Chapter 1731: Who Is One of Your Own?

The Ye family members who regretted their actions were far more than just Ye Changkong and Ye Feng.

Every Ye family member kneeling here was already filled with extreme regret in their hearts.

If they had known earlier that Ye Chen had such great ability, they wouldn't have offended him even if they died, let alone secretly bought mourning clothes and plotted to surrender to Wan Pojun.

They were now like the traitors after the victory of the War of Resistance. Besides regret, they were mostly filled with shame and confusion.

At this very moment, behind the Ye family members, two more people were kneeling.

These two were the father and son of the Su family, Su Chengfeng and Su Shoudao.

Originally, when the Cataclysmic Front had knelt for a full day and night and set off down the mountain, their time was also up, but Su Chengfeng insisted on dragging Su Shoudao to continue kneeling, refusing to leave until Ye Chen arrived.

At this moment, the two heard with their own ears that Ye Chen had actually sent Helena to the throne of the Nordic Queen, and both were extremely shocked.

Ye Chen's gaze also glanced at them, and he asked, "Su Chengfeng, Su Shoudao, why are you two still here?"

Su Chengfeng hurriedly said, "Returning to Young Master Ye... you hadn't arrived, how would we dare to leave casually..."

Ye Chen smiled and said casually, "Alright, you two don't need to act here anymore. Hurry back and prepare, and go your separate ways."

As he spoke, Ye Chen thought of Olivia and said, "By the way, Su Chengfeng, I've found a batch of long-term laborers for your future manor in Madagascar. Among them is the family of three of Princess Olivia of the Nordic royal family. When the time comes, treat them like the black slaves of the past. Things like planting cotton and cutting sugarcane will all be left to them."

Su Chengfeng couldn't help but shiver, thinking to himself, "This Olivia is not only a princess of the Nordic royal family, but also the former heir to the throne, and her father is also a prince of the Nordic royal family. To make their whole family go to my future manor to be long-term laborers? Ye Chen is a bit too inconsiderate of the Nordic royal family's dignity..."

Although he thought this in his heart, Su Chengfeng agreed repeatedly and said gratefully, "Thank you for your hard work, Young Master Ye, for still thinking of me..."

Ye Chen said indifferently, "When you go to Madagascar, you must manage it well for me. In the future, I might have plenty more people to send your way."

Su Chengfeng panicked and couldn't help but ask himself, "Am I going to Madagascar this time to be a landlord, or to be a warden for Ye Chen..."

In his panic, he still said without hesitation, "Young Master Ye, rest assured, I will definitely manage the Madagascar industry well. Before I leave, I will communicate with Zhiyu again to finalize the details."

Ye Chen said casually, "Hurry up. I still have a whole bunch of people in Northern Europe waiting to be arranged."

Su Chengfeng hurriedly said respectfully, "Okay, Young Master Ye! I will definitely hurry!"

Ye Chen nodded slightly and said, "Alright, from now on, what's left on Mount Ye Ling is the Ye family's business. You go."

After saying that, he called over several soldiers of the Cataclysmic Front and said, "You few, escort these two to the Buckingham Palace Hotel to find Su Zhiyu, and have them do everything they promised to do."

Several soldiers of the Cataclysmic Front immediately cupped their hands and said, "Okay, Mr. Ye, your subordinates will definitely do as you say!"

Watching Su Chengfeng and Su Shoudao being taken away, Ye Chen looked at the Ye family members kneeling in front of him, then turned to Ye Zhongquan and said, "I'm going to stay in front of my parents' spirits for a while. When that bunch of people from the foot of the mountain kowtow their way up, have them kneel here first."

Ye Zhongquan said without hesitation, "No problem, Chen'er, go ahead. Leave this to me."

Ye Chen nodded, walked through several rows of tombstones alone, stepped up to his parents' mausoleum, and slowly knelt down.

