Listening to her daughter's heartfelt words, the pregnant Lady Hou went on a killing spree.

Madam Yu really wanted to reveal who their biological mother was, but she also had her concerns.

One reason is that she didn't have much evidence, and the other is that Ji Yueru didn't allow her to speak about it.

Never mind, what she said today was enough to throw the people of the Marquis of Anshun's mansion into a panic.

"You are young and don't know any better. If you have any questions, go back and ask your father. Don't come to the Yu family again. Even if you do, the gatekeeper won't let you in."

Ji Yueru could tell what Old Madam Yu was thinking just by looking at her. It seemed that Old Madam Yu didn't know that the twins already knew who their birth mother was, and thought that the two of them were also kept in the dark and hadn't gone too far.

She could understand why Madam Yu couldn't bring herself to be cruel to the two of them, after all, she had genuinely loved the twins before, just like she had in her previous life.

"Grandma, don't go! Don't leave us! We really are your grandchildren!"

"Grandma, sob sob sob..."

After giving her instructions, Madam Yu led her three daughters-in-law into the Yu family home, ignoring Lin Tianci and Lin Wanwan's calls.

Longfeng was blocked outside by the two gatekeepers of the Yu residence and could not get in. Lin Wanyi, upholding her kind-hearted persona, tried to persuade them with kind words.

"Tianci, Wanwan, don't be too sad."

As long as your maternal grandmother finds out that you are your mother's biological children, she will return the things she took back to you.

"Wait a little longer, you'll be fine when you're older. Now, hurry back to the manor with your mother. It's not safe for you two to be out here."

Initially, Lin Wanyi intended to help the two children establish a public image for herself, but seeing that the waters between the Marquis of Anshun's mansion and the Yu family were getting muddier and muddier, she lost interest in getting involved any further.

"Alas, it's a pity that Marquis Anshun isn't here. If he were, Old Madam Yu would definitely have a good fight with him today."

The twins were too young; Old Madam Yu was probably afraid that it would be unseemly for her to bully the younger ones because of her age.

Ji Yueru couldn't help but raise her hand and scratch her daughter's nose twice.

Little clever ghost.

"Let's go back to the manor."

Lin Wanyi comforted the two children again, and when she looked up in Ji Yueru's direction, she found that the place where Ji Yueru had been sitting was now empty.

Looking towards the end of the street, you can still see the carriage of the Marquis of Anshun's mansion disappearing into the distance.

Seeing that the people were still watching, Lin Wanyi had no choice but to bite the bullet and send the twins back to the mansion.

She was cursing him in her heart, thinking that she shouldn't have interfered on the street earlier.

The palace, the dark prison.

The sound of whips striking flesh echoed throughout the dark prison passage, one after another.

The prisoners huddled in a corner of the cell, trembling uncontrollably. They were all too familiar with the voice; no one who came to the dark cell had ever been greeted by it.

Luo Feifei was tied to the cross, her clothes hanging on her body like rags, her body covered with whip marks, knife wounds, burns, and various other injuries.

If it weren't for the fact that her neck and above were still intact, you wouldn't be able to tell she was a woman just by looking at her body.

Luo Feifei, who had been given a muscle-relaxing drug, hung her head limply, and the whip only made her frown slightly when it struck her body.

Having been beaten so many times, she had long since become numb to the pain; she no longer even had the strength to bite her tongue and commit suicide.

Prince Shun sat in his chair as if he were in his own backyard, completely oblivious to the bloodshed around him, and picked up a teacup from the table next to him and took a sip.

When Old Ding, the executioner, got tired of beating her, he threw down his whip, stepped forward, grabbed Luo Feifei's hair, and forced her to look him in the eye.

"Speak! Who exactly is helping you in the palace?"

Luo Feifei's lips moved mechanically in response.

"I don't know, he was wearing a mask so I couldn't see his face."

Old Ding shoved Luo Feifei's head away and bowed respectfully before Prince Shun.

"Your Highness, the prisoner's story is the same as yesterday; she says she doesn't know who the contact person is."

Xiao Ce understood perfectly well that the Empress Dowager had been operating in the palace for decades, so how could she possibly let Luo Feifei and the others see her true colors? It was perfectly normal that they didn't know.

But he didn't come to get anything out of them; he just didn't want them to have an easy time.

Shun Wang looked at the prisoner tied up next to Luo Feifei, and Lao Ding immediately understood. He went forward, picked up the whip from the ground, and lashed the prisoner with it again.

He was puzzled, wondering what grudge the two prisoners had against Prince Shun that made him come to greet them every day.

Look at his arms; they've gotten thicker after just over two months of whipping.

Prince Shun has always been vengeful, and no one who dared to offend him since childhood has ever had a good ending. He only shows his gentle side when dealing with the mother and daughter.

When Lin Wanyi brought the twins back to the gate of Anshun Prefecture, the gate was tightly closed, and there wasn't even a gatekeeper outside.

"You can go home now. I have something to do, so I'll be leaving first."

After the twins got off the carriage, Lin Wanyi told the driver to leave quickly so that he wouldn't be bothered by the two little devils again.

The twins stepped forward and knocked on the door.

"Open the door! Open the door now!"

The two men pounded on the vermilion gate until their hands were almost swollen, but it remained unmoved; no one inside paid them any attention.

"Brother, is it possible we can never go back?"

"Come on, I'll take you back."

Lin Tianci led his sister to the base of a courtyard wall. After removing the debris blocking the way, they found a dog hole behind it, which was how they had crawled out today.

They crawled back through the dog hole, their heads and bodies covered in grass clippings.

When the two returned to the courtyard, it was deserted; there wasn't a single maid or servant in sight, and they had no idea where everyone had gone.

Since Granny Yu left with her people, their servants have never been a fixed group; they come and go.

Lin Wanwan was scared to live alone, so she decided to go and live with her brother in his yard, in the room next to his.

"Brother, everyone in the manor listens to that wicked woman. Why don't we go find Aunt?"

"No, you must never mention going to see your aunt in front of others, do you hear me?"

Everything in the Marquis's mansion belongs to my brother and me. If we leave, everything in the mansion will belong to that poisonous woman's daughter. Are you willing to accept that?

Lin Wanwan shook her head; how could she possibly be willing to accept that?

"Then you'll listen to me."

"Okay, brother, I'll listen to you."

Rumble, rumble, came Lin Wanwan's stomach.

"Brother, I'm hungry."

"Come on, I'll take you to the main kitchen to get some food."

Ever since they were starving last time, the brother and sister can't stand being hungry anymore. Whenever they get hungry, they go to the kitchen to get something to eat, whatever is available.

Fortunately, Marquis Anshun knew about their lingering illness beforehand, and the main kitchen always prepared food separately for the twins.

Some of the servants in the manor had stolen food before, and the consequences they faced were absolutely unbearable.

The brother and sister went to the main kitchen, where the newly appointed head of the kitchen, Mama Wang, saw them and gave them a forced smile.

She was Ji Yueru's person. This morning, Ruyi sent someone to the estate to call back all the old people who had been taken out earlier.