"Slap-slap-slap!"

Xiao Qingyin clapped.

"As expected of a minister, you speak with such skill. If my mother were alive, she would be deeply moved to hear your words."

Xiao Shengyuan felt a slight sting on his face from her ambiguous words.

"Whether you believe it or not, my feelings for your mother are genuine."

"Fine," Xiao Qingyin scoffed, "I don't care whether it's true or not. I've been back in the capital for so long, it's time to pay my respects to my mother. Tell me the mountain, and I'll go find it myself."

How will you find it?

Xiao Shengyuan was astonished.

“The mountain is so big, and so many years have passed. The saplings from back then have all grown into big trees. How could we possibly find them?”

“Cut down all the trees, clear away all the grass, dig up all the soil, I refuse to believe we can’t find it.”

Xiao Qingyin said calmly.

"Unless the place you're providing is fake."

I must warn you, you'd better behave yourself. If they level the mountain and still can't find your remains, I'll file a complaint with the Dali Temple.

"you!"

Xiao Shengyuan was startled by her madness.

"Do you even know what it means to be laid to rest in peace? Your mother has already become one with the mountains; let her rest in peace. What you're doing is making it impossible for her to find peace even in death."

"You can choose between going to the Dali Temple to file a complaint right now or going there when you can't find the grave."

Seeing that she didn't seem to be joking, Xiao Shengyuan was so angry that his veins bulged.

"Are you absolutely determined to find your mother's grave?"

"We absolutely must find it."

He slumped into the armchair, looking at Xiao Qingyin with a helpless expression.

What good will doing this do you?

“If a child doesn’t even know where his parents’ graves are and never pays respects to them, wouldn’t that be the greatest act of filial impiety?”

Xiao Qingyin asked in return.

"You're making excuses and refusing to tell me. Are you afraid that I'll discover something and find out the truth about how you and Yao conspired to murder my mother?"

"Don't make false accusations!"

Xiao Shengyuan was furious.

"Your mother died in childbirth, what does that have to do with anyone else!"

Xiao Qingyin stared at him intently.

Xiao Shengyuan immediately understood.

She didn't believe him.

She genuinely suspected that she had harmed the Yun family.

A wicked girl.

He has a rebellious streak.

He even dared to doubt his own father.

The Taoist priest was right back then; she was a scourge to the Xiao family and should have been left to fend for herself in the countryside. They shouldn't have called her back.

If Qingrong had obediently accepted the arranged marriage, she wouldn't be lying on the bed like a lump of rotten flesh now.

Neither of my two daughters is reliable.

In the end, the Xiao family still had to rely on him to support them.

Xiao Shengyuan suddenly felt a little tired.

He sighed.

“Since you insist, then go and find her. Your mother is buried halfway up Xiling Mountain.”

Are you sure?

Xiao Qingyin smiled.

"Don't wait until I flatten Xiling Mountain, and then you say it's not this place."

"I'm sure." Xiao Shengyuan said dejectedly, "I'll go look for it with you, is that alright?"

"Then I'll have to trouble Minister Xiao."

Xiao Qingyin found a group of people skilled in locating graves and asked Yi Jiu to find several coroners. The next day, she took her people and Xiao Shengyuan to Xiling Mountain.

Yi Shuihan followed.

“This concerns my mother-in-law; how can I stand idly by?”

He said frankly.

Xiao Qingyin's guilty conscience seemed completely unnecessary.

She felt relieved, thinking that the man probably didn't take what happened that night to heart.

Out of respect for the taboo, Xiao Shengyuan did not participate in Yun's funeral and never saw her tomb in person, only knowing its approximate location.

Xiao Qingyin had the grave hunters search for three locations and immediately began digging.

After digging for about half an hour, they unearthed a coffin in the eastern direction.

Xiao Qingyin asked Xiao Shengyuan to identify it.

"Is this my mother's?"

The coffin used for Yun was prepared by the old lady for her own use. It was made of very good materials, and the location was also well chosen, free from water damage or ant infestation.

More than a decade has passed, and although the coffin looks very old, it is still well preserved.

Xiao Shengyuan stared at it for a moment, then nodded.

"It's hers."

“Alright,” Xiao Qingyin said, looking at the coroners, “Let’s open the coffin and examine the body.”

Xiao Shengyuan's expression immediately changed.

"Are you really going to do this?"

He still thought that Xiao Qingyin's words yesterday were just to provoke him into revealing his location.

"There must be fake ones."

Xiao Qingyin scoffed.

"Who would take a coroner around everywhere for no reason?"

"You are blaspheming your mother's spirit!"

Xiao Shengyuan gritted his teeth.

"I do not agree to an autopsy!"

The coroner, who was prying open the coffin, stopped and looked at Xiao Qingyin.

"Ignore him, continue."

"Stop it!"

Xiao Shengyuan rushed over and hugged the coffin tightly.

Xiao Qingyin was too lazy to waste words with him and directly ordered someone to pull him away.

"You wicked girl! You'll get your comeuppance sooner or later!"

Xiao Shengyuan started cursing.

Not long after, the coffin lid was lifted, and he immediately turned his face away.

Xiao Qingyin stared intently as the coroner opened the coffin, and after seeing the scene inside, she was stunned.

The coffin was empty.

There were no remains, not even clothes or jewelry.

The coffin was so well preserved that even though the body had decomposed, the bones were still intact.

Not to mention clothing and jewelry that have a lifespan longer than a corpse.

Xiao Qingyin remained silent for a moment.

He turned and walked up to Xiao Shengyuan, grabbed him by the collar and dragged him to the coffin, demanding, "What did you do to my mother's body?"

Could they have foreseen this day, and destroyed Yun's body early on to completely conceal the truth?

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