Chapter 1550: The Wenren Clans Plan (2/2)

“Well, as the saying goes, even an ugly daughter-in-law will have to meet her in-laws eventually. I should also see my father-in-law.” He chuckled at his own joke.

When he stood up, the two experts behind Jians.h.i.+ immediately came forward and pushed down his arms.

“If you don’t remove your dog hands, they shall fall on the ground.” Li Qiye leisurely told the two of them.

Their expression sank and was about to become angry but Jians.h.i.+ immediately smoothed things over: “Don’t worry, Brother Li won’t run away because if he wanted to, he wouldn’t wait till now.” Having said that, he stared implicatively at Li Qiye.

The furious experts couldn’t do anything but to let go and stood to Li Qiye’s left and right.

“Let’s go then. It’s nice to be able to see father-in-law.” He leisurely said.

Finally, under the escort of two experts and Jians.h.i.+ leading the way, Li Qiye entered a chamber and saw the Wenren Clan Master, Jians.h.i.+ and Lurui’s father.

Jians.h.i.+’s group left right after bringing Li Qiye here.

The clan master was a dignified old man wearing a large robe while sitting in the master chair. He had the bearing of a leader.

His old eyes were fixated on Li Qiye the entire time. They were sharp to the point of seemingly flaying meat from his body.

Li Qiye didn’t mind at all and coolly sat down.

“What is your name?” The clan master spoke coldly just like his demeanor. If he wasn’t maintaining the style befitting of a clan master, others would actually think that he might cut down Li Qiye’s head at sight.

Of course, he was already polite and merciful enough to not kill someone who impregnated his daughter.

“Surname Li, no need to say the rest.” Li Qiye smiled while looking around.

“Such big tone!” The clan master angrily shouted after seeing his att.i.tude.

“I’ve always been like this. If you have something to say, go ahead. After all, I know that you don’t want to kill me right now since my life is still useful to your clan.” Li Qiye nonchalantly replied.

“You!” The livid clan master glared at him while clenching his fists. Sure enough, if Li Qiye didn’t have some use left to them, he would have killed him already!

In the end, he suppressed his anger and said: “You are courageous indeed, no wonder why my daughter likes you.”

Li Qiye couldn’t help but smile. There was no doubt about the clan master’s lack of knowledge regarding the situation.

“But your courage is misplaced.” The clan master coldly said: “Seducing my daughter and breaking this marriage alliance, this is a crime deserving of death! No one will be able to save your life.”

“Is that so?” Li Qiye was still unperturbed.

The clan master started to feel a little strange after seeing the calmness in Li Qiye. He wondered where this brat was getting his courage from? There was no sign of nervousness or shock at all.

“There’s no repentance for your crime. Our Wenren Clan still hasn't killed you because we are merciful. I can also forego your mistake…” The clan master said slowly.

1. This non-attribution of gender p.r.o.noun comes up a lot and some readers wonder why I do it in this manner. Usually, t.i.tles are gender neutral because I don’t know if it is a male or a female without context. So if I attribute english gender p.r.o.nouns based on the character, it means that I have to do it consistently across the entire novel. In this case, when you see king for the first time, you will think its a male automatically. If the author decides to reveal that it is a woman later, I would have to go back and change every single p.r.o.noun, including he to she. As you can see, this will be very problematic. Another problem is that King is not interchangeable with Queen and Empress. Queen often implies being married to a king, not being in charge of her own country. Empress would work in this case, but the raw character is not on the same level as Empress. It looks like the t.i.tle of Empress is special since it is reserved for Empress Hong Tian only. Also, this same ambiguation exists in the raw as well and could be used as a literary device. That’s why t.i.tles are gender neutral, not just because I’m lazy.

2. Wolong = Crouching Dragon, Xuan = a pretty type of jade