After reading the testimony, Ge Zhengqi was deeply shocked. He staggered a few steps and fell to the ground.
He felt that his whole life was a joke!
"Family scandals should not be aired in public. The mother should be removed and the child kept. Once Shangguan's pregnancy is completed, the child cannot be kept."
Ge Haoran watched coldly, his tone chilling.
He was first and foremost the head of the Ge family, and then his elder brother.
He was extremely kind and righteous to his good-for-nothing younger brother!
Haha~
Upon hearing this, Ge Zhengqi laughed maniacally, then said with a mixture of despair and indignation:
"Big brother, are you feeling quite smug?"
Ge Haoran's eyes sharpened, suppressing his anger, as he retorted:
"What do I have to be proud of?"
"From childhood to adulthood, you have always been a genius in the eyes of your elders, a source of honor for the family, and a hope for the revitalization of the Ge family lineage!"
Ge Zhengqi slowly stood up, pointed at his elder brother, and recounted all the grievances and injustices he had suffered over the decades:
"And I am like a maggot in the gutter, not only do I not receive any attention from my elders, but I am also constantly compared to you!"
"You became the youngest imperial physician in the Imperial Medical Academy at such a young age, while I have accomplished nothing, am looked down upon, and treated with cold indifference!"
"I hate it, I hate it so much!"
"Why, having gained everything, do you still want to steal my bride!"
"Yu Niang, you were initially engaged to me!"
"It was you who stole my love! It was you who used despicable means to persuade my grandmother to change the marriage!"
"I originally thought that if you truly cherished Yu Niang, that would be fine. But you were too busy with official duties and often didn't come home, which caused Yu Niang to become depressed and eventually died in childbirth!"
"It's all your fault!"
As Ge Haoran listened to his younger brother's accusations, he felt a surge of frustration. He pressed his right palm against his chest, and the veins on his forehead bulged.
So that's how much my second brother has missed him all these years!
"Speak up, if you have any other complaints, say them all."
Upon hearing this, Ge Zhengqi's smile grew even more wicked, and he continued:
"You're giving me everything you don't want? Am I only fit to pick up what you don't want?"
"After Yu Niang passed away, Grandmother was worried that you would have no one to take care of you and no one to look after you in Qingzhou. Therefore, she chose Chunyu Shi to be your second wife. However, you pretended not to want Chunyu Shi, which made Grandmother change her mind and arrange for Chunyu Shi to marry me!"
"If it weren't for you, how could Chunyu have married me when she already had feelings for you?"
"Disgusting, Ge Haoran, you disgust me!"
"Upright and righteous spirit? How can the Ge family possess such upright and righteous spirit!"
"Now, you can't stand to see me doing well, so you're trying to destroy everything I've worked so hard to build, and you're trying to frame my wife!"
"Bah! You are not worthy to be my elder brother!"
......
Ge Haoran was born three years earlier than his younger brother. When his mother was alive, she often told him that his younger brother was weak and that as the older brother, he should give way to his younger brother.
He asked himself, from childhood to adulthood, in terms of food, clothing, and daily necessities, his elders had never shown favoritism towards him and his brothers.
Whatever he has, his brother has too.
The difference is that he began to show his talent for medicine at the age of three, following his grandfather and father, and was personally taught the art of medicine by them.
The younger brother, being frail and lacking any talent for medicinal herbs, was protected by his grandfather and father. They hired a tutor and decided to let him pursue the imperial examinations...
“Yu Niang, from beginning to end, I was the one who chose her for marriage, and I was also the one she was engaged to. The one she loved was me.”
"When Yu Niang was seven months pregnant with Qingzhou, an epidemic broke out in the palace, and the Crown Prince contracted smallpox. My grandfather, father, and I worked day and night. If we could not develop an antidote, the Ge family would be raided, and our whole family would be executed immediately."
“My grandfather, father, and I all contracted smallpox one after another. We kept trying different medicines, but in the end, only I survived. My grandfather and father passed away. I used their blood and sweat to create an antidote, which saved the crown prince and preserved the Ge family.”
“I was heartbroken when Yu Niang died in childbirth, but at that time, the Ge family was in turmoil, and I was elected as the head of the family by the clan. I had no time to grieve, because I was shouldering the future of the Ge family…”
"Second brother, you said that Chunyu was the second wife that Grandmother arranged for me to marry. Who told you that?"
"My grandmother sensed her days were numbered and had a private talk with me. She chose a concubine's daughter from the Cao family for me, but I refused her kind offer. Therefore, she placed her hopes for continuing the family line on you and carefully selected Chunyu Shi for you..."
"Second brother, you were wrong from the very beginning..."
"Nowadays, the Shangguan woman in your room appears to be pure and virtuous, but behind your back she is constantly plotting against your maids and servants!"
"Your only daughter, Jiaojiao, was poisoned to death by this person through a scheme. Believe it or not, the confession is there. You should reflect on your actions and decide how to deal with Shangguan Shi!"
After saying this, Ge Haoran stood up, quite angry, and staggered away.
"No, you're lying to me!"
"You deliberately lied to me!"
"I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"
Ge Zhengqi's energy and spirit were completely drained. After learning many truths from his brother, he became listless.
How could that be!
How could this be!
He couldn't believe that he had hated the wrong person all these years!
Haha~
If Jiaojiao was poisoned by the Shangguan family, then his life was more of a joke than a joke!
Open the facility, conduct an autopsy!
Ge Haoran walked out of the reception room and saw his unreliable son. At that moment, tears streamed down his face.
"You brat, what are you crying for? Aren't you going to lend a hand? I feel like your second uncle is going to drive me crazy!"
"Father, I'm sorry, I didn't know..."
Ge Qingzhou originally came to mourn his sister, but he overheard his father and second uncle arguing and learned the truth. He was immediately filled with shame.
"So what if you know? You were young then, and some bad ideas were deliberately instilled in you by people with ulterior motives. It's not your fault; it's your father's fault for not protecting you and your mother..."
Ge Haoran waved his hand and walked slowly with his son's support.
If Yu Niang were still alive, her son would have had his own mother's care from childhood to adulthood, and he wouldn't have gone through so many detours.
This was their own misfortune, and had nothing to do with anyone else.
"My second uncle~"
Ge Qingzhou understood his father's unspoken meaning, but this time, he lacked the confidence to argue with him.
“Your second uncle is arrogant and has pretended to be indifferent to desires for many years, but he is very dark inside. Whether it was the Chunyu family in the past or the Shangguan family now, he may not be unaware of what they did.”
After this incident, Ge Haoran realized that he shouldn't be an older brother who tolerated his younger brother.
Therefore, he cannot be a domineering father!
Therefore, from this point on, he no longer treated his son as a child who needed protection, but as a man with whom he could discuss matters.
"In that case, Second Uncle has kept it hidden for far too long."
Ge Qingzhou frowned, thinking about the unrest in his household over the years, especially the fact that his younger sister, Jiaojiao, had been poisoned to death...
"A few years ago, someone reminded me, so I was extra careful when your second uncle remarried. I planted many spies in the second wife's household, which allowed me to sort everything out and expose the person behind it all..."
"Hmm? Who has such foresight?"
"secret."
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