After a long time, Lin Jinyan finally crawled to Chu Chengyao's feet.
She raised her bloody face and begged: "Chu Chengyao, I beg you, you can kill me, scrape me or even kill me. I beg you to let my father and my brother go. You can do whatever you want to me. I just beg you to let them go. I beg you, I beg you..."
Lin Jinyan, who received no response, began to kowtow over and over: "Please, Your Majesty, I beg you, let them go, I beg you..."
He kowtowed until he saw blood on his forehead before hearing Chu Chengyao's voice: "Lin Jinyan, as noble as you are, you will kowtow to beg for help. But when I begged you, you would not beg the Gu family and the Lin family like this. Given the situation, it might be useful for you to beg me like this yesterday, but today..."
Lin Jinyan asked eagerly: "How are you today?"
Chu Chengyao took a step back and squatted down, reaching out to tuck the messy hair in front of Lin Jinyan's eyes behind her ears. His eyes even contained the tenderness that Lin Jinyan was familiar with.
As if he was whispering to his sweetheart, he said gently: "This morning, your brother heard the bad news about the Lin family and held Princess Yunxi hostage at knifepoint. He was about to come to rescue you, but was shot dead by the imperial guards. Before he came to you, he heard that your father had vomited blood and was afraid that he would die soon. That’s it.”
Lin Jinyan's eyes widened and she stopped breathing. After a moment, she took a few breaths and grabbed Chu Chengyao's sleeve and said urgently: "Impossible! You lied to me, right? You just want to see me sad, right?" They’re okay, right?”
Chu Chengyao had a smile on his lips: "I used to lie to you because the situation required it, but now I don't need to lie to you."
After speaking, Chu Chengyao stood up and ordered: "Come here, bring Lin Siyuan."
As Chu Chengyao stood up, Lin Jinyan fell back to the ground, staring at the door.
She prayed extremely hard that Chu Chengyao was also lying to her this time, and that her father and brother were safe and sound.
Chu Chengyao sat on the chair prepared for Zhou Yuexue. Zhou Yuexue used a handkerchief to wipe the stains on his sleeves stained by Lin Jinyan. The words of distress in his mouth made Chu Chengyao relax.
Soon there were footsteps outside. Lin Jinyan stood up and stared at the door. She saw Lin Siyuan, with disheveled hair and blood on his chest, unconscious and being dragged in by two guards.
Lin Jinyan shouted loudly: "Dad, dad..."
Chu Chengyao gave the guard a wink, and the guard threw Lin Siyuan in front of Lin Jinyan.
Lin Jinyan crawled forward, shook Lin Siyuan's shoulders and cried: "Dad! Dad! I am Yan'er. Dad, please open your eyes and look at me. I am Yan'er...Dad..."
Lin Siyuan, whose face was already gray, heard the voice and slowly opened his eyes and said with breathless breath: "Yan'er..."
Lin Jinyan grabbed Lin Siyuan's slowly raised hand and replied, "Dad, it's me."
When Lin Siyuan saw Lin Jinyan's face clearly, he couldn't help but feel distressed: "Yan'er...why...are you hurt like this? Does it hurt...Dad didn't...protect you..."
Lin Jinyan tightly grasped Lin Siyuan's hand that was trying to touch her wound, shook her head and cried, "It's not dad's fault, it's all my fault. It's my daughter's fault for mistrusting the traitor. She harmed her father, the Lin family, and the Gu family. It's all my daughter's fault."
Lin Siyuan said intermittently: "It's not... your fault... no one... blames you... live well..."
During Lin Jinyan's crying confession, Lin Siyuan could not take a breath, his mouth was open and his eyes were open, and he was breathless.
Lin Jinyan looked into Lin Siyuan's eyes and helplessly went from whispering to crying and screaming: "Dad...Dad...Dad!!!"
After crying for a long time, Lin Jinyan stretched out her hand and slowly covered Lin Siyuan's eyes.
