"I'll tell you some bad news first."

Yang Yue looked at everyone, and after everyone calmed down, he slowly said in a heavy tone: "The head of the family has been promoted to the Shangshu Ling. Although he is glorious, he no longer has any power. In other words, the good days of our Yang family end."

For everyone in the Yang family, Yang Su, the head of the family, is their heaven, the source of their status and wealth. Once the head of the family loses power, the position of the Yang family will immediately become dim. Although Yang Yue did not say it clearly, the children of the Yang family understood his implication. The head of the family was very powerful and was already suspicious of the emperor.

There was silence in the lobby, and a big rock was pressed heavily in everyone's heart.

Yang Yue continued: "Today, the emperor called me, and he told me frankly that there is a person he hates to our Yang family, which is the concubine Yang Yuanqing. He interfered with the emperor's family affairs, but the emperor did not want to punish him, saying that he was too young and hoped that our Yang family would give him an explanation."

After Yang Yue said this, there was a sudden burst of discussion in the lobby, the sound became louder and louder, and finally it became boiling, and everyone's face was extremely angry.

Yang Jishan stood up and whispered: "I also heard that it was because Yuan Qing interfering in the family affairs of the emperor and angered the queen. Empress Xiao specially summoned her sister-in-law and ordered her to strictly control Yuan Qing. Not only that, but also related to the nobles of Long. Because of He Ruobi's death, they had already hated the Yang family to the core. These were all major disasters caused by Yang Yuanqing."

Regarding the hatred of the Guanlong nobles towards the Yang family, Yang Yue knew that it had nothing to do with Yang Yuanqing. It was his elder brother Yang Su who was the pioneer of the late emperor. At that time, the Yang family offended the Guanlong nobles, but he didn't know about Yang Yuanqing's offense to Queen Xiao, so he asked Yang Xuanzong, "Is it true that the offense to Queen Xiao?"

Yang Xuanzong nodded, "It should be true, I heard from my elder brother."

"This evil son!"

Yang Yue gritted his teeth for a while. He always felt that the emperor was embarrassed by him. It was very likely that Yang Yuanqing caused trouble for him. The emperor angrily vented his dissatisfaction with Yang Yuanqing on himself.

"Now I have decided to severely punish this ruthless son in the family ancestral hall. Does anyone have any objections?"

"I'm not raising it properly, I should wait for the head of the family to come back."

Although Yang Xuanzhu still disagreed, his tone had become much softer. He had already felt the anger of the entire family. He didn't want to anger everyone for Yang Yuanqing. He paused for a moment and whispered: "I think at least I have to ask my elder brother Xuangan what he meant."

But Yang Yue couldn't wait. The emperor said that he did not want him to be rejected for the third time. He had to give the emperor an explanation before the morning court tomorrow. However, Yang Xuanzhuo's statement made sense. Yuan Qing was the son of Xuangan, so he had to ask for Xuangan's opinions at least.

At this time, Yang Rong, who was sitting in the last place, stood up and said to everyone: "My mother asked me to bring me a message to everyone just now. Our family firmly supports the family's decision, and my father will not object."

Yang Yue nodded, it would be best if this was the best. He asked his second brother Yang Shen next to him, "Second brother, what do you think?"

Yang Shen kept closing his eyes and resting. He was in poor health and never asked about family matters. He only looked at the opinions of his sons.

"I have no objection!"

"That's what it's decided!"

Yang Yue stood up and said to everyone: "I will explain to the head of the family and strictly punish them according to the second of the ten major punishments of clan rules!"

Yang Xuanzhuo's face changed, and this punishment was a little too harsh.

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

When Yang Yuanqing returned to Yang's mansion, it was almost dark. The front door of the mansion was full of Yang's mansion servants. Yang Yuanqing's arrival made them feel like they were facing a great enemy, and nearly a hundred people surrounded them.

Yang Yuanqing smiled at them, "I'm coming, you can't stop me, I'm leaving, you can't stop me, He Ruobi's servant was killed on the spot by me, none of them were injured, all of them were killed on the spot. With you, more than a hundred people, it's still far away!"

