"Tsk, look what you've done to him! You've made the Prime Minister's face turn pale. Don't you know you should be considerate of the feelings of the elderly?"
Feng Beichuan casually picked up a chair and sat down. Although he said that, his face was nonchalant. Anyone who wasn't a fool could tell that he was mocking Bai Yuanshan.
"You've gone too far! You must have all conspired together!"
Bai Yuanshan's face was now purplish-blue with rage. He roared hysterically at the crowd, then pointed at Li Chang'an and said, "And you! No wonder you suddenly came to find me. You were up to no good! Don't even think about putting any unfounded accusations on me!"
Faced with this series of accusations, Feng Beichuan remained unmoved, still sitting leisurely in his chair, casually fiddling with a jade thumb ring on his finger.
Li Chang'an remained noncommittal. Her purpose in coming was not pure to begin with, but she was forced into it. If Bai Yuanshan hadn't gone too far first, she certainly wouldn't be someone who liked to cause trouble.
Moreover, if this person's arrogance is not properly curbed today, he will likely cause him a lot of trouble in the future, both openly and secretly. Li Chang'an does not want to be troubled by these things, whether in or out of court.
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything..."
Just as the scene was in chaos, the butler, Old Qin, who had not spoken until now, suddenly opened his mouth. His face was flushed red from the pain, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. His voice was also trembling.
"Let me go first, and I'll tell you everything I know."
At this moment, Cangyun's grip loosened slightly, but he still twisted Lao Qin's arms behind his back.
Cangyun wasn't afraid of what tricks this person might play, so he let go. Old Qin swallowed hard and gasped for breath, collapsing to the ground as if he were completely exhausted. But his eyes were fixed on Bai Yuanshan.
Their eyes met, and after a moment, Bai Yuanshan felt a vague sense of unease in his heart.
Would he really betray himself?
Old Qin pursed his lips, his fists clenched tightly. He seemed to have made a great decision, and he spoke each word heavily: "I did everything myself. No one instructed me."
Before anyone else could react, he suddenly charged at Bai Yuanshan's writing desk like a mad beast, and with a loud bang, his head slammed into it.
His forehead struck the corner of the table, and blood gushed out immediately. Old Qin collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud, a horrifying bloody hole appearing on his forehead, blood flowing continuously down his face and finally dripping onto the ground.
Everyone was stunned. After a deathly silence, it was the usually calm Zhuque who was the first to react. She went forward and checked Lao Qin's breath, only to find that he had already stopped breathing.
"It's hopeless."
Perhaps it was because of the extra corpse in the room, but Suzaku's words sent chills down one's spine.
Cangyun, standing to the side, was furious. No matter how you look at it, he had an inescapable responsibility for this matter. However, what angered him the most was that he had worked so hard for so long, only to have the person die.
Feng Beichuan and Li Chang'an were clearly surprised that Lao Qin would use such a method to protect Bai Yuanshan. For a moment, they didn't know whether to say he was loyal to his master or stubborn.
But no matter what, disappointment was the dominant feeling. No one expected that such a thing would happen at such a crucial moment. Now that they are dead and there is no way to verify the facts, even if they have a lot of evidence, it is all just empty talk.
"Are you satisfied now? Do you have to drive someone to their death before you'll stop?!"
Bai Yuanshan roared, his eyes bloodshot and terrifying. Countless emotions churned within him, but he didn't have the courage to look directly at Lao Qin's corpse.
This man, who entered the Prime Minister's mansion in his teens and rose from an ordinary servant to the position of chief steward, this man who had served him faithfully for decades, was someone whose full name he didn't even remember, yet he was willing to risk his life for him.
So this is what it feels like to lose a close friend or confidant.
Bai Yuanshan felt as if his heart was bleeding. His heart, which was not young to begin with, seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. His body swayed, as if he wanted to help Lao Qin’s gradually cooling body up, but he slumped over and fainted.
"Father!"
Before anyone could help Bai Yuanshan up, they heard a woman's voice outside, trembling with sobs. Then, someone ran in and headed straight for Bai Yuanshan.
The woman was dressed in a pale yellow, wide-sleeved silk dress. She had a slender and graceful figure, but this beautiful woman was now crying uncontrollably.
This woman was Bai Ruohan, the eldest daughter of Bai Yuanshan. She had just returned from outside when she heard the servants in the mansion gossiping. She then heard the commotion coming from the study and came over to see the scene before her.
At this moment, Bai Ruohan's personal maid, Caiyun, also rushed over. She was terrified by the scene before her. There lay a person on the ground, their face covered in blood, seemingly lifeless. Moreover, the person appeared to be the steward, Old Qin.
"Quickly, go and fetch a doctor!"
Seeing Caiyun's dazed appearance, Bai Ruohan cried out to her anxiously, then reached out to pinch Bai Yuanshan's philtrum, and finally instructed the servants who had rushed over to help Bai Yuanshan lie down on the soft chair in the study.
Overwhelmed with worry for his father, Bai Ruohan no longer cared about being afraid of the corpses on the ground.
"Let's go."
Li Chang'an's expression was rather unpleasant. After saying those two words, she pursed her lips and turned to leave without saying a word. She couldn't quite describe the feeling in her heart at that moment. In short, she felt extremely suffocated and even had some difficulty breathing. She didn't know if it was because Lao Qin's actions had shocked her too much, or because this ending had caused her to fail in her original plan.
Feng Beichuan also felt that there was no need for them to stay here any longer, so he got up and prepared to leave.
"Stop! Stop right there!"
Bai Ruohan seemed to suddenly wake up; she rushed directly in front of Li Chang'an, blocking their path.
At this moment, her beautiful almond-shaped eyes were glaring fiercely at the calm woman in front of her, wishing she could tear that face to shreds immediately, her teeth clenched as if about to grind to powder: "What did you do to my father? You vicious woman! Did you kill Uncle Qin? I'll fight you to the death!"
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