She drove the carriage back to Xu's house. The courtyard and gate were still the same, but no matter how she looked at it, she felt that some people had left the house.

Although the emperor did not convict my father, who among the ministers in the capital was stupid? Who would not know the details? Therefore, my father's funeral was also deserted, with few people giving gifts and even fewer showing up.

Xu Yixing turned into the main room and saw Zuo in mourning clothes, keeping vigil for her father. Her brother, who was standing next to her, looked very excited, gesticulating and talking about something, but Zuo turned a deaf ear to him.

"Mother, uncle." Xu Yixing interrupted the Left Minister's words. The Left Minister turned around and saw that it was her. He felt a little embarrassed. He stopped talking excitedly, greeted her lightly and left.

Madam Zuo glanced at her and said coldly, "You don't have to pretend to be nice to me. I know you have never regarded me as your mother. Why do you have to act like this?"

Xu Yixing was pleased to see her straightforwardness: "Yes, Madam Zuo. What was Minister Zuo talking to you about just now? I saw he was very excited."

Zuo turned her head and kept silent. Xu Yixing did not force her. He took out three incense sticks, lit them and inserted them into the incense burner, and the worship was completed.

Zuo watched coldly and added, "I can see that you are not very respectful to your father either."

"Just a traitor."

"You!" Madam Zuo couldn't believe her ears. How could her daughter say that about her own father? General Xu had been planning all this time, wasn't it all for her and the Seventh Prince? "Humph, so you usually pretend to be a filial son and grandson, just to coax your father, but in fact you are so unbearable!"

"Madam Zuo, everything that happened between me and my father had its reasons. You may think that I am cold-hearted and ungrateful, but I have a clear conscience." Xu Yixing said this without hiding his disgust for his father. The person is dead, and there is really no need to say those insincere nice words now.

"Just now, Minister Zuo must have come to persuade you to leave the Xu Mansion as soon as possible, right? That's right, you will be the only one left in the Xu family from now on, which is really boring. It's better for you to listen to your family and go back early." Seeing that she was deeply in love with her father, Xu Yixing couldn't help but persuade her.

"You are as heartless as your brother." Zuo felt that she was unreasonable and didn't want to talk to her anymore. She turned away, obviously wanting to see her off.

"Madam Zuo, let me say one more thing. My father is not as good as you make him out to be. Otherwise, which of my three children really shared the same ideals with him? I might as well tell you that every lady or concubine who passed away in this mansion was closely related to my father, so you don't have to be too sad. On the contrary, I think it's a good thing that he passed away before you."

"Shut up!" Zuo's eyes widened in anger. That day, Bai Yu came with such force that he knocked her unconscious without waiting for her to speak. When she woke up, she found that her family had undergone a huge change. How could she not feel heartbroken? Now this Xu Yiyan was still talking nonsense here. This was really intolerable!

"Don't come here again. This is not your home." Zuo ordered them to leave, but Xu Yixing didn't care. That was her plan anyway.

"It's just as Madam wishes, but I'm here today to take away Madam Bai's belongings. Please don't stop me, Madam Zuo." It has been a long time since the small warehouse welcomed its real owner. Xu Yixing would never allow those things to fall into the hands of outsiders after his father left.

"Hmph, if I remember correctly, your surname is not Bai, right?" Zuo raised her head slightly. She didn't mind this thing, but when was it your turn, Xu Yiyan, to deal with it?

"Madam, Madam Yan is here to pay her respects to the master." Someone suddenly reported from the front, and Xu Yixing's expression relaxed, knowing that he didn't need to waste his energy arguing with Zuo today, as his aunt was here to clean up the mess for him.

Ever since I sent the evidence of Grandma He's crimes to my uncle, I have not received any response. Today, Yan followed right after Xu Yixing arrived. She must have been asked by my uncle to get back my mother's things for me.

It was made clear at home that day that Uncle Bai had already accepted me, but for the sake of our own safety, it would be better for us not to meet or interact with each other openly in the future.

So Xu Yixing turned around and said goodbye. Even Zuo was a little surprised that her attitude changed so quickly.

"By the way, Madam Zuo, one last thing. If you have thought about divorcing my father, I can ask the head of our Xu family to preside over the divorce."

Seeing that Zuo was about to get angry again, Xu Yixing walked away. When he met his aunt walking in the front yard, he just bent his body slightly and did not even stop, truly acting like a stranger.

Just as he reached the gate, Xu Yixing saw a man with an untidy beard riding a horse, followed by a man dressed as a butler who also looked disheveled.

"Master, slow down, slow down, we're here, we're here!"

Xu Yixing raised his eyes and stood at the door, waiting for the man to come.

"Brother, you're back?" The person who came was none other than Xu Yiwen, who had been in Wansong Academy for three years and had never returned home. He jumped off his horse, and his steps were a little unsteady.

"Sister! Home, home?" Xu Yiwen was obviously in a hurry to come back. The roads in the capital were blocked due to the sudden disaster. He must have been shocked by the bad news and looked like this.

"Dad is dead." Xu Yixing looked at him calmly, just uttering three words without any emotion. When Xu Yiwen heard this, two lines of hot tears flowed down his eyes, dividing his face covered with dust into pieces, making it even uglier.

After all, he was different from himself. His father had done nothing wrong to him, and now that he had passed away suddenly, he naturally couldn't accept it.

"Brother, let me remind you that Dad has committed a capital crime. You must not act on impulse and make mistakes."

"What else can go wrong with me..." Xu Yiwen now had half of his body leaning against Xu Shimao. His heart was half numb, so he couldn't hear anything.

"Mrs. Zuo and my aunt are inside. Brother, go and burn incense first." Xu Yixing watched Xu Shimao helping him into the Xu Mansion, sighed lightly, and got on the carriage to go back.

Sure enough, before evening, the Bai Mansion sent people to escort several large boxes. Xu Yixing originally wanted to go and receive them himself for the sake of caution, but when he went to the backyard, he saw that the person leading the group, dressed as a servant, was none other than Bai Yu.

"Uncle...you guys go down and guard the gate, don't let anyone in." Xu Yixing drove away the people who were accompanying him, and then he bowed excitedly: "Thank you, uncle!"

Bai Yuxu gave her a helping hand, although logically these things could not be given to her, but she had confirmed Xu Xianshan's guilt and solved the biggest concern of herself and the former commander. Bai Yu already regarded her as the same as Yixing.

"I have ordered them all myself, and I will entrust them to you from now on."

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