Bai Yin’s brow furrowed tightly.

His heart was full of confusion!

Who was A’Jin? He didn’t know.

And when Lian Que heard Marquis Nanguo call Bai Yin “A’Jin” with tears in his eyes at that moment, his heart seemed to stop for several seconds.

His entire body tensed up.

A’Jin!

A name that had been hidden in Lian Que’s heart for over twenty years.

That person who had disappeared from his life for over twenty years.

At this moment, was right here.

Familiar, yet strange!

His hands couldn’t help but clench tightly together.

His mind went blank.

Even though, on the way here, he had already prepared himself!

He had fantasized many times about the scene of his reunion with A’Jin, but he never expected it would be like this.

Third Master stepped forward, his expression grave, his gaze sweeping around in a circle as he said, “Since everyone has arrived, then there are some things that it’s time to speak of.”

What should be said? Third Master glanced at Marquis Nanguo, who was forcibly holding back tears: “I said before that if you wanted to know about your origins, you needed to go to Huyi to find a person called Chahe. And this person is Marquis Nanguo. The reason I didn’t tell you directly at the time was because I was worried there would be complications. Once it leaked out, the consequences would be unimaginable. That’s why I only mentioned Marquis Nanguo’s former name, because not many people knew it.” After speaking, his gaze lingered for a long time on Ji Yinshu and Bai Yin. After remaining silent for a while, he said seriously, word by word, “And the Marquis is no one else. He… he is your maternal uncle, your real maternal uncle!”

Maternal uncle?

Huh?

Bai Yin’s eyes twitched. His heart panicked, thinking he had heard wrong: “What did you say? Marquis Nanguo… is mine and Yinshu’s maternal uncle? How is that possible? Third Master, he’s Marquis Nanguo! If this is true, then our parents would be…”

His words choked!

Third Master continued: “That’s right. Your parents were Huyi’s former King… and former Queen.”

“…Huh?”

These words were like a bolt of lightning striking straight down.

In an instant, everyone fell into silence.

All shocked by these words.

Former King?

Former Queen?

Ji Yinshu stood there dazed. Although she had already prepared herself to accept this truth.

But when she heard it with her own ears, she still couldn’t digest it.

Does this mean that she… was a princess of the former dynasty?

A pearl lost in the vast sea?

For a moment, her emotions were indescribable.

This identity was something no one could have anticipated.

Bai Yin was the same!

He had imagined countless times in his mind what his identity might be.

But he just never thought… he would be a prince of the former dynasty!

This was like a sparrow transforming into a phoenix.

He couldn’t accept it.

It was also too shocking.

Marquis Nanguo sighed, his eyes full of sadness and guilt: “Let me tell it.”

He took over Third Master’s words.

Looking at Ji Yinshu and Bai Yin with tear-filled eyes, he sighed with emotion: “I truly never thought that after more than twenty years, I could see you again. Perhaps Heaven took pity on me and finally sent you before me.”

His voice trembled.

The excitement in his heart was written even more clearly in those eyes filled with tears.

Ji Yinshu pressed her lips together and asked, “What exactly is going on? Back then, what exactly happened? Bai Yin and I… exactly…”

She paused!

Extremely confused.

Marquis Nanguo said, “This matter must start from the Huyi civil unrest over twenty years ago…”

The past events were vivid before his eyes, constantly in his mind.

Never to be forgotten. He walked a few steps, moving to the edge of the pavilion, raising his head to look at the pitch-black starry sky. He sighed deeply again and, with his back to everyone, said, “Back then, when your father the King was still on the throne, your uncle… that is, the current King of Huyi, he was already unwilling to accept missing out on the throne and even more unwilling to submit as a subject. Unfortunately, in those years after your father ascended to the throne, in order to balance the powers at court, he had no choice but to suppress him everywhere, to prevent one faction from swelling and causing the court to collapse. Unexpectedly, this brought much dissatisfaction from him. He stirred up waves several times in the court, forcing your father to temporarily strip him of his military authority. This thoroughly enraged him! A tiger already unwilling to be confined in a cage, how could it endure the humiliation of having its food snatched away? So he rebelled!”

He rebelled! After saying this, he turned back around, looking at everyone, and continued, “He secretly gathered troops, bringing together forces from all four directions! Many civil and military officials in the court also defected to him one after another. Soon, the army attacked into the royal palace, burning palace after palace. The entire royal palace was covered with corpse after corpse! Under the great fire, no one could resist. After the city gates were breached one by one, your father was finally trapped inside the great hall! I arrived too late and was powerless to turn the situation around. I could only watch as your father’s head was severed, his body thrown into the wilderness. Fortunately, I sent people to retrieve the body and secretly buried it. But that traitor falsely claimed that your father committed suicide before the hall! Pushing away all responsibility.”

Through gritted teeth!

Everyone knew that besieging the palace and killing one’s brother would certainly invite condemnation from the people of Huyi.

So the King of Huyi told a tremendous lie.

Falsely claiming the former King committed suicide before the hall!

Unable to deceive all the people under heaven.

Subsequently, Marquis Nanguo looked at Bai Yin: “As for your mother the Consort, at that time, she was already half a month pregnant. During the palace siege, fortunately A’Tang brought people and led her and young you away from the royal palace. After that, we lost all news of you!”

A’Tang.

Was Third Master!

Bai Yin’s chest heaved.

The memories from back then—he had none of them.

Only in that dream did he seem to have just a tiny bit of an impression.

Suddenly—

Ji Yinshu asked Marquis Nanguo, “Then… why didn’t the King of Huyi kill you?”

This was a good question! Marquis Nanguo explained, “Actually, after the King of Huyi ascended the throne, he pinned crimes on court officials who were dissatisfied with him one by one, executing them swiftly! At that time, killings were rampant, which also brought popular resentment! So he had to stop. He could only demote those officials one by one from their high positions. As for me… in order to one day find you, I had no choice but to swallow my anger and withdraw from the court. Over these years, I’ve traveled everywhere under the identity of a merchant, only hoping that one day I could find you. But for over twenty years, there has been no result.”

His face was covered in tears.

Speaking of the events of those years also made his heart ache.

His heart was full of hatred.

With indescribable bitterness.

He let out another breath and said excitedly, “But years of swallowing my anger were worth it. At least they let me wait for this day, to wait for reunion with you. It’s just a pity that Xi’er is no longer here.”

Ji Yinshu couldn’t help but tremble.

The truth… was actually so cruel.

She only felt her palms sweating, completely unable to control herself. Her footsteps retreated backward uncontrollably by one or two steps. Her gaze dropped as she opened her mouth and said, “So, the current King of Huyi, my real uncle, is the true murderer who killed my parents, my… enemy?”