The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort (Chapters 1- 203)

Chapter 85 : Mutual Aggression

Translated by : Irisu

Edited by : Anks, Ely, Shl & Minodayz (aka most of The Rebirth Team.  Happy Holidays, yo!)

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The interrogator was Xiao Shao.

Xiao Shao was in charge of the Jin Yi guards and was usually out on special missions. Occasionally, he too would capture people who were determined to take their secrets to their graves. For these people who were under his interrogation, none of them had managed to keep their secrets to the very end. Thus, the more that outsiders did not see Xiao Shao in action, the more ferociously the rumours spread about him- there was not a mouth that Xiao Shao could not pry open. Furthermore, his temperament was particularly cold and cheerless; even if one was acquainted with him, they too would not dare to personally ask him about this. Therefore, they could only surmise that the torture methods that he used were incomparably callous.

After hearing the news about him, Xia Cheng suddenly felt a sinking feeling in his chest and he clenched his fists tightly, "How did they fall into Xiao Shao's hands? What sort of connection does Xiao Shao have with Jiang Xin Zhi!"

"It was during the ambush; General Guan and Xiao Wangye suddenly rushed there. At first General Guan wanted to bring those people back but Xiao Wangye said these matters were of major importance and so asked for them (the men) to be handed over for him to personally interrogate."

"Damn it!" Xia Cheng's complexion had turned pale, "If this implicates the Xia fu, then will we still be able to have an auspicious future?" He paced in a circle twice inside the room. "This won't do, I need to seek an audience with the Eighth Prince. Make haste and prepare a horse for me."

Simultaneously, in another part of the capital, the Grand Councillor fu was also in a state of uproar. An irate Li Dong was pointing his finger at Li An admonishing, "You lost control of this situation and were unable to end it well. Well now that's just great! Those men are now in the hands of Xiao Shao. No matter how tolerant His Majesty is, he would never condone any of his vassals having their own private army without any approval. You have weighed down our Li family with such a huge burden, now what can we possibly do next?"

Li An had always been Li Dong's pride. From his childhood till adulthood, he had always given this son much recognition. Yet, currently, now that something bad had happened to himself (Li Dong), his heart was distracted and his thoughts were in turmoil. Now that Li An had made such a huge slip-up, when Li Dong looked at Li An, he felt that his son was not particularly pleasing to his eyes anymore.

With a heavy and cold look on his face, Li An remained where he stood without saying a single word. Only, his expression was extremely gloomy. He wanted to attack Jiang Xin Zhi after the Jiang family affair so that he could win the rest of the Jiang family and also see Jiang Ruan's pain. Yet he would never have thought that midway through this attack, Guan Liang Han and Xiao Shao would appear out of nowhere. They had ruined his good work! However, in Li An's eyes, there was a flash of radiant light. He had heard that Zhao Yuan Feng and Zhao Yi had been present too; how could there be such a coincidence. Although he was still unsure what had happened, a cold smile surfaced on Li Ai's face.

He was unconvinced that this matter had nothing to do with Jiang Ruan.

Noticing Li An's silence, Li Dong was filled with even more anger. "You, hurry and think of a solution. Now that your elder brother has already become a useless person because of the Jiang family, are you going to harm the entire Grand Councillor fu just for the Jiang family?"

"What's the rush?" Li An retorted. "Regarding this matter, I will consult with the Eighth Prince." Xuan Li needed his ability and wisdom, while he needed Xuan Li to support the Li family in resolving this inconvenience before them.