Father, who is both a heir and a descendant, is still biased; the bound system has gone berserk.

"Why do you think Granny Gui hasn't come back?" Ying Yufu pressed.

Liu Xueyan didn't want to say it, but her mouth wouldn't listen.

She rolled her eyes in exasperation. "How should I know? Maybe she was kidnapped by bandits, or maybe she ran away with someone."

Ying Yufu frowned.

It seems that Liu Xueyan really doesn't know where Granny Gui took the child.

Shangguan Tang's eyes were bloodshot. She turned around abruptly and glared at Ying Nanyao with intense hatred. "They say even tigers don't eat their cubs, but you, Ying Nanyao, are worse than an animal!"

Ying Nanyao's face was extremely sour, but he surprisingly remained silent.

He remained silent.

Ying Yufu also stared at Ying Nanyao, "It's disgusting that someone like this is my blood father."

Ying Nanyao was furious and wanted to rebuke him, but when he looked up, he met Ying Yufu's eyes, which were filled with disgust and hatred for him.

Ying Nanyao's heart skipped a beat for no reason.

The second prince frowned. "Fu'er, there might be some misunderstanding here. It's inappropriate for you to speak of your own father like that."

Fu'er has always been obedient and well-behaved; she should listen to my advice.

Ying Yufu turned her face away, not wanting to reason with an idiot.

Shangguan Tang said, "Second Prince, His Majesty personally granted Fu'er's request to sever her ties with Ying Nanyao. Are you disregarding His Majesty's decree by saying this?"

The second prince's expression immediately changed.

"That's not what I meant, Madam Shangguan. Even if we sever ties, the blood relation still exists. Why..."

Shangguan Tang interrupted him directly and turned to Ying Nanyao, saying, "Lord Weiyuan, please prepare to open the ancestral hall tomorrow. I will go and remove my and my children's names from your family genealogy."

"I'm sure Lord Betway will comply with His Majesty's decree?"

Ying Nanyao said coldly, "Of course, come on over and see if anyone will try to keep you here. Shangguan Tang, don't think so highly of yourself."

"I return the same words to Marquis Weiyuan," Shangguan Tang said calmly.

Ying Nanyao said, "Liu Shi did not abandon Shangguan Tang's child, she is innocent. Moreover, she is pregnant and cannot stay in this prison for long. Lord Feng, please allow me to take Liu Shi home."

The second prince also said, "Lord Feng, although Lady Liu has made a mistake, she does not deserve to be imprisoned."

Feng Hou said, "Although Liu Shi did not throw the child away herself, she was involved and she is guilty."

Considering that she was pregnant, she was fined 20,000 taels of silver as a warning to others.

Furthermore, the Marquis of Weiyuan also has a responsibility to help find Shangguan Tang's son; if he cannot find him, he will inevitably be accused of being an unfilial father.

"A fine of twenty thousand taels of silver?" Liu Xueyan exclaimed in surprise, her face turning pale.

She knew all too well that the Marquis of Weiyuan's mansion had no extra money these days.

They still owe Shangguan Tang nearly three million taels of silver.

If I had known I would have to pay it back, I shouldn't have been so extravagant in the first place.

"What, Ms. Liu, do you have any objections? You might also choose to spend the full two years in this prison."

Lord Feng was impartial and incorruptible.

Liu Xueyan was startled. Was she really going to spend two years in prison?

How could she possibly survive?

She shook her head repeatedly, saying she was willing to pay the fine.

Lord Feng said, "You have three days. If you haven't handed it in by then, the Dali Temple's jail will be waiting for you."

Liu Xueyan looked helplessly at Ying Nanyao.

Ying Nanyao snorted coldly, "Don't worry, Lord Feng, the fine will be paid within three days. May I take the person with me now?"

Lord Feng said to the jailer, "Release the man."

Neither Shangguan Tang nor Ying Yufu spoke. It was truly a good thing for Liu Xueyan to stay here.

Isn't the outside world more exciting?

The next day, early in the morning, Guan Tang and Ying Yufu, accompanied by Shangguan Cheng and Shangguan Hong, went to the Marquis of Weiyuan's residence.

When Weiyuanbo and Old Liu saw them, they both had dark faces. They invited the elders of the Ying clan and opened the ancestral hall.

Old Madam Liu sneered: "Shangguan Tang, you don't think you'll have a good life just because you left my Ying family with your three good-for-nothing children, do you?"

"A madman and a sickly woman, even if Ying Yufu were betrothed to the Crown Prince, you don't really think she could become a true phoenix, do you?"

Shangguan Tang was equally blunt, replying directly, "My child is none of your business to comment on."

Besides, my Fu'er is a legitimate future Crown Princess, unlike some people who can only be a concubine and haven't even become a secondary consort.

It all comes down to infertility. I wonder which heartless person gave their own granddaughter an infertile drug, only to have the consequences fall on the person they care about.

"you--"

Old Liu was so angry that her vision went black for a moment.

"Shangguan Tang, you really are..."

Old Liu suddenly stopped.

Shangguan Tang, however, wouldn't let her off the hook, sneering, "So what? So I knew you gave Fu'er a drug that would prevent her from having children?"

She glanced around at Old Lady Liu and Ying Nanyao, her eyes filled with relief at escaping this den of wolves.

"No need to delay, open the family genealogy and remove his name."

Ying Nanyao did not hesitate at all and decisively removed Shangguan Tang and her three children from the family genealogy.

From then on, Ying Yufu and her two siblings had absolutely no connection with the Ying family.

Before leaving, Shangguan Tang looked at Ying Nanyao again: "Earl Weiyuan, don't forget to return the money I owe you, as well as the 20,000 taels of silver in fines."

She smiled and said, "Earl Weiyuan is really generous for Liu Xueyan, but if Ruyan finds out, she'll be jealous."

It gets really upset when it's jealous.

As if to echo Shangguan Tang's words, the screams of servants and guards, as well as the roars of wild boars, suddenly rang out outside.

Old Liu and Ying Nanyao's expressions immediately changed.

"See, I told you Ruyan was jealous."

Shangguan Tang said with great sympathy.

They didn't leave immediately, but watched the commotion for a while, until they saw Ying Nanyao fall off his wheelchair again and scream in pain, before they left satisfied.

That night, despite his leg injury, Ying Nanyao had Ying Chengting push him out the back door.

"Father, where are you going in the middle of the night? Why aren't you taking any servants with you?"

Ying Chengting asked, his face full of doubt.

"Chengting, is the carriage ready?"

"It's ready, Father."

"Alright, you push me into the carriage, and you drive. Don't disturb anyone else," Ying Nanyao said in a low voice.

Ying Chengting's heart skipped a beat. Such secrecy meant that something extraordinary was about to happen.

Ying Chengting didn't ask any more questions and did as he was told.

The carriage left the Marquis of Weiyuan's residence silently and headed out of the city.

"Father, where are we going?"

"Jade Plate Mountain".

Ying Chengting was genuinely surprised. "Father, Jade Plate Mountain has been abandoned for many years."

"Eighteen years," Ying Nanyao said.

Ying Chengting was stunned and didn't react.

Ying Nanyao said, "Back then, Shangguan Tang was kidnapped by bandits from Yupan Mountain. After that, the bandits on Yupan Mountain were wiped out by Shangguan Hu. In that battle, Yupan Mountain was stained red with the blood of the bandits, and Yupan Mountain was abandoned after that."

At this point, a hint of fear flashed in Ying Nanyao's eyes.

Shangguan Hu is a killing machine.