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"Don't worry, I'm helping you. Tonight, I'll give you a chance to serve the important person well. It's just to save your mother's life. With a little breeze from the pillow, you'll naturally have everything you want.
So whether your mother can survive depends on how obedient you are and how hard you work."
Wang Kuan was shocked. "Where have you brought me? How can you force me to do such filthy things!"
"Aren't you a filial son? I'm not asking you to die. For the sake of your widow mother, what's wrong with lowering your head a little? Or was your previous show of filial piety all an act?"
"I've already thought of a way to save my mother! Let me go quickly; I don't need your help anymore. Just pretend this never happened. I was blindfolded all the way here and have no idea where I am. I can return the fifty thousand taels to you, and we can call it even."
The steward naturally didn't believe him and let out a strange laugh.
Wang Kuan didn't give him a chance to speak. Suddenly, he seemed less afraid and stopped struggling, threatening instead, "If you don't want to die, let me go now!
I came to Jingjing City to find my relatives. I've found them, and I've already sent out a letter for help. Once he sees the letter and can't find me, he will definitely come after you. When he sees what you've done to me, he will tear you apart!"
The steward laughed heartily, clearly unconvinced.
Wang Kuan felt humiliated and waited for the steward to finish laughing before reluctantly squeezing out a sentence, "Shi Yun is my grandfather! Try to move me now!"
The steward's laughter abruptly stopped. "What did you say?"
"Shi Yun is my grandfather! Be sensible and let me go quickly!"
"Hah, lying without preparation? The Chancellor's only legitimate son is named Shi Dingyang; there has never been a grandson! This is common knowledge in the court."
"Common knowledge? Then surely someone in the court knows that before marrying Cui Lan, Shi Yun had an engagement. The marriage was set just a month before he rushed to the capital for the imperial examination. He left for only two months when Laizhou suffered a severe drought, causing many from his hometown to starve. During their migration, many also perished.
This was concealed by the officials in Laizhou at that time; initially, the court received no news. When Shi Yun failed his exam and returned home, he found his family gone and could not trace anyone.
After being despondent for some time and seeing through the inaction of Laizhou's officials, he was inspired to take the imperial examination again. Thus, after two more attempts, he finally achieved fame at thirty years old and was later noticed by Cui Family's Imperial Master Manor and married a young wife.
Afterward, Shi Yun sent people everywhere searching for his family's whereabouts. Upon marrying into the Cui Family, he even found his family's skeletons! What a coincidence! I heard that he wore plain clothes and ate vegetarian meals for a month to pray for his deceased family.
But in reality, my grandmother discovered she was pregnant after he left. During the drought, the government forbade northward migration for fear of leaking information and colluded with other local governments to push refugees southward. My grandmother was among them along with Shi Yun's parents.
Not knowing Shi Yun's whereabouts in Jingjing City, my grandmother once wrote back to Laizhou. However, during that time, the government sent people to intercept and read some letters just so news about Laizhou wouldn't spread.
They not only intercepted letters but also told my grandmother that Shi Yun had died to make our family lose hope and continue staying in the south.
My grandmother was heartbroken but bravely took on the responsibility of caring for her in-laws and raising her young children. Due to overwork, she passed away early at thirty years old. Then my father also lost his life due to poverty while working for the family but received compensation in return.
It was this compensation that gave me the opportunity to study and learn that Shi Yun, who had long since risen to high office and married with children, is actually my grandfather!"
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