Chapter 357: Past
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Xia Houqing’s hand that was shaking the wine paused for a moment. He brought the luminous glass to his lips and slowly tasted the wine in the glass.
“Young Master Yi, my enemy also includes your Chu family.” Xia Houqing’s words seemed to be both true and false. The corners of his lips were half-smiling, making it impossible to tell what he was really thinking.
Dark red wine dyed the corners of his lips red, as if they were stained with blood.
“My Chu Family might have a feud with your father.” Chu Yi met the other party’s probing eyes and curled his lips again. Without beating around the bush, he said bluntly, “But with you, that might not be the case.”
His words were deliberately slowed down, making it seem meaningful.
Xia Houqing slammed the empty wine glass in his hand on the table with a loud smack, causing the cat that was drinking goat’s milk to accidentally choke.
“Meow!
The cat was enraged. It jumped up instantly and kicked the wine jug on the table with its hind legs. The wine spilled on the token with the word “Yu’ engraved on it. All kinds of beads on the table fell and rolled onto the ground.
Xia Houqing seemed to be oblivious as he stared deeply at Chu Yi. His unfathomable phoenix eyes were like shadows flowing on the surface of the sea.
At this point, Xia Houqing was convinced that Chu Yi knew everything.
Xia Houqing stared at Chu Yi without moving. His eyes darkened and became more and more evil.
Chu Yi picked up the white porcelain wine pot that was filled with pear blossoms from the messy table and elegantly refilled a glass of wine. He handed the fragrant pear blossom white wine to Xia Houqing. “Please.”
Their eyes met again.
Even Baili Hong had misjudged this Young Master Yi.
‘You should have thought it through when you were at the manor.” Xia Houqing used a questioning tone, but his expression was rather firm. “First, you want me to hold the Emperor hostage and order the vassals. When the time is right, you will declare war on the world in the name of an evil person stealing the country. You will raise the flag of righteousness to conquer the State of Yue and crusade against me.”
From the beginning to the end, Chu Yi’s goal was the world.
But now, he has directly revealed his ambition without hiding it.
Chu Yi smiled and didn’t deny it.
At this moment, not denying it was equivalent to admitting it. It was silent in the private room. Time seemed to have frozen.
Suddenly , Xia Houqing moved.
He didn’t take Chu Yi’s glass ofwine. Instead, he suddenly stood up. His red sleeve brushed across the table, and the Yu Family Head Token on the table disappeared.
He turned and walked away without a word.
His wide clothes flew up like a gorgeous phoenix tail, and there seemed to be a red flame burning under his feet.
“Bang!’
The door of the booth slammed shut again, hard enough to send beads tumbling across the floor.
“Tumble, tumble..
Qing Guang’s green eyes lit up. It meowed and pounced on the rolling beads, its fluffy claws flicking them around.
Gu Yanfei placed one hand on the window sill and supported her chin with her fingers. She shook her head and said, “What an ill temper!’
This guy is temperamental all day long. To think that someone can tolerate it.
He’s just like this cat!
Gu Yanfei shook her head and sighed as she scanned the mess on the table.
“Meow!” The cat heard it and jumped in front of Gu Yanfei with a whoosh, echoing loudly.
That’s right, this guyNs temper is too bad!
The cat was extremely aggrieved. It rubbed its fluffy cheeks against Gu Yanfei’s skirt again and again, as if it was saying that it had suffered a lot after being kidnapped these few days.
Unfortunately, its fur was shiny and smooth, and it wasn’t convincing at all.
Gu Yanfei couldn’t be bothered with this greedy cat. She couldn’t help but lean in front of Chu Yi and ask curiously, “What grudge does that Xia guy have with the Yu Family?”
Chu Yi looked at her small, pink face. The two of them were less than a foot apart, so close that he could almost see the fine hairs on her face, which were almost transparent under the sunlight. Her skin was so smooth and flawless.
His big black and white eyes were clear and transparent, as if there had never been a speck of dust. Thousands of words were gathered in them.
He couldn’t help but reach out and touch the corner of her eye. The skin under his finger was delicate and soft.
Gu Yanfei thought that there was something in the corner of her eyes. She blinked and her long eyelashes happened to brush past the pad of his thumb.
Chu Yi’s heart trembled slightly. He retracted his hand and rubbed his thumb with the index finger of his right hand. “After the destruction of the previous dynasty, Empress Yu faked her death and escaped from the palace. She was quietly brought back to the Yu Family and gave birth to a child for Emperor Hongwu. She was named Wei Heng.”
‘Wei Heng had half of the Yu Family’s bloodline. At that time, the Yu Family Head secretly hid him and raised him in secret. In his name, he recruited the remnants of the previous dynasty everywhere and gathered their hearts and wealth. He could be considered to have made some progress.”
“Unfortunately, Wei Heng was already homeless when he was in his mother’s womb. He was born prematurely with a congenital deficiency. He was weak since he was young and had been bedridden. The Yu Family spent a lot of effort to let Wei Heng live.”
“The Yu Family was afraid that he would die, so they arranged a concubine for him long ago.”
“Their efforts weren’t in vain. Wei Heng left behind a son before he died.”
Chu Yi’s tone was calm as he spoke tirelessly, his eyes filled with coldness. Gu Yanfei treated it as a story and listened with relish. She said affirmatively,
“Therefore, Xia Houqing is Wei Heng’s son.”
She was a qualified listener. When she listened, not only did she not interrupt, she even obediently poured a glass of wine for Chu Yi and handed it to him with a smile.
Chu Yi took the wine glass from Gu Yanfei and played with it casually.
The wine in the glass rippled and reflected in his dark eyes.
Gu Yanfei couldn’t help but recall the divination she did for Xia Houqing that night.
A beauty was born from fire; a blood-robed Asura was bathed in blood..