The Qiu Family was so scarcely populated that there was not even a distant relative out of Wufu. Qiu Shuxia adopted Liu Zhiyin as his son for the sake of political interest exchange—to let Liu Zhenxi “confess” readily without worries behind.

Yet, since Qiu Shuxia had no son, he had no reason to maltreat this adopted son.

Under the circumstance, Liu Zhenxi, obviously leaving life and death out of consideration, was determined to pave the path for the son ...