320 Even if it means to replace Ji Yu.
” It seemed that he is back,” Liu Dong Ming heard his aide say to him when he stepped inside the room that he used for praying. His aide has always been by his side and with his ability, he could come in and go out of any room without getting detected which was why Liu Dong Ming was not even surprised when he saw that his aide was standing in the darkroom that barely had any light inside it and then turned to walk over to the alter where sat the portrait of a woman covered in blood.
” I am not even surprised that he came back,” Liu Dong Ming answered in a soft voice as he picked up a flint and it with matchsticks before he started to light all the lamps in the praying room. ” He has been a stubborn leech from the very beginning if not I don’t see anyone beating death and sticking to life with such vigour as him. Was he the one who placed the blue roses on the tomb?” He asked his aid who in turn shook his head.
” It was one of his ghosts, I felt an upheaval in the yin energy before the blue roses appeared in front of the tomb, he is not one of those who will make an appearance for something so small,” replied the aide causing Liu Dong Ming to pause in his actions of lighting up the incense sticks once he was done lighting the lamps in the room.
” You are right about that,” Liu Dong Ming conceded as he continued to light the candles that were lying in front of him. One by one he lit all the incense sticks in front of the woman and then stood up straight as he raised his hands and undone his robe letting it fall on the side of the floor with a slight rustling of the fabric. ” Which brings us to the matter why can’t you stop them ?”
Liu Dong Ming was staring at the portrait of the woman that sat behind a memorial tablet over the smoke that was rising from more than a hundred incense sticks and then calmly added, ” I believe you should be strong enough to hold them back, why is it that you did not stop them from doing anything, Peng Hui ?”
The man named Peng Hui immediately knelt on the ground as he apologised, ” Forgive me master but if I had made a move then the eldest miss would have sensed me.”
” Of course, she would have but that does not mean that I will ignore your negligence,” Liu Dong Ming stated as he crouched on the floor and then looked at the portrait of the woman before bringing his hands together as if he was going to pray to her, a string of beads in his hands as he closed his eyes and commented, ” You better make them pay for this, Peng Hui, lest you want to show my wrath.”
” I understand, my lord,” Peng Hui cupped his hands and then stood up from the ground as he vanished into thin air leaving Liu Dong Ming who was praying in front of the portrait behind.
“How have you been?” He said with his eyes closed as the blackened finger marks on his wrist started to glow a devilish red causing blood to drip down his wrist down to his arm and then onto the floor. He sighed and opened his eyes as he looked at the woman who silently looked back at him through the portrait. ” It seems you are still angry at me priestess but this time I swear I will protect this family well .”
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” Hahaha!” Ji Yang who heard of the incident that took place in the royal graveyard guffawed loudly with a pleasant expression on his face as he patted his aide on the shoulder and said, ” You have done a good job by bringing me this news, here you go!” He threw a pouch that was made from a velvety red fabric with golden embroidery on its surface to the guard who has brought the news of the ruckus that was caused in the graveyard while Liu Fei Fei’s respect paying ceremony.
The guard who was standing in front of Ji Yang picked up the pouch full of golden taels that was thrown at him and then bowed his head as he expressed his gratitude by cupping his hands and bending his waist in a thankful bow. ” This servant thanks his master for his kindness. I did not do much but it’s only master’s graciousness that he is willing to reward me for something so small.”
” Of course, you shall be rewarded for what you have done right,” Ji Yang replied in a good mood, he was very upset when he heard that instead of coming to the Ji family’s ceremony, his majesty went to the Liu family but now that he knew that the ceremony ended up in a mess and no one, not even the Emperor was able to pay respects to Liu Fei Fei, his mood was slightly better.
But as soon as the thought of his majesty accompanying the Queen came to his head, he turned to look at his shadow guard and asked, ” Did his majesty bring her majesty back to the imperial palace instead of coming here ?”
The shadow guard hesitated but he nodded and then bowed his head apologetically, ” Forgive me, master, I could not bring his majesty to the Ji family ‘s house.”
“It’s not your fault,” Ji Yang waved his hand along with the apology that his guard has given to him as he snorted and unhappily said, “It’s all my daughter’s fault, all she needed to do was to get pregnant and bring the heir of his majesty in this world but she couldn’t even do it, instead she ended up getting poisoned now she is nothing but a barren field that will have no seeds growing on it. Of course, his majesty will be attracted to a more fertile woman than her!”
Ji Yang brought his hand over his face and rubbed his scrubby jaw as he said, ” No, this won’t do. I need to do something… even if means replacing Ji Yu.”
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