Long Yue and Li Qingmu returned to the General Mansion, it was already dark by then. Cao Yin happened to be ravenously hungry, eating like a wolf. When he saw the two return, he pointed at them and laughingly scolded, "You brat, you silly girl, where did you go, huh? I’ve been waiting left and right, my stomach is starving, and just when I started eating, you co back, deliberately disrespecting your grandfather, aren’t you?"
Long Yue smiled bitterly, "It’s nothing like that, grandfather, please sit and eat."
"Oh, why do you both look so dirty? Like you rolled around in the mud. Go, go, hurry and wash up, don’t you fear getting sick from eating filthy?"
Cao Yin’s words were mostly caring, though he cursed and scolded, both felt ward at heart listening.
Cao Yin likes to drink wine while eating, and quite a lot too. By the ti they freshened up and returned, he was still eating.
"Grandfather..."
"Hmm, alright, sit down and eat!"
Cao Yin, with his greasy hand, stroked his beard while gnawing furiously on a lamb leg, his speech sowhat muffled.
Seeing her grandfather eat happily, Long Yue decided not to speak imdiately, planning to wait until he finished, so as not to ruin his mood.
Cao Yin, though careless, wasn’t stupid and quickly saw that the young couple was harboring sothing on their minds. He patted the table and laughed while scolding, "You little things, what’s going on? Both looking worried, got bullied? Haha, tell your grandfather, and he’ll go seek justice for you!"
"Grandfather, it’s nothing..."
"Hey, you say that, there must be sothing! Hurry up and say it, or your grandfather will be truly angry! Hmm?"
Long Yue hesitated, not knowing how to open up to her grandfather. It was Li Qingmu who spoke, "Grandfather, we found the remains of my mother-in-law."
"Oh... ah? What? Wan Jun’s remains?" Cao Yin was stunned, puzzled, "Wasn’t Wan Jun buried in..."
As he spoke, he suddenly trembled, dropping the chopsticks in his hand to the ground.
"Confused, confused! That little beast Pang Wenzheng hated so much, how could he let Wan Jun rest in peace? Boy, tell , Wan Jun’s remains... where, where are they?"
"Thirty miles west of the city, Bai E Mountain, the unmarked graves."
Boom!
Cao Yin felt like he was struck by a bolt out of the blue, leaving him dazed. He looked blankly at the young couple, too agitated, even his lips trembled, "You... you, you say what? Wan Jun, she, she’s been..."
"Grandfather, mother-in-law was thrown into the unmarked graves. We just ca back from burying her remains, planning to have you pick a good day to bring her... back ho..."
Li Qingmu hadn’t finished speaking when he was grabbed by the collar with eyes blazing red by Cao Yin. His grip was so strong, Li Qingmu even felt suffocated.
"Cough, cough... grandfather..."
"Grandfather, stop it, please stop, don’t choke A Mu to death!"
Long Yue was heartbroken and saddened, but she wasn’t blind, seeing her husband turning red-faced, she knew sothing was wrong and quickly rushed to pry her grandfather’s hand away.
Cao Yin was overwheld by emotions and temporarily lost his bearings. Stopped by Long Yue, his senses slowly returned, seeing Li Qingmu panting desperately on the table, Cao Yin felt very guilty.
Guilt and sorrow nearly drove his spirit to collapse!
He gasped heavily a few tis, suddenly turned, took the long knife from the wall, and rushed out.
"Grandfather, what are you doing, where are you going?"
"I’m... I’m going to kill that bastard, tear him into pieces!"
Cao Yin was so enraged his face contorted.
Cao Wanjun was his only legitimate daughter, the beloved of his late legitimate wife, once the cherished jewel of the Cao Mansion, but ended up treated so cruelly, how could he not be furious?
At this mont, Cao Yin wished he could flay Pang Wenzheng alive, drain his blood, chew his flesh, grind his bones to dust!
"Silly girl, don’t stop ! I must kill that little beast!"
Cao Yin pushed Long Yue aside and continued forward.
"Grandfather, if you just go and kill, have you thought about the Cao Family?"
Li Qingmu suddenly chased out, a question that froze Cao Yin, slowing his steps.
"Pang Wenzheng is a second rank official of the court. If you go directly to kill him, not to ntion his family’s guards will stop you, soon people from the Inspection Departnt will hear and co, then those from the Imperial City will co over. You can say it’s for avenging your daughter, but if Pang Wenzheng insists we’re slandering him?"
Li Qingmu stepped forward, "That’s the failure scenario if you succeed in killing him. Without the Emperor’s consent, you kill a court official recklessly, that’s disregarding the Emperor. Then, when the Emperor is enraged, the ones suffering will not only be the Cao Family?"
Li Qingmu’s words hit hard, Cao Yin was so angry he threw the long knife onto the ground.
"Damn it, this doesn’t work, that doesn’t work, you brat, what do you say to do? Hmm?"
Cao Yin finished speaking and sat down on the ground. In the heat of anger, he drew his sword to kill, but persuaded by Li Qingmu, all the killing intent vanished, as if all his strength was drained, he collapsed softly onto the ground.
Li Qingmu stepped forward, kneeling down on one knee, "Grandfather, from what I know about Pang Wenzheng, he is cunning, despicable, and shaless. He dumped my mother-in-law into the unmarked graves, surely there is an empty tomb in his ho, so for us to accuse him is difficult."
"You brat, you asking for a beating? I asked what should be done!"
Cao Yin’s impatient temper flared again.
"Very simple, use the court’s thod to deal with him! Grandfather, leave this matter to Yue’er and , as for you... the Emperor’s deadline is near, if you don’t return soon, you will defy the royal edict. Oh, before that, pick an auspicious day to bring mother-in-law’s remains... ho!"
Cao Yin blinked, couldn’t help but shed two lines of old tears, he looked up forcing the tears back.
"I... I will bring my daughter back to the Cao Family, let her enter the Cao Family ancestral tomb, let her... rest in peace!"
Cao Yin wailed dryly, stood up, staggered back.
Li Qingmu silently watched Cao Yin’s departing figure, his fists tightly clenched in his sleeves, Cao Yin treated him like a ntor and father. If not for those days together in Xinan training and strengthening, his body wouldn’t have recovered so quickly.
And mother-in-law... she gave him such a good wife, how could he watch her die uneasily?
No, absolutely not!
Whether it is the Crown Prince or the Third Prince, as long as they dare obstruct his revenge, he would not hesitate!
"A Mu..."
Behind ca a small woman’s low voice.
Li Qingmu turned slowly, looking at her, "Yue’er?"
"I want Pang Wenzheng dead!"
Her eyes turned fearfully fierce, even bloodshot, Li Qingmu knew, for her to make such a choice, how much inner struggle did she go through?
That was, after all, her biological father.
"He is not my father, I have no ties with him anymore, seeing him again, we are relentless enemies!"
Li Qingmu silently, "Alright."
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