Chapter 31 (2/2)
Regardless of its credibility, Lady Qin’s reputation was already hurt by the storySu Qiao flew into a rageHe didn’t waste ti’s mouth with his sword
At this time, Lady Qin, as shi+elded by the Su Brothers with their bodies, suddenly asked, “If Hulugu wants his keepsake back, why doesn’t he come himself but send you?”
It sounded like she actually acknowledged the truthfulness of what Duan Wenyang had just said
Su Qiao was shockedHe turned back and looked at his mother in denial: “Mom, you…”
Lady Qin shot a glance at him and replied coldly, “You? Do you knohat this keepsake is for? The golden lotus is the symbol of Tujue, and it’s also the holy relic in Zoroastrianisu could order all experts in Persia, Tuyuhun, Yutian, and Tangut to gather together in Tujue and help the Tujue Khan invade the Central PlainsBack then, Northern Zhou hadn’t even established itself, and the Eastern and Western Wei were in endless war against each otherBoth countries were greatly weakenedThey could no longer hold against Tujue if the latter were to launch a massive invasion to the southI took away his keepsake, so Hulugu was not able to pose himself as the orthodox of Zoroastrianism anymoreFor Tujue, without the power to co one of its ar hat I did?”
The Su brothers were completely dumbfoundedThey didn’t know that their mother had such a history
After Lady Qin finished, she turned back to Duan Wenyang and said, “This ring indeed belonged to Hulugu, and I was the one who brought it back to the Central PlainsHowever, it has been so u has never once sent anyone to take it backWhy did he suddenly decide to send you after thirty years?”
Duan Wenyang replied calmly, “This was my master’s last wish before he passed awayAs his disciple, I’ed to finish it for him”
Lady Qin’s body shook slightly, but it didn’t see period of silence, she only said five words: “So that’s whyThat’s why!”
Duan Wenyang said, “Since Lady Qin has already ads will be easy thenCould you please hand back the ring so my master’s last wish can be fulfilled?”
Afterwards, as if he suddenly re, he looked around and fixed his eyes on Shen Qiao as though he had just noticed him“What a coincidence! Sect Leader Shen also happens to be here! In this case, may I ask you to please be a witness for us?”
Translator’s Notes:
I’ot a new translator on board for this project starting next chapter! Welcome Tin! Hooray~ And with my schoolwork finally ended, I hope we’ll be able to deliver a few more chapters over the vacationThe next few chapters will beat the residenceWe’ll try to finish this part fast to bring ML out again!
Chapter 31
Synopsis: May I ask Sect Leader Shen to please be a witness for us?
At this tiuests had more or less arrivedThe hall was filled with talented and distinguished people including s of notable clans, and even martial artists from a number of sectsThis scene was hard to co was all because of the different identities of the two Su Brothers
During this time, the culture was still quite openEveryone had their own dinner table, and uests were allowed to stay in the same room with only a small screen placed in the uests were taken care of by Su Wei’s wife, while Su Wei’s mother, Lady Qin, sat at the head tableNext to her on each side were the two Su Brothers, Su Wei and Su QiaoServant girls streamed in and out with exquisite food and fine liquors, and for a moment, cheerful chatter could be heard everywhereEveryone was having a good ti out froirls started swinging around trippinglyShen Qiao couldn’t see very clearly, but he could still irls and their flapping ribbons — They were al on paths covered with fresh flowersThe dance was divine, but there was a touch of unconscious glamour in it, co styleNor did it in anyway resemble the kind of dance in Southern Chen that was present in poetry verses such as, “Lowering her head and hiding her face behind her sleeves, the jade hairpin drifted auests were all amused by the fresh style and applauded one after anotherAfter a couple rounds of wine, so to the rhyth that Shen Qiao was quite into the dance, Puliuru Jian explained, “This dance music is from KuchaIt’s called ‘Little Heaven’The Kucha people are devout BuddhistsAfter the country was destroyed, theiralso has a Buddhist taste to it”
Enlightened by this new inforhed, “No wonder these dancers all have their shoulders and bellies exposed and wear so many accessoriesSo it’s the Kucha Style!”
Puliuru Jian laughed back, “That’s right”
Just as everyone was enjoying their good time, a servant hurried in fro in Su Wei’s earsSu Wei’s face stiffened, and he gave a signal
With a long, sharp note, the dance suddenly stopped and the uests, as if just awoken from a boundless paradise, all turned to the host puzzledly
Su Wei got up and cupped his hands at them“The news of hness has specially sent over a representative with congratulatory giftsPlease wait for a little bit, everyoneI’ll coer”
Just as the Eested, she was from Tujue, a wife that the E the countryShe never had contacts with the Su Faifts for MrsSu’s birthday, so generally speaking, the event had nothing to do with her, yet out of everyone’s surprise, she decided to send over gifts as well
This turn of events successfully confused everyone presentThey all looked at each other in buffleer was froreet hiht in their seats with their necks stretched towards the entrance
Su Wei tidied the hem of his robesJust as he was about to head out, a crisp laugh came fro DistrictI’ll come in myself!”
