Yun Changfeng's face turned ashen. "The Regent has a fine hand, making someone take the blame!"
"Take the blame?" Yun Shu raised an eyebrow.
"The Regent's methods are too vicious. To save Yun Dezhi, he actually made an unrelated old minister step forward to take the罪名!" Yun Changfeng gritted his teeth, clearly furious at Zhan Ming's despicable and shameless actions.
An old minister, ultimately destroyed by Zhan Ming's underhanded tactics.
Then, Yun Changfeng explained the relationship between this old minister and Zhan Ming.
It turned out the old minister belonged to Zhan Ming's faction. However, perhaps due to his advanced age and the lack of capable descendants in his family to serve Zhan Ming, he was thus abandoned by Zhan Ming.
At this time, naturally, no one would step forward to protect the old minister.
Zhan Ming's calculations were too shrewd, using a useless old pawn to exchange for a relatively new pawn that could still be utilized.
What was even stranger was that this old minister claimed he had swapped the ginseng powder.
This matter had not even reached the Emperor. It was settled directly by the yamen.
Yun Dezhi was released on the spot.
The old minister was immediately thrown into prison.
"I knew the Regent would make a move, but I never expected him to be so venomous! Using his own man to save Yun Dezhi!" Yun Changfeng grew more and more agitated as he spoke.
Yun Shu smiled dismissively, "Father, don't be angry. They're not worth it."
"Shu'er, I've investigated some things. Before you disappeared, you went out with Yun Yueyin. Did she do something to you? I can no longer be lenient with them! They don't deserve it!" When Yun Changfeng looked at Yun Shu again, his resolute eyes were filled with tears.
They were the tears of a father filled with guilt towards his daughter.
Yun Shu knew it was time to reveal some things.
"Father, you don't need to send anyone to investigate the past anymore. I will tell you. It was indeed Yun Yueyin who harmed me back then. After I was humiliated and became pregnant, she locked me in a cave. The day I gave birth, she pushed me and Xiao Jing off a cliff. By chance, I was rescued and survived. From then on, I was no longer foolish."
Yun Shu spoke briefly.
She concealed the existence of Zhan Xiaoli and the other child.
It would be time enough to tell her father once she found all her children and could ensure their safety.
Yun Changfeng was clearly shocked.
He was so stunned that he was speechless for a moment.
An unimaginable experience!
That was inhumane treatment!
How did Shu'er endure being locked in a cave for so long? And while carrying a child? How much fear must she have felt when Yun Yueyin pushed her off the cliff! As her father, he wasn't even there, leaving her to face it all alone!
Unimaginable pain instantly made Yun Changfeng unable to hold back.
Tears streamed down his face.
"Shu'er, it is your father who has failed you! I didn't protect you! I will have no face to see your mother after I die!" Yun Changfeng cried miserably.
He never imagined that while he fought bravely on the battlefield, his daughter would suffer such a fate!
It was all because he had trusted his mother and Yun Dezhi too much!
"Father, since I can calmly tell you about these past events, it means they are all in the past. Besides, Yun Yueyin, who harmed me, will soon face the consequences of her actions." Yun Shu gently reassured Yun Changfeng.
Based on the timing, Yun Yueyin's face should now be pitted with craters.
The more she sought treatment, the more complications would arise.
Moreover, Yun Yueyin was pregnant, and at such a critical time!
She intended to play a trump card.
Yun Changfeng buried his head in his hands, crying more and more miserably, like a child.
Yun Shu felt a little helpless.
Yun Xiao Jing, not far away, dared not approach.
He feared that his presence would affect his maternal grandfather's dignity, so to preserve it, he hid far away.
Yun Shu saw that Yun Xiao Jing had wisely retreated, proving his intelligence.
After Yun Changfeng's emotions had somewhat subsided, Yun Shu continued, "Father, it's really alright now! Look at me now, who can bully me!"
Upon hearing this, Yun Changfeng felt even more uncomfortable. "Father wants to have people protect you, not for you to charge into battle yourself! A girl is meant to be protected."
What kind of experience had caused his Shu'er to grow into someone who had to face hardships alone?
As a father, he suddenly felt an unbearable sadness.
"Father, relying on oneself is the most reliable. Of course, relying on Father is also an option, but relying on other men, forget it." Yun Shu smiled.
Yun Changfeng sighed again, a long, drawn-out sound.
He wiped away the remaining tears from his face.
Then, he asked Yun Shu in a low voice, "Are my eyes red?"
Yun Shu nodded, "Still a bit red." After crying for so long, how could her eyes not be red?
She was surprised by how many tears Yun Changfeng shed when he cried.
Truly an old child.
"Then chat with me for a while longer. I'll go see Xiao Jing later. I haven't seen Xiao Jing all day, and I miss him terribly! But I can't let him know I cried, it's too embarrassing. I'm his grandfather, I need to set an example. A man doesn't shed tears easily, I can't set a bad example." After speaking, Yun Changfeng began to regret it.
Why had he been unable to control his tears recently?
He was getting old!
Too useless!
Yun Shu nodded in agreement, "Okay, Father will go see Xiao Jing later."
"Mm!"
...
Night fell.
It wasn't completely dark yet.
Yun Shu and Jing Heng first went to Prince Rao's mansion.
Yun Shu leisurely waited on a large tree outside Prince Rao's mansion.
Jing Heng went inside.
About half an hour later, a pig-like howl erupted from Prince Rao's mansion.
Waves of howling startled the entire Prince Rao's mansion into chaos.
At the same time.
A shadow emerged from Prince Rao's mansion and arrived at the large tree.
"Did you finish it?" Yun Shu asked.
Jing Heng nodded, "I left the Regent's mansion guard's jade pendant." He had stolen it from the Regent's mansion last night, unexpectedly finding it useful!
Yun Shu gave Jing Heng a thumbs-up. "Our Jing Heng is truly amazing! On the world's assassin rankings, you are definitely number one!"
There was almost no mission that Jing Heng couldn't accomplish.
Their Jing Heng was utterly invincible.
Although praised, Jing Heng showed no pride, his expression unchanged. "Number one isn't important."
"Hahaha, unfazed by honor or disgrace. Ruan Xi should really learn from you!" Yun Shu couldn't help but praise him.
Jing Heng remained silent.
However, he nodded.
Whether he was number one or not was unimportant, but Ruan Xi indeed needed to learn from him, and there were many areas to learn.
"Let's go, to the Regent's mansion."
Yun Shu glanced in the direction of the Regent's mansion in the distance.
She hoped tonight she could confirm whether Gu Xiaofeng was her son.
At the same time.
Inside the Regent's mansion.
Zhan Ming looked at the information provided by his hidden guards with a dark expression.
"You have been in the capital all these years, watching Prince Ye's every move, and this is all you've found?"
The hidden guard lowered his head.
Zhan Ming slammed his palm on the table. "In all these years, there hasn't been a single woman by his side with whom he has shared intimacy?!"