The eldest sister was reborn and the younger sister traveled through time. I just want to survive.

Facing Mingying's questioning, Yan Yongchen simply replied, "Yu Jinzhou cannot die for the time being."

"No, he must die. No one of the dog emperor's bloodline can be left alive. Go kill him, kill him now..." Mingying threatened like a madman.

Yan Yongchen just watched quietly, and when the people shouted until they were exhausted, he slowly spoke, "I believe I have repaid you for the decades of raising me. What happens next, who lives and who dies, is up to you."

Hearing this, Mingying suddenly felt it was extremely ironic and started to chuckle again, "Hahahaha...pay it back? How can you possibly pay it back?! You will never be able to pay back the debt you owe, in your lifetime."

Yan Yongchen said, "My son has owed a debt, but the creditor is not my mother. I don't need to worry about when my son will pay it back or whether he can pay it back."

Mingying's expression froze. After a long pause, she asked in a trembling voice, "You, know everything?"

"For decades, it's hard for the son to not know what his mother has done to him!"

Facing Yan Yongchen's indifferent and cold attitude, Mingying's heart began to panic for some reason. "You promised me that you would repay me tooth for tooth, and make Yu Huai'en pay for his blood with blood." There was a pleading tone in her voice.

"I have done what I promised you. It was you who was greedy and asked for too much. I am unwilling to give you more, and I will not give you more. Yu Huai'en suffered a heart-wrenching pain before his death, and he will not be able to rest in peace after his death. You should be content."

“You are too greedy, you should be content…hahahaha…” Mingying’s laughter suddenly turned into extremely sad crying, and she shouted intermittently, “My son, Che’er, my mother’s Che’er…”

The crying and shouting were as shrill as ghosts' howls. Hearing something was wrong in the inner room, Qian Manman hurriedly lifted the curtain and walked in. Mother Liu and the gatekeeper who had been with Mingying for many years hurriedly followed.

After a while, the gatekeeper's sad sobbing could be heard from the inner room, "Wuwuwu... Old lady, you can't go. If you leave, how can I live..."

Mother Liu came out wiping her tears, "The old lady is gone~"

As the voice fell, the wives and concubines fell to their knees, sobbing and crying.

Yan Muxi stood there in a daze for a moment, and after making sure that the old lady had really died, he turned around and left the house.

She was not sad, could not cry, and did not want to put on a show to fool people. Anyway, she was just a cousin who was temporarily living in the mansion, and there was no need for her to mourn and keep vigil for the old lady in the Yan residence.

The Yan family's ancestral home was in a village at the foot of Xiangcheng in the southwest. The old lady's coffin was returned to her ancestral home for burial. Yan Yongchen had to retire for 27 months to mourn for his mother.

The new emperor allowed Yan Yongchen to change the mourning period from 27 months to 27 days, using days instead of months, on the grounds that state affairs came first.

The 27th was not even enough time to travel to and from Xiangcheng, so Yan Yongchen submitted a petition requesting three months of rest so that he could carry the old lady's coffin back to the Yan family's ancestral home for burial.

The day before the coffin was taken back to the hometown, Yu Jinzhou left the palace in plain clothes and came to Yan's house to pay his condolences in person.

In the side hall, Yu Jinzhou handed a porcelain bottle to Yan Yongchen.

Yan Yongchen took it and bowed. He opened the porcelain bottle and took a look. He frowned and asked, "Is there a pill missing?"

"This is for next month. As for the antidote for the month after that, I will send someone to deliver it to Lord Yan when the time comes." Yu Jinzhou paused. "The mountains are high and the roads are long. If the person delivering the medicine is late for one or two days, Lord Yan, please advise Madam to bear with it for now. It will only be painful, but it won't kill you. Also, Lord Yan will be gone for several months. For safety reasons, a suitable person must be left at home to look after the house."

"I will obey the emperor's wishes." Yan Yongchen responded respectfully.

Seeing him being so submissive, Yu Jinzhou suddenly felt bored and turned to leave the side hall.

In the mourning hall, Yu Jinzhou searched among the women in the mansion, but still couldn't find the person he was thinking about, and felt lost.

