Chapter 438 The True Face of the Sun Clan

"Let's go in first," Ling Mohan opened the door and led Feng Jin inside, his hand clasped in hers. He cautioned her, "Stay behind me and don't wander off. Don't touch anything you see, understand?"

"I understand," Feng Jin nodded solemnly, following closely behind Ling Mohan, not daring to move carelessly.

The secret chamber was filled with a heavy, moldy smell. Feng Jin couldn't help but cover her nose and mouth. "The smell in here is really strong. How can anyone stand to be in such a place?"

"The secret chamber is perpetually deprived of sunlight and fresh air, so the smell is naturally unpleasant," he replied.

With no sunlight for years, this secret chamber was no different from a tomb. He had always wondered why royalty and nobility alike were so fond of building secret chambers for unspeakable deeds.

Feng Jin, her voice muffled by her hand covering her mouth, said, "I never want to come back here again. It's enough to make a person suffocate." Her sense of smell was already sensitive, and the current odor was much more potent to her than to an ordinary person. She pressed on, suppressing the urge to vomit.

"Once we find out what we need to know, we'll leave." Ling Mohan held Feng Jin's hand tightly and walked forward, quickening his pace. Before long, they reached the end of the chamber.

"The decoration in this secret chamber is quite impressive. The floor is made of marble, and the walls are inlaid with what looks like jade. Even this candlestick appears to be made of gold..."

"You've got a good eye," Ling Mohan picked up the candlestick Feng Jin mentioned and examined it. It was indeed pure gold.

"Of course. I have a deep understanding of things like gold and jade." Her own storeroom was filled with gold, silver, jewels, and jade. Even if she didn't want to study them, she couldn't help but see them all day long, becoming self-taught.

"However, that old fellow Feng Yuanping is quite wealthy. Perhaps it's all from corruption." Feng Yuanping came from humble beginnings, with no ancestral fortune. His salary was barely enough to support the large household, let alone the extended family back home who all depended on him. Coupled with the treasures in this secret chamber, she found it impossible to believe Feng Yuanping wasn't corrupt.

"Don't speak carelessly without concrete proof. After all, Prime Minister Feng is your nominal father. If he is indeed involved in corruption or bribery and the matter is exposed, you will not escape unscathed."

Feng Jin rolled her eyes and snorted, "As if you have no involvement. We are in this together now. If I'm implicated, you won't be able to escape either." If one were to be precise, the Ling and Feng families were also related by marriage. If one family fell, the other would inevitably suffer.

"It's good that you know that. Let's focus on finding the person first." Wasting no more time, Ling Mohan searched the surroundings. He pushed open a door and stepped inside. After taking just a couple of steps, he heard a rustling sound from within. He immediately became alert, his footsteps slowing, and he felt his way forward.

"Bitch... you damned bitch, I will never forgive you!"

'Slam!' With a loud noise, Madam Sun stared ferociously at Feng Ruoyan, who was tied to a chair. Her eyes were filled with mockery. "In your current state, what can you possibly do to me... Do you still think you're the high and mighty Prime Minister who can control my life and death... You are nothing but a prisoner now. Killing you would be as easy as crushing an ant."

Madam Sun showed no regard for Feng Yuanping, gripping his chin tightly. "Tell me quickly, where did you hide the item? If you tell me, I might spare your life!"

"Bitch, kill me or dismember me as you please! The thing you want was destroyed by me long ago. You will never get it in this lifetime!" Feng Yuanping laughed heartily, his laughter grating on Madam Sun's ears. Enraged, she grabbed a whip from the side and lashed him heavily. Only after she grew tired and had vented her anger did she throw the whip to the ground. Feng Yuanping was already on the verge of death, his breathing shallow.

"I'll give you one more day. If you don't hand over the item tomorrow, I will take your life. I won't spare any of your Feng family, old or young!"

"Madam Sun, you vile woman, if I had known this would happen, I would never have brought you into my household back then!" Only now did he truly see Madam Sun's true face. He deeply regretted being infatuated with Madam Sun and breaking ties with Miao Qing for such a venomous woman. He wished he could flay her alive and tear her to pieces.

"Back then, you were also blinded by lust and obeyed my every word. I only used a few simple tricks to get into your bed. Ultimately, you couldn't control yourself. You have no one to blame for your current predicament; it's all your own doing!" She had long been disgusted by Feng Yuanping. If it weren't for her lack of connections in the capital, and the fact that a woman always had to rely on a man, she had met Feng Yuanping by chance. She had only used some basic, low-class tricks to make Feng Yuanping obey her implicitly. To marry her, he had even broken ties with He Miaoqing. This was a godsend to her, allowing her to so easily get rid of He Miaoqing and take the position of the First Madam of the Feng family. Now, why would she still care about Feng Yuanping? She was the blade, and he was the fish. She would eventually have her day.

"Seeing as you're about to die, I'll tell you a secret." Madam Sun bent down and whispered into Feng Yuanping's ear, "He Miaoqing's death during childbirth back then was because I had already added potent poison to her food. Even if He Miaoqing had miraculously given birth, neither she nor the child would have escaped death. I didn't expect He Miaoqing's body to be so frail; the child died in the womb before birth, and mother and child perished together."

"However, this saved me a lot of effort, as I didn't have to find other ways to eliminate them," Madam Sun said, her eyes full of pride. He Miaoqing, the esteemed eldest daughter of the He family, raised with immense love and doting, had ultimately fallen into her hands. And Feng Yuanping, a top scholar in the imperial court, who had risen to the position of Prime Minister, was also played like a puppet by her, daring not to resist in the slightest.

"You damned woman, I'll kill you... kill you..." Upon hearing that He Miaoqing and her unborn child were both killed by Madam Sun, Feng Yuanping went mad. He struggled violently, causing the chair to shake.

"Kill me? With your current state? Haha..." He found Feng Yuanping's words to be a colossal joke. In his current wretched state, it was nothing short of wishful thinking.