Chapter 418 Come with me to the palace to fetch Sui Sui back
The murder of Nangong's grandmother in a night raid caused Nangong Ming to vent his anger on many people.
First, the guards of the old house failed to discover Gongsun Qi in time and break the blast barrier in time, which caused the rescue to be delayed. Most of them were buried with Nangong's grandmother.
Next was the Sixth Prince, who was in charge of the Imperial Orchid Division. He failed to recognize Gongsun Qi when he was outside the city, allowing Gongsun Qi to hide quietly for several days.
Nangong Ming used someone else to expose Duan Fengning to Emperor Qingyang, which enraged the emperor, who then berated Duan Fengning and dismissed him from his post.
As for Wang Jingshu and Qin Shan, apart from not discovering Gongsun Qi, there was nothing else wrong with them, and Tang Qing was even less involved.
Anyone with eyes can see that Tang Qing is infatuated with Wu Huaiwei.
He would accompany Wu Huaiwei to the outskirts of the city, but why today of all days?
Nangong Ming asked Sheng Fei, who was standing at the door, "Did you let Yan Xiaochuan leave?"
Sheng Fei lowered his head and said, "Yes."
Since arriving in Qingyang Imperial Capital, Yan Xiaochuan had been under the control of the Nangong family, which made his movements difficult, but he really didn't want to see Sheng Fei before.
Sheng Fei found Yan Xiaochuan, talked to him, helped him avoid other low-level sorcerers, and helped him leave the capital smoothly.
When Wu Huaiwei came to ask, Sheng Fei deliberately told her, also so that Wu Huaiwei could go and deter those who tried to harm Yan Xiaochuan.
Sheng Fei was prepared to be reprimanded by his father, but he didn't expect it to be under these circumstances. His grandmother had just died, and his son had done something foolish and disobedient to him, which made Sheng Fei feel uneasy.
Nangong Ming merely glanced at him coldly and said nothing more.
Chu Jin retorted, "Do you know how much time and manpower we spent searching for Yan Xiaochuan? What gives you the right to let him go so easily!"
Sheng Fei wasn't in the mood to argue with her at the moment, and he didn't even bother to give her a glance.
After scolding Sheng Fei, Chu Jin said to Han Bing, "Didn't you stop him from doing anything stupid?"
"I didn't know about this," Han Bing said.
Chu Jin sneered, "Sheng Fei may not understand Yan Xiaochuan's role, but don't you? You should have been keeping an eye on him when he entered the Prince's mansion!"
Han Bing glanced at Sheng Fei: "He's not stupid."
Sheng Fei, unable to bear it any longer, said to Chu Jin, "When did it become your place to give orders here, you cripple? With all these injuries standing in front of me, I'm afraid I'll shatter you if I raise my voice. Before you come out to meet people, you'd better hide your true colors better, otherwise I'm afraid that one day my second brother will really bring the people of Yu Lan Si into the manor, and you won't even know where to hide."
Chu Jin's heart skipped a beat. How did this fool know? Did Madam Sheng tell him?
Sheng Fei merely glanced coldly at Chu Jin.
Before Madam Han could stop the two, Madam Su coughed, covering her mouth, and blood seeped from between her fingers. The maids exclaimed, "Madam!"
"You should go back first since you're seriously injured," Madam Han said to her.
Before Madam Su could answer, Nangong Ming, who had been silent all along, suddenly said, "Come here."
Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look inside the house. Madam Su's face grew paler, and she brushed away the mute woman's hand, stepping into the main room.
Madam Su came to Nangong Ming's side and saw Nangong's grandmother lying in the coffin up close. Looking at the cracks in her head and body and the festering wounds, she gasped for breath, and her five fingers under her sleeves trembled uncontrollably.
"Do you think it's worth it?" Nangong Ming asked her.
Madam Su subconsciously glanced at the man beside her. His expression was hard to read, but he was much colder than before.
"I don't know," Madam Su replied softly.
"Don't know?" Nangong Ming laughed.
Madam Su fainted for a moment, then reached out and grabbed the coffin opening to steady herself. Her forehead was covered in sweat, and her dark eyes reflected the wounds and blood of the corpse inside. She said in a trembling voice, "If she hadn't been injured...wouldn't this have happened...?"
Nangong Ming said, "Yes."
