The door to the ancestral hall was opened, and the sight of Luo Honghao standing outside left the old Duke, the Duke, and the Duchess all with embarrassed and disheveled expressions, their eyes darting about, not daring to meet Luo Honghao’s gaze.
Luo Honghao walked into the ancestral hall with a solemn face, helped up the Duchess who had been knocked to the ground by the Duke, and then turned his serious attention towards the old Duke and the Duke.
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The old Duke and the Duke both stayed silent, understanding in their hearts that their recent conversation had been overheard by their grandson, the legitimate heir.
Luo Honghao spoke again, "Are we a part of the Eight Princes Party?"
The old Duke and the Duke still did not speak.
Seeing their tacit acknowledgment, Luo Honghao clenched his fists in pain, then turned his gaze to the Duchess, "Is the child in my younger sister’s womb Xiao Yechi’s?"
The Duchess also didn’t dare meet her eldest son’s eyes and remained silent, looking down.
Luo Honghao’s chest heaved more and more violently, and he spoke again with difficulty, "Did Mother ask Father to bring little sister back because Xiao Yechen found out about this?"
The Duchess gave a slight nod of her head.
Upon seeing this, Luo Honghao’s eyelids twitched violently, "Mother, Princess Consort Ma’s death... does it have anything to do with little sister and Xiao Yechi?"
At this, the old Duke and the Duke both looked towards the Duchess.
Under the gaze of the three men, the Duchess nodded again.
At this, the three most powerful men in the Luo Family all changed their expressions.
After the admission, the Duchess quickly grabbed Luo Honghao’s hand, "Honghao, save Qiongqiong, otherwise, Xiao Yechen will kill her."
Luo Honghao looked at the Duchess, "Mother, how do you plan to save little sister?"
The Duchess glanced at the three Luo men, "The old matron who came to deliver the message said that Xiao Yechen hasn’t made Qiongqiong’s affair public; we still have a chance to save her."
"If... if the Duke’s Residence can’t intervene directly, we could also inform Xiao Yechi; Qiongqiong is still carrying his child, and he will find a way to save her."
Upon hearing this, the Duke immediately pointed angrily at the Duchess, "Xiao Yechen already knows about Qiongqiong’s infidelity, how could he possibly let her off?"
"You even want to tell Xiao Yechi; if he gets discovered, our entire Duke Residence will have to join him in death."
"How did I marry such an ill-fated woman? In your youth, you burdened me, and now in your old age, you come to bring down your son and grandson as well."
The Duke gasped heavily, "Qiongqiong herself didn’t keep to the women’s virtue; even if Xiao Yechen kills her, it’s her own fault."
The Duchess looked at the Duke with teary eyes, "How can you be so heartless? She is your own daughter!"
The Duke spoke directly, "I have no such daughter that brings disgrace to her natal family; if she still remembered the grace of the Luo Family, she would never have gotten involved with Xiao Yechi."
They had already agreed with Xiao Yechi that this would be the last time the Duke Residence would help him, and after this, everyone would go their separate ways.
Who could have expected that his ’good daughter’ would end up carrying Xiao Yechi’s child?
Given this, could the Luo Family still abandon the ship of Xiao Yechi?
Luo Honghao did not intervene in his parents’ quarrel, watching the three people closest to him in the world, heart twisting with pain at the thought of everything he had overheard outside the door; his once-proud Duke Residence was, in fact, filled with such filth.
"Grandfather, Father, I came to the ancestral hall to find you two."
The old Duke and the Duke involuntarily turned their attention to Luo Honghao.
Luo Honghao said, "I found Hidden Guards outside our residence; I had wanted to come and ask you, Grandfather and Father, if our family has recently offended anyone. No need now."
Upon hearing this, the old Duke and Duke’s faces changed drastically.
Old Duke, "Whose Hidden Guards?"
Luo Honghao looked towards the Duchess, "Xiao Yechen may not be very capable, but there’s still Xiao Yeyang in the Prince Residence. Even though he didn’t get along with Princess Consort Ma, even just for the sake of Prince and the Prince Residence’s peace, he might still want to investigate the cause of Princess Consort Ma’s death, right?"
Then, turning back to the old Duke and the Duke, "Grandfather, Father, do you think Xiao Yeyang has noticed anything?"
Listening to his grandson’s words, the old Duke felt a wave of darkness before his eyes.
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