“You are so bold that you even dare to kill the Marquis of Chengyi. Do you know how many impeachment memorials against you and me that I have blocked these days?”
As soon as Yu Yan entered the room, a teacup smashed in front of him with a ‘clang’ sound. The scattered ceramic fragments even scratched the skin on the back of his hand, but Yu Yan just frowned slightly, still maintained his original pace, and stood beside Yan Zhongying.
This tea bowl was exactly what Yan Zhongying threw at him.
“Keeping the Marquis of Chengyi will only be a big trouble for the Godfather. In order not to disappoint the people around him, the First Prince will definitely try every means to keep him. Similarly, the forces behind the Third Prince and Concubine Jiang may not be happy to see the Godfather’s power.”
“It is hard to guarantee that they will attack the faction of the First Prince. So, I took the initiative to anger the Marquis of Chengyi and then kill him.”
“In this way, without the Marquis of Chengyi, the Marquis of Chengyi Mansion will be just a toothless tiger. Even if His Majesty softens his heart and lets go of the other people in the Marquis of Chengyi Mansion, those people will not pose too much threat to the Godfather.”
Yu Yan answered calmly, with a subtle arrogance in his eyes and the suppressed uneasiness and expectation of wanting to ask Yan Zhongying for a reward.
“Smart.”
Yan Zhongying sneered and seemed to be angry on the surface, but in fact, he was very satisfied with Yu Yan’s way of dealing with things.
Looking at the adopted son standing in front of him, Yan Zhongying was in a good mood.
His vision was indeed correct. The young man in front of him was insidious and ruthless enough. As long as he was used well, he would be a very handy knife.
Especially Yu Yan’s performance just now made Yan Zhongying feel that the other party was not perfect. The other party liked to be smart and act by guessing his mind. The fundamental purpose was to please him and get the corresponding reward.
Such a person meant that there were weaknesses. He was greedy for the status he brought him and was eager to climb to a higher position.
Yan Yu had desires, and people with desires were often the easiest to control.
“It was the child who acted on his own. Please punish me, Godfather.”
Yu Yan quickly knelt down, pretending not to see the satisfaction in Yan Zhongying’s eyes, and looked terrified by the scolding he had just received.
“Get up, why do we have to be so polite between father and son?”
His respectful attitude made Yan Zhongying even more satisfied.
After Yu Yan knelt down, Yan Zhongying directly pushed away the eunuch who was knocking on his legs and stepped forward to help him up.
Before climbing to this position, Yan Zhongying had also suffered a lot in the deep palace.
Even though he had been dressed in fine clothes and fed with delicious food for these years, his rough skin could not be completely restored.
Moreover, he was old now, and the skin on his fingers was as rough as sandpaper.
Yu Yan lowered his eyes, feeling those fingers rubbing slowly in his palms, and felt nauseous from the bottom of his heart.
“By the way, Godfather never asked about your origin. When you entered the palace, you were only five years old. How could your parents bear to send you to the palace?”
As if he thought of this question inadvertently, Yan Zhongying lay back on the cushion, took the grapes handed over by the eunuch, and asked casually.
Yu Yan’s heartbeat suddenly stopped for a few beats because of Yan Zhongying’s question, but he regained his composure after a few breaths.
Not long ago, he had just mobilized his forces to return to his hometown to investigate. Now Yan Zhongying asked this question. Did the other party notice anything?
The young eunuch who was originally serving Yan Zhongying had left at some point. Yan Zhongying was peeling grapes slowly.
The only sounds in the room were the breathing of both parties, and the atmosphere suddenly became silent.
“There’s nothing I’m reluctant to do. My family is poor, so I entered the palace and became a eunuch.”
Yu Yan took a deep breath and answered.
“Oh?”
Yan Zhongying’s tone rose slightly. It was unclear whether he was satisfied or dissatisfied with this answer.
There was another silence.
Yu Yan spoke again: “That couple has always only cared about themselves. When they died, they left me with a lot of debts.”
“If I didn’t sell myself to enter the palace, I would probably have been sold to a small official to be a rabbit master.”
“In comparison, what’s wrong with being a eunuch? At least, there is a chance to be a high-ranking official, like Godfather, who is second only to one person and above ten thousand people.”
It seemed that he could no longer hold it back. After a moment’s silence, Yu Yan finally vented to Yan Zhongying about the grievances he had suffered over the years.
“Over the years, I have suffered so much injustice in the palace. If I hadn’t been appreciated by Godfather, I would probably still be in some cold palace, being bullied. I hate that couple. Even if they are my biological parents, I want to grind them to ashes.”
“A few months ago, I sent people to my hometown to dig up the couple’s graves and leave them exposed in the wilderness.”
“I know that my behavior is unorthodox and unacceptable to the world, but I really hate them. I hope the Godfather will forgive me.”
Yu Yan told his story half-truthfully.
He was betting that Yan Zhongying’s investigation of him was not that detailed, that Ling Yaodong, the Marquis of Changping, had concealed his whereabouts very well, and that Yan Zhongying’s superficial investigation might not reveal the relationship between him and the Seventh Young Lady of the Marquis of Changping Mansion.
After years of research and months of getting along, Yu Yan knew that Yan Zhongying was a conceited person. Yan Zhongying would definitely investigate his life experience when he adopted him as his adopted son.
But in Yan Zhongying’s view, Yu Yan at that time was just an ant-like existence. Would a lion carefully investigate the ant’s ancestors before eating it?
Yu Yan made the right bet. At this time, the information Yan Zhongying received was indeed not sufficient.
Yu Yan’s half-true and half-false remarks dispelled Yan Zhongying’s doubts.
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