After the eldest son of the Wen family fully recovered from his illness without any aftereffects, the Wen family's attitude towards Rong Sheng and Prince Yi changed. In addition, the Wen family members successfully entered the court. Although their official positions were not very high, the Wen family was much better off than before.
However, the Wen family also knew that if they wanted to return to their former glory, they would have to keep working hard and never provoke Gu Beiyi, otherwise the consequences would be extremely tragic.
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The people from Wuyinglou captured Lu Xuefan and Wei Qicheng's men and took them to a secret dungeon on Wuyinglou's territory in the capital, where they met with Lu Mian.
Lu Mian has been infected by a Gu worm and is now extremely obedient to Gu Beiyi. Whatever Gu Beiyi tells Lu Mian to do, Lu Mian will do it.
When they imprisoned Lu Xuefan and Wei Qicheng's men in a dark dungeon, the people of Wuyinglou knew that the show was about to begin.
After finishing their tasks, Rong Sheng and Gu Beiyi went to the dark prison.
Upon arriving at the dark prison, Lu Mian and Wei Qicheng's people each went their own way and did not interfere with each other.
But the moment Gu Beiyi arrived at the dark prison, Lu Mian suddenly stood up from the ground with incredible speed, startling everyone in Wei Qicheng.
"Young Master, what are you doing?" Chu Songyu, the city lord of Weiqi City, asked with a frown.
Lu Mian ignored Chu Songyu and the gazes of others, staring blankly at the entrance of the dark prison, his dark eyes unmoving, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
Seeing Lu Mian like this, Lu Xuefan's slightly wrinkled face was full of confusion. But there were only them here, no one else, not even the jailer. Lu Xuefan slowly stood up and walked to Lu Mian's side: "Lu Mian, what's wrong with you? Tell your aunt quickly!"
“What’s the use of telling Aunt? Does Aunt mean we can leave here?” Lu Mian’s face was expressionless, and his words were dry, like a puppet without emotion or soul. “Aunt, you can’t even take care of yourself, so don’t worry about me! If you really want what’s best for me, then don’t say anything! Otherwise, I won’t be able to control my temper, and if outsiders find out about our identities and background, that won’t be good!”
After capturing Wei Qicheng and Lu Xuefan, the people from Wuyinglou never revealed their identities to them, and no matter how Lu Xuefan and the others tried, they received no information.
So Lu Xuefan and the others didn't know who was so powerful as to imprison them.
A quick search of her mind, Lu Xuefan dismissed Gu Beiyi. In her view, Gu Beiyi was indeed capable, but he didn't have the resources to fight her. Moreover, as a mother, she knew her son very well, and he currently trusted Wei Qicheng completely.
So far, Gu Beiyi has not noticed their strange behavior. Wei Qicheng has been secretly helping Gu Beiyi's people infiltrate the four kingdoms. Although they have not been involved much in the process, given Gu Beiyi's abilities, it is impossible for him to discover their plans and ultimate goals.
Gu Beiyi pointed to the only woman in the dark prison and said to Rong Sheng, "Sheng Sheng, that woman is my mother, the culprit who caused us to be separated by death in our past life, unable to grow old together! Moreover, she is the person with the highest status among the remnants of the previous dynasty! If the previous dynasty still existed, she would be an incomparably noble princess!"
Rong Sheng's gaze fell on Lu Xuefan. Lu Xuefan was exactly the same as the woman in Gu Beiyi's memory. It has to be said that although Lu Xuefan was old, she still had charm. It was obvious that she was an unparalleled beauty when she was young. Otherwise, the late emperor would not have been so infatuated with her, and would have even passed the throne to Gu Beiyi on his deathbed. If the emperor had not been too ambitious, Gu Beiyi would have been the emperor of Qingluan Kingdom after the late emperor's death.
"Gu Beiyi, although your mother treated you badly in your past life, causing us to be separated by death, and she hasn't treated you well in this life either, she is still your mother! Are you sure you won't leave any room for maneuver?"
"Don't worry, Sheng Sheng, I will never commit matricide! I will let her live, let her see her plans fail, let her see me ascend the throne, while she can only watch me triumph from the shadows!"
Rong Sheng breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't that she sympathized with Lu Xuefan, but if Gu Beiyi's matricide were exposed, the whole world would hate Gu Beiyi, and no matter how good the throne was, he wouldn't be able to sit securely on it.
Moreover, matricide is an unforgivable crime. If Heaven were to open its eyes, it would surely not treat Gu Beiyi well. She did not want Gu Beiyi to suffer divine retribution!
Gu Beiyi's dark eyes flickered. He took out a box from his pocket, opened it, took out a transparent bottle, and then gently shook it rhythmically.
"Ahhhh—" Suddenly, a roar came from the dark cell, and it was immediately recognized as Lu Mian's voice.
Lu Mian's sudden roar startled everyone in the dark cell. They all frowned and looked at Lu Mian, saying, "Lu Mian, we're right under someone's nose. Can you please stop making a scene and be quiet? Let's think of a way to get out of here!"
Lu Mian suddenly sneered: "Trying to leave here? Isn't this place good enough? Why do you want to leave?"
Upon hearing Lu Mian's words, everyone finally realized something was amiss and quickly looked at him warily: "Young Master, what do you mean by that?"
"Foolish! You are unworthy to be subjects! The previous dynasty has been gone for so long, yet you actually think that the little power you have can overthrow the Qingluan Kingdom, and even think that you can conquer the Qinghao Kingdom, the Baiqi Kingdom, and the Langya Kingdom, unify the world, and return to the glorious days of the previous dynasty? What a pipe dream!"
Lu Xuefan's dark eyes narrowed: "Lu Mian, stop fooling around, your aunt is going to get angry!"
"Aunt? What kind of aunt do you think you are? You can even kill your own beloved husband, ignore your own son and use him, and cruelly use demonic methods to hone him. What kind of good aunt do you think you are? If it weren't for the blood of the former royal family flowing through your veins, you would have killed me long ago!"
Lu Mian's words were like a knife piercing Lu Xuefan's heart, causing her excruciating pain.
Every word Lu Mian said was true. Those unbearable memories were suddenly unleashed, startling her so much that she could hardly stand and desperately wanted to escape.
"You're such a scoundrel! I've suffered so much for you, and you dare say this to me! Lu Mian, you have no conscience at all!"
"Conscience? Aunt, you don't have any, so why should I? You want me to have a conscience? Fine!" Lu Mian said, walking towards Lu Xuefan. "Unless you give my parents back to me!"
Lu Xuefan's dark eyes widened, "You..."
"Aunt, you're such a good aunt!" Lu Mian smiled coldly, like a demon crawling out of hell: "My parents had no ambition, they didn't want to restore the previous dynasty, they just wanted to be ordinary people, but you were so disappointed in them. If it weren't for the fact that they had no bloodline left, you would have killed my parents back then! My parents went through so much to give birth to me, and you turned around and killed them! You said you were raising me, but you just wanted to use me to fulfill your ambitions. If I had the ability to unify the four kingdoms, you would have killed me and become the Empress of all time!"
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