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

Upon returning to the manor, Ying Yufu couldn't wait to run to Qiushui Garden to find her mother.

In Qiushui Garden, Granny Zeng was speaking to Madam Hou with a gentle expression.

"Miss, the Marquis has rendered meritorious service in suppressing the rebellion this time, and there's a high chance he'll request an imperial decree for you," Granny Zeng said with a smile.

Shangguan Tang smiled with relief, "I would rather not have this imperial title."

She said gently, "I only hope that the Emperor can take into account the Marquis's merits this time, investigate the truth behind the incident at the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, and clear the Duke of Zhenguo's name."

Granny Zeng sighed, "Yes, the Duke has spent his life on the battlefield. How could he have been as greedy for merit and recklessly entered the enemy camp and disappeared, as those people say? I think it's clearly someone who's jealous of our Duke's Mansion and is maliciously spreading rumors and slander!"

A look of worry flashed across Shangguan Tang's face. Just as he was about to speak, Ying Yufu rushed in like a little calf and threw herself into Shangguan Tang's arms.

"mother!"

At this moment, Shangguan Tang couldn't care less about anything else, because Ying Yufu's face was frighteningly pale and covered in tears.

"Fu'er, what's wrong with you?" she asked, hugging her daughter with concern.

Ying Yufu witnessed her mother's death in her dream and was devastated. Now, feeling her mother's warm embrace, she couldn't stop her tears.

"mother!"

Ying Yufu cried loudly, like a three-year-old child.

Shangguan Tang's expression completely changed. Her Fu'er must have suffered a great injustice outside!

Otherwise, she wouldn't be crying so sadly!

Fu'er was born with a delicate and sweet appearance, and others assumed that her personality was the same.

But only she, as the mother, knew that although she was sincere, she was by no means weak.

Granny Zeng looked at Ying Yufu with great concern, "The Second Prince invited the young lady out today. Could it be that the Second Prince upset her?"

Shangguan Tang gently stroked Ying Yufu's back and said softly, "Fu'er, tell your mother, did the Second Prince offend you?"

Ying Yutang shook her head as she sobbed loudly.

The Second Prince, that fickle and useless fellow, is not enough to make her sad.

Fearing that her mother would worry too much, Ying Yufu calmed down after venting her initial emotions.

She stepped slightly out of her mother's embrace, wiping away her snot and tears with some embarrassment.

Seeing her silly and simple-minded appearance, Shangguan Tang couldn't help but smile.

Granny Zeng, standing to the side, also wore a kind smile.

She glanced at the people around her and said seriously, "Mother, I have something to tell you."

She was determined to tell her mother everything she saw in her dream.

Mother needs to know the truth in order to better face the situation together and change their fate.

Nowadays, the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, as well as my mother and her surroundings, are surrounded by wolves.

Seeing her suddenly become so serious, Shangguan Tang realized that she really had something to say to him, so he dismissed everyone in the room, leaving only Granny Zeng.

Granny Zeng was my mother's wet nurse and an old servant of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion; she was absolutely loyal.

In the dream, after her mother died, Granny Zeng desperately protected her, her brother, and her sister, but in the end, she was thrown into a well and drowned.

The room was quiet. Ying Yufu didn't speak immediately, but looked towards the door.

Granny Zeng immediately understood. She walked over and suddenly opened the door, where she saw her mother's head maid, Shiqi, standing outside.

A cold glint flashed in Ying Yufu's eyes. This Shiqi had long been bribed by Ying Nanyao and Liu Xueyan and had betrayed her mother.

In her dream, she opened her younger sister Ying Yutan's window in the middle of the night to please Liu Xueyan, which caused her naturally weak sister to catch a cold and develop a fever, never to wake up again.

Upon seeing the door open, Shiqi's expression changed slightly, and she stepped back.

Granny Zeng frowned. "Shiqi, didn't Madam tell you to leave? What are you still doing standing here?"

Shiqi lowered her head and said, "Granny, I was afraid someone would come and disturb us, so I deliberately stayed here."

Granny Zeng's expression did not soften. She said sternly, "You are not needed to guard the gate. Go down."

"Yes, Granny."

Shiqi reluctantly retreated.

Granny Zeng closed the door again, walked over quickly, and said, "Miss, young lady, it's Shiqi. This old servant has already sent her away."

[Host, aren't I amazing? Let me tell you, someone's eavesdropping outside the door.]

"Even if I don't drive her away, I have a way to block out the noise inside the house. People outside won't be able to hear you talking. Host, speak boldly."

However, I must warn you, host, that you cannot tell anyone about my existence.

[Little Dian, thank you.]

Ying Yufu sincerely thanked it, saying that if it weren't for its appearance, her and her family's fate would have ended like the one in her dream.

[Host, you're too kind. My performance depends on you. You change my destiny, I gain performance. We're a community of shared interests, we're on the same side, don't be so polite!]

After talking with Xiao Dian, Ying Yufu looked at her mother and Granny Zeng.

"Mother, I met with the Second Prince today. He told me that he wants to marry Ying Hengzhi as his principal wife and me as his concubine."

"What?"

Shangguan Tang and Granny Zeng's expressions changed simultaneously, and they exclaimed in surprise.

But the two quickly lowered their voices.

"Fu'er, you're not joking with your mother?" Shangguan Tang asked incredulously.

Ying Yufu nodded seriously and said, "Mother, I'm not joking, the Second Prince really said that."

He said that the person he had always admired was Ying Hengzhi.