"Yang Yuanqing!"

Yang Xuanting walked out of the gate and said with a heavy face: "You must not be so rude!"

Yang Yuanqing bowed to him and said lightly: "Uncle Six, this may be the last time I called you Uncle Six. Thank you for changing the book for my aunt back then. I have always kept it in my heart. I will be rewarded in the future."

Seeing that Yang Yuanqing was not good, Yang Xuanting knew that it would be difficult to get both sides today. Uncle San’s attitude was firm and Yang Yuanqing’s toughness would probably cause a big mess. He sighed in his heart and said to Yang Yuanqing: "Come with me! Today is in the family ancestral hall, and the family elders want to ask you something."

Yang Yuanqing sneered and was actually in the family ancestral hall. It seemed that he was going to prepare to impose a clan punishment on him today.

He strode towards the Yang Mansion, and more than a hundred servants followed him, besieging him in a semicircle, holding swords, sticks and shields in his hands, and many servants were holding bows and arrows, staring at Yang Yuanqing fiercely, but no one dared to approach him. Yang Yuanqing's threat of killing 87 servants of He Ruo Mansion on the spot made each of them timid.

"Yuan Qing!"

Yang Xuanbao appeared from the side door next to him, and he rushed forward and complained, "What are you doing when you are back? You should go to Luoyang to find your grandfather. You will leave now. I will take care of you if you have any."

Yang Yuanqing did not expect that Yang Mansion was still a caring person. Yang Wei, who had been fighting since childhood, showed his righteous side at critical moments, and the third uncle in front of him has been nice to him since he was a child. He is an official outside and gives him a lot of New Year's money every year when he comes back from the New Year.

Yang Yuanqing was moved, and he shook his head, "Uncle San, I knew this day would come sooner or later, and it was the last time to settle the accounts."

"But... do you know what crime you have convicted? The Yang family has not had such a serious crime for more than ten years!"

Yang Yuanqing was very calm. He bowed and smiled, "Thank you, Uncle San for being righteous. Uncle San is very good to me. I, Yang Yuanqing, will repay you in the future."

He gently pushed Yang Xuanzhuo away and strode towards the ancestral hall. Yang Xuanzhuo looked at his back and couldn't help but sigh, "Yang family! Why are you so short-sighted?"

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

The Yang family's large ancestral hall is in the ancestral house of Hongnong Temple, and each room has its own small ancestral hall. The Yang Mansion's ancestral hall is a branch ancestral hall, which enshrines Yang Su's great-grandfather Yang Jun, grandfather Yang Xuan, father Yang Fu, and the ancestors of their family members.

The ancestral hall is located in the East Courtyard of Yangfu. It is a top courtyard. It is worshipped all year round, and it is all good fruits and pastries. When Yang Yuanqing was a child, he often brought Niu Niu to steal cakes and fruits here. At that time, in his heart, the ancestral hall had nothing to do with him.

Although he was very familiar with this place, in fact, Yang Yuanqing has not participated in the clan festival once so far. The Yang Mansion stipulates that he will participate in the clan festival at the age of twelve, but after he was ten years old, he did not stay in the mansion.

The ancestral hall is divided into two buildings, front and back, and the lobby in front is called the clan hall. It is a place to discuss family affairs and a place to punish family children.

The lobby behind the arched eaves is the mourning hall, which worships dozens of spiritual signs of the deceased ancestors within four generations. They are usually not opened and are only held every year in the four festivals of Yuanzheng, Autumnal Equinox, Summer Solstice, and Winter Solstice, which is called "Shixiang". Among them, Yuanzheng is the "start of the year" and the winter solstice is the "recovery of the sun", so these two festivals are the most important.

The Yang Family Temple will only open during these four sacrificial times to worship the ancestors.

