The regent sat in his chair, his silver mask gleaming faintly, like a messenger from hell, which made Zhu Yikang shiver.
"Who are you?"
“My name is… my name is Cai Kang, and I am the son of a merchant family that has fallen on hard times.”
"Mo Qing".
Mo Qing suddenly stepped out of the room behind the Regent.
"master."
“Chop off one of his fingers.”
Zhu Yikang was terrified when he heard this. He had just been bitten by a dog, and now they wanted to chop off his hand?
He lay prostrate on the ground, crying and begging for mercy.
"Spare me, spare me! I won't do it again, I'll talk, I'll talk."
Mo Qing, without being stopped by the Regent, took out a dagger, stepped forward, grabbed Zhu Yikang's hand, and viciously chopped off his little finger.
"Ah—" Zhu Yikang roared, his whole body trembling instantly from the pain in his ten fingers.
He rolled on the ground in pain, his clothes stained with blood.
"I'll give you one more chance." The Regent's eyes were filled with murderous intent.
Zhu Yikang knew that if he was lying, it couldn't be as simple as just his hands.
But his true identity can't be revealed; my sister said it's not the right time yet.
But then I thought, the Zhu family was wronged, and they will be restored sooner or later.
This person is a ruthless killer and doesn't look like someone from the Holy Kingdom. He only told this to this person, so it should be fine, right?
“I’ll talk, I’ll talk,” he said, baring his teeth.
“I…I am the last surviving member of the Zhu family, who was wrongly accused twenty-nine years ago. I have changed my name and identity and am making a living here.”
"I didn't mean to refuse to return the money. I will definitely return it to you when I have it. Once my Zhu family has cleared our name, I will give you as much as you want."
The regent's expression was as cold as ice, and he tapped his fingers together.
"Who was that woman just now?"
"My sister."
"Did you abandon a child in a mass grave?"
Zhu Yikang was speechless; he couldn't say.
"If you don't tell me, I'll make sure you're childless and can't be a man for the rest of your life."
Terrified, Zhu Yikang stretched out his bloodied hand to cover his genitals and said in a panic, "I'll talk, I'll talk."
"Ten years ago, my sister abandoned her child in a mass grave. I tried to persuade her not to, but she wouldn't listen and eventually set her dogs on the child..."
"Bang!"
The teacup in the regent's hand was crushed to pieces.
Zhu Yikang was so frightened that he fell silent.
"Whose child is that?" He was breathing rapidly, as if he were accepting a verdict from fate.
"That child is... is... the son of the eldest daughter of the Ye family."
The Regent's head throbbed as if struck by lightning, his mind going completely blank.
A buzzing sound kept ringing in my ears, reminding me of the child's inner thoughts I had heard last time.
Mo Qing, standing to the side, had a mouth big enough to fit an egg.
He stepped forward and grabbed Zhu Yikang, angrily saying, "You're saying that child is Ye Lanyin's?"
"Yes, that's all I know. I don't know anything more. Please, spare me and let me go."
"I will definitely repay you when I have the money."
The regent's voice was somewhat hoarse, and his gaze was unfocused.
"Let him go."
Upon hearing this, Mo Qing grabbed his collar and dragged him out the door.
They beat him up outside the door before letting him leave.
The Regent looked incredulous. He had considered countless possibilities, but he simply rejected Ye Lanyin.
That place was their secret hideout, the place where their youthful love blossomed.
He once hated Xiao Chengyun's birth mother for forcing herself on him, defiling his and Ye Lanyin's territory, and making him feel unclean.
I never imagined that fate would play such a cruel trick on me.
So, he became... a mistress?
He was startled by his own thought. Looking at Mo Qing's probing gaze, he felt ashamed in front of his subordinate for the first time.
"Get out."
Mo Qing: ...
When Ye Lanyin and the others returned to the Marquis's residence, they were greeted by Ye Wennan.
Hua Mei walked in from outside, followed by Ye Wennan.
"Madam, look who's here."
Ye Lanyin was pondering what she had heard that morning when she heard Hua Mei's words and looked up.
She saw Ye Wennan standing at the door, smiling at her.
"Second Brother."
Ye Lanyin's shock over the past day was finally released at this moment.
"Second Brother, what brings you here?"
"Little sister, Father noticed you haven't come for a long time, so he sent me to take you home for dinner."
Ye Lanyin burst into tears of joy. She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and nodded, saying, "Second brother is right. I am unfilial. I have been so busy these days that I forgot to go home to see my parents."
"Hua Xin, go and call the Second Young Master and the Third Young Master. As for the Fourth Young Master... don't bother calling him."
If he wants to come and it's hard to refuse, it's better not to ask at all.
In the end, it's time to leave.
"Yes, madam."
Hua Xin rushed out in a hurry, and then rushed back with Lin Rui'an and Lin Chang'an.
"Ruian, Chang'an, come on, Mother will take you back to your maternal grandparents' house for dinner."
Lin Rui'an stood with his arms crossed in front of him, and when he stood next to Ye Wennan, he was almost as tall as him.
Ye Wennan patted him on the shoulder and said with satisfaction, "Ruian is becoming more and more manly."
"Thank you for your praise, Second Uncle. Rui'an will grow up quickly and protect Mother." Lin Rui'an's expression was cool and aloof, his words and actions as clear as the bright moon.
"Okay, come on, your second uncle will take you home. We can talk about it at home."
"good."
The group of people went out in a big fuss. Just then, the Marquis of Zhenbei came out of his study. He saw them and wanted to stop them, but he was afraid of being beaten.
In the past, when he was impeached, his second uncle and the Ye family faction would help him. But ever since he took a mistress, the Ye family has never helped him again.
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