In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

"Your Excellency, Prefect..."

He stared at Bai Liezhao in shock, unable to believe it.

Bai Liezhao's face was serious. He looked as if he had aged five years. His face was thin, his eyebrows and eyes were full of hardship, and the flesh on his face was sagging.

"you......"

"you......"

"You overdraw your internal energy and actually chased me all the way from Kyoto."

Bai Liezhao nodded and calmly said, "I'd like to see Zhao Bingyu. My sister and the others are up ahead, right?"

The Prefect of Qingzhou: "......"

The prefect of Qingzhou was immediately silenced.

He looked at Bai Liezhao and tentatively asked, "Why... are you so determined to see Zhao Bingyu?"

Bai Liezhao said, "I want to completely sever ties with Zhao Bingyu."

"It's not that I want to see her... or miss her. I'm simply here to cut ties with Zhao Bingyu."

The prefect of Qingzhou was bewildered by these words: "You, you're trying to sever ties with our family?"

“That’s right.” Bai Liezhao nodded.

The prefect of Qingzhou couldn't help but ask, "But...but what about your father? How are you going to explain this to him?"

“Of course we’ll sever ties together.” Bai Liezhao stretched out his hand, indicating that he didn’t care.

"Just cut them off on both sides."

"????????"

The prefect of Qingzhou was silenced once again.

He looked at Bai Liezhao in disbelief: "This is something that will cause a stir throughout the world. Are you really going to do this?"

Bai Liezhao nodded, his eyes filled with disgust: "Otherwise what?"

"If we don't do this, then my sister... won't she always be controlled by Zhao Bingyu?!"

"I keep telling her... she's Zhao Bingyu's biological daughter, so she can't do this or that... It's really annoying."

To be honest, they still felt a sliver of affection for Zhao Bingyu.

However... this familial bond must not be allowed to hold Bailu back.

When Bai Lu does things, she always considers Zhao Bingyu and the three Bai brothers. Since she doesn't have any feelings for them yet, she naturally has to be considerate of everything.

After speaking with the prefect of Qingzhou, Bai Liezhao rested for a while, then immediately channeled his inner strength and headed towards the carriage ahead.

In a flash, he jumped directly in front of Bailu.

When he turned his head, Bai Lu was startled.

She slowly pulled on the reins, and Bai Lu said to Bai Liezhao in surprise, "Second Brother, it's you?"

"Why can't it be me?" Bai Liezhao grinned at Bai Lu and said to her.

"You must be tired from your journey. Have some water."

As he spoke, he handed a water pouch to Bailu.

Seeing her second brother, whose internal energy was completely depleted and who was barely recognizable as a human, Bai Lu looked at Bai Liezhao in astonishment and said, "What happened to you?! Second brother... why did you do this?"

As she spoke, Bai Lu looked at him with a hint of concern: "Why did you travel such a long way?"

Bai Liezhao sighed and said to Bai Lu, "Isn't it because I wanted to see her?"

"..."

Bai Lu was silent.

Bai Liezhao told Bai Lu his thoughts: "I want to sever ties with her."

"Furthermore, all three of us brothers will sever ties with her from now on, so we will no longer be subject to her control."

Bai Liezhao's words shocked not only the prefect of Qingzhou, but also Bai Lu.

Bai Lu, still in a daze, looked at Bai Liezhao and said, "But... but if it's like this, are you all willing to do it?"

“Why wouldn’t you want to?” Bai Liezhao raised an eyebrow and then said to Bai Lu.

"Bai Yansong treated you very badly before. If we hadn't refused to sever ties with him, he wouldn't be so arrogant and unruly."

Bai Lu fell silent; that was indeed the truth.

Bai Liezhao then said, "So, learning from our experience, we'll just sever ties with Zhao Bingyu and Bai Yansong as well."

"That way, you won't be harassed."

"It's fine if the rest of us are being harassed, the main problem is you... you don't really have any family ties with them anyway."

His words left Bai Lu with an indescribable feeling, a bittersweet mix of emotions.

These are, after all, the father and mother of the Bai family, with whom the three brothers have lived since childhood. It's truly baffling what their mindset was when they said such a thing.

Then, Bai Liezhao said, "Sister, you don't need to worry about this matter. We'll handle it."

