"Your entire life you’ve valued face and dignity above all else, always speaking in grandiose terms. I just want to ask one thing, Father, do you feel ashad?"
Yin Shaohui’s lips trembled slightly...
Yin Shiqing’s gaze was rciless, tinged with mockery,
"You raised to adulthood, and I’ve let you live peacefully till now. Are you saying I’m ungrateful, betraying kindness?"
"Pray tell, how am I supposed to be grateful to soone who killed his own brother to climb high, and destroyed my entire family?"
"I’m already over fifty. How have I endured all these years, have you ever wondered?"
Yin Shaohui took a deep breath once more, closing his eyes,
"I don’t know who told you these things, but the matters between your father and are not so easily seen by outsiders."
"Can just one sentence claiming it’s unclear to outsiders erase the cris you’ve committed?!"
Yin Shiqing moved closer to Yin Shaohui,
"By what status are you judging ? By what right are you criticizing my wrongs?"
"..."
"Your family, each one places themselves on a moral high ground, you’re all good, all righteous people."
"But who was it who, for personal gain, altered military orders causing an entire battalion to nearly be wiped out, and finally condemned my father to death for defying orders, colluding with the enemy, betraying the country?"
"And who, after convicting my father, forbade relatives from visiting, causing Jiang Shengling’s wife, already frail and ill, to die spitting blood in injustice? Who was it that even let two swaddled babies freeze to death in the bitter winter without leniency?!"
"Yin Shaohui, could I be wrong about these accusations?"
A hand lifted! The frail right hand gripped Yin Shaohui’s neck tightly, Yin Shiqing’s eyes filled with hatred,
"Back then I was only nine, you donned a mink military coat, took away, and made call you father... I really thought of you as my savior!"
"I’ve called you father for forty years, doesn’t that burden your conscience?"
"Let go! Young Master! What are you doing, let go quickly!"
Old Lin Housekeeper urgently cried out, trying to pry Yin Shiqing’s hand off Yin Shaohui’s neck, but as soon as he approached, Yin Shiqing’s arm swung, and Old Lin Housekeeper was directly pushed to the ground.
Being old, they couldn’t withstand a fall like this; Old Lin failed to get back up.
The servants nearby quickly ca over to call for an ambulance!
Yin Shiqing tightened his grip, Yin Shaohui’s face was turning red, almost unable to breathe!
"All these years, every ti you made that hypocritical face lecturing, I wanted to strangle you like this!"
"Back then, you silently and unexpectedly shot an arrow at my father, now it’s your son’s turn to shoot arrows at ..."
"Yin Shaohui, rest assured, I can still endure; I won’t just strangle you to death for your release!"
"I will... let you watch how I destroy your smart-aleck son bit by bit!"
"You want to destroy my son... so confident, huh? Cough cough..."
A soft voice ca from upstairs, Zhou ngqin wearing pajamas with a coat over her shoulders, Ah Su beside her supporting the old lady.
Yin Shiqing’s hand still gripping Yin Shaohui’s neck, yet Zhou ngqin’s face showed no panic or fear.
She walked calmly down, speaking as she descended,
"Let guess, who told you about your biological parents and two unfortunate deceased brothers... Rong Si? Cough... cough cough..."
"Madam, slow down."
Ah Su was worried about Zhou ngqin’s health.
But Zhou ngqin’s frail body stood upright, descending the stairs without haste.
Yin Shiqing raised his eyes to watch the leisurely elder descending, feeling a bit surprised.
"Eldest, being so smart, surely you don’t need to ask why I predict it’s the Rong Family?"
"Does it matter who told ?"
"You think it’s unimportant? If I told you, it would certainly be a completely different story, don’t you think?"
"..."
"The longstanding rivalry between the Rong Family and the Yin Family, after all these years, whenever there’s a chance to step on the Yin Family, they never miss it. The Yin Family’s dramas, they must be loyal spectators, doesn’t Eldest know?"