“She is a Saint of the Ghost Path. If we had used the Breath Soil to heal her earlier, she might have been able to comprehend the Ghost Path God Transformation Realm.”
Madam Su bit her pale lower lip.
Nangong Ming continued, "She won't die so miserably at Gongsun Qi's hands tonight."
Lady Su's feelings for Grandmother Nangong were complex. Back in the Yan Kingdom, she had even worked together with her grandmother. Grandmother Nangong had always turned a blind eye to the affair between Lady Su and Nangong Ming, completely trusting Nangong Ming's choices, and had never shown any dissatisfaction or criticism towards Lady Su.
She even warned Madam Su before she gave birth to Chu Jin that there was no turning back.
Even after obtaining the Breath of Earth, you will still have to continue to participate in those extremely dangerous conflicts, which will never end.
Lady Kesu did not want to be embroiled in conflict for long, constantly becoming a sharp blade. She only wanted to obtain the Breath Soil and then live a quiet and peaceful life.
Lady Su's ambition ended when she obtained the Breath of Earth, but Nangong Ming's ambition was not limited to obtaining the Breath of Earth.
If she had to say something, Madam Su had some respect for Grandmother Nangong, and seeing the old lady's tragic death, she felt a pang of sorrow.
"...Do you regret it?" Madam Su lowered her head, not daring to look at Nangong Ming, and whispered, "If you hadn't hesitated before and had gotten rid of Sui Sui earlier, none of this would have happened. At that time, I would have used the Breath Soil to help her heal. Compared to the old lady, is Sui Sui's value over the years worth it?"
She finally understood the meaning of Nangong Ming's words.
Compared to the old lady's life, nothing else matters.
The previous head of the Nangong family was unfortunate, having married three wives but only having one child. His first two wives died at the hands of his enemies, but his third wife was intelligent and resilient, able to take care of not only his first wife's child but also herself.
Before his death, the previous patriarch bestowed the surname Nangong upon his wife, entrusting her with the management of the Nangong clan.
So, while carefully raising Nangong Ming, Grandmother Nangong also managed the Nangong clan, continuing to strive for the goal of the clan for generations to come.
She and Nangong Ming are not related by blood, yet she devoted herself to him with all her might.
No matter how powerful Prince Nangong is now, at the age of three or five, he was just a child who needed to look up to adults, a child who could be kicked away far away by adults.
Grandmother Nangong raised him step by step, making him a figure who looked down on others from a high position. To Nangong Ming, she was both a teacher and a mother, someone he respected, close to, and competed with.
Nangong Ming gradually took over the family power from his grandmother, overshadowing her prestige within the clan. This led people to obey him without hesitation, rather than constantly having to consider the old lady's feelings.
While teaching Nangong Ming, Nangong's grandmother also personally became his opponent.
There was no tenderness between the two like that between a mother and son, nor were they passionate. To outsiders, they didn't seem like mother and son, but rather like collaborators. However, only Nangong Ming and his grandmother knew that the other was their only family in the world.
Nangong Ming did not answer the question of whether it was worth it. He simply told Madam Su, "Recover your injuries within half a month."
Lady Su's eyelids twitched, and then she heard him say, "Take the Breath Soil and set off for the Six Provinces."
Nangong Ming turned and walked away, a hint of fierceness flashing in his eyes. Madam Su looked at his retreating figure in surprise, her grip on the coffin loosened slightly, and her heart, which had been trembling with fear because of Gongsun Qi, finally calmed down.
An hour later, a report came from outside: "Your Highness! The Third Madam is not dead! The Third Young Master has found her."
Nangong Ming remained calm after hearing this and said to Cao Yan, "Come with me to the palace to bring Sui Sui back."
After escaping the palace, Yu Sui could neither return to the royal residence nor go to Elder Yan because Han Ziyang and Gongsun Qi were also unable to do so. In the vast capital city, she had nowhere to go.
But she didn't have much time to reminisce. Due to the severity of her injuries, after robbing several medical clinics, she found an abandoned old house to treat her wounds.
Under the gaze of the Heavenly Eye, the Qi of the Five Elements dissipates slowly. During Yu Sui's recuperation period, the Heavenly Eye will be used to lock the Qi of the Five Elements for repair, and then the Star Sea will be used to accelerate time.
