After saying that, she got off the carriage and couldn't help sneering as she walked.
"What a so - called elder! I'm young? If you count my two lifetimes, I could be your great - aunt! He still thinks I'm too young..."
Pei Xueji chased after her and heard Jiang Sihe muttering softly.
"A He, did my uncle bully you?"
Hearing Pei Xueji's words, Jiang Sihe quickly collected her emotions.
"No... Lord Pei is such a kind elder. He really cares about and loves the younger generation!"
"A He, why do I feel your expression is a bit off?"
Jiang Sihe forced a smile: "What's off?"
Pei Xueji couldn't help shivering and didn't dare to say anything more. She quickly said, "Right, it's quite right!"
Jiang Sihe took a step and continued walking into the academy. Pei Xueji quickly followed: "A He, no matter what my uncle said, he's just cold - hearted. Don't be angry!"
"Xiao Qi, can we stop talking about your uncle?"
Pei Xueji nodded obediently. Why did she feel that the aura around Jiang Sihe was so intimidating...
She looked back at her uncle's carriage, which was still parked there.
She wondered what exactly the two of them had said...
Yan An stepped forward and asked, "My lord, shall we leave?"
But there was no reply from the lord inside for a long time.
Unable to hold back, Yan An lifted the carriage curtain and was about to ask when he saw the lord in the carriage with a cold expression. The aura around him could freeze people to death.
Yan An swallowed the words on his lips, put down the curtain, and lowered his head, waiting outside.
I don't know how long it took before a single word came out faintly from inside.
"Go!"
Even though it was just a single word, Yan An could hear the suppressed emotions in it.
He couldn't help shaking his head. The lord just thought too much.
...
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the month, the day when the Pei Mansion and the He Mansion were to be betrothed.
The He Mansion sent the dowry list to the Pei Mansion. Less than an hour later, the Royal Guards showed up.
Lord He looked at the commander of the Royal Guards, Yan Yiheng, who personally led the men to his door in panic. He knew that his misdeeds might not be hidden anymore.
But he couldn't figure out where he had been exposed to the Royal Guards.
It wasn't until Yan Yiheng entered and threw the dowry list in his face. When he opened it, he saw that his own daughter had added a lot of evidence of his collusion with the Dongyue Kingdom to the dowry list.
"Miss He, out of righteousness, reported her father's collusion with the Dongyue Kingdom. She is a witness..."
After Yan Yiheng finished speaking, He Wenyu walked out from the backyard. Her small face was pale, and her eyebrows showed a bit of determination.
"Father, it's time. Don't make another mistake..."
Lord He took a step forward and slapped He Wenyu.
"You stupid girl..."
"Lord He, with both the witness and the physical evidence, do you still refuse to admit it?"
When He Wenyu walked out from behind, someone had already carried up a box, which contained the items sent by the Dongyue Kingdom listed in the dowry list.
Lord He threw away the dowry list in his hand and laughed with a trembling finger. "He Wenyu, by doing this, do you want your younger brother to be buried with you? The He Family is ruined because of you. How can you face your mother?"
He Wenyu took a step forward and whispered in Lord He's ear, "Father, when mother was seriously ill and you were still having fun in the concubine's room, were you worthy of mother?"
"You..." Lord He raised his hand and wanted to hit He Wenyu again, but He Wenyu raised her arm and blocked it.
"He Wenyu, how dare you fight back against your father?"
"Father? Haha... That slap just now was to repay you for giving birth to me. After mother passed away, you sent me and my younger brother to the old mansion to observe mourning and ignored us. Did you ever remember that you were our father?"
Lord He was speechless. He glared angrily at He Wenyu, his chest rising and falling, obviously very angry.
"What's going on? Why are the Royal Guards raiding the mansion?"
The old lady of the He Family was supported by a servant and came to the front yard in a panic.
Seeing Lord He and He Wenyu confronting each other, she stepped forward and questioned He Wenyu.
"What are you doing here?"
He Wenyu raised her face and looked at this grandmother who had always been partial and had made things difficult for her mother. She sneered.
"My dear grandmother, of course, I'm here waiting to see your bad end..."
"You... Are you crazy?"
The old lady of the He Family had never seen the timid He Wenyu like this. Her finger trembled as she pointed at her.
He Wenyu took a step forward and grabbed the old lady's wrist. "Grandmother, I have bad news for you...
The He Family is doomed. Father committed treason. The Royal Guards are here to raid the mansion!"
The old lady of the He Family was trembling so much that she could hardly stand. She turned to look at Lord He.
"Is what she said true?"
Lord He knew that he couldn't escape now. Without answering the old lady, he knelt forward and pleaded, "Commander Yan, I want to see Lord Pei. I have something to say to him..."
Yan Yiheng sneered, "Go to the imperial prison first. Explain everything there..."
After saying that, he waved his hand, and the Royal Guards behind stepped forward and pulled Lord He up.
"Take him away!"
The old lady of the He Family was so scared that her face turned as white as paper. She grabbed He Wenyu.
"What on earth is going on? How could your father collude with the Dongyue Kingdom? How did the Royal Guards find out?"
He Wenyu shook off the old lady. "Grandmother, my mother taught me that as a noble lady of a prominent family, I should distinguish right from wrong. Father took the wrong path, and as his daughter, I'm helping him turn back from the wrong path..."
"What do you mean?"
Yan Yiheng sized up He Wenyu standing in the middle of the yard. With a delicate figure, she had a rather tough temper.
She was probably the only good one among the useless people in the He Family.
"Alright, stop talking nonsense. Take them all away..."
He Wenyu watched as the Royal Guards went in to take the people in the mansion. When she saw her younger brother being taken out, she panicked and quickly stepped forward.
"Commander Yan, my younger brother can't be taken away..."
"All the important people in the He Family will be sent to the imperial prison. Naturally, your younger brother has to go too..."
He Wenyu clenched her fists and stepped forward slightly. "My younger brother is young. The imperial prison might scare him. Lord Pei promised me..."
"Pei Yanchao promised you. You should ask him to fulfill it. I'm just enforcing the law impartially. Please don't interfere with me..."
Before Yan Yiheng could finish his words, He Wenyu stepped forward and grabbed the collar of his robe.
"I said, Lord Pei promised me that he would ensure my younger brother's safety. You don't need to scare me with those high - sounding words..."
Yan Yiheng looked down at the tear - stained and pale face of He Wenyu in front of him. Her slender fingers were still trembling, but she still held on to his collar tightly.
He couldn't help smiling playfully.
She was so scared but still holding on. She was quite a bit of a backbone. He couldn't help feeling a bit of compassion.
"Miss He, are you threatening me?"
When He Wenyu looked up, she saw a scar at the corner of the man's eye in front of her, which was hideous and terrifying.
She had heard of Yan Yiheng before. He was a fearless man who had climbed to the position of the commander of the Royal Guards from a pile of dead people.
"I'm just stating the facts to Commander Yan!"
Even though they were so close, He Wenyu wasn't intimidated into silence by the killing aura around Yan Yiheng.
Yan Yiheng looked down at the woman in front of him and inexplicably felt a bit of interest.