Chapter 931: Something she should know (2/2)

Tang Li only wanted to prod Han Yunxi into action. How could he know of any unhappy details between the couple? Now Han Yunxi recalled Long Feiye’s lonely eyes and simply asked, “Do you think so too?”

Tang Li had never seen Han Yunxi look so pathetic. He wondered if anyone else had cursed at her the same way? But since he’d already goaded her this far, he decided to play the villain until the end. “Don’t you?” he retorted. “Sister-in-law, my big bro never waits for anyone. After he met you, he’s delayed countless things for your sake, you know? My big bro might dote on you, but you should cherish him a bit, too.”

Tang Li had only been putting up a front in the beginning, but he couldn’t help but remember the past as he continued. Muttering to himself, he said, “Sister-in-law, my big brother’s never been spoiled by anyone, even when he was a child. I thought...I thought he wouldn’t even know how to dote on someone in this lifetime, but he can spoil you so thoroughly.”

Han Yunxi could guess that Long Feiye had a harsh childhood. She’d tried to ask him about it, but Long Feiye didn’t want to share.

“Tang Li, how did Long Feiye’s imperial father and mother pass away?” Han Yunxi asked in a low voice.

“It was because of the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion,” Tang Li didn’t think it was taboo to tell Han Yunxi this much. There were some things she was better off knowing. In fact, he had a selfish motive at heart: he much preferred to side with his big brother and East Qin. If Han Yunxi and Long Feiye went along with their plans, caught Bai Yanqing, and confronted the grudges of the past, then they might have to meet on the battlefield one day. When that happened, Tang Li hoped she could show a bit of mercy and yield to them.

“Perplexing Butterfly Illusion? How did Consort Wan get her hands on it?” Han Yunxi grew tense. The Perplexing Butterfly Illusion was the long lost treasure of the Poison Sect. Many vied for it, even Bai Yanqing, so how did Long Feiye’s mother find the poison?

“There was a rumor back then that the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion had reappeared at the Poison Sect. Plenty of people in the poison world fought for a chance to find it, while remnants of the Poison Sect poured into its grounds. Medical City tried its best to suppress the news, but it was impossible,” Tang Li intoned.

“So then, they went to look for the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion too?” Han Yunxi asked.

Tang Li helplessly shook his head. “Aunt and uncle had been searching for the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion for ages. Back then, Imperial Aunt Wan controlled the poison faction of the Tang Clan and thoroughly researched the history of its origins. One of the books had records on the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion. She and uncle found a few poison masters and headed for the Poison Sect. It took them three years to track down the poison. But one of the poison masters betrayed Imperial Aunt Wan and leaked the information about Perplexing Butterfly Illusion to cause waves in the poison world.”

Han Yunxi couldn’t believe it. This was the first time she’d ever heard anything about Long Feiye’s mother. “So the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion was already in Consort Wan’s hands by the time the poison world’s members rushed into the Poison Sect?”

Tang Li nodded. “The Tang Clan and Baili Army all assumed that imperial uncle died from his wounds. Some say he fell ill, but no one knows the truth.”

“Do you?” Han Yunxi asked anxiously.

“Back then, he’d found the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion in a cave. Imperial uncle was injured by the poison gas that spouted from the opening…” Tang Li took a deep breath, then continued, “And died without even his skeleton intact. His tomb on Reclining Dragon Peak is nothing but a cenotaph.”

Han Yunxi felt her heart seize up. “Then, Consort Wan…”

“Imperial aunt was right next to imperial uncle at the time, and saw him...just disappear,” Tang Li’s voice grew haorse. He remembered how his mother had been crying when she told him the news. “When she returned, her personality underwent a drastic change. She placed all her hopes for reviving the country on my big brother. For the next few years, she trained my brother like a suicide soldier, until….until she killed herself,” Tang Li intoned.

Han Yunxi recalled the scars she’d seen on Long Feiye’s body as her heart clenched. If Tang Li never told her, how would she know what kind of torture Long Feiye had undergone? For a while, she’d been pitying Consort Wan, but now she hated her to the core. What was suicide soldier training? To train someone in preparation of death without care for anything else. It was both highly difficult and demanding training! There was no difference between that and forcing someone towards death.

How old was Long Feiye back then?

But Tang Li’s next words sent Han Yunxi to the edge.

“Imperial Aunt Wan committed suicide in front of my big brother,” Tang Li said. “I was there too. She told my big brother two things.”

“Did she go insane?!” Han Yunxi raged.

“Perhaps,” Tang Li intoned.

Han Yunxi didn’t want to hear anymore, but she had to. She needed to understand what happened in the past, because it was part of Long Feiye’s history!