CHAPTER 32: CHAPTER 29 A SURPRISE IS COMING

"I want to use him to give Li Pingsheng a big surprise..."

Qing Yu said with a smile, "A very, very big surprise..."

Her voice was soft, yet it sent shivers down one’s spine.

"Li Qiusheng, do you still remember how your brother died?" Qing Yu asked Li Qiusheng with a smile.

Li Qiusheng’s eyes reddened with fury as he roared, "It was you, it was you who poisoned him! You poisoned Qiu Yan..."

No longer able to maintain his calm demeanor, Li Qiusheng struggled to stand up, ignoring his injuries and charged at Qing Yu. He wanted to kill the murderer who had taken the life of his brother and mother, even if it meant dying together with the perpetrator.

Li Xin struck him with his palm, sending him crashing back into the Taishi Chair, "Behave yourself..."

"Li Xin, go easy on him, he’s still useful," Qing Yu said helplessly, "Hey, hey, stop acting like some innocent victim. I may not be a good person, but your Li Family and innocence are utterly unrelated."

"Not to mention all those girls in Chun Gui Pavilion, most of whom were tricked into it by your Li Family. Over the years, you’ve harmed countless young women. The sins you’ve committed are enough for you all to die ten thousand times over, not to mention the rest."

Li Qiusheng tried to rise again, but his body was too heavily wounded, unable to support his vengeance, so all he could do was roar, "We did all those things. But Qiu Yan and my mother, they were innocent. Qiu Yan was only eighteen, you beasts, beasts..."

"Please, spare my ears from your blasphemy at this time," Qing Yu said with a helpless expression as she cleaned out her ear.

Li Xin, expressionless, said, "Li Qiuyan was the real beast. No, calling him that insults animals; he was worse than a beast. Over the years, I’ve dealt with countless aftermaths for him. Not long ago, on the very afternoon he caused my mother’s death, he indulged in his beastly desires and caused an entire family to die tragically; the wife tormented to death, the husband beaten to death by Li Qiuyan’s house servants, and the two elderly of that family hanged themselves that night at their doorstep."

"I often think that it’s the evils I did for the Li Family over the years that ultimately harmed my mother. My mother died at the hands of Li Qiuyan, whom I had always cleaned up after—this ironic retribution. Do you know how much pain I am in?

And Mrs. Li, if it weren’t for her indulgence, Li Qiuyan wouldn’t have been like this. Her cruelty, mother and son, we’ve long experienced."

Li Xin glared at Li Qiusheng, enunciating each word, "They. Are. Not. Innocent."

Seeing Li Qiusheng still glaring at himself and Li Xin with bloodshot eyes, as if eager to consume their flesh, Qing Yu spoke out, "Enough, you can see he’s someone who blames people, not facts. No matter what you say, he won’t feel any remorse."

"Give him the medicine," she instructed.

Of course, before administering the medicine, Qing Yu, as a villain, took the time to promote the effects of the Three Corpses Brain God Pill to Li Qiusheng.

"I will never be controlled by you..." After understanding the effects of the Three Corpses Brain God Pill, Li Qiusheng sneered disdainfully. He wasn’t afraid of death, let alone such torment; at worst, it would just be death.

Qing Yu was unfazed by his sneer, her eyes filled with mystery as she smiled, "It’s not up to you..."

"Li Xin, feed him the medicine. I’ll go to the study to see if there are any clues we need."

Qing Yu turned and left. As she walked away, she couldn’t help thinking of the scene where Pan Jinlian poisoned Wu Dalang.

Her mind automatically conjured: Li Xin, his expression filled with tenderness, propping up the seriously wounded Li Qiusheng, speaking softly, "Big brother, it’s time for your medicine..."

Ugh, she shook her head vigorously. Terrifying, terrifying, off to rest, off to rest...

Qing Yu paced back and forth in Li Mansion, and after wandering around for quite some time, he finally found a sensible servant willing to surrender and was led to Li Pingsheng’s study.

