Qin Mansion, Huian District.
After a night of groggy sleep, Qin Run developed a high fever.
He was cold and hungry, and stayed under the covers until noon before he regained some energy.
He dared not return to the county magistrate's residence.
Given Su Yulan's personality, she might actually have someone beat him to death.
After all, even his grandmother was beaten half to death.
He struggled to get up and ran to the kitchen to find something to eat.
Since Zhang was unable to pay the monthly wages, all the servants in the Qin household had long since left.
He searched for a long time and found some rice and flour, but he didn't know how to cook.
After thinking for a moment, he returned to the east wing.
That's where Su Yulan and Qin Minglang lived.
He wanted to find something valuable to go out and have a nice meal.
Clearly, when Zhang was trapped in the county magistrate's mansion, the servants who hadn't run away had already searched it thoroughly.
Nothing was left behind at all.
He wandered into Qin Minglang's study again, but still found nothing.
They even took the inkstone.
Qin Run was covered in sweat after searching, but found nothing. He was exhausted, hungry, and dizzy. He stomped his foot angrily.
Suddenly, a hollow, strange sound came from beneath my feet.
He looked down at the ground.
He squatted down suspiciously and knocked on it.
The sound was indeed different from the surroundings.
He was overjoyed and immediately began digging.
Lifting a stone slab reveals a square hidden compartment containing a wooden box.
It looks like it's been around for a long time.
It's hidden so well, it must be a treasure.
Overjoyed, he took it out, opened it, and found a jade pendant of excellent quality inside.
A carving of two fish playing with a pearl.
Between the two fish, there is also a twin lotus flower.
A letter was pressed under the jade pendant.
He opened it with suspicion, and found the handwriting to be extremely delicate, clearly written by a woman.
After he finished reading the contents, he became completely deranged.
"The son of a nobleman?"
"I'm not the son of a prostitute, hahahaha, I'm incredibly noble, incredibly noble!"
"It's truly a case of 'after the darkest hour comes the dawn.' So what if you're a county princess? So what if you're a royal consort? Once I find my maternal clan, I'll make you pay!"
He clutched the jade pendant and the letter, his whole body brimming with power.
Without bothering to tidy himself up, he turned and ran out, rushing forward until he reached the outside of the prison.
But they were stopped by the jailers outside.
"How dare you! Who are you to break into the imperial prison? Do you have a death wish?"
Seeing that it was a boy, the jailer did not immediately take action.
Qin Run said urgently, "I want to see Qin Minglang. He is my father. I need to see him."
The jailer shoved him away.
"Those locked up here have all committed serious crimes. It's uncertain whether their entire families will be implicated in the future. And you're still eager to claim kinship? Get out, get out of here right now!"
Qin Run was no match for the prison guards in terms of strength.
He was pushed so hard that he fell to the ground and rolled several times.
At this moment, Cheng Nan came out of the prison carrying a food box. He humbly bowed and thanked the two jailers, and then stuffed a silver ingot into their hands.
Qin Run recognized him and immediately greeted him in a flattering manner, "Grandpa."
Cheng Nan was taken aback.
"Qin Run?"
Qin Run was overjoyed and quickly got up from the ground. "Grandpa, please tell them to let me go in and see Father. I have something very important to ask him."
Cheng Nan didn't know what he was going to do. On a whim, she quickly pulled him aside to a secluded spot.
"Aren't you being silly, child? Do you know this is the Heavenly Prison? I was worried about Minglang, so I spent a lot of money to send some food in. It's not like you can just see him anywhere."
Qin Run said urgently, "Then give them some more silver. Once I find my mother's clan, I will repay you a hundredfold."
"Your mother's clan?"
Cheng Nan frowned and looked at him with a puzzled expression.
Fearing he wouldn't believe her, Qin Run immediately opened the wooden box and handed it over.
"I found this in a secret compartment in my father's study. My father said that my lineage was extremely noble and that I also had a token. If we can find my mother's clan, we might be able to rescue my father."
Cheng Nan looked at the jade pendant in the box and felt that it looked somewhat familiar.
I casually picked it up and flipped through it.
Upon seeing the very shallow scratch on the far side of the jade pendant, I felt terrible.
That year, when his father was still alive, as Su Weichuan's most capable and trusted disciple, he naturally stayed by his side.
Once, while drinking, he secretly went to find his father, crawled under the table, and knocked over the wine cup of a nobleman whom even Su Weichuan had to bow to.
The wine cup then smashed onto the same jade tablet.
It even left marks.
Although he was not punished at the time, when he returned home, his father still gave him several lashes and confined him to his quarters for seven days.
He later learned that the owner of the jade pendant was the current prince, the one sitting in the Golden Palace.
But how did the Emperor's jade tablet end up in the Qin family's hands?
Seeing the doubt in his expression, Qin Run immediately pressed him for details.
"Grandpa, do you recognize this jade pendant?"
Cheng Nan snapped out of her daze, suppressing the shock in her heart, and asked him in a low voice, "Are you sure this thing is related to your background?"
At this moment, Qin Run was completely focused on finding his incomparably noble maternal clan, so he immediately opened the letter and handed it to Cheng Nan.
"It's written very clearly here; it's my mother's last letter."
After reading the letter, Cheng Nan was filled with shock and disbelief.
Could Qin Run really be a hidden gem left behind by the emperor among the common people?
He quickly composed himself and put the newly built jade pendant back into the box.
"Run'er, you're lucky you met me today. If others knew, it would have caused a huge disaster."
Qin Run was puzzled.
"What trouble could I possibly cause by simply searching for my origins?"
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