It seems that it just a coincidence. That the young boy in the Yamen looked like Dongfang Wan and him!

Pei Qinghan sighed. He didn’t know what he was looking forward too, or why he was so disappointed at this time.

Mrs. Liu and Bai Xiaofeng lived in the Changyuan Houfu. They thought they had come to a good place, but who would have thought that, as soon as they entered the mansion’s gate, they will be detained in a dilapidated small courtyard. The freedom of board and lodging was not the same as before.

Mrs. Liu sat on a broken stool in a daze. Bai Xiaofeng walked around the room while mumbling. However, Mrs. Liu didn’t listen to a word he said.

Suddenly, there was a sound coming from outside.

Then, someone opened the locked door. A fragrant scent came in with the wind and entered in their noses.

 

Mrs. Liu looked up and saw the gorgeously dressed Bai Zhenzhu walking towards her.

She was shocked, but hurriedly got up and rushed in front of Bai Zhenzhu. She grabbed her arm and asked urgently: “Where are Dazhu and Dabao? How are they now? How are they?”

Bai Zhenzhu looked at the hands that grabbed her arms and frowned her eyebrows. Her eyes were filled with disgust. With a little effort, she broke free of Mrs. Liu’s hands, turned, and walked under the window. With her back facing Mrs. Liu, she said in a low voice: “What happened to them, you should know in your heart by now.”

Mrs. Liu sat down on the ground, while tears constantly falling from her eyes. Those two and she suddenly separated from life and death in just one night. Those two were her husband and son ah!

And now, she and her youngest son were locked in this shabby house, with an unknown future.

Bai Xiaofeng, who stood in silence for a long time, suddenly asked Bai Zhenzhu: “What about us? What are you going to do with us?”

Bai Zhenzhu turned around and looked at Bai Xiaofeng with a gloomy expression: “Didn’t Houye said it before? He wants you to stay here for the time being to avoid the wind. When things are over, you will naturally get benefits. Xiaofeng, your future will be bright.”

Really? Will his future be bright?

He couldn’t see it now. All he could see in front of him was a gray sky. The thick dew was covering the road ahead. He walked step by step without knowing whether it was flat ground or abyss.

Bai Zhenzhu didn’t say much. She took a glance at them coldly, then turned and left.

Mrs. Liu cried for a long time. She cried for so long that her eyes swollen like walnuts, However, Bai Xiaofeng didn’t even say a word of comfort, instead, he looked at her impatiently.

“Cry cry cry, you only know how to cry. What’s the use of crying now? Everyone is gone, will they return if you cry?” Bai Xiaofeng, who couldn’t bear it anymore, shouted at Mrs. Liu.

Mrs. Liu was shocked and stared at Bai Xiaofeng with a pair of teary and hazy eyes.

Seeing her like this, Bai Xiaofeng’s heart softened a little. He warmly said: “Niang, you shouldn’t be crying now. We have to find a way to save ourselves.”

Mrs. Liu didn’t understand: “Find a way to save ourselves?”

Bai Xiaofeng said: “Niang, don’t you understand yet? In the eyes of the Pei family, our lives are as low as grass. We can still live now, that is because we still have some worth. But as soon as Bai Zhenzhu married that prince, we will be of no use. At that time, we, the insiders, will definitely end up like father and big brother.”

Mrs. Liu’s stupor brain finally came to life. What Bai Xiaofeng say was right. Why did Bai Dazhu and Bai Dabao lose their lives? Because they were insiders and were caught by the Yamen. Pei Qinghan was afraid that this matter would be exposed, so he killed them. The mouth of the dead was the tightest of all.

 

 

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