Part 1: Intertwined Time and Space Chapter 4: Trip to Li Country
Chapter 298: Leaving the Mansion (3)
The ancestral hall of Prince Yongjing's Mansion has its own dedicated courtyard, which is just in front of the Prince's Mansion and connected to the front yard of the Prince's Mansion by a courtyard wall. Yue Qing led the people all the way to the outside of the ancestral hall. Before they could get there, they saw people outside the door.
When everyone saw the princess coming, they quickly made way.
Yue Qing looked at these people. Normally she had only met people from the palace, and she had not seen much of her father's clan relatives. Presumably these people also depended on Prince Yongjing's palace for their lives and got a lot of dividends from it.
A person came over: "Miss Yuqing, you are here."
Yue Qing looked at him: "Who are you?"
The man saluted and said, "Miss, you don't see me often, so it's natural that you don't recognize me. I am an attendant in Master Yuxiao's courtyard."
Yue Qing nodded.
The attendant continued: "The young master may be in trouble this time, but he said that if you come, he will tell you to leave him alone. He has his own opinions."
Yue Qing said: "Okay, I received your message." After saying that, she walked towards the door.
The attendant followed behind: "Miss Yuqing, do you still want to go in?"
Yue Qing ignored him. After a few steps, we reached the entrance of the ancestral hall. The door is open, and the situation inside can be seen from across the outer hall.
There were many people in the ancestral hall, and King Yongjing was sitting on the main seat in front, with an angry look on his face.
San Yuxiao was kneeling in the middle of the lobby, with two guards holding thick long sticks standing behind him. There were two broken sticks on the ground. Yue Qing could not see San Yuxiao's expression from behind, she could only see him with his head lowered and his hands on the ground.
There were obviously two groups of people on both sides of the lobby. On one side were the three aunts and Yuze. Even the youngest Yuxian was there, but Aunt Ruyan and a few sisters were not there. Yuze and Yuxian sat in front, with the three aunts behind them. Behind them stood the young master's servants from their respective rooms. Yue Qing gritted her teeth.
Yue Qing has never seen anyone on the other side. They are all men, but since they can come here, they are either officials or elders in the family.
I heard King Yongjing say angrily: "You treacherous son, if I had known what happened, I should not have adopted you in the first place. Now that your wings have become stiff, you dare to do such a treasonous and unethical thing. Who raised you to be so unfilial?"
San Yuxiao said: "I know that I am sorry for my parents by behaving like this, and I am willing to be punished by my father. I just ask my father to expel me from the house. I have made up my mind, and I ask my father to make it happen."
An old man sitting next to him said: "If you say you are kicked out of the house, then you are kicked out of the house. So how do you think Prince Yongjing has raised you for so many years? If it weren't for Prince Yongjing and his wife, you would have starved to death on the streets. Even if you didn't starve to death, you would have died of hunger." It’s also the current scenery of begging along the street.”
Another person also said: "That is, now that I have the ability, I dare to openly resist the decree in the court."
"The Villa is also very kind to me, and I think it's not wrong to do so."
"Then what are you doing here? Why don't you just go back to your villa?" Someone on the side laughed.
San Yuxiao said: "Because I want to get my father's understanding. Even if I leave Prince Yongjing's Mansion, my child will still serve his parents and repay their kindness."
The person next to him shouted: "Shang Yuxiao, we are now talking about your disobedience in the court. It would be better for you to ask for expulsion from your home. Do you know that if you want to be expelled from your home, you will have to suffer the punishment of cutting your flesh and bones. of."
Yue Qing couldn't stand listening any more and said, "How do you cut flesh and bones?"
Everyone in the hall looked outside.
Yue Qing walked into the ancestral hall.
Everyone inside and outside the hall looked at her.
King Yongjing said: "Yu Qing, this is the clan ancestral hall, why are you here?"
Yue Qing smiled and said, "Why, can't I come?"
An elder in the right row said: "My daughter's family never comes to the ancestral hall."
Yue Qing looked at him: "I wonder who this is?"
Prince Yongjing said: "Young Master Yu must not be rude. This is your second uncle."
"Oh, it turns out to be my second uncle. Does your second uncle think I'm not worthy of coming to the ancestral hall?"
