Chapter 99 There are other people behind Lin Siqiong!

"Tingwan, I'm sorry I'm late."

Yu Tingwan looked at Wen Shiyan and smiled slightly, "You have something important to do, and you didn't know something like this would happen tonight, so there's no need to apologize.

I just didn't expect that Lin Siqiong, who stole my identity, would go to such great lengths to let her daughter steal Youning's fate.

I never thought that it was Madam Lin who was behind this matter."

In the past, Yu Tingwan might have been willing to call her mother, but after experiencing what happened tonight, she could no longer regard Madam Lin as her mother.

Wen Shiyan sighed, "Mrs. Lin is a weak and indecisive person. When she whispered to Lin Siqiong about the girl of destiny, it might not have been entirely her intention."

"You mean...Mr. Lin?"

Yu Tingwan frowned, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Wen Shiyan's words made sense.

When Lin Yan was planning this matter, he never imagined that the person whose fate was stolen by Lin Siqiong would be his own granddaughter, right?

...

Lin family.

When Lin met Lin Yan and others being escorted back by the imperial guards, he was so frightened that his face turned pale.

"Father, mother, sister, what on earth is going on?"

"Why does Li'er look so unhappy? Why is my sister so embarrassed?"

"Did Yu Tingwan bully you by taking advantage of her power? I'm going to settle the score with her right now!"

Lin Yu was about to leave when Lin Yan slapped him hard.

"What else can you do besides making trouble? Go back to your room!"

Lin Yu was beaten repeatedly within a day. He was angry and aggrieved, but he did calm down and stopped making trouble.

The imperial guards completed their mission by escorting the person back.

"Lord Lin, the Emperor has said that you should remain in the palace to reflect on your mistakes. You will not be required to attend court until you have finished reflecting on your mistakes. I will take my leave."

The imperial guards left.

Lin Yan was so shocked that he almost fell to the ground.

Lin Yu finally realized that something was wrong.

"Master Lin? Father, why did he call you Master Lin? The Emperor asked you to reflect on your sins in the palace. What sins did you reflect on?"

Mrs. Lin felt like the sky was falling, and she hugged Lin Yu and started crying.

"Yu'er! Our family's title has been taken away!"

After she finished speaking, she burst into tears and could no longer utter a complete word.

Lin Yu was completely dumbfounded. "What? Mother, what did you say? Why did the emperor take away our family's title? Is it because Yu Tingwan is behind this? She resents my sister and our family, so—"

"What a shitty sister!"

Lin Yan interrupted Lin Yu angrily.

"What kind of sister is she to you?"

"If it weren't for her, our house wouldn't be like this now!"

"If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have been stripped of my title!"

Lin Yan looked at Lin Siqiong viciously, wishing he could drink her blood and eat her flesh.

Lin Siqiong wasn't afraid at all, and even laughed. "Father, you didn't look like this just now in front of the Emperor! Why have you changed now?"

"Don't you think that you were implicated and stripped of your title because you pleaded for me? This is just giving the Emperor a legitimate excuse!"

"Even if you don't plead for me, you won't be able to keep this title."

"Don't you understand yet? The reason why the Penglai Island Master chose to launch an attack tonight is to seek justice for Yu Tingwan!"

"It's true that I took her identity, but after she came back, you were dissatisfied with her again and again. But you, father! I didn't force you to do those things and say those words! It was you who disliked her!"

"Father, let me remind you one last time. We are a family, bound together, and we cannot be separated. If you attack Li'er and me now, the Emperor will think you are heartless and cruel, and you won't even be able to keep your position.

For the sake of your official position and the lives of our family, I advise father to be nicer to me and Li'er. Li'er is not feeling well, so I will take her home first. Father, please ask the court doctor to come and see us as soon as possible!"

Lin Siqiong took Lin Ruoli away without even looking at Lin Yu from beginning to end.

"elder sister!"

Lin Yu shouted, but he didn't wait for Lin Siqiong to turn around.

Even his footsteps did not stop at all.

Lin Yu's face was filled with pain and confusion. "What on earth is going on? What's going on?"

Mrs. Lin quickly held him in her arms and said, "Yu'er, listen to what your mother has to say to you. Your mother has to say to you..."

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The next morning, as the capital city became bustling, what happened last night seemed to have wings and flew into everyone's ears.

"Hey, have you heard? That Lin Ruoli from Yong'an Marquis's Mansion is not the girl of destiny at all!"

"What Yong'an Marquis Mansion? It's not that anymore! That's the Lin Mansion!"

"Not only was Lin Ruoli's destiny stolen, but even her mother, the so-called eldest daughter of the Lin family, is a fake!"

"These mother and daughter are so bold and greedy! One has schemed for the position of eldest daughter of the Marquis's mansion and has enjoyed the comforts of the mansion for over twenty years, while the other has even schemed for the crown prince and dreams of becoming his consort! How shameless!"

"But then again, why would the Supervisor be bribed by Lin Siqiong? The Supervisor is highly valued by the Emperor and receives countless rewards year-round. Why would he be so bewildered as to help Lin Siqiong?"

