Tuli Yang knelt on the ground, continually kowtowing and said, "Suo Lun, as long as you let me see my father, I will do whatever you ask."
Suo Lun said, "Rest assured, I have already sent people to bring your father here. Soon, you will be able to meet him."
Overjoyed, Tuli Yang lay prostrate on the ground, weeping with happiness.
"Although this is at sea, it’s best that you don’t make an appearance," Suo Lun said. "This cabin is yours. If you need anything going forward, someone will take care of it for you. It’s best if you stay inside. Do you understand?"
"Yes!" Tuli Yang bowed and said.
"Then, rest well," Suo Lun said. "You still have injuries on your body. Lie down and rest well. Someone will come to bring you medicine soon."
"Yes," said Tuli Yang.
"Farewell." Suo Lun turned and left.
Left alone in the cabin, Tuli Yang rose from the ground. Having received the joyful news that his father was still alive in this world, his resolve to seek death vanished. His whole body felt as if it were vacated, and he was struck by waves of dizziness.
He hurried to lay down on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, feeling bursts of unreality.
This world was simply too absurd. Suo Lun was the person he hated the most in this world, so in the past, he had chased after Suo Lun like a mad dog. He had even taken the initiative to propose economically sanctioning Suo Lun, leading to the entire Rage Wave Kingdom also sanctioning him, almost putting him to death.
Yet, unexpectedly, it was this person he hated the most who saved him.
And the person he loved the most not only wanted to harm him but also colluded with others to seize the century-old foundation of his family.
Tuli Yang closed his eyes to recall that, in fact, Suo Lun had never provoked him from the beginning to the end. His hatred for him was all out of jealousy.
And the capture of his father, Tuli Wen, and the total annihilation of the Luan Yang City navy were also entirely due to his own fault.
If it weren’t for Tuli Yang’s mad infatuation with Turing Duo, Luan Yang City would still maintain its neutrality, keeping its distance from the royal family’s power struggle.
It was precisely because his father sought a marriage with the Turing Clan on his behalf that the Tuli Family was dragged into this affair, eventually bringing about today’s consequences.
Then, Tuli Yang’s mind once again recalled the indecent scenes of Zhi Li and Turing Duo’s adultery, and Turing Duo’s heart-piercing words.
Suddenly, an endless fury and hatred blazed within him.
"Turing Duo, Zhi Li, just you wait, I will definitely have my revenge," Tuli Yang nearly spoke his thoughts aloud, "One day, I will return the pain I’ve endured a hundredfold upon you."
Within Prince Zhi Li’s Mansion.
Fang Qingzhuo had already formally separated from Zhi Li, and she had also brought Zhi Ning and the baby to her own courtyard.
At night, after she had put her two daughters to sleep, she entered Zhi Ning’s room.
The relationship between Zhi Ning and Fang Qingzhuo had always been very close, just like sisters.
This close bond had begun back in the Yanjing Holy Temple. Fang Qingzhuo, being several years older, had always looked after Zhi Ning like an older sister.
"Zhi Li and the others have killed Tuli Yang, and have pinned the blame on Suo Lun," Fang Qingzhuo said. "Turing Duo, dressed in mourning garments, holding a bloodied letter, knelt every nine steps on her way from Duke Turing’s Mansion to the front of the palace. Behind her followed more than two hundred samurai of the Tuli Family, carrying two hundred coffins. Cries of mourning filled the air, moving hundreds of thousands of royal city residents to tears, all following Turing Duo to the palace’s front, pleading their case to Zhi Li."
Zhi Ning said, "Blood-steamed buns are the tastiest, she and Zhi Li must be indulging."
Fang Qingzhuo said, "Now, the whole world thinks Suo Lun assassinated Tuli Yang, and all the lords are outraged. The entire forces of the Rage Wave Kingdom have united, and an army of eight hundred thousand soldiers is laying siege to Tianshui City."
Zhi Ning said, "Sister-in-law, I’ve lost interest in the conflict between Suo Lun and Zhi Li."
Fang Qingzhuo said, "But it’s too despicable. Tuli Yang was clearly murdered by Zhi Li and Turing Duo. Yet, they have shifted the blame to Suo Lun, making him bear this catastrophe."
Zhi Ning said, "Sister-in-law, have you started to sympathize with Suo Lun? Don’t waste your sympathy; Suo Lun, like my brother, is not made of good stuff either."
Fang Qingzhuo shook her head and said, "I don’t know if Suo Lun is a good person, but at least I know Suo Lun has more of a bottom line. The last time he broke into Prince Zhi Li’s Mansion to save Gui Qinshao, they took my two daughters as hostages. I thought I didn’t know what price I would have to pay to get my daughters back. Even Suo Lun could have threatened Zhi Li with the lives of my daughters."
"But he didn’t do that," Fang Qingzhuo said with mixed emotions. "When they left, they placed my two daughters in a comfortable carriage, and those two little girls didn’t even wake up throughout. When they took my daughters, they were careful to hold them in the most comfortable positions, showing he never intended to harm my daughters."
Hearing this story, Zhi Ning’s beautiful eyes trembled; she was indeed unaware of this event.
Fang Qingzhuo said, "On the other hand, look at Zhi Li—a man who tricked you and the baby to be hostages. Although the baby is Suo Lun’s son, he is also his own nephew. Compared with Zhi Li, Suo Lun loses all human flavor."
Zhi Ning’s eyes reddened, and tears fell as she said, "But when I went to see Suo Lun in Tianshui City a month ago, his attitude was very cold, and he was also indifferent to the baby as if he didn’t care at all."