"Your mother has been married into the Gu family for more than 40 years. Before the family split up, she made 500 taels a month. The 200,000 is just out of kindness." Gu Wenqing said.
"Where did the second branch of the Gu family spend its monthly allowance? The accountant has recorded every single one of them. If you think one hundred thousand is too little, you might as well find the account book and calculate every single one. As long as it was spent on my mother, I will return it all. What do you think?" Gu Shuo said coldly.
Gu Wenqing was refusing to back down one second, but he became cowardly the next.
"The accountant has returned to his hometown, but the account books are still there. There are so many masters in the west of the city, and the Gu family's account books can be checked in half a day." Gu Shuo said again.
"Who... who knows if the account book is fake." Gu Wenqing wanted to get more.
"He knows best whether it's true or not." Gu Shuo looked at Gu Mingqiu.
Gu Mingqiu certainly knew: "One hundred thousand is one hundred thousand."
"Second brother."
"Just one hundred thousand. I'll sign once you get it." Gu Mingqiu knew that after checking the account book, he probably didn't even have ten thousand.
After Dai entered the Gu family, she seldom interacted with the nobles in Beijing. She did not like jewelry and could only afford a few sets of clothes throughout the year. She had basically no money to spend.
Gu Shuo took out a banknote from his sleeve and handed it over.
Gu Mingqiu was stunned. He didn't expect Gu Shuo to carry so much money with him.
Gu Wenqing and Gu Xichao stared with their eyes wide open. How rich is Gu Shuo with just 100,000 yuan?
Could it be true that as the rumors say, Nan Yuan gave him 118 million?
If we give them so much money, they will never be able to spend it all in several lifetimes.
Gu Mingqiu reached out to take it.
Gu Shuo's voice became more serious: "Take this money, and from now on, my mother and I will have nothing to do with you. Do you really want to take it?"
Gu Mingqiu's fingers paused, his eyes flickered, and he struggled internally.
"Brother, take it. This is what you deserve." Gu Wenqing was afraid that he would waver: "It doesn't matter. You still have me and my fourth brother, as well as your nephews."
"Third brother is right. How can Gu Shuo compare to your nephews? He is so rich but he never gave you a penny in the past. He is not even as good as your nephews. Didn't Ayuan accompany second brother for dinner a few days ago?" Gu Xichao also coveted the 100,000 taels.
Gu Mingqiu struggled for a while, but still took the money.
There was indifference in Gu Shuo's eyes.
"Sign it." Dai walked to Gu Shuo.
Gu Mingqiu did not refuse this time. He picked up the pen on the table and tremblingly signed his name on the divorce papers.
When the clan elders saw him put pen to paper, they raised their hands and crossed out the Dai family from the family tree. From then on, Gu Mingqiu was the only one from the second branch of the Gu family listed in the family tree, and he had no offspring.
"The family tree has been changed. Tomorrow I will go back to the clan and move out the family trees of your second, third, and fourth branches. Don't ask the clan members to decide how to rewrite it in the future. Just do as you please." The clan elder stood up.
Gu Wenqing and Gu Xichao were dumbfounded when they heard this.
"What do you mean, elder?"
"It means that your family tree should be opened separately. If you spend money to marry a wife, you have to pay it back. The Gu family can't afford to lose that person." It's unlucky for the elder to live to such an old age and witness such a shameless thing before he died.
"This... elder, you can't do this. This is the business of my second brother's family. If you want to move, you should move to my second brother's family. Why are you moving ours?" Moving out of the clan is equivalent to being expelled from the family tree.
"He has a corrupt character. Keeping him here will only bring shame to the clan."
After this incident, the elders of the clan finally understood that the termites must be removed as soon as possible, otherwise if they cause trouble in the future, it may bring trouble to the entire clan.
"Elder..."
"Gu Shuo, you are the most promising one among these children. It is the Gu family's loss that they failed to keep you. If you and your mother need help from the clan in the future, just ask." The clan elder walked up to Gu Shuo, his eyes full of guilt.
Such an outstanding child...
Why!
The Gu family is unlucky.
"Thank you, elder." Gu Shuo bowed.
"Your grandfather, the clan will arrange someone to take care of him."
"No, Grandpa, I will take care of it."
The elder raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder a few times, his eyes reddened: "Okay, okay, it's worth it, Brother Gu, to have a filial grandson like you. It's worth it, it's worth it."
Gu Mingqiu felt complicated as he received the 100,000 taels.
Gu Wenqing and Gu Xichao looked extremely unhappy, and they felt a little regretful for getting involved.
"Okay, now that the matter is settled, I won't stay any longer." The elder handed the family tree to the relative next to him.
"Goodbye, elder." Dai stepped forward.
The elder nodded and walked out with his clan members. When he passed by Gu Mingqiu, he glared at him angrily and said, "Take care of yourself from now on."
Gu Mingqiu's body swayed slightly.
Gu Xichao, who was standing behind him, quickly supported him: "Second brother."
"It's okay." Gu Mingqiu calmed himself down.
Gu Wenqing was banished from the clan for no apparent reason, and was feeling sullen. He was about to explode, but when he saw the 100,000 taels in Gu Mingqiu's hand, he suppressed his anger and said, "Dai, now that we're divorced, why don't you take your son and leave immediately?"
Dai waved her skirt and walked to the main seat and sat down: "You are the ones who should leave."
"Why should we leave? This is the old house of the Gu family."
"Doesn't Gu Wenqing remember that you sold the old house?"
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"Now the old house is the property of Yong'an Marquis, you won't be able to live here for long."
"You don't have to worry about how long they stay. Someone, come and drag these three people out." Dai's face turned cold.
As the voice fell, five or six servants walked in.
"Dai, you dare..."
"Drag him out."
Gu Mingqiu has been silent since he signed the divorce agreement. He did not resist even when the servants dragged him.
"I...I can walk on my own."
Gu Xichao is very aware of the current situation.
"You... Hey? Hey? Let me go, Dai, Gu Shuo, you won't be so proud for long. If Marquis Yong'an knew that you were still living in the old house, he would have everyone kicked you out." Gu Wenqing's shouting voice gradually faded away.
The hall returned to silence.
"I never thought they would be this kind of people." Madam Zhan was so angry that she almost died.
Ye Qianning walked to Dai's side, half-knelt down and held Dai's hand: "Grandma."
Dai raised her hand and covered Ye Qianning's hand: "Don't worry, silly child, grandma is fine. When grandma was young, she wanted to divorce. At that time, there were too many ties. Now grandma is happy in her heart."
"Mom, no matter what you do, your son will stand by you. I will send someone to the Gu family to pack up your things later." Gu Shuo said.
Dai nodded, then thought about the 100,000 taels and felt that it was too cheap for Gu Mingqiu: "You shouldn't have given him 100,000 taels just now."
"One hundred thousand taels bought off the family relationship. He chose his own path, and his son will not ask about his future." He had just said it very clearly, but Gu Mingqiu still accepted the money.
In his eyes, money is more important than his wife and children.
"One hundred thousand taels won't even keep warm in your pocket." Dai knew very well that once the money left this room, it would go into the pockets of the third and fourth wives.
"Let him be."
Gu Shuo had long lost interest in the relationship between father and son.
"Yeah, let him be."
Dai had been in charge for half his life, and now he was finally free. (End of this chapter)
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