"That's all I know..." Father Jing struggled to stand up, "Sorry, I have a migraine, please eat slowly."
Seeing Jing's father staggering away, Jing Jiaren wanted to stop him, keep him, and let him stay for a while longer.
But soon she thought that Jing's father was in City B, in this restaurant, and she could visit him anytime she wanted.
But the conversation just now——
Jing Jiaren turned around and asked, "Who is the Donggong family? You seemed surprised to hear that?"
Ximen Longting narrowed his eyes.
Jing Jiaren pulled out a tissue and wiped the coffee on his hand: "The East Palace - it seems to be very symmetrical with the West Gate."
"It may not be a good thing for a woman to be too smart."
"It's not necessarily a bad thing," Jing Jiaren stared at him with burning eyes, "You want to hide it from me?"
Ximen Longting raised his head and glanced at Wilson: "You talk too much, please explain."
"Ximen Longting, you are really lazy..."
Every long explanation had to be given by Wilson.
Wilson frowned and explained: "Master, the Donggong family you are talking about - is it the second young master?"
"Besides him, is there a second East Palace?" Ximen Longting said coldly, "You called him the wrong one. Is he still worthy of being called the Second Young Master?"
Wilson nodded: "Mr. Donggong was originally Mr. Ximen's younger brother, three years younger."
A bombshell.
Jing Jiaren was knocked unconscious by the explosion: "Brother? Is he Ximen Longting's uncle?"
"In terms of seniority, that's what I'm called."
"Then why have I never heard of this person..."
"When Mr. Dong Gong was 20 years old, he was kicked out of the Ximen family's genealogy."
"Then why are they different surnames? Are they cousins?" Doesn't this mean that she and Ximen Longting are related by blood?
"No, no, he is not related by blood to the young master."
Jing Jiaren nodded: "Continue."
"Because the second young master was not Grandpa Ximen's biological child, he left the Ximen family when he became an adult and started his own business." Wilson explained, "He and the eldest young master (Master Ximen) do not share the same mother."
Jing Jiaren probably understood.
Big families are chaotic, especially in the past, when rich men had many wives and concubines, and it was abnormal for them to have simple relationships.
Wilson roughly explained that Grandpa Ximen had a total of 5 wives. Grandpa Ximen’s mother was the third wife, and Mr. Donggong’s mother was the younger wife.
Both the eldest wife and the second wife were unable to have children and suffered multiple miscarriages. The fourth wife died in childbirth.
Jing Jiaren only listened to it for a moment, and it was like a palace fight.
How can it be so easy for a woman to miscarry when she is pregnant? It must be because women are fighting and framing each other.
So the poor children were stillborn one by one, or died just after birth.
"Mrs. 3 has the most complicated mind and the smartest, and her family background is quite strong, so her child survived in the end."
"Well, people who are not vicious can't survive." Jing Jiaren said.
"Ahem," Wilson said awkwardly, "Mrs. 5 is Grandpa Ximen's true love and has been protected in secret."
"Then what?"
"When Young Master Dong Gong was born, Grandpa Ximen did his best to protect him and let him grow up safely."
"The civet cat has replaced the prince?"
"No, it should be said that Mrs. 5 is having an affair with another man. This child is not of the Ximen family." Wilson glanced at Ximen Longting, "Actually, Grandpa Ximen has always known about it."