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"Fan Xian, you're wrong. I don't care! Apart from Fan Jian, no one in the Fan family would care!"
Fan Xian never expected that his seemingly normal words would enrage Fan Ruoruo.
What he didn't know was that Fan Ruoruo's anger stemmed from his and Fan Jian's complete neglect of Fan Ruoruo's older brother and mother.
The more than one hundred members of the Fan family kneeling in the ancestral hall never imagined that the Qin Princess, known for her gentleness and virtue, would also unleash her fierce power.
However, in their hearts, none of these people actually wanted Fan Xian to be included in the Fan family genealogy.
After all, there is no blood relation, and it also harbors huge potential crises.
Fan Jian was even more surprised that Fan Ruoruo would call him by his first name!
Although given Fan Ruoruo's current status, there is no problem with calling her by her first name.
However, this is not something the gentle and obedient Fan Ruoruo used to do.
At that moment, he felt that his father's dignity as the head of the family was being challenged.
"Ruoruo, how could you say that about your brother!"
Upon hearing this, Fan Ruoruo gritted her teeth, her anger rising even higher.
She slammed her hand on the table, startling Fan Sizhe, who was kneeling in the back row, deep in thought.
"Because of my brother, I, Fan Ruoruo, will never allow Fan Xian to be included in the Fan family genealogy!"
"You used my own brother, who wasn't even born with a formal name, to exchange for this person's life!"
“Every time I see this person, I am reminded of my brother who died unjustly, and my mother who died of depression and was driven to her death by you, Fan Jian!”
"Fan Jian, if you had shown even the slightest remorse towards your mother and brother over the years, I wouldn't be so angry!"
"Now this person still acts arrogant and smug, becoming a member of the Fan family with a condescending attitude. What gives him the right?"
Upon hearing Fan Ruoruo's words, Fan Xian was momentarily speechless.
He glanced at the expressions of the people around him and suddenly realized that everyone except Fan Jian would disagree with his decision to join the Fan family.
Seeing Fan Xian's somewhat bewildered expression, Fan Jian felt a pang of heartache.
He knelt on the ground and said in a firm tone, "Princess Qin, now that you are married, you are a member of the royal family!"
"The affairs of the Fan family are naturally decided by me, the clan head."
"No matter what happens in the world, it cannot escape the principle of reason. Even if the Regent King rules the world, he cannot interfere in the affairs of my Fan family!"
"Even if the sky falls today, I, Fan Jian, will make sure Fan Xian is included in my Fan family genealogy and becomes a member of the Fan family!"
The father and daughter were locked in a fierce battle, while everyone else remained silent in fear.
Fan Xian, who always prided himself on his intelligence, was now at a loss for words. Anything he said would be wrong, because he was, after all, not a member of the Fan family.
But at that moment, a furious shout suddenly came from the back row!
"Fan Jian! Don't yell at my sister!"
"I'm not dead yet! What kind of adopted son did you take in!"
Fan Ruoruo looked up in surprise and found Fan Sizhe standing up with an angry expression.
Liu Ruyu, standing to the side, stared wide-eyed in surprise, trying to stop Fan Sizhe but unable to hold him back at all.
"Fan Jian, you have sons too, why are you so eager to have Fan Xian as your son!"
"Everyone in the world knows that Fan Xian isn't your son!"
"My sister can't handle this, right? I, Fan Sizhe, will!"
Seeing Fan Sizhe stand up and speak to him like that, Fan Jian instantly flew into a rage!
As the head of the family, he had accumulated considerable authority over the years and his word was law at home.
It was bad enough that he was scolded by Princess Fan Ruoruo, the wife of the Prince of Qin, but he never expected that his youngest son would dare to order him around like that.
"Fan Sizhe, how dare you!"
Upon hearing these words, Fan Sizhe's legs inexplicably went weak, and he almost knelt down.
After all, he was his father who had beaten him since he was a child, and this pressure had seeped into his bones.
However, he glanced at Fan Ruoruo, then straightened up.
The day he went to see Fan Ruoruo, Li Chang'an said something to him.
Even an upright official finds it difficult to settle family disputes. Since Ruoruo has already married, the only way to save the Fan family is for Fan Sizhe to hold things together.
