The Duke of Wei left Beijing to suppress the bandits. He did not mobilize the troops when he returned to Beijing. He only brought the people from the Duke's Mansion and traveled lightly.

The sound of "papa" whip comes one after another, the horse's hooves fly, and a gray dust fog rises.

A middle-aged man rode his horse to the front Duke of Wei and asked, "Duke, after returning to Beijing, should you go back to the Duke of Guo's Mansion first, or go to the palace first?"

"Enter the palace." Duke of Wei said without hesitation.

He has always been impatient, but now he just wants to solve this matter soon and eliminate the future troubles sooner.

When the group came to a place less than thirty feet away from the city gate, a figure in a royal blue robe rushed out from the side and blocked the middle of the official road.

"Uncle!" Xu Yan shouted loudly, almost absolutely blocking the Duke of Wei, trying to stop the person.

The white air from the horse's mouth and nose almost spurted on Xu Yan's face. The fishy smell on the horse's body rushed towards him, making people feel nauseous. Xu Yan subconsciously frowned.

Even so, he still laughed and said flatteringly: "Uncle, you are successful and you will return triumphantly. I came here to celebrate my uncle's achievements."

The group led by Duke Wei tightened the reins, and horses neighed and straightened their horses, with their front hooves raised high.

The horse stopped at a place only two or three feet away from Xu Yan.

Duke of Wei was riding on a tall and agile dark horse, full of dust, but in good spirits, looking down at Xu Yan who was so close to him.

Xu Yan's appearance is really a bit bad at this moment.

The person lost a lot of weight, looked haggard, and there was a deep shadow in his eye sockets, withered appearance, and it was hard to hide his nervousness in his eyes.

It has only been more than half a month since we met them, and Xu Yan looked completely different when they last met.

That day, when Xu Yan left the Wei family's village with his beloved concubine and son, he still looked proud and arrogant, with a sense of arrogance that the Duke of Wei could not do anything to him.

indeed.

The father has no fault of killing his daughter, and at most others are just morally condemning Xu Yan.

indeed.

When a man raises an outdoor room, it is a romantic thing.

This world is the most tolerant of men, but is nitpicking to women. Once the story of the outdoor room spreads, many people will not sympathize with Wei Wan. Instead, they will think that it is because Wei Wan is jealous and Xu Yan has no choice but to keep the person outside.

Instead of letting those people laugh at Wei Wan for being unable to control men and tolerate others, she might as well cut the mess quickly and make a ruthless move.

A decisive cold light flashed in Duke Wei's sharp eyes, and he said coldly: "No need. I have to go into the palace to report my life."

“Get out of here!”

Duke Wei was unwilling to waste his saliva and exchanged greetings with Xu Yan.

Instead of giving in, Xu Yanfei took another step towards Duke Wei, pressing his eyes stiffly, but his face smiled even more earnestly, "Uncle, I heard last night that Sister Yao was infected with the cold two days ago. I was worried and didn't sleep all night last night."

"Jie Yao has been weak since childhood and is prone to cold every year when the season changes. Last year, she had a high fever for three days and three nights, which made Wan'er and I worry badly."

"For parents, children all fall out of us."

Xu Yan looked at Duke Wei, looking affectionate and warm, trying to move him with emotion.

After all, he and Wei Wan and Xu Yao, their biological daughter, are bound to be dead.

Xu Yan comforted himself in his heart and said angrily: "Uncle, I really know my mistake."

"Yuqing, I will deal with it properly and I will definitely give you an explanation."

"Uncle, let Wan'er and my daughter go back with me."

Xu Yan put his posture very low, and he was almost kneeling for Duke Wei.

"You know you're wrong?" Duke Wei's lukewarm voice came from his horse's back. Under the backlight, his face seemed to be covered with a layer of shadow.

The dark horse under his crotch paced his horse's hooves again and sprayed several heavy breaths.

To be honest, Xu Yan was a little confused about the attitude of Duke of Wei. He was obviously not as kind as before, but he didn't want to kill him with his eyes when he impeached him a few days ago.

Pressing down all the thoughts in his heart, Xu Yan looked up at Duke Wei, and said seriously with a sincere look: "I was wrong!"

"Wan'er is wholeheartedly devoted to me. I shouldn't keep the outdoor room, so she's sad."

"Uncle, please let me see Wan'er, I will apologize to her in person."

In Xu Yan's opinion, it must be that the Duke of Wei and his wife deliberately stopped him from seeing Wei Wan, and Wei Wan might not even know that he had been there.

Duke of Wei: "..."

Duke Wei looked at Xu Yan calmly, his eyes were filled with waves, like a cold and bottomless deep pool, dark and faint, and sighed in his heart: It has reached this point, but Xu Yan actually thought it was just an outdoor room?

Xu Yan clenched his fists tightly, his expression showed a sad look, and his eyes were slightly red. "I have been hiding the matter about Sister Yao and her sister in my heart for seven years, and I haven't said it."