Not only were the common people puzzled by this, but Yu Tingwan also found it strange.

After breakfast, Chu Huaixu came to pick up Yu Youning to go to the Imperial College to study.

Yu Tingwan planned to take advantage of this opportunity to meet the Supervisor.

The news that Yu Tingwan wanted to see the Supervisor was quickly reported to the Emperor.

The emperor did not stop him and agreed immediately.

Yu Tingwan and Wen Shiyan met the warden who was imprisoned in the stone chamber.

The warden sat cross-legged on the stone bed and did not put him in shackles.

He now looks like he is about to die at any moment. If he were put in shackles, he might be crushed to death. Naturally, we dare not put them on him.

The supervisor heard the noise and slowly raised his head.

His face was as old as tree bark, with wrinkles all over it. His eyes had become much smaller and were cloudy.

"You're here." The supervisor spoke slowly, his voice weak.

Knowing that Jian Zheng was good at fortune-telling, Yu Tingwan didn't find it strange to hear him ask this.

Yu Tingwan didn't waste any words and directly asked the questions in his mind.

"Why did you help Lin Siqiong? Although she was the daughter of the Marquis's family at that time, a daughter of the third-rank official shouldn't be something you're afraid of, right?"

The supervisor's breathing became heavier, as if every breath made him feel very tired.

"You're right."

"A daughter of the third-ranking official is indeed not something I would be afraid of."

"I helped her because I had to."

"I can't tell you the reason."

Wen Shiyan walked forward expressionlessly, and in the blink of an eye he was at the stone bedside.

He spread out his palm, and a small insect in his hand quickly crawled into the warden's ear.

The supervisor's eyes widened instantly, and his voice was full of disbelief.

"Heart-searching Gu! Are you from the Five Poisons Sect?"

Wen Shiyan looked at the Supervisor coldly, "Tell me, why on earth did you help Lin Siqiong?"

The prisoner showed signs of struggle, and his expression gradually became distorted.

He is struggling desperately with the conscience-searching Gu.

If it was the Supervisor during the prosperous period, perhaps he could have made it through.

But the current Supervisor was already at the end of his strength, and even if he tried his best, he could not resist the Heart-Searching Gu.

The warden's head drooped, and his voice was muffled.

"Because she captured my son and threatened me with his life."

Yu Tingwan also came over, "Can't you figure out where your son is?"

"I can count everything in the world, but I cannot count the people and things related to me."

"If I could calculate, I would have known that this day would come long ago, and I would definitely try every possible way to avoid it."

Yu Tingwan paused, "Where is your son now?"

"I don't know. Lin Siqiong didn't keep her promise. This time, she used my son to blackmail me, asking me to help her set fire to the Observatory so that she could reveal Lin Ruoli to everyone. Unfortunately... she ended up shooting herself in the foot!"

"Serves you right! Serves you right! It's karma!"

The warden laughed.

But after just laughing twice, he started coughing violently.

Seeing this, Yu Tingwan knew that he couldn't get any more information out of her, so he looked at Wen Shiyan and said, "Let's go."

Wen Shiyan waved his hand, and the Heart-Questioning Gu flew out of the Supervisor's ear and returned to Wen Shiyan's palm.

The two left together. When they reached the door, Yu Tingwan stopped again and looked at the supervisor.

"When Lin Siqiong came to you, you calculated that Lin Siqiong would fail miserably tonight, right? Then why did you still help her?"

"Do you have to help, or do you want to use this opportunity to get rid of Lin Siqiong?"

After Yu Tingwan said these words, he walked out with Wen Shiyan without waiting for the supervisor's reply.

The door opened and closed, leaving only silence in the room.

After a long time, the supervisor's body began to tremble, and his laughter was hoarse and unpleasant.

"I figured it out. Of course I figured it out."

"She deserves to die! She deserves to die!"

"My son!"

...

Yu Tingwan and Wen Shiyan were walking on the palace road, both of them looked very solemn.

"Do you think the supervisor's son is still alive?" Yu Tingwan asked softly.

Wen Shiyan shook his head. "Not necessarily. I just think that there must be someone behind Lin Siqiong helping her. With her and the Yong'an Marquisate, she shouldn't be able to do such a great thing."

When I was investigating the Baiweizhai incident yesterday, I discovered that Lin Siqiong seemed to be involved in this matter as well."

Seeing Yu Tingwan's frown getting closer and closer, Wen Shiyan held her hand tightly, "Tingwan, don't worry, no matter what, I will protect you and Youning!"

Yu Tingwan nodded, "I know!"

At the same time, in the Imperial College.

Huo Qingchen stared at Yu Youning again and again, and finally shook his head, "I really don't see how you look like the girl of destiny!"

Isn’t this just a little foodie!

Yu Youning looked over with curious eyes, "So what do you think the girl of destiny should look like? Like Li'er?"

"No, no, no!" Huo Qingchen quickly shook his head and waved his hands, "That's absolutely not the case! You're fine this way!"