FSC [QT] Chapter 108.2

Just half a month ago, Yan Zhongying noticed some unusual movements around his adopted son Yan Yu. He secretly sent a group of people back to his hometown in Jiangzhou, but no one knew what they wanted to do.

Yan Zhongying originally didn’t like his dog doing things behind his master’s back, but Yu Yan’s words just now touched Yan Zhongying’s sore spot and instantly dispelled his dissatisfaction.

Yan Zhongying himself was sold to the palace by his parents at the age of eleven, just because his family had many sons but was poor and could not find a wife for any of them.

With so many sons, they were no longer rare. In order to have a grandson as soon as possible, the youngest Yan Zhongying was sold by his parents.

At that age, Yan Zhongying already understood the dignity and pride of men better. During the period of castration, he felt worse than death.

After Yan Zhongying came to power, the first thing he did was to find his family.

At that time, Yan Zhongying’s parents had passed away. So, Yan Zhongying castrated all his brothers, including the son of his eldest brother, who married a wife with money from selling his body.

During that time, Yan Zhongying was in a very happy mood, because in his opinion, how could others have what he didn’t have?

He had no children and grandchildren, so his brothers couldn’t have a good life either.

However, as Yan Zhongying grew older, he felt a little regretful when he thought about the decisions he made in the past just for the sake of momentary pleasure.

He shouldn’t have done it so ruthlessly. He should at least leave a trace of bloodline for the Yan family.

His eldest brother’s two-year-old child was very good. If he had kept that child and raised him outside the palace, he would have a blood descendant.

Unlike now, even if he seized the Li Dynasty, he could not find a successor.

But how could Yan Zhongying, such a proud and conceited person, admit that he had done something wrong?

Whenever this thought came to his mind, he would comfort himself by thinking that those people deserved to die, that those people deserved to be punished, and that he just made the most correct decision.

Under such brainwashing day after day, how could Yan Zhongying still maintain the concept of ethics and morals of this era?

Therefore, when Yan Zhongying heard that Yu Yan was a petty person like him, who could even dig up the bodies of his own parents and whip them once he gained power, he not only did not think that Yu Yan was out of control, but on the contrary, he truly felt that they were the same kind of people, and Yu Yan did not let him down.

“By the way, I heard you have a younger sister.”

Yan Zhongying ate the grape in her hand with a smile and asked again.

“Oh, that’s just my mother’s adopted child. When I entered the palace, she was only three years old. I don’t know if she ran away or was sold by the creditor back then. I sent people back to my hometown this time, but I couldn’t find her.”

Yu Yan didn’t care much about the younger sister Yan Zhongying mentioned.

“She is just a sister who is not related by blood. If she were my biological sister, I might be able to protect her now and let her give birth to a few more children and give one to be adopted by me in the future, which would complete the fate between us as siblings.”

“But she is not my biological sister. So many years have passed, I am afraid I would not even remember her if she stood in front of me now.”

If Yu Yan had completely distanced himself from that sister, Yan Zhongying might still be suspicious. However, Yu Yan himself was the first to express his regret that the sister was not his biological sister, so Yan Zhongying’s last bit of doubt disappeared.

On the contrary, when he thought that Yu Yan was like himself, living alone in this world without any relatives or friends, the sense of belonging among the same kind became stronger.

“Let’s send someone to keep an eye on her. If she is a well-behaved and sensible girl, what’s wrong with raising a girl?”

Yu Yan was only five years old when he entered the palace. How deep could the relationship between the siblings be when they were separated at that age, not to mention that they were not biological siblings?

Yan Zhongying was a ruthless character who could castrate even his own brothers and nephews. Putting himself in Yu Yan’s shoes, he didn’t think that Yu Yan would have deep feelings for that sister.

So, he stopped questioning about this matter.

When he came out of Yan Zhongying’s room, Yu Yan’s back was already sweating.

Yu Yan’s only thought at the moment was not to let Yan Zhongying know about the relationship between him and Xiao Wu.

***

“Xiao Wu, I hope you can be mentally prepared for what Dad will tell you next.”

One day, Ah Wu was called to the study in the front yard by Ling Yaodong.

Ling Yaodong’s expression was serious and deep, which made people have bad premonitions.

Several guesses flashed through Ah Wu’s mind at once, and the guess with the greatest possibility was the one she was most unwilling to accept.

“Among the young eunuchs who entered the palace eight years ago, there were a total of twenty-three people who were originally from Jiangzhou. Among them, only one was of the right age, and that person…that person…”

Looking at his daughter’s sudden low mood, Ling Yaodong still gritted his teeth and told the truth he had investigated.

“That child died of an illness in the second year after entering the palace.”

In other words, the brother that Xiao Wu had been looking for was actually gone.

When she saw her father hesitating, Ah Wu was ready to hear the bad news, but when she heard this answer, her heart couldn’t help but skip a few beats.

“No, my brother is still alive. I can feel it. He must be alive.”

Ah Wu clenched her fists. This answer was investigated by others, and she didn’t believe it.

“Maybe there are some loopholes in the investigation. I will continue to send people to inquire about the news.”

Ling Yaodong just thought that his daughter could not accept this fact for a while, so he went along with her words to comfort her. However, in Ling Yaodong’s opinion, Yu Yan was most likely dead.

The probability of a young eunuch who entered the palace at the age of five dying in the palace was not low. Moreover, with his connections, who would stop him from investigating a young eunuch in the palace?

Ling Yaodong looked at his daughter with more pity, thinking about how to make up for this child.

 

 

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