"We will absolutely not allow you or your children to get hurt."

“We will sever all ties with him and have no further connection with him. We have met.”

"If we meet again, it won't be a close meeting; it will surely be a fight to the death."

"Unlike before... Bai Yansong treated you the way he did; you won't have any more trouble."

Bai Lu nodded; she roughly understood.

Bai Yansong previously caused himself and the children a lot of trouble.

Although the three Bai brothers are somewhat cold-blooded and ruthless, their actions do greatly reduce their own troubles, all for their own benefit.

Bai Lu stepped forward and gently hugged Bai Liezhao, noticing a slightly sour smell on him, as he hadn't showered for many days.

Add to that the exhaustion from traveling all night, and I feel like I'm just skin and bones.

Bai Lu felt incredibly sorry for Bai Liezhao and sighed, "Alright, I won't leave. I'll stay here."

"Zhao Bingyu and Ru Bao are inside too. Go and talk to them."

“Okay.” Bai Liezhao nodded and lifted the carriage curtain.

His face appeared directly in front of Zhao Bingyu and Ru Bao.

Zhao Bingyu and Ru Bao were in the car and heard everything they said.

Ru Bao didn't feel anything, but she thought Bai Liezhao was a bit stupid: his mother had so much wealth and so many connections.

If they keep kissing, with Bai Liezhao's face that looks somewhat like Zhao Bingyu's... just by going up there and acting pitiful, how much resources and wealth could they earn back?

Why is it necessary to sever ties with relatives?

Zhao Bingyu was completely dumbfounded.

She felt a buzzing in her ears.

Are you going to sever ties with your family?

Bai Liezhao actually wants to sever ties with his family?!

I never dreamed that Bai Liezhao would do this.

This son, who was once the most thoughtless, straightforward, and passionate, and who was once the most dependent on his father... would do something so resolute.

She snapped back to reality, her face drained of color, her voice sharp and trembling: "Lie Zhao!"

"You...do you know what you're saying? I'm your mother!"

“Mother?” Bai Liezhao sneered, his laughter filled with sarcasm and weariness.

"You lost that title the moment you abandoned the four of us siblings."

Zhao Bingyu's tears welled up instantly.

She adopted the most pitiful posture, her voice choked with emotion: "How could you say that?!"

"Have you forgotten? When you were little, I was the one you clung to the most."

"When you were sick, I held you in my arms for three days and three nights without closing my eyes."

"When you were learning to walk, you fell down, and I helped you up and personally applied medicine to your wounds."

"My son and I used to be so close..."

How could you... how could you say such cruel things?

“I remember,” he said slowly, his voice hoarse.

"Of course I remember."

I remember the sweet scent of you when you held me, and the gentle way you looked when you taught me to write.

"It's precisely because I remember that I hate it even more!"

His voice suddenly rose, filled with pain suppressed for twenty years: "I remember even more clearly the day you left!"

"I remember my eldest brother kneeling in the snow...kneeling for days and nights...I remember my third brother crying his heart out...I remember my little sister was so small, crying for milk! We all thought you were dead!"

"My eldest brother was willing to shorten his own lifespan for us!"

"My sister has also been missing for many years!"

"That Xie woman is all talk and no action. My third brother and I were young, and we got beaten by my father a lot because of her!"

"Your so-called 'goodness' is like giving us a taste of the sweetest honey, and then personally pushing us into the bitterest bitter water!"

"Zhao Bingyu, you've abandoned us!"

" I don't! "

"I have my reasons!" Zhao Bingyu screamed hysterically.

Do you think I want to leave you?

"It was Bai Yansong! He forced me to do this!"

"If I don't leave, my life will only get worse!! It's all his fault! He favored his concubine over his wife, that's why I left..."

"What can I, a weak woman, do?"

Bai Chuyao looked at her with a complicated expression, tinged with guilt: "Yes... he made a mistake..."

"But just because of your predicament, are we supposed to grant your wish?"

“You could have chosen another way… You could have told us you wanted to leave Dad, you could have taken us with you… We were all willing to go with you… No matter how hard or tiring it was, we were willing…”

"But why did you leave us here? Making us like motherless children for over a decade?"

"Hahaha!" As he spoke, Bai Liezhao seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, and he cried.

