Chapter 116: Yin Ling’s Visit
Kong Rui used demonic energy to activate the crystal, and it finally reacted.
The black crystal shone with a faint halo.
The light circulated and seemed to pulse.
“Are there really demons nearby?” Kong Rui was pleasantly surprised and nervous at the same time.
She activated her demonic energy again to search for the location of the demons, but she realized that the crystal’s reaction had suddenly disappeared.
Kong Rui frowned in disappointment, but she didn’t take it to heart.
She wanted to take this crystal to find the secret that the Li family wanted to hide!
After Kong Rui put away the crystal, she bid farewell to Chao Bai before leaving in a hurry.
Chao Bai wanted to stop her, but before he could speak, Kong Rui had already rushed out.
Helpless, Chao Bai put away the stone and left behind Kong Rui.
The two of them arrived at the Li family’s residence one after another.
At this moment, the Li family was heavily guarded.
Because the second elder had died under mysterious circumstances and the Li family’s ancestral hall had been destroyed overnight, it aroused the alarm of the royal family.
In order to investigate the truth, the queen sent someone to the Li family to assist in the investigation.
The person sent was none other than Yin Ling!
The princess, Wen Qiong, was already so severely injured, but the queen still sent Yin Ling to the Li family’s home. Clearly, the queen was very concerned about the Li family’s incident.
The Li family’s patriarch was furious that the ancestral hall had been destroyed, that the second elder had been killed, and that he still had to deal with the envoy sent by the queen despite all the trouble. He was on the verge of having an outburst.
Seeing that the Patriarch was in a bad mood, the First Elder took on the responsibility of welcoming Yin Ling.
Yin Ling was one of the queen’s most trusted aids and was already used to being flattered by the various clans. Now that the Li family’s patriarch was so dismissive and negligent towards him, Yin Ling made a mental note.
However, seeing that the Li family was experiencing trouble, Yin Ling didn’t intend to fuss over it now.
That evening, the Li family’s patriarch welcomed Yin Ling in the inner hall outside the ancestral hall.
“You guys must be busy investigating the truth, so I was ordered by the queen to help you guys.” Yin Ling bowed to the Li family’s patriarch, but his attitude wasn’t respectful at all.
The Li family’s patriarch waved his hand impatiently. “Thank you, envoy. It’s just that the Li family has a lot of mundane matters to attend to now and can’t entertain you well. I hope you don’t mind.”
Yin Ling nodded politely. “Patriarch, you’re being too polite! The Li family has encountered unforeseen trouble, so I have to search for the truth with the Li family so that we can report to the queen faster and let her rest assured.”
When he heard Yin Ling mention the queen, the Li family’s patriarch frowned.
Seeing this, the First Elder immediately said, “Dispatching emissary Yin Ling to help us is the queen’s kind gesture towards the Li family.”
“You’re too polite, First Elder. The queen is also concerned about the Li family. After all, the Li family is the queen’s maiden family,” Yin Ling said as he looked at the Li family’s patriarch.
The Li family’s patriarch remained silent, and his expression darkened.
Indeed, the Li family was the queen’s maiden family. While they inherited the supreme glory brought by the queen’s position, it also brought a lot of trouble to the Li family.
The queen knew very well what the Li family had sacrificed to protect the queen’s position. She should also know why the Li family had encountered all of this!
The more the Li family’s patriarch thought about it, the more dejected he became.
At this moment, the queen had sent Yin Ling over not to help him, but to monitor them and make sure they didn’t leak information!
The Li family’s patriarch secretly sulked, but he didn’t dare to say anything harsh to Yin Ling.
Before the queen married into the royal family, she was the most likely candidate for the next head of the Li family.
Ever since the queen entered the royal family, the position of the head of the Li family had been vacant.
The patriarch had originally planned to let Li Ling, who had performed outstandingly this time, succeed the position, but now, Li Ling had suddenly disappeared!