Chapter 544: Chapter 536: She is Good at Provoking Hatred
Mr. Xiong suddenly started throwing punches, scaring everyone present, especially Marquis Chang’an, who was still in shock. He felt a sharp pain around his eye as he got hit by Mr. Xiong with a solid punch.
Marquis Chang’an let out a cry of pain, covering his eye and shouting angrily, “Xiong Dingbang, you brute, how dare you strike !”
“Just a brute I am, what wouldn’t I dare? Back in the days, you and that sordid woman conspired and caused my sister to collapse in bed with anger. I haven’t even settled that score with you, you old bastard. My sister didn’t live long; it was all because of you, you scum. Well, if she was short-lived, that’s her fate, but what about her only son, your son too, your legitimate eldest son—you neglected him and even let others harm him, got him infected by poison? No wonder I say these years Lian’er has beco increasingly weak like a sick cat, so there were these dark deeds behind it, and you kept it hidden. I’ll beat you to death!” Mr. Xiong rolled up his sleeves, ready to charge.
Xiong Er quickly held him back, “Dad, Dad, don’t do this.”
“Let go of , I’ll kill him,” Mr. Xiong struggled but could only kick with his feet.
Marquis Chang’an was also enraged; he had endured this brute for many years and he now joined the fray.
Jing Xiaosi held him back, “Father, this is the Pri Minister Mansion, not Marquis Chang’an Mansion, nor a place where we can act wildly.”
Lin Xiang and his son watched this farce unfold and silently stepped back, enjoying it as they pleased.
Caught off guard, Marquis Chang’an vehently flung his sleeves and glared at Mr. Xiong, “I can’t be bothered to stoop to your level. This was all an accident. At that ti, you were abroad and it happened during a spring hunt in the woods, nobody hard him.” He then turned to Jing Xiaosi, saying sternly, “You too, everything should be based on evidence. Do you also think it was your mother who…”
“My mother has long been dead,” Jing Xiaosi interrupted coldly, “In all these years, I’ve never said it was her who cursed with gu. You need not seek justice for anyone.”
“Who else could it be? If you’re gone, who would benefit? Who else?” Mr. Xiong seethed, “Oh, so people do evil and et retribution, now it falls on their own sons, haha.”
“Xiong Dingbang!” Marquis Chang’an was furious beyond containnt.
Lin Xiang stepped forward to diate, “Gentlen, please hear out. Both of you are elderly, let’s talk this through nicely.”
Both of them snorted disdainfully, glaring at each other as if ready to drink the other’s blood and devour their flesh.
Marquis Chang’an grew even angrier, now regretting coming here, his reputation tarnished.
“Now that the quarreling is over, let’s settle the dical fee,” Qin Liuxi casually sipped her tea and suggested.
Everyone: “…”
Is this really the ti to talk about dical fees?
Marquis Chang’an stared coldly at her, blaming her for these embarrassing events, and said, “I invited you here for my son, but it seems I no longer hold that sway.” Indeed, these Daoists are no good.
Qin Liuxi, hearing his sardonic tone, couldn’t help but laugh, “It’s as if you’re asking for this slap on your own face.”
“Marquis, what sway are you even talking about? Didn’t I say I have already treated your son?” Qin Liuxi pointed at Jing Xiaosi, “Him, your only son.”
Marquis Chang’an’s face darkened, a glint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes, “What do you an by that?”
Qin Liuxi, unafraid, smiled brightly, “Marquis only has this one son, that’s what I an.”
Everyone: “?”
The hall went so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
What does she an, isn’t that accusing Marquis Chang’an of being cuckolded?
Lin Xiang was the first to regain his composure, coughing slightly, “It’s getting late, let’s end the banquet here, soone escort Mr. Xiong and the Marquis back to their mansions.”
Marquis Chang’an, however, leapt up pointing at Qin Liuxi, “Impudent child!”
She dares imply that!
Marquis Chang’an’s face shifted from green to white to red, he reached for his waist, where’s his sword?