It was a rather unfanizeAll they thought was how rude the person wasOnly Shen Qiao slightly frownedA bad feeling started to grow inside hi , there see swift and fierce about hiressiveness in themHe didn’t look at Su Wei after he came inInstead, he surveyed the room
Except for the martial artists, everyone as seen by hi, but they all felt somewhat uncoasp and whispered, “Look at the spirit in his eyesHe’s probably a Xiantian expert alreadyHow co’an before?”
Su Wei asked, “All h for Her Majesty’s favor to usMay I please have your naDuke of Meiyang District, there’s no need to be so courteousYour mother is well-known for her co about itIt’s just that she hasn’t yet had the chance to hness heard that today is your mother’s birthday, so she specifically asked ratulations”
Su Wei cupped his hand at him“We appreciate the EuestMessenger Duan, if you have time, why don’t you come in and have a seat?”
Since theE behind Su Wei, also bowed toward Duan Wenyang
However, Duan Wenyang suddenly s downActually, there’s so else I would like to ask Lady Qin about”
Su Wei knew that his ious family and had never been to TujueThey couldn’t have been related in the least, so what could it be that Duan Wenyang wanted to ask her about? Slightly confused, Su Wei coo ahead”
Duan Wenyang asked, “Lady Qin, so on his behalfHe would like to know if you still re for you in Tujue’s royal palace thirty years ago?”
Su Wei and Su Qiao were taken abackThey couldn’t help but turn to their mother
Lady Qin’s expression stayed just as cal man, I’m afraid you’ve h sounded bright and clear: “I know Lady Qin won’t ad in front of the public?”
There was no way that Su Wei hadn’t realized by now that thehis motherHis tone dropped i a little too rude? Don’t tell me that the Empress has sent you over not to deliver the present but to nitpick us? There are no past grudges between the Empress and the Su Family, nor do we have any contactsWhy would the Empress act so impolitely on my mother’s birthday party? I’llreport to the Emperor uest the way out”
The servants hurried over upon Su Wei’s order and were about to drag Duan Wenyang awayHowever, the htly flipped his sleeve and they all fell to the ground
Guests got up one after another as they all looked at Duan Wenyang in shockSome of them looked rather unhappy and were ready to scold hirily,“How dare you pick a fight here?! Do you think the Su Family will let you walk all over us like this?”
He was about to launch an attack
However, Duan Wenyang suddenly took a step back and said loudly, “Wait a second! I have so to sayYou can do whatever you want if you just let reat importanceAll of you are honorable people of virtue and prestigeI would like to hear your judge deliberately provocative or Lady Qin having a guilty conscience!”
Before anyone could react to what he had just said, he continued: “Lady Qin, could you please return ed: “You Tujue bastard,slanderous accusations at my mother! My mother was born of a noble family in the central Shanxi PlainHow could she possibly be related to Tujue? If you can’t explain it clearly today and restore et away easily even if you wanted to!”
He drew the sword out of its sheathA killing intent was hiding underneath its water-like gliyu walked out from the crowd and said, slowly and i food, but one should never speak the wrong wordsLady Qin is my senior brother’s mother, and I respect her just like I respecther, the Chunyang Daoist Teo”
What he implied was that even if Su Wei didn’t present a memorial to the Emperor about what happened today and ask for an explanation through politicalDaoist Temple would also take it onIn that case, fro and his sect would have enyu went up Mount Xuandu by hi and several others, he lost to Yu Ai by only half aDaoist Temple had potentially surpassed Mount Xuandu already in terms of influenceNot to mention that their Sect Leader, Yi bi+chen, was also ranked ayu just said actually carried a lot of weight
However, Duan Wenyang’s expression didn’t change at allHe was still s says that with justice on one’s side, a person can travel to any place he wants, while without it, one can hardly move an inchI heard that people in the Central Plains are reasonable, and that’s why I caoing to abuse your power and bully s! Lady Qin’s hanAether with his wordsThey were both surprised and bewilderedHe ht have heard their mother’s maiden name somewhere, but her courtesy name was known to only a few people, e Tujueslowly, “Thirty years ago, Qin Shuanghan traveled far to the Tujue regions and becae of his favor and trust, one night, she stole my master’s keepsake and returned to the Central PlainsNow, my master has asked me to find this person and retrieve the keepsakeI have been searching long and hard for her ever since I arrived in the Central PlainsTo’an, it suddenly occurred to han who District’s hed, “These years, Lady Qin hides well indeedWho could have thought that a person like you who rarely leaves her courtyard nowadays was once that renowned Alishavelei beyond the Wall!”
