She hurriedly supported the staggering Madam Gu and looked at the haggard old woman with an anxious face.
"Are you okay? The doctor said you can't get angry."
While stroking Madam Gu's back, Gu Yun'er looked at Gu Yanfei, who was sitting motionless on the chair, with a serious look.
It was not until now that Gu Yunmeng understood why Gu Yanfei had no regard for Madam Gu as a grandparent and a granddaughter, and even had a hint of hatred towards her.
So that's how it is. Gu Yanfei had known for a long time that Madam Gu was not her biological grandmother.
She even felt that it was Madam Gu who took away everything that should have belonged to her grandmother.
That’s why she wanted to disturb the peace of the Marquis’ Mansion! Gu Yanfei was also looking at Gu Yunyan, his almond-shaped eyes were like a pool of still water, so clear, so cool, and without any ripples.
The two people looked at each other quietly.
Gu Yanfei stared into Gu Yunyan's eyes and said calmly, "This is what it means to return the property to its original owner."
This sentence is very meaningful.
After that, she greeted Gu Yuan with a smile, "Brother, let's go."
Everyone left the main hall in an orderly manner, leaving only a few people from the second room looking at each other in dismay.
Everyone surrounded the clan leader and went to the Gu clan ancestral hall located on Houfu West Road, and then they opened the ancestral hall and revised the family tree.
The ceremony was presided over by the clan leader himself, who burned incense and performed rituals in front of the ancestral tablets. He also said righteously, "Only by distinguishing between legitimate and illegitimate children, and clarifying the hierarchy, can the family tradition be rectified." This was to inform the ancestors of the Gu family of the reasons and consequences of the change in the family tree.
Then, the clan leader solemnly took out the Gu family genealogy and spread it flat on the long table.
The clan leader was supposed to revise it himself, but seeing that Gu Yuan was staring at the family tree, he handed the wolf-hair brush to Gu Yuan and said, "Brother Yuan, you come."
To others, it was just a trivial matter and no one raised any objections.
Gu Yuan did not politely refuse anything. He thanked the clan leader frankly, took the pen frankly, and added a name to the family tree himself.
Qi Chaoning.
This is the name of their biological grandmother.
Gu Yuan added this name next to his grandfather Gu Xuan's name, and then moved his father Gu Ce's name to his grandparents' names, and then the names of his mother and their brothers and sisters.
Gu Yuan wrote these few numbers very slowly. His mood was stirred as he wrote each stroke. He inexplicably felt a heavy power from these few words.
Gu Yanfei took out the tablet that had been prepared long ago, and asked Gu Yuan to mention his grandmother's name, and placed the tablet next to the tablet of the old marquis Gu Xuan.
At this point, their grandmother, Da Qi, has been vindicated.
Gu Yanfei looked at the tablets of his grandfather and grandmother in front of him with a smile on his face, and his eyes finally settled on the tablet of his grandfather Gu Xuan.
That "substitute talisman" is still in this tablet.
Ordinary people are mortals and cannot see anything unusual, but Gu Yanfei is different. Her eyes are nourished by spiritual power and she can clearly see a faint white light escaping from her grandfather's tablet and slowly lingering around this new tablet.
Gu Yan raised her lips and smiled, her smile was faint, and her clear and bright eyes emitted a dazzling light in this slightly dim sacrificial hall.
She knew that the white light was a soul.
The last time, she couldn't see anything, but when she took her grandfather's tablet, she felt a faint breath of soul from it.
And now, grandma's soul has obviously become more solidified than last time.
very nice.
The smile on Gu Yanfei's lips deepened a little, and the corners of his eyes curved in joy.
As a substitute, grandmother Qi Chaoning clearly lived, but she was a person who "did not exist in the world". Her life, opportunities, and luck were all for the purpose of making Madam Gu Qi Chaoan successful.
After death, the substitute's soul will be scattered and dissipated between heaven and earth, without the possibility of reincarnation.
The fate of every substitute is destined to be a tragedy that will lead to the destruction of the soul.
"Sister." Gu Yuan called softly, holding a few incense sticks in his hand.
The incense sticks have been lit, and wisps of white smoke slowly rise up, making Gu Yuan's stern brows a little hazy, adding a bit of softness.
Gu Yuan handed three of the incense sticks to Gu Yanfei.
The brother and sister walked to the two cushions together, knelt down together, and solemnly shouted to the two tablets of their grandparents in front of them: "Grandfather, grandmother, your grandson (granddaughter) greets you two."
The brother and sister knelt and kowtowed in front of the tablet, and finally inserted the incense sticks in their hands into the three-legged bronze tripod in front of them one by one.
"Good!" The clan leader stroked his beard, looking calm and relaxed, and said with a laugh, "If your grandmother is still alive, seeing you two siblings getting along so well, and seeing that brother Yuan has a bright future, I think she will be able to rest in peace."
The elders of the clan echoed the sentiment and surrounded Gu Yuan, admonishing him not to disappoint the expectations of their ancestors. The atmosphere was filled with joy.
