Chapter 87

  Uncle (mother's brother)

  He's family was next to Ge's family, whose face had turned pale. The maternal relatives of the Ge family followed Zuo Xiang and rushed towards their doom, no one could stop them. Yin Ruofei let out a sigh, turned around and walked away.

  Behind her was the sound of He's mournful cry, but Yin Ruofei seemed not to hear it and led the way into the rear residence. According to Lin Yuner, they lived in a house at the back.

  In the backyard, a push of the door brought a burst of musty air. The person who usually guarded this place had long since disappeared, and Yin Ruofei entered without hesitation.

  "Feier, nice to meet you."

  In front of him was a thin and gaunt man, but the expression on his face was calm. Yin Ruofei knelt down on both knees, "Uncle, nephew is late." This man should be his uncle Lin Zhenzu.

  "Hurry up." The man quickly took a few steps, but his breathing immediately became disordered and his face turned very pale.

  Yin Ruofei quickly got up and supported the other person.

  "In my lifetime, I still get to see you, it was worth living. Lin Zhenzu's pale face showed a smile, 'I invited you here, there is something I need your help with.'"

  "Uncle, just say it."

  "I owe you an apology, I'm not capable enough to protect your mother and let that scoundrel take her life. However, I know you're a kind-hearted child, so I'll entrust your cousin to you. Please act on my behalf as her uncle and arrange a marriage for her, take care of it."

  "Don't worry about your niece's affairs, uncle. Take good care of your health and you will definitely see her get married and have children."

  "No need to persuade me. I know my own body, and today is probably the end." Lin Zhenzu shook his head with a smile, but there was no fear of death approaching.

  "Uncle..."

  Lin Zhenzu struggled to get up, knelt on both knees, and kowtowed in the direction of the imperial palace, "Thank you for your great kindness, thank you for your great kindness."

  Yin Ruofei's tears flowed all over his face without knowing it, he knew Lin Zhenzu's meaning, this was to thank the emperor for avenging him.

  It wasn't until today that Yin Ruofei learned about Ze Wang's plan, which was actually devised by Lin Zhenzu. Ze Wang could have saved him, but he had been poisoned since childhood and knew his life was short, so he directly refused.

  What he wants is not to stand out from the crowd, but to stake everything on a single throw for his mother, sister, children and their spouses to take revenge.

  Lin Zhenzu was born with a calm and wise nature, but his life was marked by twists and turns. Fortunately, he met Ze Wang, who helped him fulfill his wishes.

  "Go on, go see your grandmother." Lin Zhenzu waved his hand.

  Yin Ruofei did not dare disobey and had to leave. However, his uncle's appearance made him feel unusually familiar.

  If it's about Cousin Lin Yun'er, she also has some resemblance to Uncle, but this feeling is off, what's the reason for this familiarity?

  Lin Yun'er heard someone coming in from outside, her face changed, and she quickly got up. Today, even if it means risking her life, she cannot let them take her grandmother out to be executed. Either way, it's a dead end for her, and she would rather hang herself here.

  As he went out, he saw a young man in a plain satin robe walking in.

  "Cousin!" Lin Yun'er's face was filled with surprise and delight, as she hastily took a few steps forward.

  "Aunt, great-grandmother is an elderly person..."

  "Inside." Lin Yun'er wiped away her tears, "Quickly follow me in."

  "Please, elder sister." Yin Ruofei raised her hand.

  The yard is old and worn out, but this house has even less, with only a few sets of old bedding on the kang, an equally old kang cabinet, and half a door that's broken and hanging to one side. As for other things, it can almost be said that there's nothing left in the house.

  The Lin family had two illegitimate sons, one was the Left Prime Minister and the other was the Deputy Minister of War. However, their legitimate mother lived in such an environment that it's hard to believe if told to others. For so many years, the Lin brothers controlled the Lin family with the help of a deeply hidden concubine, controlling the Lin family's mother and son without revealing any flaws, even Yin Haicheng only thought that his maternal uncle was really unwilling to meet people.

  "Filial grandson, if you have seen your grandmother." Yin Ruifei looked at the old woman with white hair on the kang and knelt down to kowtow.

  "Is... is it...?" a trembling voice echoed from above.

  "Grandmother, it's Ruo Fei, he's my aunt's son..." Lin Yun'er choked out. In her heart, of course, only Yin Ruo Fei's mother, Lin Hui Niang, was her aunt. As for those three people with the faces of beasts and hearts of men, she hated them so much that she wanted to drink their blood and eat their flesh.

  "Ruo Fei... Ruo Fei..." The old lady's eyes emitted a ray of light, and her body, which had long been weak, actually sat up with Lin Yun'er's support.

  "Grandmother." Yin Ruofei stood up with the help of Mrs. Lin's outstretched hand and shook hands with her.

  "My child......" The old lady's eyes were filled with tears, "I finally get to see your kid."

  Never seeing her daughter until death is the old lady's greatest regret. She also knows that she can't blame others, those two illegitimate children are like wolves and tigers, she regrets being blinded by them, only taking the Hua family as good people, who knew they were raising a tiger...

  "Grandma, the grandson arrived late."

  "Not late, not late..."

  The old lady, with a sudden surge of energy, pulled Yin Ruofei up and down to take a closer look. Yin Ruofei's appearance was a combination of his parents', and at this moment, the old lady was using him to reminisce about her own daughter.

  "Grandma..." Lin Yun'er suddenly became anxious. Just now her grandmother was still weak and frail, but now she seemed so spirited, which wasn't a good sign at all.

  Yin Ruofei saw Lin Yun'er's expression, her face changed, and she also thought of this point. She hurriedly stretched out her hand to take the old lady's pulse. With one touch, her heart couldn't help but feel a chill. The old lady was already showing signs of being on her last breath.