Looking back, he was only kind to me because of the power and influence of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.

No wonder, from childhood to adulthood, he always made me give way to my cousin in everything, and never let me surpass my cousin in anything.

I was so stupid. I actually got used to this kind of relationship all this time and never suspected anything.

"How dare he treat my daughter like this! Even if he is a prince, I will not swallow this insult!"

I must go to the palace to see the Empress and find out who really ordered this.

Anger surged across Shangguan Tang's gentle face.

Ying Yufu quickly pressed down on her mother and said, "Mother, but I was crying just now, not because of him."

Shangguan Tang was taken aback and looked at his daughter in surprise.

Thinking of the scene in her dream, Ying Yufu's face paled even more. "Mother, I had a very terrifying dream, but the scenes in the dream are all things that will actually happen. They are the fate of me, my mother, and the entire Zhenguo Duke's Mansion."

Shangguan Tang stared blankly at her daughter, wondering if her daughter had been driven mad by the Second Prince and was talking nonsense.

However, Ying Yufu's opening remarks were a bombshell.

"Mother, I dreamt that my maternal grandfather and my eldest uncle's family would die at the border, and their deaths would be extremely gruesome. My grandfather's body was being devoured by wild dogs, and his head was hanging on the city wall... not the enemy's city wall, but our own people's city wall!"

"Fu'er, what are you saying?" Shangguan Tang suddenly stood up in shock, feeling a sense of dread for a moment.

Ying Yufu glanced at her mother, thinking, "This is nothing."

A short, sharp pain is worse than a long, drawn-out one. She had to make her mother realize the truth so that her mother could truly break with the Marquis of Weiyuan's mansion.

"My second uncle will also be convicted of embezzling disaster relief funds. To save her family's lives, my grandmother donated all of her family's assets."

However, he still couldn't save his family's lives; his second cousin and second aunt were both murdered one after another.

Even my mother suddenly fell ill and died. After your death, your dowry was all given to the eldest son's family by my father. With your dowry, when Ying Hengzhi married the second prince as his principal wife, she was incredibly glamorous..."

Ying Yufu explained the fate of each of her relatives in detail, and Shangguan Tang and Granny Zeng's faces grew paler and paler.

At first, they thought Ying Yufu was talking nonsense, but every word she uttered was like a poisoned knife, piercing their hearts.

So detailed and specific, it doesn't sound like nonsense, but rather like... the truth.

"Grandma learned that Mother had also succumbed to death and finally couldn't hold on any longer..."

"My brother was pushed into a cesspool and drowned, my sister died from a high fever, and as for me... I died in a brothel."

"The once grand Duke Zhenguo Mansion vanished in the blink of an eye. My mother, my brother, my sister, and I all perished tragically. The Second Prince ascended the throne, Ying Hengzhi became Empress, my father rose rapidly in rank, and the entire eldest branch of the family benefited greatly. The Marquis's Mansion replaced the Duke Zhenguo Mansion!"

Shangguan Tang clutched his chest, his face deathly pale, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

Ying Yufu looked at her mother, whose health had not been good for many years and who often suffered from chest pain.

She initially thought her mother's health had been damaged by overwork, but after seeing her dream, she realized that her mother had been slowly poisoned by her scumbag father.

After a long while, Shangguan Tang finally calmed down.

"Fu'er, did you really dream about these things? You..."

Shangguan looked at his daughter, his eyes filled with worry.

Ying Yufu knew that she had no basis for her claim, but she really couldn't tell Xiao Dian about her existence.

So she said, "Mother, I have had some extraordinary encounters, but I can't tell you about them. In short, Mother, you must believe me."

The Second Prince and the Marquis's mansion are the ultimate beneficiaries, and beneath their feet lies our corpses and flesh.

Ying Yufu stared intently into her mother's eyes, desperately seeking her approval.

A storm raged in Shangguan Tang's heart. She believed in her daughter; perhaps she really had encountered some extraordinary adventures that she couldn't speak of.

Perhaps this is a sign that Heaven has spared them, hence this warning.

"Fu'er, Mother believes what you've said is true, and she believes you've had a miraculous encounter, but could it possibly do you any harm?"

What she was most worried about was her daughter's safety.

After all, she didn't know what kind of extraordinary adventure her daughter was talking about.

Looking at her mother, Ying Yufu felt a surge of warmth in her heart. "Mother, even if there are downsides, they're not as bad as our current situation. Besides, I believe this extraordinary encounter I've had is for the better and won't harm me."

[Host, you have good judgment! I won't harm you!]

Little Dian popped up at just the right time.

"That's good." Shangguan Tang reached out and touched Ying Yufu's head with trembling hands.

The news she had just learned had a huge impact on her, and she felt weak all over for a moment.

Granny Zeng was equally shocked, her face no better than her mother's.

She said tremblingly, "Although the relationship between the son-in-law and the young lady is not extremely good, they are still very respectful to each other. Although the young lady once minded that he was involved in both branches of the family, he had already severed ties with the first branch after Ying Hengzhi was born."

He had sworn that his reason for taking on the dual lineage was simply to leave offspring for the main branch of the family. At the time, the die was cast, so we agreed with some skepticism.

Life has been alright these past few years, but now it seems...

Granny Zeng sighed, her face full of vicissitudes.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Shiqi's voice rang out from outside, "Madam, the Old Madam requests your presence at Shou'an Hall."

Ying Yufu's eyes flashed, "They're here!"