Chapter 52 His father's fault has nothing to do with him
[Wei family? Is it the Wei family of Wei Sanchuan?]
Xia Miaoyuan murmured to himself when he heard Debao's report.
When Xia Zhengqi came to Yu's study with his daughter in his arms, Wei Han, Wei Sanchuan and his son, and Wei Yuer's son Liu Mingyuan were standing outside the door waiting.
The three generations of grandparents immediately saluted Xia Zhengqi.
After the ceremony between the monarch and his ministers, Xia Zhengqi asked, "Old Wei, why are you here today..."
Wei Han seemed a little embarrassed. He hesitated for a moment and then said, "Your Majesty, I am here to ask for your grace today."
"Your Majesty, you must agree!" After he finished speaking, he knelt down with a thud.
"Mr. Wei, what are you doing?!" Xia Zhengqi was startled, and Debao ran over to support Wei Han with a tactful look.
"Whatever you want to say, just say it, don't worry." Xia Zhengqi's tone was gentle.
"I want to ask the emperor to consider my face and allow Yuan'er to adopt as Sanchuan's son and become a legitimate descendant of the Wei family." Wei Han pleaded.
[Oh, so you came here for this.]
Xia Miaoyuan suddenly realized.
"It's understandable for a brother to adopt his sister's child. Your family has already discussed it, why do you still come to ask for mercy from me?" Xia Zhengqi asked in confusion.
Wei Sanchuan was embarrassed: "Your Majesty, you don't know."
"Since Liu Hong was imprisoned, the Wei family began to hate him and exclude him."
"After Liu Hong was sentenced to beheading and his property was confiscated, the Wei family regarded him as the son of a criminal and humiliated and bullied him."
"My father and I wanted to adopt him to the Wei family, but the family members tried to stop us, saying that it would ruin the family tradition and... it would disgrace the ancestors of the Wei family." Wei Sanchuan glanced at Liu Mingyuan, his eyes red.
[These family members are really hateful. Liu Mingyuan is Liu Hong's son, but he is also a child of the Wei family. 】
After hearing this, Xia Miaoyuan felt indignant for Liu Mingyuan, and clenched his two chubby hands into fists.
"How could these people from the Wei family be so cruel?" Xia Zhengqi looked solemn, with some distress in his tone.
"They also..." Wei Han said in a difficult tone, "They also drove Yuaner out of the Wei family's private school and prevented him from studying with the Wei family's children and grandchildren!"
"I was not convinced, so they teamed up to beat me!" Liu Mingyuan, who had been standing obediently aside, couldn't help but complain, with tears in his voice.
Xia Zhengqi looked at Liu Mingyuan's little face, and there were indeed a few purple scars on that childish little face.
Emperor Xia Zhengqi was kindhearted and always liked children. He couldn't bear to see children being wronged.
Upon discovering that Liu Mingyuan, who was only ten years old, had injuries on his face, Xia Zhengqi immediately handed Xia Miaoyuan over to Eunuch Debao and walked up to him with heartache to check.
"These injuries on your face were all caused by them?!" Xia Zhengqi looked closely at the details, his tone was five parts shock and five parts anger.
As he spoke, he rolled up Liu Mingyuan's sleeves, only to see a bruise on his thin arm.
Two bean-sized tears rolled in Liu Mingyuan's eyes, and he nodded while trying hard to hold back his tears.
[Oh my God, they actually murdered a ten-year-old child! 】
Xia Miaoyuan glanced at Liu Mingyuan's injuries from afar, and she was so angry that she kicked and thrashed, and Debao almost couldn't hold her.
"This old minister really has no choice but to trouble the emperor." Wei Han had tears in the corners of her eyes.
【This is too outrageous, isn't this bullying! 】
【Thinking back then, when Liu Hong was the Minister of War, although Liu Mingyuan had a quarrel with his scumbag father and ran away to live with his grandparents, the Wei family still fawned on him for Liu Hong's sake. 】
【Now that the Liu family has fallen on hard times, they immediately turned against them. 】
【Ahhhhhhhh! This princess is so mad! 】
【It's a pity that Liu Mingyuan, a talented man with both literary and martial skills, suffered in the book and died miserably. In this life, although he changed his fate of being used by the enemy, he still suffered. 】
Xia Miaoyuan recalled Liu Mingyuan's painful experience and the bullying he had suffered recently, and his heart ached.
Xia Zhengqi was also angry and heartbroken at this time.
Liu Hong forgot his principles for the sake of profit, and returned evil for kindness. He abandoned his bottom line as a human being for power and status. He was a villain and a wicked person, but his son Liu Mingyuan was not.
Liu Mingyuan was young, but he could tell right from wrong. He was willing to file a complaint to avenge his mother and kill his own father for the sake of justice. He was a good child with feelings
and righteousness. Such a child should not be treated unfairly because of his father's sin.
Thinking of this, Xia Zhengqi said loudly: "Elder Wei, you three grandparents don't have to worry."
"Liu Mingyuan is innocent, and I will definitely give him justice."
After that, Xia Zhengqi unfolded a new imperial edict and wrote: Liu Mingyuan was young, but he could tell right from wrong and treated his mother with pure filial piety. He is indeed a model of filial piety in the Great Xia.
In recognition of his filial piety and loyalty, he was granted the privilege of changing his surname to Wei, and passed on the name of his eldest uncle Wei Sanchuan, officially becoming a descendant of the Wei family.
No one was allowed to humiliate him with the crimes of his biological father, and those who violated the order would be regarded as defying the law.
In addition, he was awarded 1,000 taels of silver and given the title of the loyal and filial son of Great Xia.
He was also granted the privilege of going to the main hall to study with the princes.
Eunuch Debao read the imperial edict aloud.
The three grandparents of the Wei family all cried with joy, and they were so happy that they didn't know what to do. They knelt down and kowtowed to Xia Zhengqi several times. Xia Zhengqi repeatedly stopped them before they stood up.
[Daddy is mighty, Daddy is wise, Daddy is worthy of being the wise ruler of Great Xia! 】
Xia Miaoyuan was so happy that her mouth was almost grinning from ear to ear, and she tried her best to talk out all the compliments.
Xia Zhengqi was in a very good mood listening to his daughter's compliments.
In order to give honor to the ancestors of the Wei family, Xia Zhengqi was so considerate that he asked the prince to follow them back to the mansion in person to read the imperial edict.
The group went straight to the Wei mansion.
When the two carriages stopped in front of the Wei mansion, they happened to run into the patriarch of the Wei family and his wife.
The Wei family is a century-old official family, and they have been officials since the previous dynasty.
Wei Han's father is from this branch of the Wei family. Wei Han has four brothers, and he is the second oldest. His eldest brother Wei Duan is the patriarch.
Back then, Wei Han and Wei Duan were both officials in the capital, so they bought a piece of land and built two adjacent mansions.
The attitude of the Wei family towards Wei Mingyuan was all based on Wei Duan's instructions.
The reason why they dared to bully Wei Mingyuan was because of Wei Duan and his wife.
"Oh, the second brother really went to the palace?" Wei Duan's wife, Wang, said to Wei Han's ancestors in a sinister tone.
Wei Duan pretended to be concerned and said, "Second brother, you should listen to my advice. Look, you are an old man, but you are still so reckless."
"I didn't agree to Yuan'er's adoption for the good of our Wei family. Why did you really go to the palace?"
"Look, the emperor is busy with state affairs. How can he worry about such trivial matters of our Wei family?"
"You went there with great effort, but you returned in vain."
After saying this, Wei Duan patted Wei Han's shoulder with concern.