20 Chapter 20 (1/2)

Two hours later Su Mei was greeted with the sight of her young master appearing from thin air. He was extremely haggard looking and smelt terrible. She summoned some of her subordinate maids, ordering them to bathe Shen Yue while she went to the kitchens to prepare a full meal for him. An hour later and Shen Yue was tucked into bed sleeping like the dead.

While Shen Yue was peacefully sleeping, the rest of the City was full of activity. Ye Zong, in particular, was thinking he would never sleep peacefully again! Two days ago he had been on top of the world, the City was peaceful and his beautiful wife and daughter smiling and content.

Then out of the blue, his daughter had shamed his whole family by being mounted by a penniless farmer in front of a crowd! She was not even regretful about her actions, only admitting to being embarrassed at being caught in the act!

In his rush to minimise the fallout to his Family's reputation, he had used his position to keep her from being expelled from the most prestigious institute in Glory City. His cousin Ye Sheng had helped but had been angered at the blow to the Family's face.

Ye Zong had then done his best to stop any word of the event from disseminating into the City, but alas, every man and his dog was already talking about the most beautiful whore in the city being cheap enough for a talent-less farmer to afford!

*CRACK*

The arm of his throne had been snapped off in his rage at remembering the brazen lout that had shouted out asking how much the 'whore princess' cost and if every hole was rentable!

Ye Zong had immediately sent his men to find the mongrel responsible, but they returned empty-handed. Unable to locate the offender in the crowd that had gathered to laugh at the most respected man in the City with the cheapest daughter.

Unknown to Ye Zong, the 'brazen lout' was one of Shen Yue's men. He was ordered by Mei to destroy Ye Ziyun's name, they had no chance of catching a legend rank expert.

If his daughter's shameful behaviour infuriated him, his wife's cold demeanour frightened him. When Ye Ziyun had yelled at Ye Rou when she reprimanded her, his eyes nearly popped out of his head in disbelief! Ye Ziyun had never been punished before, but that night she learnt the hard way. Ye Rou had a temper and a mean bitch-slapping hand.

Even after confessing, Ye Ziyun had remained unrepentant. Declaring she was in love with Nie Li, and there was nothing wrong with a couple acting like a husband and a wife.

Speaking of wives, Ye Zong's wanted nothing more than to slap Ye Ziyun every time she laid eyes on her. When he had got back from meeting Ye Sheng, he had tried to comfort her, getting her to try and reconcile with their wayward daughter. But Ye Rou had said something that had sent a chill down his spine.

She couldn't comprehend how Ye Ziyun had thrown away her mother's benefactor, for a talent-less farmer that she met at school for the first time! Ye Zong had completely forgotten Shen Yue, the most prosperous child in Glory City. In his haste to calm his daughter and keep any shred of dignity she still held, he had granted that little shit Nie Li his blessing to marry her.

He would have to summon Shen Yue and apologise for the shameful behaviour of his daughter and try and appease him. Just as he was trying to think of a way to ask forgiveness, a servant announced that Ye Sheng was here to see him. When Ye Sheng entered, his face warned him that the news would not be pleasant.

”Ye Zong, we have overlooked something this morning that might cause a bit of a problem. Shen Yue was enraged to hear that Nie Li and Ye Ziyun went unpunished and were sitting together as if nothing had happened. Nie Li antagonising him didn't help. He has declared war on our Snow Wind, the Winged Dragon, and the Heavenly Marks Families.”

”What! How dare the little bastard! Our Family has been nothing but caring to the ungrateful rat, I even wanted him to marry Ye Ziyun!” Ye Zong raged.

”Are you even listening to yourself? He was supposed to marry your daughter but instead finds out she was defiled and sitting in class next to her lover like it was the most natural thing in the world! He then finds out from some nobody that you had even blessed the marriage! What would you do? Ask him for money while you were already spitting on your honour?” Ye Sheng was also infuriated, how was this idiot the City Lord?