The second uncle said fairly: "This is not a question of whether you are worthy or not. How can you, a girl who has not left the palace, come to a place like this? You didn't see that there are all men here, and the aunts are here just to be witnesses. "
"I see, then I'm already here, is my second uncle going to kick me out?"
"You. Yunfeng, your tutor is too polite. Your son is disobedient, and your daughter actually talks to her elders like this."
King Yongjing frowned and said, "I'm sorry, second uncle. Yuqing grew up in the villa. She just came back and she didn't have time to learn the rules. Yuqing, this is not the place you should be. Go back to the backyard."
Yue Qing looked at him and didn't move.
San Yuxiao said: "Sister, you don't have to worry about me, this is my own business. You can go back."
The second uncle looked down upon him.
Yue Qing laughed and said, "It's really ridiculous. It turns out that my status in the palace is so low that I can't even enter the ancestral hall. But no matter what you say, I will not leave today. I will stay here. I want to see Who can kick me out?"
Everyone looked at each other, pointed and discussed.
King Yongjing said: "How dare you, do you want to imitate your brother's disobedience? You are so disobedient to your elders."
"If the elders want to be respected by the younger ones, they have to act like they are elders. I don't think you need to respect elders like you who only know how to suck blood and scold you."
King Yongjing glared: "You are so impudent that you can say such things. I think you are too used to it and lack discipline. Get out quickly."
"Why can't I say it out loud? Father wants to discipline me however he wants. He won't beat me like he did to my brother, right?"
King Yongjing just stared at her without speaking.
"Humph, this is Prince Yongjing's Mansion. I am the princess of Shun'an whom the Emperor personally conferred. Not to mention the ancestral hall, no one dared to kick me out even in the palace. To be honest, everyone in this hall The elders still have to salute this princess, but if this princess doesn’t care about etiquette, I can punish all the elders with the crime of disrespect with just a few words."
Several elders whispered to each other, and the leader said, "Huh, this is the first time I heard that status is used to suppress elders." The voice was much softer.
Seeing that no one said anything else, Yue Qing took a seat next to King Yongjing. "Cai'er, put my seat down."
Cai'er stepped forward and moved the seat to the lower part of King Yongjing.
Yue Qing sat down: "Okay, let's continue. Didn't we just say that we need to cut the flesh and break the bones? Whose flesh is cut and whose bones are broken?"
When several elders saw this, they didn't know whether to say that she was sitting in the wrong place or that she was too lenient.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Yue Qing continued: "I don't dare to say anything anymore. Didn't you just teach my brother a righteous and stern lesson?"
"What do you little girl know? San Yuxiao openly disobeyed orders in the court today. Do you know that this is a crime of disrespect?"
Yue Qing looked at the elder who spoke: "Is it against the emperor to disobey orders? The emperor has not held anyone accountable. What are the elders here to hold accountable? Should you hold them accountable on behalf of the emperor? I was also present at the time. The reason why my brother disobeyed orders was because he wanted to Repay the kindness of the Villa. I don’t think there is any problem. The Villa has taught him all the skills. His mother, who is the Chang family of the Villa, has raised him for so many years. If he turns to Li and becomes an official, he will be called ungrateful."
The second uncle rubbed his neck and said: "You girl, how can you speak like this? The emperor did not punish him. That is because the emperor is merciful. It does not mean that there will be no consequences. His disobedience has damaged the honor of Prince Yongjing's palace. Do you know how big the loss is? Our Yong family has been implicated in the capital, and it’s hard to even hold our heads up and behave like a human being. You girl doesn’t understand anything and you’re still talking nonsense here.”
Yue Qing said with a smile: "Humph, the honor of Prince Yongjing's Palace? Don't you all know how the honor of Prince Yongjing's Palace came about? I would like to ask my second uncle, what contribution does Prince Yongjing's Palace have, so that the emperor can reward him again and again, all the way to the title of prince? title."
The second uncle blinked and stopped talking.
Yue Qing glanced at Prince Yongjing and then said: "When Prince Yongjing's Mansion was bright and beautiful, everyone in the Yong family followed suit. Enjoying the glory and wealth that fell from the world, now that Prince Yongjing's Mansion has been pointed out, they are here. To act as defenders.
The faces of the elders are really disgusting. Are you really here as elders? If they are really our relatives, we should protect them instead of being used by others and led by others. You are afraid of what outsiders will say, so you come to hurt us people from Prince Yongjing's Mansion and let people outside see the joke. You are really good elders. "
The second uncle said fairly: "You, don't talk so much nonsense."
