Chapter 397 Remember to Thank Me
Han Ziyang had already disappeared before Jiang Chi and the others left. Everyone's attention was drawn to Yu Sui, so no one noticed that he had come to the council hall.
Now only Yu Sui and Nangong Ming remain in the council hall. The girl is still standing in front of the council hall, not going in, and is at a distance that is neither too close nor too far from Nangong Ming.
The shadows cast by the ancient red maple leaves outside the corridor fell on the girl, making her appear as if she were bathed in a play of light and shadow.
With fewer people around, Nangong Ming's oppressive aura lessened somewhat, but his gaze towards Yu Sui became unfathomable.
Nangong Ming did not rush to ask what Yu Suichang Gen had said, but instead said, "You went to Taiyi and came back to find that many things have changed."
Yu Sui looked back, puzzled: "Really?"
Nangong Ming did not answer, but the girl smiled.
Things have definitely changed.
She used to only reach the man's knees, and had to look up to see his face, but she couldn't see his eyes clearly. The unknown brought fear and added unnecessary imagination.
Now that she's grown up, she can observe everything about men from a distance that's neither too close nor too far, and handle it with composure.
Once the previously unknown fears become tangible, they are no longer invincible.
Yu Sui asked, "Dad, what do you think has changed about me?"
Nangong Ming said, "You never had the guts to talk to me like this before."
“I used to be afraid of you.” Yu Sui winked at him, smiled, and said softly, “I was afraid that you would think I was a mediocre person, useless to the Nangong family, and that you would abandon me.”
Upon hearing this, Nangong Ming showed no interest in having a heart-to-heart talk with his youngest daughter. Instead, he said in a cold tone, "So you're not a member of Ping Shu now, and you're not afraid? Can't you hide your arrogant thoughts after you've succeeded?"
“Father, it’s because you and Mother have been deliberately avoiding a certain issue with me.” Yu Sui said, “You don’t think I don’t know that I only have half of the Breath Soil in my body, do you? Master said that it was this half of the Breath Soil that prevented me from retaining the Five Elements Qi. He sealed the Breath Soil for me so that I could cultivate.”
These things were already told to Nangong Ming by Chang Gen Sheng Zhe.
He and Madam Su had indeed never mentioned half a piece of the Breath Soil to Yu Sui.
Both of them arrogantly believed that there was no need to explain too much to a pawn destined to die.
“Master said that unless either my mother or I die, the broken Breath Soil cannot be restored.”
Yu Sui stared at Nangong Ming's face and asked softly, "Is Mother's poor health partly due to this half of the Breath Soil?"
Nangong Ming believed that Yu Sui was afraid of death, which was why he was cautiously testing him now. So he smiled and said, "Now that you know the reason for the Breath of Earth, are you willing to die to cure your mother?"
Yu Sui showed no fear or anger; these two people would never give her a choice.
"Does it matter whether I want to or not?" Yu Sui said. "It's just that my mother couldn't wait any longer. Not long after I arrived in Taiyi, she sent people to kill me. If I hadn't summoned my master, I wouldn't have been able to return alive from Taiyi to see you."
Her eyes flickered with amusement, and her tone sounded ambiguous, making it difficult to discern whether she was genuine or not.
Nangong Ming knew about this, but he did not agree with Yu Sui's words. Instead, he said, "Those were Rakshasa sorcerers sent by the Yan Kingdom to seize the Breath Soil. It was not your mother who did it."
Yu Sui asked in surprise, "Father, do you only now realize that it's unpleasant for word to spread that Mother murdered her children?"
Nangong Ming didn't want to discuss this topic with his youngest daughter. He calmly picked up his teacup: "Sui Sui, since you came back, I've indulged you several times. Are you going to continue being so unruly?"
Yu Sui pursed her lips slightly, and Nangong Ming asked again, "What did Elder Chang say?"
“Master said he agreed to cooperate with you,” Yu Suiping said. “Master also asked me to come back and tell you about Senior Brother’s background. Senior Brother is the child of the Princess of Yan. After the Princess died, he was taken back to Taiyi by Master, his memories were erased and he was raised by his side. Some time ago, Senior Brother regained his memories, broke with Master, and burned down the entire Ghost Dao Holy Hall.”
Nangong Ming remained silent for a long time after hearing this.
