Chapter 57: The Dispute over the Head of the Family (2)
"You..." Sun Ziren was finally defeated, pointing at Sun Su'e, trembling all over, "That's how you talk to the elders, don't forget, the Sun family's elders have the right to remove you as the acting head of the family!"
"Su'e believes that the elders will support Su'e, please rest assured uncle!"
"This is not necessarily!" Sun Ziren turned to face the clansmen and said in a loud voice: "I, Sun Ziren, as the second head of the Sun family, ask the Council of Elders to vote to remove Sun Su'e from the position of head of the family and elect a new head of the family!"
Hearing Sun Ziren say this, there was a lot of discussion in the hall, and everyone looked at an old man who was the first on his left. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info This old man has white hair and looks to be at least eighty years old, but he is the highest elder of the Sun family, Sun Su'e's third grandfather, and Sun Jian, the eldest elder of the Sun Family Elders' Association.
Sun Jian thought for a long time before he said slowly: "The establishment of the Sun Elder Association does have the responsibility of supervising the head of the family. The Council of Elders has the right to make a decision to remove the head of the family if he misbehaves, does something detrimental to the Sun family, or is incapable enough to assume the position of head of the family. This has not happened in the past 200 years since the establishment of the Presbyterian Church. Now that the head of the family has passed away and Shucheng is seriously ill, it has indeed had a great impact on the Sun family. ”
When Sun Jian said this, he did cough twice, picked up the teacup, moistened his throat, and then continued: "According to the ancestral teachings of the Sun family, the immediate family members of the Sun family, as long as there is a proper reason, can put forward a proposal to remove the head of the family, and the Council of Elders must not refuse. ”
"Third grandfather..." When Sun Su'e heard this, she couldn't help but look at Sun Jian anxiously. Sun Jian shook his head at Sun Su'e and continued: "As the Great Elder of the Council of Elders, Sun Jian decided to vote on the spot and give an explanation to the clansmen. If the vote fails, the matter cannot be raised again for three years. Ziren, do you know!"
"My nephew naturally knows, please rest assured that the third uncle!"
"Su'e, do you have any objections?"
"Su'e respects the third grandfather's decision!" Sun Su'e sat on the chair dejectedly, her face already pale.
Since there are no objections, the voting is officially open. Sun Jian's gaze swept over the audience, and the discussion of the audience suddenly stopped, and there was silence.
"As a great elder, Sun Jian should take the lead in casting this first vote. Although Su'e is still young and a woman, over the years, for the Sun family, she has worked hard and made a lot of contributions, and her ability is also obvious to all. Now is the moment of life and death for my Sun family, for the sake of stability, Sun Jian supports Su E to still temporarily serve as the acting head of the family!" Sun Jian said this decision, and most people in the hall immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
You must know that among the five elders of the Sun family, the second elder and the fifth elder have always regarded Sun Su'e as their own, and they love Sun Su'e very much, and they will definitely support Sun Su'e. And the Great Elder Sun Jian usually remains neutral, handles things very fairly, and never takes sides. Now that Sun Jian has expressed his support for Sun Su'e, it can be said that Sun Su'e's position as the head of the family is no longer able to escape.
When everyone looked at Sun Ziren, sure enough, Sun Ziren's face was already a little unsightly.
Sure enough, the second elder also expressed his support for Sun Su'e to remain the head of the family. The third elder and the fourth elder have always been friendly with Sun Ziren, and these two votes are undoubtedly in favor of removing Sun Su'e from the position of head of the family, but it is not out of everyone's expectations.
Now the situation is two against two, and everyone's eyes can't help but look at the fifth elder Sun Shuyu. Sun Shuyu is Sun Su'e's cousin, and he has always been good friends with Sun Shucheng and Sun Su'e.
Sun Shuyu stood up, first bowed respectfully to Sun Jian, and then said loudly: "My Sun Shuyu is not very old, and he has not been in the Council of Elders for a long time, but he thinks that he is also willing to work hard and will not do partialities. ”
Sun Shuyu said this, but he was deliberately stunned, and then continued in the expectant eyes of everyone: "For the sake of the Sun family, Shuyu votes to support the removal of Sun Su'e as the acting head of the family and elect a new head of the family!"
As soon as Sun Shuyu's words fell, there was an uproar in the hall, no one thought that Sun Shuyu would support the removal of Sun Su'e, and the entire hall was full of chaotic discussions for a while.
"Third brother, you... Sun Su'e didn't expect this to be the result, she stood up in despair, her fingers trembling and pointing at Sun Shuyu, but she was so angry that she couldn't speak for a while. Sun Shuyu faced Sun Su'e's gaze, but he didn't dare to look directly, just looked down at the ground and didn't say a word.
Sun Su'e slammed, slapped her palm on the table, and strode out of the hall angrily. After a while, the teacup on the table jumped, and finally fell to the ground and shattered. Sun Ziren laughed loudly in the hall.
Xuan Qi looked at everything that happened just now coldly and didn't say anything. Sure enough, the vote for the election of the new head of the family did not surprise everyone, and Sun Ziren was elected the new head of the family with a vote of three to two. Xuan Qi held Hua Minglu and followed the children of the Sun family out of the hall.
"As expected, the second uncle has coveted the position of the head of the family for many years, and now he finally got his wish!" Uncle Sun half leaned on the bed and let out a long sigh.
"Brother, this is also expected. It's not a bad thing. ”
"Gang Master Xuan, what should we do in the future?"
"Brother Sun still recuperates with peace of mind, and at the same time, don't expose the things that have been removed, even if it's Brother Sun's wife and children, don't tell them. In the days to come, Brother Sun will have to work a lot harder. Xuan Qi saw Sun Shucheng nodding before continuing: "Now that Sun Shuyu has also been exposed, although it is a little unexpected, it can be regarded as a good thing. I wonder what you two think?"
"My third brother and eldest brother and sister grew up together since childhood, to be honest, I still can't imagine why the third brother would defect and fall to the second uncle. ”
"Maybe the third brother has something unspeakable, or some handle in the hands of the second uncle. As a third brother, he has always despised the second uncle's approach, and he will definitely not support the second uncle for no reason. ”
Xuan Qi nodded and said, "Uncle Sun's matter, just leave it to me to deal with! ”
In the days that followed, Sun Shucheng was still lying on the bed, looking hopeless, except for the two credible maids, that is, Sun Shucheng's wife and thirteen-year-old son to take care of. Most of the clansmen and disciples of the Sun family naturally visited less and less. Sun Shuyu, who usually comes almost every day, is not even a figure.
And Sun Su'e has become decadent, except for visiting Sun Shucheng every day, she just takes Hua Minglu and plays around, and she doesn't even ask about family affairs. Sometimes, when Sun Su'e went out, she didn't even put on light makeup, and she wandered around the streets of Jizhou with Hua Minglu with a plain face.