Chapter 428: A Loophole (1/2)
Chapter 428: A Loophole
Translator: Pika
The ones speaking were all elders of the Chu clan Even though they weren’t very skilled thereat seniority without having any duties towards the Chu clan
“I concur! The clan has not experienced a moment of peace ever since Zu An joined!”
“The clan ent”
Qin Wanru frowned, clearly unhappy with the way everyone was criticizing Zu An She got up and shouted, “Our Chu clan would have already been destroyed if it hadn’t been for Zu An You all have no right to co to be destroyed all the same? We should have just let Chu Second Master succeed in his takeover He is also a part of the Chu clan, after all”
Qin Wanru was furious “What did you say?!”
Chu Yuepo, of the third branch, rushed out at this time to serve as a mediator “We are all here for the Chu clan’s sake! We should be thinking about how to deal with the current predicament, and not stoke any further internal friction!”
Qin Wanru sat doith an angry huff Unfortunately, no one could cothy discussion
While they were all in despair, Chu Yuepo stood up and said, “I’ve actually thought of a way out I just don’t know if I should share it with everyone”
“Why are you still playing around with suspense?” Chu Zhongtian said impatiently “Hurry up and say it”
“I aer Master and Madam,” Chu Yuepo said hesitantly
The others immediately became impatient as well “Third Master, when did you become so wishy-washy?”
Qin Wanru snorted as well “Why would we get angry if it will really help our Chu clan?”
Thus encouraged, Chu Yuepo finally said, “I noticed a loophole within the imperial edict We can”
Qin Wanru shot to her feet iree to that!”
Chu Zhongtian chireatly to our Chu clan How can we treat hihed “I know that this seee of collapse! Master and Madam, as the leaders of this clan, you an to voice their agreetian’s expression flickered several times In the end, he raised his hand to stop the discussions “I will not allow it The founding principle of our Chu clan’s Red Cloak Army clearly states that ill not abandon anyone If we do so like this, then even our men will turn their backs on us This will tarnish the centuries of prestige that our Chu clan has accumulated In such a state, the Chu clan will not survive for long”
“Dear” Qin Wanru was extremely moved Back then, she had fallen in love with hiht he was She hadn’t expected him to still be the same person, even after so many years
The rest of thethe seriousness of his tone, they were at a loss as to how to persuade hiain the one who reacted quickest He immediately said, “Master and Madah we are abandoning Zu An on the surface, we are actually saving hitian frowned “What do you mean?”
Chu Yuepo explained, “Master, please think about it Why did they insist on this three-day deadline even though they didn’t find Zu An in the estate?”
“This” Chu Zhongtian trailed off into silence Qin Wanru began to ponder this as well
Chu Yuepo continued, “Clearly, even though it see us to hand over Zu An, they are actually trying to force Zu An to co us to threaten hitian and Qin Wanru were stunned They weren’t dullards, but they had just been too preoccupied with all the chaos swirling around theht up, they quickly realized that this was indeed the case
The two of them entered a quick discussion, and Qin Wanru was the first one to address the rest of theested!”
Three days passed quickly The various powers of Brightathered near the Chu Estate to see how the situation would play out
Even the coh the Chu clan enjoyed a good reputation, most ordinary folk were quick to rejoice when calamity fell upon those richer and more powerful than them None bothered to look into the reasons behind it all, although, given their abilities, there was little chance that they would be able to figure out the truth