Shangguan Wanning also understood that she was disheartened, and countless thoughts seemed to have flashed through her mind in an instant.
"You, I really... owe you in my last life."
Zheng Binghang looked at the bewildered Shangguan Wanning and thought of his own pain of losing his son, and couldn't help but feel deeply moved.
He couldn't bear to let his sister suffer such pain, so he pushed Shangguan Wanning to Sun Jinyao's side and ran to the other side to trigger the mechanism, and a door on the other side slowly opened.
Everyone seemed to see hope.
"Go."
Zheng Binghang shouted loudly, and everyone woke up as if from a dream and rushed to the door.
With Sun Jinyao's help, Shangguan Wanning also passed through the narrow door, but she found that Zheng Binghang did not follow her.
She turned around quickly and saw Zheng Binghang standing there with a torch in his hand, so she shouted, "Second Uncle, come here quickly."
Zheng Binghang looked calm as he stared at Xiao Yujue and said, "Your Highness, I was the only one who privately withheld food and weapons. It has nothing to do with the Yiyong Marquis's Mansion. Everyone has their own actions and responsibilities. I hope that Your Highness will tell the truth to the Emperor after you leave."
"Second uncle..." Shangguan Wanning had a bad feeling and turned around to pull Zheng Binghang out.
There were several loud noises in succession, and the secret room shook even more violently.
"Ning'er, even if I get out, I'll be dead. In the past, Second Uncle did do something to let you down, but... don't blame me..."
"Second uncle, please come out quickly. We can talk about it when we get back." Shangguan Wanning broke free from Sun Jinyao's hand and ran back.
Zheng Binghang smiled tiredly but happily. "Silly girl... I can't leave."
After saying that, he activated the mechanism and sealed the door completely.
Shangguan Wanning watched the door drop down little by little. When she ran to the door, she could no longer enter.
"No... Second Uncle, please open the door... Please open the door quickly... Let's go out together and find a solution together, please open the door."
Shangguan Wanning banged on the door of the secret room desperately, and the loud noise came again, as if it was right near them.
"Ning'er, let's go." Sun Jinyao jumped to Shangguan Wanning's side, not caring about the difference between men and women, picked her up and ran away.
"No, I want to take my second uncle with me..." Shangguan Wanning punched and hit Sun Jinyao.
Xiao Yujue's face darkened, and he stepped forward and knocked Shangguan Wanning unconscious. "Let's go."
Sun Jinyao witnessed Xiao Yujue's decisiveness for the first time. He looked back at the secret room, knowing that he could not rescue Zheng Binghang, he made up his mind and followed everyone out of the secret room.
Before the crowd had run far, an explosion occurred in the secret room they had just been in. Some debris flew everywhere, injuring many people who were trying to escape.
No one dared to stay for a moment, and when everyone escaped from the secret room, they found themselves on the hillside.
The villa became a ruin.
Almost everyone was injured. Xiao Yujue looked ahead, thinking back to what had just happened, and was still frightened.
Tonight, I have narrowly escaped death.
"How does Your Highness the Crown Prince plan to deal with this matter?" Sun Jinyao held Shangguan Wanning horizontally and walked in front of Xiao Yujue and asked.
Xiao Yujue came back to his senses. He looked at Sun Jinyao's calm eyes and couldn't help but admire him secretly.
This person was able to regain his composure so quickly.
"Let me think about it." Xiao Yujue really needed to think carefully, "Send Miss Shangguan back first. Next... I'm afraid there will be a violent storm."
Sun Jinyao wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it. He hugged Shangguan Wanning and left this place of trouble.
"Second uncle!"
Shangguan Wanning woke up from a nightmare and found herself lying in a familiar room.
In her memory, there appeared many familiar yet unfamiliar scenes, especially the explosions...
"Miss, are you awake?" Lu Tong came in with bird's nest porridge and saw Shangguan Wan Ning's pale face, feeling distressed. "How are you? I'll ask Senior Lu to come and see you?"
Shangguan Wanning did not respond, but her expression was a little dazed.
She suddenly grabbed Lutong's wrist and asked, "Lutong, why am I at home? I remember I was at my grandfather's house. How did I get back? Where is my second uncle?"
"This..." Lu Tong hesitated to speak.
"Hurry up and tell me." Shangguan Wanning's heart ached deeply.
Seeing that she couldn't hide it, Lu Tong had to answer truthfully. "Miss, my second uncle...he is no longer here..."
In an instant, Shangguan Wanning's mind went blank, buzzing, and dizzy.
It turns out that it was all true.
"Miss, don't be too sad. The master was summoned to the palace by the emperor early in the morning. Before he left, he told you to take care of yourself and he would take care of everything."
Shangguan Wanning couldn't help but cover her face and cry.
She clearly remembered Zheng Binghang's question: "Why... did you show up at this time?"
If it weren't for him, my second uncle wouldn't have died.
Shangguan Wan Ning didn't know how long she had been crying, and she fell asleep again in a daze. When she woke up again, it was already sunset.
"My dear, the master has returned. He has come to see you and asked me to tell you to go to the study to see him after you wake up..."
Shangguan Wanning didn't wait for Lutong to finish speaking. She picked up a cloak from the screen and ran to her father's study.
"woke up?"
Shangguan Yue had never seen his precious daughter so haggard before, and couldn't help but sigh quietly. "Come here, sit down, Dad has something to tell you."
Shangguan Wanning suddenly felt a little scared.
She walked timidly to her father and sat down, not knowing where to put her hands.
"Ning'er, your second uncle is no longer here..."
Shangguan Yue only said one sentence and Shangguan Wanning burst into tears.
"After investigation by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it was found that he secretly robbed the food and weapons with the intention of framing Mu Jingrui. However, this was his personal behavior and had nothing to do with the Yiyong Marquis's Mansion. The Emperor has already ordered the release of Mu Jingrui."
"Then...what about the Yiyong Marquis' Mansion?" Shangguan Wanning asked with a sob.
"Although this was done by your second uncle alone, privately robbing food and weapons is equivalent to rebellion. According to the court's laws, the whole family should be executed. However, the emperor took into consideration your grandfather's advanced age, the three generations of the Yiyong Marquis' family, and the eldest princess's plea to the emperor, so..."
"The Emperor pardoned the other members of the Yiyong Marquis' Mansion for their crimes. However, he stripped them of all their titles and privileges, demoted them to commoners, and prohibited them from serving as officials for the next three generations. All of Yiyong Marquis's property was also confiscated."
Shangguan Wanning closed her eyes in pain, feeling a deep despair in her heart.
She knew that her grandfather's most important thing was his reputation, and now...
Not only did he have to watch his sons and grandchildren pass away in his old age, but his life's achievements were also denied!
What a heavy blow this would be.
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