Chapter 36 Remarriage
"master……"
Xie Qi was in his room sorting out the accounts of Jixia Manor when he heard Wei Hu shout so loudly that he almost lost his voice.
"Master...please come out and see!"
Rushing into the study in a panic, Wei Hu was panting as he ran: "Master, something terrible has happened! The master has summoned the family discipline and is currently beating Xie Xuchuan all over the courtyard with a stick."
That's quite rare.
Xie Qi asked with a strange expression, "How could Xie Boyu bear to break the Xie family's precious treasure?"
"I heard from the servants at Xuanji Courtyard that when Xie Xuchuan was beaten and running around, he kept shouting that he wanted to break off the engagement with the Shen family..."
"Master, your move has successfully lured the enemy into a trap."
"Announcing the engagement with the Shen family..."
Xie Qi smiled faintly: "He probably knows that the marriage agreement between the Xie and Chen families cannot be canceled, so he is using this as leverage to try to force Xie Boyu to back down and bring Jiang Wansu into the family."
"Xie Boyu won't grant his wish, but I..."
Wei Hu saw his master smile contemptuously: "I can help him with this."
Xie Qi casually picked up an ordinary little note and quickly wrote a few large characters on it.
"Find someone to deliver this to Jiang Hong and have him bring Jiang Wansu to the Xie family as soon as possible."
These past few days, he has been keeping a close eye on news about the Jiang family.
The marriage between the Jiang and Song families was almost settled, but now that this has happened, Jiang Hong will probably not be easy to deal with.
Swaying as he stood up, Xie Qi tucked his hands into his sleeves and strolled leisurely toward Xuanji Courtyard.
How could you miss such a spectacular show?
Thinking of Xie San Niang and Hua Nan Zhi, who had carefully raised their son to be a good-for-nothing playboy who was more trouble than a good-for-nothing, Xie Qi couldn't help but want to burst out laughing.
Xie Xuchuan used the threat of annulment to show that he knew the Xie family would not and could not allow him to act willfully, but he was in a great mood today and was determined to make this a happy occasion happen.
"Oh, right..."
Xie Qi said, "Find someone to inform the second wife and her husband. With them around, the situation will only get muddier."
"Understood."
Wei Hu vanished in a flash, like an arrow released from a bow.
When Xie Qi strolled leisurely to Yujintang, it was packed with people inside and out.
He wasn't surprised. From childhood to adulthood, whenever Xie Xuchuan got into trouble and displeased Xie Boyu, he would hide in Hua Nanzhi's arms or behind Xie Sanniang.
Xie Xuchuan was pampered since childhood and was the apple of everyone's eye in the Xie family. Naturally, there were always people who could protect him.
"Boss, what are you doing? Why did you beat Chuan'er so badly?"
Xie Sanniang stood in front of Xie Xuchuan, her carved golden nanmu cane clanging loudly.
"Mother, get out of my way! If I don't cripple this unfilial son today, I'm not his father!"
"presumptuous!"
Xie San Niang raised her hand and slapped Xie Boyu: "Let's see who dares to touch Chuan'er."
"Mother...you have no idea what terrible things he's done."
"No matter what Chuan'er does, you can't hit him."
Xie Boyu's hand holding the green bamboo staff trembled with anger.
“Mother, what are you doing standing in the way of my brother disciplining the child? And for him to be so angry, Xu Chuan must have done something shameful.”
Xie Chengzhi pursed his lips, pushed aside the servants, and walked in.
Hua Nanzhi, who had been trying to persuade Xie Boyu but had failed, glared at Xie Boyu with hatred upon seeing the second couple.
She had been advising at Xuanji Courtyard that the matter shouldn't be blown out of proportion, but she never expected this father and son to...
Sighing helplessly, Hua Nanzhi knew that saying anything now would be useless, and could only leave it to the old lady to handle.
Zheng Shu followed Xie Chengzhi into the room and saw that Xie Xuchuan's eyes were bloodshot and he looked like he had lost his parents. She immediately started crying out in pain.
"What happened? What happened? How did Big Brother beat Xu Chuan up like this?"
“Xu Chuan, tell your grandmother what you have done.”
Xie Boyu waved his hand, dismissing all the servants.
Turning his head, he saw Xie Qi standing in the corner, and his hand paused, abruptly stopping.
He could not dismiss Xie Qi as easily as he would a servant.
Xie Boyu turned his head away, pretending not to see anything.
Only the Xie family master was left in the room at this time. Xie Boyu was not afraid of losing face. He went forward, pulled Xie Xuchuan out, and kicked him in the back of the knee.
"Stop kowtowing to Xu Chuan."
Xie San Niang wanted to help him up, but Xie Boyu said, "Let him kneel down and say it."
Xie Xuchuan knelt on the ground, his head bowed low, and remained silent.
"You won't tell, huh? Fine, I'll tell you for you."
Xie Boyu said, "He's gotten too big for his britches and wants to break off the engagement with the Shen family."
His words caused a huge stir, and even Xie Jingyuan, who had just arrived, was stunned by what he said.
"Break off the engagement? Why break off the engagement? What did Yuanzhu do to offend you?"
"mother!"
Xie Boyu slammed his bamboo cane heavily on the ground: "What could Yuanzhu, a little girl without parents, possibly do to offend him? It was he who did something to offend Yuanzhu, and now she's making a scene about breaking off the engagement."
"Hey, what's Xu Chuan doing?"
Xie Chengzhi looked on with curiosity.
"He's been having an affair with the Jiang family girl, and now they even have an illegitimate child."
"That's impressive."
Xie Chengzhi gave a thumbs up: "You have the style of your second uncle."
Xie Boyu gritted her teeth in anger upon hearing this: "Don't make things worse."
Hearing this, Hua Nanzhi glared at him angrily.
Of the entire Xie family, only Xie Chengzhi was fond of womanizing and frequented brothels every day. It's possible that Xu Chuan learned this habit from him.
Xie Chengzhi was a thick-skinned man who didn't care what the people in the room thought of him and said to himself, "What trouble? I don't think it's a big deal."
"It's just that she got the Jiang family's young lady pregnant; we can just give her some money to get rid of her."
At this point, his eyes darted around: "But this money can't come from the public funds. The affairs of the eldest son's family are none of my business, so the second and third sons' families don't want to interfere."
"Go cool off somewhere else and stop causing trouble."
Impatiently pushing Xie Chengzhi away, Xie Boyu said to Xie Sanniang, "Xu Chuan wants to take his child with Jiang Wansu back to the Xie family and register it under his and Yuanzhu's names. Yuanzhu disagrees and wants to break off the engagement."
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the people in the room varied.
Xie Qi smiled slightly, his eyes shining brightly.
Hua Nanzhi remained expressionless, while Xie Jingyuan frowned and remained silent, clearly disapproving.
Xie Chengzhi and his wife, on the other hand, looked on with amusement, as if they were watching a joke unfold.
Xie Boyu added, "Besides, do you think the Jiang family's daughter is some Tom, Dick, or Harry? You think you can just dismiss her like that?"
Looking at Xie San Niang, Xie Boyu sighed helplessly: "Xu Chuan has done such a shameful thing because I, as his father, have failed to discipline him properly. Now that he has come to my mother's attention, I will ask for her opinion."
“Since Xuchuan and Yuanzhu are determined to break off this marriage, why don’t we just go along with the children’s wishes and let Xuchuan marry the Jiang family girl instead?”
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