“Yun Danqiu”.
Muttering the name, King Wen lowered his eyes and said, "Fool, you don't even know you're being used as a tool."
Bai Yun'an, hidden in the shadows, raised an eyebrow: "Your brain reacts so quickly?"
That makes sense, they're all freaks, they can't afford not to be quick-witted.
Yun Danqiu was quickly taken to Youwen Academy. Before she could even speak, she was kicked to her knees.
King Wen, his face cold, looked at Yun Danqiu and asked, "How did you bring up Youwen Academy?"
"Your Highness, I only told the child not to go to Youwen Academy and never to come here. I didn't say anything else."
“Every word I have said is true. If there is any falsehood, my face will fester and I will never step out of Nianqiu Pavilion again.”
King Wen sneered: "He has some brains, but not many."
Hurried footsteps came from outside the courtyard. King Wen looked up and saw the guards he had arranged to stand beside Jiang Dai.
A bad feeling welled up inside me.
"Your Highness, Miss Jiang has been kidnapped."
King Wen slowly smiled and said, "Good."
He couldn't believe who would be the one making this move.
Yun Danqiu could not have done it.
That Empress Dowager...
If it really is the Empress Dowager, then that would be really interesting.
*
The key figure and his sister were taken away by the eldest brother.
With her mother gone, Bai Yun'an naturally didn't linger at the Prince Wen's residence.
"Third Brother!"
Seeing her third brother push open the door and come in, Juanjuan immediately went to greet him.
“My parents and that old woman are inside the house, as are my eldest and second eldest brothers.”
Bai Yun'an stroked the child's soft hair: "Then why didn't Juanjuan go?"
"They're talking about secrets. I don't really like secrets. Keeping secrets is troublesome, and..."
The child looked up, his little face bright and cheerful: "I'm still waiting for my third brother!"
Bai Yun'an returned the same bright smile: "Okay, then Third Brother won't go in either. Let's rest outside for a while, okay?"
"good."
Two deck chairs were placed side by side under a tree in the yard, dappled sunlight falling on people, and a gentle breeze caused yellow leaves on the tree to flutter down like butterflies.
Juanjuan lay on the chair, reached out and caught a fallen leaf, then covered her eyes with it.
Is it dazzling?
Bai Yun'an noticed this and thought it was because the sunlight was shining directly into the child's eyes and making them a little glaring, so she used leaves to shield them.
Juanjuan shook her head: "I'm blinded by my own limited perspective."
Bai Yun'an: ...
That's a great description, so vivid.
Bai Yun'an chatted with his sister: "Were you frightened at Prince Wen's residence these past two days?"
Juanjuan put the leaf aside and peeked at her third brother: "Do you want to tell the truth?"
Bai Yun'an smiled helplessly and gestured for the child to do as he pleased.
"Actually, I wasn't scared, because I knew my brother's master was there! Such a powerful person!"
Bai Yun'an: "That's my elder brother's master, not yours."
Juanjuan shook the leaf in her hand: "This is called 'When one person attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven'!"
Bai Yun'an: ...
It doesn't seem to have any problems.
"Actually, I was quite scared just now, but this is the only time I've ever been scared!"
Juanjuan pointed her finger: "It was when that old lady was talking to me just now, and King Wen even shot an arrow at me!"
"Here, to calm your nerves."
Bai Yun'an handed the child a strawberry-flavored bubble gum, casually reminding him, "Sit up to eat it; it's easy to choke if you eat it lying down."
"Thank you, Third Brother."
Juanjuan took the bubble gum and ate it skillfully.
Bai Yun'an also ate one.
However, it's not strawberry flavored, but refreshing mint flavored—the standard version for adults.
...
Inside the Bai family's house.
As the woman slowly recounted those events from long ago, the expressions of everyone in the room gradually became solemn.
And, without prior agreement, the same thought popped into their minds: pervert.
King Wen was simply an incredibly monstrous and invincible freak.
The woman's name was Qingxi, and she was He Qiuwan's personal maid.
When the Jiang family was wiped out, Qingxi was not with the Jiang family; instead, she went out to help He Qiuwan find medicinal herbs.
When she returned to the Jiang family, the entire family had already been wiped out.
Qingxi was anxious and wanted to rush in to see if her mistress, young lady, and young master were still alive.
Before he could even step into the Jiang family home, he was knocked unconscious.
When she woke up again, she saw King Wen.
Qingxi knew about the affair between King Wen and He Qiuwan.
Therefore, under King Wen's deliberate concealment and deception, Qingxi had no doubts about King Wen at all, and even trusted him completely.
But soon, Qingxi realized something was wrong.
King Wen did find the murderer, but he was far too kind to her, his maid.
She was not only given fine clothes and a beautiful courtyard, but they wouldn't let her leave the mansion.
At first, Qingxi thought that King Wen was being kind to her because of Miss, but that wasn't the case.
Both the clothing and the decorations in the courtyard gradually became more in line with the young lady's preferences.
After Qingxi's repeated requests to move out were rejected, Qingxi had a vague idea of what King Wen was really thinking.
Qingxi even suspected that the investigation results King Wen told her about the massacre of the Jiang family were false.
Therefore, Qingxi outwardly obeyed King Wen, but secretly began his own investigation.
Year after year, until six months before Yun Danqiu arrived at the Prince's Palace.
Qingxi finally uncovered some information.
There was another concubine in the Prince Wen's mansion, and a servant had a portrait of this concubine.
The moment Qingxi saw the portrait, she remembered that she had met this concubine before, just two months before the Jiang family was massacred.
Before she could figure out why this concubine had gone to Yunjiang and even went to see her mistress.
He also overheard the argument between the Empress Dowager and King Wen.
It turns out that King Wen was the murderer who killed and exterminated the entire Jiang family.
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