"That's really unfortunate."
"In that case... let's not go into the ancestral hall for now."
As soon as Qi Yunxiao finished speaking, the scene fell into a deathly silence.
The Marquis of Qingping and his wife were dumbfounded.
Swallowing hard, Marquis Qingping asked incredulously, "Your wife has been formally recognized as a member of the ancestral clan, but hasn't even entered the ancestral hall to inform the ancestors yet, such an important matter..."
Qi Yunxiao remained calm: "It's not a matter of it being expired and invalid. We can worship again when the family is ready."
The Marquis of Qingping and his wife: "!!!"
The scene fell into a deathly silence once again.
Just as Qi Yunxiao and Shen Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief and were about to leave after exchanging a few more pleasantries, Marquis Qingping suddenly slammed his hand on the table: "That's right! We're broke!"
Qi Yunxiao and Shen Qingyu: "!!!"
Lady Qingping: "!!!"
After saying this, Marquis Qingping looked at Qi Yunxiao with some exasperation: "I admit that I have indeed neglected you over the years."
"But your mother is gone, is it wrong for me to remarry?"
"If I remarry, I'll have to have children, won't I?!"
"Since she gave birth to the child, isn't it only natural that she would favor her own child?"
"Although your stepmother wasn't very kind to you, she didn't really do anything to you in the end! Aren't you still standing here perfectly fine? Aren't you married and have children?"
“We’re struggling financially right now. Since you can afford to run so many Guiyun Towers and make money, what’s wrong with giving some of it to help support the family?!”
Qi Yunxiao and Shen Qingyu were both shocked that he would say such a thing!
At that very moment, Lady Qingping was wiping her eyes with a handkerchief, looking as if she had suffered a great injustice.
Qi Yunxiao was silent for a moment, then sneered: "I always thought that Father didn't know that Madam had sent people to hunt me down and poison me. It turns out that Father knew everything?!"
Marquis Qingping glanced at his wife, the shock in his eyes genuine: "You! You even sent people to hunt him down?"
Lady Qingping shook her head frantically: "I didn't! I didn't!"
Qi Yunxiao looked at the obviously flustered Lady Qingping and sneered: "In theory, some things are in the past. She did not kill me, and by some twist of fate, I have a wife and three children. I should not hold a grudge."
Marquis Qingping replied, "That's exactly how it should be!"
Qi Yunxiao's eyes grew even colder: "But all these years, Madam has relentlessly tried to destroy me, to crush me to death. Father was not unaware of this, yet he chose to indulge her..."
"In the end, it's simply because I have a birthmark on my forehead, which prevents me from serving as an official in the court and from upholding the prestige of the Qingping Marquis's mansion. Furthermore, since the family has a second legitimate son, I am even more dispensable. Therefore, my father probably thinks that my death would not be a loss."
Marquis Qingping was momentarily stunned: he had had these thoughts, but no one had ever spoken of them to him.
Now that Qi Yunxiao had suddenly exposed him, he was somewhat dazed. When he came to his senses, he was also a bit embarrassed, so he simply gave up and did nothing.
"Which aristocratic family isn't like this? As long as there's someone in the family capable of upholding the family's prestige, resources will naturally be tilted towards that person..."
"Your forehead has been dark since childhood, which means you are destined not to become an official in the court. Naturally, I can only place my hopes on Heng'er..."
“If you are an obedient person, manage your mother’s dowry well, earn money and bring it back to supplement the family income and pave the way for Heng’er, we will naturally help you get married and have children.”
"But you have been trying to break free from the family's control. You refuse the maids sent to you, you dismiss the servants, and you are becoming more and more stingy and calculating towards the household..."
Qi Yunxiao laughed in anger: "Me, stingy and calculating? The expenses that the family has to subsidize each year range from several hundred taels to several thousand taels, and eventually even tens of thousands of taels... Do you know what the powerful families in the capital say about the Qingping Marquis's mansion behind their backs?"
"What is it?" Marquis Qingping had naturally never heard of it.
"They say the descendants of the Marquis of Qingping are all good-for-nothings, but they spend money like water. They've squandered the dowry of their deceased first wife, and even pawned the gold and silver utensils used for sacrifices. The whole family is utterly worthless!"
Lady Qingping: "You...you're talking nonsense!"
Marquis Qingping: "You...you..."
He pointed at Qi Yunxiao, suddenly stood up, staggered two steps, and collapsed with a thud, actually fainting from anger.
Lady Qingping was utterly shocked by this turn of events, her face turning pale with fright: "My lord! My lord! My lord, please don't frighten me..."
The butler and servants rushed in, all of them terrified!
"Go get a doctor! Go get a doctor..." someone shouted.
"He's still breathing! He's still breathing!" The steward touched the area under Qingping Marquis's nose.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
It's good that you're still alive.
Lady Qingping slapped her thigh, sat down on the ground, and wailed, "The young master has angered his own father to death..."
Qi Yunxiao: "..."
Shen Qingyu couldn't bear to see the chaos, so she pushed people aside and began to take Qingping Hou's pulse.
"What are you trying to do? What else do you want to do?" Lady Qingping tried to stop her.
The stewards and servants immediately stepped forward, ready to pull Shen Qingyu away.
Qi Yunxiao realized what was happening and immediately took action.
"Bang bang bang..." The hall was suddenly filled with people lying haphazardly on the floor, all of whom had been knocked down by Qi Yunxiao!
Even when Lady Qingping tried to stop them, she was thrown out of the inner circle and forced to sit on the threshold of the hall.
Lady Qingping, her hair disheveled and hairpins askew, her face streaked with tears: "What are you trying to do?!"
When Qi Yunheng and his several illegitimate sons and daughters rushed over upon hearing the commotion, they saw Marquis Qingping lying on the ground, Qi Yunxiao standing to the side, Shen Qingyu giving him acupuncture, servants and stewards lying all over the room, and his parents sitting by the door...
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