Chapter 78 (2/2)

Seeing how Ling Chen looked like a pear blossom in the rain [2], Ling Tian got a rude shock. Thinking quickly, he said, ”Chen’er, what to do, your young n.o.ble now do not know how to cope with this, quickly help me think of an idea!”

Ling Chen was rudely interrupted by him, and while musing, the tears that were about to spill was withdrawn as a result. Thinking about the matter before, she could not help but start to smile once again, ”Hmm, you can do whatever you want, I just don’t believe that there’s a question which my young n.o.ble cannot solve!”

Ling Tian gave a long sigh, appearing mournful, ”The way things are now, I can only throw caution to the wind!”

”Gegege…” Ling Chen naturally understood what Ling Tian meant by ‘throwing caution to the wind’, and the laughter bubbling within her could not be inhibited, once again rus.h.i.+ng out. The sounds of laughter akin to wind chimes ringing reverberated in the little courtyard, one could tell how happy the owner of the laughter was just from it.

Ling Tian’s face darkened, looking as though a snowstorm was incoming as he said, ”Go and ask Ling Jian, how much of Ling Kong has he checked up on? A bunch of pig brains, it’s been ten years and yet there’s no progress in it! Tell him that if he can’t complete this in another 2 months, when he gets back, I’ll personally give him the stick! Unable to vent his anger and frustrations, Ling Jian naturally became his punching bag.

Actually the matter could not be blamed on Ling Jian. The main part was that Ling Tian did not even place the Ling Kong father and son pair in his eyes any longer. The moment Ling Tian started to grow older, both father and son became playthings for Ling Tian to go back to once in awhile. Recently, he had even sent the pair back to the northwest once again! Now that Ling Tian was only missing the name list of those in cahoots with the duo, he did not want to alarm them prematurely. This was also partly in fear that his grandfather was already getting on in his years and might not be able to take that mental blow. Thus he began to drag the matter out. By doing so, the victims were actually the father and son duo, since they were played till they felt as good as dead!

Ling Jian withdrew her lovable body as she thought, ”Poor Ling Jian, you just became a punching bag for your young n.o.ble once again, all the best!” At the same time, a messenger falcon flew out from the little courtyard, turned half round before disappearing like a bolt of black lightning, disappearing in the horizons.

Countless thousand miles away, Ling Jian, who was lying down beaten black and blue, suddenly s.h.i.+vered uncontrollably!

Together with Ling Tian's helplessness, with Ling Chen's laughter, with the expectations of the silkpants in the capital, with the fear of those families with daughters, General Ling's troops had finally entered the capital with victory.

The country was in jubilation, the officials all coming out to express their congratulations. The members of all the various a.s.sociations of the princess, including those of the poetry, calligraphy and arts sections were also called to convene together!

[1] - What the author here is trying to convey is sort of a joke, because beancurd or tofu is soft and thus you cannot kill yourself with it. It is a way of expressing stupidity or powerlessness at the scenario.

[2] - This is used to describe the beauty of a lady.

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