The next day

The Marquis's residence was completely calm, as if the assassination attempt the previous night had never happened. The eldest son of the Marquis's residence did not tell outsiders about his assassination attempt.

Meanwhile, the second young master of the Marquis's mansion was staying in the courtyard where the Marquis's wife was.

"Mother, we've all been deceived by our eldest brother!"

"My brother isn't sick; he's been lying to us all these years."

"How utterly despicable!" the second young master of the Marquis's mansion said angrily, his face burning with uncontrollable rage. His voice was also tinged with coldness.

"What? How is that possible?!" The lady of the Marquis's mansion, who was holding a cup of tea, dropped the tea on the ground upon hearing this.

His face still held a look of astonishment, and he asked incredulously. His voice was filled with even more surprise.

"Mother, I've already sent people to investigate, and it's indeed the case. I even sent someone to assassinate him, but they failed." The second young master of the Marquis's mansion said with a grim expression, his voice filled with anger.

"How dare you lie to me!" After hearing the words of the second young master of the Marquis's mansion, the lady of the mansion also showed anger on her face. Her voice was filled with rage.

She never imagined that he had learned to pretend at such a young age! And he had been pretending for twenty years!

They even fooled her!

"Mother, what should we do now? We can't let him continue like this," the second young master of the Marquis's mansion asked immediately, his face extremely grim and his voice filled with anger.

"Now that I understand, you don't need to worry about it. Leave everything to me," the Lady of the Marquis's Mansion continued, her face composed, her voice carrying a chilling undertone.

"Mother, I also want to do it myself," the second young master of the Marquis's mansion retorted after hearing what the Marquis's wife said, with a hint of dissatisfaction on his face.

His voice betrayed a hint of reluctance.

"Don't bother with it. Leave this to your mother." A sharp glint flashed in the eyes of the Lady of the Marquis's wife. Her voice was icy cold.

“Alright, in that case, let Mother handle it.” The second young master of the Marquis’s mansion said immediately after hearing his mother’s words, his face also showing a hint of sternness.

"Yes, just wait to become the only young master of the Marquis's mansion. From now on, the Marquis's mansion will belong to my son."

After hearing the words of the second young master of the Marquis's mansion, the lady of the mansion spoke with a firm expression, her voice tinged with a hint of a smile.

"Good, this Marquis's mansion will definitely fall into my hands in the end!" The second young master of the Marquis's mansion smiled after hearing the words of the Marquis's wife. His voice was also filled with determination.

Lady Dihou, who was standing to the side, also expressed her full agreement upon hearing this.

Subsequently, the Lady of the Marquis's Mansion began to take action.

However, thanks to the vigilance of the eldest son of the Marquis's family, he noticed the Marquis's wife's actions as soon as they began.

However, not wanting to alert the enemy too early and expose the situation prematurely, thus giving Lady Hou the opportunity to devise other schemes, the eldest son of the Hou family did not make a sound.

Instead, they acted as if they hadn't noticed.

However, they also secretly began to take action against the Marquis's wife and the second son of the Marquis's family.

Soon, the Lady of the Marquis's Mansion began to experience some physical abnormalities and felt tired.

At first, the lady of the Marquis's mansion did not notice anything amiss and thought that it was because she was not sleeping well at night and was sleepy during the day that she had these symptoms.

But as she slept longer and longer each day, she noticed something was wrong.

So they hurriedly tried to send someone to treat her.

However, it was too late by then.

She was placed under house arrest in the courtyard.

It turns out that during this period, the eldest son of the Marquis's mansion made a move against the household!

Meanwhile, the second son of the Marquis's mansion was led away by someone sent by the eldest son.

They secretly killed him.

The reason why the eldest son of the Marquis's family was so radical was mainly because he had received news of the Marquis's death in battle.

At this moment, the eldest son of the Marquis's family entered the room of the Marquis's wife.

The lady of the Marquis's mansion glared at the eldest son of the Marquis's mansion as he entered, her eyes filled with hatred.

"I never imagined you'd be hiding like this!" The Lady of the Marquis's mansion said angrily to the eldest son, her voice filled with deep hatred.

"Isn't this all thanks to you?"

"If I hadn't learned to show weakness from a young age and pretended to be physically weak and short-lived all along, I would have been in trouble."

"I guess you couldn't tolerate him anymore and got rid of him long ago." The eldest son of the Marquis's mansion said, getting out of his wheelchair and walking to the bedside of the Marquis's wife.

A faint smile played on her lips. Her voice also carried a hint of amusement.

"Don't look at me like that. It's just a matter of the winner taking all."

"If I hadn't prepared in advance, and I had lost and fallen into your hands, I don't think I would have fared much better," the eldest son of the Marquis's mansion continued, his voice tinged with seriousness.

"How dare you! You dare to treat me like this while the Marquis is away! Aren't you afraid that when the Marquis returns, he will find out about you and punish you?!"

The lady of the Marquis's mansion continued, her face burning with uncontrollable rage. Her voice was filled with fury, and her body trembled with rage.

"You don't know yet, do you? Father won't be coming back." The eldest son of the Marquis's mansion said to the Marquis's wife. A complex emotion flashed in his eyes, but his face remained cold.

"How could this be! What happened to the Marquis?" Upon hearing the words of the Marquis's eldest son, the Marquis's wife's eyes flashed with astonishment, and her face showed a shocked expression.

"It was you? You did it?!"

"You beast! How could you even lay a hand on your own father!" the Lady of the Marquis's mansion said, her voice filled with rage.

"It wasn't me! I wouldn't be so unscrupulous as to disregard filial piety!" the eldest son of the Marquis's mansion said coldly, his voice radiating a chill.

"Then why can't the Marquis return?!" the Marquis's wife pressed, her face contorted with anger. Her voice held a hint of seriousness.

"Father died on the battlefield, I didn't do it," the eldest son of the Marquis's mansion continued, his face serious.

"How could this be?!" The lady of the Marquis's mansion looked incredulous upon hearing the eldest son's words. Her voice trembled slightly.

After a moment, the Lady of the Marquis's Mansion finally accepted the fact. Her face turned cold.

"Now that you're here, you must have taken control of the Marquis's mansion."

"Where is your brother?!" Although the lady of the Marquis's mansion had already guessed that her son might have met with misfortune, there was still a hint of hope on her face.

I hope the eldest son of the Marquis's mansion didn't resort to such a cruel act!

"He's waiting for you underground!" the eldest son of the Marquis's mansion said coldly, his voice carrying a chilling undertone.

"You! You're so cruel!"

After hearing the words of the eldest son of the Marquis's family, the lady of the Marquis's family closed her eyes tightly, then opened them abruptly, and said with a grim expression, her voice filled with deep hatred.

"Don't blame me, blame yourself!"

"It's all your fault!"

“No, my deceased father is also implicated!” the eldest son of the Marquis’s mansion added immediately, his face still showing a cold expression.

His voice was chilling to the bone!

"I don't know what you're talking about!" The lady of the Marquis's mansion looked surprised after hearing the eldest son's words.

Then, as if realizing something, his face turned incredulous.

His voice carried a chilling undertone!