The fact that Sage Changgen agreed to cooperate with him and that Gu Gan disappeared were both pleasant surprises.
The Sage Changgen even took the initiative to tell Mei Liangyu about his background, which means that the master-disciple relationship between the two has come to a complete end.
"Father, you should know more about my senior brother's background, right?" Yu Sui suddenly asked. "I heard that you led people to the capital of Yan and surrounded and killed the princess and her entourage."
When Nangong Ming heard her mention this, a smile played on his lips as he slowly recounted those events from back then: "I remember one year, I asked you what you wanted for your birthday, and you chose a hairpin made of sacred wood from among many things."
“That was the sacred wood hairpin that Princess Wangshu of Yan, who was also the elder sister of your senior brother Mei Liangyu, always carried with her. That hairpin protected her for a period of time in the end. The people who cleaned up the mess were dishonest and even brought back the thing from the dead man’s head.”
Yu Sui's gaze faltered slightly as she recalled the beautiful black hairpin she had taken a liking to at first sight years ago, following Nangong Ming's voice.
"You, like your third brother, are curious why I'm being so good to Gu Gan, aren't you?" Nangong Ming glanced at Yu Sui as he sipped his tea and said calmly, "Gu Gan's mother died saving me, and his mother's only sister also perished along with Gongsun Xi's eldest son while helping me to besiege Gongsun Xi. Because the Nangong family owes Gu Gan, we need to repay him."
Yu Sui knew that Gu Gan was the child of a mutual friend of Nangong Ming and Madam Su, but she didn't know there was such a reason. Was this something the Nangong family owed Gu Gan? Or was it that the Gu Gan family owed you, which is why they all died for you.
"What about Brother Gu's father?" Yu Sui asked.
Nangong Ming put down his teacup, lowered his eyes, and remained silent.
He did not answer the question about Gu Gan's father, but said to Yu Sui, "The plan against Yan State has been made possible by the sacrifice of many people. Now it is almost in the final stage. If Elder Chang agrees to cooperate at this time, Yan State will surely be our Qingyang's possession."
"I will not allow anyone to ruin my plans at this time, not even my son Gongsun Xi, who is not quite dead."
"Sui Sui, I heard that everyone in Taiyi is saying that Mei Liangyu likes you. How much do you think he likes you?"
Nangong Ming stared at Yu Sui with scrutinizing eyes, waiting for her answer.
Yu Sui looked back at Nangong Ming in surprise: "Father, didn't you hear what Master said?"
Nangong Ming frowned slightly: "What did Elder Chang say?"
Yu Sui smiled generously and openly, her smile bright and cheerful: "It's not that senior brother likes me, it's that I like senior brother."
Nangong Ming stared at her for a while, and after confirming that Yu Sui wasn't deliberately provoking him, he laughed angrily, "Do you even know what you're saying?"
"I didn't know our two families were mortal enemies when I fell in love with my senior brother," Yu Sui said innocently. "Father, you can't blame me for this. If you had discovered my senior brother's background earlier, I wouldn't have fallen in love with the child of my enemy."
"Are you deliberately dissatisfied because of the problem with the Breath of Earth?" Nangong Ming asked coldly.
“It has nothing to do with the Breath of Earth,” Yu Sui said. “I’m just telling you that I like him.”
Nangong Ming said, "You like Mei Liangyu, so you've hidden his whereabouts?"
"Then you're wronging me. I don't know where my senior brother went, not even Master knows." Yu Sui looked even more innocent. "I even asked Master if I could see my senior brother one more time, but Master said that if I didn't listen to him, I wouldn't be able to go back to how things were before. So I plan to listen to Master, end the night journey, and come back to send you a message."
Nangong Ming stared blankly at his innocent yet troubled youngest daughter, unable to believe what he had just heard.
In order to return to the past with Mei Liangyu, he went to ask Elder Chang for help, and only returned to deliver the message after listening to Elder Chang's advice.
Just because you like Mei Liangyu?
That's a joke.
Nangong Ming absolutely could not accept that Yu Sui would do something foolish because he was infatuated with Mei Liangyu.
“There is no possibility between you and Mei Liangyu. Give up on that idea as soon as possible. Once Mei Liangyu regains his memory, he will break with Elder Chang. Do you think he can still accept your identity?” Nangong Ming looked at Yu Sui coldly. “The Nangong family killed his older brother, sister and mother. He will do the same thing to avenge them.”