He wanted to chop down that damned little Taoist.
“Dad!” Jing Xiaosi clung to him and said, “Don’t embarrass us in the Pri Minister Mansion.”
“Get lost!” Marquis Chang’an shook him off.
Jing Xiaosi frowned and said, “Dad, Jing Chao suddenly fell down. Do you really think it was a sudden acute condition? Didn’t Mrs. Niu tell you the real reason why he fell?”
Marquis Chang’an was stunned, turned his head around, and his gaze swept towards his eldest son like ice daggers.
He just returned to the city today, how could he know so much? Or had he actually returned much earlier?
Jing Xiaosi coldly said, “Do you want your son to explain it clearly here?”
Marquis Chang’an’s eyes caught Lin Xiang who, with his hands behind his back looking at the beam, had his ears pricked up high, seeming as if he wasn’t looking but was eavesdropping, which stifled Marquis Chang’an’s chest.
“Follow back ho.” He flicked his sleeves and his gaze coldly stabbed at Qin Liuxi, “This humiliation, the Marquis will rember.”
Qin Liuxi turned to Teng Zhao and said, “Do you believe Jing Si’s father thought this: ‘Woman, you have successfully caught the Marquis’s attention!’?”
Yes, in the way of hatred!
Teng Zhao with an old man’s scowl: You are good at stirring up enmity.
Lin Qingfan, with sharp ears, nearly laughed hearing that, but pinched the soft flesh around his waist to hold it back.
After Marquis Chang’an left, Jing Xiaosi then said to Mr. Xiong, “Uncle, you guys go back first.”
Mr. Xiong frowned and said, “Shouldn’t you co back with us and explain about the poison?”
Jing Xiaosi replied, “I must first go back and greet my grandmother. As for my matters, my second cousin knows all about them.”
And there was still a storm back ho, just from the conversation just now, Marquis Chang’an wouldn’t let him go to the Xiong Family.
Mr. Xiong sighed internally, the Xiong Family treated Jing Lian as their own grandson, but after all they were the maternal family, and no matter how bad the Marquis Chang’an Mansion was, Jing Lian couldn’t sever ties with it.
Besides, why should he sever them? He is the legitimate eldest son, and the Jing Family should rightfully be his.
The most important thing now was to understand the whole issue. From the little Taoist’s insinuations, it seed like Marquis Chang’an got cuckolded; no, I must go back and interrogate that rascal.
Mr. Xiong’s gossip fervor rekindled and he hurriedly took his leave from Lin Xiang.
Lin Qingfan personally saw them out.
The drawing hall quieted down, Lin Xiang saw Qin Liuxi cause a storm in just a few words and still act as if nothing had happened; he couldn’t help but silently shed a tear of sympathy for Marquis Chang’an.
If her words were true, the Jing Family was likely to be in chaos for a while.
“It’s getting late, and tomorrow the Junior Temple Master would perform acupuncture for my mother. Why not stay in the mansion tonight?” Lin Xiang suggested.
Qin Liuxi nodded in agreent, thinking to return to Jiuxuan tomorrow.
anwhile, Marquis Chang’an sat in the carriage waiting for Jing Xiaosi, seeing him coming out but still not boarding, he coldly said, “Must I invite you?”
Jing Xiaosi boarded the carriage silently.
Marquis Chang’an sat cross-legged, staring sharply at him: “What did you an by your words, when exactly did you return, and who are all these ssy people you’ve been fraternizing with this past year?”
Jing Xiaosi replied sarcastically, “These years I’ve been seeking dical attention everywhere for this body, do I have any ability or energy to sche against anyone? As for the aning of my words, father, do you know I was nearly killed after my lifespan was stolen while outside? I didn’t die only because the Forbidden Technique was resolved. And the one who stole my life, who do you think it was? Once the technique was lifted, who was struck back and fell down?”
He narrated almost calmly, watching the man’s face in front of him crumble bit by bit, and couldn’t help feeling a trace of satisfaction.
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