Hong Mansion.
Hong Tianfu returned home with injuries all over his body, which scared his wife and two children.
Mrs. Hong Yang Chunlan asked doubtfully.
"Why were you beaten like this? Who did you offend?"
Hong Tianfu sighed.
"I don't know what happened, but for no apparent reason, the dirty laundry of Jiang Yunjing, Zhang Wenxian, and Qiu Zexing was exposed."
"They say family disgrace should not be made public, how can you not control your mouth?"
"I really don't know what happened. My head was dizzy at the time, maybe I wasn't very clear-headed.
Actually, it’s something everyone knows, I just said it out loud.”
Yang Chunlan complained, "Everyone knows, but no one tells anyone. You are such a fool."
Hong Tianfu ignored her and went straight to the main room angrily.
As soon as he entered the courtyard of the main house, he ran into his elder brother Hong Tianci who was about to go out.
Hong Tianci was a scoundrel. When he saw Hong Tianfu's miserable look, he laughed and made sarcastic remarks.
"Hey, Master Hong, what's wrong with you?"
Hong Tianfu snorted and said, "Brother, let me ask you, is the child in Yang Chunxiang's belly yours?"
Hong Tianci raised his head and said, "Who told you that the baby in her belly is mine? Didn't she roll into the same bed with you?
Or are you cheating and denying it?"
Hong Tianfu gritted his teeth in anger, and the only bit of rationality left in him made him resort to provocation.
"Yang Chunxiang said it herself. She also said she wanted to give birth to the child and have a blood test done to identify her paternity."
Hong Tianci shouted guiltily, "So what if it's mine? At worst, I can just keep him as a servant."
"So, the baby in her belly is really yours?"
"Yeah, haven't you always picked up the things I discarded since we were little? This time, it's one big and one small."
"Looking for a fight!"
Hong Tianfu lost his mind and punched Hong Tianci, who was grinning evilly.
"Bang"
"ah!"
Hong Tianfu knew some martial arts, and this punch was quite powerful.
Hong Tianci's nose collapsed, two of his front teeth fell out, and blood was pouring out.
The old lady of the Hong family heard the commotion and came out to see this scene. She pointed at Hong Tianfu with a trembling finger and said, "You bastard, how dare you hurt your legitimate brother? Are you rebelling against heaven?"
"He deserves a beating!" Hong Tianfu was unusually tough.
Hong Tianfu and his wife usually obeyed Mrs. Hong's words and never disobeyed her.
Old Madam Hong had developed a domineering personality, and now that she was contradicted, she immediately threw a tantrum and started making a fuss.
"You are an unfilial son born to your aunt. I worked so hard to raise you, just for you to talk back to me like this?"
Hong Tianfu stiffened his neck and said, "Mother, I am only telling the truth."
"Look, everyone, look, now you've grown too independent and turned your back on us."
Hong Tianfu had long been fed up with her crying, making a fuss, and even threatening to commit suicide: "That's enough! You raised me? Do you think I'm a fool?
I have been no different from the servants since I was a child. I eat, wear and live with the servants. When have you ever cared about my life or death?
If the Xue family had not taken pity on me and given me the opportunity to pass the imperial examination, I might still be living a life worse than a dog.
Moreover, my aunt was killed by you. I saw it with my own eyes.
I was just pretending not to know in order to survive.
I've had enough of you over the years."
Old Madam Hong was stunned.
After a long time, he laughed out loud.
"I didn't expect you to hide it so well.
If I had known you knew everything, if I had known you would be so disobedient, I would not have given you a chance to live."
"It's a pity that I'm still alive."
Madam Hong stopped crying and said, "If that's the case, you and your entire family will be kicked out of the Hong family. From now on, there will be no more members of your family, Hong Tianfu."
"I know you're afraid that I'll divide the family property, and you've been eager to kick us out.
Unfortunately, I am undoubtedly a descendant of the Hong family. If you want to drive us out, you must get the approval of the clan leader."
Madam Hong curled her lips and snorted coldly, "Isn't it just to invite the clan leader? Just wait, I'll go and invite him right away.
When the time comes, don't even think about taking a single brick or tile from the mansion away."
Hong Tianfu was not convinced: "I also have a share in the ancestral heritage.
Besides, all my salary has been paid into the government over the years, so why shouldn't I get any?"
In just half an hour, the patriarch was invited over by the nanny serving Old Madam Hong.
As soon as the clan leader arrived, he questioned Hong Tianfu: "Erlang, I heard that you beat up your brother. What are you doing?"
Madam Hong continued, "He thinks being a fifth-rank official is something he's proud of, so he uses his power to oppress others.
Not only did he beat his eldest brother, he also talked back to me, his mother.
Clan leader, please expel this unfilial and unfaithful son from the Hong family."
The clan leader had received many favors from Old Madam Hong, so after hearing what she said, he looked at Hong Tianfu coldly.
"Erlang, is this true?"
"There's a reason for this, please investigate, Chief!"
"Since you admit it, then your mother said she would kick you out of the house, do you agree?"
"You can kick me out of the house, but since ancient times, there has to be a reason for the division of the family."
"You beat up your elder brother and were unfilial to your mother. What else do you want to be told?"
"I have a share in the Hong family."
"Do you have a share in supporting the elderly?"
Hong Tianfu weighed the pros and cons: "As a descendant of the Hong family, I have a share in both inheriting the family property and supporting the elderly."
Madam Hong screamed, "I don't want you to support me, and you don't have any share in the Hong family's property."
The patriarch looked at Hong Tianfu.
"If you want the family property, the small courtyard you live in now is yours, but you must give your mother two hundred taels of silver every month for support."
Hong Tianfu sneered: "Two hundred taels of silver for support? You want me to support my whole family in their old age? Are we going to starve?"
You guys did a really great job.
In that case, I don't want anything anymore, and the Hong family has nothing to do with me from now on."
Old Madam Hong was waiting for him to say this, and hurriedly urged the clan leader to write a letter of severance, and to quickly and decisively remove Hong Tianfu's family from the family tree.
Half an hour later, Hong Tianfu's family of four, each carrying a bag, was kicked out of the house.
"Dad, what should we do now?"
Hong Tianfu took out the house deed that he had been hiding: "Fortunately, I had made preparations in advance and bought a house with the money I had saved.
Although the house is not big, it is good that I don’t have to be bullied by that family anymore.”
"But……"
"Don't say but, let's go."
On the other side, Madam Hong said proudly to the clan leader, "That bastard has offended several ministers. In my opinion, his good days are over.
Taking the opportunity to drive him out is to protect us from being implicated."
The clan leader nodded and said, "You are very thoughtful. I also heard the news. Looking at his injuries, I know the situation is not good.
That's why I tried my best to make this happen.
Wait a minute, have someone spread the word that he was kicked out of the Hong family. That way, the trouble won’t be traced back to us.”
Mrs. Hong agreed.
"Serves us right! God is helping us..."
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