Staring at his parents' photos, Ye Chen was filled with emotion. He couldn't help but whisper, "Dad, your son is now the head of the Ye family. If Grandpa had passed the position of head of the family to you earlier, I imagine you and Mom wouldn't have had to leave your home for Jin Ling, and you wouldn't have invited such a fatal disaster..."

"Mom, Dad, please rest assured. Your son will definitely find the murderer who killed you both and avenge you!"

Speaking of this, Ye Chen looked at his father's handsome face in the portrait and choked up, "Dad... I know you always wanted to carry forward the Ye family and let the Ye family stand at the pinnacle of the world. Now, your son has decided to pick up the banner you held back then. One day, I will definitely make the Ye family the top family in the world!"

After finishing, Ye Chen looked at his mother's portrait and said with shame, "Mom... they all advised me that I should go see my maternal grandparents. I believe you must also hope that I go see them, but I have had very little contact with them, and now that you are gone, I really don't know how to face them, so this matter might not be realized for the time being. Please forgive me..."

Subsequently, Ye Chen bowed down and kowtowed three times in front of his parents' tombstone.

Immediately after, he added, "Mom, Dad, your son will keep you company today. Tomorrow I might have to return to Jin Ling. For now, your son is not ready to reveal his identity, so it is not appropriate to stay in Yanjing for long, but I will often find time to come see you in the future..."

After saying that, Ye Chen added, "When your son officially reveals his identity to the whole world in the future, I will definitely bring your daughter-in-law to see you, so you can see your son's other half and be more at ease."

Having said this, Ye Chen was filled with melancholy, and tears slid down silently.

In the following hours, Ye Chen didn't speak again, just silently knelt in front of his parents' spirits, saying nothing.

The Ye family members could only see his back from below. No one knew that this man, who had just subdued the Cataclysmic Front and single-handedly changed the landscape of the Nordic royal family, was already tearful in front of his parents' graves.

Several hours later, most of the collateral Ye family members had kowtowed all the way to the archway on the mountain.

Seeing a group of direct Ye family members also kneeling here, they were all dumbfounded.

Before they could figure out why the direct Ye family members were also kneeling all over the ground, they were scolded by the soldiers of the Cataclysmic Front and forced to kneel down one after another.

As more and more people came up, the area under the archway of Mount Ye Ling was almost full of kneeling people.

At this time, the sky was getting late, and the golden sunset spilled over the entire Mount Ye Ling, making the white marble tombstones on Mount Ye Ling appear particularly eye-catching.

The sunset on the horizon reflected on Ye Chen's back, and everyone watched intently, waiting for his next instruction.

However, this back had been kneeling there for several hours without moving, like a statue.

Just as the fiery red clouds appeared on the horizon, Ye Chen slowly stood up, turned around, saw the Ye family members kneeling in a patch, and slowly walked down from the mausoleum.

The core members of the Ye family, as well as the collateral members, all looked at him. The vast majority of people were very uneasy, only Ye Zhongquan and Ye Changxiu had expressions full of expectation.

Ye Chen stood still in front of the crowd, looked around, and said coldly, "From today on, the Ye family's ancestor worship ceremony will be changed from once every twelve years to once a year! The form can be simplified, but everyone must come to Mount Ye Ling to worship the ancestors in person on the day of Qingming Festival. No one is allowed to be absent!"

"Besides that, all collateral Ye family members must come to Yanjing every three months for a work report meeting to report the business situation of the past three months to the main family in detail. Again, no one is allowed to be absent! Do you all understand?!"

In Ye Chen's view, these collateral vassal kings of the Ye family only came to worship once every twelve years; this frequency was too low. It was precisely because of this that they couldn't talk about any loyalty to the Ye family, and the Ye family had no actual control over them.

However, from now on, all this must be thoroughly changed.

Making them come to worship ancestors every year and report for duty every three months was to strengthen the main family's control over them.

If the Ye family were compared to a feudal dynasty, what Ye Chen wanted to do now was to strengthen centralized power, weaken local decentralization, and hold these vassal kings scattered all over the country firmly in his hands! ===== CHAPTER 1732 =====