Today, the place where Yang Yuanqing is prepared to punish Yang Yuanqing is located in the clan hall. The clan hall is solemn and grey, with the tones mainly black and gray. The huge curtain cloth dragged down from the roof. There are no exquisite decorations. Only the wooden signs hanging on the wall are eye-catching. The wooden signs are engraved with fine small characters. They are the bad deeds of the children punished by the Yang family for decades. There are three rows in total, of which are the large signs, and there are only three in total. They are the children with the most severe punishment. They violate the first three tribe rules.

‘Kill your father and mother; deceive your father and your ancestors; deceive your king and your superiors’

The ancestral hall is a special place. Regardless of its usual official position, it is only based on qualifications. It is usually just a branch of the side house that makes a living by doing small business. When it comes to the ancestral hall, it is likely that it will become an elder with a high status. There is no need for the "Kaihuang Law" of the Great Sui Dynasty, but only according to the clan rules.

At this time, the clan hall was brightly lit, and more than a dozen big red lanterns shone the lobby like daytime. Nearly a hundred children from the Yang family stood densely on both sides of the lobby. Each of them changed into black sacrificial robes, square hats and black leather boots. Although it was not a sacrificial sacrificial robe, they had to change their sacrificial robe when entering the ancestral hall.

There are two single-seat beds in the middle, one is the head of the family and the other is the elder of the highest generation. Yang Su is not there, and the second head of the family Yang Yue is temporarily replaced by Yang Yue. Next to him is a thin old man, about eighty years old. He is Yang Su's cousin Yang Tieshan, and he is also the oldest person in the entire Yang family. Many people do not like him. This is a vicious and inappropriate person. At such an old age, he even married a fifteen-year-old maid as his concubine.

Below are eight seats in two rows, with seven older elders in the Yang Mansion. Another seat should be the seat of the eldest son Yang Xuangan. However, Yang Xuangan was not there, so his wife Mrs. Zheng was replaced.

Behind these eight seats, nine punishments were held on both sides, holding whips and wooden sticks. The family punishment was mostly made of sticks and whiplashes, and then there was confinement for ten days or one month.

There were whispers in the clan meeting hall. Yang Yue had already told the elders of the clan one by one about Yang Yuanqing's crimes, and summed up it in three points.

The first thing is to steal clan wealth, which means that Yang Yuanqing obtained thousands of acres of fertile land. According to the clan rules, more than 100 mu of fertile land must be divided into more than 100 mu of fertile land. It must be discussed and approved by the family meeting before it can be given. The land obtained by Yang Yuanqing did not pass the clan discussion. In fact, this should be Yang Su's responsibility, but no one dared to cause trouble for the head of the family, so he could only place the charge of this theft on Yang Yuanqing.

The second is to bully the mother and be unfilial. This is the charge raised by Mrs. Zheng. She does not kneel down to her mother, does not accept her discipline, and contradicts her face. There is no need to investigate such a crime. As long as the mother reports it, it will be confirmed immediately.

Finally, it was to deceive the emperor and the emperor. This was also the most serious and most important crime, which was raised by Yang Yue. Yang Yuanqing participated in the emperor's family affairs, and was dissatisfied by the emperor and the prince's hatred, endangering the interests of the entire family. This was confirmed by Mrs. Zheng and her grandson Yang Rong, and she was sentenced to prison.

In fact, Yang Yuanqing's three charges have been confirmed, so he is just waiting for conviction in court.

At this time, the footsteps sounded quickly, and the lobby suddenly became quiet. Yang Xuan walked in quickly and bowed and said, "The third generation of concubine Yang Yuanqing has brought him!"

"Bring him in!"

At Yang An's order, more than a dozen servants brought Yang Yuanqing up. Rather than bringing him up, they were following him.

Neither the rope was tied up or the change of Wenshen Mai, he walked in calmly, causing a whisper to sound around him. Yang Tieshan glared, "Why don't you change your clothes and tie them?"

The second person sitting on the right is Yang Su's clan brother Yang Xin. His family lives in Xikuanyuan and has been very familiar with Yang Yuanqing since he was a child. He couldn't bear it, so he smoothed out and said, "This is a crime first, and then the punishment is mentioned. He is still young, so he doesn't need to be tied up."

"no!"
Chapter completed!