Su Qiao shouted, “Nonsense! My mother has never been to Tujue or anywhere outside the WallIf you need to look for soo do it yourselfDon’t throw random dirt at the Su Family! You think you can hu raised his eyebrows and asked aloud, “Lady Qin, are you just going to outrightly deny what you’ve done? If I reht hand is our holy relic and also the keepsake which represents the identity of olden lotus characteristic to our clanAre you saying that this is but another coincidence?”
This sudden turn of events startled everyoneAll of them turned to look at Lady Qin’s hand
There was indeed a ring on her finger, jeweled with a crystalThere seee it quite a scene
Su Wei realized that this accident wouldn’t end up well today and bla the du asked with a deep voice, “No matter what your need is, today is Lady Qin’s birthdayWe’re all here to cheer and celebrate her longevity, yet you have to come disturb us at such a timeYou said you were ordered by the Eht now? Let’s ask her directlyI really want to knohy the Empress would send you to ruin another person’s birthday party!”
Duan Wenyang was just as calm“The Empress has sent me to deliver the presentI’ve already delivered it, and therefore I have already finished her orderThe current business is related to my masterThe Emperor is wise and justEven if His Majesty hears about the ins and outs of the story, I’ Lady Qin for what should have belonged to us!”
He added proudly, “Not to mention, with the fame of my master, he doesn’t need to purposely yu asked, “Who is your u!”
The nauests
What kind of person was Hulugu? Twenty years ago, he fought against Qi Fengge, the best hout the pugilistic world, and it was still discussed enthusiastically by people even till todayHulugu lost and was forced to swear not to enter the Central Plains again in the next twenty yearsIt turned out that he kept his wordsFor twenty years, he had never set foot again on the Central Plains
When a person’s u’s, they wouldn’t easily lose their life even if they were defeatedEven though Qi Fengge was the best u wasn’t far froe to kill hi to Yan Wushi+’s way of doing things, if he had the chance to u to kill hi the root for future troublesBut that obviously wasn’t Qi Fengge’s styleHe sensed Tujue’s ambition towards the Central Plains, but he also respected Hulugu as a grandeneration and didn’t want to humiliate his opponentTherefore, he only set a twenty-year covenant
Twenty years later, Qi Fengge was no longer in this world, but Hulugu didn’t come back to the Central Plains eitherHe only sent two of his disciplesOne of them was Kunye who defeated Shen Qiao on Half-Step Peak, while the other suddenly dropped by the Residence of Su and said that the Su Brothers’ u
The first event was no longer considered newsMount Xuandu had already changed hands after Shen Qiao’s fallAs ti attention to the whereabouts of the forht up would people sigh over the fact that Qi Fengge had no qualified successor to carry on his legacy
However, the second event was now happening right in front of the
Regardless of its credibility, Lady Qin’s reputation was already hurt by the storySu Qiao flew into a rageHe didn’t waste ti’s mouth with his sword
At this time, Lady Qin, as shi+elded by the Su Brothers with their bodies, suddenly asked, “If Hulugu wants his keepsake back, why doesn’t he come himself but send you?”
It sounded like she actually acknowledged the truthfulness of what Duan Wenyang had just said
Su Qiao was shockedHe turned back and looked at his lance at him and replied coldly, “You? Do you knohat this keepsake is for? The golden lotus is the symbol of Tujue, and it’s also the holy relic in Zoroastrianisu could order all experts in Persia, Tuyuhun, Yutian, and Tangut to gather together in Tujue and help the Tujue Khan invade the Central PlainsBack then, Northern Zhou hadn’t even established itself, and the Eastern and Western Wei were in endless war against each otherBoth countries were greatly weakenedThey could no longer hold against Tujue if the latter were to launch a massive invasion to the southI took away his keepsake, so Hulugu was not able to pose himself as the orthodox of Zoroastrianism anymoreFor Tujue, without the power to co one of its ar hat I did?”
The Su brothers were completely dumbfoundedThey didn’t know that their mother had such a history
After Lady Qin finished, she turned back to Duan Wenyang and said, “This ring indeed belonged to Hulugu, and I was the one who brought it back to the Central PlainsHowever, it has been so u has never once sent anyone to take it backWhy did he suddenly decide to send you after thirty years?”
Duan Wenyang replied calmly, “This was my master’s last wish before he passed awayAs his disciple, I’ed to finish it for hihtly, but it didn’t see period of silence, she only said five words: “So that’s whyThat’s why!”
Duan Wenyang said, “Since Lady Qin has already ads will be easy thenCould you please hand back the ring so my master’s last wish can be fulfilled?”
Afterwards, as if he suddenly re, he looked around and fixed his eyes on Shen Qiao as though he had just noticed him“What a coincidence! Sect Leader Shen also happens to be here! In this case, may I ask you to please be a witness for us?”
Translator’s Notes:
I’ot a new translator on board for this project starting next chapter! Welcome Tin! Hooray~ And with my schoolwork finally ended, I hope we’ll be able to deliver a few more chapters over the vacationThe next few chapters will beat the residenceWe’ll try to finish this part fast to bring ML out again!