Xiahou Qing wanted to take off a person's mask, and there was nothing he could not do.

Ling Yun's face was suddenly exposed in front of Xiahou Qing.

This is a face that is extremely similar to Yun Xi, but it also inherited the nose and eyebrows of another person.

An endless sense of familiarity came over him, and Xiahou Qing's heart tightened, as if being held tightly by an invisible big hand.

He stared at Ling Yun without blinking, his mouth opened and closed, but no sound came out of his throat.

Ling Yun snatched the mask from his hand, turned around, put it back on his face, and walked out.

Xiahou Qing came back to his senses in an instant and grabbed Ling Yun's wrist without saying a word.

Ling Yun shouted, "Let go!"

Xiahou Qing refused to let go.

"Who is causing trouble in my Baihua Palace?"

Along with a domineering and cold voice, the Palace Master flew over from the sky, her purple dress spread out in the air, like a blooming purple lotus.

She slashed at Xiahou Qing with one palm! Xiahou Qing raised his left hand to face her palm, still not letting go of Ling Yun.

"You scratched me!"

Ling Yun said unhappily.

Xiahou Qing quickly let go.

The Palace Master landed steadily, dragged Ling Yun behind him, looked at Xia Houqing warily and said, "It turned out to be the City Master. Why did the City Master ignore his son's full moon banquet and come to my Baihua Palace?"

The one who came was Qingyun Palace! The Palace Master had not forgotten what she had just seen. She turned around and looked at Lingyun, "Are you not hurt?"

"No."

Lingyun said.

The Palace Master ordered: "Go... to Lingxiao Palace to find your father."

Wei Xu lived in Feiyun Palace, but her bedroom was Lingxiao Palace, and she almost got exposed.

Ling Yun walked out.

“Wait!”

Xiahou Qing called him, "Don't leave yet, I have something to ask you!"

The Palace Master took a step aside to block Xiahou Qing's sight: "If the City Master has anything to say, just come to me. Why make things difficult for a junior?"

Xia Houqing said seriously: "I didn't make it difficult for him, but there are some things I must understand!"

The Palace Master said calmly: "Then tell me."

Xiahou Qing looked past the Palace Master and towards Ling Yun: "He should stay too! This is the City Master's order."

It would be better if he didn't say anything.

As soon as Ling Yun said that, he left without looking back.

Xiahou Qing: “…”

The palace master secretly caught the horse.

Brat, you make it hard for me to act like this! The Palace Master coughed lightly and said, "He has been in Baihua Palace since he was young and rarely interacts with outsiders. Please forgive me, City Master."

Xiahou Qing stared into her eyes and asked, "Is it that he doesn't associate with outsiders, or that you don't allow him to associate with others?"

The Palace Master asked in return: "What does the City Master mean by this?"

Xiahou Qing asked, "Whose son is he?"

The Palace Master said, "It's mine! Need I tell you?"

"Really?" Xiahou Qing asked suspiciously, "But why did someone tell me that Yun Xi gave birth to a son for me, and the child is still alive today?"

The palace master's heart skipped a beat, but he asked calmly, "Who is talking nonsense? For Ji Wanru, you beat my sister when she was three months pregnant. My sister had a miscarriage that night, and not long after, she died. Didn't the city master know about this?"

When mentioning how Yun Xi got injured, Xiahou Qing's confidence suddenly became less strong.

The Palace Master struck while the iron was hot: "The City Master left his own son's full moon ceremony behind and came to Baihua Palace because of a rumor, and he also suspected that the child of you and my sister is Yun Lin?"

Xiahou Qing didn't suspect Ling Yun at first.

However, on the way to send Xiahou Yanyu back, Ling Yun's thin back with stiff legs and feet could not be shaken off his mind.

He was unusually irritable.

For the first time, I felt resistance to returning to the City Lord's Mansion.

Finally he got off the carriage and came to Baihua Palace.

He knew that Yunshuang did not welcome him, and he just wanted to find out what happened to the child, so he sneaked into Qingyun Palace.

Qingyun Palace is the residence of the Young Palace Master. As the city lord, he knows this information.

As soon as he came in, he was discovered by the puppet.

The two exchanged two moves, but the puppet couldn't win, so he stopped.

Then he saw Yun Xi's portrait in the room.

Yun Shuang said coldly: "Yun Lin is the child I gave birth to after ten months of pregnancy. He has nothing to do with the City Lord. If the City Lord has nothing else to do, please leave! My sister's spirit in heaven does not want to see the City Lord step into the Hundred Flowers Palace!"

Xiahou Qing seized the flaw in her words and asked: "Why is it your sister's spirit in heaven, and not your sister and that child's spirit in heaven?"

You act stupid when you should be smart, and you become smart when you should be stupid...

The Palace Master gritted his teeth secretly and said sternly: "The child has never seen you, and doesn't even know that you are his father!"

"Palace Master! Palace Master!"