Li Pingsheng probably never imagined that just a few days into his seclusion, his mansion would be overrun, Li Qiusheng was easily captured, and Li Mansion was controlled without any resistance.

Qing Yu easily found what he had been looking for, Li Pingsheng had carelessly left it on his desk.

"Oh... It turns out that the Li Family and the Zhang Family fight each other fiercely in public but huddle together for warmth in secret. The Song Family has an ancestor in the Innate Realm, and the Sun Family has the five tigers, with the eldest brother, Sun Jian, possessing astonishing talent. Only by uniting can the Li and Zhang families ensure their survival."

"The internal strife in the Zhang Family fifteen years ago turned out to be Sun Jian’s retribution. Zhang Qingfeng’s kidney was personally damaged by Sun Jian. I thought the men of the Sun Family relied solely on brawn over brain, never on intellect. It seems that the former Sun Family Patriarch’s eccentricity was just an exception."

"I’ve found it; the Zhang Family indeed has ties with the court. It was after getting a message from the Zhang Family and deciding to join the court, that Li Pingsheng prepared to close off and make a breakthrough to the Innate Realm."

"Wait a minute," Qing Yu’s eyes widened, "the person sent by the court is from Six Gates?!"

"Something’s not right, very not right. Even if it’s to vie with Lord Zhen Shan for control of Yang City, Six Gates shouldn’t be involved. This kind of struggle at the court is not within the responsibility of Six Gates. It shouldn’t be Six Gates coming."

The message ended abruptly there, and Qing Yu hurriedly looked for other clues.

At that moment, Li Xin entered the study and said, "Young Master, Li Qiusheng has been fed the Three Corpses Brain God Pill."

"You’ve arrived just in time. Quick, help me look. See if there are any other pieces of intelligence," Qing Yu instructed.

Seeing Qing Yu’s urgency, Li Xin didn’t say much and immediately began to search around the study.

However, the two turned the study upside down and still couldn’t find anything else.

Next, they ran to Li Pingsheng’s bedroom and searched, but still found nothing. In the end, they had searched all the places Li Pingsheng liked to spend time in, and Qing Yu still hadn’t found out why the Daqian Court had sent Six Gates.

"This information must be extremely important. Either Li Pingsheng was unaware of it, or he discussed it face to face with Zhang Qingfeng or even someone from Six Gates." Qing Yu stroked his chin in thought. He tended towards the latter; the matter was too important, and with Li Pingsheng’s cunning, he most likely wouldn’t have left any clues behind.

"Maybe Li Qiusheng knows. Go ask him."

Unfortunately, due to the deep hatred Qing Yu previously harbored, Li Qiusheng remained silent, just staring at Qing Yu with a look full of loathing in his eyes. If the hatred in his eyes could turn into knives, they would have sliced Qing Yu a thousand times over.

Knowing that he had already taken the Three Corpses Brain God Pill, Li Qiusheng’s heart harbored thoughts of life and death. The reason he hadn’t bitten his tongue and killed himself yet was that he was waiting for Li Pingsheng to finish his seclusion to see the miserable end of Qing Yu and Li Xin before dying.

"Forget it, seeing you like this, even if you do know, you wouldn’t tell me, your enemy who’s murdered your mother and brother and is predestined to murder you. I can only guarantee to capture Li Pingsheng alive and interrogate him to get the intelligence I want."

Li Qiusheng simply kept glaring at Qing Yu, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes. "Wait for Father to leave seclusion; your lives might not even be spared, yet you dream of capturing him alive? Fools’ talk!"

"Li Xin." Qing Yu turned back to call Li Xin and whispered something into his ear.

Li Xin nodded, glanced at Li Qiusheng, and with an indescribably strange look, a mix of mockery and pity in his eyes, left to arrange things.

Qing Yu patted Li Qiusheng’s face. Li Qiusheng struggled to bite him, but in vain. To prevent any accidents – even though Li Qiusheng was already seriously injured – he was still being tightly bound to the Taishi Chair.

"I told you, I would give Li Pingsheng a surprise. Now, the surprise is on its way..."