Three years ago, Yimu was kidnapped from his bed by Yuanbao.
Only then did he realize that Yuanbao was Li Shouhai'an's spy working for him, tasked with monitoring Xu Zang's every move.
Yuanbao didn't work for the Li family for wealth and status. He had a younger sister who worked in the Li household and was a capable maidservant to the eldest young lady.
Li Shouhai threatened him that if he didn't help him, he would kill his sister.
Yuanbao had no choice but to submit to Yimu's wishes and went up the mountain to ambush him.
Human hearts are made of flesh and blood, and Yimu treated Yuanbao extremely well.
Over the years, Yuanbao has passed on information that is both true and false. He only wants to rescue his sister and does not want to hurt Yi Mu.
The Li family fell from power, but Li Wenlan did not die. She used the life of her personal maid to threaten Yuanbao, forcing him to continue working for her.
Yuanbao struggled internally for a long time before taking Yi Mu to see Li Wenlan, only to watch helplessly as Yi Mu was imprisoned in the underground palace.
He brought food to Yimu, and Yimu asked him why.
Overwhelmed by guilt, Yuanbao told Yimu everything about his troubles.
Yi Mu told Yuan Bao to let him out, promising to rescue Yuan Bao's sister and take her to a completely safe place.
Yuanbao believed that his master, whom he had served for so many years, had tried every means to let Yimu go.
But just as Yi Mu was being sent out of the palace, Li Wenlan went down into the underground palace to find him.
In order to prevent Li Wenlan from noticing anything amiss, Yuanbao used a disguise technique to transform himself into Yi Mu, thus deceiving Li Wenlan.
Yuanbao waited for the signal that Yi Mu had agreed upon with him to sound. As soon as his sister was rescued from the palace, he would immediately find a way to leave the underground palace.
Yuanbao received Yimu's signal and was overjoyed, thinking he would finally break free from this bondage, but he did not escape.
That bitch Li Wenlan never intended to let Yi Mu go. She hated Yi Mu to death, and regardless of whether she could become empress, she was determined to kill him.
An assassin sneaked into the underground palace in the dark, intending to kill Yuanbao, but Yuanbao dodged the attack.
During their fierce fight, the candlesticks on the wall were knocked over, and the oil soaked the curtain, which then caught fire in an instant.
The two fighters didn't pay any attention to the small flame, but as time went on, the small flame turned into a raging fire and shot up to the top of the underground palace.
The wood crackled and popped as it burned, and the two stopped working at the same time, scrambling to climb the steps.
At the end of the steps, there was a small door that could only fit one person at a time. The door had a latch that was usually very flexible, but for some reason, it wouldn't turn no matter what it did.
Flames had already risen and were burning the assassin's trouser leg.
The assassin screamed in agony as he was burned by the fire. Seeing Yuanbao open the entrance to the underground palace, a sinister glint flashed in his eyes. He grabbed Yuanbao's hand and dragged him down into the sea of fire.
Yi Mu learned that Yuan Bao had been burned to death on the second day.
He had originally sent someone into the palace to rescue Yuanbao, but now it was all in vain.
Yuanbao's younger sister had an affair with a palace guard and was already six months pregnant when she was rescued from the palace.
She resented Yimu for abducting her from the palace, believing him to be a villain, and even contemplated suicide.
To avoid any further complications, Yi Mu did not tell Yuanbao the truth.
He hid in the crowd and watched as all the members of the Li family were executed, avenging his family. Then he took Yuanbao's sister and went to Xiliang.
Yuanbao's younger sister died from postpartum hemorrhage.
Even though Yi Mu explained that it was his brother who asked him to take her out of the palace and take good care of her.
But Yuanbao's sister didn't believe it. She always felt that Yi Mu was a bad person and would kill her one day.
She desperately missed her lover in the palace, yet was always wary of Yi Mu, living in constant fear and high stress, ultimately dying in childbirth.
After her death, Yi Mu took care of the child. The following year, Yang San traveled to Xiliang and happened to meet him.
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