  "Grandma..." Yin Ruofei hurriedly said, wanting to get the old lady to lie down. He always carried a silver needle with him and first helped the old lady sew on a few stitches.

  "Ah, Fei'er..." The old lady shook her head. She knew her own body best. Now that she was on the verge of death, her mind had never been clearer. "Don't waste your energy anymore, this old body of mine has long been beyond cure. Being able to see you one last time is enough for me to die in peace."

  Grandmother.

  "Your paternal grandmother was foolish all her life, harming your mother, your uncle, and your cousin. Now that I'm dead, it's as if I've atoned for my sins..." The old lady's face was filled with remorse. "I don't feel any regret for the death of that family, on the contrary, it's a relief. But you, my granddaughter, are the only flesh and blood left to your uncle..."

  "Grandma, rest assured, I've come today to rescue everyone."

  "Brother-in-law." Lin Yun'er's heart tightened for a moment before relaxing. This brother-in-law of hers was following the Crown Prince, so what he said must be true.

  "That's good, that's good." The old lady's expression suddenly relaxed, with a smile all over her face, while Yin Ruofei took his pulse and found that the pulse had suddenly weakened, almost disappearing.

  "Cousin sister, go take a look at your uncle and them." Yan Ruofei suddenly remembered that her uncle Lin Zhenzu had just revealed an expression that was not the same as her grandmother's. If her grandmother was like this, then what about her uncle...

  "Ah." Lin Yun'er responded with a sound and hurriedly left.

  "Fei er, yun er......" The old lady's hands were clenched tightly.

  "Grandma can rest assured..." Yin Ruofei shouted with tears in her eyes.

  The old lady didn't say another word, but her eyes were filled with a deep understanding, it was trust, it was peace of mind.

  He clutched his hand tightly, gradually loosening it, and finally let it hang weakly over the edge of the kang.

  "Grandma, rest assured, Fei'er will never let his cousin suffer... Fei'er will protect her for all eternity..." Yin Ruofei whispered, as if making a promise to the old lady.

  "Grandma..." Lin Yun'er ran back, panting heavily. She hadn't been out for long, but her face was deathly pale, to the point of being terrifying.

  Yin Ruofei looked up, and Lin Yun'er saw the tears on Yin Ruofei's face. In an instant, she thought of a possibility, and her whole body almost stopped breathing.

  "Her grandmother... " Lin Yun'er didn't dare say any more.

  Yin Ruofei nodded slightly.

  Lin Yun'er covered her mouth tightly, tears falling continuously, and trickled down from the back of her hand.

  "Cousin..." Yin Ruofei didn't want to comfort her, but at this time, any comforting words were so pale and powerless.

  Yin Ruofei let Lin Yun'er cry by the side of the old lady, and walked out of the house. The guard at the door saluted him, "Sir, the eldest son and daughter-in-law of the Lin family..."

  "Say it." Yīn Ruò Fēi said softly.

  "They have both passed away."

  "A sigh... " echoed in the small courtyard. Although the Lin family still had a daughter, this was also considered to be completely disappearing from the capital city.

  According to the imperial edict, Old Lady Lin and her eldest son's wife were buried in the Lin family cemetery without a sound. As for Hua Yiniang and other female relatives, as well as two of Lin's sons and several descendants, they were all arrested and awaited execution. Of course, life in prison was probably so miserable that they would rather die immediately.

  After settling things at the Lin's, Yin Ruofei took Lin Yun'er, who was dressed in a simple white outfit, back to the Yin's. Although he could also take Lin Yun'er to the Wang's, it would be somewhat inconvenient. At the Wang's, neither he nor Rong Jingze were able to care for her, but at the Yin's, Old Madame liked Yun'er and Chen Shi, Erjie Ruiqi, were all able to look after her.

  The Yin family was not sentenced to death like the Lin family, but they were also in a precarious situation because Yin Jintang, the second son of the Yin family, had been arrested.

  The crown prince listed a string of crimes, and Yin Jintang was already guilty beyond pardon. If it weren't for his involvement, the several consecutive victories on the border of Yincheng would have been a great achievement, but now they were just meritorious service with guilt.

  Yin Ruofei stepped into the Hou Mansion's gate and saw that the usually bustling mansion was now cold and quiet. Occasionally, a small maid would appear, but she would quickly lower her head and hurry away, not daring to say much.

  Seeing Yin Ruofei enter the door, a servant was startled and hurried over to ask for her well-being.

  "What about the old lady?"

  "The old lady is at Fushou Temple, and nothing's wrong." The house servant said in a low voice. Since the second master went to war, the atmosphere in this family has been tense, and after the second master was captured, the tension reached a new level. As for Liyuan's side, that madam had cried herself half to death.

  "Sister-in-law, I'll take you to Second Sister's place first, get changed and then go see Old Madam."

  Er Jie Rui Qi is already engaged, and her fiancé is the cousin of that aunt's family, Yin Ruofei's uncle. This marriage was also facilitated by Yin Ruofei.

  Years ago, when that cousin came, he not only brought things for his sister but also showed great affection. Yin Ruofei is no fool; this cousin hadn't come all these years, and the long distance was just one aspect. On the other hand, it's likely because of his sister's engagement.

  Yin Ruofei made several attempts to probe and finally confirmed that this brother-in-law had deep feelings for his second sister, but hid them very deeply. He actually appreciated such a deeply emotional man, if his sister had been engaged before and he came close, he would not have approved at all, now that his sister has broken off the engagement, he was the first to come to the door, naturally being someone with intentions. Yin Ruofei also happily agreed to it.