Inside the room, Madam Qi looked at her serious-looking husband, then glanced at her son and daughter-in-law who had just entered. She was very puzzled, but she knew her husband's temperament; he would never act like this unless it was something very important.
"Sit down," Lord Wei said to his son and daughter-in-law.
After saying that, he fell silent again.
His appearance made his wife, son, and daughter-in-law, who were sitting there, feel very nervous and uneasy.
Lady Qi thought that perhaps because he had found his grandson, the old man was once again considering leaving the court and resigning to return to his hometown.
Hua Shi then began to think about herself. Could it be that her father-in-law was afraid that she wouldn't be able to handle being spoken to alone by her father-in-law because of her attitude and reaction towards Tong'er? So, he had her husband and mother-in-law present?
Wei Wenzheng had no clue what to do, so he decided not to guess. After all, his father would have to say something eventually; otherwise, why would he have the whole family come over at this hour?
"I have two things to tell you, one good and one bad. Which one would you like to hear first?" Lord Wei asked.
His wife and son and his wife were all watching him nervously, so he couldn't stay silent forever.
"Something bad?" The three looked at each other, then looked at the head of the family with suspicion. The "something bad" he was talking about was no ordinary matter.
“Master, as long as our family is together, we are not afraid of anything, no matter how bad things are. Tong’er has been found, and for our family, the worst thing is over,” said Madam Qi.
The first part of his wife's story pleased Lord Wei greatly, but after hearing what she said next, he couldn't help but clench his hands on his knees, and his heart inexplicably felt uneasy.
Although it wasn't his fault that Jiang Yumin happened many years ago, and his wife was reasonable enough not to blame, resent, or hate him, things still went on awkwardly for quite some time. During that period, he slept in the study.
If we knew now, we would know that what happened back then wasn't so easily forgotten. That woman actually got pregnant with his child one night and gave birth to it. Now she's putting her grandson back in front of him and his wife.
Regardless of the other party's ill intentions or sinister plans, even knowing that the other party was acting out of revenge, the old wife still couldn't help but feel upset.
Although he couldn't predict how his wife would treat him after hearing the truth, Lord Wei didn't intend to keep this from her.
If he really wanted to hide it, he could, but he just didn't want to.
We've been married for so many years and have always treated each other with sincerity. I can't lie to my spouse in our old age.
"The bad thing is that the child in the manor is not our Tong'er." At this point, Lord Wei did not continue speaking, but looked at the three family members sitting in front of him.
"Master, what's going on? You must be mistaken. Didn't you personally verify it carefully before? How can it be wrong again?" Madam Qi was stunned for a moment, then became anxious first.
She didn't say, "Master, please don't joke like that," because she knew her husband, whom she had shared a bed with for many years, all too well. He rarely joked, and he would never joke about something like this.
Lord Wei did not immediately respond to his wife's question, but instead looked at his daughter-in-law.
Ms. Hua was initially stunned, but after a moment, her expression changed from being as anxious as her mother-in-law's. After frowning and smiling wryly, she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
Looking at his son, he was first surprised, then immediately looked at Hua with concern. Seeing that she had not fainted or collapsed, his son looked at him with confusion.
Fortunately, after I told them about it, things didn't turn out the way I had expected.
"I'm not saying this to you without certainty," Lord Wei continued, slightly relieved. He paused for a moment, then looked at his three family members: "I've already told you the bad news, don't you want to hear the good news?"
"What are you saying, sir? Our child is about to be officially enshrined in the family genealogy and you suddenly say he's not our Tong'er. You know this is an extremely important matter for our family." Madam Qi's hands trembled uncontrollably, and her voice cracked with excitement.
What else could be a good thing?
One of her husband and son got promoted? The two of them are equally stubborn. As long as they can do things for the people, they don't care about getting promoted. As for herself, as long as the family is together and harmonious, she doesn't care what rank her husband and son are or whether they are officials at all.
Getting rich? That was never something this family hoped for.
Suddenly, a possibility occurred to Madam Qi, and she stared wide-eyed at her husband: "Master, the good news you wanted to tell us, could it be that you want to adopt that child named Kaiyang? Have the two of them already agreed?"
It wasn't that she disliked Kaiyang, but with the story of finding her biological grandson preceding it, even if her husband said that the grandson wasn't her biological one, but that they could adopt another, Qi Shi wouldn't feel any joy.
“It’s not adoption. Kaiyang is our own grandson, Tong’er,” Lord Wei quickly said.
He didn't intentionally leave things unsaid or keep people in suspense.
However, we need to give them some time to process the fact that the Tong'er they found was a fake.
What? Kaiyang is Tong'er?
This statement was even more shocking than hearing that the child they had found was not Tong'er.
This reversal was truly unexpected for them.
One moment they were thrown into an ice cave, the next they were in the bright sunshine of spring with flowers in full bloom.
The three members of the Qi family were all in the same boat at this moment; they were all stunned!
“Father, how could this be? And how did you find out?” This time it was Wei Zizheng who spoke first.
It wasn't that he, as the son, was questioning his father; it was just that there hadn't been any signs of trouble in the afternoon. At dinner—no, at dinner his father did seem preoccupied—he simply assumed his father was dealing with some unresolved official business.
Tong'er's matter is already a done deal. An auspicious day has been set for the clan head to arrive, open the ancestral hall, recognize the ancestors, and be added to the family genealogy.
"This matter cannot be kept from you either; it was Lady Hong who discovered it using a secret method..."
"Master, that young lady? How could you believe her? You've never believed in gods, ghosts, or sorcerers, so how could you believe her?" Madam Qi asked sharply upon hearing this.
This was the only time in all the years she had been married to Wei Junpei that she interrupted her husband midway through his conversation.
"Master, how could you make such a foolish mistake? It's obvious that she wants to force Kaiyang into our family, that's why she said that..." Madam Qi was very agitated and angry as she pointed at her husband.
"She's not that kind of person."
"She won't." No sooner had Madam Qi finished speaking than two disapproving voices rang out from inside the room: Lord Wei and his daughter-in-law, Madam Hua…
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