He regretted his previous impulsiveness very much. If he had waited one more day, the beautiful girl he had been thinking about would have become his concubine. He could see her anytime he wanted, so why would he have to go out of the palace to take a look at her?

Yan Muxi was naturally the suitable one to look after the family. All the masters of the mansion followed the old lady's coffin back to Xiangcheng, and only she was left behind.

Just like before, she ate and slept every day, and when she felt bored, she would climb over the wall and go out for a stroll.

On the third day after the old lady's coffin left the Yan Mansion, an uninvited guest broke into the Yan Mansion.

In the darkness of the night, Dongyu and two gray figures were fighting. Fearing that Dongyu would suffer a loss and be hated, Yan Muxi stopped them in time, "The person who came in the middle of the night is a thief and a guest. Dongyu, don't be rude to the guests."

After a while, Yu Jinzhou appeared in the yard. Yan Muxi seemed to have expected it. She smiled sweetly and invited him into the house.

The house is lit by night-shining pearls, which are not much dimmer than daylight.

Looking at the woman calmly pouring tea in front of him, with a face like the bright moon, a graceful figure, and a willow-like waist that could hardly be grasped, Yu Jinzhou's throat rolled back and forth uncontrollably.

But thinking of what happened before, he tried to suppress his thoughts and pretended to be interested and asked, "Auntie Wang, aren't you afraid of a man breaking into your boudoir late at night?"

Yan Muxi placed the teacup in front of him and said, "I am already a fallen woman, so what is there to be afraid of? Your Majesty, are you afraid of breaking into a married woman's residence late at night?"

Yu Jinzhou followed Yan Muxi's gaze and looked at the steaming teacup.

He had to admit that he was a little scared. He was afraid that if he wasn't careful, he would fall into the trap of the woman in front of him again.

He could barely tolerate being cheated by a woman once, but if he was cheated again, he would definitely kill the other person to vent his anger.

But he couldn't bear to kill this woman who was so beautiful that he thought about her day and night, at least not yet. He felt heartbroken even if she bullied him a little.

"Auntie Wang is very different from other women. She has many tricks up her sleeve. I am afraid of her."

Hearing this, Yan Muxi curled her lips and smiled charmingly, "I remember that the prince once said that the emperor has many tricks. The emperor can become the ruler of a country, so he is indeed very tricky. Now the emperor says that I am very tricky, why don't we make a bet and see who is more tricky."

Yu Jinzhou's smile widened. "If I don't bet with Aunt Wang, I'll seem too boring. Since ancient times, good men don't compete with women. I'll let Aunt Wang choose first. I wonder who Aunt Wang thinks is more cunning between the two of us?"

"How dare a humble woman compete with His Majesty for priority, so let Your Majesty choose first!" Yan Muxi pushed the difficult problem back with ease.

Yu Jinzhou put away his smile and pretended to be embarrassed, "Tsk, this is really hard to choose. Why don't you let me think about it for a few more days, and when Aunt Wang enters the palace and we become closer, it won't be too late to make a bet."

"Okay, everything will be up to Your Majesty." Yan Muxi still had a sweet smile on her face.

Looking at the charming and alluring face in front of him, Yu Jinzhou was suddenly dazed for a moment, and Yan Yongchen's face, which was always neither angry nor intimidating, flashed through his mind.

The father and daughter had exactly the same way of dealing with people indifferently. Every time they met, he felt exciting and tired, and afterwards he was extremely greedy for this special feeling.

In a trance, Yu Jinzhou's hand subconsciously reached out for the teacup on the round table. Feeling the warmth of the cup, he immediately withdrew his hand.

Yan Muxi took everything in, and a hint of sarcasm appeared at the corner of his lips.

Only at this moment did she fully understand why Yan Yongchen reminded her that Yu Jinzhou was suspicious. Suspicion can be a person's strength, but it can also be a fatal flaw.

For example, now, Yu Jinzhou didn't even dare to touch the tea she poured. If she wanted to deal with him, it would be enough to keep him suspicious forever.