The jailer skillfully led Wei Zheng and Su Ruanruan to a secluded spot. This place not only allowed them to overhear the conversation among the prisoners but also perfectly concealed their presence.
Fu Xinrou knelt on both knees, her delicate body trembling uncontrollably, sobbing uncontrollably like a pear blossom in the rain, "It is your unfilial daughter who is powerless and can only watch helplessly as father and brother..."
Fu Hengfeng quickly stepped forward and gently comforted her, "Sister, get up quickly. This kind of cold and damp place is not for you. You are frail. What if you catch a cold here?"
Fu Huan chimed in, "Rou'er, your father made a mistake and should accept this punishment. You don't need to be sad or upset about it. Just take good care of yourself."
"Father knows that you have been in love with Huo Yan since you were little. Now that he is by your side to take care of you, Father can rest assured."
After thinking for a moment, Fu Hengfeng decided to speak, “My sister is an exceptionally good girl, the apple of her father’s and brother’s eye, but now she is burdened with the shackles of being the daughter of a disgraced official.”
"From now on, the Fu family will cease to exist. My sister, you... sigh!"
He added, "I never imagined that Su Ruanruan was actually the princess's daughter. Even if the princess doesn't acknowledge her, she can probably win Huo Yan's favor by relying on her child."
"Brother has offended her. After you marry into the General's Mansion, I wonder if she will hold a grudge and take the opportunity to retaliate against you..."
Fu Xinrou suddenly looked up, her face showing surprise, "The child?"
"Yes, I saw her once before she disappeared. At that time, she was already pregnant. You... didn't know?"
Upon hearing this, not only did the other side fall silent, but even Wei Zheng stared at Su Ruanruan's stomach as if he had seen a ghost.
Su Ruanruan lowered her eyes, never expecting that Fu Hengfeng would actually take her words, which she had used to deceive him in the prison cell, to heart.
After a long while, Fu Xinrou's voice came, "I am truly happy for Brother Huo Yan that he has an heir. Father and brothers, rest assured, I will take good care of myself, you... do not need to worry about me."
After Fu Xinrou left, Su Ruanruan said to Wei Zheng, "I want to have a few words with them alone. You wait for me outside and don't let Huo Yan notice."
"Are you really pregnant with Huo Yan's child?" Wei Zheng asked excitedly.
Su Ruanruan placed her hand on her lower abdomen, "Yes, it's been more than two months. Please don't tell Huo Yan."
Wei Zheng was overjoyed, "Good, good, be careful, I'll wait for you outside."
Watching Wei Zheng leave with light steps, Su Ruanruan stood there, motionless for a long time.
She was only a little over a month pregnant, and she had no idea who the father was.
The father and son stood in the dimly lit prison cell, scrutinizing the unfamiliar woman before them by the faint candlelight.
"It's you!" Fu Hengfeng suddenly became alert.
"What brings you here, you wicked woman!"
Fu Huan turned to the side and asked, "Feng'er, who is she?"
"Father, this woman is Huo Yan's concubine. She is also Princess Jingyi's abandoned daughter."
Su Ruanruan smiled slightly, "Even though you're imprisoned, you're still well-informed."
"You are truly like a bewitching demon. After being missing for so many days, you must have lost your virginity. You really shouldn't have come back to steal my sister's place."
"By feigning retreat, you force Huo Yan to marry you. Even if Huo Yan doesn't mind, how can the capital tolerate you?"
Su Ruanruan leaned down and stared at him, "Even if they can't accept me, so what? As long as Huo Yan has me in his heart, that's enough. I'm carrying his child in my womb. Even if the princess doesn't acknowledge me, I still have half of the royal blood flowing through my veins."
"How much more noble is your sister than I? Your Fu family, a prestigious clan for centuries, has crumbled in an instant. Your beloved sister is like a rootless weed, now homeless."
"Your sister is currently just being fostered in the General's Mansion, following Huo Yan without any official status. How much less gossip and rumors does she face compared to me?"
"All I ask for is a letter of release from my concubine status, but Huo Yan makes all sorts of excuses and insists on marrying me. Tell me, after I marry him, how about I torment your sister to my heart's content?"
"Ultimately, is it feasible to abandon her in a separate courtyard and make her Huo Yan's mistress?"
A mistress? A daughter of a noble family, banished to the outside world and reduced to a mistress, is undoubtedly a more cruel torment than death.
Su Ruanruan stared at Fu Hengfeng, only to see his eyes gradually crack, and finally, a fierce hatred ignited in his dark and deep gaze.
"You wicked woman, I will surely kill you!"
Su Ruanruan took a step back, facing the raging anger in his eyes, and felt an unusual sense of pleasure.
At this moment, Fu Huan, who had been silent all along, suddenly knelt down and kowtowed heavily to Su Ruanruan.
"Please, kind lady, spare my daughter. She is innocent and pure; please, sir, do not torment her."
"Even if I have to be a concubine or a maid, I beg you, young lady, please don't make my daughter a mistress."
Su Ruanruan closed her eyes briefly. "You are a good father. I really envy her."
"But I could have been a good older sister, but who ever gave me that chance?"
Fu Huan banged his head heavily on the ground, pleading, "It's my fault, it's my fault, everything is my fault, please spare my daughter."
"Please spare my daughter."
"Father, get up, don't kneel before her."
Su Ruanruan rubbed her temples. "Looks like you don't have the final say..."
Fu Huan looked up at his son and said sternly, "Kneel down."
"father……"
"I said kneel down, do you not want anything to do well for your sister?"
Fu Hengfeng gritted his teeth, finally collapsed, and knelt on the ground.
"sorry."
Su Ruanruan said, "You haven't let me down, but you've wronged the laborers you imprisoned in the mines, the pillars of millions of families you tore apart!"
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