"Waaaaah, what should we do? Will the young master kill us all for Sang Huan? I don't want to die!"

"I had already arranged the engagement date with Liu Lang from the west of the city, so why did this happen now? I didn't do anything."

"That's right! We didn't do anything, so why should we be imprisoned along with them? This isn't fair to us. It was clearly the Li family fighting for their daughter's future, how can we be blamed for this!"

In the dark and damp dungeon, the brightly dressed members of the Sang family looked out of place, imprisoned in their cell.

Most of these people were from collateral branches of the Sang family, or the offspring of Sang Chengfeng's concubines who were expelled from the mansion.

All the income of the Sang family was controlled by the main wife, Li. Their monthly allowance was very small. If they wanted to buy jewelry and clothes to dress themselves up, they had to follow behind Sang Ling or Li to please them.

Only when the other party is satisfied and happy will they secretly give them a little charity.

Otherwise, everyone would have to live a meager life on that meager monthly salary, and those who didn't want to please others would learn a skill to earn money on their own.

In any case, apart from the children born to Li, the principal wife, the rest of the Sang family were not living very well.

Now that they've learned of Li's troubles, before they could even gloat, they find themselves dragged into it as well. How could they be happy?

A group of people glared at Li Shi and Sang Ling, who were locked in separate cells next door, with hatred in their eyes. Some of the more extreme people couldn't swallow their anger and even picked up small stones from the ground and threw them at each other.

"It's all Li's fault! If it weren't for you, you heartless bastard, we wouldn't have ended up like this!"

"Exactly! Not only do they skimp on our food and clothing, but now they're dragging us down with them! Why don't you just die?!"

Sang Ling huddled in a corner, hugging her arms. She was still immersed in her resentment and hatred, and didn't even go to comfort her mother, Li, who was sitting slumped on the ground with lifeless eyes.

Suddenly, a pebble hit her, pulling Sang Ling back to reality. She saw that the ones who had attacked her were none other than the Sang family members who had previously fawned over her, and her brows immediately furrowed.

"What's wrong with you guys?!"

Seeing that she still dared to reprimand them in her old tone, some people sneered.

"Even in jail, you still think you're that young lady from the Sang family, Sang Ling! You've ruined us! We'll never forgive you, even if it kills us!"

"Heh, trying to steal Sang Huan's marriage? Don't you even look at yourself? A toad trying to eat swan meat!"

"Exactly! Not only is she useless, but she also got us all thrown in jail! She's both ruthless and stupid. The Li family really raised a fine daughter!"

Sang Ling's biggest grudge right now is against Sang Huan. These people saying this is like stabbing her in the heart with a knife.

She immediately lost her temper and wanted to curse, but before she could open her mouth, a whip suddenly appeared and slammed into the ground with a crisp "crack"!

"What's all the noise about? Be quiet!"

The jailer's impatient shouts rang out, instantly silencing the crowd that had been cursing.

Three jailers approached, two carrying whips and one holding a piece of white paper. The man holding the paper glanced at the area where the Sang family members were imprisoned, shook the paper, and cleared his throat.

"Next, everyone whose name I call, please stand up!"

As he spoke, one of the jailers stepped forward, and the jailer with the whip swung it hard on the ground, the threat of which was self-evident!

The person who was about to ask what it was doing immediately shut their mouth in fright.

As the jailer read out the names one by one, the cell that held so many people gradually became empty.

The first few people whose names were called saw this scene and their unease dissipated considerably.

"Yes, the numbers are all correct, right? No one's trying to take advantage of the situation, is that right?"

After reading the names, the jailer flicked the paper in his hand with his finger and looked at the person in charge of guarding him, who nodded to him.

"Very well, Your Highness is astute and knows that many people have been implicated in this matter. He has specially dispatched people to investigate and uncover the truth. All those whose names were called are innocent. As long as you are willing to change your names and sever ties with the Sang family, you can all be released from prison!"

