At this point, I had no choice but to report it to my father. My father said that after the great victory that year, the rescued border residents came to him and said that someone was forced to draw a city defense map, and asked us to be careful.

To be on the safe side, my father changed the city defense layout at that time, but he did not find the map that the border residents mentioned.

After that, my father severed his relationship with me, removed me from the family tree, and left us the house and money to support ourselves. I sent my aunt to live with my father and mother. I took care of Yingxue, hoping she would recover.

Afterwards, Yu Minghua's elder brother and sister-in-law came to visit. Yu Mingyi asked how his sister died.

I've told you what happened, and I don't care anymore.

Her sister-in-law suddenly asked if Yang Yingxue's father was Lord Yang Changfeng. I said yes.

She said that Lord Yang's entire family was loyal and brave, loving the people like their own children, and their entire family died in battle, revered by all the border people. Yang Yingxue's child was the only remaining member of Lord Yang's family in the world, and for that reason alone, he shouldn't kill someone for his own selfish reasons.

Yu Mingyi yelled at her to shut up, saying that his sister was already dead, and that a life was worth a life, and the dead were greater than anything else, so he should stop criticizing her.

Her sister-in-law said that in your eyes, everything about her is good, even though she killed someone, and the person she killed was a descendant of Lord Yang. If this matter were to spread back to the border, she would be drowned in spit.

Yu Mingyi ignored her and told me that since his sister had killed someone first, he would not report me to the Ministry of War this time, but if anything happened to his niece Chunliu, he would definitely report me for colluding with the enemy. Chunliu was just a young child, and he hoped we would not vent our anger on the innocent.

Her sister-in-law said, Yang Yingxue's son is younger than Chunliu, how can your sister vent her anger on an innocent person?

Yu Mingyi was furious and said to her, "If you don't want to live with me anymore, you can leave."

Her sister-in-law nodded and asked if the divorce papers should be written now?

Yu Mingyi told her that he would write her a letter of divorce. Unexpectedly, her sister-in-law said, "Okay, write it now. Your sister wanted you to write a letter of divorce anyway."

Yu Mingyi asked her where her child was. She said, "Of course, she's with you. She's raised the child. She's already lost heart to this family that's so ungrateful." "They drew this picture to save you. How shameless!"

Yu Mingyi borrowed a pen and ink from me to write the marriage agreement, then took out a hairpin and handed it to his sister-in-law. He said that even if it was ungrateful, even if it was shameless, Chunliu was his sister's only child, and he had to protect her.

Her sister-in-law said, "Just protect her. You used to protect your sister, but now you protect your niece. It has nothing to do with her anyway." Her sister-in-law left. I didn't expect them to have such a big fight at my place that it would end in a breakup.

Yu Mingyi sighed deeply, saying that ever since he'd slapped Minghua for her sake and remained silent when she asked him to divorce her, his wife's feelings for him had grown cold. He'd tried to warm her up over the years, but she'd only put up with him for the past few years because their child was still young.

Since then, the Marquis's mansion has Chunliu, and Yu Mingyi has the so-called "evidence of my treason", which checks and balances each other. Now, my father, mother, and concubine who knew the truth have all passed away.

My eldest brother and his wife had only seen Chunliu when she was a few months old. The last time I went home was when I was on duty with him. My eldest brother and his wife were always at the border at the time. I don’t know what my parents told them later.

When my father passed away, my eldest brother was still at the border and had not yet returned. Jiang Heng came back first, and my father told Jiang Heng everything.

Jiang Heng protected Chun Liu, fearing her death, probably because of the evidence of the Marquisate's 'treason'."

Jiangnan paused for a moment and continued, "When Yingxue first fell ill, her condition was sometimes better and sometimes worse. When she was better, she was in great pain. I once rushed over with the court doctor and saw her holding a dagger towards Chunliu, who was playing nearby. She raised it up and then lowered it again, raised it up and then lowered it again, and finally threw the knife away, crying bitterly.

She couldn't bring herself to do it.

The court doctor said that if she let go of others, she would not let go of herself. If she tortured herself like this, she would never recover. The court doctor told me to send Chunliu away and stop torturing Yingxue.

I handed Chunliu over to my mother and aunt. My aunt hated Yu Minghua. I had been away from home for three years, and then she had killed Jiang Lu. Now, she had caused my father to break off relations with me. My aunt also hated Chunliu and didn't want to see her.

Her mother sent Chunliu to the manor to be raised by the Zhu Zhuangtou couple. After her mother and aunt passed away, her father took Chunliu back from the manor and placed her in Jiang Heng's house as a maid. Later, when her father died, he told Jiang Heng everything.

That's all. Chunliu poisoned you and framed others. You can handle it as you see fit. Don't worry about me. I'm a sinner who has wronged everyone and caused trouble for them. My only hope for the rest of my life is to be with Yingxue. If Yingxue can pass away before me when we're old, it would be a great blessing in my life, and I'd have nothing to worry about in my life.

After hearing this, Wang Lingyi didn't know what to say. After a long silence, she said to Jiangnan, "Thank you, Second Uncle."

After saying goodbye, Jiangnan suddenly stopped her and said, "If you really find the Ghost Valley Doctor, if you can ask him to see Yingxue... I'm willing to give you anything, I can treat her in exchange. Sometimes I meanly hope that she will have a bad life, which is why she trusts and relies on me so much. But I also feel that if she gets better, she should choose her own life... Everyone only has one life... I was reluctant to leave her, but in the end, I hurt her."

Wang Lingyi nodded and left.