Your Highness, your wife has had her virginity mark applied and married someone else.

Wei Yuan frowned even more deeply, resisting, "You don't need to persuade me anymore, I've already made my choice."

Wei Ziye pretended not to hear and continued talking to himself.

"After my grandfather died in battle, the Wei family suffered greatly. Do you know why the Emperor, despite being so wary of the Wei family, has hesitated to take action against them?"

Currently, in the Wei family, apart from Wei Ziye holding a fifth-rank official position, only his father, Wei Xushang, holds the honorary position of Grand Commandant, a first-rank official.

He was just someone who looked like the emperor's confidant, but was actually being monitored by the emperor.

The other's military power was completely usurped by the emperor and the Ministry of War.

The Wei family held no real power.

Even so, the Wei family remains the head of the four major families in the capital.

Wei Yuan looked up at Wei Ziye, puzzled. "Why?"

"Because of the Night Domain."

The term "Night Domain" was completely unfamiliar to Wei Yuan; he had never heard of it before.

Wei Ziye explained, "If I hadn't taken over Tiange, I wouldn't have known about these things."

Wei Yuan was momentarily stunned: "You're the head of the Heavenly Pavilion? Aren't you afraid the Emperor will take action against the Wei family?"

Since the emperor is so wary of the Wei family, how could he just stand by and watch Wei Ziye become the head of the Heavenly Pavilion?

Wei Ziye curled his lips into a cold smile: "Because the Night Domain is still under the control of the Wei family."

Wei Yuan tentatively asked, "Father?"

Wei Ziye shook his head: "Grandmother."

"Grandmother?" Wei Yuan's pupils trembled slightly. "But...but Grandmother's health..."

When he visited the Wei residence last time, he saw with his own eyes that Old Madam Wei was now barely breathing, with the yellow earth almost reaching her throat, yet she still refused to relinquish power.

What is she planning to do...?

Realizing a certain possibility, Wei Yuan's palms became sweaty: "She wants to drag the entire Wei family down with her?"

Wei Ziye tilted his head back, leaned against the carriage, rubbed his temples, and said with a headache, "Yes, Grandmother doesn't believe me."

"..."

Madam Wei was assertive, but Zhang Yu was even more so.

The two had been fighting for most of their lives, and even though Old Madam Wei was eventually defeated by time, she still did not want Zhang Yu to win.

But no one expected her to be so ruthless.

If Wei Ziye hadn't discovered the matter of the Night Domain, the Wei family would never have known how it fell into ruin.

If we eliminate the root of the problem, then Wei Yuan will not be able to escape unscathed either.

He clenched his fist in disgust, both indignant at being implicated in this absurd reason and helpless against his bloodline.

"You want me to retrieve the Night Domain?" Wei Yuan looked at Wei Ziye. "What makes you think Grandmother will give it to me?"

"Because you also hate your mother."

Wei Ziye's voice was neither loud nor soft, calm and without any fluctuation: "You hate her for driving your biological mother out of the Wei family and not leaving her with a complete corpse."

For a moment, Wei Yuan's aura became disordered, and his gentle eyes were gradually replaced by resentment.

"Aren't you afraid I'll make her pay with her life?"

Wei Ziye gave a nonchalant smile, as if he were patiently teaching a willful child.

"Wei Yuan, things are interconnected, and the situation in the capital isn't as simple as you think. Do you think I'm telling you this because of Shen Mingshu?"

"Wrong."

Wei Ziye stared coldly at the bustling street: "Three years ago, the capital city may have already been corrupted by a dark force, and we were unaware of it."

Wei Yuan's eyes narrowed: "Are you the one who spoke to Ming Shu as her benefactor?"

"Whether he is a benefactor or someone who is being used is still unclear."

Wei Ziye withdrew his gaze and looked at Wei Yuan: "But one thing is clear, her purpose in returning to the capital this time is not so simple."

Wei Yuan immediately became alert: "I can help you, but you'd better stay away from Ming Shu. Otherwise, for the sake of the bigger picture, I still want Zhang Yu dead."