Upon hearing this, the people standing outside the cage looked at each other, their eyes filled with surprise and joy. They could no longer care about anything else and nodded and knelt down to express their gratitude.

"Thank you, sir! We are willing!"

"Alright, let's go through the procedures first."

The jailer waved his hand, about to lead the people away.

The remaining prisoners, still locked in their cages, panicked. "Sir, what do we do?!"

"Yes, we were implicated too, we can't let the innocent be killed!"

"You?" The jailer turned and sized them up, then sneered, "You're all accomplices of the Li family. Wait until the sentence is handed down!"

After saying that, he ignored the people and strode away, leaving a few people screaming in despair.

Seeing this, Sang Ling felt a chill run down her spine, and she finally came to her senses.

But what followed was endless confusion and panic.

She had never encountered this situation before and didn't know how to handle it.

Subconsciously, Sang Ling turned to ask her mother, Li, and shook her arm frantically, regardless of her mother's mood.

"Mother! Your daughter doesn't want to die, please save her!"

My mother was old, so she's gone. Anyway, she was the one who caused all this trouble.

But she was still young, and she didn't want to die like that!

The frantic shaking had some effect, and Li looked at her with empty eyes.

Seeing her daughter crying with tears streaming down her face, Madam Li was about to say something to comfort her.

"Da, da, da"

Footsteps approached from afar, and a tall figure blocked the light from the side, shrouding the two in shadow.

Sang Ling looked up and saw the figure of the man she had been longing for standing there. His handsome and indifferent eyes appeared even colder under the dim light of the dungeon.

Sang Ling's breath hitched, and without thinking of anything else, she stumbled and crawled toward the figure.

"Young Master, Young Master, you've come! Have you come to release us? My mother and I have been wronged in this matter. You must do us justice!"

Upon hearing the words "Young Master," Li's melancholy finally stirred.

Her face, which had been meticulously maintained with countless precious products, became incredibly haggard in just one night, and her eyes were filled with weariness and despair.

She opened her dry, cracked lips, but her throat was so hoarse that she couldn't speak at all.

Yan Xi ignored Sang Ling's incessant chatter beside her and quietly looked at Li Shi across from her with indifferent eyes.

After a moment of silence, a clear, deep voice suddenly rang out in the air.

"Sang Huan is not Sang Chengfeng's child."

What?

For a moment, Li's eyes were blank, but Yan Xi didn't give her a chance to react and slowly revealed the truth.

"Ningyue's husband went to Beijing to take the college entrance examination twenty years ago. Ningyue waited for her husband to return in the countryside. During a spring outing, she accidentally fell off a cliff and lost her memory. Sang Chengfeng said that she was his concubine and took her back to the Sang Mansion. But at that time, she was already pregnant with her husband's child."

After Yan Xi finished speaking, she looked up at Li Shi in front of her and saw that Li Shi's pupils were gradually dilating, so she knew that Li Shi had realized what was going on.

He then continued speaking at a leisurely pace.

"After she regained her memory, she was devastated and angrily cursed Sang Chengfeng as a beast, wanting to report him to the authorities for forcibly taking another man's wife. However, Sang Chengfeng was unwilling to let the beauty slip away and forcibly imprisoned her in his mansion."

He was worried that her husband would come looking for her and expose the affair, which is why he allowed you to drug her to silence her. Leaving Sang Huan alive was merely a way to secure a chance of survival if things came to light.

These words struck Li like thunderbolts, leaving her feeling dizzy and her vision blurred.

"No way, you're lying to me!"

Li harbored intense jealousy and resentment towards Ning Yue for seducing her husband, which is why she wanted to dominate her in every way! The reason she stole Sang Huan's marriage was also because she wanted her daughter to crush Sang Huan under her feet!

But now someone is telling her that the woman she is jealous of and resentful of doesn't love her husband at all, and was just deceived by him!

Her husband, on the other hand, completely exploited her and showed her no genuine affection whatsoever!

How could the Li family accept this? How could they possibly accept it!

It was clearly that bitch Ning Yue who seduced Sang Chengfeng first!

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