readytorunbook Chapter 229 Private or Public
Chapter 229 Private or Public
Shangguan Zhenhua's behavior and attitude are very arrogant.
However, the head of the Qiao family was in Shangguan Zhenhua's hands. No matter how angry the Qiao family members were, they dared not act rashly at this moment. They were really angry but dared not speak out.
"Duke Protector of the Country, put down your knife. Let's talk it over nicely." The Qiao family's head's arrogance faded, and he cursed Qiao Yuliang in his heart. Why did he have to provoke Shangguan Zhenhua, the old madman? This damn old man didn't even take the royal princes seriously.
The most important thing is that Qiao Yuliang, this prodigal grandson, was not careful in doing things and was caught red-handed so easily.
The other members of the Qiao family also begged for mercy, asking Shangguan Zhenhua to calm down first.
Shangguan Zhenhua looked at the head of the Qiao family coldly: "I never bully others by taking advantage of my power, but I also don't allow others to bully me. Old man Qiao, let's settle this account today."
He put away his sword.
The head of the Qiao family breathed a sigh of relief and immediately called Qiao Yuliang's guards over to ask about the situation. He then had someone wake Qiao Yuxin up and asked a few questions.
The guards were all frightened by Ye Tang's beating, so they did not hide anything and told Qiao Yuliang's instructions in detail.
Seeing that everything had been exposed, Qiao Yuxin came to her senses and only wanted to protect herself, so she pushed all the responsibility onto Qiao Yuliang: "Grandfather, it's not my fault. It was my sixth brother who forced me to do it. He said that although Ye Ping'an came from the countryside, he is at least the grandson of the Duke of Huguo. After I marry him, I will definitely live a good life. I don't know Ye Ping'an. It was my sixth brother who forced me to do it. If I don't do what he said, he will give me to someone else as a concubine."
The head of the Qiao family was furious: "Asshole, who is he? How can he be qualified to give the daughter of the Qiao family to someone else as a concubine? Your marriage is decided by the mistress of the house."
Qiao Yuxin lowered her head: "My second sister Yuwan was given to General Ma by my sixth brother."
The head of the Qiao family has seven sons and six daughters. Each son has many wives and concubines, and his children and grandchildren number as many as a hundred.
Qiao Yuliang is from the first wife's side, born to concubine Zheng. Zheng is quite favored. She is the old wife of the head of the Qiao family, and a distant relative of the old lady of the Qiao family. Because of this relationship, and the fact that Zheng is good at bewitching men, she has the first wife of the first wife under great pressure, and is in charge of the first wife's household affairs. Many illegitimate sons and daughters listen to her.
So Qiao Yuliang can really decide the marriage arrangements of these illegitimate sons and daughters.
Although he is also a bastard.
In the past two years, many illegitimate sons and daughters have been harmed by Zheng.
There are many illegitimate grandchildren in the family, but the head of the Qiao family never disciplines them. Unless the child really has extraordinary abilities, like Qiao Yuliang, who is very talented in business, he will reluctantly pay a few more attention to him.
Among his many illegitimate grandchildren, only Qiao Yuliang received his teachings.
But I never thought that this kid would become so arrogant. He is good at doing things, but he is more capable of getting into trouble.
He also did so many things in private to harm the young people of the clan.
Qiao Yuxin told all the evil things Qiao Yuliang had done: "Grandfather, Sixth Brother also said that he will become the pillar of the big house in the future. Those legitimate sons and daughters are no match for him. Everyone has to rely on him."
Qiao Yuliang was lying on the ground and heard Qiao Yuxin tell him everything he had done without hiding anything. He was very angry and wanted to get up and teach Qiao Yuxin a lesson, but he couldn't.
"No, yes, grandson, it's unjust..." Qiao Yuliang opened his mouth with difficulty, and his words were unclear. If you didn't listen carefully, you couldn't hear them at all.
Among the people present, some were legitimate descendants of the Qiao family. At this moment, they looked at Qiao Yuliang with extremely sarcastic, mocking, and disgusting eyes.
"You little bastard, dare you call yourself the pillar of the first house? You don't know your own limitations!"
"I don't know how my uncle manages the household. He actually lets a concubine take charge of the household expenses."
"He favors his concubine so blatantly and neglects his wife. He is not afraid that his aunt will be destroyed with him."
"My uncle is such a coward that he actually let his illegitimate son step on his legitimate son's head."
The head of the Qiao family's face turned pale and he glared at Qiao Yuliang hatefully.
Xiao Jingxuan interrupted the whispers of the Qiao family impatiently: "Master Qiao, you can deal with your family's affairs later, and solve our affairs first. No matter how lowly Qiao Yuliang's status is, it is a fact that he harmed my brother-in-law. Your indulgence is indispensable. If you hadn't spoiled him, how could he dare to be so arrogant and disregard the law!"
The head of the Qiao family sighed and said, "It is because I have not taught you well. Your Majesty, what should I do to relieve your anger?"
Xiao Jingxuan knocked on the armrest: "You have to not only relieve my anger, but also the anger of my father-in-law's family. Their anger is much greater than mine."
Ye Peng withdrew his gaze from his son. Although his son had suffered injustice, fortunately his daughter left in time and his son did not lose his virginity. He was still a clean, handsome young man with nothing missing from his body.
He said to Patriarch Qiao coldly, "Patriarch Qiao, we give you two choices, one is a private settlement, the other is a public settlement."
"Private settlement means we resolve this matter privately, and public settlement means our government will bring this matter to the Emperor."
The head of the Qiao family turned pale. They could not bring this matter to the emperor. In recent years, the Qiao family had been prospering and earning more and more money. They had become rich enough to rival a country. The children of the family had become ambitious and did many arrogant things. The emperor had already regarded the Qiao family as a thorn in his side.
The current emperor is not the newly-founded Emperor Yuanwu, but an emperor with an iron fist. He no longer needs the four major families.
If today's incident really gets to the emperor, the emperor will definitely take this opportunity to punish the Qiao family. By then, the Qiao family will be severely punished if not destroyed.
"Privately, privately, the Qiao family is willing to settle the matter privately with the Duke of Huguo's Mansion. The emperor is very busy, so we should not bother him with such a small matter."
The Duke of the Protectorate glared and said, "My grandson was kidnapped and drugged. Is this a small matter?"
Patriarch Qiao shook his head: "That's not what I meant?"
Ye Peng asked: "How do you plan to compensate my son for the injustice he has suffered?"
Ye Ping'an held out his hand: "I won't give up without a million taels of silver."
Ye Tang glared at him: "Brother, how can you be so vulgar? The Qiao family is the richest family in the Yuan Dynasty. They are a big salt and iron merchant. The family business covers a wide range of areas, including porcelain, dyeing factories, banks, and pawnshops. Oh, by the way, the largest bank in our Yuan Dynasty is the Qiao family's..."
Ye Tang glanced at the Qiao family with a smile on his face: "The bank! That's all silver! A mere one million taels of silver is just a drop in the bucket for the Qiao family. Today, the Qiao family was wrong first. The head of the Qiao family is very righteous and will definitely not use a mere one million taels of silver to get rid of us."
The head of the Qiao family's eyelids twitched, and he suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Princess Ping'an is absolutely right. Then let's add another one million taels of silver." The head of the Qiao family said with a painful look on his face.
Shangguan Zhenhua and his gang came here not just to seek justice, they came here to rob.