Yue Fuguang was considered half an ancient person anyway. Since the child wasn't raised in the estate, he must have been born to a mistress kept outside. This wasn't hard to guess.
[He is indeed an illegitimate child. His biological mother comes from a poor background as the descendant of a convicted official. Yu Boyuan didn't dare to bring them back to the Yu family. Therefore, even though Yu Huaijian is already fifteen years old, he has never stepped through the doors of the Yu family.
He feels both yearning and resentment towards the Yu family. On one hand, he longs to be officially recognized and return to his ancestors; on the other hand, he harbors extreme resentment towards his brothers who can openly and legitimately live as sons of the Yu family.]
Yu Boyuan's face went blank for a moment. In front of him, Jian'er had always maintained the image of a well-behaved and sensible son. Whenever the Yu family was mentioned, his face would be filled with pride.
He also showed great affection towards his brothers at home. Even though they had never met, Yu Boyuan felt that the child would definitely get along well with his brothers.
How could he harbor resentment towards his family members?
"How did he ruin the second branch?"
[This Yu Huaijian has a rather special hobby. He likes to open brothels. Calculating the time, this year he will take the money he asked from Yu Boyuan to open his very first brothel.]
"It's not strange to like doing business, but how could someone like opening brothels? Uncle Yuan is quite wealthy! The money he gave to an illegitimate child is enough to open a brothel!"
Yue Fuguang couldn't help but make a snide remark to stir up trouble for Yu Boyuan, her gaze towards him carrying a hint of disgust.
In this era, having three wives and four concubines was the norm. Although Yue Fuguang couldn't stand it, she respected it, as she couldn't change it anyway.
But it was too much to sneak out for a fling when there were already several women at home, and then to keep that mistress hidden away in a golden house to raise a child.
Yu Boyuan's wife, Madam Cheng, was twisting the handkerchief in her hands so hard it was almost torn to shreds.
The atmosphere at the adults' table was a bit off, and the children at the other two tables also sensed it. Although some didn't know what had happened, relying on their keen animal-like instincts, they knew they had to restrain themselves.
Yue Fuguang also pretended to be curious and looked up at her grandfather and grandmother. Seeing that they still had gentle expressions, she continued to lower her head and focus on eating.
[Because his biological mother, Huang Dongmei, was a pure entertainer born in a brothel, who was redeemed and kept by Yu Boyuan.
This Huang Dongmei didn't have many acquaintances in the capital; everyone she knew was in the brothel.
So after she had no worries about food and clothing, she didn't cut off contact with her sisters in the brothel. Yu Huaijian naturally became familiar with these aunties.
Therefore, his liking for opening brothels was somewhat influenced by the professions of his mother and aunties.]
"So far, I don't see how bad Yu Huaijian is. As for his resentment towards the Yu family, it's human nature.
This Huang Dongmei is still willing to contact her past sisters, so she's not the kind of person who forgets her friends after becoming prosperous.
Although I can't bring myself to like this mother and son, I really can't figure out why Yu Huaijian would harm the Yu family later."
[Later, Yu Huaijian's opening of the brothel was discovered by Yu Boyuan. He beat his son up and forced him to close it.
As the saying goes, where there is a policy from above, there is a countermeasure from below. Since he couldn't open it openly, he secretly set up a few hidden brothels.]
"Is he that persistent? Isn't his career ambition placed in the wrong spot?"
[Master, you forgot his age. He is right in his rebellious phase, and since he likes doing it, the more his father forbids him, the more he wants to do it.
It was also at this time that he met some people and embarked on another path.]
"What people?"
[Does Master still remember Drunken Rakshasa? She's the woman who set a trap for Cai Bing and Huo Shui.]
"I remember. Yu Huaijian met this woman?"
[Yes, before opening his first brothel, Yu Huaijian had seen her at the Cangchun Brothel. At that time, Drunken Rakshasa was still in the guise of a fallen young woman.
She was a free person, just temporarily registered under the name of Cangchun Brothel. Because Cai Bing and Huo Shui, two men fighting over one woman, she gained a great reputation.
Also, due to the instructions of the Huo and Cai families, she had fame, but her days on the surface were not easy.
Yu Huaijian even tried to poach her to his own brothel, but unfortunately, she refused him.]
Yu Chongshan's eyes flashed. This Drunken Rakshasa had been hunted down by Cai Xian and Huo Ying before the new year, but unfortunately, she managed to escape in the end.
Hearing the two say that the two people who came to rescue her were both dressed in black, masked, and highly skilled in martial arts. Judging from their moves, they didn't entirely look like people from the martial world.
It must be known that this Drunken Rakshasa, Black Widow, and Poison Young Master were known as the three weirdos of the martial world. As for what was weird about them, it was unknown, but all three were alike in that they were not people to be trifled with.
"This Drunken Rakshasa hiding in a place like a brothel must have a mission, right? Oh right, Cai Xian listened to my advice and locked Cai Bing at home, forbidding him from going out.
Huo Ying's Huo Shui had no opponent. Did we indirectly ruin her mission?"
[Absolutely. I didn't explain it to Master in detail last time. Their plan against the two was actually a series of interlocking traps. As long as both went, at least one of them would definitely have an accident.
As for who would have the accident, it all depended on fate. Anyway, the goal was to ensure the Cai and Huo families would clash.
In the original timeline, Drunken Rakshasa's mission succeeded, and she was targeted by the two families. Her life was difficult, yet she didn't leave.
Even when Yu Huaijian offered a high price to poach her, she wouldn't go.]
"Does that mean she still had a mission at that time and had to stay there?"
[Probably. But later, for some unknown reason, she took the initiative to contact Yu Huaijian, who was running the hidden brothels, and introduced a few young male escorts and girls to him.]
"Is there something wrong with these people?"
[Yes, besides people from Great Yan, these people also included people from Nanzhao, Nanyue, Beili, Xiqiang, and Dongyi.]
Yue Fuguang almost laughed out loud. "He's running this like the United Nations. With such a mixed composition, does he himself know?"
Brothers Yu Chongshan and Yu Chongyan both frowned. As officials, they naturally did not lack political sensitivity.
They couldn't help but feel that these people were not simple, and the master behind Drunken Rakshasa was even less simple.
Originally, Cai Xian and Huo Ying guessed that the person behind this should be a certain faction of Great Yan causing trouble behind the scenes.
Now it seemed that it was really hard to say whether that person was from Great Yan.
Was he only targeting Great Yan or all six countries?
Yu Chongshan was startled by his own guess. Even their Emperor wouldn't dare to simultaneously play tricks and set stumbling blocks for the high-level officials of the other five countries, attacking on multiple fronts.
At most, they would send out spies to gather information and take the opportunity to sow discord, but they would not purposefully target certain factions.
[At first, he definitely didn't know. Those people all had proper household registrations of Great Yan. However, these people all belonged to the lowly class, so it wasn't hard to get those registrations.
Later, he discovered the difference in these people, and Drunken Rakshasa took the opportunity to pull him into their group, and he helped them do a lot of things.
When the city of Great Yan was breached, Yu Huaijian led a portion of these people into the Yu estate, killing anyone they saw and robbing any valuables they found.
In the end, only Yu Jinan's wife and two children, a son and a daughter, escaped from the Yu family.]
Yu Chongshan paused. His third son, Jinan, only got married last year, and his third daughter-in-law hadn't gotten pregnant yet. Calculating the time, his future grandson and granddaughter would be at most seven or eight years old when Great Yan was destroyed.
Orphans and widows in troubled times... Yu Chongyan closed his eyes. Actually, his family's situation wouldn't be much better than his eldest brother's!
