"How could a prodigal son like you emerge from the Marquis's Mansion and ruin the title left by our ancestors!"
"Gu Yuan, you are about to separate from the Marquis' Mansion, but you still want to implicate the Marquis' Mansion. You are just like your father..."
The more Wang spoke, the angrier and more hateful she became. She really wanted to rush up to Gu Yuan like a shrew and tear him apart.
Gu Yuan had just taken two sips of tea to moisten his throat. Upon hearing this, he raised his head from the teacup and sneered at Wang.
Without Gu Yuan saying anything, the clan leader pointed at Wang and scolded her fiercely: "Wang, have you had enough?"
"What's the matter with this brother Guan Yuan?"
"You shrew, without asking why, you are throwing dirty water on your nephew."
"Why don't you go ask your mother-in-law and Gu Jian what's going on!!"
"They and their son have caused great disaster for the Gu family, and now they are hiding and dare not come to see anyone!"
The clan leader was always good-tempered. He seldom used such harsh words and seldom got so angry, which intimidated the clan elders standing by.
The clan leader was still not satisfied after scolding, so he called a maid in the hall over and asked her to go and call Gu Jian.
The old woman nodded in agreement and ran out in a hurry, picking up her skirt.
The atmosphere in the main hall was a little tense for a moment, and the maids and servants were all silent.
The elders of the clan were all a little confused, but they vaguely understood that it was Gu Jian and Madam Gu who ruined the title of the Marquis' Mansion.
The elders looked at each other in shock, their faces filled with confusion.
"..." Wang was speechless after being scolded. Her face turned pale and blue. She felt ashamed and really wanted to order someone to drive the clan leader out. In her heart, she didn't believe what the clan leader said: How could the Gu family be stripped of their title because of the Marquis!
The elders nearby had already pulled Gu Yuan aside to ask what had happened.
The clan leader was annoyed just by looking at Wang, and as an elder, he scolded her, "The clan is splitting up, what are you, a woman, doing here? Get out now!"
Wang's expression became even uglier, her chest rose and fell violently, and she raised her neck and said, "Why? I am the wife of a marquis..."
She is the mistress of this marquisate. What right does the clan leader have to kick her out?
"Even the Marquis's Mansion is gone." The clan leader interrupted her coldly.
The clan leader stared at Wang's face without blinking, and warned slowly: "I am the one who makes the decision today. You can divorce me if you want."
His expression was very solemn and every word was clear.
Wang: “…”
Wang's pupils shrank sharply, this time she was really scared.
The Gu family no longer has any titles, and Gu Jian is no longer Marquis Dingyuan, which means that he has lost his previous transcendent status in the clan. Now, as the patriarch of the Gu family, he is the person with the highest status in the clan and can even be the head of their several branches.
Wang clenched the handkerchief in her hand and wrinkled it.
She winked at Gu Xiao, asking her son to stay here, and she went out reluctantly.
But Gu Xiao didn't receive Wang's gaze at all.
He is still immersed in the shock of the marquis's title being stripped away, unwilling to believe this cruel fact: the family was about to be divided, and his father could soon ask for the title of crown prince for him, so how could the marquis's title be stripped away!
Wang slowly walked down the stone steps, turned her head and looked into the hall. The more she thought about it, the more panicked she became, and her heart was still beating fast.
She waved to the maid next to her and whispered, "Go tell the third young lady..."
As soon as the head maid left, Gu Jian came over here with a dark face and a sinister aura emanating from his body. Not far behind him followed the old woman who had just been sent by the clan leader to call people.
"My Lord..."
Wang hurriedly went up to him and wanted to ask what was going on, but Gu Jian didn't even look at her, nor did he stop. He just walked past her and entered the main hall without looking back.
Wang had just been scolded by the clan leader and was already angry. Now she was ignored by Gu Jian, which made her so angry that she lost all her rationality and no longer cared about her manners. She could not help but stomped her feet.
Gu Jian lifted his robe and stepped over the threshold, just in time to hear the clan leader say with disdain: "...The censor impeached Gu Jian on the spot for trying to seize the family property, not allowing his nephew to stay, and even making nonsense in front of the emperor, trying to put his nephew to death..."
Gu Jian’s face turned even darker and he clenched his fists tightly.
He was such a big man standing at the gate, so the clan leader and the elders naturally saw him. The clan leader just asked him coldly: "Did I say anything wrong?"
Gu Jian said nothing, his face was tense, his thin lips were pursed into an iron-like line, and he sat down in his seat at the top with a stern face.
At this moment, silence means admission.
