Chapter 1689: Don't take yourself too seriously

The Ye family members who were kneeling didn't expect Ye Chen to be so ruthless.

They were all family, all direct descendants of the Ye family, and he actually wanted to imprison everyone on Mount Ye Ling and force everyone to mourn for the ancestors for three years!

For these rich people who were used to being pampered, even three days would be unacceptable, let alone three years!

Therefore, everyone looked at Ye Zhongquan hurriedly, looking at him with expectant eyes, waiting for him to say a good word for everyone.

Looking at the pitiful eyes of this group of people, Ye Zhongquan also felt a bit of compassion in his heart.

He did support Ye Chen in properly punishing this group of spineless descendants, but he didn't expect Ye Chen to play so ruthlessly as soon as he started.

Therefore, he couldn't help but say to Ye Chen: "Chen'er, letting them mourn for the ancestors is indeed a good punishment, but three years, wouldn't that be too long?"

"Is it long?" Ye Chen said seriously: "You must not forget what kind of plans they all had! They didn't communicate with you and secretly bought mourning clothes. It was clear that they wanted to wait until today when you faced Wan Pojun to temporarily defect. What kind of intention is this? This is to put you to death, watch you die, and then step on your corpse to surrender to the enemy! Do you think three years of mourning is too long for such people?"

Ye Zhongquan's expression suddenly froze.

He also understood this principle.

It was just that he deliberately didn't want to think about this level.

But if we really get to the bottom of it, the fact is actually what Ye Chen said.

Ye Ye Changkong cried and said: "Dad! We really didn't have this intention, you must not misunderstand, Dad!"

Others also begged one after another, hoping that the old man would not be influenced by Ye Chen's words.

Ye Zhongquan sighed long and waved his hand, muttering to himself: "I am old, and my heart has softened, and my womanly benevolence has grown more and more... Forget it, I won't care about it anymore!"

After saying this, he said to Ye Chen: "Chen'er, three years or five years, it is all up to you!"

Ye Chen nodded and said indifferently: "Those who accept, don't say another word. If you say one more word, it will be considered as not accepting. Those who don't accept have a second plan, which is to go to Madagascar like Ye Feng!"

As soon as this was said, everyone immediately closed their mouths.

At this time, no one dared to touch Ye Chen's bad luck.

Because Ye Chen was not only the head of the Ye family but also the new master of Wanlong Palace. With his comprehensive strength here, no one dared to defy him.

Seeing that this group of people were as honest as quails, Ye Chen nodded with satisfaction and said: "Since you have no objections, then the three-year period starts from today!"

For Ye Chen, this group of kneeling Ye family members had no value to the Ye family.

This group of people had no ability and no contribution. They were like the prodigal rich second generation in a top tycoon's house. They couldn't do anything, couldn't eat enough, had no skills, and were showing off everywhere all day long.

The old man used to be deeply affectionate toward his children. Even if he knew that this group of people had no ability, he felt that they were his own blood, so he naturally had to pamper them and take good care of them.

But in Ye Chen's view, this group of people were completely parasites of the Ye family.

And, they were a group of spineless parasites.

After taking over the Ye family, the first thing Ye Chen wanted to do was to find a way to get this group of people off their posts, so as to avoid them making up the numbers and occupying positions without doing anything.

However, this group of people were, after all, of Ye family blood, all direct descendants. If they didn't make any big mistakes, it wouldn't be easy to get them off their posts.

If he forced them off, he was afraid it would trigger the rejection of everyone in the Ye family, and the perception from the outside world would also be very bad.

But the wonderful thing was that this group of people actually took the initiative to send Ye Chen an excellent opportunity for rectification.

If this group of people hadn't secretly bought mourning clothes last night, Ye Chen wouldn't have been able to abolish them all so justifiably.

Now it was good. Just when Ye Chen couldn't find a good way to strip them out of the Ye family, they all took the initiative to send themselves to his doorstep.

This had the same effect as Wan Pojun taking the initiative to come to his doorstep.

At this time, Ye Changmin looked at Ye Chen with fear and trepidation, and asked nervously: "Chen'er... then... what about Auntie... Auntie was at least the first to admit her mistake... You also said just now that you wanted to give Auntie a chance to be dealt with lightly..."

"Of course." Ye Chen nodded lightly and said: "You were the one with the best attitude and the fastest speed in admitting your mistake among everyone, so this time, it is only natural to show mercy to you."

As he spoke, Ye Chen was silent for a moment and added: "How about this, you stay here and mourn with them for three days, and after three days, go back to the Ye family to take good care of Grandfather."

When Ye Changmin heard this, she really shed two lines of hot tears with excitement.

She really didn't expect that Ye Chen would actually give her such a big favor.

Everyone else was three years, and she was only three days!!!

At this time, Ye Changmin had completely regarded Ye Chen as a savior. She was so excited that she was a bit incoherent, and even her voice was trembling as she said: "Chen... Chen'er... thank you... thank you for showing mercy to Auntie... rest assured... in the future, Auntie will definitely... definitely wash away her past and turn over a new leaf!"

Ye Chen nodded with a calm expression.

It wasn't that he really wanted to take care of Ye Changmin, but at this time, he had to create a huge gap for others.

As the saying goes, those who follow me prosper, those who oppose me perish.

One prospering, one perishing, is the biggest gap.

This was also giving a clear signal to this group of people in the Ye family.

