Chapter 1628 — Calm Down
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But saying that aloud would be asking for a scolding. As long as it could be established that the child belonged to their family, the rest was an internal family matter. Still, she offered a reminder: "For the sake of accuracy, it would be best to have the child's father do the test himself as well."
"Very well, very well—by all means, do mine first. That... whatever-it-is DNA test." Old Master Tang nodded.
The results came back just as quickly this time, and now it could be settled beyond all doubt: there was a high degree of similarity between Bing Tang's DNA and the old man Tang's. In other words, Bing Tang belonged to the Hidden Tang family. Although the maternal-side test had left room for some lingering possibility, the paternal-side results had now come in as well—Bing Tang was a member of the Hidden Tang family without question, and whatever possibilities had remained before no longer mattered.
"Tangtang! It really is you!" Seeing the test results, Xiao Ming clasped Bing Tang in her arms, overcome with emotion.
But in her heart, Bing Tang did not feel the excitement she had imagined upon finally seeing her own mother. Instead, she was filled with bitterness. She did not know how she was to face what came next—acknowledging Xiao Ming as her mother was one thing, but what of the Hidden Tang family?
"Palace Master... might Tang be so bold as to call you granddaughter..." Old Master Tang was beaming from ear to ear. It was true—the Palace Master of the Ice Palace was the Hidden Tang family's granddaughter! This was the most wonderful news imaginable.
"I need some time alone..." Bing Tang waved her hand dismissively and walked out of the hospital on her own.
Watching Bing Tang's retreating figure, Xiao Qing sighed and turned to Old Master Tang and Xiao Ming. "Why don't you go back to the inn and rest? Once the Palace Master has thought things through, she will come to you."
Because Bing Tang's stance remained unclear, Xiao Qing was uncertain how she ultimately intended to deal with the Tang family—and so she maintained an impeccably courteous tone toward Old Master Tang and Xiao Ming.
"Good... very good!" Old Master Tang thought to himself that there was a solid chance this would work out after all. Just from Xiao Qing's attitude, he could tell that she treated the Hidden Tang family very differently now!
So Old Master Tang did not rush or press the matter. He simply returned to the inn with Tang Yu and Xiao Ming, waiting patiently for word from the Ice Palace.
Bing Tang's heart was in turmoil. She had not seen her parents in nearly twenty years, and now they had suddenly appeared before her—to acknowledge them or not? Judging by how she had dealt with the Hidden Tang family, she should have been glad simply not to make trouble for them, let alone acknowledge any kinship!
But whenever she thought of Xiao Ming, Bing Tang's heart softened. Her mother was innocent in all this—every bit of it had been the doing of that black-hearted father of hers! So if the kinship was to be acknowledged, Bing Tang wanted to acknowledge her mother alone. As for any relationship with the Hidden Tang family, she could let bygones be bygones for her mother's sake. But that First Young Madam—wherever she had come from, she could go right back where she came from. From now on, Xiao Ming would be the First Young Madam!
That was the only right Bing Tang could win for her mother! It was the old truth that even the most upright official finds it hard to settle matters of the household. However deep her resentment, with her mother caught in the middle, there was nothing she could do to the Hidden Tang family—and so the best she could manage was to secure some advantage for her mother.