Seeing this scene, other clan members all had strange looks on their faces. It seemed that the relationship between the Regent Princess and the old ladies was not as good as the outside world said. But why did they rescue the Xia family when they got into trouble before?
The clan leader was older than the old lady. He sat there without saying a word. After listening for a long time, he coughed lightly and stroked his white beard while looking at Xia Tong and the others. "It is said that family disgrace should not be made public. We are all family. If there is any misunderstanding, we can just clarify it. But look at what you are saying now. Your surname is Xia. If you really split up, wouldn't it be a joke for outsiders?"
"Yes, yes, why do we have to make the separation so serious? Wouldn't our Xia family become the laughing stock of the whole capital?"
The others followed suit. Xia Zhian kept his head down and said nothing. However, Xia Tong did not want to continue to be involved, so she said directly, "Tong'er understands the feelings of the elders. Even if the roots are cut off, the veins are still connected. Daddy and I just don't want to have anything to do with the people in the mansion anymore, but we are still members of the clan after all."
After he finished speaking, everyone else looked at each other in silence, as if they didn't understand what the disagreement between the princess and the old lady was that had to cause such an ugly scene.
After a long silence, the clan leader suddenly frowned and looked at Xia Tong seriously, "You are an obedient child. If you hadn't been wronged, you wouldn't be so tough. You can tell Grandpa. If you really have any grievances, Grandpa will not sit idly by."
When Xia Tong returned to Beijing before, he naturally went to pay a visit to the clan leader. In terms of relationship, he was still his grandfather's elder brother. Although these old factions had long been corrupted by interests, the clan leader was not blindly biased towards the old lady.
"There are some things I don't want too many people to know, but there's nothing to worry about right now." Xia Tong lowered her eyes, stroking the jade bracelet on her wrist, and said calmly, "Everyone should still remember that the Xia family was wrongly imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison. If it weren't for the prince's rescue, what would have become of the family now? Maybe it would have implicated more people in the clan."
"But the grandmothers have completely forgotten the prince's life-saving grace, and even secretly joined the Grand Tutor's Mansion to plot against the prince. Such an ungrateful group of people, my father and I are absolutely disgusted by them!"
After the words fell, the other clan members were all shocked, and the clan leader frowned and looked at the old lady, "Sister-in-law, is this true?"
"That's just nonsense!"
Wang suddenly stood up and sneered at Xia Tong, "You obviously just despise us, a bunch of encumbrances. With the support of the Regent, how can you still be interested in us, a bunch of poor relatives?"
The patriarch frowned, a gleam of light flashed in his turbid old eyes, and he looked at the old lady meaningfully without saying a word.
"The prince is a great benefactor of our family. How could we repay kindness with enmity? If you really want to split the family, just say so. Although I still want to persuade you, if you really insist on doing so, I will not obstruct you." Xia Lin sighed.
Xia Zhian stood there with a solemn expression on his face and did not say a word. No one could tell what he was thinking at this moment. However, the other clan members were discussing it more heatedly.
After a moment, the old lady suddenly stomped her cane and looked at the clan leader beside her with a serious look, "Since the unfilial son has made up his mind, I, an old woman, have nothing to say. However, family disgrace should not be made public. I still hope that the next matter can be resolved by the people in the mansion."
After he finished speaking, the clan leader looked at her steadily without saying anything. He sighed, let someone help him to stand up, and left with the others, hunched over.
Xia Tong felt very strange. Why would the old lady agree to divide the family so readily?
After everyone left, Xia Lin looked at Xia Zhian seriously, "Fourth brother, I don't know what you are thinking. Others don't know that my father asked you to break off the engagement with the Gu family, but you have met the Gu family. You know that the regent is Gu Qing'an's son, but you are still so close to him. Do you want to kill all of us!"
In an instant, Xia Tong's eyes changed. She didn't expect these people to know about this. No wonder their attitude changed so much. But if the villains really wanted to kill them, they would have killed them long ago. How could they save them?
"The document for the execution of Gu Qing'an was stamped by my father, and Tong'er and Gu Qin were also forced to cancel their engagement. Our Xia family did such a thing. Do you think the Regent will let us go with his temper?" Even Xia Min said indignantly.
Hearing their words, Xia Zhian, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up: "Although this is the truth, it is all over. The prince is much more magnanimous than we thought, otherwise why would he have saved us last time?"
"Come on!" Wang snorted coldly, her face full of sarcasm, "Our Xia family is his enemy. If it were Big Brother, would he let his enemy go?"
This group of people will always live in their own speculations. Xia Tong didn't believe it at first, but facts have proved that some people with bad tempers are much more open-minded than those sanctimonious people.