She closed her eyes and leaned against the wall, deep in thought about the relationship between Zhongli Que and Qin Shan, as well as the issue of Han Ziyang and Gongsun Qi going to Tongtang. Before she could come up with a conclusion, she heard the mountain spirit's voice in her ear: "Grandmother Nangong is dead."
Yu Sui opened her eyes, her expression blank.
"……who?"
Mountain Spirit: "Gongsun Qi, accompanied by two mechanical sorcerers, launched a night raid on the Nangong family mansion and killed the old lady."
"Qin Shan has arrived at the old residence of Nangong."
"Wang Jingshu has arrived at the Nangong Old Residence."
"Nangong Ming has arrived at the Nangong family home."
"..."
Shanling kept reporting the commotion at the old Nangong residence, but Yu Sui's mind was buzzing.
Gongsun Qi's solution was to kill his grandmother?
He wanted to draw everyone's attention to himself, so that Qin Shan wouldn't have the time or energy to pursue him. Yu Sui could understand this, but such a choice meant killing Nangong's grandmother... That's right, he and the Nangong family had a blood feud. Gongsun Qi came to Qingyang Imperial Capital this time with the intention of killing someone.
Killing Zhao Yuxiang is killing, and killing the Nangong family is also killing.
That lunatic is probably glad he was given the opportunity and reason to kill his grandmother.
Yu Sui couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth, letting out a silent, bitter smile.
After his grandmother died, Nangong Ming became even more determined to kill her.
Those who needed the Breath of Earth never received it, and Nangong Ming is probably so angry that he'd snap Yu Sui's neck the moment they met.
Gongsun Qi killed Nangong's grandmother, which made him feel good, but it also exacerbated the conflicts within the Nangong family.
Not long after, Yu Sui received a telepathic message from Han Ziyang: "Did he tell you about killing your grandmother?"
Yu Sui: "No."
Han Ziyang hesitated and said, "Then you..."
Instead of answering, Yu Sui asked, "What are you going to Tongtang for? Is the person you're looking for in Tongtang?"
Han Ziyang nodded, then, realizing she couldn't see him, said, "A few days ago, I accidentally caught some hooligans and found A Yin's jade flower bracelet at their house. These guys said they picked it up in the river, and I searched along that river for a long time before finally finding out that a caravan from the Yan Kingdom had passed through this area before, and someone saw them throwing a lot of things into the river, but no one knew what they were."
"They didn't know anyone in the caravan; they only knew that the caravan would rest and transit through Tongtang Town."
Yu Sui fell silent after hearing this.
Many memories flashed through her mind. She didn't care how Elder Yan operated his organization, and she didn't know much about it, but she could vaguely guess some of it.
Was the old man's arrest of the Han family members a mistake or intentional?
"Speaking of which, why did Gongsun Qi go to Tongtang?" Han Ziyang asked, puzzled. "Does he have enemies there too?"
"Do you know Zhaoyu Township?" Yu Sui asked.
"The former prime minister of Yan, I know him," Han Ziyang said. "That's his number one enemy. Is Zhao Yuxiang in Tongtang?"
Yu Sui said, "I don't know. You can go to Tongtang and look for it. But since Grandmother died, the capital is under strict lockdown. From saints to soldiers guarding the city, and even civilian spies, everyone is arresting people. I'm afraid you won't even be able to leave your house tomorrow."
Han Ziyang snorted coldly, "What happened tonight is none of my business."
He just needs to avoid giving himself away in front of Nangong Ming.
Yu Sui added, "My grandmother is dead, and the Prince's Mansion will definitely call me back. I can't get away at the moment. I'll tell you the route then, and you can go by yourself."
Han Ziyang: "Okay."
Yu Sui hesitated for a moment whether to contact Elder Yan, but Elder Yan had not contacted her these past few days. Elder Yan was always a man of few words and many actions; even if he had done something for Yu Sui, he would not say it.
In the end, Yu Sui still sent him a message without knowing whether Yan Lao was Zhao Yuxiang: "The situation in the capital has been changing rapidly recently. Stay home as much as possible and take care."
She changed her clothes, burned her blood-stained old clothes, and returned to the palace under the cover of darkness.
Yu Sui had a premonition that Nangong Ming was really going to make a move against her next.
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