Everyone felt as if they were immersed in a cold pond. Their hands and soles were all cold. They were anxious and panicked, but at the same time they couldn't help feeling a little relieved.
This is just a way to find joy in misery.
The elders were all in tears, grief, panic, irritability, confusion, anxiety and other emotions filled their hearts.
Originally, their family had a title, which made them incomparable to the wealthy families and gentry in the capital.
It is nice to enjoy the shade under a big tree. As noblemen, they are not only exempt from taxes and corvée labor, but also enjoy various preferential treatments in their future. It is very convenient for them to join the military camp or enter the major academies in Beijing.
To put it more realistically, even if a member of the clan gets into trouble with the law, Jingzhao Prefecture will still remember the Marquisate and be more polite to the Gu family.
But now it's all gone.
They Gu family became an ordinary family.
This was all caused by Gu Jian and Madam Gu! The achievements made by Gu Yao and Gu Xuan, father and son, who sacrificed their lives and shed their blood on the battlefield, were squandered by this mother and son!
Just now Wang said that Gu Yuan was a prodigal son, but the prodigal son was obviously Gu Jian!
Even Gu Xiao looked at Gu Jian with a reproachful look, and gripped the armrest of the chair tightly with one hand, almost crushing it.
Gu Jian felt as if he was being publicly executed and his face was extremely stiff.
He still did not answer the patriarch's question, but said unhappily: "Divide the family, and do it quickly."
His neck stiffened, his chin raised, and his voice was as cold as ice.
His commanding and arrogant attitude made the elders in the hall even more unhappy. They felt that Gu Jian had brought such harm to the Gu family and yet he had no intention of reflecting on it. He was really not up to the task.
The atmosphere in the hall became increasingly tense and cold like winter.
The clan leader looked around at everyone present, and finally met Gu Jian's gloomy eyes and said decisively: "Then we will split."
Must be divided.
If they don't separate, Gu Yuan will be dragged down.
"How do we divide it?" Gu Yanfei, who was originally drinking tea, suddenly interrupted and asked a question. His voice was as clear and pleasant as the sound of ice and jade.
Gu Jian became annoyed when he heard Gu Yanfei's voice, frowned and thought: Didn't we already agree on how to divide it?
He turned to look at Gu Yanfei and said unhappily, "You have no right to speak here!"
Gu Yanfei smiled instead of getting angry. He did not look at Gu Jian, but turned his head to look at Gu Yuan on the other side. He smiled lightly, as bright as spring and as brilliant as the sun. He said obediently, "Brother, you have to go on an errand soon, so don't delay your errand."
He did not mention that Chu Yi gave him a day off. He just followed his sister's words and said as if nothing had happened: "I still have work to do. I will stay for a while longer, but it's time to go."
"..." Upon hearing this, the clan leader couldn't help but look at Gu Yuan.
The heroic young man in front and the frustrated middle-aged man on the other side are like heaven and earth; one is the rising sun, and the other is the twilight.
The patriarch stared at Gu Yuan deeply, his mind wandering.
Judging from what the emperor and the eldest prince said just now, Gu Yuan had made great contributions in saving the emperor at Chengtian Gate that day. He has a bright future and will surely be valued by the eldest prince.
If the Gu family wants to regain the title, they have to rely on Gu Yuan.
Title.
Thinking of the title, the clan leader's heart felt warm, as if a surge of vitality was injected into his whole body, and his spirits lifted again.
After thinking for a long time, he finally made a decision in his heart, and his eyes became firm and calm.
A defeated family is like a serious illness, which needs strong medicine to be cured. If the family wants to rise again, it must cut the Gordian knot.
The clan leader put down his hand that was twirling his beard and said solemnly, "When Uncle Yao was alive, he set the clan rules. If the descendants who inherited the title were unfilial and lost the title, they would no longer be allowed to be the head of the family."
"The second branch lost its title today, and from now on your branch's family business should be inherited by the eldest branch."
"Except for the widowed third wife, all the other wives will be distributed."
The clan leader already had a plan in mind, and his tone was firm, as if he was going to cut the Gordian knot. He then ordered the maid to call Fourth Master Gu and Fifth Master Gu.
The clan leader's words were like a bolt of lightning that struck Gu Jian hard, and also like a dagger that stabbed straight into his heart.
A surge of anger suddenly rushed to his head, and he angrily asked the clan leader: "Why?!"
Gu Jian was going crazy.
If the eldest son inherits the family business, doesn't that mean that their branch will be expelled from here and gradually become a side branch? No, absolutely not! (End of this chapter)
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