"That child was actually not good as soon as he was born. His face was blue and silent. Both Wen Po and the doctor said that she had been in her mother's body for too long and she would definitely not survive."

"I was afraid that she would be sad, so I hid it."

"That's our blood. How can I hurt that child? That day I was angry that I could speak without saying anything... I can't even take what people say in anger."

Xu Yan tried hard to be sincere, but his heart was still full of ups and downs.

When he was in the village, he decided that Duke Wei could not do anything to him. The worst result was that he and Wei Wan and Li or Yi Jue.

However, he did not expect that the Duke of Wei would not mention the outer room and Xu Luo the next day, but impeached him to collude with the bandits.

It's nothing to impeach. After all, he did not collude with bandits at all. He just pretended to be a robber. He could be said to be the escort who was expelled by the Marquis's Mansion in the past with grudges. Anyway, he refused to admit that this matter was related to him. However, the emperor actually asked the Duke of Wei to suppress the bandits.

It was not until then that Xu Yan was a little panicked.

It was just a small bandit, so there was no need for the dignified Duke of Wei to lead his troops to fight against him. Duke of Wei was so arrogant that he must have something to do. It was probably to frame him. If there was no evidence, he would create evidence!

That must be true!

Xu Yan tried hard to control the turbulent emotions in his heart, hiding the emotions of fear and resentment in the depths of his eyes.

The outdoor room is just a trivial matter. There are many nobles and court officials in the outdoor room in the capital, but they are just romantic affairs.

If the collusion with the bandits was forced to be pressed on him, I am afraid that the title of the Marquis of Ji'an Mansion will not be guaranteed!

Once upon a time, he thought that Yuqing was the most important thing to him, more important than anything else.

But now...

When he looked at Yuqing, he still felt the pity and joy of the past in his heart. When he took her into his arms, the fear buried in his heart would soon overwhelm his pity for her.

He was afraid, he was afraid of losing his title, afraid of having nothing, and letting others despise him...

He asked himself, could he endure being that humble commoner for Yuqing?!

He can't.

Xu Yan was trembling, adjusting his expression and tone, and admits his mistake more and more sincerely: "Uncle, I was confused when I was young. Only after Wan'er left did I know what is the most important thing."

After pausing for a moment, he slowly said, "Sister Yao cannot be without mother and daughter."

He said this last sentence almost word by word, implying that even if Wei Wan and him were friendly or Yi Jue, she could not take Xu Yao away.

This is the law.

Even if he allowed it, the Xu clan would not agree.

He begged, admitted his mistake, and then threatened him. He could be said to be both soft and hard.

Duke Wei was not a fool, so he naturally heard the threat in Xu Yan's tone, and a cold sneer appeared on the corner of his lips, as if he was still as motionless as a mountain.

He said slowly: "Yes, but if the husband's family is suspected of rebellion, she will destroy her relatives for justice and expose her for the sake of the exposition, the emperor will also be kind."

"Really?"

As he finished speaking, Duke Wei released an invincible aura like Mount Tai, which was a killing aura that was fought through the battlefield of corpses and seas of blood.

Xu Yan couldn't help but chill, restrained his begging, his sorrowful and affectionate expression, and his sinister eyes locked the Duke of Wei's gaze.

He had no expression on his face, and his whole body seemed to have changed again, and said in an extremely calm and rational tone: "Uncle, I am willing to hand over the Ji'an Marquis Mansion to Sister Yao to inherit and ask Sister Yao to take care of her."

"What do you think, uncle?"

His speech was slower, with the determination of a hero to cut off his arm, and his heart was deeply hidden in his heart.

This is a choice he made while weighing the pros and cons.

He could not let the Marquis of Ji'an lose his title like the Marquis of Dingyuan.

As soon as Xu Yan said this, even Duke Wei was shocked.

The guards of the Duke of Wei's Mansion around them also looked at each other. At this moment, the noisy sounds on the official road seemed to be gone.

Duke Wei looked at Xu Yan deeply.

Now, Emperor Taizu has always been respected, and most of them can respond.

Emperor Taizu proposed equality between men and women at the beginning of the founding of the country, and women also had the right to inherit titles. However, over the years, even those royal nobles, even if they had no successors, would rather adopt their nephews than pass the titles to their daughters.

Xu Yan could naturally see Duke Wei’s move and said, “Uncle, does Duke Wei’s mansion have a title for Sister Yao?”

This is the biggest bargaining chip that Ji'an Hou can give.

Even if Wei Wan brings her daughter back, Xu Yao, a girl who has lost her father's blessing and lives with her uncle's house, will probably be worse than others in the future, let alone her future.

"What's the matter with my uncle?" Xu Yan set off while the railway was hot and continued to increase his bargaining chips. "I can also guarantee that I'll 'dispose' Yuqing and Xu Luo's things will never let them get in the way of Wan'er's eyes."
To be continued...