Because there was a faint wolf totem on it.

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Qin Kou'er's mind.

Everything is clear now, everything is understandable!

It turns out that not only is Lan Xiuyuan not Lan Shanyang's son, but he is not even Hu Qianyu's son anymore.

Before his death, Hu Tianyong left no words for his descendant Hu Feifan, which is obviously because Hu Feifan was not a descendant of the Hu family at all, but the son of Hu Qianyu and the Crown Prince of the Northern Kingdom.

Hu Tianyong essentially switched the identities of Lan Xiuyuan and Hu Feifan, and in the end, Hu Tianyong's real aim was to seize the entire Lan family's empire.

Such scheming, such meticulousness, such malice—no one but Hu Tianyong could have come up with such a thing.

Qin Kou'er recalled Hu Tianyong's various arrangements and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

It's so bizarre, so bizarre that no one could have imagined it.

If Hu Feifan hadn't stopped them today, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Perhaps everything is preordained by fate, allowing all to be revealed at this moment.

As soon as Hu Feifan blocked his way, guards immediately came over and stopped Lan Xiuyuan.

"Let me go! Let me die! I don't want to live anymore!"

No one knew they would be facing such a situation.

Finally, Lan Shanyang coldly announced loudly: "Lan Xiuyuan and Lan Jiayuan's evidence of treason is conclusive, and their crimes are unforgivable. They are to be imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison from today onwards! They will be executed on a later date! Xu Ming will be executed the day after tomorrow at noon! As for the Hu family and all members of the Xu family, they will be punished according to the law, and the remaining nine generations of their families will be exiled!"

A conspiracy that had been brewing for decades has finally come to an end, and the dust has settled and the smoke has cleared.

Qin Kou'er sat on the bed, the wind blowing gently in from the window. She stared blankly at the scenery outside, feeling as empty and adrift as the wind.

Hu Tianyong is dead, and all his plans that he had been scheming for so many years have come to naught.

The Hu family's property was confiscated and they were executed; everything was like fallen leaves in the autumn wind, scattered and gone in an instant.

Lan Xiuyuan and Lan Jiayuan were imprisoned, initially in the Heavenly Prison awaiting execution. However, they both later disappeared.

Qin Kou'er knew that Lan Shanyang must have locked the two of them in that secret cell.

And then there's Hu Feifan.

Qin Kou'er later told Lan Linxue about Hu Feifan and Lan Xiuyuan's background.

There were just too many people there that night. Rather than letting Lan Shanyang find out about it from someone else, it was better for her to tell him herself.

After hearing this, Lan Shanyang remained silent for a long time. In the end, he simply issued an imperial edict: Hu Tianyong was truly the most wicked man in the world; his corpse should be whipped after death and he should not be given a proper burial.

Qin Kou'er understood that this kind of hatred was difficult to quell and would take a very long time to subside.

No one knows where Hu Feifan ended up.

However, Qin Kou'er knew that on the night before Hu Feifan's arrival, Lan Linxue had spent the entire night talking with Lan Shanyang.

When he came back, he was in a bad mood. He just held her and whispered in her ear: "In this life, you are my only wife, and I will never find another woman to make me suffer!"

Qin Kou'er touched his face and said he was just talking like a child.

The current prince, the future crown prince, the future emperor, how come he only has one woman by his side?

At that time, Lan Linxue just bit her hard and told her to wait and see.

As for Xu Ming, he was executed within two days.

Most of Hu Tianyong and Xu Ming's confidants and clansmen were executed, while those who had not done anything wrong were exiled.

As for the Qin family, not only was their innocence cleared, but Lan Shanyang also personally held a grand sacrificial ceremony to return all of the Qin family's former assets to Qin Kou'er.

When Qin Kou'er held the imperial edict in her hands, she immediately burst into tears.

Thirteen years of grievances and thirteen years of suffering have finally been repaid in full at this moment.

The ancestors of the Qin family can finally rest in peace!

The Qin family's grievances can finally be proclaimed to the world!

Qin Kou'er cried for a long time that day, and Lan Linxue held her tightly, whispering sweet nothings in her ear.

However, this was just the beginning. Lan Shanyang went on to praise the Qin family several more times, even elevating Qin Kou'er's status to that of a duke.

Lan Linxue held the imperial edict and looked at it for a long time.

"A duke? Doesn't that mean he'll have a fiefdom?"

Meiyan chuckled, then said smugly, "Of course! The Emperor gave our Pavilion Master a city! He said it will be Qinling City from now on! It will belong to the Qin family for generations to come!"

"Pah!" Lan Linxue glared at Meiyan in annoyance: "Your mistress will be my wife in the future, the future Empress. Half of this world will belong to her. What's the point of that empty city?"

Mei Yan immediately became displeased, putting her hands on her hips and confronting Lan Linxue: "What do you mean by an empty city? Are the rest of us not human? And will someone else inherit it in the future?"

"Inherit what? My son will be the crown prince in the future, the whole world will be his, what use is that city?"

"What if it's a princess? A princess can inherit that city! Let me tell you, Mo Hun said that our city is full of flowers all year round, rich and happy, it's so wonderful!"

"Not even a princess!"

Lan Linxue glared and jumped up and down, then looked at Qin Kou'er seriously and said, "Let me tell you, if she's a princess, we won't let her go anywhere! Even if she gets married, we'll bring her husband to the palace! My daughter must be under my nose! We absolutely cannot let anyone else even glance at her!"

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