Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 479: The Legacy of Our Ancestors
"Ugh."

Seeing that Yu Yanran was still worried, Gu Tingye sighed and said, "Then I'll go see her, you eat first."

"I will go with my husband." Yu Yanran said.

"No, it's not convenient for you with a big belly. And if you don't eat, you can't let the child starve, right?" Gu Tingye said.

"Oh, then I won't go. My dear, remember not to quarrel with her before going." Yu Yanran warned.

"I understand." Gu Tingye nodded.

After leaving the house, Gu Tingye sighed. Yu Yanran was good in every way except that she was too soft-tempered and lacked organization when handling some things.

He knew that Yu Yanran was doing this for his own good, and was worried that he would quarrel with Xiao Qinshi, which would be bad for his reputation.

But this always makes him feel that he has to face everything alone.

However, it was because Yu Yanran had a good temper that she treated his illegitimate sons and daughters as her own.

It can be said that there are gains and losses.

While he was lost in thought, Gu Tingye came to the main hall.

Looking at Xiao Qin who was sitting at the top, he didn't even bother to show his courtesy and sat down on his own, saying somewhat sarcastically, "What a rare guest."

When Gu Tingye came in, Xiao Qin smiled.

The smile was very gentle, just like it was in the beginning. If someone didn't know better, they would think that the two were still as loving mother and filial son as they were in the beginning.

Gu Tingye’s words made Xiao Qinshi’s smile freeze.

However, Xiao Qin had been pretending for so many years, so she was naturally very good at it. She smiled gently again and said, "Erlang, you have heard about your third brother's situation. Now only you can save him. I know there are some misunderstandings between you and me, but your third brother has the best relationship with you, and he is even at odds with me because of this matter."

"Misunderstanding? Are you saying that my mother's death by you was a misunderstanding? Or did you deliberately threaten my wife with her pregnancy so that my father had to force her to abort the child? Or did you deliberately force me to accept the infamy of angering my father to death?"

Gu Tingye sneered and said, "Tell me, which of these is a misunderstanding?"

"Erlang, your mother died of childbirth complications. I wasn't even married at that time, so how could I have harmed her? As for telling the master that your wife was pregnant, it was also for the sake of the family. After your father passed away, I was heartbroken, so I blamed all the responsibility on you. I know you have been branded for this, but I can tell outsiders that your father's death was an accident and has nothing to do with you." Xiao Qin said with tears in her eyes.

"Ah."

Gu Tingye sneered. There was no point in explaining now.

Not only will others not believe it, they will also think that Xiao Qin is virtuous.

Moreover, the matter has already been settled. If Xiao Qin explains it to others, it will be brought up again.

"Do you remember what I said before?" Gu Tingye said.

"What?" Xiao Qin wiped her tears and looked at Gu Tingye in confusion.

"The Southern Opera Troupe is nothing more than that." Gu Tingye sneered, "But now I realize that I was wrong. The Southern Opera Troupe can never compare to you. It's a pity that you don't go to sing opera with your acting skills."

"you…"

Xiao Qin pointed at Gu Tingye with an ugly look on her face, shaking with anger.

"Why can't you hold it in?" Gu Tingye mocked, "It's time to stop pretending. If you want to save your son, let's be frank. If you want to put on a show, don't blame me for driving you away."

"call…"

Xiao Qin took a deep breath, said with a cold face: "Tell me, what will it take for you to save Ting Wei."

"It would have been better if we had done this earlier." Gu Tingye said calmly, "Didn't Fourth Uncle and Fifth Uncle tell you my conditions?"

"I can agree to your mother's induction into the Gu family's ancestral hall, but it's useless for me to agree to this. The elders of the Sheng family must agree to it. I can only promise that I will not organize this matter. As for the suicide note you mentioned, there is no such thing."

"Your father's old illness, which was caused by you getting angry, relapsed. When he got home, he was already unable to speak. He didn't even leave a single last word, let alone a suicide note." Xiao Qin said.

"If you say so, there is no need for us to continue the conversation." Gu Tingye shook his head and said, "You should prepare to collect your son's body. Buying concubines for the rebellious king is definitely a capital crime."

It seemed that Xiao Qinshi agreed to one of his conditions, but in fact it was no different from not agreeing to it.

If his father had left a suicide note, he would have definitely left it in front of everyone in the Gu family, but this suicide note was not made public.

From this, it can be seen that those people in the Gu family have been bribed by Xiao Qin, or they have common interests.

It was simply impossible to ask them to agree to allow his mother to enter the Gu family ancestral hall.

"Are you really so heartless?" Xiao Qin said with a gloomy face.

"I learned this from you." Gu Tingye said lightly.

