When Mr. Qiu San heard his wife say that a woman had brought a child to trace her roots, he jumped up.

"Who wants to harm me? I've been home every day for over a year. I haven't spent the night outside."

Mrs. Qiu also jumped up and slapped him on the head. "It's Aunt Chang. I told you to just accept the tribute from the Chang family, but you insisted on drinking with them and sleeping with their daughter born from a concubine. After you slept with her, I agreed to let her into the mansion. Now, the Chang family is not a human being, so are you not a human being too?

"Once you enter the Qiu family, you belong to the Qiu family. You kicked them out. Didn't I ask you, what if she's pregnant with your child? What did you say? You said she'd been with you for a year and she hadn't gotten pregnant, so it was impossible. Now she's here with a child, do you recognize her?"

She said as she hit him, and Mr. Qiu San fled in fear, "Who knows if it's my child? If she brings him home, I have to recognize him!"

Mrs. Qiu San chased her and kicked her, "Look at it, is it your child? He looks just like you. Shameless thing! A man like an animal! He refuses to admit it even after he pulled up his pants. I've sent it back to you. If I hadn't sent it back, I would have sold it to the Xianggu Pavilion. As a father, do you have any shame?"

Mrs. Qiu San was panting and could only sit down to drink a sip of water.

Mr. Qiu San stood at the door, not daring to go out. He thought about what his wife said. If his son really became an elephant aunt, he would be ashamed to face his ancestors.

There was a case in the previous dynasty. A man always abandoned his wife. The woman was even more ruthless. She gave birth to a son and sold him to an elephant house. Many years later, she still managed to send the man's legitimate son to the elephant house to play. Later, the truth was revealed. A group of men went to taste the feeling of being an elephant house because they were descendants of a wealthy family.

The legitimate son went mad, the woman burned herself and her son to death, and the man was expelled from the family.

Mr. Qiu San shuddered all over and tried to rush out.

Mrs. Qiu San said, "Stop! Concubine Chang's mother and brothers are accompanying her to Beijing. I have arranged for them to be kept under guard. The truth cannot be concealed. You and I will go see the eldest sister later. The child is over one year old. Tell Concubine Chang that he will be memorizing the family tree when he is three years old. Buy a small house for the Chang family mother and son to live in. You can also open a shop for Concubine Chang's brothers so that they can make a living. If her brother doesn't have a wife, you must find him a wife from our village. Don't let others do it."

Mr. Qiu Sanye nodded to whatever his wife said and followed her obediently to the Prince Weixing's Mansion.

The Princess of Weixing County knew that her brother had gotten into trouble again, and the trouble was not light, as soon as she saw the expression of her brother's wife.

She asked in a trembling voice, "What's wrong? Hasn't Third Brother been much more obedient this year?"

Mrs. Qiu San said, "I didn't clean up the shit I took earlier."

The Princess of the County choked, saying, "That's the bad thing about my sister-in-law: sometimes she speaks too rudely."

When she arranged a marriage for her younger brother, she had disagreed because her sister-in-law's father was only a Tongzhi. But at that time, her younger brother was spoiled by their mother, so it was difficult for him to find a good marriage.

At that time, my mother was helpless and said that it was good enough that someone was willing to marry me.

Even more scoundrel than his younger brother is the fourth son of the Xue family. If it weren't for General Xue arranging a marriage for his younger brother from Guanzhong, the girls from good families in Beijing would not marry into the Xue family.

Having such a bastard brother also affected her. The prince refused to let her raise her legitimate son by his side no matter what, and moved him out of the inner courtyard when he was three years old.

After hearing her sister-in-law's explanation, the Princess of the County was so angry that she stood up and slapped her brother on the head, "Tell me what you did. If you wanted to kick her out, you should have locked her up in the manor for a year to make sure she wasn't pregnant before kicking her out. Now look, there's a whole city goingssip about it. People had almost forgotten about the guest reception, and now you've brought it up again.

"Tell me, have you ever done a good thing? Mother was worried about you before she died, and you knelt down before her and promised to live a peaceful life in the future. Can you please let me worry less? I already have a grandson, and you still make me worry all day long!"

Mr. Qiu San did not run away in fear, but endured the beating. Then he knelt down and hugged the Princess's legs and cried.

"Sister, I know I was wrong, I won't do it again!"

The princess kicked him and broke free.

Mrs. Qiu San helped her elder sister-in-law sit back down

The Princess asked, "Are you sure it's from the Qiu family?"

Mrs. Qiu San said, "He looks exactly like the master, and a bit like Shuan'er too."

Shuan'er is the nickname of her eldest son.

The Princess of the County said gently to Mrs. Qiu San: "It's hard for you. It's all because of the disappointing Third Brother."

Mrs. Qiu San said, "Whether I'm embarrassed or not is a small matter. This child needs to have a history. Otherwise, how can we explain to the public that a one-year-old child suddenly appeared out of nowhere? When he grows up and gets engaged, the in-laws don't want to know who the child's biological mother is. If he's still in the womb, we can just give him to any concubine, but he's already this old now, and it's hard to explain."

She thought her elder sister-in-law would ask her to give birth to the child under the name of a concubine, so she said it in advance.

Third Master Qiu said, "So what if we say it's Concubine Chang's child? I'm an open person and I don't do shady things. Otherwise, when the child grows up and wants to get married, should I hide it from my in-laws or tell the truth? If I hide it from them and they find out in the future, won't we become enemies? It's better to be open and honest now. If there's no one in Beijing to marry, I can find someone from other provinces or the countryside. That's also upright."

When Mr. Qiu saw that his wife didn't glare at him, he knew what he said was right. He then raised his chest, patted his chest and said, "If he's my son, I recognize him. I won't play those empty tricks to deceive people."

The Princess was so angry that she almost laughed. "Do you think you are quite capable? You are more glorious than the general who returned triumphantly to the capital?"

Mr. Qiu wilted, hunched over, and bowed his head. "Okay, I'll listen to you, elder sister. I'll do whatever you say."

The princess took a deep breath, wanting to kick him again. He said he would listen to her, but when he slept with women outside, why didn't he listen to his elder sister? It's not like there are no concubines in the mansion. They can just take off their pants outside after drinking some wine.

She glared at her brother and then turned to her sister-in-law and said, "You should take care of it. Keep an eye on him. Our son is getting married soon, and he's still doing something shameful."

Mrs. Qiu sighed and said, "Luckily Shuang'er is engaged. If it were a month later, the Cao family would have to think about it. They were afraid that their son would look like his father, so I repeatedly promised them that as long as there was a legitimate son, no concubines would be taken. Only then did they agree to marry their daughter. If there was no engagement, how could they find a wife for Shuan'er?"

The Princess had nothing to say. She had told her sister-in-law that it was a bit early to get engaged. If she waited half a year, she might meet someone better.

Now that I think about it, it was my sister-in-law who had foresight and quickly settled the matter with the Cao family. Otherwise, it would have been even harder for my nephew to get married than it was for his father.

When her younger brother was engaged, she told her sister-in-law's family that her younger brother was young and fun, and that he would be fine in a few years.

People are watching my eldest nephew closely now. His father is almost forty years old and still useless. What if my eldest nephew takes after his father?

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