Seeing him approaching the Commander, Yang Zhaoqing was worried that he had ulterior motives and immediately led a few men to stop him. He cupped his fists and asked, "What instructions does the Marquis have for us?"
This was not the first time he saw Zhan Ping. He had seen Zhan Ping help Zhan Ruyi back at Planet Six-Fingered and knew who he was.
Zhan Ping glanced at him without saying a word. He ignored Yang Zhaoqing and the others' obstruction and continued to press towards Miao Yi.
This put Yang Zhaoqing and the others in a difficult position. Miao Yi raised his hand and motioned for them to move aside. With Zhan Ping's strength, if he really had ulterior motives, Yang Zhaoqing and the others would not be able to stop him.
Zhan Ping walked under the tree and met Miao Yi's gaze. His face was expressionless, but his gaze was a little complicated.
Miao Yi gradually smiled and cupped his fists, "Congratulations, Marquis!"
Zhan Ping naturally knew what he was congratulating him about. He turned to face the foot of the mountain with his hands behind his back and said calmly, "I have not lived my life freely. So I have a dream. I hope that my daughter can live freely. I have always thought that with her qualifications, she would be able to realize this dream. At least, she would live more freely than I do. I never dreamed that such a thing would happen. I never thought that one day, she would completely lose her freedom and be worse than me. I cannot accept this, and I do not want to accept it!"
Miao Yi feigned ignorance, "This humble one is shocked. You must know that countless people in the world envy the Marquis."
Zhan Ping suddenly said something shocking, "You have already caused too much trouble. If you continue to stir up this mess, sooner or later, something will happen. Ruyi likes you, and I have always hoped that she can find someone she likes. Even if it means suffering, it is the price she should bear. At least, it is her own choice. So I do not want to see anything happen to you. Go! Take Ruyi with you. Leave this place and go far away! "
Miao Yi was stunned and frowned, "I do not understand what the Marquis is saying."
Zhan Ping tilted his head and looked at him, "I said that Ruyi likes you. Do you really not understand, or am I pretending?"
Miao Yi chuckled, "The Marquis must be joking. She wants nothing more than to kill me. "
Zhan Ping said, "She is my daughter. I watched her grow up. How can I not understand her? In the beginning, she may have really wanted to kill you. Ying Yao's death is definitely related to you. Perhaps the problem was during the Purgatory Trial. You defeated her in one fell swoop. Perhaps to her, you were already different from others. At first, I didn't realize this. I thought that the girl was just arrogant and wanted to regain her face. I thought she just wanted to take revenge on you, until she fell into your hands again and was hung on the flagpole to be humiliated. What happened next made me realize that the girl might not even know that she kept chasing you because you were no longer the same to her as the others. "
Miao Yi said, "Lord Marquis, you don't have to waste so much effort. You just want me to cooperate and get your daughter out of here."
Zhan Ping ignored him and continued, "After she was hung on the flagpole and humiliated by you, the impact was too great. In addition, Heavenly King Ying had taken a fancy to your performance in the Purgatory Realm assessment and regarded you as an up-and-coming talent, intending to cultivate you. In order to turn a bad thing into a good thing and eliminate the influence, Heavenly King Ying decided to matchmake you and Ruyi together. Because of this, my wife, Ruyi's mother, even found an excuse to go to Black Tiger Banner to see you. On the surface, it was to retrieve Ruyi's item, but in reality, it was to go on a blind date on behalf of her daughter. She wanted to see how you were doing. My wife was very satisfied with the result. "
Miao Yi was a little dumbfounded. At the time, he felt that Ying Luohuan was a little strange. Was it worth the daughter of a Heavenly King to personally make a trip for something so trivial? So … so that was the reason!
"When Ruyi found out about this, with her temper, she should have strongly resisted. But she didn't. At the time, I felt that something was wrong. So I asked her if she was unwilling, I would think of a way to stop it from happening. "Zhan Ping looked at him and asked," Do you know what Ruyi said to me at the time? "
Miao Yi actually wanted to know what Zhan Ruyi said. But he couldn't bring himself to ask.
Fortunately, Zhan Ping didn't need him to ask. He came here to be honest. "Ruyi said that no one in the family could resist Grandfather's decision. She said she didn't want to see Grandfather take his anger out on me, her father. So she could only accept her fate! 'Accept her fate?' When I heard this, I immediately guessed what she was thinking and deduced the real reason why she kept looking for trouble with you. It wasn't because of hatred, but because she simply wanted to cause trouble for you. It's just that she didn't realize it herself. I'll say it again. I watched her grow up. I know her personality all too well. Once some things are made clear to her, she won't bother you anymore. Think about it. Since then, did her attitude towards you change? Did she not bother you anymore? "
Miao Yi fell silent. However, he was indeed thinking about it. Some things did match up with Zhan Ping's words. He finally understood why he could vaguely sense that Zhan Ruyi seemed to be interested in him back at the Phantom City.
Some things were fine if one didn't understand them. Once they were exposed, the feeling would be terrible. What High Official Miao couldn't bear the most was the scene of Zhan Ruyi tearing off his clothes and baring his chest in the room. It made his heart tremble.
