Mute Granny had lived for more than half of her life. She had experienced many ups and downs in the Mu Clan. She could tell that this young man had an extraordinary temperament and was definitely not from an ordinary background.
She had been knocked unconscious in the Mu family, so she didn't know what had happened that night. She didn't know why Mu Xin's portrait was in this young man's hands, or what relationship this young man had with Mu Xin's daughter. However, she could feel that at least he didn't have any ill intentions.
Kidnapping and imprisoning her was only to dig out Mu Xin's secret from her. She was deaf and mute. Her knowledge of words was limited. After imprisoning her for so long, this young man was probably at his wit's end.
What was this young man doing here today? Mute Granny calmly sat down in front of Long Fei Ye.
Just like in South Ning Prefecture, Long Fei Ye politely poured a cup of tea and pushed it in front of Mute Granny. Long Fei Ye had never been so courteous, not even to elders like Aunt Ru or Tang Zijin.
Mute Granny nodded as a sign of thanks. She took the cup and sipped it gently. She did not notice any difference in the taste.
Long Fei Ye watched silently as Mute Granny drank the entire cup of tea. There was not the slightest ripple of emotion in his deep eyes. He had guarded this secret for so long, pondering the truth day and night. Now that the truth was on the verge of being revealed, he was unusually calm.
Perhaps, there were many things that he already had a conclusion in his heart, and he had already made a decision. Knowing the truth was only to strengthen the decision he had made back then.
Mute Granny put down the cup. Her expression changed. Her throat felt like it was on fire. It was scorching.
She clutched her throat and stared at Long Fei Ye with wide eyes. She thought that Long Fei Ye had poisoned her. She opened her mouth. She wanted to speak, she wanted to shout, but she could not make a sound.
She hurriedly snatched the cup of tea. She wanted to drink a few mouthfuls to ease the burning sensation. However, just as she was about to take a sip, she stopped.
If this tea was poisoned, she would be in even more pain!
The poison in her had been tormenting her throat and ears day and night. It had always been there, causing her to endure the pain every day. However, the pain was nothing compared to the burning sensation she was experiencing.
It was too painful!
Mute Granny angrily pointed at Long Fei Ye. If she could speak, she would definitely be cursing him.
She kept opening her mouth as if she really wanted to say something, but in the end, she couldn't make a sound.
In the face of Mute Granny's fury, Long Fei Ye remained unmoved. He continued to sip his tea. This scene made Mute Granny even angrier.
She suddenly rushed over and roared, "Who are you? Why are you torturing me like this?"
As soon as he said that, Mute Granny was stunned. She hurriedly covered her mouth, her face full of shock.
God, did she just … did she just shout out loud? Her throat suddenly stopped hurting!
Just as Mute Granny was in disbelief, a searing pain shot through her ears. This time, however, Mute Granny didn't explode. Instead, she looked at Long Fei Ye in confusion, hoping for an answer.
Long Fei Ye was still drinking tea. After three cups of tea, he finally spoke. He was very straightforward. "Madam Mu Xin is your master, right?"
Mute Granny was even more shocked. She actually heard it!
For more than twenty years, she had lived in a world of dead silence, unable to hear a single sound. Now, she suddenly heard a human voice. It was a familiar yet unfamiliar feeling. For a moment, she couldn't get used to it. She didn't hear what Long Fei Ye said clearly.
Without a doubt, Long Fei Ye had put the antidote to the Broomcorn Millet Poison in her tea. The Broomcorn Millet Poison was cured!
When Mute Granny realized this, she quickly returned to her seat.
She lowered her head and remained silent for a long time. She needed to adjust her emotions. After a while, she turned to Long Fei Ye and said, "Young man, you are very capable. You actually managed to cure my poison.
Long Fei Ye pushed another cup of tea over and said the same thing, "Madam Mu Xin is your master, right?"
This time, Mute Granny heard him clearly.
"First, tell me who you are." Mute Granny was very calm.
Long Fei Ye took out a portrait of Han Yunxi, the very same one he'd drawn back when he'd wanted her dead. Even Chu Xifeng had no idea that he'd drawn the portrait himself.
Mute Granny grew excited at the sight of the portrait.
"I'm sure you know that the girl in the portrait is Mu Xin's daughter. Her name is Han Yunxi," Long Fei Ye said.
"Han Yunxi … that girl's called Han Yunxi? Yunxi … Yunxi … "
Mute Granny was both surprised and delighted. When she saw the girl in the Mu Estate's bamboo house and saw the "Xin" character on her bag, she knew she was Mu Xin's daughter.
Back then, Miss Mu Xin had said that she wanted a daughter in the future and would teach her the art of medicine. She even wanted to embroider a bag for her as a dowry.
She never expected the young miss to actually give birth to a daughter who was already so old.
"And who are you?" Mute Granny asked cautiously.
Long Fei Ye didn't hesitate to give her an answer. "Your lordship is Han Yunxi's husband, Tianning's Duke of Qin."
A husband was a position that every man had. It was also a man's responsibility. Although he'd held the title for a long time, Long Fei Ye felt an indescribable sensation in his heart as he smiled faintly.