"Who in this world doesn't have their own troubles? Farmers in the fields have their troubles caused by natural disasters and man-made calamities; soldiers on the frontier have their troubles of dying on the battlefield; even beggars on the street have their troubles of going hungry!"

"Does having one's own difficulties give them the right to abandon their responsibilities and forsake their own flesh and blood?"

"Your grievances... are just a shield for your selfishness!"

He took a step closer, his travel-worn aura mixed with a murderous intent, causing Zhao Bingyu to instinctively shrink back.

This child... has indeed experienced a lot over the years, and he even killed many people on the battlefield, which is why he has such a resolute aura.

This realization made Zhao Bingyu feel incredibly sad.

None of his sons in the Western Regions were as outstanding as them; some even seemed a bit foolish.

Because they simply haven't experienced as much as these children.

Zhao Bingyu felt a deep sense of regret...

“I am not here today to hear your explanations.” Bai Liezhao’s voice returned to calm, but beneath that calm was a deeper despair.

"I'm just here to tell you, to let you see me one last time."

"From this day forward, our bond as mother and son is severed. We will never see each other again, in life or in death, and we will have no further connection."

"No! I won't allow it!" Zhao Bingyu went completely mad.

Her beautiful face was contorted with rage: "Bai Liezhao, what right do you have to break up with only me?"

"What about Bai Yansong? That man wasn't good to you either!"

"He's biased, he's mean!"

"If you're going to break up, why don't you break up with him too? You can't be so unfair!"

She thought she had found Bai Liezhao's weakness and that her words would leave him speechless.

However, Bai Liezhao simply looked at her as if she were an idiot and said indifferently, "Who told you we're not breaking up with him?"

Zhao Bingyu was completely dumbfounded.

One day later.

The sound of rapid hoofbeats came from afar.

Amidst the rising dust, two swift horses galloped towards them like lightning, carrying Bai Chuyao and Bai Qingze.

They were clearly traveling at breakneck speed, enduring wind and rain.

Although he didn't overdraw his internal energy like Bai Liezhao, he still looked tired.

"Second Brother!" Bai Qingze was the first to rein in his horse, dismount, and walk over in a few steps.

Bai Chuyao followed closely behind.

"Big brother, third brother, you've arrived." Bai Liezhao's tense nerves relaxed slightly when he saw his elder and younger brothers.

Bai Chuyao nodded and went to where the carriage was parked.

He looked directly at Zhao Bingyu, whose face was deathly pale inside the carriage, and said in a steady voice, "We share the same thoughts as our second brother."

"Today, the three of us brothers have come together."

"Firstly, I will sever my mother-son relationship with you, Zhao Bingyu."

"Secondly." He paused, his eyes growing even colder.

"This is also a public announcement to the world that the three Bai brothers are severing all ties with our father, Bai Yansong."

Boom!

These words struck Zhao Bingyu like a thunderbolt.

She was completely speechless.

Her last struggle, her last excuse, was utterly shattered by Bai Chuyao's casual remark.

They... they actually abandoned their father!

Have they gone mad for the sake of White Dew?!

Bai Qingze stepped forward, his expression utterly calm: "Madam Zhao, after all these years, you've probably long forgotten you even have grandchildren."

"Today, I'll let you see me one last time; consider it our final farewell."

As he spoke, he waved to the back of his head.

Bai Lu's carriage slowly approached, and Xu Xian lifted the curtain.

Seven tiny, delicately carved moons sat in a row, each with eyes as clear and bright as the white dew, gazing curiously outwards.

Beside them, Bai Chuyao's three sons—Bai Zhuojun, Bai Qingyue, and the lively Bai Tingjing—also peeked out.

Ten children, ten pairs of pure and innocent eyes, quietly watched Zhao Bingyu.

This is the continuation of bloodline, another part of her life.

But at this moment, there was no affection or closeness in the eyes of these children, only unfamiliarity and alienation.

They are Bai Lu's children, and Bai Chuyao's children.

But from now on, they will no longer be her grandchildren.

Zhao Bingyu was so heartbroken that she almost curled up in pain.

She lost her son, her daughter, and all her children forever.

She spent her whole life working hard, thinking she had everything under control... but in the end... she lost what was most fundamental.