My house was confiscated and I was exiled. I emptied the emperor's warehouse and fled.

Faced with her youngest son's questioning, Ms. Pei's expression instantly stiffened and she said without thinking, "Of course!"

"Is this true?" Qin Junxian stared into his mother's eyes and asked again.

Mrs. Pei held the quilt tightly with both hands, her eyes wandered, her lips tightened, and a battle between heaven and man was going on in her mind.

Qin Junxian and Qin Ruolan looked at their mother nervously, hoping to know the truth but also afraid of an answer.

However, after thinking about it, Mrs. Pei said: "If, mother means if, if brother Yi is not your brother, can you and mother be of the same mind?"

"If it is, it is, if it is not, it is not. How can we assume this?!" Qin Junxian was anxious and angry, with scarlet eyes.

Mrs. Pei avoided answering, "What mom just told you, will you do it or not?"

Qin Junxian closed his eyes hard, "Then please tell me, if my eldest brother was not born by you, is he my father's child?"

Mrs. Pei suddenly raised his head and looked at his youngest son in shock.

Should she say "yes" or "no"?

Denying the identity of the rebellious Qin family can not only alleviate the younger son's guilt for seizing power, but also turn it into motivation.

After all, if the rebellious son was not of the Qin family's blood, then the second son would be the logical heir to the Qin family.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Pei said cruelly: "No, he was abandoned in the mountains. My mother picked him up and raised him."

"Then may I ask, mother, at what time and on which mountain did you pick it up? Who knows about it?" Qin Junxian asked.

Mr. Pei just made the words out of hand and didn't think them through thoroughly. When faced with her youngest son's question, she knew that a lie needed countless lies to cover up, so she simply turned away and refused to answer.

"Mom, you are so chilling to me." Qin Junxian said hoarsely, took two steps back and turned away.

At the moment of backlight, tears flashed in his eyes.

Mr. Pei said anxiously: "Brother Xian, where are you going?"

What answered her was the sound of a door slamming.

Mrs. Pei was filled with panic. What would she do if her youngest son also separated from her?

Suddenly, she tightly grabbed her daughter who was so shocked that she had not yet recovered, and said quickly: "Lan Lan, go and look at your second brother. What I just said must not be known to your grandmother and eldest brother. Don't act stupidly." Go find your big brother!"

Qin Ruolan's eyes filled with tears. She stood still and asked with a choked sob: "Is what you just said true?"

"Oh, don't ask so many questions now, get out quickly!" Ms. Pei panicked and pushed hard.

"what!"

With a cry of surprise, Qin Ruolan became unstable and fell to the ground.

"Lan Lan, how are you?" Mrs. Pei quickly opened the quilt and got out of bed to help her up. But as soon as he reached his daughter's hand, she suddenly shrank away.

Pei's eyes widened and she said in disbelief: "Lan Lan?"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Mrs. Pei mistakenly thought that her youngest son had left and returned. Regardless of her daughter still lying on the ground, she said in surprise: "Come in!"

The door of the house opened, and a man in black attire stepped in with an expressionless face.

Seeing Qin Ruolan getting up, his pupils shrank slightly, words of concern rose up in his throat, and he was swallowed again.

When Pei saw that he was not the one he wanted, he quickly changed his face and said coldly: "What's the matter?"

"Madam, do you still remember about re-copying the scriptures?" Shiyi looked at her with cold eyes.

Mrs. Pei said angrily: "It's almost midnight now..."

Shiyi interrupted her: "So please hurry up."

"But I can't finish copying!" Mrs. Pei shouted angrily.

Shiyi smiled coldly, "Madam, have you ever heard of practicing fasting?"

"Presumptuous!" Mrs. Pei scolded in fear, as if she couldn't help but trembled when she saw herself fasting and practicing asceticism.

"Fasting" is the most common way of Buddhist practice nowadays, usually three days is a cycle.

On the first day, you can only eat one meal at noon. On the second day, you fast all day long. On the third day, you fast without food and talk. You can't start the fast until dawn on the fourth day.

In Beijing, most wealthy families would ask monks or nuns to fast on their behalf in order to save their dead, so the Pei family was no stranger to this.

Seeing that his goal was achieved, Shiyi turned his eyes to Qin Ruolan and said, "Miss, the old lady is calling you."

Qin Ruolan blushed when he saw his embarrassment, and nodded when he heard this.

"Mom, I'll come back as soon as I go." Qin Ruolan said.

Mr. Pei was immersed in grief and anger and waved his hand casually.

Qin Ruolan walked out of the house and was about to go to the old lady's room when she was stopped by Shiyi from behind: "Miss, the old lady has not summoned her."

Qin Ruolan was puzzled: "Then why did you..."

He smiled without saying a word, his eyes were as bright as the twinkling stars in the dark night.

"When my mother copied the scriptures, did you pretend to pass the order?" Qin Ruolan asked in surprise.

Shiyi's expression froze instantly, "I'm going to find my master right now."

"Wait! My brother is angry. If you go over at this time, it will add fuel to the fire. Go back tomorrow morning." Qin Ruolan grabbed his wrist and said urgently.

Shiyi stiffened and looked down at Qin Ruolan's soft hands.

Qin Ruolan followed his gaze and instantly retracted her hand like a hot potato, her blush rising again.

Shiyi stared at the shy and lovely girl in front of him. After a few breaths, his rationality returned and he quickly looked away.

"Anyway, you listen to me." Qin Ruolan said, turned and went downstairs to find her second brother.

She knew that Shadow Guard was loyal to him, and she didn't say anything to hide it for him. And her mother couldn't hide it even if she wanted to.

And her mother was forced to copy scriptures, and if she said something unfilial, this book was what her mother owed!

For the first time in his life, Qin Ruolan became angry with her mother.

He watched her go downstairs and watched her walk to Qin Junxian, who was sitting by the window drinking. Then he looked away.

He did not listen to Qin Ruolan's well-intentioned suggestion. He turned around and walked to Qin Junyi's door. He looked at the shadow guard on duty and stood aside to wait.

As a shadow guard, there is no reason to choose the master's mood when reporting matters.

The matter involves the origin of the master, so there can be no delay.

In the room, the old lady was telling Qin Junyi not to be sad because of Pei, she was the one to blame for all this.

Qin Junyi responded from time to time, and when he saw her face looking tired, he said: "Grandma, don't worry, my grandson understands that it's getting late, so you should have a rest early."

"I'm old and out of energy." The old lady sighed and ordered, "Wanwan, please stay with Brother Yi."

Su Yunwan responded, got up and sent the old lady back to the house.

When she returned to her room, Shiyi had already begun to report what she had just seen and heard.

It turned out that after witnessing the punishment of the old Qian Rong, he thought of the beautiful figure who had crashed into his dream, and his heart was agitated and difficult to calm down, so he jumped on the roof to cool down.

He sat side by side with Shi Er, who was on duty on the roof, and heard clearly the scene in which Mr. Pei in the house was tricked into committing suicide and ended up practicing Buddhism.

After Mr. Pei fainted and returned to his room, Shiyi quietly sneaked to the other party's roof and listened with bated breath.

He had a hunch that Mr. Pei would do his best to sow discord between his master's brother and sister.

Sure enough, after Pei woke up, he said shocking words.