"So, you’re saying Rong Si deliberately twisted the facts?"
"Forty years ago, the political situation of the entire country was still unstable, political struggles have always been life and death; having governed for years, isn’t it laughable for you to question whether your father feels guilty?"
"Then Shiqing, tell about those enemies you’ve crushed underfoot, whose families were ruined when you rose to power, do you feel guilty towards them?"
Zhou ngqin looked at Yin Shiqing with puzzlent.
This gaze ignited a fury within Yin Shiqing!
Zhou ngqin’s formidable nature was never in her words, nor in what she said, but in her transcendent and clear-eyed perspective after all she had endured.
Kindness, she has.
Compassion, she has.
But her kindness and compassion are never ant for battlegrounds.
Her husband’s battlefield, her daughter and son’s political arena.
Having chosen this path, one must accept all the thorns and obstacles that co with it.
Zhou ngqin stood calmly in front of Yin Shiqing,
"Yin Shaohui is eighty, lived his worth, and you?"
Yin Shiqing’s previously fierce anger was cooled by Zhou ngqin’s indifferent words...
His large hand let go, but he grunted with displeasure.
He glared at Zhou ngqin, while Zhou ngqin calmly returned the gaze,
"Everyone thinks denying you the position of Family Head is because you’re not Shaohui and my biological son, but actually, you’re unkind in nature, a selfish, power-obsessed person."
"..."
"You want to fight, want to seize, driven by a wolf-like ambition! Under Yin’s hands, the hundred-year-old legacy, might be destroyed overnight."
"..."
"Child, I’ve raised you this far, can you see a bit of what I’ve done and given for you? Or..."
"Do you just hear a few words from Rong Si and wish to condemn your nurturing parents to hell?"
"Don’t make it sound so pretty! I’m unkind in nature?! Heh, yes, only Yin Shixiu is kind-hearted!"
"Ah Su, call Huannan Garden, have Shi Hua co over, and check if Second Miss is around, if Shi Lan is here, ask her to co to Zheng Garden too."
"Secondly, notify the elders from the branch families, have them all co to the main house! No exceptions!"
"Housekeeper Qi, ensure the household’s security guards are tight on the front and back doors, without my permit, no one gets in or out... cough cough..."
"Yes."
"Ah Huan, call the city’s public security bureau, find Bai Sidong the detective from Bai Family, ask him to help stop Guo Tong and her son at Yin Shiqing’s place."
When the words reached this level, Shi Haiyan’s complexion completely changed!
"Mom, what are you trying to do?"
Zhou ngqin sat directly on the sofa, arranged the coat draped over her shoulders...
The sagging eyelids due to age didn’t affect the decisiveness and sharpness in those phoenix-like eyes,
"What do you think?"
At this mont, Yin Shiqing narrowed his eyes, suddenly sneered,
"Hai Yan, can’t you see it? The old lady intends to... clean the house!"
Zhou ngqin crossed her legs, her hand adorned with a plain ring resting on her knee, her complexion was pale but her deanor was tranquil.
She blinked, slightly raising her gaze, its chill falling on Yin Shiqing,
"You haven’t wronged the Fourth Elder, so what are you talking about clearing the household?"
"I say I haven’t hard him, but Madam wouldn’t believe, would you?"
"So, I’m searching for evidence to prove your innocence, isn’t this it?"
Zhou ngqin’s chin slightly tilted upward,
"Just one paternity test proving Yin Junfan is indeed Guo Tong and Yin Bowen’s child, wouldn’t that clear you?"
"Then Madam, with such fanfare, imprisoning us in the house—"
"I’ve raised a son for forty years, could I not know how capable he is? Knowing... how could I not guard against it?"
"Or is it... there’s no need for the paternity test because every word Cui Qiurong said is true?"
Zhou ngqin’s expression was icy, exchanging a tight-lipped look with Yin Shaohui.
"..."
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