The pressure, an unprecedented and immense pressure, pressed down on the Xiao Family like a physical weight.
Faced with the potential influence of a Great Grandmaster, can the Xiao Family still stand firm?
Zhang Yu was also filled with dread.
Zhang Lingyun?
That younger sister I remembered as quiet and reserved, whose talent didn't seem exceptional?
She actually became the Direct Disciple of the leader of East Green Mountain Sect Master?
Could it be because of the Sword Bone Pill I refined for him back then?
Unlike the oppressive and despairing atmosphere on the Xiao Family's side, Qin Xuehua's side presented a completely different picture.
After learning the earth-shattering news that his daughter, Zhang Lingyun, had actually joined East Green Mountain and become a direct disciple of Direct Disciple Great Grandmaster.
Qin Xuehua was first overjoyed with disbelief, then an indescribable sense of superiority rose from her heart, and she felt extremely proud.
She suddenly looked up, her gaze like a poisoned knife, piercing Zhang Yu fiercely:
"You bastard, did you hear me?"
My Zhang Family bloodline, my daughter Qin Xuehua's daughter, is so outstanding, so noble.
"The Direct Disciple of the East Green Mountain Sect Master, a phoenix destined to soar through the Nine Heavens, how could you, a bastard tainted with the blood of Sheng Yuntang, possibly compare?"
She seemed to want to vent all her hatred for Zhang Yu, as well as the fear and humiliation she had just experienced.
With her daughter Zhang Lingyun as her strong support, she felt more confident than ever before.
Zhang Heng burst into wild laughter, his laughter filled with madness and resentment.
He pointed at Zhang Yu, then at the ashen-faced members of the Xiao Family, and roared:
"Hahaha!
Zhang Yu, Xiao Zhengfeng, did you hear that?
My older sister is the Direct Disciple of the East Green Mountain Sect Master, and a disciple of Great Grandmaster.
Weren't you guys very arrogant before?
Weren't you going to cripple us?
Come on, keep going.
I'd like to see who dares to lay a finger on me today.
Your Xiao Family, by protecting that bastard Zhang Yu and making enemies of my Zhang Family, is courting your own destruction.
When Lingyun returns, I will ensure the complete annihilation of your Xiao Family, leaving not a single one alive.
Zhang Wanning chimed in menacingly, her voice shrill:
"That's right. The Xiao Family has acted perversely and failed to distinguish between loyalty and treachery. They even harmed the descendants of loyal officials for the sake of Zhang Yu, this bastard. They are truly incompetent and immoral."
Today's disaster is entirely your own fault.
The Xiao Family deserves to be wiped out.
The brother and sister, singing in unison, perfectly portrayed the smugness and despicable nature of those who have achieved their goals.
"Shut up!"
Qin Zhen suddenly shouted, interrupting Qin Xuehua and her two children's unbridled mockery and threats.
He frowned, looked at Xiao Zhengfeng, his face still bearing that guilty and helpless expression, and said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, things have come to this point, there's no point in saying more."
In the end, what happened today is a family matter between my Qin Household and the Zhang Family, which arose because of my daughter.
"As long as the Imperial Family stops interfering now and hands over Zhang Yu, this old minister... is willing to use his old face to do his best to mediate and preserve the Imperial Family lineage."
Qin Zhen ultimately still held a lingering affection for the Wei Kingdom, to which he had served loyally throughout his life, and was unwilling to make a complete break.
Upon hearing her father's words, Qin Xuehua, though still filled with hatred for the Xiao Family and determined to kill Zhang Yu, felt a surge of anger.
But considering that her father had already borne the stigma of treason and endured immense pressure for her sake, she didn't want to make things too difficult for him.
So, she took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to tear the Xiao Family to pieces immediately, and following Qin Zhen's words, gave Zhang Heng and Zhang Wanning a wink, and whispered:
"Heng'er, Wan Ning, listen to your grandfather."
"If we deal with this wicked Zhang Yu today, the rest... can be discussed at a later time."