"Fan Jian! What are you yelling about!"
"In your own words, nothing in this world can escape reason, and the Fan family should manage its own affairs!"
"Fan Xian has no bloodline of the Fan family, and you, Fan Jian, are a man with a son to support you in your old age. Why do you adopt a son and include him in the family genealogy?"
"My lords and elders, is there any justice in this world?"
Upon hearing Fan Sizhe's words, the male members of the Fan family in the ancestral hall nodded in agreement.
Fan Sizhe continued, "Fan Jian, wake up! What kind of bewitching potion did Ye Qingmei give you?!"
"Ye Qingmei had a son with someone else, and you're treating him like a precious treasure!"
"You've put in so much effort here, and you haven't gotten anything in return. What were you thinking?!"
Fan Sizhe, who was skilled in arithmetic, really thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what Fan Jian was after.
What he really meant was, "Fan Jian, please, stop sucking up to him! He's been dead for twenty years!"
However, this was like publicly executing Fan Jian's deepest secrets, and Fan Jian instantly broke down!
"Fan Sizhe, you bastard!"
"You have no respect for elders and are utterly disrespectful to your superiors; you are unworthy of being a son!"
"So you think you can meddle in the affairs of the Fan family? I'll expel you from the Fan family right now!"
"From this day forward, you, Fan Sizhe, are no longer a member of the Fan family, and you have no right to interfere with Fan Xian's inclusion in the family genealogy!"
Upon hearing Fan Jian's words, Fan Ruoruo immediately stood up, "Fan Jian!"
"You're abandoning your own son again for Fan Xian! You're completely out of your mind!"
However, to Fan Ruoruo's surprise, Fan Sizhe rushed over directly.
He pressed down on Fan Ruoruo's shoulder to help her sit up, then rolled up his sleeves.
"Sis, sit down."
"Fan Jian wants to kick me out of the house, just you wait!"
"Just you wait, I'm going to teach this old senile man a lesson today!"
Seeing Fan Sizhe roll up his sleeves, Fan Jian couldn't help but take two steps back.
"You...what do you want to do!"
Fan Sizhe stood with one hand on his hip and the other pointing to the memorial tablets inside the ancestral hall.
"Fan Jian, the Fan family ancestors are all here watching today!"
Whether you expel me from the Fan family or not is not up to you!
"Eighteen years ago, you used the life of the eldest son of the Fan family to exchange for someone else's child!"
"Now, it's still this same Fan Xian, and you want to kick me out of the family because of him!"
"Today, it's not that I, Fan Sizhe, have failed as a son, but that you, Fan Jian, have failed as a father!"
Go against Tiangang!
Fan Jian was stunned, and Fan Ruoruo was also somewhat shocked.
The entire hall of male members of the Fan family were at a loss for words.
It is utterly incomprehensible to exchange the eldest son of the eldest son for the life of someone else's child.
Fan Jian stared in disbelief and said, "Fan Sizhe, you! What do you want to do?"
"You don't mean to kill your father, do you?!"
Fan Sizhe said, "Are you worthy? Are you worthy to be my father?"
"Today, all the uncles and elders of the clan are here. Please bear witness!"
"Does someone like Fan Jian, who sacrifices the Fan family bloodline and even allows a son from another family to be included in the family genealogy, deserve to be a member of the Fan family?"
"A family should live in harmony. How can you abandon your own son for someone else's son!"
"And it was two sons! Me, and my eldest brother who died innocently!"
"I, Fan Sizhe, propose that Fan Jian be expelled from the family!"
Before Fan Jian could react, Fan Ruoruo immediately followed up after Fan Sizhe finished speaking.
"With the ancestors of the Fan family above and all the elders in front of me, I recommend Fan Sizhe to be the head of the Fan family."
“At the court assembly the day before yesterday, Fan Sizhe was granted the title of Earl of Chengping, and like Fan Jian and Fan Xian, he is a first-class earl.”
"As for Fan Jian, he cannot distinguish right from wrong, is ignorant of reason, and is muddle-headed and incompetent; he is not fit to be the head of the Fan family!"