Seeing Gu Tongyue looking over, Hong Xiaoduo pointed to the paper package that wasn't finished yet: "Lord Gu? Shall we continue? Or..."
Gu Tongyue paused for a moment, then realized what she meant: "Continue." He also heard the helplessness in his own voice.
Hong Xiaoduo laid out the remaining eleven paper packets one by one: "Lord Gu, you and these four are brothers, you and this one are siblings, and the six of you and this one are father and son, father and daughter."
These two women and this woman are mother and her two children.
These two are mother-son pairs.
These two are mother and daughter.
"Thus, the identification is complete. Lord Gu, would you like me to repeat it again?"
Gu Tongyue's face grew paler and paler; she never expected things to turn out this way!
His heart clenched when he saw Hong Xiaoduo pointing to a paper package and saying "you" to him. Because, without comparing the markings on the package to the marks on the paper in his hand, he knew whose fingernails were inside—his own.
The only people who returned to the manor with him were Prince Mu and Eunuch Fu. When he picked up his fingernails again, he had his back to them, so only he knew it.
When making marks on the paper package, the two of them stood at a distance, and the same was true when recording on the paper.
However, this little girl immediately pointed out that it was his, and she said it with certainty.
Just because his fingernails were examined that morning, how could she know?
This secret technique for identifying blood relatives is real; she does know it, and she's very skilled at it!
Gu Tongfan was now unsure whether he thought the secret technique was powerful or the young girl in front of him was more impressive. He no longer had the energy to think about such irrelevant things, because the sky above him had already collapsed.
His wives and concubines bore him a total of six sons and one daughter.
For him, the branches and leaves were quite lush, and with his abundant offspring, he could repeatedly mock Wei Junpei, who had ruined his path to wealth, for having few offspring. He said that not only were there only one son per generation for three generations, but even his grandson could not be kept.
He said that Wei Junpei's family had a history of doing bad things and not accumulating virtue.
Why is Gu Tongfan so greedy in accumulating wealth? Isn't it because he has many sons and wants to take advantage of his position and power to build up a large family fortune for them?
However, all those years of risky planning, management, and scheming turned out to be a...
Of his six sons, two of the remaining five were not his sons, except for the sixth son who was identified as not being his son this morning. Even his only daughter was not his son!
Of his seven children, four were not actually his children?
No, currently we can only confirm that he is his son. He has two other sons outside the capital, so we didn't get their fingernails today.
Whether those two are his sons or brothers, he has absolutely no confidence now.
But even if those two unidentified children are both your own sons, so what? What difference does a three to four ratio make? What can it change? What difference does it make?
It is said that with many wives and concubines, it is inevitable that one of them will be neglected and unable to bear the loneliness, and will have an affair with someone else. If they are discovered, some will be drowned in a pig cage, while others will secretly dispose of the body to save face and tell the outside world that the person died unexpectedly.
But what about him? He was a high-ranking official, a second-rank minister, and not only was he cuckolded, but not just once, and the person who did it was his own father!
Furthermore, he had no idea that this good father was so lecherous; he had never noticed a single sign of it.
My father studied hard back then, and after stumbling along the way, he passed the imperial examinations to become a provincial graduate, then a tribute student, but he failed to pass the examinations again and again.
Although tribute students also had the opportunity to become officials, the prestige of such positions was not as high. When there were few tribute students, if one was lucky enough to be recommended by someone of high status, one could wear an official robe.
However, Gu Tongfan's father was not so lucky; he worked as a teacher in a private school in his hometown.
Fortunately, Gu Tongfan was more ambitious and filial than his father. After becoming an official, he brought both his parents with him and brought them all the way to the capital.
Who would have thought that his good father would have affairs with his wives and concubines!
Gu Tongfan felt his blood rushing to his head, a tearing pain throbbing in his chest, and something churning in his throat, a metallic taste that he forced back down.
"Lord Gu, what's wrong?" Murong Jing, sensing something was amiss, came over and asked.
When Grandpa Fu saw him coming over, he followed and looked at Gu Tongfan with 'concern'.
Gu Tongfan gritted his teeth, ignoring the two of them, and bent down to stuff everything on the cushion into the brocade bag. Then he gave Hong Xiaoduo a warning look.
"Lord Gu, you don't need to worry, I won't say anything out of line. Of course, if you want to kill me to silence me, I advise you not to think that way, not to mention whether you can even kill me."
Even if you could kill me, it wouldn't solve anything; it would only make things more complicated.
"With your ability to rise to the rank of Minister of the Second Rank, Lord Gu, surely handling this matter shouldn't be too difficult for you," Hong Xiaoduo said, looking at the other party.
At this moment, Wei Junpei also came over.
With a gloomy, pale face, Gu Tongfan declared righteously, "What secret technique? It's nothing but a trick by martial arts practitioners to deceive people. How could I be so foolish as to believe it and play along with this nonsense? Lord Wei, I'll take my leave now." With that, he turned and left.
"Lord Gu, please wait. I still have something to say." Hong Xiaoduo was a little annoyed as she watched the other party about to leave.
Gu Tongfan stopped walking, but did not turn around.
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