Chapter 188 (1/2)
Chapter 188
Chapter 188: A Single Re turned away“I-I’d never want to burden you,” she whispered at length
When she looked at wang Hong, she was gentle and frank“I’m only an ordinary womanYou shouldn’t have to do so hts, or rather, her decision
wang Hong looked back at her
Slowly, he moved his lips to say: “You don’t want to burden me?”
“Aye, I do not”
“You think I shouldn’t have to do so much for you?” he asked with another s noddedShe extended her hand to caress his eyebrows“Hu in this worldThe love that thinks itself everlasting, the love that thinks it would never change even if it turns into ashes will eventually fade over tirets”
Her eyes burned as she talked, filled with the agony of having to let go
wang Hong laughed
“You worry unnecessarily,” he said
Withdrawing his gaze, he lazily leaned back and closed his eyes“I, wang Hong,I doI don’t perfor of the Chen House, you’re overthinking things”
How cold his voice was
Chen Rong nuth, she lowered her head and replied, “I… I see”
A day swiftly came and went
By noontide, a troop of a few hundreds on it“They’re here”
Several guards and advisers lanced at the troop and then at their
These hout the yearsThey knew that although their young e, he had deence since he was a boy, and was beloved by the elders of the clanHe had practically been the fanizance
In the blink of an eye, his honor and status as well as power and wealth had all been stripped awayThere were few in the world who could bear this overnight fall fro Hong was still indifferently at his leisure
Yellow dust was rolling closer and closer to thees in the forefront e drove out to approach wang Hong
When its curtain lifted, a handsoant, and rese’yaColow and his eyes weren’t as lofty
Those who look similar in this world can still feel very differentThat was the case for the young man before their eyesHe was undoubtedly just as fair and refined, and almost as handso’s full moonThe difference between their brilliance was si e, raised his clasped hands and laughed“Qilang, I hope you are wellI’ Gu, to welcome you”
His s’s curtain didn’t htly alteredHe put on another sher and clearer: “Are you disappointed, Qilang? I guess that’s to be expectedJust o you were as precious as the land’s rulerThen in the blink of an eye you’re no better than an ordinary member in our clan”
When he said this, his s’s carriage offered no response, still
The young , Qilang?”
A long time passed and still there was no answer
The young uard and asked, “Is Qilang here?” His voice was growing iuard replied
“He is?” the young uard raised his clasped hands towards hi master Yun’s questions; there is no need for hi hierHe gritted his teeth and pointed at the guard, but he could only heave for breath
“It is sweltering these days,” the salare in wang Hong’s direction“wang Hong, wang Qilang, do you think you’re still a big shot? Phooey,” he shouted, with his finger pointing at wang HongHe spat on the ground, disregarding decoru a vein to say: “Do you think that the clan chief likes you? Bullshi+t, if it wasn’t for the old fogy, he would’ve offed you a long tilory had all been a part of his plan to get rid of you”
He threw his head back with a et to have a taste of falling fro to an outcastNow that the old fogy is gone, do you think you’re still a brilliant and gifted wang Qilang? Givelifted the curtain a racefully replied, “Does the clan chief not like me? I wouldn’t have known had you not told ht and supple as before, like a spring breeze passing byBut his words caused the young hter to cease and the smile on his face to stiffen
He was suddenly overcoWhen he left, both his father, the clan chief, and his cousin, wang Gu, had warned hi was not a simple man, and asked him to be cautious in his speech and conductHe, however, didn’t heed their words the ot a rise out of hi Yun’s face turned blue then white, wang Hong curved his lips and said in conte but a scrap of rotten meatI see that the likes of you are rodents after all”
Young Yun’s face altered al had already raised his voice to coo”
“Aye”
The guards escorted his carriage onward
Very soon, the vehicle produced a fuhts he led
In the blink of an eye, wang Hong’s carriage had gone far ahile youngto come to his sensesHe turned his head and anxiously shouted at his driver: “Follow them, follow them” The driver followed his order and hurriedly took chaseWhile they sped along, he screa, don’t celebrate just yet! You have nothing now”
After screae to stop
When he turned around, he was faced with pairs and pairs of scornful eyesBy the tiuards had already bowed their heads
Even so, young Yun was extreeredHe clenched his jaws and heaved: “So what if you’re a renowned Jiankang scholar?!”
His chest felt tight, his face was evenwas a fa these guardsThese people memorized every word and deed of his, then spread the House is nothing but a scrap of rotten meatI see the likes of you are rodents after all,” was exactly to the intellectuals’ taste
With very minimal reflection, he knew that these words would be on everyone’s lips before he even
And then it occurred to hi had withdrawn fro, he still, in fact, had a very large sphere of influence
Sitting in the carriage, wang Yun’s face altered between blue and white, and his eyes were at a loss
He finally calmed himself down after a whileHe raised his head and stared at his guards“Did any of you hear as said just now?”
Woosh, all the guards lowered their heads
“Take care of yourYun warned“Remember that the clan chief is not aloneHe has the entire wang Clan behind himHe is the chief of the lory is bestowed by hiht him, for the sake and safety of your family”
He was afterall a member of the ’s “rodent” comment couldn’t be containedBut what he himself had revealed about his father’s deliberate atte uards cowered and bowed their heads“We would not dare” Even the ones ere ave an emphatic and orderly answer
“Don’t worry,Yun“Since it affects our clan’s reputation, no one will dare to speak nonsense”
After a pause, he added with some concern: “But I don’t think we can hide this froritted his teeth“If worse comes to worst I will take responsibility for what I’ve said” At this juncture, his face was ashen as he stared after wang Hong’s departing carriage“I hate accepting this defeat, but that setrelativeAto obey his elder’s ordersIn an era that placed the ute was far froot a hold of it
The adviser was also looking in wang Hong’s direction and said with a composed expression, “You’re not the only oneThe clan chief and others also did not know about wang Qilang’sKe isn’t hisYun: “wang Hong has hidden well for a long timeIf it weren’t for that woman, I’m afraid the entire world would still be in the darkMy lord, he has been in control of the clan for so many years, both directly and indirectlyI wonder if he will have traps waiting for us? wang Hong’s reputation and talents are such that he will undoubtedly make a comebackWhen you see hi Yun’s face twitched to hear this, but he clenched his teeth and at last nodded
Under wang Hong’s order, the return to Jiankang this ti, and Mo’yang had become the first line of Hu resistance, bandits on the road had been dealt with by the Jin armyFor this reason, the journey had been without any surprise or danger despite wang Hong taking only fifty guards with him
The journey took nearly two and a half
Chen Rong sat in the carriage and looked up at the tall city walls, touching her sto was also looking at Jiankang’s city wall
A staff member approached him and quietly reported, “My lord, no one came to meet us”