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

Ying Hengzhi's heart sank slowly.

She stared at Xuan Jing's figure, her eyes filled with coldness and scrutiny.

[Myna, is he really our biological father? Could there be some other hidden story?]

[Host, you are indeed related by blood; he is indeed your biological father.]

Ying Hengzhi remained silent.

How did he meet my mother?

System 008 was silent for a while, then said: "I can't find anything. This is a real world, and the system can't know everything."

All I know is that your mother was engaged to Ying Nanting the year she came of age. During an outing, they were attacked by wild animals. Ying Nanyao was with them at the time, and the three of them were separated.

Liu Xueyan was the one who met Xuanjing that time.

Xuanjing saved her and bandaged her wounds. Not long after, Ying Nanting died. Later, your mother secretly began an affair with Ying Nanyao.

"Was Ying Nanting's death really not caused by someone?" Ying Hengzhi asked.

System 008 was silent for a moment, then said, "[No one would have cared about a dead person before, but now it seems his death was indeed very suspicious.]"

"Brother," Ying Hengzhi called out.

Ying Chengting withdrew his complicated gaze from Xuan Jing and looked at his younger sister.

"Brother, have you heard Grandmother mention Father? I mean Ying Nanting, what were the symptoms he had when he died?"

Ying Chengting looked at his sister in surprise, "Zhi'er, why did you suddenly bring him up? What do you mean by this?"

Ying Chengting dared not think too deeply about it.

Ying Hengzhi said, "He is indeed our biological father, but as you have seen, brother, he doesn't care about us."

She didn't care about her mother either, and Ying Nanting's death was truly suspicious.

Ying Chengting instantly understood that his sister suspected that everything was a scheme orchestrated by Xuanjing.

He turned pale at the thought of his current predicament.

"Hahaha, good, good!"

Xuanjing suddenly burst into laughter, "You are indeed quite clever, at least you are smarter than your mother, that idiot."

She actually believed I liked her. Doesn't she realize that if I truly liked her, we wouldn't just be having an affair?

"Mysterious Mirror!" Ying Chengting roared in anger.

Ying Hengzhi also glared angrily at Xuan Jing.

Then Xuanjing said, "You're right. I was responsible for Ying Nanting's death. I just put a Chihuo Gu in his body."

The Chi Huo Gu afflicts once every month on the fifteenth. Without my specific antidote, the afflicted will undoubtedly die, manifesting as a heart attack.

Ying Chengting's pupils contracted. The day Ying Nanting died was the fifteenth of October in the ninth year of Cangxuan.

"Why did you do this?" Ying Hengzhi voiced her suspicions in front of Xuanjing in order to get Xuanjing to say it himself.

Now that she had achieved her goal, the chill in her heart had only intensified.

This led to even greater doubts.

Clearly, the Xuanjing mirror was not something the siblings could rely on.

His purpose remains unclear.

But one thing is certain: he harbors hostility towards the Ying family.

"Do you have a grudge against the Ying family?"

Ying Hengzhi said firmly.

Xuanjing chuckled and said, "You're very clever, but it's not the right time for you to know the truth."

Xuanjing remained silent.

Just then, someone opened the door outside. Soon, the door to the woodshed was opened, and blinding light shone in. Ying Nanyao sat in a wheelchair, his face terrifying, like a demon.

Ge Da, Du Zhan, and a group of servants and guards from the Marquis of Weiyuan's mansion stood outside.

Upon seeing this, Ying Chengting became agitated.

"Father, Father, even if I'm not your biological son, you're the only father I've ever had. Father, Second Uncle, you're the only father I acknowledge!"

Ying Chengting crawled toward Ying Nanyao and reached out to tug at his clothes.

"roll!"

Ying Nanyao raised his hand again and slapped Ying Chengting across the face.

He used all his strength, and Ying Chengting's body was thrown half a meter away.

"You bastard, how dare you be my son? How can you compare to my Zhuo Xiu? If it weren't for you and that lecherous monk using Gu worms to harm me, Zhuo Xiu, I would have already passed the imperial examination with top honors, entered the court as an official, and inherited my Weiyuan Marquisate!"

Ying Chengting stared blankly at Ying Nanyao.

His father looked at him with such disgust.

"Father now realizes how good Ying Zhuoxiu is? But you didn't say that before!"

You once said that no matter how outstanding Shangguan Tang's child was, he was only fit to be my stepping stone. Since Ying Zhuoxiu is outstanding, then let him fall into the dust.

So you made me ask my master for the Heart-Eating Gu.

Father, have you forgotten? It was you who told me to use a curse on Ying Zhuoxiu to destroy him. Have you really forgotten?

A sickly look appeared on Ying Chengting's face as he stared at Ying Nanyao with a strange expression.

Ying Nanyao felt a metallic taste in his throat, regret surged, and his heart ached terribly.

"Good, good, you really are a wicked son, Ying Chengting. I will drown you and that harlot together in a pig cage."

Ying Nanyao's face was filled with terror. He ordered, "Bring him out and take him away."

Two guards immediately came forward to drag Ying Chengting out.

Ying Chengting panicked and roared, "Father, I have called you father for so many years, do you really want to be so heartless to me?"

Don't forget, now you're childless except for me and my sister!

"Shangguan Tang's children have severed ties with you!"

"You unfilial son, you really are an unfilial son, a damned unfilial son! How dare you mention them? You don't even deserve to!"

Ying Nanyao roared.

He stared maliciously at Ying Chengting and Xuan Jing.

"Unless you never step out of Huangjue Temple for the rest of your life, I will definitely drown you in a pig cage too! You dare to cuckold me, I'll make you regret ever being born!"

Xuanjing was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.

Ying Hengzhi remained silent, sitting quietly in the shadows.

She is the Second Prince's woman, and as long as Ying Nanyao is not confused, he will not touch her.

As expected, Ying Nanyao merely glanced at her with a gloomy look before ordering his men to take Ying Chengting away.

Only Xuanjing and Ying Hengzhi remained in the woodshed.

"I don't care what grudges you have with the Ying family, but at least for now, we are on the same side."

As you can see, Ying Nanyao hates us to the core now. He won't care about me anymore, and he'll do anything to kill me if he gets the chance.

I am now on the opposite side from the Ying family.

Xuanjing looked at her with great interest.

Ying Hengzhi continued, "Mother has already told you, the biggest threat to you and me is not actually the Ying family, but... that little novice monk named Kong."

In the future, he will torture you to death, and naturally, he will torture me to death as well.

The most urgent task, even more important than getting out of this predicament, is eliminating the airspace.

Ying Hengzhi never forgot who her most feared enemy was.

Xuanjing looked at Ying Hengzhi with great interest: "You really are my offspring. You have inherited some of my intelligence. You are very good at persuading people."

However, Huangjue Temple has strict rules, and we are currently trapped. How can we remove the emptiness now?

Ying Hengzhi frowned slightly.

"You have a way to get out of this, don't you?" Ying Hengzhi said.

Xuanjing smiled but remained silent, which was taken as tacit agreement.