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Yun Jin snorted coldly. What coincidence? It must have been carefully planned.

She suppressed her emotions and asked, "Since you know so much, why don't you know whether I'm his biological child?"

Steward Chang said with a wry smile, "Miss, how could Master easily tell others about such a big matter? He has always believed that his acquaintance with Madam Liu was a match made in heaven, so naturally he would not deliberately avoid it. If it weren't for the fact that after you came back, Master once got angry and let slip that 'she is not his biological daughter after all,' I would not have known about this matter."

Yun Jin was silent for a moment, then continued, "Now tell me about Yun Lang. Why are you so sure he's not Yun Heting's biological son?"

Steward Chang swallowed hard and continued cautiously, "After Madam Liu came to the manor, I have been by your side, sir, so I have witnessed many things that happened afterward."

At that time, Madam Liu did not want her husband to share a room with his wife again, so... she gave him a kind of incense that could induce hallucinations when lit.

Every time the master rested in the madam's room, he would light that kind of incense. When the madam smelled the incense, she would hallucinate that she was with the master, but in reality... sometimes there was someone there, and sometimes there was no one at all.

Most of the time, no one was there, and the lady of the house never knew, assuming the master was spending the night in her room. But the time she became pregnant with the eldest son, someone was indeed there, not the master.

Yun Jin was furious, but her voice remained unusually calm: "Who is that man?"

Steward Chang hurriedly shook his head: "This humble servant truly does not know. In places like the inner quarters, servants from the outer courtyard are not allowed to enter casually. Back then, the master often went to the madam's place at night, and then went out through the back window to Liu's courtyard, only returning at dawn."

Yun Jin asked, "If you didn't see him, how did you know there was a man?"

Steward Chang licked his lips and said, "I...I was curious, so I secretly went to take a look once and just saw a masked man enter the house through the back window. Then the master climbed out of the back window."

Not long after, the lady became pregnant, but the master was not happy about it. So I suspect that young master Yunlang is not his child.

Moreover, upon closer inspection, the second young lady realized that young master Yunlang did not resemble the master at all.

Yun Jin nodded, then asked, "Why did you follow Yun Heting?"

Manager Chang clearly didn't understand what "scumbag father" meant, but knew it wasn't a compliment, so he didn't dare ask and simply replied truthfully:

"I have some martial arts skills. Back in the day, I was a wandering swordsman. I was being chased by enemies, so I jumped into the river to escape. But because I'm not a good swimmer, I almost drowned. It was you, sir, who saved me. Since then, I've followed you."

Yun Jin then asked, "When did Ping An arrive at Yun He Ting's side?"

Steward Chang recalled for a moment and said, "He came a little later than me. He was bought by the master from a slave trader. He was beaten and bruised all over. After the master bought him, he treated his injuries, and the man became completely devoted to the master."

Yun Jin remained silent for a moment, then looked at Xiao Jingyan. Xiao Jingyan nodded in understanding and turned to Steward Chang, asking, "Who helped Yun Heting light the sleeping incense in Madam's room each time he went there? Why didn't any of the servants in Madam's room notice that he wasn't spending the night there?"

Yun Jin was taken aback; she had indeed overlooked this issue.

Steward Chang said, "The incense was personally given to the madam by the master. He told her that he liked the fragrance, so the madam would always have her maids light it in advance."

As for the servants around the lady, it was also the master who said that marital matters were private and he didn't like others to overhear. Therefore, every time they were intimate, the lady would send the servants to rest, so no one knew about it.

Xiao Jingyan asked a few more questions, and seeing that Steward Chang really had nothing more to say, he and Yun Jin got up and walked out.

Seeing that they were about to leave, Steward Chang struggled against his chains and cried out, "Second Miss, spare my life! I don't want to die!"

Xiao Jingyan turned his head and coldly shouted, "Shut up."

The two left the stone chamber, and Yun Jin lowered her voice to ask, "Ayan, do you have any way to get Steward Chang to obey?"

Xiao Jingyan paused, then suddenly realized and said, "You mean...?"

Yun Jin nodded: "I want him to return to Yun Heting's side and pass on messages for us. Even if he can't be of use to us, at least we won't alert the enemy for now."

Xiao Jingyan nodded: "Okay, I'll arrange this."

The two arrived on the ground, and he gave Eagle Claw a few instructions, which Eagle Claw responded to and went to the stone chamber.

Yun Jin suddenly spoke up, "Ayan, I have a question. I always felt that Liu Zhixue didn't have her eye on Yun Heting when she was in Jiangnan, but only turned her attention to him after coming to the capital. If that's true, who was her original target?"

Xiao Jingyan paused slightly, pondered for a moment, and slowly said, "Chu Wanxiong."

Yun Jin suddenly stopped and looked at him: "You mean my maternal uncle?"

Xiao Jingyan nodded and said, "Besides him, I can't think of anyone else."

"Let's go to the General's Mansion," Yun Jin said decisively.

The two rushed to the General of the State's mansion overnight. They did not go through the gatekeeper to announce their arrival, but went directly to the room of Lan Ying and Chu Duanshan.

Yun Jin stood by the window, gently knocked on the windowpane, and called out, "Grandmother, it's me, Jin'er. Are you asleep?"

The lights inside the room were quickly turned on.

Chu Duanshan, wearing an outer robe, opened the window. Lan Ying stood behind him, holding a candlestick. Seeing Yun Jin and Xiao Jingyan standing outside the window, she asked in surprise, "Jin'er, Your Highness Prince Yu, why are you here so late?"

Yun Jin and Xiao Jingyan climbed into the house, closed the windows, and then briefly recounted what Steward Chang had confessed to.

Hearing the last part, Chu Duanshan could no longer contain himself. He grabbed the long sword hanging on the wall and was about to rush out, cursing through gritted teeth, "That beast! How dare he humiliate my daughter like this! Tonight I will go and kill him!"

Lan Ying snapped and grabbed his arm. "Stop right there! You're going to find him? Do you have any evidence? You killed a high-ranking official without any proof! My whole family will be executed along with you! You don't want to live, but I do!"

Yun Jin quickly stepped forward and also advised, "Grandfather, this matter is not so simple. Liu Zhixue has someone behind her, and Yun Heting is just a pawn she pushed forward. There is probably a bigger conspiracy hidden here."

Lan Ying understood the implied meaning and quickly asked, "Child, what do you mean by that?"