Chapter 642: I’m only responsible for you (1/2)
Chapter 642: I’m only responsible for you
While everyone was celebrating, Aunt Ru couldn’t help but ask in a lukewarm tone, “Feiye, Li’er’s matters are finally settled. It’s been a while since you’ve paid respects to your mother, right?”
Her words silenced the entire room. Han Yunxi only knew that Long Feiye’s real mother was a member of the Tang Clan. He’d told her as much back in the Poison Sect’s forbidden grounds, but she didn’t know anything beyond that. Aunt Ru’s words hit everyone in the heart, leaving them with mixed emotions.
Tang Zijin’s eyes flashed with a complicated expression. Before he could speak up, Long Feiye only asked coldly, “Who told you that Tang Li’s matters are over?”
“What kind of tone is that? Very good, so you’ve grown up and gotten used to your wings. Aunt Ru can’t order you about or speak sense into you anymore, is it?” Aunt Ru huffed.
Before Han Yunxi showed up, Feiye had always been nothing but polite to her and Tang Zijin. He’d never sounded so short. Even as she fretted at him now, her gaze was still on Han Yunxi. The latter had more or less guessed what kind of woman she was back at the Poison Sect. If she had to give a diagnosis, it was that Aunt Ru had an inflated sense of self-importance!
Long Feiye simply ignored her in favor of Tang Li. “Go and see what kind of people Cang Qiuzi sent down the mountain and apologize to them in person. And also, hurry up and publicize news of your wedding with Ning Jing, the faster the better!”
Aunt Ru had long accustomed herself ot Long Feiye’s cold demeanor. She laughed coldly to herself, trusting that her question just then was enough to elicit Han Yunxi’s curiosity. Feiye’s birth parents was a topic full of secrets. She believed that he’d never tell her everything no matter how much he doted on the woman.
But women were all too prone to suspicion and jealousy. The less they knew, the more they would suspect. Once they caught wind of a forbidden secret, the misunderstanding would only grow. With Feiye’s personality, he’d hate her for being nosy and pestering him with questions. So in the end, Aunt Ru was quite satisfied with her predicted outcomes in her head.
“Right. Quickly spread news of the wedding before Cloud Realm Trade Consortium has a chance to regret their words,” Tang Zijin was still preoccupied with Tang Li’s affairs at the moment. Ouyang Ning Nuo was easy to string along, but Ning Cheng and Ning Jing weren’t simple foes. If Ning Cheng refused the contract and insisted on meeting them personally, their efforts today would be in vain and attract even more trouble. Thus, they had to strike while the iron was hot and tell the world as soon as the Cloud Realm Trade Consortium delegation descended their mountain. Only then would the plan solidify in the way they wanted.
“Tang Clan Head, you should publicize the news yourself. It’ll be good if you take the chance to ‘reflect upon your conscience’ and give your son a thorough cursing as well to calm public backlash,” Han Yunxi said lightly.
Tang Zijin nodded. “Right, esteemed wangfei is smart.”
A flash of worry flitted past Aunt Ru’s eyes. She suddenly had the sense that Han Yunxi had bewitched Tang Zijin as well.
“Tang Clan Head, you cannot do those two things out of order. First, tell the world about the wedding, then have Tang Li ask for punishment for his crimes. This way, he’ll gain Cloud Realm Trade Consortium as an ally and possibly gain himself some mercy from Cang Qiuzi as well,” Han Yunxi continued.
She wasn’t trying to gain Tang Zijin’s good graces, but simply hoping that Tang Li could pass through his trials relatively unscathed. Tang Zijin might have faked his geniality with Han Yunxi, but his views towards her had more or less shifted after this incident. It’d be so much better if Han Yunxi had no ties with the Shadow Clan at all!
That very same day, Tang Zijin stepped out in the capacity of Tang Clan Head to give a public proclamation. First, he admitted his own wrongs as a father for failing to instruct Tang Li properly, then gave him a thorough verbal lashing. Finally, he explained that Tang Li had committed the incredibly idiotic act in the first place because he loved Ning Jing too much for his own good. Next, he announced that Tang Li and Celestial Mountain’s Cang Clan had a wedding agreement first, but that they’d have to force the other party to suffer a loss in the light of this disaster. He was willing to accept any form of punishment from the Cang Clan as compensation, but Tang Li had to take responsibility for Ning Jing no matter what!
Ouyang Ning Nuo hadn’t even reached Cloud Realm Trade Consortium before the proclamation spread far and wide. Within the span of a single day, the entire continent heard about the news.
Ning Cheng was still at morning assembly at Western Jing when the news hit him. His cold and handsome face instantly turned black, causing all the officials around him to shiver at the sight. They had no idea what could have offended this venerated Buddha amongst their ranks.
As soon as court adjourned, Ning Cheng coldly issued orders. “Tell Ning Nuo he has no need to return to Cloud Realm Trade Consortium and to report here instead! He can explain everything to Ning Jing himself!”
The orders had hardly gone out before Ning Jing herself arrived in a tiff to toss a letter on the table. “Big brother, let the one who agreed to give them children birth the children himself! In any case, it won’t be me!”
She had plotted to get Tang Li married into her family just so she could place him under house arrest. Now Ning Nuo had arranged it so that she not only had to marry into the Tang Clan, but birth them children as well! Why doesn’t he go die instead?!
If Ning Cheng was standing in front of her right now, she’d slap him across the face! Did he take a break from leading things so long tht he’d lost his wits? How did they even settle on such preposterous terms?
“The Tang Clan’s already spread the news. What else do you want to do?” Ning Cheng asked coldly.
Although he was unsatisfied with Ning Nuo’s contract terms, he was still satisfied with one thing: that Tang Zijin had disagreed to marrying his son into their clan. If the man had folded, then he would have started suspecting them for sure. Judging from the current circumstances, Tang Zijin and Long Feiye most likely weren’t friends, just as their investigations yielded.
“So what if they’ve spread the news?” Ning Jing’s eyes turned shrewd. “Big brother, why don’t we just kill Tang Li and shift the blame onto the Cang Clan? In the future, you can decide on your little sister’s marriage as before.” If she had to birth children, she’d give up on this union and murder Tang Li outright.
Ning Cheng looked at his sister before a cold smile rose to his lips. He liked her venomous heart, but the situation had progressed to a point where he wasn’t willing to let go of the Tang Clan’s big, fat thigh. He was looking forward to getting the Pear Blossom Teardrop Rain needles!
“Don’t underestimate a man like Cang Qiuzi,” Ning Cheng replied as he waved to dismiss her. Leaning lazily against the chair, he stretched his legs to rest against the table and adopted an indolent, domineering air.
“Big brother!” Ning Jing stomped her feet.