"Master... I have elderly parents above and a young one below, and a son in junior high... If it weren’t... if it weren’t for the money, how would I have done so much for you... But I can’t ruin my son’s whole life... Master, I’m sorry..."

"You... you... you traitor!" Xia Zhennan shouted and was about to rush up to hit her, but was stopped by the bodyguards.

Xia Xiaonuan staggered back half a step.

Qin Yi hurriedly supported her, asking with concern, "Young Madam, are you alright?"

Xia Xiaonuan shook her head, her face a little pale. She had already guessed this possibility long ago, but actually hearing the answer still sent a jolt through her chest.

He had personally killed... his own wife!

The bodyguard immediately brought a soft chair over. Qin Yi quickly helped Xia Xiaonuan sit down. There was a radiator behind her, the warm air blowing against her back, toasty and hot.

But her heart had already gone ice cold.

"Xia Zhennan, what else do you have to say?" Nangong Yaoling narrowed his eyes and asked.

The man sat in front, his whole body radiating an absolute authority that made people shiver.

"I... no... it’s not like that! Crown Prince... I... I was forced! Crown Prince... I had no choice..." Xia Zhennan was shaking all over, collapsing to the ground in fright, babbling incoherently.

At this moment, Yun, who had been standing in the corner, quickly stepped forward and dropped to her knees with a thud: "Crown Prince, it’s all my fault, my fault alone, punish me! I was the mastermind, it has nothing to do with the Master!"

"You gave the orders?" Nangong Yaoling’s pupils narrowed. "So you’re saying the relationship between you two isn’t simple either?"

Yun’s face changed when she heard this.

Realizing she’d said the wrong thing, she hurriedly covered her mouth.

But Xia Zhennan stretched out his hand and pointed at Yun. "Yes, Crown Prince, it was all this servant! She was the one who told me what to do! Crown Prince... she seduced me first, and then made me kill my wife so I could marry her in! Crown Prince... please spare me! Crown Prince..."

Yun stared wide-eyed, looking at Xia Zhennan in disbelief.

"You... what did you say?"

Xia Xiaonuan watched this farce unfolding in front of her, the corners of her lips curling into a cold smile.

Husband and wife are birds of the same forest; when disaster comes, they fly their separate ways.

These words couldn’t be more fitting for Xia Zhennan.

Whether it was Mrs. Xia or Yun, once something went wrong, the first thing he thought about was always protecting himself.

It was just that those two women were pitiful—loving him their whole lives, only to end up like this.

Yun was completely stunned.

"Zhennan... you... how could you..." She seemed unable to believe her own ears.

A flicker of guilt flashed in Xia Zhennan’s eyes, but he hardened his heart, screwed up his courage and glared at Yun. "You vicious woman! If it weren’t for you, how would I have ended up like this!

We were a happy family of four, and it was you who seduced me, made me lose my wife, chilled my daughter’s heart! Yun, why don’t you just die!"

Tears filled Yun’s eyes. She shook her head, but as if suddenly thinking of something, she abruptly turned to look at the Young Master.

She rushed forward, throwing herself down in front of Nangong Yaoling. "Crown Prince, I was the one behind all of this, it has nothing to do with anyone else! Kill me! This matter is all my fault alone!"

Xia Xiaonuan closed her eyes.

She couldn’t help laying her hand over her lower abdomen.

She could understand Yun’s intention. As a mother, for the sake of her child, truly, there is nothing she wouldn’t do.