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

Yuan Fuhai and Wen Lian waited in the government office.

Time passed slowly, and the war drums beat outside, making them anxious.

Wen Lian's face was gloomy, and he remained silent.

Yuan Fuhai was also filled with unease and asked, "Mr. Wen doesn't look well, has something happened?"

Wen Lian looked at him and said without hiding anything, "The Crown Prince and Marquis Anding wiped out the Chrysanthemum Hall's 100,000-strong army."

Yuan Fuhai's face turned deathly pale in an instant. "When?"

"last night."

Yuan Fuhai's eyes widened, and he slumped into a chair, his gaze vacant, muttering, "It's over."

Wen Lian frowned, about to speak, when a soldier rushed in.

"Your Excellency, something terrible has happened! The Xuefeng Army has surrounded the government office!"

Yuan Fuhai froze, startled, and stood up abruptly. "What?"

He turned to look at Wen Lian, only to see that Wen Lian also looked shocked. The two of them ran outside one after the other.

Then Wushuang led a group of Snow Phoenix Army soldiers, their imposing presence awe-inspiring.

Meanwhile, the bandit leader and other high-ranking bandits followed Wushuang, looking like they had finally found their organization.

"Military Advisor Wen, come here quickly!" The bandit leader began waving at Wen Lian.

Wen Lianqi's eyes widened, his chest heaving violently. He pointed angrily at the bandit leader and his men, "You—you dare to play me?"

The bandit leader was taken aback and asked, puzzled, "Strategist Wen, what do you mean by that?"

Wen Lian angrily said, "You dare to play me? I told you to hold off the Snow Phoenix Army, what did you do? Why were you with the Snow Phoenix Army?"

"what?"

The bandit leader looked bewildered. "Didn't you, strategist, tell us to join the Snow Phoenix Army?"

Wen Lian was so angry he nearly fell over. A metallic taste filled his mouth, and his words were like weeping blood: "I ordered you to hold off the Snow Phoenix Army and fight them to the death!"

The bandit leader, increasingly bewildered, asked, "Didn't you say the Snow Phoenix Army was very powerful, strategist?"

"That's right, that's why I sent you. You 100,000 bandits, and you can't hold them back?" Wen Lian roared, his voice cracking.

The bandit leader scratched his head. "Military Advisor Wen, I thought when you said the Snow Phoenix Army was very powerful, you meant to tell us we couldn't win and that we should just go and join them."

Wen Lian couldn't hold back and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Strategist Wen, why are you vomiting blood? Are you sick? Did you catch a cold?"

The bandit leader's expression changed, and he took a gray wolf cloak from his subordinate and handed it to Wen Lian.

"Military Advisor Wen, it's cold. Please put this on. You've caught a chill and are coughing up blood," the bandit leader said sincerely.

"You, you..."

Wen Lian trembled all over.

The bandit leader frowned: "Master Wenhun, you're shivering from the cold."

The bandit leader stepped forward and forcefully wrapped the gray wolf-skin cloak around Wen Lian before saying:

"Strategist Wen, you are truly our benefactor. It was the right thing to do to acknowledge you as our strategist."

You're right, Xuefeng Army is indeed formidable. We've already witnessed their prowess since we joined them.

Moreover, General Wushuang said that once all the corrupt officials are arrested, His Highness the Crown Prince will restore peace to Yuzhou and will also have the Goddess send down auspicious snow.

Not only that, the Goddess will also give us new seeds of grain, and help us rebuild our household registration, houses, and fields.

The bandit leader looked happy and longing.

Wen Lian flicked her tongue, trying to spit the hidden weapon in her mouth onto the guy's forehead, but he was so angry that he couldn't catch his breath and fainted.

Yuan Fuhai was already lying on the ground, his face ashen.

Wushuang looked at him, her gaze like icy spikes, and said sharply, "Take down Yuan Fuhai and all his subordinates!"

The Xuefeng Army acted swiftly, and in the blink of an eye, Yuan Fuhai had been captured.

His true intentions were revealed, and he sneered, "What use is it to you if you arrest me? Can you arrest all the officials in Yuzhou?"

Wu Shuang said coldly, "Are you referring to them when you say all the officials in Yuzhou?"

Musou points backward.

Then they saw Ying Yufu, the Crown Prince, He Yanqing, Wang Fushang, and... Wu Youwei, the Commander of Yuzhou, and his entourage standing at the rear.

Yuan Fuhai's eyes widened. "He Yanqing, you betrayed me?"

He Yanqing sneered: "Prefect Yuan, what are you saying? If you want to rebel, my He family has no desire to be traitors."

"Yuan Fuhai, you deserve to die a thousand deaths for daring to interfere in the affairs of this Commandery!"

Yuan Fuhai was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "This is the fate of my Yuan family, I accept it."

"Is this how fate is?" Ying Yufu said with a mocking expression.

"Yuan Fuhai, from the moment you listened to your adopted daughter and bullied your biological daughter, the downfall of your Yuan family was destined."

From the moment you chose to collude with Duan Yuqing and frame my second uncle, your Yuan family was doomed to die.

I really don't understand. My second uncle is your son-in-law. As long as you treat your second uncle and aunt well, how could they mistreat you?

As long as your family members serve as officials in Yuzhou well, why worry about a bright future?

The bright path lies ahead, yet you insist on taking the dark, rat-like path.

Yuan Fuhai, my second aunt is your biological daughter. When you had her, didn't you have any expectations?

Or perhaps you disliked her from the very beginning; if so, why did you give birth to her in the first place?

Yuan Fuhai was stunned.

He raised his head and stared blankly at Ying Yufu, his gaze drifting back to the past.

He and his wife had two sons before, and after much prayer and pilgrimage, they finally conceived a daughter.

However, his wife was in poor health at the time, and their daughter was born prematurely and had been sickly since childhood. In order to save their daughter's life, they sent her to a Taoist temple with a strong spiritual atmosphere to be raised.

But they missed their daughter so much that they found a baby girl and raised her as a source of comfort.

But as they raised them, everything changed when their biological daughter returned.

How did things turn out the way they did?

Mingming was their daughter, whom they had poured their hearts and souls into.

Yuan Fuhai's expression gradually became blank.

His eyes widened, as if he were asking himself, why? What was the reason for all of this?

Just as he was feeling lost and in pain, a sharp sound pierced his eardrums and went straight to his heart.

"Release me! Release me! I can do good deeds for you! I have evidence of your wrongdoing and corruption. If you release me, I'll hand over all that evidence!"

Yuan Mengli screamed repeatedly, her face contorted in rage.

Yuan Fuhai turned to look at her, meeting her suddenly guilty gaze.

But soon, Yuan Mengli glared at him fiercely and screamed, "It's all your fault! It's all your fault! It's all because of your Yuan family that I've been dragged down! I was already married into the Fang family; I'm a Fang family wife, and I have nothing to do with the Yuan family!"

Yuan Fuhai recalled the scene of Yuan Mengli kneeling in front of him, crying and begging him to take in her and her daughter.

"Hahahaha..."

Yuan Fuhai suddenly threw his head back and burst into laughter, two tears slowly rolling down his cheeks.

"It was all wrong, everything was wrong! It's retribution, all retribution!"

He laughed loudly, but tears streamed down his face. Finally, he looked up to the sky and roared, "Mengtong, I'm so sorry—"

He was shackled and put into a prison van.

Shangguan Hong stood beside Ying Yufu, his expression indifferent and his eyes mocking.

Ying Yufu said, "Second cousin, it's all in the past. Second aunt is very happy now."

"Um."