Sheng Lanci was startled when he heard this, and instead of answering, he asked: "Why did my dear girl suddenly ask that? Did someone tell you something?"
"When we were on the ship, he kept talking as if he was not your son." Sheng Weiqiao pouted, because she had been trying to sue Sheng Suihe for the past two days, but Sheng Lanci kept trying to smooth things over with a smile. , at this moment, in case his father thought he was complaining again, he hurriedly explained, "When he mentioned you, he always said 'your father'. You said that if he is your child, how can he say that to you?"
"Then what happened next?" Sheng Lanci's tone was gentle, but there was a hint of solemnity in the depths of her pupils, and she said lovingly, "Later, my dear girl asked him why he said this about being a father?"
Sheng Weiqiao snorted: "I asked! He said he would no longer be a member of the Sheng family! So, is he your child? If not, why did you take him back and call him my brother?"
"Of course he is your brother." Sheng Lanci's eyes flickered for a moment, then he sighed and said, "After all, dear girl, you also know: my father is your grandfather's eldest son by his original wife, and your grandfather felt sorry for your missing grandmother. , I have always been very partial to our eldest family. My father’s male heir must be the person in charge of the future of the Sheng family! If he is not my father’s child, how can my father give up such a large Sheng family to an outsider?!”
After hearing this, Sheng Weiqiao bit her lip and was speechless for a long time - she didn't even know whether this would be joy or sorrow.
Ordinarily she should be disappointed, because if Sheng Suihe is not the blood of Sheng Lanci, it proves that her father has not betrayed the promise to her biological mother, and is still the good husband and father in her memory, and Sheng Suihe If you want to compete with her for property and favor, and go to Mrs. Sheng every day to complain, you are not qualified;
However, Sheng Weiqiao felt inexplicable when he thought that Sheng Suihe would never go back to the Sheng family again, and would stay on this island from now on, living the life of licking blood with the tip of a knife. He might one day be buried in the vast waves like the old sea master Gongsun. intolerable.
So now that she heard that Sheng Suihe was indeed her brother, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Of course it's not because I can't bear to let him go, but because this pirate den is really not a good place!" Sheng Weiqiao thought depressingly, "As a citizen of Damu, I don't want to see anyone join the pirates for any reason. That’s all! I’m thinking about the people’s livelihood!”
Sheng Weiqiao instantly felt that he was very great, thinking that he really had the same demeanor as his grandfather did back then. Didn't his grandfather just leave the wealthy children alone and leave his direct grandmother Ai Shi to join the army in northern Xinjiang to serve the country
Sure enough, this awareness that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world is a family tradition of the Sheng family, and this generation has demonstrated it in this young lady!
Sheng Weiqiao had so many thoughts running through her mind that she forgot to answer. Next to her, Sheng Lanci saw that her daughter remained silent, so she only thought that her daughter was expressing her resistance to Sheng Suihe.
He frowned secretly, pondered for a moment, and smiled bitterly: "Actually, although He'er is indeed your brother, his biological mother is not his father's wife."
After a pause, Sheng Lanci solemnly emphasized, "A father has never had an outside wife!"
"Then who is his biological mother?" Sheng Weiqiao was stunned when he heard this and asked subconsciously.
Before he finished speaking, he remembered that when he asked about Sheng Sleeping He's biological mother in Shengfu Ancestral Hall, his answer seemed to imply that the person was no longer alive
Sure enough, Sheng Lan said, "She should be gone."
"Should it?" Sheng Weiqiao couldn't help but frowned and asked in confusion, "Why did dad say it should be? Couldn't dad also confirm the life or death of that person? Why?"
"Actually, my father has never met his biological mother." After Sheng Lanci said this, he waved his hand to stop his daughter's eager inquiry and said, "This kind of thing should not be told to your daughter's family, but right now As for us father and daughter, my father told you, but you can't tell anyone later: I just met your mother not long ago, and due to a business trip, I went to another county."
"That business had nothing to do with the government, but an official from the local government had met my father once in Chang'an. He accidentally learned that my father had gone there, so he sent people to the inn where his father lived to invite him. stick."
"My father didn't know the official well when he was in Chang'an, but when he met an old friend in a foreign country, and he was a half-landowner, there was absolutely no reason why he should not go to the appointment."
"The official invited some people from the yamen to accompany him, and the banquet started with drinking. Because my father was not familiar with the rules of that place, and as a guest, he had to give in to the host, so he gradually drank too much."
"Then I spent the night in his house in a daze. When I woke up the next morning, the official said that my father was very drunk, so he kept my father in the guest room for one night and asked the maid to change my father's clothes - My father didn’t feel anything was wrong at that moment, so I exchanged a few words with him, had breakfast with him, and then left!”
When Sheng Weiqiao heard this, he frowned and said, "What do you mean, dad, that the official asked a prostitute to serve you that night?"
She knew about domestic prostitutes, because the atmosphere in Nanfeng County was more luxurious, and almost all the wealthy and well-established officials in the county kept domestic prostitutes and entertainers to entertain their guests.
Originally, the Sheng family wanted to raise them, but because the second master, Sheng Lansi, was greedy for beauty, Mrs. Sheng felt that raising such a group of people in his family was basically a private hookup for Sheng Lansi in the house, and he didn't know what to do. What a ruin to the family tradition - so it’s better not to raise him anymore and let this son go outside to play, so as not to spoil the children at home!
When the old man scolded Sheng Lance like this, Sheng Weiqiao happened to hear it, so he naturally knew that rich families raised prostitutes not for their own children to play with, but mainly to entertain guests.
However, generally speaking, this kind of hospitality often requires the consent of the guest before sending a prostitute to attend the bed. It is rare for a prostitute to enter the room without saying hello.
