Lin Dehong's eyes were filled with fear as he turned to look at Zou Shuang'er, who was pale-faced beside him.
He exclaimed in shock, "Is what he said true?"
Zou Shuang'er panicked.
She had kept it a secret for over twenty years, so how could it be discovered at this critical juncture?
"Husband, don't listen to his nonsense. How could I be the daughter of a disgraced official?"
“I’ve followed you for so many years, and you’ve met my mother. If we were daughters of disgraced officials, how could no one recognize us?”
"Husband, this person must have been sent by Ye Lanyin to frame me. Don't fall for it!"
Ye Jianxing snapped open the folding fan in his hand and gently shook it.
"Whether I'm lying or not, you can just go and check."
As he spoke, he muttered something under his breath, and many images flashed through his mind in an instant. Then, he snapped the fan shut with a 'snap'.
"The Zhu family!"
Those two words immediately put Lin Dehong on alert again.
The Zhu family?
He was familiar with the Zhu family.
When the Zhu family's property was confiscated, he was already eight years old. At that time, they were merchants, and he worked in the shop all day long.
When the Zhu family was paraded through the streets, he stood there watching. He even threw vegetable leaves at the Zhu family in disgust, declaring that he hated the indiscriminate killing of innocent people the most in his life.
Looking at Zou Shuang'er's face, a picture of a little girl with a cold expression sitting in a prison cart more than twenty years ago suddenly flashed through my mind.
The little girl's expression was blank as she allowed the people to smash and destroy things. The ruthlessness and hatred in her eyes, which were beyond her years, made even an eight-year-old boy take a step back in fright.
"You..." Lin Dehong lost his footing and staggered back a large step. "You're actually a descendant of the Zhu family?"
"I actually married the daughter of a disgraced official?"
"No, no, I..."
Enraged, Lin Dehong grabbed Zou Shuang'er's collar with one hand. "Zou Shuang'er, I used to cherish you like a treasure, and you fucking played me for a fool?"
Zou Shuang'er was so frightened that her breath caught in her throat, and her heart pounded wildly.
But with so many people around, she didn't dare to be too obvious.
She lowered her voice and said, "Husband, I haven't lied to you. I've always been sincere towards you. If you make a big fuss, the reputation of the Marquis's mansion will be completely ruined..."
Lin Dehong then remembered that he was still outside. He suppressed his anger and glanced at the Ye Jianxing brothers.
They then dragged Zou Shuang'er into the mansion.
The people on the street were used to Lin Dehong's appearance and assumed that the couple was arguing again.
Ye Jianyi stood beside Ye Jianxing, watching the scene of Lin Dehong dragging Zou Shuang'er away not far away, and asked in confusion, "Brother, why do you waste your spiritual power to investigate the affairs of such people?"
Ye Jianxing curled his lips into a cold smile, "We came here to save my father. This woman has harmed my aunt greatly. If we get rid of her, it will be a way of giving her face."
"In this way, it's not a loss for us."
Ye Jianyi touched the jade pendant at his waist, his calm heart undisturbed.
"Now that my father's health is seriously damaged, I don't think there's much time left. We must quickly ask the Ye family for help."
“They will help,” Ye Jianxing said without hesitation.
"Huh?" Ye Jianyi didn't understand what his older brother was up to. "Are you that confident?"
“My great-great-grandfather insisted on leaving the dragon clan until his death, even going so far as to remove his dragon scales, just because he was afraid that the dragon clan would find him.”
"Now that he is dead, his descendants naturally dare not be willing to be enemies of the dragon clan. If the dragon throne is really taken away by those savages, we will not have a good life, and they will not have a good life either. Besides, we still have some ability to protect ourselves. They are just mortals. For both public and private reasons, they have to help us."
"They say that even if bones are broken, tendons are still connected. My great-great-grandfather probably never imagined that his painstaking efforts to sever ties with the dragon clan would ultimately expose his tracks."
"However, what I didn't expect was that my great-great-grandfather's bloodline was indeed not to be underestimated. A mere three-year-old child had such pure blood, and even his spiritual root had been activated."
Ye Jianyi: "Brother, why were you so surprised when you saw that birth test stone yesterday?"
Ye Jianxing glanced at Ye Jianyi and said, "I read in an ancient book that if the birth stone is golden, it means that the person is the next successor of the dragon clan."
"Even the clan elders have no right to object."
Ye Jianyi looked shocked, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"So, you're so sure they'll come back with us?"
Ye Jianxing nodded, which was taken as tacit agreement.
"It will take a long time to decide whether to bring them back with us."
"We must not let the Yan family know about this, otherwise they might try to stop us."
Ye Jianyi stood with his hands behind his back, watching the two furtive children follow behind Lin Dehong, and nodded:
"Brother, you're right. We absolutely cannot let the Yan family know about this, otherwise we'll have come all this way for nothing."
"If the elders find out about that child, will they directly let her inherit the dragon throne?"
Ye Jianxing tilted his head back slightly, trying to calm his mind.
"No way, she's so young, she can't even read, she can't even read official documents, how could she possibly lead the dragon clan?"
Xiao Wanwan and Yao Qianshu followed Lin Dehong into the Marquis's mansion. Zou Shuang'er, who had been dragged along by Lin Dehong, was already exhausted.
Lin Dehong's eyes were filled with murderous intent, as if he wished he could kill her right then and there.
After dragging her into the mansion, they happened to run into Shen Lanxue, who was about to leave.
Shen Lanxue wore an elegant cyan dress, the hem of which exuded endless charm.
Her alluring face, delicate skin, and captivating eyes sparkled endless fantasies.
Since Lin Shixuan went to prison, her life has become easier.
Lin Dehong had no time to pay attention to her at the moment; his mind was only focused on the hatred he had harbored for many years.
Shen Lanxue only stopped herself from taking a step after hearing Lin Dehong's words, "daughter of a disgraced official."
"What?"
"Is she the daughter of a disgraced official?"
Shen Lanxue stared in disbelief at the birth mother of her 'husband' in front of her.
Lin Dehong ignored Shen Lanxue and said angrily:
"Zou Shuang'er, I never thought I would give up a noble lady like Ye Lanyin for a poisonous woman like you!!"
"You've deceived me for twenty years! Twenty years!!"
He's the real scapegoat!
He clenched his fists tightly, his eyes bloodshot and terrifying.
He treated his mistress like a treasure, entrusting her with all his salary, and even used Ye Lanyin's dowry to buy her a mansion.
"For your sake, I haven't touched Ye Lanyin all these years."
"For your sake, I schemed to get her pregnant with another man's child."
"Because of you, my once prosperous manor has been reduced to this state."
"Who the hell can tell me that I married you, the daughter of a disgraced official?"
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