Chapter 737: Chapter 676: Who Are You, Really?
“Justice,” these two words.
Countless people have spoken them, countless people have struggled and strived for them.
But what is the result?
The world is still a world for the few; the vast majority are just trying their best to live.
Grand Offerer Lu glanced at Li Moxian in the sky and asked with a smile, “Justice? What do you an by that?”
Li Moxian placed his hand on Xin Shuxiang’s shoulder, signaling him not to act rashly, and then cleared his throat. Hovering above the main gate of the Imperial Palace, he shouted loud enough for the entire Daxing City to hear.
“The world does not belong to one person. The world belongs to all its people.”
“Even the Emperor cannot arbitrarily seize others’ possessions, let alone those of his ministers!”
At that mont, Lu Qianqiu began to sweat profusely.
He wasn’t afraid of Li Moxian reasoning with him, but he was terrified that Li Moxian would make the matter public.
If word spread that the Emperor had seized a minister’s property, it would surely cause great dissatisfaction among the people toward the Emperor.
After all, the relationship between ministers and the Emperor is much closer than that between the common people and the Emperor.
If the Emperor could even snatch his own ministers’ possessions, what would the people think of this Emperor?
Lu Qianqiu sighed deeply and whispered, “Indeed, what the Emperor did was not correct. But after all, he is the Emperor, the one who presides over the Imperial Path and commands the Red Dust Immortal. From the standpoint of the Offering Hall, we naturally cannot defy his decisions. And the Step-Shaking Green Lotus Pill has already been consud by Empress Dugu. I will find a way to have the Emperor offer compensation for this. I hope Chief Li understands, and I also hope that Principal Officer Xin could…”
Lu Qianqiu opened his mouth but couldn’t think of a comforting word and ending up saying simply “forgive.”
Although it was only one word, faced with the life of a loved one, who could truly forgive?
Li Moxian looked at Xin Shuxiang beside him.
After all, Xin Shuxiang was the one who really had a say in this matter.
But Xin Shuxiang knew that if the pill had already been taken by Empress Dugu, could he actually kill the Empress and cut the pill out of her stomach?
Xin Shuxiang shook his head slightly, said nothing, and silently descended from midair. He then walked back to his residence, looking utterly disheartened.
Li Moxian, worried about Xin Shuxiang, bowed to Grand Offerer Lu in midair and then turned to follow in Xin Shuxiang’s direction.
After all, this was the ti when Xin Shuxiang was most vulnerable and most liable to get into trouble.
Xin Shuxiang stumbled his way ho.
Every ti he reached his ho’s gate, he would rub his hands on a large tree there.
It wasn’t because there was anything dirty on his hands; Xin Shuxiang’s work at the Town Martial Office had always been the most exhausting, but he never wished his family to know how hard his work was, nor he wanted them to know about his unhappiness.
Four younger sisters, two daughters, a family full of won.
Shouldn’t I, the man of the house, support everything?
Therefore, every ti he returned, Xin Shuxiang would rub his hands on the large tree, expressing his unhappiness.
It seed as though by sharing these troubles and sorrows with the tree by the gate, he would rid himself of all unhappiness.
Then, he could walk into his ho with a beaming smile, to et his family with the brightest of smiles.
Although Xin Shuxiang also knew that his smile might not be the most handso, it was surely the warst.
But at this mont, as he looked at the two spots on the large tree, where he had already rubbed away the bark, no matter how much he rubbed his hands, Xin Shuxiang felt an unbearable heaviness on his heart that he couldn’t seem to lift.
At that ti, Xin Jinxing, who had already heard Li Moxian’s earlier shout, ran out from the house.
As she ca out, she saw her grandfather standing under the large tree, whose bark he had worn away long ago, his hands on the trunk, tears streaming down his face.
For almost twenty years, it was the first ti Xin Jinxing saw this man, solid as steel, cry.
“Grandfather! It’s okay. Really, it’s all right…”
Xin Jinxing walked over and looked at her grandfather.
The mont Xin Shuxiang saw his daughter, he could no longer hold himself together.
She was embraced by Xin Jinxing like a child.
“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, I’m useless! I’m just useless! I couldn’t retrieve your sister’s pills, I couldn’t get them back… I’m so useless… I… I’m not a good father… I’m useless…”
Li Moxian stood at a distant street corner, quietly using techniques to shield the sound of this area.
Let the man cry unrestrainedly for once.
Where there is a heart, there are tears.
And in the house, wearing a thick robe, Xin Jinlian secretly took a glance at her grandfather crying at the gate, feeling a pain even more severe than when she was ill with heartache.
“Grandfather, don’t worry, I’m fine. My body has almost fully recovered. When spring cos and flowers bloom, I will be completely well. Then, Grandfather, and big sister, you’ll still take out for a spring outing.”
Xin Jinlian ca out to comfort him.
Xin Shuxiang imdiately wiped away her tears and stopped crying.
He knew his daughter was just being sensible, not truly alright.
If the only man in the family needed their worry, what kind of man would he be?
“It’s nothing, Grandfather is fine. Co on, let’s go inside. Jinlian, what do you want to eat? Grandfather isn’t busy recently, I’ll cook for you myself.”
“Yay! Grandfather, I want to eat that happy ball thing big sister ntioned last ti… Zhang San Happy Balls…”
“Ah? Jinxing, what is that?”
Xin Jinxing said with an embarrassed expression, “It’s just deep-fried beef atballs. Zhang San likes them, so he nad them that.”
“Speaking of which, big sister, we should invite your Zhang San when our whole family goes on a spring outing. I’ll create an opportunity for you two then.”
The family returned with laughter and chatter.
It was as if it was just another perfectly normal day.
At night, Xin Jinxing took his sister back to her room, tucked her in, and then ca out.
Looking at the Grandfather in the study lost in thought, Xin Jinxing sighed deeply.
He had never understood why his grandfather only had eyes for the Town Martial Office and never for ho.
It was only later that he gradually realized the ten years of toiling away his grandfather had endured were all for the sake of this family, for everything concerning his sisters.
And in the room, supposedly asleep, Xin Jinlian slowly rose from the bed and turned to look in the direction of the Imperial Palace.
“So it turns out, there exists one last illness in this world.”
The next instant, Xin Jinlian’s figure vanished from the room.
When she reappeared, she was already within the Imperial Palace, and in the Empress’s sleeping chambers, no less.
Since it was already late at night, Empress Dugu was resting, and Kaihuang, having seen Empress Dugu looking considerably healthier, had also left with his mind at ease.
In the tranquil chambers, only Empress Dugu was there.
As well as the bloodstains from when Pan Hu was killed at the door, which couldn’t be cleaned away no matter how much they were wiped.
Xin Jinlian raised her hand toward those bloodstains and lightly blew.
The myriad of Calamity Power that had turned scarlet drifted away towards the door.
“The unchanging human heart, I’m sorry. She took ten years of my grandfather’s life; I’m here to collect the last breath of this Red Dust Immortal Empress of the Imperial Path. Your scheming has been in vain.”
As she spoke, Xin Jinlian looked over at the still sleeping Empress Dugu on the bed.
At that mont, Empress Gudu seed to sense sothing and woke up from the bed.
She had just opened her eyes when she saw a woman walking step by step toward her.
“Are you… Xin Jinxing?”
“Wrong! Xin Jinxing’s hair color isn’t like this! His aura is also different! Who are you really?”
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