Chapter 32: Breaking off Relationship Part 2
Asaka Garden.
Xiao Fuguang was washing up and preparing to rest.
A little maid came quickly.
"Second Miss, something bad has happened. Second Master and his men have gone to the ancestral hall and are now causing a commotion there."
Still restless.
Xiao Fuguang's eyes turned cold.
"Liu Yue, change your clothes."
Inside the ancestral hall, the flickering candlelight makes it look solemn and dignified.
With the support of Xiao Funian, Xiao Yiming knelt tremblingly in front of the tablets of his ancestors, crying loudly.
"Ancestors, I, the unworthy descendant Xiao Yiming, feel ashamed of the Xiao family's ancestors today."
"I, Xiao Yiming, have always wanted to bring honor to the Xiao family, but I never thought that I would end up in such a situation today. The eldest wife has no room for us and wants us to write a letter of severance, and from now on we will have no connection with the Xiao family."
At this point, Xiao Yiming was already in tears.
He looked up at the ancestors of the Xiao family.
"Yiming has nowhere to go with his wife and children. Please ask our ancestors for help. My sister-in-law has disregarded friendship and my father's face and wants to take over the Xiao family for herself. Maybe she wants to give the Xiao family's assets to her mother's family, the Hua family."
"Ancestors, please make the decision for our second branch."
Xiao Funian was kneeling beside him, but his brows were furrowed.
"Father, let me help you go back."
When Xiao Fuguang and Madam Xiao walked into the courtyard of the ancestral hall, they saw the servants gathered outside the hall, talking in low voices.
Xiao Yiming waved away Xiao Funian's hand.
"Looking at the tablet above, Father, when you were alive, you often praised your eldest sister-in-law for her gentleness, virtue, and good housekeeping skills. That's why you were willing to hand over the entire Xiao family to your eldest sister-in-law. But now that you're gone, your eldest sister-in-law can't tolerate your son and grandson..."
Mrs. Xiao at the door looked guilty when she heard this. Mr. Xiao had indeed been very good to her in the past.
Xiao Fuguang looked at his mother's expression and reached out to hold her hand.
"Mother, you don't have to feel guilty towards Grandfather. Given Second Uncle's way of doing things, if the Marquisate falls into his hands, I'm afraid disaster will soon befall it."
He noticed that Xiao Fuguang and others had entered the ancestral hall.
Xiao Yiming cried even harder.
"Father, please open your eyes and look at your only son who is still alive. He has no chance of survival. The injuries on his body have become increasingly serious due to someone's scheme. Now he can hardly even take care of himself. I am afraid that he will have to come to see you soon."
"I'm not afraid of death, but I feel guilty towards my father for not making our Xiao family flourish!"
Xu Youran also started crying.
"Father, look at us. Your sister-in-law can't tolerate us, and even your only grandson can't tolerate us."
Mrs. Xiao looked at the tablets of the Xiao family's ancestors with a complicated expression and was about to speak.
Xiao Fuguang squeezed her hand, then looked at Xiao Yiming who was kneeling on the ground crying.
His gaze slowly fell on Xiao Funian who was standing beside him.
Xiao Funian lowered his head guiltily. His father had originally come to the ancestral hall to say goodbye to his grandfather, but he didn't expect it to turn out like this. He didn't even need to leave the ancestral hall to know that the maids, servants and old women outside were probably already talking about it.
Xiao Fuguang sneered.
"Oh! I really overestimated your ability, cousin."
Then he glanced at Xiao Yiming and Xu Youran.
"Are Second Uncle and Second Aunt coming to the ancestral hall to perform for Grandfather?"
After hearing this, Xiao Yiming did not respond to Xiao Fuguang's words, but looked at Mrs. Xiao.
"Sister-in-law, when father was alive, he treated you very well and always valued you. Now that he's gone, you're going to kill all his sons and descendants. Are you worthy of the respect he showed you?"
Looking at Mr. Xiao's tablet, Mrs. Xiao looked more and more guilty, as she had indeed failed to take good care of the Xiao family.
Xiao Fuguang saw through Xiao Yiming's trick at a glance. Could it be that he was taking advantage of his mother's guilt towards his grandfather?
"Second uncle, you also said that my grandfather valued my mother very much. If he knew that my father and brother were still alive and that you, his closest relative, would come to bully us orphans and widowers, I'm afraid he would be so angry that he would crawl out of the Xiao family's ancestral tomb and punish you according to family rules."
Madam Xiao looked at Xiao Fuguang and spoke hesitantly.
"Fu Guang, how about..."
Xiao Fuguang held her hand and shook it.
