Her son was dead, and now she was being threatened by powerful people. Madam Song was extremely grief-stricken, and her shoulders trembled uncontrollably. She was truly pitiful to look at.

Gu Cheng'an helped Liu Yunrou, whose face was swollen like a pig's head, to her feet: "Your Majesty, if there are no other instructions, may I take my leave?"

Huo Jin nodded slightly, and Gu Cheng'an breathed a sigh of relief before bowing and leaving with Liu Yunrou.

Looking at their disheveled appearance, Bai Ruifeng's burning desire for revenge after her rebirth suddenly dissipated considerably... Gu Cheng'an was not something unshakeable, and Liu Yunrou was not scary at all.

She could only bully those weaker than herself, and could only be beaten when she encountered someone stronger.

Now everyone inside and outside the courtyard has left, and those who remain are all related by blood or marriage.

"Ninth Uncle, are you tired from standing for so long? Shall I help you to the inner hall to rest?" Bai Yan smiled at Huo Jin from the side, deliberately using this tone.

Huo Jin was at a loss, knowing that she was angry because she hadn't made their relationship clear earlier.

"good."

Bai Yan helped Huo Jin into the inner hall. He did not tell Bai Chong to get up, and Bai Chong and Madam Qian remained kneeling.

Only after everyone had left did Bai Chong look up. He quickly stood up again and saw that his eldest daughter was still standing to the side. "Ruifeng, when did you become so familiar with His Majesty? How come I didn't know?"

Even she didn't know, so how could he know?

However, Bai Ruifeng glanced at Bai Chong and then smiled: "Father, have you noticed His Majesty's affection for Xiao Yan?"

Bai Chong nodded.

Bai Ruifeng's expression changed, and she snapped, "Then why don't you tell your precious concubine to wash her neck clean and wait for me?" With that, she flicked her sleeve and walked towards the hall.

Knowing what Bai Ruifeng was about to do, Madam Qian turned pale and hurriedly tried to pull her sleeve, but Bai Ruifeng walked very fast and had already reached the inner room in the blink of an eye.

"Ruifeng greets Ninth Uncle, long live Ninth Uncle!" Bai Ruifeng kowtowed to the Emperor.

His Majesty has already acknowledged this status; only a fool would not use this relationship.

Before her was Xiao Yan's older sister, whom she never forgot even when she was intimate with him. Even if she didn't extend her affection to Xiao Yan's sister, Huo Jin naturally showed her respect: "Young lady, please rise."

Bai Ruifeng did not get up: "Ninth Uncle, my sister Xiaoyan and I lost our mother at a young age, and we have no elders in the Bai family to rely on. Now, the only one we can rely on is you."

"I am already a married woman and do not seek your protection. However, my younger sister, Xiao Yan, is still young and has been bullied in this household. I beg Your Majesty to consider our kinship, show her mercy, and seek justice for her!"

Bai Yan's lips curled up. Her older sister was very shrewd; it would be foolish not to use a ready-made cleaver if she was just pretending to be aloof.

Bai Ruifeng kowtowed and said, "Father took a concubine as his wife. Qian Shi acted like a tyrant in the mansion and even forcibly seized the dowry that Mother left for Xiao Yan!"

At that moment, Bai Chong and Qian Shi Bai Rui'er entered one after the other. Upon hearing his eldest daughter tell him that he had taken a concubine as his wife, Bai Chong stared at Bai Ruifeng so intently that he almost choked her.

Madam Qian knelt on the ground in a panic: "Your Majesty, I have never done such a thing, I have never..."

Bai Ruier, standing nearby, also hurriedly pleaded for her mother: "Your Majesty, you are wise and mighty, please don't let these two sisters deceive you! It's Bai Yan's own fault for being unfilial. What kind of unmarried girl would ask for her own dowry? My mother is the mistress of the house, and she kindly entrusted it to her..."

Bai Ruifeng stood up, took two steps forward, and pulled the hairpin out of Bai Ruier's hair: "Kindly keeping it safe? What? You're keeping it safe for yourself now!"