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"Tell me, what happened?"

Yan Qi looked at the people sitting below him and felt a headache coming on.

The rebellious eldest son, the injured youngest son, the arrogant subordinate, and a woman.

Fan Liuer stood behind Li Chenbi with her head down, feeling a little uneasy.

Yesterday, she saved Yan Qiu's life, which exposed her identity. She thought she would be summoned by Yan Qi for questioning immediately.

As a result, Yan Qi was concerned about Yan Qiu's injuries and stayed with him in Yan Qiu's tent all night. Only after confirming that Yan Qiu was out of danger did he call the others to Yan Qiu's tent.

The night did not prepare Fan Liuer for being questioned; instead, it made her even more nervous.

She was so nervous that she didn't have an appetite for breakfast, but Li Chenbi forced her to eat a few bites.

Once inside the tent, she didn't dare to look up from beginning to end, just like when she first met Li Chenbi.

"It's just like what you see." After Li Chenbi finished speaking, he reached out and pulled Fan Liuer, who was standing behind him, to his side, and put his arm around her. "This is my wife, you've met her before."

Yan Qi frowned as he glanced at Li Chenbi, then at Fan Liuer, who was dressed as a man beside him, and his head started to ache even more.

With no outsiders present, he didn't need to play the role of an imposing general, and said curtly, "My eyes aren't blind!"

"What were you thinking, bringing your wife to a military camp? Don't you know where this is? She's a woman, surrounded by men. Didn't you consider her safety?"

Li Chenbi remained calm in the face of Yan Qi's anger. "This is all the eldest young master's fault. If he hadn't been so concerned about my wife's life, why would I have brought her to this military camp to suffer?"

Yan Qi was speechless after hearing this, and after a long while, he finally managed to say, "I'll settle this with you later."

After speaking, he looked at Yanling, who was kneeling on the ground with his hands tied. Looking at his eldest son, whom he had watched grow up, he felt a mix of emotions.

When he saw Yanling holding Yanqiu hostage yesterday, he was filled with anger and disappointment. After a night of contemplation, his anger and disappointment lessened, and now he only felt the helplessness of being a father.

"Yanling, do you know your mistake?"

In the end, he couldn't bring himself to execute Yanling, even though he didn't love his eldest son, he had still called him father for over twenty years.

Upon hearing this, Yan Ling looked up and met Yan Qi's gaze. He suddenly smiled and said, "Father, I was indeed wrong. My mistake was that my plan was not meticulous enough, which is why I failed to take Yan Qiu's life."

Upon hearing this, Yan Qi's eyes flashed with pain. "He's your brother. He's never harmed you in any way. Why do you hate him so much?"

Yanling's smile remained undiminished. "If the children are at odds, it's the elder's fault. Shouldn't you reflect on yourself?"

Upon hearing this, Fan Liuer glanced at Yan Ling discreetly, thinking to herself that he really didn't intend to live anymore, how dare he say such things.

Yanling's audacity continued, "The principle of establishing the eldest son as heir has been followed since ancient times. Since you have no legitimate son, then as your eldest son, the position of your successor should rightfully belong to me."

"If I am incompetent and displease you, I can still understand."

He became more and more indignant as he spoke, straightening his body and staring at Yan Qi with bloodshot eyes, "But just because I don't have a favored mother, no matter how outstanding I am, I can't gain your attention and love."

"They're both your children, yet you show such favoritism. How can I not hate him!"

Yan Qi was not born an emperor. He also experienced the life of an ordinary person and had a period of destitution and helplessness. He was speechless in the face of his eldest son's accusations.

Undeniably, he did favor Yan Qi, because Yan Qi's mother was the woman he admired.

If it weren't for the fact that he still needed the support of his ex-wife's family, he would have already made Yan Qi's mother his legal wife and adopted her as his second wife.

As a father, he may indeed have failed in his duty, but who in this world can guarantee that they will never make a mistake in their life and will do everything perfectly?

He sighed softly and said, "Yanling, people's hearts are inherently biased. You will understand this truth after you marry and have children."

"Your mistake yesterday should have been severely punished, but considering that I, as your father, have also been unfair in this matter, and that Yanqiu pleaded for you, I will not punish you. You will return to the old house this afternoon and shall never set foot in Lizhou again."

Upon hearing this, both Yanling and Fan Liuer looked at Yanqiu.

Both of them showed surprise, but Yanling's surprise was even greater.

He never expected that the person he wanted to kill would plead for him.

Looking at Yanqiu lying motionless on the bed, his heart, which had long been frozen to stone, felt a faint warmth.

Yan Qiu had been looking at the group from the side, but when Yan Qi finished speaking and Yan Ling looked at him, he looked away.

He felt guilty.

He didn't plead for Yanling at all last night. The pain of stitching his wound made him cry and scream all night. He didn't even think about Yanling, let alone plead for him.

He knew in his heart that Yan Qi said this because he wanted Yan Ling to remember this favor and not to have any evil intentions in the future.

Yanqiu's feelings were also complicated. No matter how he had clashed with Yanling before, he remembered the friendship he had shared as a child and had never truly hated him, much less thought of taking his life.

But what happened yesterday still left a thorn in his heart, and he could no longer treat Yanling the same way he used to.

Yan Ling knew that he had no chance to turn the tide now. He had used his only trump card, and Yan Qi had also made his favoritism public no longer concealed.

Even if he still has the ability to fight for it, it would be a waste of effort.

He looked away and lowered his eyes. "I will follow Father's arrangements."

After Yan Ling was escorted away, Yan Qi looked at Li Chenbi and said, "Now it's your turn..." His gaze then swept over Fan Liuer beside him, "It's about the two of you."

"Do you even know that outsiders are not allowed to enter military camps, which are considered heavily guarded areas!"

Li Chenbi said calmly, "She is not an outsider, she is my wife."

Yan Qi was speechless at his words. If it weren't for Fan Liuer's presence and his desire to prevent Li Chenbi from losing his dignity as a husband, he would have given him a good scolding.

Before he could vent his anger, Yanqiu spoke up again: "Father, please don't hold it against Brother Shenbi and his wife. Brother Shenbi's wife saved me twice. If it weren't for her, you wouldn't have me as your son."

Yan Qi finally had someone to vent his pent-up anger on. He turned to look at Yan Qiu, pointed at him, and cursed, "How dare you say that? If you had been more ambitious and studied harder, would you be in this mess today?"

"You're bad at studying, and your martial arts skills are only so-so. What good are you anyway!"