"Mother, there are so many people outside who are watching the Xiao family now, just waiting to see where the bottom line of the Xiao family is that they will allow others to bully them, and then everyone will come up and step on them. In the face of bullying, we cannot retreat a single step, because as long as we retreat a step, countless people will think that the Xiao family is easy to bully."
Seeing this, Xiao Yiming shouted angrily.
"Sister-in-law, are you just going to let Xiao Fuguang do whatever he wants?"
"She is just a daughter, a daughter that the Gu family doesn't want."
"You are being unfilial to your father by allowing her to treat his only son like this."
The word "filial piety" weighed on her, and Mrs. Xiao's face became even gloomier.
At this time, Xiao Fuguang calmly took the incense handed to him by Liu Yue.
He first respectfully offered incense to the ancestors of the Xiao family, and then took the incense again and spoke slowly.
"Today, I am sorry to bother our ancestors."
"Xiao family ancestors, today the eldest daughter of the Xiao family is reporting a matter on behalf of her father. The second branch of the Xiao family has behaved improperly and is too greedy. As a member of the Xiao family, they do not help the family, but are calculating in every way."
"The title of Marquis was bestowed by the Emperor, but the Second Branch is attempting to seize it. This is disrespectful to the Emperor and a mistake."
"Even after the Regent's warning, you didn't show any restraint and even tried to stir up trouble in the palace, disturbing the peace of our ancestors. This is your second mistake."
"It's said that the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother. The second wife, out of greed for profit, has no respect for my mother and has slandered her. This is the third mistake."
"Today, I invite all the ancestors of the Xiao family, my grandmother, and my father to witness that from now on, the relationship between the first and second branches of the Xiao family is severed, and the actions of the second branch will no longer have anything to do with the first branch of the Xiao family."
After Xiao Fuguang finished speaking, he inserted the incense in his hand deeply into the incense burner, turned around and looked at Xiao Yiming with cold eyes.
Xiao Yiming's face turned pale. He never expected that Xiao Fuguang would be so decisive and announce the severance of the relationship in front of all the ancestors.
He struggled to stand up, but the pain made him grimace.
"Xiao Fuguang, you bitch, how dare you!"
Xiao Yiming roared, his voice filled with endless anger and unwillingness.
Xiao Fuguang just looked at him coldly, without even a shred of hesitation. "Uncle, it's my fault that you've disturbed our ancestors today."
"Someone, drag everyone from the second room out."
Seeing this, Mrs. Xiao looked at Mr. Xiao’s tablet and pulled Xiao Fuguang’s arm.
"Fu Guang, we really have to... After all, he is your uncle..."
Xiao Fuguang looked at Madam Xiao with determination in his eyes.
"Mother, if you have a cancerous tumor, you must remove it immediately, otherwise your whole body will rot."
"Although scraping the bone to heal the wound is painful, it can completely cure the symptoms."
Xiao Yiming was dragged out struggling.
"Let me go! You are so bold that you want to kill me in front of our ancestors..."
Xiao Fuguang walked out of the ancestral hall step by step.
"Close the ancestral hall."
Then he looked at Xiao Yiming.
"So I took you all out of the ancestral hall."
Xiao Yiming was thrown to the ground by the servant. Because of the pulling of the wound, he fell to the ground, his face pale with pain.
Xiao Fuguang sneered and spoke.
"Liu Yue, if the second master of the Xiao family died from inflammation caused by the beating from the Regent, would anyone in this imperial city dare to say anything?"
Liu Yue tacitly handed a dagger to Xiao Fuguang.
"The Regent is second only to the emperor, so naturally no one dares to discuss it."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Fuguang walked towards Xiao Yiming step by step with a dagger in his hand. When he reached his side, he slowly squatted down.
"Didn't the Regent also say that if anyone dared to cause trouble for the Xiao family, I would kill them without mercy, and he would take the blame for anything that happened?"
Liu Yue echoed.
"Yes, I remember this sentence most clearly. Our family is backed by the Regent. Since someone wants to commit suicide, why don't you help him?"
Xiao Yiming's body was shaking with fear.
"You...you dare? I'm your uncle. If you kill me, it would be like killing your father..."
Liu Yue spoke upon seeing this.
"Second Master, you are right to worry. Don't worry, with my hands here, the young lady won't be able to bear this reputation."
He was really stubborn and the murderous intent was evident in Xiao Fuguang's eyes.
Xu Youran spoke in a panic.
"Xiao Fuguang, this is your uncle."
Xiao Funian was frightened at first, but after he came to his senses, he realized that his cousin was not joking. His aunt's family was not someone to be trifled with, and his family should not have come to the imperial city.
Just as Xiao Fuguang's dagger was about to stab towards Xiao Yiming, he knelt down and leaned forward to grab the dagger.
"Cousin, cousin, we know we were wrong. Please, spare my father's life. We will write this letter of severance right away."
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