charity, so there was not much need for one more, so she could raise him as a concubine's son.

In the letter, he said that he did not want the child to have the surname Qiao. His wife said that there were more than ten thousand people with the surname Qiao in Dayan, so she named him Bieyuan, intending to say that the child had a special origin.

The purpose of leaving this letter is to tell future generations that if he behaves and does things uprightly, he is a member of the Qiao family. If he does evil, he will be expelled from the family and left to fend for himself. The descendants of the Qiao family have no responsibility or obligation to him.

After hearing this letter, the crowd was shocked.

"Even though they knew this was not their child, they still kept him, because pity is a life."

"One side clearly knew that the child was theirs but gave it to someone else to raise, while the other side clearly knew that the child was not theirs but still raised it well."

"How many orphans of soldiers were raised by the wife of Duke Dingguo back then?"

"Yes, it was only after there were no more wars and the children grew up that the charity was closed."

"This Qiao Bieyuan is really evil-hearted. As soon as he saw that the Duke Dingguo's Mansion was in trouble, he was eager to open the ancestral hall and leave the clan."

"Whoever's child looks like, they are all ruthless and full of evil intentions."

"Tang family, can't you even afford to raise a child? Send him to someone else to raise."

"The legitimate son hasn't been born yet, and they don't want to raise a bastard son. They are trying to get others to raise him. They are really calculating."

"He has a lot of children and grandchildren. Do you want to take them back?"

"You are just stupid. How could it be possible that the biological father would be found just when something happened in the Duke Dingguo's Mansion? This must be that the father and son have recognized each other a long time ago."

"That means he was still thinking that there would be benefits to clinging to the Duke Dingguo Mansion. Now that he sees that not only will there be no benefits, but he will also be implicated, so he ran away immediately."

"The abacus beads are falling on our faces."

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The Qiao clan leader listened to the onlookers talking at once, and said, "You guys should say more." When the discussion ended, he knocked on the table and asked Qiao Bieyuan, "Whose family are you from?"

Things have come to this point. It is impossible to back out. I can only bite the bullet and say, "Tang Family."

"Which Tang family?" the old patriarch pressed on.

"The General's Mansion."

The old patriarch looked at Tang Dong, who had stood up from his seat and looked as if his father had died, and asked, "Are you here to support him?"

Tang Dong was very angry. Why did they have to hand over this embarrassing matter to him? However, he had no choice but to answer: "I am only here to bear witness as ordered."

"So, your Tang family has acknowledged this thing?" The old patriarch pointed at Qiao Bieyuan and asked.

Tang Dong gritted his teeth and said, "My father is old, and as a son I have to obey the decisions he makes." Well, who would be willing to take in a half-brother with a family?

The old clan leader nodded, looked at Qiao Bieyuan and said, "You said you wanted to leave the clan, but I can't fulfill your wish."

Qiao Bieyuan raised his head, thinking that the old clan leader wanted to trap him to death on the Dingguo Mansion ship, and cursed: "You old thing, what right do you have to disagree? I will let the General of the Cavalry Mansion demolish your Qiao's ancestral hall."

The old Duke's wife looked at Tang Dong coldly: "I didn't know that you, the General of the Cavalry, had such a capability. Our Qiao family has raised your son for almost fifty years, and you want to demolish our ancestral hall. This is really repaying kindness with enmity."

Tang Dong hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed: "No, no, we in the Tang family are grateful." He glared at Qiao Bieyuan fiercely. If this word were to get out, it would be very disadvantageous to their General of the Cavalry Mansion. It would have nothing to do with whether the Duke Dingguo Mansion would fall or not.

The old clan leader stared at Qiao Bieyuan and said, "You bastard, how can a heartless person like you be included in our Qiao family tree? So, it's not that you want to leave the family, but that we, the Qiao family, want to clean up our house and expel you from the family."

After hearing the scolding from the old patriarch, Qiao Bieyuan actually felt relieved. No matter what, at least he was out of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion and not being exiled.

The old Duke's wife stopped the old patriarch and said, "Wait a minute."