FID – Chapter 544

Chapter 544: Original Story Breaks Through the Heavens

  There was only one sentence from Elder Jiu’s long tirade that caught everyone’s attention.

  Your imperial doctor ancestor was born out of a branch of the Liu clan!

  This sentence made the people kneeling on the ground almost lose their souls!

  At this moment, this information was even more unacceptable to them than the crime punishable by beheading!

  Consort Liu was even more shocked by that statement. She ignored Elder Jiu’s ridicule, went to grab the file with her hands, and her face gradually turned distorted. “You are just lying through your teeth and making unfounded claims!”

  Elder Jiu immediately snatched the dossier into his arms. His small body was very flexible and he hid behind Feng Qingbai. At the same time he stuck out his head in anger and glared at her. “This old man never talks nonsense! You’re obviously flying into a rage out of humiliation! However, you still want to destroy my ancestral records? I won’t give it to you! I’ll show it to His Majesty! See if this poor old man is lying! Ah-bah! This poor old man hates being wronged the most!”

  After talking, he handed the file to Feng Mohan. The eunuchs on both sides immediately blocked the front, preventing Consort Liu from going crazy and grabbing it.

  Not to mention that other people who were shocked by this change, even Grandpa Liu and his company were stunned and couldn’t react.

  ”Nannan, are they a family branch? R-Really?”

  ”Our family is the main branch?” Grandma Liu’s eyes widened.

  Liu Dalin and Chen Xiulan also felt dazed.

  The Liu clan obviously plotted against their family and wanted to incorporate them as a family branch, but in a blink of an eye, they turned out to be the main branch.

  Furthermore, there was a dossier to prove it?

  Liu Yusheng looked at her elder brother and sister-in-law, pursed her lips, and said, “Let’s watch how things develop first. If there is no problem with Elder Brother’s records, it may be true.”

  Her statement was merely being modest.

  With her understanding of Feng Qingbai, even if it was fake, he could make it real.

  Doing unto others as they do unto you was his most common maneuver.

  And oftentimes the effect would stir things up, cheering everyone greatly.

  She turned her attention to the man who had always been standing in front of them indifferently. She happened to meet the man’s eyes, and caught the faint smile that flashed past his eyes. She unconsciously curled the corners of her lips.

  This man regarded all the affairs of her family as his own, and took the best precautions for them.

  He was her harbor and the harbor of the Liu family.

  He had said he would keep them safe, and he has been doing it, and well at that.

  Consort Liu rushed forward frantically, trying to shake off the blocking eunuchs and grab the record in Feng Mohan’s hand.

  She knew that once the contents recorded in the dossier were displayed in front of people, the Liu clan in the capital would really be done for.

  There is no turning back!

  Feng Qingbai’s methods have always been ruthless, she has seen too much of it!

  ”The ancestor of the Liu clan in the capital was born in a branch of an imperial doctor, and entered the imperial hospital because of his outstanding medical skills…” Feng Mohan’s voice already sounded, and at the same time he raised his head and looked at Elder Jiu. “Did he separate from your family?”

  Elder Jiu’s beard curled up. “This old man’s name is Liu Xue’er, and I am of the same clan as the Liu clan. The ancestors of the main branch and the old imperial doctor are cousins, and they have a strong relationship. However, once the old imperial doctor had a successful career, he forgot his ancestors. After he became an official, he set up his own clan. Our Liu ancestors were averse to internal conflicts, so he was not punished! Later, the main branch gradually declined and this matter was never mentioned again!”

  After that, Elder Jiu pointed to the dossier. “There are records afterwards. The ancestor of the Liu family in Xinghua Village, Liu Hesheng also came out from the main branch. Since he was the son of the main branch, his descendants are naturally the clan’s direct line. If it were not for the Liu clan in the capital trying to turn black and white and ignoring the distinction between the first and the second, I might not have taken out the clan dossier!”

  When the ministers heard the words, they were once again silenced.

  Don’t take out the dossier? If he hadn’t made up his mind before to use the dossier to turn things around, who would carry the genealogy on him when he was going away from home?

  It was obvious that everything was planned long ago.

  And this was certainly not without the handwriting of the Regent, King Feng Qingbai!

  Grandpa and Grandma Liu supported each other, dazed. At this moment, they could no longer tell things apart, whether Elder Jiu was speaking the truth or heresy.

  There was obviously no relevant record in their genealogy, but Elder Jiu spoke matter of factly, as if not a word out of his mouth was fake.

  Could it be that there was really a prestigious background behind their Old Liu family, and they were the direct line of the main branch?

  ”Nonsense! It’s all nonsense! My Liu clan, in the capital, has been prosperous for a hundred years! It’s never been a branch whatsoever!” Consort Liu’s eyes glinted fiercely along with her savage speech. “Fake, all, fake! Fake!”

  Feng Qingbai raised his eyes and looked up.

  Feng Mohan immediately took out the gel substance and smeared it on the file. “It’s not only Consort Liu that suspects the authenticity of this dossier, but also the ministers and officials are in doubt. It doesn’t matter, let’s just test it and we will know.”

  None of the officials spoke, and they acquiesced to the Emperor’s words.

  As for Feng Mohan’s verification move, Elder Jiu didn’t panic at all, the old immortal was unperturbed.

  There were only two scenarios that could garner such a reaction.

  One was that the dossier is genuine.

  The second was that the tampered file above could not be verified with the white gel.

  Elder Jiu was a veritable expert himself. Who would dare to say that he couldn’t tamper with it?

  The verification ended quickly and there was no change in the smeared areas.

  ”Zhen(Going to use this from now on. How the Emperor refers to himself instead of saying ‘I’) didn’t expect such a result after so many twists and turns. Zhen is also surprised.” Feng Mohan shook his head and sighed. He glanced at the Liu clan members and said, “The Liu clan used to be the richest family in Nanling with boundless prospects but later went into a decline. However, the family heritage is still there. It’s not at all impossible for the clan to rise again. Unfortunately, the patriarch did not follow the right path but wanted to use crooked methods to swindle others in an attempt to lead everyone up. What a pity, you’ve gone for wool but came home shorn, sigh.”

  The people on the ground remained silent and their eyes turned dull. It was as if their souls were hooked away, leaving only empty shells.

  Their momentum has long disappeared. Consort Liu also restrained herself from going crazy. She slumped down and stood dumb on the side.

  Even the capital’s magistrate buried his head low, not daring to say a word at this moment.

  The repeated verifications above the main courtroom turned his previous statement of “sufficient data and evidence” into a joke.

  The reputation of the Liu clan was not only ruined because of this incident, but the punishment to be served was also still unknown. He didn’t dare to attract attention.

  ”Genealogy forgery, the capital crime of deceiving the Emperor! There’s more than that, you even stretched out your hands to fake the yamen dossier!” The Liu clan’s genealogy together with the files obtained from Yunzhou were flung to the ground. Feng Mohan stood up and looked down with cold eyes. “Zhen didn’t expect that a mere clan of merchants actually has direct access to the highest authorities, higher than the skies! Even the court officials are opening the floodgates for you to pounce upon your victims!”

  The young emperor’s remarks and counternance were stern, and his words echoed inside the golden Hall of Supreme Harmony. The sonorous sound petrified some people that they trembled from head to foot.

  All the members of the Liu clan felt like they had fallen into an ice cave. Their teeth chattered with cold, and they didn’t even dare to look up to see the emperor’s expression.

  The Emperor who didn’t have much weight in their hearts, the young man whom Consort Liu from their clan had suppressed for many years, had grown to the point where he could scare his audience out of their wits.

  None of the civil and military officials dared to speak a word!