In the future, in the Ye family, they must be obedient to themselves.

Ye Chen also knew very well that if he wanted to ensure that no similar situation would happen in the Ye family in the future, he must use absolute power to firmly control the entire Ye family!

Therefore, today, he had to completely root this concept in their hearts!

Everything was disposed of, and Ye Chen said to Ye Zhongquan: "Grandfather, things are basically resolved, it is time to start the ancestor worship ceremony!"

Ye Zhongquan nodded heavily: "Good!"

The Ye family's ancestor worship ceremony was originally very grand.

Before the ancestor worship, the four forms of sacrifice—music, song, dance, and ritual—were no less than the Confucius worship ceremony at the Confucius Temple.

And the sacrificial offerings prepared for the offering were also extremely rich.

In order to hold the ancestor worship ceremony well, the Ye family had to hire a professional director and a full set of stage art teams every time, with costumes, props, actors, and sound equipment all being top-notch.

But today, not a single one of the performance staff who had been negotiated long ago came.

Everyone knew that the Ye family was going to suffer a disaster today, and everyone avoided it.

Not to mention these paid performance staff, even those seven hundred Ye family branch members ran away completely, leaving only Ye Zhongzhuo.

Therefore, this ancestor worship ceremony could only helplessly cut off many processes.

Music, song, dance, and ritual were all omitted, and the only thing left was the memorial ceremony conducted by the Ye family members themselves.

Ye Zhongquan held the sacrificial text he had written for many days and nights, crying while sighing: "This sacrificial text is all about the prosperity of the Ye family, unity, and creating brilliance again. It is a report I prepared for the ancestors of the Ye family..."

Speaking of this, Ye Zhongquan sighed long and lamented: "But who could have thought that today, more than seven hundred branch members of the Ye family would be absent! And my direct descendants of Ye Zhongquan would actually wear sackcloth and mourn for others! I... I am really ashamed of the ancestors, and I don't even have the face to read this sacrificial text..."

"Moreover, the prepared ancestor worship process has almost come to a standstill now, and I don't know how to explain it to the ancestors..."

Ye Zhongquan said, his emotions suddenly became a bit excited, choking up several times, finding it difficult to continue.

He was a person with a deep sense of family, at least much stronger than those Ye family descendants kneeling on the spot.

Thinking that the ancestor worship ceremony held once every twelve years was so shabby and desolate, he felt particularly uncomfortable in his heart.

Thinking of the more than a hundred ancestors of the Ye family lying here, his mood was even more painful.

He had long passed the age of knowing destiny. At this age, old people cherish life more, and they are also more in awe of the ancestors who have passed away.

People who are fearless and have no faith when they are young will inevitably think of their parents and ancestors when they are about to die, and think about whether they will see them in another world after they die, and if they see them, how they should face them.

Seeing the old man choking up, the Ye family members almost lowered their heads in shame.

Ye Chen took the sacrificial text he wrote, tore it to pieces, and said with a firm expression: "Grandfather, since the sacrificial text is inappropriate, then tear it up. No need to blame yourself too much."

As he spoke, Ye Chen added: "As the saying goes, many difficulties make a country prosperous. For a family, it is the same! Although this ancestor worship ceremony is a bit shabby and simple, it also lets us see the true faces of many so-called relatives!"

"In the future, the Ye family will no longer believe in blood ties, only in actual actions! All direct members, as well as branch branches, if they want to obtain benefits from the Ye family in the future, they must take actual actions!"

"If anyone still thinks about sharing wealth but not sharing adversity, then I am sorry, I, Ye Chen, will definitely make them pay the price!"

Speaking of this, Ye Chen looked at Tang Tang Sihai and asked: "Butler Tang, those branch members who fled overnight, are they still unreachable?"

Tang Tang Sihai said embarrassedly: "Back to Young Master, they are all still turned off or out of service area. I guess they won't turn them on until the outside world receives a definite message about today's events."

Ye Chen frowned and said: "In that case, after Wan Pojun releases the news later, telling the outside world that the Ye family admitted defeat today, they will definitely want to draw a line with the Ye family even more, right?"

"Should be." Tang Tang Sihai said respectfully: "Young Master, actually you don't need to care too much about most of the branch branches. They have no practical contribution to the Ye family. On the contrary, they have to share a part of the benefits from the Ye family. For the Ye family, these people are like the small countries that came to pay tribute during the time of the ten thousand nations coming to court. Every time they came to pay tribute, they seemed very pious, but they all wanted to eat and drink in our Heavenly Kingdom and take some benefits before leaving. Drawing a line with them is actually a benefit to the Ye family."

Ye Zhongquan also said at this time: "Tang Sihai is right. Many branches have been supported by the Ye family's resources. For the same business, if it is handed over to others, it may only cost one hundred million, but if it is handed over to the Ye family branches, it may cost one hundred and twenty million. It is good to draw a line with such branches in the future."

Ye Chen said coldly: "Drawing a line is definitely going to happen, but they must not be allowed to leave just like that without any loss."

As he spoke, he looked at Wan Pojun and said: "Pojun, have your people release the word later! Say that Wanlong Palace has obtained the full list of the Ye family's ancestor worship ceremony this time. All Ye family members who are not present today must gather at the foot of Mount Ye Ling before eight o'clock tomorrow morning. Whoever dares not to come, bear the consequences!"