Chapter 18
Xue Yuntao was following Xue Ke and toasted the guests with tea. Suddenly, he heard a loud footsteps coming from outside, accompanied by a sharp shout from a girl:
"Dad, dad, I'm Wan'er, help me. Dad--"
There was a riot among the guests, and Xue Ke immediately called on the butler Li Fu, but before Xue Ke finished his order, he saw a small figure crossing the threshold and running in. The servant at the door didn't even have time to stop him. She ran to Xue Yuntao with a clear goal, grabbed Xue Yuntao's arm, and hid behind him.
Xue Yuntao and Xue Ke were both stunned by the sudden incident in front of them. Xue Yuntao turned around and stared at Xue Wan's expression, which could be described as wonderful. Sometimes it was green and sometimes it was white. His brows were so frowning that he could almost kill a fly. His voice was cold and implicit anger:
"What are you here? Who asked you to come?"
Xue Wan felt the surging anger in Xue Yuntao's words, and she let go of her hand in fear. She looked at the guests around her who were pointing at her in horror. She felt a buzzing sound in her ears, and she vaguely knew that she might have made an unforgivable mistake.
He secretly looked up at Xue Yuntao, and Xue Wan tried to explain:
"Yes, someone chases me, they are going to kill me, me, I..."
Xue Ke also realized that something was wrong and asked Li Fu to go out and take a look. Li Fu came back soon to report and said, "There is no one else outside."
Xue Wan was shocked and said:
"How could it be possible that there is no! You..."
Before Xue Wan finished her words, she interrupted Xue Yuntao rudely: "Shut up! Get back!"
Xue Wan looked at her father who had never spoken loudly to her. Even though she knew that she might have made a mistake, he was her father. Why did she treat her indiscriminately? Just because she is the daughter of the outdoor room?
Two Xue Yuntao colleagues stood up and asked:
"Brother Xue, is this girl... Ling Ye's daughter?"
Xue Yuntao was embarrassed and didn't know how to answer. Someone next to him immediately said, "It doesn't look like it. I've seen Lord Xue's daughter."
With these two questions, the guests immediately discussed the identity of the girl who suddenly ran in to recognize her father. For a moment, Xue Wan's heart thumped. This was the first time she stood with Xue Yuntao in public. For a moment, she almost wanted Xue Yuntao to recognize her in front of everyone. She didn't want her to be the daughter of the outdoor room. She wanted to enter the Xue family. She was also the daughter of the Xue family, right? Why can Xue Chen come and go freely in the Xue family, but she, Xue Wan, not?
As long as her father can recognize her in public, it will definitely surprise those who bully her and let them see that she is also the daughter of the Xue family and the owner of the Xue family!
He took another step forward, this time she grabbed Xue Yuntao's sleeve tightly and shouted to him in a clear tone:
"Dad, I am your daughter too. Tell them that I am your daughter Xue Wan!"
This sentence caused a huge wave among the guests again, and everyone whispered and heard doubts.
"Xue Wan? I remember Lord Xue only has one daughter, named Xue Chen! Could it be that she belongs to the concubine? I have never heard of it."
"I am not a concubine. Lord Xue only has one concubine. That concubine has no son and only one legitimate lady named Xue Chen."
"Then where did this daughter come out? It couldn't be... born in the outdoor room, right?"
The rumors during the meal became more and more intense. Even though Xue Yuntao was causing a headache, Xue Ke was calm and glanced at the idiot who was still holding Xue Yuntao's arm. He gave Li Fu a wink. Li Fu sent someone to drag Xue Wan, who was shouting, into the back house and handed it over to the old lady for disposal. After he and Xue Yuntao were dealing with each other among the guests, Xue Yuntao rushed to the back house to deal with the matter.
In the Qingzhu Garden, the quiet needles fell, and Xue Yuntao rushed past Baoxia, and hit the bamboo curtain himself and walked in. He saw Xue Wan kneeling on the ground. Ning Shi was full of resentment. The female guests next to her were also invited out, leaving only two concubines and Xue. After looking around, Xue Yuntao saw Xue Chen sitting in the lowest position, silently staring at Xue Wan who was kneeling on the ground and sobbing. After feeling Xue Yuntao's gaze, Xue Chen raised his varnished eyes coldly and glanced at Xue Yuntao coldly.
Just that glance made Xue Yuntao almost want to get out of the door.
He walked to Xue Wan with his head down and bowed to the old lady. The old lady Ning was still sitting cross-legged on the Arhat bed. The meaning of this was unknown, he first glanced at Xue Chen, and then asked Xue Yuntao:
"You tell me, what's going on? Who is this girl?"
Xue Yuntao looked at Ning, moved the corner of his mouth, then lifted up the corner of his robe, knelt down at Ning, clasped his fists and apologized:
"My son is unfilial, which has implicated his father and mother, and has brought shame to the Xue family."
Xue Yuntao is the eldest son of the Xue family in the East Mansion. The descendants of the Xue family are in trouble. Xue Ke has only one son. Whether it is talented or character, Xue Ke has always been proud of him. He has never brought glory to the family. But like today, when guests gather, such a scandal is really shameless.