Zhan Ping said, "Before coming here, I arranged for someone to receive her outside. However, I knew that even my husband and I were placed under house arrest. She might be under control here as well. So I gave her an idea. Since she likes you, she shouldn't hesitate. She should face her own choice bravely. If you're worried that she's using you, then let her have sex with you to prove her sincerity. Then she'll take you with her and go somewhere far away. However, she wasn't able to escape. When I went to the Grand Commander's residence to fetch her, I transmitted my voice over to ask if she did as I said. She said that you didn't like her. She didn't say anything else. So I thought, could it be that the girl is too arrogant and refused to admit defeat verbally? She didn't make things clear. Because she does have this problem. Sometimes, even though she has already admitted defeat in her heart, she still won't admit defeat verbally. "
Miao Yi stood there like a wax statue. Only he knew that Zhan Ruyi did as her father said. However, he refused. It was just that Zhan Ruyi was too embarrassed to say it. If it were any other woman, they probably wouldn't be able to say it out loud.
"After we left the Grand Commander's residence, I thought that if the girl really made things clear, even if you had the slightest interest in her, you wouldn't be so indifferent. So I quickly looked around. As I expected, you were hiding in the corner, watching silently. This proves that you aren't a heartless person. So I feel that there's still hope for the two of you. That's why I want to fight for that girl." At this point, Zhan Ping turned his head to stare at him again, and said word by word, "Go! Take her away! Right now, only the authority in your hands can take her away! "
Miao Yi calmly asked, "Is the Marquis joking?"
Zhan Ping replied, "I'm not joking. Although you don't have much power here, the Black Dragon Empire's soldiers have the right to visit their families on the planet they're staying on. However, they can't go without your permission. Only your handwritten order will allow them to pass the inspection. Naturally, it won't be a problem for you to go there yourself. This is the only loophole we can exploit, as well as our only chance. I can put Ruyi in the beast bag, and then you can take her to the planet where your family is settled. I have arranged for a trusted person to receive you there, and someone will send you to a safe place. "
Miao Yi asked, "Isn't the Marquis worried that you won't be able to answer to the Heavenly Court after your daughter leaves?"
Zhan Ping said, "You don't have to worry about this. After you leave, we can push all the blame to you. Just say that you kidnapped Ruyi. The Heavenly Court has no choice but to accept this reality. The reason is very simple. It's not time for His Majesty to fall out with the Ying family yet, so he can only go with the flow and hold you accountable. "
Miao Yi reiterated, "The Marquis is joking!"
Zhan Ping: "What are you worried about? Worried about future cultivation resources? As long as I'm here, I can guarantee that you two will have enough cultivation resources in the future. Or are you worried about your future? Forgive me for being blunt, but you're not someone with much ambition. As long as there's another way out, you won't be obsessed with power. It's precisely because of this that I'm reassured to hand Ruyi over to you. "
Miao Yi was baffled. He tilted his head to look at him, "Why is the Marquis so sure that I don't have the ambition to climb up?"
Zhan Ping said resolutely, "The reason is very simple. If you really have the ambition to climb up, then you would have endured humiliation for the greater good. Then you wouldn't have caused so much trouble in Heaven's Street and offended so many people! I don't believe that you can't see a little bit of Ruyi's feelings for you after being together with her all this time. If you really had the desire to climb up, and had Ruyi as a shortcut in front of you, you would have taken advantage of it a long time ago. I'm afraid you would have made her your woman long ago. How could something like this happen today! "
Miao Yi's lips twitched, as if he was trying hard to suppress something in his heart. In the end, his heart was as hard as stone as he said, "Marquis, I have no interest in your daughter!"
With just one sentence, he completely overturned a certain someone's earnest and well-intentioned advice.
Zhan Ping abruptly glared at him. The mountain wind suddenly grew stronger, and his robes fluttered in the wind. Clad in battle armor, Miao Yi stood there coldly, his gaze fixed on the distance like a stone statue.
Zhan Ping slowly turned around and left.
In the Heavenly King's Manor on Jade Star, a jade bowl was placed on the railing of a white jade arched bridge. It was filled with Origin Reinforcement Pills.
Standing on the bridge, Kou Lingxu grabbed a handful of Origin Reinforcement Pills and scattered them into the water below.
The water immediately churned and splashed in all directions. Golden carps that were five feet long and had red eyes appeared in groups, fighting for food. Kou Lingxu stared at the water and sighed, "It's a mess. It's a little messy!"
Beside him, Old Tang tried asking, "Old Master, are you referring to the matter of Ying Jiuguang's granddaughter entering the palace as a concubine?"
Now that the matter he spoke of had been made public, it had spread far and wide.
Kou Lingxu muttered, "Master Qing is starting to beat the Xiahou family down. I should be happy, but I feel an inexplicable sense of unease in my heart. Old Tang, haven't you realized that too many things have happened in the past few thousand years? The appearance of a new entrance to the Purgatory, the conflict between us and His Majesty when we were reorganizing the Celestial Street, the possibility of a mole among the Shadow Guards, the news of the demonic monk Nan Bo, the appearance of the White Phoenix … let's not talk about the rest. Now, Master Qing is going to beat the Xiahou family down. In the past, it's been so many years since a rare occurrence, but now it seems like they're exploding one after another. It's hard for us to deal with them. Even the Overseer's Right Division doesn't have enough manpower. The Celestial Court seems to be showing signs of chaos! "
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