Chapter 799 No one can threaten me, not even my own father
Xu Yu had indeed missed this opportunity despite being on high alert. He felt it was hilarious and said in disbelief, "What's the purpose of sending such a woman all the way to look for you?"
Even a three-year-old child can guess that it can’t be about reminiscing about the past!
Sang Zhixia was amused by Xu Yu's hidden irritation and said with a click of the tongue, "Let's change the subject. You're so alert, is there someone coming to your house?"
If this old woman was an exception, Xu Yu would never have reacted like this.
Xu Yu held his breath and nodded: "Someone came to see me too."
Sang Zhixia narrowed her eyes playfully. "Let me guess. He's here to persuade Emperor Yongshun to surrender? He wants you to lead your troops and revolt out of Lingnan?"
Sang Zhixia’s guesses were always correct, without any mistakes.
Xu Yu took a deep breath, a look of frustration covering his brows, and muttered, "Yes."
"I killed the man and sent him to the young prince."
Sang Zhixia gave an unsurprising sneer: "Then I probably know what my cheap father is planning."
"The abacus beads are about to fall on our faces."
Xu Yu was only momentarily upset. After a brief silence, he understood the hidden meaning behind Sang Zhixia's words and said in a strange tone, "The person who came to see you has another intention?"
Sang Zhixia kissed Xu Yu on the tip of his nose as a reward, took out the secret letter that the old woman had sent to her from afar, unfolded it, and knocked on it to signal Xu Yu to open it himself.
While Xu Yu was reading the letter, Sang Zhixia said slowly, "The main point is that I am old and weak, and I have long lost the ambition and vigor of my youth."
"I have also been deeply hurt by the actions of the late Emperor and the late Crown Prince. I deeply empathize with the helplessness my husband's family once faced. I have no intention of getting involved in any more disputes. I just want to find a safe place to spend my old age."
In other words, the scumbag father is in Cao's camp but his heart is with Han. He plays chess with two hands, focusing on one side and not taking the initiative to offend either side.
But he also had his own plans to attack Chencang secretly.
On the surface, out of loyalty to Emperor Yongshun, the scumbag father went to Xu Yu and acted as a lobbyist to persuade him to surrender.
I found Sang Zhixia secretly and told her all about the hardships she had to endure, and every word was heartbreaking.
Through the thin piece of paper in his hand, it seemed that what he saw was not the once majestic and powerful General Sang, but a hunchbacked old father with a heart full of pain.
The description of a loving father's heart is truly touching, and every word is full of true feelings.
Full of desire to survive.
Unfortunately, after reading it, Sang Zhixia calmly commented, "Honestly, this attitude doesn't seem like that of a father of a favorite concubine. It's a bit too servile."
Xu Yu was originally holding his breath for a moment, but after hearing this, he was stunned and laughed: "I've been worried for a long time, afraid that you would get angry about this."
"Now it seems that I am being mean-spirited?"
Sang Zhixia asked blankly, "Why should I be angry?"
Behaving in this way, she really had no other emotions except being funny.
Sang Zhixia tugged at Xu Yu's earlobe and rubbed it, saying lazily, "If his favorite concubine in the palace was capable and the imperial army was doing well, he would have acted differently. How could he have thought of me?"
"Besides, I was expelled from the family tree the year I married you. The three characters Sang Zhixia cannot be found in the Sang family tree for several generations."
"Wouldn't it be stupid of me to get angry over someone who has nothing to do with me?"
When the Xu family got into trouble, the Sang family was determined to send Sang Zhixia to death. They married her off first and then deleted the family tree. It was so quick and decisive.
Upon learning that Xu Yu had become a powerful general under Jiang Yubai, in order to express his loyalty to Emperor Yongshun, he took out the family tree that had long been deleted and revised as evidence, trying to prove that the Sang family had nothing to do with Sang Zhixia, the expelled evil daughter.
He was very sure of his words earlier and wanted to cut Sang Zhixia into eight pieces, drain his blood and peel off his bones to prove his innocence.