Not to mention that the guest was still in a drunken state - Sheng Weiqiao thought that if this was the case, it was really his father's fault, but the official was really hateful! ! !
She didn't want Sheng Lanci to sigh, shook her head and said, "Prostitutes are often given sterilization drugs, so it is difficult for them to have children. How could they give birth to your brother?"
He looked troubled for a while, then whispered the answer, "Yes... she is the official's wife!"
"What?!" Sheng Weiqiao never expected such a truth. She almost jumped up from her seat and said dumbfounded, "Does the official know?!"
Sheng Lanci said happily: "It was originally arranged by him, how could he not know?"
Sheng Weiqiao really stood up now: "Then the official arranged it?! Is he crazy!"
She originally thought that her own father was too handsome when he was young, which made the official's wife have the idea of Hongxing having an affair - who knew that the mastermind was actually that official? !
Seeing her shocked look, Sheng Lanci couldn't speak for a while, but finally gritted her teeth and said: "My dear, you don't know, this kind of borrowing is common in remote places, especially among foreigners. . However, the borrowing of seeds from foreign tribes is often due to the small number of people in the tribe. After several generations of intermarriage, if there is no inflow of outside blood, the children will not survive. As for the official, it was because he was already over 40 years old and had a full house of wives and concubines, but Always getting nowhere!”
Childlessness has been a big problem throughout the ages.
In fact, Sheng Lanci himself has been disturbed by this issue in recent years. The main reason is that even if the person involved does not care about it, his family, servants, relatives and friends will help to worry about it. In this way, the matter will become a big deal.
However, Sheng Lanci was determined and strong-willed. The only person who could suppress him was Mrs. Sheng, who favored his eldest son. Everyone saw that they really couldn't get a word in, so they stopped.
But that was not the case with the official who plotted against Sheng Lanci. That person was very concerned about childlessness. In order to cover up this problem, he would rather borrow a seed than adopt a step-heir from the clan - and he chose Sheng Lanci.
This is not surprising. Sheng Lanci has outstanding appearance, was born as a Jinshi, and has always been in very good health. His descendants will more or less inherit his advantages.
The most important thing is that Sheng Lanci's ancestral home is Nanfeng County, which is far away from where he works as an official and his hometown.
In this way, even if the child born from seed looks like his biological father, no one will be able to detect it. At most, they will think that the child does not look like his parents, but maybe he looks like a relative who has been separated for many generations!
"Originally, the official's plan went smoothly. My father didn't know anything. His wife also got pregnant as expected and gave birth to He'er." Sheng Lanci looked at her dumbfounded daughter, smiled bitterly and pressed her shoulder, motioning her to sit down. He came down and listened to himself continue to say, "The official was so happy that he was cleared of his reputation as an heir. Seeing He'er's beauty and cuteness, he naturally treated him as his own son and doted on him very much!"
After a pause, "This is also the reason why He'er wore luxurious clothes when he lived on Tortoiseshell Island, and he looked like a rich man at first sight!"
Sheng Weiqiao asked puzzledly: "Since the official valued him so much, why did he fall into the hands of human traffickers? Besides, I remember he told me before that he had been living in another courtyard until he was five or six years old?"
-Normal children will definitely live with their parents or grandparents before they reach adulthood. Especially the only "son" who is highly valued, how can he be sent to live in another house
"Because things in the world are unpredictable." Sheng Lanci said happily, "When He'er was three years old, the official's wife was pregnant again - and the child was definitely the official's own flesh and blood, and he was still a boy. !”
Sheng Weiqiao was shocked!
"Although the official loves He'er, it's mainly because he thinks that he can't have biological flesh and blood." Sheng Lanci sighed, "Speaking of which, He'er's life is miserable. If he grows up to ten or eight years old, he will not be as good as that official." The relationship between them has deepened, and maybe the official will still be reluctant to let him go. But he was only three years old at the time, and he only got along with the official for only two years. How can such a brief relationship be worth the importance of the future of his biological heir? "
After all, Sheng Suihe is the eldest son of that official!
In terms of inheritance rights, it has a natural advantageous position.
The official didn't want him to take possession of his real flesh and blood, so how could he tolerate the existence of such an "eldest son"
"Simply He'er's biological mother couldn't bear him. Although she couldn't resist her husband, she finally persuaded her husband not to kill He'er directly. Instead, he placed He'er in another hospital to 'recuperate' on the pretext of being weak and sick, and gradually faded away from the crowd - at that time He'er is only three years old and has incomplete memory. Perhaps he has forgotten the time when he lived in a big house and only thinks that he has been living in a separate courtyard."
"Originally, his biological mother planned to give him a reputation of being 'weak', so she naturally had to worry about it in the future so that her younger brother could inherit the family business instead of him. In this way, even if he was put under house arrest for the rest of his life, his life would be safe. . However, He'er was young and didn't know his situation. Not long after he arrived at the other courtyard, he showed his amazing talent due to the occasional teachings from a literate servant girl!"
When Sheng Lanci said this, he showed a complicated look, "He is actually born with a photographic memory - the servant girl who taught him how to read was also kind-hearted, so she just wanted to report this matter, maybe the eldest son she was serving could come back." Go to the mansion! But the official knew it and insisted on eradicating it despite his wife’s obstruction!”
After all, if Sheng Sleeping Crane has such a talent, even if he was raised useless when he was a child, he will get over it when he grows up, and maybe he can turn around with this talent!
That official would never tell anyone about his borrowing of seeds, so it would be hard for him, the eldest son, not to threaten his younger brother's status!
For the sake of his own son's safety, how could the official let him live? !