HCB Chapter 1217 Life and Death
Chapter 1217 Life and Death
After Li Furong finished speaking, she could no longer hold on and slid off the chair, trying to reach out to Hua Yue to help her up.
As soon as Xiang Huayue got up from her chair, Li Furong knelt down in front of her.
When Xiang Huayue took her hand, she realized that even though it was almost summer, her hands were still terribly cold.
Xiang Huayue raised her hand and rolled up Li Furong's sleeve. After seeing that the clothes she was wearing underneath were made of faded fabric, she sneered in anger.
"What a fine Xie family! They're truly remarkable."
Xiang Huayue pulled the person up from the ground and said to Chun Chan, who was waiting beside her:
"Send Li Jin to the capital to have someone from the Li family come and bring their young lady back to the capital!"
Xiang Huayue's cold expression was frightening. Even when Li Furong was helped to sit down by her, she couldn't help but feel intimidated by her aura.
Upon hearing this, Chun Chan immediately turned around and went out. After pulling Hua Yue up, he suppressed his anger and pressed Li Furong into a chair.
"The past cannot be recalled, and we are now too old to dwell on the past. If we waste our energy on suffering, even if we leave the Xie family, we will still live a miserable life."
Li Furong sat in the chair, silently climbing up the armrests on both sides to support herself.
Xiang Huayue handed her a cup of hot tea and told her to sip it slowly.
Li Furong had only taken a sip when she suddenly remembered something, so she quickly put the teacup aside and grabbed Xiang Huayue's hand.
“Your Majesty, I have not had any dealings with the Li family for many years, so I will not trouble my elder brother. I have my own savings, which is enough for the next few years.”
Xiang Huayue's gaze shifted from the hand that was holding her sleeve to Li Furong's face.
Seeing her embarrassed expression and the worry that she couldn't hide in her eyes, Xiang Huayue softened her attitude.
I sat down next to her.
Xiang Huayue: "When you were eleven years old, you were playing at the lantern festival and forgot the time. You didn't tell your family in advance. Your older brother was worried and came out to look for you. On the way, he stepped on a cracked brick and scraped both of his knees. He carried you home that night and only told you after your injuries had healed. If he had known about these things, he would have come to pick you up and take you home himself."
Looking back, although Xiang Huayue had little contact with the Li family over the years after Li Furong left the capital, she could occasionally hear about the Li family from His Majesty.
The Li family has strict family rules and is extremely strict in managing its subordinates. Li Furong was the most favored child of her generation.
Before her marriage, she had never known what sorrow was, but upon arriving in Qiyang, she suffered endless hardships. Anyone who heard this would feel terrible.
If the head of the Li family has maintained his integrity over the years, even though the Li family has only recently revived its fortunes...
We won't let the Xie family get away with this so easily.
Li Furong was filled with anticipation and trepidation. At Xiang Huayue's prompting, she could only pick up her teacup and sip the tea slowly.
She let the hot tea warm her withered, lifeless body, hoping to revitalize her.
Xiang Huayue turned to look at Li Furong, her bright and lively childhood image flashing before her eyes like a revolving lantern.
Life is but a few decades, and it's like a joke. A noblewoman from the capital married far away to Qiyang, but she suffered humiliation for decades and didn't even get to see her father one last time.
If word got out, no one would believe that this was the work of the Xie family of Qiyang.
After leaving the house, Chun Chan immediately went to find Li Jin and told him everything that had happened inside.
Li Jin frowned as he listened, and after Chun Chan finished speaking, he asked:
"Should we inform His Majesty of this matter?"
Chun Chan thought for a moment and nodded:
"The Xie family has done such a disgraceful thing. It would be impossible for no one to keep them in check. The Empress Dowager is, after all, an old woman. Even an upright official finds it difficult to settle family disputes, let alone the Empress Dowager."
After Li Jin and Chun Chan made their decision, Li Jin left the Xie family alone, asked the Xie family gatekeeper for a horse, and headed straight for the residence that His Majesty had bought in Qiyang.
Li Jin was sensible and controlled his speed. Several patrolling soldiers saw him riding his horse in the street and wanted to stop him, but he stopped them with a single sentence.
"I am a member of the Xie family, please make way."
Upon hearing the name of the Xie family, the patrolling soldiers immediately made way.
Li Jin felt a chill in her heart, never expecting that the Xie family truly held sway over Qiyang.
Even the officers and soldiers dared not stop them.
When Li Jin arrived at the residence, Liang Chongyue was ordering food from Li Yu'an. It was rare for her mother to be away, and she hadn't tasted Li Yu'an's cooking in a long time.
"Let's have another steamed sea bass. I wonder if the sea bass here is as good as the ones in Lin'an."
Liang Chongyue was ordering food when the sound of hooves came to a halt beside her. Fei He had already strode forward and stood between her and the horse.
Li Jin dismounted and bowed to His Majesty.
Fei He stepped aside upon seeing the person who had arrived.
Liang Chongyue immediately became alert upon seeing the beads of sweat on Eunuch Li Jin's forehead:
"But what's wrong with Mother?"
Li Jin waved her hands repeatedly: "No, it's the old lady of the Xie family."
Li Jin kept the conversation brief and repeated what Chun Chan had told her to Liang Chongyue.
Liang Chongyue wasn't too surprised after hearing this.
After all, what good could the Xie family be, given that they could raise Xie Shuze?
"I understand. You don't need to make the trip. I'll just send a letter to the capital."
When she was out and about, Liang Chongyue didn't bring her communication hawk. She could communicate directly with Minglang through the system.
They didn't even bring any carrier pigeons, so they simply had Fei He go to the nearest Qingyu Pavilion stronghold and fetch a few.
Before going upstairs to write a letter, Liang Chongyue instructed Li Jin:
"You go back first. I've already sent Yunling and Ping'an to pick up Mother. Keep an eye on things. If anything seems amiss, draw your sword immediately. Life and death are in the hands of fate. Don't give the Xie family any face."
Wherever Liang Chongyue is, that is where the law applies.
After receiving His Majesty's instructions, Li Jin repeatedly responded and then rode away.
Liang Chongyue said to Li Yu'an, who was standing at the kitchen door with his sleeves rolled up:
"Let the chef help you make more; we might have guests coming to the courtyard today."
Li Yu'an overheard it briefly and understood what His Majesty meant.
After laughing and saying "Hey," he turned and went into the kitchen to kill the fish.
As Liang Chongyue went upstairs, she didn't forget to kick the system's butt, which was hiding in the corner and secretly eating.
"Host kicked me again!"
The system's tone was filled with resentment, but Liang Chongyue ignored it: "Come up, I need to talk to Minglang."
The system wasn't deaf; it overheard a bit and was planning to wait until it swallowed what was in its mouth before going to find the host.
The host's fright almost made him choke to death.
The system hid the snacks in the host's backpack and followed the host upstairs.
Minglang was eating when he suddenly noticed that the kitten beside him, which was deftly slurping fish, had stopped.
His face was still somewhat stiff, and Minglang had a bad feeling:
"Are you stuck? You're a cat, you know."