Now that the situation has reversed, they are starting to talk about father-daughter love again. What kind of monkey show is this?
Sang Zhixia was too lazy to act like a monkey in someone else's pre-written play. He pointed to the letter in Xu Yu's hand and said, "Emperor Yongshun's ship is about to capsize. He's just used to enjoying wealth and luxury and doesn't want everything to be in vain again."
"As for what he said about wanting to take his family and find a mountain village to live out his old age with simple food and drink, just take it as a joke and don't believe a word of it."
If he really lets his scumbag father get what he wants and still retains some dignity after the fall of Kyoto, this person will sooner or later be driven by ambition to cause other troubles.
What an honor it is to be the newly promoted powerful father-in-law under the new emperor.
As long as they give out a little bit of color, the Sang family can open a super large dyeing factory.
Sang Zhixia's reaction was beyond Xu Yu's expectations. Besides being surprised, he also found it funny to himself.
"Zhizhi, do you think so?"
"What do you think I think?"
Xu Yu had known for a long time that the Sang family's inner quarters were in a mess.
But even though they had been married for many years, Xu Yu never asked too many questions in order not to touch upon the pain of Sang Zhixia being neglected by her biological father and bullied by her stepmother when she was young.
Xu Yu knew that Sang Zhixia did not have much respect for her biological father, but he never thought that she could see so clearly.
With just one glance, Sang Zhixia roughly guessed what Xu Yu was afraid of.
Sang Zhixia laughed and said, "Why should I think too much about the one who abandoned me?"
"You've been worrying about these people behind my back a lot these days, haven't you?"
Xu Yu chuckled awkwardly twice without replying, earning a glare from Sang Zhixia: "I can guess what you're thinking."
"It's nothing more than fear that I will be embarrassed, worried that Yanyou will feel bad, or perhaps concerned about my mother's thoughts. Facing such a shameless father-in-law, I can't take it lightly or seriously. I'm caught in a dilemma."
"But you are not someone who will suffer any loss."
Sang Zhixia tapped the tip of Xu Yu's nose and said with a half-smile, "If someone comes and disgusts you, and you don't slap them back, you wouldn't be yourself anymore."
"While he was hiding it from me and didn't want me to know about the Sang family's movements, he must have made some secondary preparations."
"Let me just take a wild guess. Did you delegate this offending and trouble-solving task to someone else? My Lord?"
Xu Yu was seen through and simply didn't hide anything. He grabbed Sang Zhixia's waist and fell on the soft couch in the inn. He buried his face in her neck and said sullenly, "I actually want to cut the grass and get rid of it completely."
Kill him and eliminate the trouble forever.
Sang Zhixia's lips curled up when she heard this: "And then?"
Xu Yu was silent for a moment, then said with a lingering melancholy, "But after thinking it over again, I still can't kill him for the time being."
"I pretended to send a letter to the Right Vice Marshal and others, asking them to kill all the members of the Sang family. I also sent a message to the young prince privately, telling him to keep a hand in the critical moment. All he had to do was save his life."
The killing posture he put on was for the Sang family to see. It was a deterrent and also to tell these people that he would not fall for their tricks.
If his father-in-law had been sensible, he would have known how to behave himself after this incident. If he was not, there would be a knife waiting for him.
However, Xu Yu was careless for a moment and did not expect that Sang Zhixia knew about it first. At this point, he could no longer hide it.
Sang Zhixia tugged at Xu Yu's ear and then changed the subject, saying softly, "Knowing that the woman had seen my mother and knew that Yanyou was still alive, why would I keep her alive?"
Xu Yu's ears twitched slightly, and when he looked up, he was met with Sang Zhixia's cold smile: "Because I want to borrow her mouth to say something for me when I go back."
Sang Zhixia's voice gradually lowered: "I have come this far. I am not afraid of any conspiracy or scheme."
"No one can threaten me, not even my biological father."
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