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Chap 682

Chapter 682

Chapter 682: He really put in a lot of thoughtOriginal and most updated translations are from volare. If read elsewhere, this chapter has been stolen. Please stop supporting theft.

Han Yunxi discovered that her collarbone was graced with an obvious red mark! It was clearly left by Long Feiye as...a hickey! No wonder Tang Li had been acting so strange. No wonder Lady Tang wore such a ambiguous smile, and Tang Zijin immediately looked away!

Heavens, I could have walked into the banquet hall like this with a single change of mind! All of the Tang Clan members are there. If they saw this hickey, where would I find a place to hide?

She’d nearly stolen Tang Li and Ning Jing’s spotlight as the highlight of the wedding evening. The thought was too terrifying for words! Lady Tang hadn’t even reminded her about it, but even offered to take her straight to the fire! Abominable! Like mother, like son!

Han Yunxi didn’t get it. Long Feiye hadn’t kissed her that hard, so why did it leave a mark? Still, she managed to calm down quickly. Her fingers brushed against the mark before she suddenly burst into laughter. “Mine?”

Despite being exhausted, she would lose sleep tonight. That was because she spent the entire time finding an appropriate dress to craft into a scarf and hide her hickey. Otherwise, she’d have no face to meet anyone tomorrow. Still, why didn’t I realize Long Feiye was such a hooligan earlier?

While Han Yunxi didn’t sleep, Long Feiye didn’t rest either. Despite staying at the Tang Clan, he was still keeping an eye on the situation between Tianning, Western Zhou, and Tianan. Less than a day had passed before news of the induced labor spread to Medical City. The head of the medical academy personally looked into the affair and issued orders to summon Head Elder Ling and Lady Lianxin back to the city. Although Academy Head Gu wanted to keep the ugly news under wraps away from the public, Gu Qishao wouldn’t let him seize the chance.

Somehow, he’d found enough social connections to spread the news everyday. Barely half a day later, the news was the talk of entire Cloud Realm Continent. Academy Head Gu thus punished both Head Elder Ling and Lady Lianxin. He was also required to give the public an explanation lest the reputation of the medical academy fell into tatters. Gu Qishao had done the most work to make this happen. Thanks to the news, many of Emperor Tianhui’s former officials rose to arms. Some of them supported the third or fourth imperial sons with their troops while secretly plotting to take advantage of the chaos to seize a piece of Tianning for themselves. However, the majority leaned towards Long Tianmo’s faction.

In the end, Ning Cheng was left dealing with the battle situations from east and west while fighting back separatist forces within the country. Although the rebels were few, it still diverted a portion of his military forces to deal with them. This completely wrecked his battle plans.

As Long Feiye predicted, Western Zhou’s emperor accepted Chu Tianyin’s surrender and pushed the blame for Empress Xue’s death all onto Ning Cheng and Chu Qingge’s shoulders. He dispatched his own troops to Chu Tianyin since the general knew the terrain of the western regions best and had ample battle experience. That very night, he smashed through a legion of Ning Cheng’s crack troops.

On the eastern front, Long Tianmo lacked battle experience but had the Mu Clan generals, who were no easy foes. Their numbers were limited, but Great General Mu set out an excellent chessboard to deal with the fighting. Mu Qingwu was even now rushing to lead the frontlines. With him guiding the army and his father making the plans, Long Tianmo had a solid play that would suffer no losses.

“Your Highness, this really was a boon for Long Tianmo,” Chu Xifeng wasn’t happy at the results. “We shouldn’t have left him alive.”

If they had killed Long Tianmo in the past, then His Highness Duke of Qin would definitely be in charge of the territory at Tianan and reaping the benefits now. After all, as His Highness Duke of Qin, a first rank qinwang (prince) of Tianning, he had justice on his side if he wanted to clean up Ning Cheng and Chu Qingge.