Therefore, Ning did not show tolerance for his son in this matter, but asked him in a cold voice:
"What I ask you is, who is that girl?"
Xue Wan also forgot to cry and knelt beside Xue Yuntao. Looking at this father who had always been as tall as a mountain in her impression, but in front of this grandmother, she could only bow down and admit her mistakes and dare not disobey at all. Her uneasiness grew. Her mother always told her that her father would welcome them into the door one day, but Xue Wan also vaguely felt that maybe this matter would be a little unsuccessful when she made such a fuss.
"She is...Su'e and me." Xue Yuntao dared not hide it anymore and told her about it.
Ning frowned, obviously knowing the name Su'e, and said, "After so many years, have you still contacted Xu Su'e?"
Xue Yuntao did not make a sound, but just nodded silently. After hesitating for a while, he said again:
"She has been following me, Wan'er is our daughter, and there is also a son, nine years old this year, named Xue Lei."
Hearing this, even Ning couldn't calm down. He slapped the bed frame and pointed at Xue Yuntao and said angrily:
"You bastard! Have you read the books to the dog's belly? He actually learned from those playboys to raise the outdoor room. Before your wife's body was cold, you let the daughter of the outdoor room make a fuss in the mansion. Are you worthy of your wife and your daughter?"
When Ning said this, his eyes were looking at Xue Chen who was sitting there watching the show without moving, which meant that her words were clearly meant to Xue Chen. From this we can see that the old lady must have known that Xue Yuntao had raised an outdoor room outside and had children.
A flash of inspiration in Xue Chen's mind, and he suddenly understood why this old lady broke the old rules and asked Xue Yuntao to welcome Xu Su'e into the door under the banner of true love, for fear that it was just for her son.
Perhaps the biggest mistake of Lu's family in Ning's eyes was not the daughter of a merchant, but that she did not give birth to a son until she died. Xue Chen felt sad again, and for her mother, Lu.
Xue Yuntao was scolded by Ning and dared not look up. He also knew how unauthentic he did this. However, when he and Xu Sue had a secret relationship and had made a lifelong decision, the family had arranged for him to be his wife for no reason. In the first two years, he squeezed Lu's life and was not willing to live a good life with her. It was then that time that he had sex with Xu Sue. But later, he discovered Lu's good deeds. When he wanted to break up with Xu Sue, she had already given birth to a son and a daughter for him, but she refused to join the palace as a concubine. He could not have to hide it from both sides. He wanted to wait until Lu's filial piety period passed before he could consider how to accommodate them. But he did not expect that today, he was completely revealed by such a reckless girl.
The two nannies came forward to calm down Ning. Ning sat on her head, looked around and asked Xue Yuntao:
"What are you going to do about this matter now?"
Although she was talking to Xue Yuntao, Ning's eyes glanced at Xue Chen as if nothing had happened. Xue Chen looked at her heart, as quiet as if she was not as her.
Xue Yuntao stood up straight, but did not look up and said to Ning's fate:
"It depends on the mother's disposal."
Xue Wan looked at Xue Yuntao in fear. He said that it was up to others to deal with it. If others asked him to abandon them, would he do it? Xue Wan only felt that the blow she suffered today was too great. Since childhood, although she was a shameful daughter in the outer room, she had a mother, a younger brother, and occasionally went to see their father. But now, she just wanted to fight for something, and she became the consequences of letting others decide her own destiny, which made her unable to figure it out.
Ning couldn't care what Xue Wan was thinking at this moment. After she was relieved, she passed by Xue Yuntao, looked straight at Xue Chen who had been silent, waved to her, and said:
"Sister Chen, come to my grandmother's place."
Xue Chen stood up dignifiedly and walked to Ning's side without looking squinting. Ning grabbed one of Xue Chen's hand, put it in his hand and looked at it for a moment. He sighed quietly and said to Xue Chen in a loving tone:
"Good kid, do you understand what happened today? This girl is your half-sister and she is also your father's child. What should you do about this matter?"
Xue Chen looked up at Ning, and his eyes were as clear as possible to reflect Ning's dirty heart at this moment, which made Ning's eyes involuntarily lower, and he did not dare to stare at these beautiful eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts.
Xue Chen's eyes returned to Xue Yuntao and Xue Wan again. Under Xue Yuntao's guilt, Xue Wan's fear, and Ning's expectant eyes, Xue Chen slowly uttered a few words:
"If I say, leave my son and mother, will my grandmother and father agree?"
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Everyone present was shocked by Xue Chen's words. Even Xue Yuntao raised his head in disbelief. Looking at this daughter who was as beautiful as a Buddha's lotus, it was really hard to believe that the saying "Leave your son and leave your mother" was said from a pure and beautiful little girl like her.
Ning looked at the granddaughter in amazement. Because of those four words, even the gentle and jade-like hand she was holding seemed a little cold. She just wanted to use this girl to go through a formality and show her kindness and justice as an old lady, but this girl really dared to speak.
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