When he woke up, Yan Xiuming sent someone to tell him, "Third Young Master, you've had enough grief. Now, please return to the capital. The world is in turmoil. The eldest and second young masters are helping the Patriarch. If you delay returning due to personal ties, the Patriarch will not give you another chance."

Yan Xiuming felt that he had been kind enough to him, "The Patriarch values ​​the Third Young Master, otherwise his subordinates wouldn't have come through this."

"The Third Young Master has no weaknesses now, so he can fight the other two Young Masters to his heart's content. The Patriarch said he will wait and see."

Being the head of the Yan family is even harder than being the emperor. Yan Xiuming wants him to cut off all emotions and love, to be rational forever, and to only consider the interests of the entire Yan family.

After Yan Chongfu returned to Shangjing, his methods became more and more ruthless. Sometimes when he stood in front of the mirror, he felt that the shadow of Yan Xiuming was everywhere on him.

It seems that Yan Chongfu also died in Lianzhou with Yue Niang.

Yan Xiuming was so successful that he brought his heir, who had gone astray, back to the right path.

In the seventh year after the fall of the Chu State, Yan Chongfu's two brothers died one after another in Wu County, thousands of miles away. Soon after, the eldest daughter of the Wang family and her son fell off a cliff on their way to burn incense, and when they were found, even their bodies were not complete.

Xi He was already sixteen years old. He hated his cruel and ruthless father to the core. His father could watch his mother die, could slaughter his brothers and sisters, and yet he could maintain contact with Zhao Xuzhen as if nothing had happened. He said to him, "Zhao Xuzhen is now second only to the emperor in the court, and he is maneuvering between the four of us brothers. If I withdraw, won't I be giving others opportunities in vain?"

Xi He looked at him disappointedly. They hadn't had a proper conversation in years. "Sometimes, I really hate that you're my father."

After he finished speaking, he turned and left. Yan Chongfu was still sitting upright in his seat. He was the only one left in the room, all alone.

He has already lost Yue Niang, he can no longer protect his son.

Under the instigation of Yan Xiuming, it was destined that it was either you die or I live, and there could only be one winner.

Xi He is very smart, but he is still young and still retains his kindness and innocence.

On New Year's Eve that year, Yan Chongfu hurried through the rain and broke into the Yan family ancestral hall with his men. Yan Xiuming was burning incense in front of the ancestors. After he finished his salute, he turned around and looked at the successor he had trained.

He was very satisfied: "You are more capable than I thought."

He laughed crazily, "Are you going to kill me?"

"If you can bear the consequences, I am willing to die."

Yan Chongfu said, "I won't kill you."

Yan Xiuming was very disappointed, "What are you afraid of?"

"Everyone here is yours. It wouldn't be difficult for you to hide the fact that you killed me. If anyone in the clan wants to investigate, you have the power now. Whether it's concealing the truth or breaking up with each other, who would disobey you?"

"Coward!" Yan Xiuming became excited and pointed at him, "Kill me!"

"You are my most proud son, how could you not even dare to kill me!"

"That woman died miserably, didn't she?" He laughed again, his eyes as dark as ink as a stare at Yan Chongfu. "The Liao people are barbaric. They always take pleasure in slaughtering civilians after attacking a city. You care about her too much, so much so that I must get rid of her. The people you left with her protected her until their death. But I won't kill her. If I leave her in Lianzhou, the Liao people will torture her in every way."

He was provoking him.

This was the last lesson he left for Yan Chongfu. He had to kill him. If he didn't even dare to kill his father and couldn't even clean up the mess that followed, how could it be considered his best work?

Yan Chongfu stood behind the rain with a stern face, which reminded Yan Xiuming of many years ago when he was also like this, expressionless but as stubborn as a donkey, and told him that he wanted to marry that fisherwoman with no background.

He heard Yan Chongfu's calm voice, without sadness or joy, saying, "I won't kill you, but I will make you live a life worse than death."

"Hahahaha!"

There was a loud thunderclap in the sky, and lightning illuminated the countless tablets behind Yan Xiuming. "Yes, yes, that's it!"

He looked like a madman, "This is you! This is the you I created!"

He was led away obediently without even a hint of resistance. He was still immersed in great excitement. When he passed by Yan Chongfu, he said: "One day you will understand me, and you will treat your son the same way I do."

Yan Chongfu turned his eyes and looked at him. He said word by word as if he was swearing, "I will never be like you."

Heavy rain fell all night. At dawn, all the bloodstains were washed away. The Yan family was very peaceful, as if nothing had happened.

Yan Chongfu is now the new head of the family.

Zhao Xuzhen ordered people to send gifts of congratulations. He was very proud in the court. He had dealt with the four sons of the Yan family. Whoever became the head of the family, he would come to build some friendship with him.

With an emperor who was greedy for pleasure and a treacherous minister who played power games, the people's lives have always been difficult since the fall of the Chu Kingdom.

Not to mention that Zhao Xuzhen had always been in collusion with the Liao Kingdom. Seven years ago, it was he who worked together with the Liao people from inside and outside and took the opportunity to instigate Zong Zhengrong to rebel.

His Yue Niang died at the hands of the cruel Liao soldiers, Zhao Xuzhen, and he wished he could peel off her bones, drink her blood, and eat her flesh.

But it still didn't work. Only if the Yan family stood firm could he protect himself and his son. He had to wear a mask and deal with it.

He wants Xihe to truly grow up.

He would clear away all obstacles for him and let him get the freedom that he would never get in his life.

Yue Niang, I will do well.

I will let our child become the true master of the world. He will control the Yan family and the imperial power. He will become a truly strong man, and no one can take anything away from him.

Xi He was a natural born ruler. He was concerned about the country and the people. In order to save the crumbling court under the control of Zhao Xuzhen and the people in dire straits, he stood by Zong Zhengrong's son Zong Zhenglin.

That cowardly and stupid little emperor, what made him worthy of his support!

Yan Chongfu watched coldly. He had waited for so many years and it was worth the wait. Xi He would one day realize that this dynasty was a mistake from the beginning.

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