Qu Dapeng took her things and placed them in Ye Lanyin's hands.

Ye Lanyin stared at the old, peeling wooden box and spoke.

Have you opened it and looked at it?

"No, she wouldn't give it to me."

Ye Lanyin then opened the box, but because it had been lost for so long, the box was almost impossible to open.

Qu Dapeng took it from her and then slammed it down, shattering the entire wooden box into powder.

Qu Dapeng was somewhat shocked, "How could it break so easily?"

"It was quite heavy when I was holding it just now."

Ye Lanyin was also somewhat surprised.

This box definitely looks like a valuable item.

But before she could think any further, she was drawn to a letter at her feet.

"What's this?"

Ye Lanyin picked up the letter from the ground, took out the contents, and slowly opened it.

I started browsing quickly, reading ten lines at a glance.

Her expression was uncertain, sometimes frowning, sometimes gritting her teeth.

Suddenly, a tear slid down her cheek.

Qu Dapeng was startled when he saw her like this. "Madam, what's wrong?"

Ye Lanyin looked up. "Grandpa, look."

She handed the letter to Qu Dapeng.

Qu Dapeng took the letter and began to read it.

Not long after, he was terrified and folded the paper up.

"Madam, you..."

She just said she is the wife of the Marquis of Zhenbei, is she the one mentioned in the letter?

Ye Lanyin closed her eyes. "It's me."

"Sir, the midwife who delivered my baby was your wife."

"Because it was twins, there was a risk of premature birth, so I booked a famous midwife in Bianjing well in advance. But on the day of my delivery, the midwife suddenly developed a fever and couldn't come."

"I had no doubts at first, but I never expected..."

As she spoke, Ye Lanyin could no longer hide her emotions and burst into tears.

The midwife who later delivered the baby was someone whom the Marquis of Zhenbei had assured him repeatedly of, that her delivery skills were superb, and that he could rest assured.

But now the letter says that Zou Shuang'er instructed the midwife to throw the child into a mass grave.

Her child... was abandoned shortly after birth, and now she doesn't know if, as her daughter says, the child is still alive.

The thought of her small body freezing in the cold snow broke her heart.

"Mother, don't be afraid, Second Brother is not dead."

The book says that the second brother was alive and well, and that their father had found him.

Unfortunately, the daughter doesn't know that her father is a member of the royal family.

All we know is that he possesses something unique to him.

What?

Was the man she spent the night with from the Xiao family?

She covered her mouth, not daring to show her shock.

Hua Mei took the letter from Qu Dapeng.

After reading it, she was so angry that she used her sword to split the table next to her in two.

"Damn it."

"Leave the young master in a mass grave, and I'll tear her to pieces!"

As she cursed, Hua Mei burst into tears, "I wonder how the young master is doing, poor young master, sob sob sob..."

"Such a cold little man, waaaah, poor young master."

No wonder, the lady seems like a different person. These days, she's either taking a concubine or making the fourth young master kneel.

So that's how much the lady had endured.

Qu Dapeng watched them cry their hearts out and knew that this was a very difficult situation. He tried to comfort them, but he didn't dare to.

"Madam, please don't be sad. The young master is a lucky person..."

"What nonsense! They're all in the mass grave, we don't even know if they're dead or not. I don't think the people from Yunxi Village are any good either."

After Hua Mei finished speaking, she pulled Ye Lanyin and said, "Madam, let's go. There are many ghosts and monsters in Yunxi Village. It's their own doing."

[Mother, Second Brother is not dead, don't be sad...]

Lin Wanwan looked at her mother, who was crying her eyes out, and her own eyes reddened.

Ye Lanyin sniffed.

She already knows what she wanted to know.

Her child was abandoned in a mass grave; it turned out that Zou Shuang'er's child was one day older than hers.

Her delivery date was planned by Zhenbei Hou and Zou Shuang'er.

That beast, Marquis Zhenbei, is so cruel; even a tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs.

Haha, but that wasn't his child at all.

"Brother, may I keep this letter?"

Qu Dapeng, remembering how Ye Lanyin had risked her life to save him and several of his brothers, immediately agreed.

"Please take her away, Madam."

"Thank you, Brother Xie." Ye Lanyin tucked it into her waistband as if it were a precious treasure.

[Mother, don't let the mistress get away with it.]

[You absolutely have to rub her to death.]

[Hmph, I hope he gets beaten to a pulp!]

Hearing her daughter's words, Ye Lanyin's tense heart finally relaxed a little.

Not long after they relaxed, a cold wind suddenly passed by her again.

Ye Lanyin gasped.

Qu Dapeng smiled and said, "Madam, don't worry, we're used to it."

Ye Lanyin and Hua Mei trembled inwardly.

Hua Mei: I really want to leave quickly, she doesn't want to die.

[Mother, the villagers of Yunxi Village are all terrified to death by those evil spirits.]

[Mother, if this continues, not only Yunxi Village, but the surrounding villages will slowly suffer as well.]

Lin Wanwan reached out and touched Ye Lanyin's brow.

A faint aura spread around Ye Lanyin.

Hua Mei was stunned.

Qu Dapeng was speechless.

Mother, please don't go anywhere else. I need someone to come up here.

Ye Lanyin nodded easily, "Big brother, I'm a little tired, would you like to rest here for a while?"

"Okay, let's rest." Qu Dapeng was still a little dazed.

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