She thought that as long as Zhang Yu died and the Xiao Family backed down, with Ling Yun around, there would be plenty of opportunities to slowly deal with the Xiao Family in the future.
However, to everyone's surprise, Zhang Heng suddenly shook off Qin Xuehua's hand that was trying to pull him, and a disdainful expression appeared on his face.
He turned his head, looking at Qin Xuehua with an extremely unfamiliar, even contemptuous, gaze, and sneered:
"Listen to Grandpa?"
Ha... Qin Xuehua, who do you think you are?
"Does he even have the right to order me around?"
"You... Heng'er, you... what did you call me?"
Qin Xuehua was struck dumb, her expression freezing instantly. She stared at Zhang Heng in disbelief, thinking she had misheard.
Although Zhang Heng had sometimes spoiled his mother since he was a child, he had never spoken to her in such a disrespectful or even hateful tone!
Zhang Wanning also stepped forward and stood beside Zhang Heng, looking at Qin Xuehua with the same cold and distant gaze, her tone harsh:
"Qin Xuehua, you don't really think you're our mother, do you?"
Don't you even know who you are? A used and discarded woman, discarded by Sheng Yuntang, do you even deserve to be our mother?
"Does he even deserve to bear offspring for the Zhang Family?"
Boom--!!!
These words, like poisoned ice spikes, pierced Qin Xuehua's heart.
The color drained from her face instantly, turning her deathly pale. She swayed, almost fainting.
She couldn't understand why her children, who had just been united with her in their hatred of Zhang Yu, would suddenly attack her with such vicious and unfamiliar words.
And... "Aren't you our mother?"
What does that mean?!
At that moment, Zhang Yu and Hu Qingxuan's words suddenly came to Qin Xuehua's mind.
A terrifying thought began to take root in my mind.
But she didn't want to believe it, didn't dare to believe it, and didn't even dare to think about it.
Because the truth was so terrifying, terrifying enough to tear her soul apart.
Qin Zhen's expression also changed drastically. He looked sharply at Zhang Heng and Zhang Wanning and shouted sternly:
"You two bastards, what nonsense are you spouting?"
Hurry up and apologize to your mother.
A strong sense of unease welled up within him; the reaction of his "grandson" and "granddaughter" was completely beyond his expectations and control.
However, Zhang Heng and Zhang Wanning ignored Qin Zhen's reprimands.
A cruel, triumphant smile appeared on Zhang Heng's face.
He surveyed the diverse expressions of the people in the Heavenly Prison, his gaze finally settling on Qin Xuehua, who was deathly pale and swaying precariously. In a tone as if announcing momentous news, he spoke slowly and deliberately:
"You old fool, and you stupid woman, listen up!"
I, Zhang Heng, along with my eldest sister Zhang Lingyun, second sister Zhang Feifeng, Third Sister Zhang Qingyue, and fourth sister Zhang Wanning, carry the most noble and purest bloodline of the Zhang Family!
Our biological mother was a princess of the Duke in the north, who was also Aunt Lin, who lived in the Marquis Estate.
As for you, Qin Xuehua?
At this point, Zhang Heng paused deliberately, then said sarcastically:
"He was merely a tool that Father feigned to acquire in order to leverage the power of the Duke Qin."
You don't really think anyone would want to marry a slut who's secretly pregnant, do you?
Zhang Wanning's cold laugh rang out:
"Your good son Zhang Yu is right. Your fertility was deliberately destroyed by your father when you gave birth to that bastard Zhang Yu."
Later, every time our mother became pregnant, she would use False Pregnancy Pill to make you feel pregnant at the same time, and then switch you during childbirth.
At this moment, they saw that their eldest sister, Zhang Lingyun, had become a disciple of East Green Mountain and had Great Grandmaster as her backer.
Moreover, Grandfather Zhang Yuanfeng also broke through to the Grandmaster, and with the support of two more Grandmaster and Four Great Lords, the Zhang Family no longer pretended to be friendly with Qin Xuehua.