"Okay, very good!" Xiao Qin glared at Gu Tingye and left in anger.

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"Sister-in-law, did Erlang agree?"

When the fourth and fifth rooms learned that Xiao Qin had returned, they hurried over.

After seeing Xiao Qin, they all started asking questions at once.

"No." Xiao Qin wiped her eyes aggrievedly and said, "I went to beg him desperately, almost kneeling down to him, but he was so hard-hearted that he refused to agree."

"How could he do this? We are all family, and you are his mother. Isn't he still angry after doing this?"

"He is so disrespectful to you as his mother. Let's just write a letter to report him. Then we'll see if the government will employ someone like him who has no parents."

Upon hearing this, the fourth and fifth rooms angrily attacked Gu Tingye.

"Or, let's give him the official's suicide note." Xiao Qin said.

"No!"

The fourth and fifth masters' faces changed when they heard this.

In Gu Yankai's suicide note, he not only said that he would pass the title to Gu Tingye, but also mentioned the division of the family.

In fact, their father had already divided the property for them before he died.

However, Gu Yankai attached great importance to brotherhood and did not mention this matter after his father's death.

At that time, in order to repay the money owed to the court, the Gu family forced Gu Yankai to divorce his wife and remarry, so there was no money left in the family.

In ancient times, when a family was divided, the lion's share was reserved for the main branch. As the Gu family was relatively tight on financial matters at the time, they didn't get any inheritance at all.

After Gu Yankai inherited the title, the Gu family prospered and their lives became better and better.

However, Gu Yankai did not divide the property among them, but asked them to divide it according to the division agreement of that year.

Gu Tingyu wants the title, and Xiao Qin wants to kick Gu Tingye out of the Gu family.

The fourth and fifth rooms wanted to stay in the Gu family and enjoy wealth.

So they hit it off and burned Gu Yankai's suicide note.

If the suicide note were really made public, they would have to move out of the mansion.

"But if we don't agree to his conditions, what will Tingwei and the others do?" Xiao Qin said anxiously.

"Don't worry, sister-in-law. Let's think of a solution. Besides, the suicide note has been destroyed and we can't give it to him." said the Fourth Master.

"Yes, why don't we go talk to Dalang? Erlang wants the suicide note because he wants the title, right? Why don't we ask Dalang to give him the title?" said the Fifth Master.

"That's right. Since Dalang has no children, he should inherit the title!" said the fourth master.

Xiao Qin sneered in her heart. No matter how they got the title, it would never fall into the hands of the fourth and fifth rooms, so of course they didn't care.

"But I'm afraid Dalang won't agree to this. Why don't we tell him the contents of the suicide note. Although it has been accidentally destroyed, it will still be useful if we verify it together." Xiao Qin said.

"No, we must not admit the existence of the suicide note. Otherwise, if it gets out, how will people in the world view our Gu family?" The fourth master said, "Let's go talk to Dalang."

"Fourth brother is right. We just need to let Dalang report the matter to the clan office. We talk to him and he knows the seriousness of the matter. He will definitely agree." said the fifth master.

Looking at the people from the fourth and fifth rooms who left in a hurry, Xiao Qin smiled coldly. "Da Lang, since you don't want to show up, I can only do this."

She knew that Gu Tingyu was very smart and might be able to get Gu Tingye to agree.

However, Gu Tingyu hated Gu Tingye very much, so it was impossible for him to give the title to Gu Tingye.

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"Cough...cough...cough..."

"Sir, are you okay?" Shao patted Gu Tingyu's back with red eyes.

"No...it's okay." Gu Tingyu's face was pale, but he was smiling.

"They are going too far. The master has already acted like this, yet they still want to force him." Shao said angrily.

"Ahem... Don't they want me to go find Erlang? Then I'll go." Gu Tingyu said.

"What?" Shao was stunned and said anxiously, "Sir, my second uncle must hate you very much now. If you go there, won't you be humiliated by him?"

"No, I just happen to want to talk to Erlang too." Gu Tingyu said.

"Then I will go with you, sir." said Shao.

"Don't!" Gu Tingyu said, "You stay at home with him, I'll go alone."

Although Shao was worried, she could only nod her head and said, "Sir, be careful. If it doesn't work, come back. Let them refuse their own troubles."

"Got it." Gu Tingyu smiled and nodded.

"Someone, go and notify everyone and have someone prepare the car." Shao ordered.

"Yes!" a maid responded and hurried away.

"Go and get the wooden box I put away earlier." Gu Tingyu said.

Upon hearing this, Shao went to find the wooden box.

"Sir, what's in here?"

"Haha, something that will make Jilang agree."

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"I guessed you would come." Gu Tingye looked at Gu Tingyu with a complicated expression.