“Father,” Yu Sui drawled, but her expression was relaxed and casual, “you don’t need to worry about my private affairs.”
"I know what I'm doing."
"You know what's going on?" Nangong Ming strode towards Yu Sui. "Are you disobeying my orders for the sake of your enemy's son?"
With each step he took forward, the pressure of the five elements he released became more and more terrifying.
As Nangong Ming closed the distance, Yu Sui did feel the pressure. She ignited her protective aura, raised her head to look directly into Nangong Ming's judgmental eyes, and still smiled as she said, "Yes, I can disobey my master for him, and I can also disobey you for him."
"madness."
Nangong Ming stopped in his tracks. As his voice fell, a clear chirping sound came from inside the room. Golden spirit words flew out from behind him and instantly transformed into a huge golden phoenix. Its wings spread and covered the entire council hall. The feathers fell like scattered rays of light, turning into sharp feather blades.
The golden phoenix's majestic and sharp eyes were fixed on Yu Sui, and the air waves generated by its flapping wings and cries forced Yu Sui to retreat and defend himself after using the Wind Riding Technique.
Hearing the commotion, Su Feng, Han Bing, and the others waiting outside the corridor turned around in surprise to look at the council hall. They saw that the golden phoenix wings seemed to cover the sky and the wind was blowing, and the red maple leaves were falling.
Seeing this, Chu Jin couldn't help but laugh, a look of schadenfreude flashing in his eyes.
She said that her father couldn't tolerate that arrogant and conceited fool.
Jiang Chi and Cao Yan were further away. He glanced at the council hall, which was shrouded in the pressure of the Five Elements, with one eye open and the other closed. In the end, the prince still took action to teach the princess a lesson.
However, this princess was quite brave, managing to provoke the prince into anger and taking action.
I don't know what the two of them said inside.
"Could it be because of Mei Liangyu..." Before Su Feng could finish speaking, Sheng Fei asked coldly, "What about Mei Liangyu? Does he have any other identity?"
Even if Dad knew that Yu Sui liked Mei Liangyu, he shouldn't have gotten this angry.
“Mei Liangyu is the eldest princess of Yan State and the youngest son of Gongsun Xi.” Chu Jin looked in the direction of the council hall and said leisurely, “The Nangong family surrounded and killed Gongsun Xi and her two children in the Yan capital palace. Mei Liangyu was lucky enough to be taken away by the Sage Chang Gen, who concealed his identity and took him as a disciple, hiding him in Taiyi.”
After saying that, she looked down at Sheng Fei and said, "Don't you know?"
Sheng Fei was stunned.
Han Bingzheng hesitated whether to go over and take a look, when he caught a figure striding forward out of the corner of his eye. He called out, "Mr. Han."
Han Ziyang seemed not to hear, and continued walking towards the council hall without stopping.
Han Bing immediately followed.
As the two walked through the corridor, they felt the pressure of the Five Elements ahead. After turning a corner, Han Ziyang called out to the two who were confronting each other with the Five Elements Qi: "Your Highness, I have urgent business to discuss."
Yu Sui and Nangong Ming, who were standing under the maple forest corridor, turned to look at him at the same time.
Han Ziyang's gaze swept lightly over Yu Sui, showing no sign of anything unusual, with the surprise and confusion that a normal person would have upon discovering a fight between father and daughter.
Upon seeing that it was him, Nangong Ming slowly dispersed the Five Elements pressure and put away the Word Spirit.
"Would you like to talk here, or over to my place?" Han Ziyang's gaze darted between Nangong Ming and Yu Sui as he raised an eyebrow and asked.
Nangong Ming said to Han Bing, "Keep an eye on your sister."
He then walked towards Han Ziyang.
Yu Sui looked at Han Ziyang. Her wind-listening ruler had made a sound earlier; it was a message sent by Han Ziyang:
Remember to thank me.
At this moment, the girl looked at him with clear eyes, slightly raising her chin in a silent gesture.
Thanks.
Han Ziyang snorted inwardly. After Nangong Ming passed by him, he casually tossed the Listening Wind Ruler back to Han Bing and turned to follow Nangong Ming.
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