"So now you are not only doing this for the Yan family, but also for Fu Ciyi?"
"Yes, Father," Yan Funing said, imitating her father's tone. "This child knows the secrets of our Yan family, and he must not be allowed to stay. But now seeing how much you two love each other..." She sighed, imitating her father's manner, "Perhaps this is fate. If Fu Ciyi wants to use this to threaten our Yan family, we'll see if he has the ability." She quickly smiled again, "But fortunately, we have reached a consensus now and are in the same boat."
Seeing his little daughter being so amused, Yan Cheng couldn't help but chuckle, "You, you!" Then he asked seriously, "Did he threaten you?"
My daughter's happiness is the most important thing.
No matter how outstanding Fu Ciyi is, it is useless if his daughter doesn't like him.
"He has already threatened me." Yan Funing lowered her eyes and said frankly.
"Has he threatened me?"
"Well, he used it to blackmail me into marrying him."
Upon hearing this, Yan Cheng laughed instead of getting angry: "I'm afraid this kid has been interested in you for a long time."
"Daddy actually thinks so?"
"Well, how could a father not know what this young man is thinking?" Yan Cheng sighed, "I never thought that a girl like you would have to worry about the affairs of the Yan Family Army."
Yan Funing spoke softly, "Those soldiers didn't receive any salary from the court, yet they still loyally followed our Yan family, secretly protecting the kingdom of Dajing. Our Yan family has been loyal for generations, and the court still doesn't trust them. I'm heartbroken that they don't trust me, so I want to help my grandfather and father share the burden."
"Indeed, the villages along the border are filled with our Yan family army. It is with them that the Dajing Kingdom is so stable. But the royal family doesn't know about it, but that's okay. As long as we, the Yan family, can live up to our conscience, that's all."
"Dad, Fu Ciyi knows."
"Um."
"I'm also thinking that if Fu Ciyi encounters any major crisis, I hope Daddy can help him. Especially now that the new emperor has no plans to appoint a crown prince, and all the ministers in the court are not optimistic about him, nor are they optimistic about our Yan family. In this situation, I hope Daddy will always stand by his side."
"Okay, I promise you, as long as he has you in his heart and doesn't do anything to let you down, as long as he has the world in his heart, I will fully support him."
"My daughter and Fu Ciyi are investigating what happened back then. The poisoning and the fire are probably related to the Empress Dowager. The problem is, there are people behind the Empress Dowager who have military power. Father, my daughter hopes that when necessary..."
In fact, she didn't know whether the truth of that year had anything to do with the new emperor.
If there is a connection, the problem becomes even more serious.
Before he could finish his words, Yan Cheng understood: "Don't worry, he is my son-in-law. If I don't take care of him, who will?"
That Long Yi sitting on the dragon throne probably only knows how to hang out with women. How could he take care of such an outstanding son?
If the father doesn't care, then let the father-in-law take care of it.
After the father and daughter finished talking, they left the study and walked towards the flower hall in unison.
When they arrived, no one from the Hong family had arrived yet.
Yan Cheng sat down next to his wife, looked around, and then said to her, "Could it be that the people around mother no longer want to testify?"
"Let's wait and see." Hong Qingyi glanced outside the flower hall. "Wait another quarter of an hour. If he still hasn't arrived, I'll send someone to ask."
Long Xu waved to Yan Funing.
Yan Funing: "What?"
Long Xu raised his hand and whispered, "Let me show you something good."
There was quite a distance between them, and they were whispering so openly, which made Yuan Lang chuckle: "Do you think everyone is deaf?"
Long Xu glanced at Yuan Lang and said, "Go away."
Then he strode towards Yan Funing, and the two of them walked to the corner.
Long Xu found two small stools from somewhere, placed them in the corner, and he and Yan Funing sat down on one each.
Seeing how mysterious they were, Yuen Long squeezed over.
Long Xu pulled out a hairpin from his sleeve pocket and asked, "Guess what this is?"
The voice is very low.
Yan Funing pondered for a long time: "Could it be a pen?"
Yuan Lang covered his mouth and laughed softly: "Aunt, this is a hairpin!"
"Shut up, little brat." Long Xu and Yan Funing both scolded him.
"It's not a hairpin?" Yuan Lang touched the shell. "It's clearly a hairpin, what else could it be?"
Long Xu pulled out the handle of the hairpin, and a tiny cold light appeared.
It turned out to be a small sword.
Yan Funing and Yuan Lang both widened their eyes at this.
Seeing the three of them playing together in harmony, Fu Ciyi couldn't help but shake his head, feeling that he didn't feel jealous at all.
What’s the difference between Long Xu and Yuen Long?
But he didn't expect that his wife still had the mentality of a child.
Perhaps he pushed her too hard, so he had to wait for her.
At this moment, Mrs. Hong finally arrived with her people.
Seeing that quite a few people were already waiting in the hall, she said apologetically, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. I sent someone to pick her up early this morning. But I didn't know that the old woman had gone out to visit someone else. I've been looking for her for quite some time, so now I'm too late."
"Glad you're here." Hong Qingyi asked her mother to sit down and turned to look at her husband. "Over at the East Garden..."
"Di Feng, go find the old Duke." Yan Cheng ordered.
As for the old woman in Dongyuan, ignore her for now.
They need to listen to what the people around their mother say.
Di Feng said he was leaving.
The old woman who followed Madam Hong's mother knelt down excitedly when she saw Yan Cheng and Yan Yu: "Master, Miss."
The name is still the same as before.
"The eldest young master you mentioned is now the Duke, and the eldest young lady is now Princess Cheng." Old Lady Hong introduced.
The old woman bowed her head and said, "I don't know if I can still see my two masters."
Now he doesn't even know the identity of the young master.
"Hurry up, hurry up." Yan Yu said, "How much do you know about what happened back then? Please tell me everything."
The old woman nodded. "I am Madam's personal maid. I have been serving Madam since before she even got married. When Madam married into the Duke's Mansion, I followed her as a dowry maid. The Duke and Madam have a good relationship and have a son and a daughter."
Yan Bojian asked, "Tell me how the Madam's sister can become the second wife."
Hong Qingyi glanced at the third child and said, "Why are you so anxious? Just listen to her slowly."
The old woman looked around fearfully. The people present seemed to be of distinguished backgrounds, but she wondered if any of them were the woman's people.
As if sensing her concerns, Yan Cheng said, "Don't worry, the people present are from our eldest house."
The old woman finally felt relieved. "I am the maidservant of the eldest daughter of the Yongding Marquis's Mansion. After the eldest daughter got married, I followed her to the Duke's Mansion. Now that she has become the Duke's wife, every time she returns to her parents' home, she always makes her sisters jealous."
"Especially among Madam's concubine sisters, only Madam's sister, the Third Miss, who is from the same mother, has never been like this. So Madam, if you have anything to say, please talk to this Third Miss."
"Later, the lady became pregnant, had trouble eating or drinking, and was in a bad mood. The Duke wanted someone close to the lady to take care of her, and the lady chose her third sister."
"It's strange, she was already quite old at the time, but she still hadn't found a husband."
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