"I didn't expect that I would come." Gu Tingyu said self-deprecatingly.

He thought that Xiao Qin and the fourth and fifth rooms would agree to Gu Tingye's conditions for the sake of their children.

"Cough cough..."

"Are you OK?"

Gu Tingye stepped forward and wanted to support Gu Tingyu.

"No need!" Gu Tingyu smiled and said, "I'm fine. I can go by myself."

After saying this, he walked inside with his body hunched over.

Gu Tingyu tried hard to straighten his back. Perhaps because he had done so many things that had let Gu Tingye down, he didn’t want to appear vulnerable in front of Gu Tingye.

He saw Gu Tingye's concern and worry as pity.

Gu Tingye sighed and followed Gu Tingyu.

After arriving at the main hall and sitting down, Gu Tingyu gave all the wooden boxes he was holding to Gu Tingye.

"This is what you want." Gu Tingyu said.

Gu Tingye took it and opened it, only to see a letter and some yellowed papers inside.

Gu Tingye took out the things inside and looked at the yellowed papers.

All I saw written on it was the division of property between the fourth and fifth rooms.

The other one recorded some silver and miscellaneous items.

"This is the property that my grandfather allocated for the fourth and fifth rooms. The other one was your mother's dowry, which your father had sealed up. That letter is your father's suicide note," said Gu Tingyu.

Upon hearing this, Gu Tingye opened the letter and started reading.

Gu Yankai's suicide note was very simple. After his death, Gu Tingye would inherit the title, and Bai's dowry would also belong to Gu Tingye.

The letter was not written in Gu Yankai's handwriting, but it had Gu Yankai's signature.

This shows that Gu Yankai was too weak to write at that time, and the suicide note was dictated by him and written by someone else.

"Why was this suicide note left behind?" Gu Tingye asked.

Gu Tingyu answered irrelevantly and asked: "With this, you can save people, right?"

"These originally belonged to me. Don't you think it's ridiculous to ask me to save people with these? Moreover, they are rebels. Do you think I can save them?" Gu Tingye said sarcastically.

"You have!" Gu Tingyu said, "They have brought shame to the Gu family by rebelling. Although their death is not a pity, they are members of the Gu family after all. If they are punished too severely, it will also affect the Gu family. The Gu family will be yours in the future. For the sake of the Gu family and yourself, you should save them."

"Why should I save him? Do you really think I care about the title of the Gu family? Even if there is no title of the Gu family, I can make meritorious deeds and be awarded a title of nobility in the future!" said Gu Tingye.

"You are so smart, can't you see the purpose of the government awarding you the orange orchard? Yes, you have made great contributions to the emperor. If you make new contributions in the future, it will not be difficult for the government to award you a title. But does this title have the red seal of the Gu family's ancestral temple, and the prestige left by the Gu family's ancestors?"

"Why do you think you were able to easily mobilize troops from the Western Suburbs Camp when you held the Blood Edict? That was all thanks to the legacy of the Gu family's ancestors."

"Even if you are granted a title and still have the surname Gu, it is no longer the original Ningyuan Marquis Mansion." Gu Tingyu said with great sorrow.

Gu Tingye said nothing when he heard this. When he went to the western suburbs camp to mobilize troops, things were indeed not going smoothly at the beginning.

Later I found out that the person who agreed to send troops was once his father's subordinate.

"The emperor also wants you to inherit the title of Marquis of Ningyuan. Do you think you can give up this title if you don't want it?" Gu Tingyu sneered.

"If that's the case, why did you hide the suicide note and let me bear the infamy of being the one who angered my father to death?" Gu Tingye asked.

"Why should I explain to you? The suicide note has already been given to you, so do whatever you want. I am a dying man, why should I worry about these things?"

After Gu Tingyu finished speaking, he stood up and walked out.

"Cough...cough..."

Gu Tingye stared at the suicide note in a daze.

"Lord."

I don’t know how long it took, but a servant walked into the hall and interrupted Gu Tingye’s thoughts.

"What's the matter?" Gu Tingye asked.

"A eunuch has come to the palace and said that the emperor wants the master to enter the palace," said the servant.

"understood!"

Gu Tingye nodded, packed up the suicide note, and returned to the backyard.

"Sir, what's the matter with you, brother?" Yu Yanran asked.

"The emperor summoned me to the palace. I will come back and tell you about this later." Gu Tingye said.

"Yes." Yu Yanran nodded and quickly ordered the servants to find Gu Tingye's official uniform.

"I have been dismissed from my official position, so I will not wear official uniform anymore. Please keep this." Gu Tingye handed the wooden box to Yu Yanran.

(End of this chapter)