Thinking that his son would become the Duke of Zhen in the future, Bai Qiyun felt ecstatic and couldn't contain his excitement. His mind was filled with images of his son as the Duke of Zhen! The honor of the dukedom was beyond words, and the mansion of the Duke had accumulated much wealth from years of military campaigns. All this would belong to their family in the future. It was a tremendous fortune.
Because of this, Bai Qiyun was so happy that he couldn't sleep all night.
Who knew that as soon as he departed from Shuoyang, he heard along the way that the second lord of the mansion had an illegitimate son outside. Just after the bastard was brought back to the manor, he was severely beaten on the main street by Bai Qingyan, the legitimate eldest daughter, for treating the common people with contempt. Everyone said that the dukedom was likely to fall into the hands of this child and sighed at the pity of it.