"Dad, why do you need to say so much to them? You have been kind to everyone in the mansion. They think that the Grand Tutor's Mansion can save them, so let them go. No matter what happens in the future, it has nothing to do with us." Xia Tong suddenly stood up and walked to his father, looking at the old lady with burning eyes.
The latter narrowed his eyes and said nothing, but Xia Lin suddenly winked at the people behind him, and soon a group of servants rushed in with sticks and surrounded them.
Xia Zhian's face changed, "What are you going to do, brother!"
There was no more hypocrisy on his face. Xia Lin's face was full of coldness. "You two are traitors. The Xia family has really raised you in vain. Since the fourth girl is here, stay a little longer. When the big thing is done in the evening, the Regent Palace will no longer exist!"
Gu Qin has no soldiers with him now. Once the Third Prince gets the imperial edict of succession, he will definitely not keep him. It won’t be too late to deal with these two useless things then.
"you--"
Xia Tong pursed her lips and stared at the group of people with sharp eyes, but fortunately she asked Xifeng to bring people to guard outside. If she had not gone out, Xifeng would definitely notice something.
"Wait until this is done, then I'll deal with you two idiots!" The old lady stomped her cane and was helped down with a sullen face.
"Two ungrateful wolves!"
Wang and the others made a few sarcastic remarks, and Xia Tong and the others were pushed into a heavily guarded room.
Fortunately, the old lady still cared about her son, so there was food and charcoal in the house, but there were servants guarding outside the house, making it impenetrable.
The atmosphere in the room was a bit solemn. Xia Tong sat there without saying a word. She didn't expect this group of people to be so bold that they dared to put her under house arrest. Why would they say that? Is Gu Qin in danger?
"We should trust the prince." Xia Zhian suddenly said.
The only sound in the room was Liu's low sobbing, as if she felt that she had implicated her daughter. Xia Tong, on the other hand, looked at her father in a serious tone, "Can you see the true colors of your grandmothers now?"
There is nothing these lunatics can't do. They don't even think about it. Even if Gu Qin is really gone, why would the Grand Tutor's Mansion keep people like them who have no use to them?
Xia Zhian had been walking around there with his hands behind his back, his square face full of solemnity and his thick brows furrowed, "They just don't want to believe in the prince's magnanimity, but after this incident, the prince...I'm afraid he won't stay in the Xia Mansion anymore."
Xia Tong did not say anything. The Xia family and the Grand Tutor's Mansion treated Gu Qin like this. With her villainous personality, she would never tolerate it a second time. But it was better this way. If she kept this group of lunatics, who knows how they would drag down her parents in the future.
But why did this group of people put him under house arrest? Gu Qin had already transferred all the troops out. Would he really be in danger?
"Actually, there is another reason why your uncles are so worried." Xia Zhian suddenly said in a deep voice.
Xia Tong sat back on the couch and stared at her father, feeling a bad premonition.
Standing in front of the window, Xia Zhian looked at the snow outside and sighed heavily, as if recalling something, "Back then, your uncle and I were very close to your uncle Gu. Your uncle Gu was a man of outstanding talent, but he was too stubborn and would not listen to others. People from aristocratic families have their own set of rules, which will never be broken because of your uncle Gu. At that time, your uncle Gu had already caused dissatisfaction among many people. He was born in a poor family, so naturally no one would care about him. It was not until your uncle Gu found evidence that the old master had embezzled government silver that disaster suddenly came."
At this point, Xia Zhian's face flashed with a trace of guilt and regret, "Your uncle Gu told me and your eldest uncle about this, but your eldest uncle told the old master in a blink of an eye. When your father found out, it was too late. At that time, the old master had great power and prestige, and even your father did not dare to drag the Xia family into the water. He could only watch your uncle Gu's family being confiscated and exiled. Who would have thought that Gu Qin actually joined the army? But it was your eldest uncle who betrayed your uncle Gu. Until now, no one knows about this. I guess the prince is also unaware of it, otherwise how could he let everyone in the Xia family go?"
Hearing this, Xia Tong, who was sitting there, suddenly felt her heart tremble. She wanted to say something for a while but didn't know how to start. She thought that her grandfather was just following the emperor's wishes to go through the process of confiscating the property, but she didn't expect that the culprit was actually her uncle. Her father also knew about this. No wonder the Xia family didn't believe that Gu Qin would repay evil with kindness. If he knew about this, what would he do?
"However, the prince will find out about this one day, and then he will definitely not let anyone in the Xia family go. But this is also retribution, and I am sorry to your Uncle Gu as a father." Xia Zhian lowered his head, his tone was extremely heavy.
Xia Tong pursed her lips and was silent for a moment. Suddenly, she came to her father, her face full of seriousness, "You were only doing it for the Xia family at that time, and you have never done anything to offend Uncle Gu. It was Uncle who betrayed Uncle Gu. This has nothing to do with you."
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