"It's okay not to say unreasonable things. Since my brother resisted the decree because of the Villa, then we, the people from the Villa, will take the blame. The elders can just expel the three of us from the house."
King Yongjing frowned: "What are you talking about, Yuqing? He also imitated your brother and kicked him out of the house at every turn. Have you ever thought about Prince Yongjing's palace?"
Yue Qing sneered: "Will driving us three mothers out of the house have any impact on Prince Yongjing's palace? We, brother and sister, have both committed this crime of disobedience, so we deserve to be kicked out of the house. My mother has not raised us brothers and sisters well. It is normal for both of them to be kicked out. My father can just kill his relatives to show the loyalty and patriotism of Prince Yongjing. Then people outside will say that the family tradition of Prince Yongjing is strict. What does my father think about how good Yongjing Prince's House is? Is it not good?"
King Yongjing turned his head and said nothing.
Yue Qing said to several elders: "What do you think, elders?"
An elder said: "What did Yuqing girl say? You two have not made any mistakes, why are you expelled from the house?"
Yue Qing said: "Why didn't you make a mistake? I agree with my brother's point of view. It is also a crime of disobedience."
The second uncle said fairly: "What we are talking about today is San Yuxiao's matter. Don't get involved so much."
Yue Qing smiled: "I know very well what you are thinking. Okay, let's talk about San Yuxiao's matter. I think the family law has been implemented, and those who deserve to be beaten have been beaten. My brother also knelt for such a long time. It’s time. Elders, you still think it’s not heavy enough and you still want to cut off the flesh and bones?”
The second uncle said fairly: "It's not that we are cruel, it's Chang Yuxiao who asked himself to be kicked out of the house. He has been favored by Prince Yongjing's house since he was a child, and wants to leave without repaying it. This is how it should be."
Yue Qing glanced at her father, "Dad, were you the one who adopted my brother when he was a child?"
King Yongjing said: "What are you talking about? Of course it is. Otherwise, how could he gain access to the Yong family?"
"But I heard that my brother was adopted by my mother after she saw him."
The second uncle said fairly: "Whether your mother decided to adopt or your father decided to adopt, he has entered the Yong family."
"Second uncle is wrong. The two are very different. First of all, most of my mother's living expenses come from the villa and the palace. Even if there is no Yongjing Prince's Mansion, oh, there was no Yongjing Prince's Mansion at that time, it should be the Hou Mansion. Even if Without the Marquis Mansion, my mother would have been able to support my brother.
Second, if my mother did not ask to adopt my brother, my father would not care about the child. So when it comes to adoption, my mother is my brother's real benefactor, and my father is only a joint supporter.
Third, my brother was sent to a villa to be educated since he was a child. Whether it was literature or martial arts, everything he learned was brought up in the villa. If it were just in the Hou Mansion, how many resources could Prince Yongjing's Mansion give my brother to educate him. Besides, he was already quite old when he came, and he could take care of himself even if no one took care of him. Also, I heard that my brother was not included in the family tree. His surname is Chang, which is the same as my mother's.
Second uncle, do you think there is something wrong with what I said? "
Second Uncle Gong choked on his words: "It's just nonsense."
Yue Qing snorted coldly.
San Yuxiao said: "Yuqing, even if there is only one day of friendship between father and son, it is still a kindness from my father. You must not say such words and hurt your father's heart. Father, Yuxiao has never forgotten your kindness. It is just the relationship between the villa and Li Guo." During this period, my son chose the villa, and he only asked his father to fulfill his wishes and expel me from the house. As for the cutting of flesh and bones in the family rules, Yu Xiao could only hope that his father would fulfill his wishes. "
Yue Qing was stunned and said angrily in her heart: I'm speaking for you, but it's better for you to hold yourself back.
"No, I don't think it's necessary. Father, you only became my brother's foster father in name only because of your mother's relationship. However, my brother has also loved you very much over the years and respects you as his father.
Father, if you really love and care for him, would you only want to take advantage of his current achievements? If you really regard him as your son, you should protect him and speak for him when outsiders accuse him of betrayal.
Now that my brother wants to invite himself out, why should we follow any family rules? He is not a father and son in the first place. "