Lingyin ran over with a look of deep resentment, "That woman is causing trouble again! She even alarmed several elders!"

Why didn’t it come earlier or later, but at this time... Why do all the bad things happen at the same time?

The Palace Master made a prompt decision: "Drive her away!"

Lingyin was about to cry: "I can't drive her away... She is holding the tablets of the old palace master and the old lady in her arms, and the disciples dare not touch her..."

The palace master's expression turned cold.

"Sister, so you are here."

Yun Xue held the tablet in her hand and walked into Qingyun Palace in a domineering manner.

The disciples surrounded her but did not dare to get close to her, for fear of damaging the tablets of the old palace master and the old lady.

She set up these two tablets herself.

But the disciples still did not dare to be disrespectful.

The Palace Master looked at her with cold eyes: "What qualifications do you have to hold up the tablets of my parents?! You have already been expelled from the Baihua Palace!"

Yun Xue said fearlessly: "I was expelled from Baihua Palace because of you. Today I will expose your true face in front of everyone!"

Xiahou Qing walked out from behind the Palace Master.

Yun Xue was stunned: "City Lord?"

Xiahou Qing looked at her sternly.

At this time, Su Xiaoxiao also arrived, followed by the four elders.

"mother."

Su Xiaoxiao came to the palace master first.

She saw Xia Houqing standing beside her, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, "City Lord?"

Xiahou Qing nodded slightly.

Wei Xu was not wearing a mask, but fortunately he had just returned and had not had time to wash off his disguise.

He thought about it, then took out the mask from his arms and put it on.

Xiahou Qing actually saw his action.

But I just thought that he was reluctant to show his scar to others because there were so many people around, and I didn't suspect anything else.

The last time Yun Xue came to cause trouble, only Elder Qi and Elder Yue were in Baihua Palace.

Now Elder Yi and Elder Feng have finished their retreat and returned from Xiaoshan.

Since the four elders are all here, they have to put an end to this matter and not allow Yunxue to continue slandering Palace Master Yunshuang.

Elder Yi has the longest seniority.

She came to Yunxue with a dragon-headed staff that was taller than a person, and said in a dignified manner, "Put down the tablets of the old palace master and the old lady first."

Yun Xue said, "You can put it down, but let me make it clear first. The reason I brought my parents' tablets here is not to threaten anyone, but to expose someone's long-accumulated conspiracy in front of the two elders!"

The palace master clenched his fingers.

Yunxue carefully placed the tablets of the two elders on the stone table in the yard.

Su Xiaoxiao stepped forward and said, "My eldest brother is obviously the son of my father-in-law and mother-in-law!"

Yunxue was a little confused by the relationship in her title: "Who are you?"

Lingyin said: "The second young lady of our Baihua Palace!"

Yun Xue frowned: "Second Young Master's Wife?"

Lingyin said, "Yes, our Palace Master and Hero Duanmu gave birth to two sons, one is the Young Palace Master and the other is the Second Young Master!"

Yunxue's gaze swept across the palace master and fell on Wei Xu.

Wei Xu got into the role in a second and whispered to the palace master: "Don't worry, I'm here."

This sound...

It's him!

The man who was playing with several children in the yard that day!

"But who is she?" Wei Xu asked pretending to be confused.

The Palace Master said, "She is my elder sister who has been expelled from the family. Qilang, luckily you are back, otherwise I would not be able to tell who this child belongs to today. One or two of them are so idle that they come to question our son's background!"

Qilang...our son...

He is Yunshuang's man? !

Yunxue's eyes were filled with disbelief.

Did Yunshuang take all the good things in the world? Why did this man belong to Yunshuang?

Because she was so shocked, she ignored the "one or two" mentioned by the palace master.

Otherwise, if she knew that Xiahou Qing was also questioning Ling Yun's background, and even suspected that Ling Yun was Yun Xi's son, she would probably be able to guess Ling Yun's background based on the clues in her hand.

Once Ling Yun's background is exposed, it will be very disadvantageous for her to take back Baihua Palace.

She will definitely stop in time.

What a pity, she never thought about why Xiahou Qing was here.

She was even secretly delighted: Xiahou Qing cares so much about Baihua Palace and Yun Xi, he will definitely not let Baihua Palace fall into the hands of a liar.

She laughed sarcastically: "You don't admit it? Fine! I'll let you meet someone!"

After saying that, she clapped her hands.

Two of her trusted men came from behind the crowd with a woman in her early forties.

The moment he saw the woman, the palace master's expression changed instantly.

The four elders also recognized her.

Elder Qi asked, "Zhong Yan? Didn't you leave Qianshan Island?"

Zhong Yan was once the old lady's personal maid. She was smart and cute, and was deeply loved by the old lady.

Before the old lady died, she handed her over to Yun Xi.

Yun Xi was later injured and had to go to Xiaoshan to recuperate, so she came to Yun Shuang again.

