CHAPTER 894: CHAPTER 349: SCREW YOUR TRAGIC BEAUTY (PART 19)

"Indeed, he has become a Marquis now! High rank and great power, and I heard he is particularly valued by the Saint!"

Hearing Mr. Tian’s rebuke, Tian Yaozong agreed with a hint of envy.

"I voluntarily broke off relations with the He Family not just because He Erniu’s status changed, but for a more important reason."

Mr. Tian’s eyes were deep, speaking with a sense of regret in his heart.

Alas, if he could, he wouldn’t want to give up a Marquis as a son-in-law.

Even if his daughter and grandson might be gone, he still held the marriage certificate, making him He Erniu’s father-in-law, thus a senior in the Marquis Pingnan’s Mansion.

But, circumstances were stronger than man, and their Tian Family was just the lowest common folk, without the capital to clash head-on with nobles.

"What reason?" Tian Yaozong asked curiously.

Mr. Tian saw his son’s "innocent" look and sighed silently: his son was good in everything, just didn’t inherit his cleverness.

If he hadn’t done his utmost to protect him in the past, his son would have been devoured with not even bones left.

Now, his son was almost in his thirties.

At thirty, a man should stand firm, but Mr. Tian felt his son seemed unable to "stand" firmly.

He had no choice, this old man could only drag his body, endure a few more years, wait for his son to have a son, and directly teach the grandson, at least let the Tian Family have a chance to honor the family name!

Thinking of "grandson," Mr. Tian couldn’t help but think of the grandson Fu Gui whom he had no choice but to abandon.

It wasn’t that he was hard-hearted, but the famine was too difficult, between an underage grandson and an adult son, he chose the latter.

In fact, not just the grandson, even his own wife and pregnant daughter-in-law were sold by Mr. Tian.

If he wasn’t decisive enough, he and his son wouldn’t have survived till today.

The Old Tian’s Family would have been cut off.

Therefore, thinking of these past events, Mr. Tian would feel sad and heartbroken, but never regretful.

No matter if it happened a hundred times, he would make the same choice.

Everything was for the Tian Family, back then he could sell his daughter, and grandson cheaply, and on the road of famine, he could sell his wife and daughter-in-law!

Mr. Tian never felt he was wrong.

Just occasionally, thinking back to his wife or little grandson, he couldn’t help but feel lost.

Just hoping now with the farm tenants and silver coins, he could quickly find his son a wife, and have a few more smart and clever grandsons!

Mr. Tian silently thought, but didn’t forget to answer his son’s question: "The wife He Erniu married later, her family was also granted the rank of Marquis."

The Qin Family wasn’t an ordinary wealthy family, they were retainers more trusted by Emperor Tiantai than He Erniu was.

What is a retainer?

When the master rebels, retainers know they would be executed nine generations but still follow the master!

When Emperor Tiantai raised his army, it was his thirty thousand subordinates and more than ten retainers he relied on.

Some things, even wives and children may not know, but retainers are certainly insiders.

Lady Qin’s father was a trusted retainer of Emperor Tiantai.

Although He Erniu had more military merits, in Emperor Tiantai’s heart, the Qin Family held more weight.

If Mr. Tian didn’t voluntarily sever ties with the He Family and instead brazenly went to the Marquis Mansion acting as some kind of father-in-law from the Marquis Mansion.

Hehe, this would be openly slapping the face of the Marquis Zhenyuan’s Qin Family.

The Qin Family wasn’t to be trifled with, they also had troops, and now with the new dynasty just established, the Capital City wasn’t that stable.

What if there were some "bandits," causing the death of one or two commoners, the government wouldn’t have any solution.

Mr. Tian was too shrewd, calculating everything down to the bone.

Therefore, after weighing it repeatedly, he painfully made the decision: to abandon this kinship with the He Family!

Mr. Tian carefully explained these pros and cons in detail to his son.

"No way, would they really dare to kill someone?"

Tian Yaozong was shocked, looking around like a startled bird, as if worried that an assassin would jump out from some corner.

Mr. Tian: ... really quite foolish!

"Whether they dare or not, I can’t guarantee, the Tian Family is down to just the two of us, we can’t afford any mishap!"

As the saying goes, they are the lifeblood, they can’t use their lives to test whether some nobles abide by the law.

"Those scholars all say ’the wise man knows how to adapt,’ we father and son have no other skills and no big ambitions, with land, money, and living well in the Capital City, being able to continue the Tian Family’s lineage is enough!"