Chen Mingzhao deserves to die, the Qian family deserves to die, and Bai Chong deserves to die too!

They all deserve to die!

Huo Jin gently held Bai Yan's hand: "Sages say that if you repay evil with good, how will you repay good? Our Xiao Yan is just a little girl, not a saint. Just do what makes you happy."

"The fault lies with them, not you, so don't be sad."

Bai Yan was not sad, but that didn't stop her from resting her head in Huo Jin's arms and sobbing softly.

Huo Jin felt a pang of heartache as he gently patted her back while glancing at Bai Chong: "I do not wish to damage Xiao Yan's reputation, which is why I am treating this matter as a family affair of your Bai family."

"Bai Chong, if you don't want to handle this, then I'll handle it for you, how about that?"

Bai Chong was instantly jolted. He clenched his fist tightly and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, the crime lies with the Qian family. I request that the Qian family be given a cup of poisoned wine."

"allow."

As she lay dying, Madam Qian wept uncontrollably and hastily knelt to grasp Bai Yan's sleeve, saying, "Second Miss, even if I have a thousand faults, your mother has long since passed away, and if it weren't for me, you would never have grown up. You should at least remember this kindness of a meal, shouldn't you?"

Bai Yan's gaze fell on Qian Shi's face: "Does your kindness of a meal mean breaking off half of what you stole from me and throwing it to me? Using stolen goods to show kindness, Qian Shi, what can I possibly remember about you?"

"There is only hatred between us."

Qian opened her mouth, wanting to speak, but the people around her had already dragged her away. Qian cried and shouted, "I did nothing wrong, what did I do wrong... I was only doing it for the Bai family, Bai Yan, you shameless woman, everyone looks out for themselves, if it weren't for you meeting His Majesty..."

"Why did God grant you two wretches such good fortune!"

"Why?!"

Bai Ruier only then realized that her mother was really going to die. She rushed out to try to stop her, but how could a little girl like her stop the Imperial Guards in the court?

"Bai Yan, please spare my mother!" Bai Ruier pleaded, weeping.

Seeing that Bai Yan ignored her, he quickly changed his expression: "Why are you so cruel? Hasn't my mother treated you well? No matter what, she has never lacked clothes for you or food for you!"

How could you be so vicious?

Huo Jin's eyes darkened, and Bai Yan pressed his hand down, looking at Bai Ruier: "Yes, I am vicious, not only towards your mother, but also towards you."

Bai Ruier was indeed unaware of Chen Mingzhao's matter, but she was not innocent in other matters. She did not deserve to die, but wasn't she also profiting from the original owner's suffering?

Bai Yan turned her gaze to Bai Chong: "Let's continue what we didn't finish yesterday."

"You can give your things to whomever you want. My sister and I don't want them, but you have to give us my mother's things."

Bai Chong's lips moved, but he finally tried to appear generous: "I would never covet your dowry. You've been wronged in this matter, so take whatever you want."

Then, putting on a benevolent fatherly act in front of Huo Jin, he said, "Butler, go open the storeroom. The Second Miss can choose whatever she wants."

Bai Yan chuckled and shook her head: "Lord Bai, you're mistaken."

"You came to the capital as a commoner. If it weren't for my mother's family taking a liking to you, how could you, a minor official of the sixth or seventh rank, have bought a house and settled down in the capital?"

"This house was my mother's dowry, right? It includes the indentures of the servants, the land, and all sorts of shops."

Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse; no matter how down on their luck the two sisters were, their mother was much richer than Bai Chong, who came from a poor family.

"Father," Bai Yan called Bai Chong "Father" again, "This house belongs to me and my sister, not to you."

Bai Chong vaguely knew what she was going to do, and a sense of powerless absurdity rose from the bottom of his heart...

I've thought about it, and it's too difficult to get you to return everything. How about this, have the butler open the storeroom and take your things away.”

She really wanted to get rid of him? Bai Chong exclaimed in disbelief, "I'm your biological father!"

Bai Yan also said, "It's precisely because of the bond between father and daughter, and since the three younger brothers haven't returned yet, you can move out tomorrow after their mother's body has been collected."

Huo Jin waved his hand and made the final decision: "The salaries of all the officials in the court are recorded here. Go to the treasury and take your salary. That way, you won't be considered to have raised Xiao Yan. You don't need to keep bringing up the father-daughter relationship in the future."

...

Huo Jin was the emperor, and with so many things to do in the inner palace, he couldn't stay outside for long, so he returned to the palace before dark.

Since someone in the Bai family had died, Bai Yan was too lazy to get involved. She had been exhausted all night yesterday, so Bai Ruifeng had to take care of things.

The meeting didn't end until late at night. After the two sisters finished bathing, they lay on the same bed and talked about their private matters.

"Xiao Yan, how did you meet His Majesty? Why is he so protective of you?" Bai Ruifeng asked curiously.

Bai Yan's thoughts had already wandered off course. He had returned to the palace, and who knew what he was doing at night... In this life, he was so much older than her, and she wondered if he had taken any concubines in the palace.

"Xiao Yan..." Bai Ruifeng called out again, puzzled.

Bai Yan then came to her senses and said, "When I escaped from the Chen Marquis's residence that day, I ran into His Majesty when I jumped over the wall..."

"Then why would he help you?" Bai Ruifeng looked at him curiously. "And how did His Majesty help you that day?"

Bai Yan looked at his older sister's curious eyes, and then thought about his method that day, and his old face still blushed slightly.

"When Ninth Uncle heard that our ancestors were related and that I was being bullied, he sent people to drive away the Chen family servants who were chasing me, and then took me to another courtyard so that I could stay there in peace."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ruifeng couldn't help but nod: "His Majesty is indeed a very good person. What Madam Qian said is true. If it weren't for him supporting us sisters, how could Bai Chong have thought he was wrong?"

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