The vow was undoubtedly solemn, and ordinary parents would certainly be unhappy to hear it, but Yan Mu was not.

He just shook his head helplessly and said to Chu Yuan, "My silly son is just like that, simple-minded and stubborn. Don't mind him."

Yanling rolled her eyes.

This is his real father, really!

Chu Yuan couldn't help but laugh. She released Yan Ling's hand and bowed to Yan Mu. "No, I just like his honesty and straightforwardness. I won't say anything nice to him. In this life, I will share life and death with him. You can rest assured, my lord."

Yan Mu held the porcelain bottle with a deep smile, "Ling'er, it's a blessing you earned in your past life that you can marry a girl from the You family."

“Of course, I am also grateful to fate for allowing me to meet, know, and stay with her.” Yan Ling said sincerely, “Father, if the Yan family can get away with this, I will be satisfied with everything and will not ask for anything else for the rest of my life.”

Yan Mu's eyes welled up with tears, and he nodded: "Yes, the Yan family will be fine."

Estimating that Xue Yuan would be back soon, Yan Mu felt much more confident after receiving the divine medicine. He came up with a plan, but since he wasn't 100% sure, he decided to discuss it with Xie Wei.

Despite his young age, when it comes to understanding the political situation, even his own son might not be half as good as him.

Chu Yuan had no objection to this, and asked Yan Ling with a smile, "When you went to retrieve the letter this time, you must have met the legendary Xue Dingfei, right? How was it?"

Unexpectedly, Chu Yuan suddenly asked this question, and Yan Mu's hand trembled slightly as he looked abruptly at his son. He was also very curious about who this person with the name Xue Dingfei was.

Yan Ling curled her lips, "Not good at all. Cunning and treacherous, rat-like and stupid. She doesn't resemble my aunt at all. But if you say she resembles that old scoundrel Xue Yuan, that's possible."

Yan Mu, "..."

Chu Yuan knew very well the origins of the fake Schrödinger, but she still found it amusing when Yan Ling said it that way.

The fake Xue Dingfei has no other skills, but he is extremely good at infuriating people. After Xie Wei subdues him, he will arrange for him to enter the Xue family mansion. At that time, they won't need to spare any effort to deal with Xue Yuan; he will be tortured to death by the fake Xue Dingfei.

Suddenly I really want to see the scene of chaos and disorder in the Xue family mansion!

Here, Xue Yuan finally found the Grand Secretary who was on leave at home, forcibly dragged him to the palace to get the official seal, and immediately rushed to the Yan residence.

This is a rare opportunity. If we miss this chance, it will be much harder to shake the Yan family's power again.

This time, things went much more smoothly than Xue Yuan had expected. Yan Mu didn't resist at all and agreed to go to the palace with him after reading the imperial edict, which greatly disappointed Xue Yuan.

What he most wanted to see was not Yan Mu obediently entering the palace, but rather the Yan family army preventing Yan Mu from entering the palace, or even better, Yan Mu directly rebelling. In this way, he could take advantage of the chaos to kill Yan Mu and recruit the Yan family army into his own service.

What a pity, Yan Mu, that coward!

"Someone, help Lord Yan up!" Xue Yuan deliberately humiliated Yan Mu to provoke the Yan family army and Yan Ling present. He knew that Yan Ling had a stubborn temper and was a tough nut to crack.

Unfortunately, Yanling showed no reaction at all.

Xie Wei then added abruptly, "The law does not apply to high-ranking officials. Duke Dingguo has already made a mistake regarding the imperial edict today; he shouldn't expose his ignorance a second time."

Xue Yuan gritted his teeth, otherwise he would have vomited blood from anger.

As the carriage moved forward, the Xingwu Guard, who had been acting arrogantly and relying on the powerful, receded like the tide.

Yan Ling stood under the gate and waved to the carriage, "Father, please come back soon. Your son awaits your arrival to preside over the coming-of-age ceremony."

Yan Mu waved his hand, "Okay, let's go back."

Xue Ye made sarcastic remarks, "A coming-of-age ceremony? I'm afraid no one will dare to come to the banquet. At worst, let's hold the coming-of-age ceremony in the prison. Maybe that will be a unique sight throughout history!"

Jiang Xuening couldn't stand it, so she immediately threw a pebble at his head, "Xue Ye, if you don't speak, no one will think you're mute. Try babbling again!"

This was the second time that Jiang Xuening had humiliated Xue Ye. His face darkened, and he turned to rush towards Jiang Xuening, but Xue Yuan called his name, "Ye'er, a small act of impatience can ruin a great plan. Why bother with those nobodies? Let's go, the Emperor is still waiting for us in the palace."

But it was precisely those "cats and dogs" he spoke of with disdain that made Xue Yuan experience what true misery was.

Of course, this will all happen some time later.

Right now, none of the four—Yan Ling, Chu Yuan, Xie Wei, and Jiang Xue Ning—have left, and none of them are able to sleep.

So they set up a fire in the garden of the Yan residence, and everyone sat around it without saying a word.

After a while, Yan Ling was the first to speak: "Sir, could you play us a piece of music?"

Xie Wei gave a faint smirk. "Why not?"

Qingfeng quickly brought the zither over.

Xie Wei's favorite zither is called Emei. Now that he's using an unfamiliar zither, he instinctively wants to tune it first.

Jiang Xuening watched him stroke the strings with such tenderness, her lips twitching. She leaned close to Chu Yuan's ear and complained, "See? Xie Ju'an is such a weirdo!"

He always had more patience for the zither than for women.

I still remember four years ago when we went to Beijing together. The roads were blocked by ice and snow, and there were hungry wolves all around in the barren mountains. He was fine, he only cared about holding a broken zither. He didn't even blink when he was injured, but if the zither was bumped, he would be heartbroken.

Later, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I snatched his instrument and smashed it to pieces.

Without the hindrance of the zither, he and I were able to survive our journey out of the mountains.

In fact, Jiang Xuening had forgotten much of what happened back then, especially after becoming Empress in her previous life, when she felt more awe towards Xie Wei. But for some reason, when she suddenly remembered it today, it felt incredibly vivid.

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