Mute Granny had been imprisoned in the Mu Estate for years, so she had no idea of Tianning's Duke of Qin's power. She was very surprised. "Then why are you keeping me here behind her back?"
Although she wasn't clear on the situation, she was certain that Han Yunxi didn't know she'd been imprisoned.
"There are some things that she'll never know. She'll …"
Long Fei Ye fell silent for a long time without saying anything else.
"How is it?" Mute Granny pressed.
Long Fei Ye remained silent.
"Just what do you want to do?" The more Mute Granny thought about it, the more timid she felt. This fellow was the young miss's husband. If he had any ill intentions, what would happen to the young miss?
"There are some things that she'll never know. She'll … be happy." Long Fei Ye finally finished his sentence.
Happy?
This was the first time he'd said that word in his life.
Actually, he didn't really understand the meaning of the word. He'd never thought that the word would exist in his dictionary.
He only knew that the word "happiness" should be the ultimate pursuit for a woman.
Compared to "happiness," Long Feiye knew even less about women.
He didn't know when it started, but he'd always wanted to treat that woman well. Unfortunately, he didn't know how.
Ever since he was young, he'd never treated anyone well, much less understood or liked any woman.
His purest thoughts were that if he liked her, he'd make her happy.
Long Fei Ye's words were heavy, but there was a faint smile on his cold lips.
It was this smile that dispelled the innate cold aura on his body.
When Mute Granny saw that, she relaxed her guard. She didn't know what was going on, but her eyes had seen far too much love and hate. She could see the smile on the young man's face.
What was happiness?
In this world, there was a person who would make you smile when you thought of her.
That was happiness!
"There are some things that she doesn't know. Could it be that you do?" Mute Granny asked seriously.
"If I'm not mistaken, Madam Mu Xin has the blood of Western Qin's imperial family flowing through her veins." Long Fei Ye hit the nail on the head.
Mute Granny's heart skipped a beat. She looked at Long Fei Ye, not knowing what to say.
She knew all of Mu Xin's secrets, and the most confidential one, which even Mu Yingdong didn't know, was Mu Xin's background!
"How did you know?" Mute Granny knew that there was no point in denying it now.
"It seems that this prince's guess was correct!" Long Fei Ye grew serious.
From the first night Han Yunxi entered the Duke of Qin's manor, he had begun investigating Han Yunxi.
On the wedding night, the woman's poison skills and calmness surprised him. He didn't believe that the trash of the Han family's di daughter would have such skills.
At first, he suspected that Han Yunxi was a spy, and that she was in cahoots with the spies from Northern Li. But later, he gradually realized that the woman was very simple. She didn't even have a friend, much less an accomplice. She didn't have any relationship with the spies from Northern Li, but she had personally uncovered them.
She carried the identity of "Qin Wangfei" and didn't enjoy any glory. Instead, she was hated by everyone and got herself into trouble. But she was able to deal with it all on her own.
At first, he just watched silently. But gradually, he couldn't help but make an exception and speak up for her.
She said that she learned her poison skills from the books left behind by Lady Tianxin, but he was skeptical. He began to secretly interrogate Han Congan and investigate Lady Tianxin.
Only then did he find out that Han Yunxi wasn't Han Congan's biological daughter, but Lady Tianxin's and someone else's.
He investigated all the way to the Mu family in Medicine City and found out that Lady Tianxin was having an affair with the remnants of the poison pet.
For a long time, his suspicions about Han Yunxi's origins were inseparable from the two words "Poison Sect". If the white-robed man from the Shadow Clan hadn't appeared, he would never have thought that the woman he had made an exception to keep by his side was related to the Western Qin imperial family.
Forget about others, even the orphans of the Seven Noble Families wouldn't have thought that the Western Qin imperial family had an orphan. Back then, the last of the Western Qin imperial family's bloodline had been publicly shot by the Nether Clan!
The Shadow Clan was one of the Seven Noble Families. They were the most loyal and responsible guards of the Western Qin imperial family.
The Shadow Clan's protection was with their lives. They had never failed to fulfill their duties, much less betrayed them. When the Western Qin imperial family was destroyed, the entire Shadow Clan had been buried with them.
But now, a descendant of the Shadow Clan had appeared. Without a doubt, this proved that the Western Qin imperial family had an orphan.
That white-robed man's protection of Han Yunxi was hard to ignore.
No one could say for sure whether the Shadow Clan member had appeared to search for his master, or whether he had appeared because of the poison beast.
Long Fei Ye didn't have a definite answer either, which was why he'd asked Mute Granny today.
But Mute Granny's reaction gave him a definite answer.
Han Yunxi was the orphan of the Western Qin imperial family!
Without a doubt, Mute Granny was furious at Long Fei Ye's probing method, but she couldn't deny it. "How on earth did you guess?" she asked angrily.
"Because the Shadow Clan came looking for her," Long Fei Ye said calmly.
Unexpectedly, Mute Granny was very agitated. "The Shadow Clan … what do they want?"
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