Wei Ziye scoffed and shook his head: "What makes you think you've got the qualifications to get to that position?"

At that moment, the car door opened.

The three large characters of "Wei Hou Mansion" were imprinted in Wei Yuan's eyes. He asked in confusion, "Does Grandmother want to see me now?"

Wei Ziye asked impatiently, "Does she still have time?"

Wei Yuan: "..."

Wei Yuan stood in front of the door for a long time, unsure of what choices he would face if he went in.

But he still slowly lifted his foot and walked in step by step.

Watching Wei Yuan enter the manor, Xu Lun asked softly, "Sect Master, will the Second Young Master agree?"

Wei Ziye gave him a sweet look: "A road to heaven, would you refuse it?"

Xu Lun trembled and hurriedly said, "As long as it's given by the Pavilion Master, how dare I refuse?"

Wei Ziye calmly withdrew his gaze, looked at the remaining bite mark in his palm, and asked.

"Any news about her injury?"

Xu Lun hesitated for a moment, then carefully said, "The divine doctor has been found, but... he is in seclusion. I only met Miss Shen—Shen Yangjue."

Shen Yangjue, the eldest daughter of the Shen family's first branch, is also a disciple of the divine physician.

Back then, Shen Nian, the third son of the Shen family, suffered heavy losses in the war to establish the nation due to his eagerness for quick success and rashness, which disappointed the emperor.

The first and second wives were implicated. Apart from one son from each wife serving as an official in the small town, the rest were all removed from their posts in the officialdom.

Only Shen Yangjue, the eldest son's wife, managed to establish herself independently in the capital city, relying on her relationship with the divine physician.

Three years ago, this brief period of prosperity vanished, and the Wei family completely severed ties with the Shen family.

Wei Ziye asked discontentedly, "Where is Liu Yi's master?"

There's no reason why only that reclusive divine physician should know about Shen Mingshu's physical condition.

But that's just how reality is.

Xu Lun reminded him: "Sect Master, Master Liu was also the junior brother of the Divine Doctor. If it weren't for some differences in their views, they wouldn't have separated now."

Noticing Wei Ziye's hesitation, Xu Lun tentatively made a suggestion.

"How about... we leak the information to the second young master and have him ask him directly? Perhaps the divine physician doesn't know either, and is just pretending."

"..."

The air around them seemed to drop several degrees. Xu Lun heard Wei Ziye ask through gritted teeth, "You're giving away news from the Heavenly Pavilion for free?"

"Your subordinate wouldn't dare!"

Xu Lun knelt down in fear, a cold snort came from above his head, and then he listened to Wei Ziye's instructions.

"In the name of my mother, please invite her into the mansion!"

"yes!"

……

Shen Mingshu and Wei Yuan completely lost contact.

On the first night, she secretly slipped out of the clinic and sent someone to deliver a message to Wei Yuan, but received no reply.

The next day at noon, she openly questioned Liu Yi, only to receive the false news that Wei Yuan would never see her again.

On the morning of the third day, Shen Mingshu returned home and found that all of Wei Yuan's belongings had disappeared from the courtyard, assuming that a thief had broken in.

But in her most secret little vault, she discovered an extra hundred taels of gold—Wei Yuan knew that she loved gold the most.

That day, she sat there holding the gold all night.

Only when she felt the effects of the medicine wear off did she accept reality, and she fell into a deep sleep while clutching the gold.

When I woke up again, I heard a faint sound coming from the courtyard gate.

Shen Mingshu's eyes lit up, she sat up abruptly, put down the gold, and quickly ran to open the door.

But as soon as the door opened, what greeted me was a cabbage leaf.

"This...this really is Shen Mingshu?"

Vegetable leaves fell, and Shen Mingshu wiped the water from her face, frowning. She didn't recognize the people in front of her. "Who are you looking for?"

At this moment, someone in the crowd took out a scroll.

The group looked at the scroll, then at Shen Mingshu's face, and finally made up their minds.

"That's Shen Mingshu! Smash it!"

"!!!"