Gu Yanfei stood in front of the incense table, raised his hand and gently rubbed the tablet in front of him with the name "Qi Chaoning". His fingertips rubbed the white light lingering on the tablet, carefully feeling the faint soul.
She could imagine that her grandfather must have put in unimaginable effort to preserve this soul and find a glimmer of hope for their grandmother.
Originally, my grandfather wanted to let the incense from his descendants warm my grandmother's soul little by little. This is a good method, but it will take at least a hundred years for the soul to solidify.
A better way is to "rectify the name".
Let the substitute who originally did not exist in the world obtain her own name and identity, let her name appear in the world with dignity, be recorded in the family tree and on the tablet, so that future generations can remember her name.
Only in this way can the stand-in break free from the shackles of "stand-in techniques" and gain a true new life.
Just like now.
As long as she is nurtured for a few more days, grandma will be able to return to reincarnation.
When Gu Yanfei withdrew her right hand, she turned around and met Gu Yuan's smiling narrow eyes not far away. The young man with sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes waved at her a few steps away: "Sister, let's go."
Gu Yanfei smiled sweetly and quickly caught up with Gu Yuan and his group, her clothes fluttering and her steps leisurely.
After everyone left the ancestral hall, the sun had already set halfway and the sky was filled with colorful clouds, like a brocade.
"Thanks to Grandfather Lao and the other elders for their hard work today." Gu Yuan bowed to the clan leader and the other elders, behaving properly and neither servile nor overbearing, "Please stay in the mansion and help preside over the division of the family."
"Now my sister and I are the only ones left in the eldest house, and we still have to rely on the clan for many things."
Gu Yuan is usually taciturn, but not dull. He has been in the army for so many years, and has met all kinds of superiors and colleagues and experienced all kinds of situations. How could he not understand the ways of the world? He was just too lazy to do so before.
In the eyes of the clan leader and elders, they thought that Gu Yuan was a rebellious boy in the past, but now after experiencing all these ups and downs, Gu Yuan has grown up and matured.
The clan leader readily agreed, feeling a little sad but more of admiration in his heart.
Gu Yanfei, who was two steps behind, walked up to Gu Yuan and said calmly, "Uncle, such a big thing happened to the Gu family. The clan should watch over each other in the future. My eldest brother told me that I have been taken care of by the elders since I was a child, and I always keep it in mind."
She first said some high-sounding and beautiful words, and then turned to the main topic, "My eldest brother has always been talking about buying clan land for the clan and building a clan school."
The clan leader and the elders were all shocked and delighted. They all looked at Gu Yuan eagerly. They didn't expect that he would be so thoughtful.
Gu Yanfei continued, "Although my Gu family started out as a military family, there are military generals in troubled times and civil officials in prosperous times. In the future, if the emperor wants to select the wise and employ them, he will definitely promote the imperial examination system and make use of civil officials."
"Only when every branch of the clan is doing well, will our Gu family be well."
Hearing her words, the clan leader's heart surged and his blood boiled. The other clan elders also seemed to have seen the day when their own children and grandchildren would be named on the list of successful candidates in the imperial examination, and they all showed longing looks.
Gu Yuan raised his eyebrows, looked at his sister with a softer look, and said tacitly: "Granduncle, I want to use 10% of my assets to buy these for the clan..."
"Good child, you and your elder brother are both good children with good intentions." The clan leader was ecstatic. He interrupted Gu Yuan's words with a little anxiety, and praised Gu Yanfei and Gu Yuan highly. He wished he could worship the brother and sister.
Their Gu family did have a title, but the title belonged to the lineage of Gu Yao and Gu Xuan. The other members of the family had enough food and clothing, but not all of them were rich. There were also many children who could not afford to go to school and helpless old orphans.
Later, the clan was very different with the addition of the sacrificial fields and clan school owned by Gu Yuan. The money from the sacrificial fields could be used to support the elderly and raise orphans, and the clan school could be used to train the clan's children, so that those talented Gu children would not be buried because of poverty and inability to afford education.
The elders of the clan also discussed the matter among themselves. There was a bright light in everyone's eyes and they were in high spirits. Even the gloom of the Gu family being stripped of their title today was mostly swept away.
Gu Yuan added: "Grandun, you are overpraising me."
"We are all from the same bloodline, and we all prosper together. The prosperity of the clan is the long-term way for the family to prosper and continue."
These words were spoken with great righteousness, and every word was for the sake of the tribe. The tribe leader and elders were greatly benefited by hearing them.
The clan leader patted Gu Yuan's shoulder with a look of satisfaction, and promised with a bright smile: "Brother Yuan, don't worry, just do your job well. We old bones will keep an eye on other things."
Originally, the clan leader would stay in the mansion to keep an eye on the division of the family to prevent any mistakes. Now he is even more concerned and is almost ready to swear an oath to the heavens.
The other elders were not willing to be left behind and responded one after another.
For them, this indeed involves their own interests.
Today, Gu Yuan personally promised to give 10% of his property to the clan, so the amount of property Gu Yuan gets will inevitably be related to how much "that 10%" is.
(End of this chapter)
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