"You've really gone too far. When you got benefits from the guild through me back then, why didn't you just say we don't want them?" Qi Ruyi pointed at the clan elders of the families who showed up today.
"Ruyi, in this matter, it's really your fault. You were too impulsive. You didn't even investigate the backer behind Feng Yuqin before taking action. That's why others got hold of your weakness." The eldest uncle with the highest seniority in the Qi Family said.
"Uncle, when Feng Yuqin entered the academy back then, Feihong also told me that the information she filled in indicated that she was from the Western Song State." Qi Ruyi said angrily, "She's from a puny little country. How was I supposed to know that the guild master would go to such lengths for her?"
"From the Western Song State?" After the eldest uncle of the Qi Family said this, he looked at Qi Feihong and asked, "Why didn't you tell us?"
The young master of the Qi Family was naturally fond of having fun. He had long forgotten about this matter. So now, hearing the eldest uncle's interrogation, he felt that he might have caused trouble.
"Grandpa, I didn't know this matter was so important either." Qi Feihong began to make excuses for himself. "Back then, Feng Yuqin just entered the Alchemy Guild as a guest elder. You all know that a guest elder is just like a temporary elder. She's not an official elder of the guild. I thought there wouldn't be such a big conflict between her and Aunt after she entered. Otherwise, I would definitely have told you."
Qi Feihong's words were quite reasonable. After all, generally speaking, guest elders were not taken very seriously. It was understandable that Qi Feihong didn't mention it.
"Uncle, Feihong didn't do it on purpose. Please forgive him this time." The head of the Qi Family looked at his son and said, "Feihong, hurry up and apologize to Uncle. Such things must never happen again in the future."
Actually, Qi Feihong felt that he was not wrong, but since his father had said so, he could only apologize to the eldest uncle of the Qi Family. "Grandpa, I'm sorry. It's all my fault. I'll be more careful in the future and definitely won't let this kind of thing happen again."
Seeing that Qi Feihong had a good attitude of admitting his mistake, the eldest uncle of the Qi Family didn't say anything more. Instead, he looked at the head of the Qi Family and asked, "I remember that Qi Hai came back from the Western Song State and brought back a pair of twins?"
"Yes, Uncle. Do you want Qi Hai to come here?" the head of the Qi Family asked.
Hearing this, Qi Feihong didn't even dare to say that he knew about Feng Yao and Feng Chi, for fear of being punished. And the head of the Qi Family doted on his son, so he didn't expose this at all. He immediately arranged for someone to call Qi Hai over and also call Feng Yao and Feng Chi.
Qi Hai and the siblings Feng Yao had been living in the Qi Family, so it didn't take long for the three of them to appear.
After Qi Hai came back, he rarely saw the head of the Qi Family. Now, hearing that the head of the Qi Family had summoned him, he was very excited.
Influenced by her master, Feng Yao was also looking forward to appearing in the main hall of the head of the Qi Family today. Only Feng Chi had a lot on his mind and silently followed behind the two of them.
"Qi Hai pays respects to the head of the family and to Uncle." Qi Hai was of the same generation as the head of the Qi Family, so he had the same form of address as Qi Ruyi. However, Qi Hai was from a side branch of the family, so his status in the Qi Family was only a bit higher than that of the servants.
"These are your two apprentices?" the eldest uncle of the Qi Family looked at Qi Hai and asked.
"Yes, Head of the Family. Feng Yao and Feng Chi, come and pay respects to the head of the family quickly." Qi Hai now understood that today's meeting was probably aimed at the siblings Feng Yao.
Feng Yao and Feng Chi immediately stepped forward to pay respects to the head of the family and the eldest uncle of the Qi Family.
"You also have the surname Feng?" Qi Ruyi was now very sensitive to the surname Feng, so her look towards the siblings Feng Yao was also unfriendly.
Although the two of them didn't understand why Qi Ruyi suddenly had so much hostility towards them, they still answered honestly, "Yes, our surname is Feng."
"Are you also from the Western Song State?" Qi Ruyi asked again.
The two nodded again. However, Qi Ruyi's attitude was very bad, which made Feng Yao and Feng Chi worried. They wondered if it was this surname that had offended Qi Ruyi. They had heard that Qi Ruyi was doing quite well in the Alchemy Guild. If they offended Qi Ruyi, their days in the Qi Family in the future would probably be difficult. Thinking of this, Feng Yao was quite dissatisfied with this surname. If this surname really brought her trouble, she would definitely change her name immediately.
"Do you know Feng Yuqin? She's also from the Western Song State." Qi Ruyi asked.
Hearing this, Feng Yao and Feng Chi suddenly looked at Qi Ruyi. "Elder Qi, are you talking about Feng Yuqin? The Feng Yuqin who entered the Alchemy Guild as a guest elder some time ago?" They also knew about Feng Yuqin's entry into the Alchemy Guild. Feng Yao had even smashed a lot of things in her room out of anger because of this.
"Who else could it be if not her?" Qi Ruyi said irritably. "You all have the same surname. You should know each other, right?"
Hearing Qi Ruyi's tone, Feng Yao immediately understood that Feng Yuqin must have offended Qi Ruyi, which was why Qi Ruyi was so averse to the surname Feng. So she rolled her eyes and said, "We know her. However, our relationship with Feng Yuqin is not good at all. She's our half - sister. It was she who single - handedly caused the decline of our Feng Family."
Feng Chi had sent pills to relieve the Ageless Syndrome back to the Western Song State through someone last time, so he also knew a bit about the situation there.
"What? You're family?" Qi Ruyi suddenly stood up from her chair and stared at Feng Yao with a sinister look.
Now Feng Yao was sure that Qi Ruyi had a grudge against Feng Yuqin, so she was extremely delighted in her heart. However, she also had to let everyone know that they had nothing to do with Feng Yuqin.
"Elder Qi, we're not family with Feng Yuqin." Feng Yao said angrily when mentioning Feng Yuqin. "She's a jinx. My father used to be the prime minister, but because of her, he lost his position. And my mother was even poisoned with the Ageless Syndrome by her. How could we possibly be family with such a person? We're enemies with her, mortal enemies."
The others present didn't expect that the relationship between these two and Feng Yuqin was so close yet so bad.
"Is what you said true?" Qi Ruyi said coldly. "You should know what the consequence of deceiving me is."
"True, of course it's true." Feng Yao said. "Elder Qi, there's no way to lie about this. After all, you can just send someone to the Western Song State to inquire, and you'll know that the relationship between Feng Yuqin and her mother and anyone in our Feng Family is not good. Now her mother has even divorced my father, so they no longer belong to our Feng Family."
Afraid that Qi Ruyi wouldn't believe her, Feng Yao continued, "Elder Qi, I'm really an enemy of Feng Yuqin. If you want to know any information about her, I'll definitely tell you everything I know."
Hearing Feng Yao's words, Feng Chi frowned.