She was not aware that Yun Xi faked her death and left Baihua Palace to secretly give birth to a child.

But she knew that Yunshuang suddenly pretended to be pregnant.

She was the one who sewed Yunshuang's fake belly.

Later, Yunshuang brought back a child from outside and claimed that the child was her own flesh and blood.

As Yunshuang's confidante, she did not dare to ask where the child came from.

Later, she met a boatman from outside the island and wanted to leave the island to live with him, so Yunshuang agreed.

I just didn't expect...

She didn't dare to look at the Palace Master and lowered her head guiltily.

Yun Xue said proudly: "Zhong Yan, tell me everything you saw that year. Don't worry, there are several elders to help you. You will be fine."

The palace master said with great sorrow: "Zhong Yan, what did you promise me?"

"Palace Master... I'm sorry... I'm sorry..."

Zhong Yan cried and told Yun Shuang about her fake pregnancy.

The scene fell into deathly silence.

Su Xiaoxiao saw the undisguised pride on Yunxue's face, and the disappointment of being betrayed in the Palace Master's eyes.

Was there ever a moment when the Palace Master regretted not silencing Zhong Yan?

Su Xiaoxiao soon had the answer.

Even if it happened again, the Palace Master would not choose to keep the secret by silencing anyone.

If she did, it wouldn't be her.

The ones who were wrong were Zhong Yan and Yun Xue, not her who had a conscience.

"mother."

Su Xiaoxiao gently held the palace master's cold hand.

Yun Xue said sarcastically, "Admit it, Yun Shuang, your eldest son is a bastard brought back from outside, and your youngest son must be the same. Otherwise, in order to prevent something like this from happening today, you would have already given the position of Young Palace Master to your youngest son."

Yunxue was smart now and grasped the key.

She continued, "Four elders, the Hundred Flowers Palace is the hard work of our Yun family. Can you bear to let it fall into the hands of a bastard? I know that I was expelled from the Hundred Flowers Palace that year. There was actually a misunderstanding, but it has been many years and it is difficult to prove it. I don’t care whether I can clear my name. But my children are the real blood of the Yun family. Who is more suitable to inherit the Hundred Flowers Palace between them and Yun Shuang’s two bastards? The elders should have made a decision, right?"

Of course, Baihua Palace cannot fall into the hands of people of unknown origin.

The four elders looked at the Palace Master.

Elder Yi said: "Palace Master, please give us an explanation."

Elder Qi said, "That's not right. Young Palace Master has a face that belongs to the Yun family. How can he not be a member of the Yun family?"

Yun Xue had already determined that Yun Lin was a bastard, and automatically ignored the value of this sentence: "How many people are similar in the world? So what if they look alike? If the elders still don't believe it, I will also bring a midwife here. I can tell at a glance whether she has given birth to a child or not!"

Wei Xu looked at his daughter-in-law: Can you tell? Su Xiaoxiao nodded slightly.

What she didn't say was that this was strictly speaking a physical examination.

However, in front of the city lord and Wei Xu, Yun Xue maintained her reserved image and did not mention the word "body examination".

This is a dead end.

Su Xiaoxiao said calmly: "Who knows where this doctor of yours came from? Mother, I will ask the ghost lady for help. I believe that with the ghost lady's medical skills, no one can question it."

The palace master squeezed Su Xiaoxiao's hand and stopped her.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at the Palace Master in astonishment: "Mother?"

Xiahou Qing's eyes also fell on the palace master's face: "At this point, you still don't want to tell the truth?"

Su Xiaoxiao glanced at Xiahou Qing.

Why did the city lord's eyes and tone seem to be a little off? Xiahou Qing looked at the palace lord with a sharp gaze: "Would you rather let him bear the stigma of being a bastard than acknowledge his origins?"

If he was not completely sure before, then Yun Xue's intervention undoubtedly gave him all the evidence he wanted.

The palace master struggled to close his eyes.

Yun Xue smiled carefreely: "Yes, Third Sister, which family did you bring this child back from? Just tell me. Even if you can't be the young master of Baihua Palace, at least you can be a dignified islander of Qianshan Island. It's better than being called a bastard. What do you think?"

"Shut up!"

"Shut up!"

Wei Xu and Xiahou Qing said in unison.

"Stop arguing."

It was Ling Yun's voice.

The disciples spontaneously made way for him.

Ling Yun stepped forward and said to the four elders: "Don't embarrass my mother. She didn't do anything wrong. It's me who is wrong. I shouldn't have come into this world. I will leave Baihua Palace now."

Lingyin's face turned pale: "Young Palace Master!"

Wei Xu strode over, his tall body protecting him, and held his wrist like a father:

"The Baihua Palace can't accommodate you, Dad will take you away!"

Xiahou Qing strode over, grabbed Ling Yun's other wrist, and looked at Wei Xu with cold eyes: "Take him away, does this city lord agree?"

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