Chapter 58: Coarse Cloth Embroidering Golden Butterflies, Turning Three Cents into Ten Cents

Night like ink enshrouded Li Family Village in profound tranquility.

Shen Guilan blew out the lamp, leaving only the cold moonlight in the courtyard to cast sharp outlines upon the small wooden seal.

She closed her eyes, but her mind found no peace from exhaustion; instead, the events of the day surged through her thoughts.

The morning mist had not yet dissipated when movement stirred in the small courtyard of Shen Guilan's home.

Newly dyed coarse cloth hung upon the drying pole, a single drop...

"My child, if I tell you, will you avenge me?" Her father finally spoke. The sea breeze drifted over, and the frozen time seemed to flow once more.

Only then did Ning Xiangdong notice that the unfinished carving by Erleng was a goose, turning its head backward with a Ruyi symbol clutched in its beak.

Qu Lang shook his head and said, "I left too early. It was called Guanxi Street, wasn't it?" Qu Lang recalled the address he had to write on every form he filled out.

Song Qing's body froze abruptly. They had been separated for barely more than a decade, yet this familiar voice felt as distant as a lifetime away.

This battle was lightning-fast and earth-shattering, filled with endless layers of screams echoing in the ears. The person holding the home turf remained completely unharmed, save for the blood splattered across his face and body from those who rushed at him.

This fellow's fox tail was finally showing; could it be that he could no longer keep up the act and simply decided to return to his old trade?

Fan Keer did not dare meet Qu Lang's gaze. Softly, she said, "I have been through a harrowing ordeal and perhaps have not yet emerged from it, but I truly wish to have a man like you by my side."

"Your Highness, this subordinate has a matter to report." Lin Yi's slightly panicked voice came from outside. Lin Yi had heard the two of them whispering inside. Although he could not quite make out what they were saying, he could sense how happy they were together. Yet, as ill luck would have it, someone below had a report to deliver, forcing him to interrupt the pair.

Looking at the somewhat unhinged Empress Dowager, Emperor Cangming slowly clenched the hands he kept behind his back. Everything had changed, it seemed; nothing was as it used to be.

Walking over to his side, the Prince of Qi glanced at the old eunuch, a trace of curiosity welling up in the depths of his eyes. Ever since the eunuch entered just now, his Imperial Grandmother had seemed unwilling to speak to him any further. Could it be that he had something to report to her?

"He is a friend I met by chance. If you ask who he is, I cannot tell you clearly, because we met by accident and do not know each other all that well," Nangong Li shrugged, giving a nonchalant reply.

With so many messy circumstances, how could one possibly manage them all? Wouldn't it be better to simply remain single, or simply seek out one person in peace?

Seeing the wicked cultivator of Yiyun Cave attempting to flee, Lin Qing immediately cast a binding art with green cords to trap his single bloody wing, swiftly followed by hurling an explosive talisman.

The most shocked of all was the Ying family. The few among them who knew her true background stared in utter disbelief. Wasn't Ji Jue disguised as one of their planted secret agents?

Daniu and Saniu had already gone out ahead carrying festive lanterns to hand them over to their older female cousins. Jinxiu was detained by the young ladies and could not leave for the moment, while Jinyu and Jinyuny wanted to watch the excitement and closely followed the eldest sister to stay put.

Even though she had grown accustomed to the intimacy between this pair of twin siblings over these past days, Mrs. Sun still could not help but feel a secret astonishment.

Yet somewhat unexpectedly, Nangong Li had thought he would be able to find his Uncle-Master Yijizi from beneath the mountain inside this cave, but no one was to be found. Where on earth had his Uncle-Master gone? Even that massive whale had vanished.

After finishing their usual grand dinner, they partied at the KTV until past midnight before Su Chen and the others finally returned to the club base.

Lianyin had told Huo Yuan during dinner that "having money is a good thing." Next, she gave Huo Yuan an even greater demonstration of the benefits of wealth as she poured nearly half of her family fortune into the research institute of the Imperial military. Because of this, she became the semi-director of the institute—an honorary director in name.