Chapter 76: The Weather Has Changed!

  "Yesterday was our fault at your house, I came specifically to apologize." said Ye Ming with a smile.

  "Night Tide, don't you two have anything to say?" Night Cry shouted at his younger brother, furious that this incompetent thing was going to ruin all their plans.

  "Yesterday's incident was our consideration, we will not cancel the engagement, rest assured!" Ye Tao said reluctantly in a low voice, but in his heart, he hated Ye Ming to death. He was furious that he had been made to apologize to his junior, which made Ye Tao feel extremely humiliated.

  Hmph, clearly he can't rely on his family at night, but as a member of the Ye family, he still has to contribute to the family's prosperity. Why should he? This made Ye Tao feel extremely unbalanced in his heart, otherwise, he wouldn't have listened to his wife's opinion and turned to support Fang Guifei.

  This world is actually very harsh on the children of concubines or illegitimate descendants. Although they are also part of the family, their status and position are not much better than those of the family's servants. Sometimes, they can't even compare to outsiders. When the children of concubines or illegitimate descendants grow up, they must leave the family and live on their own. The family will only give them a small portion of money, but whether they can make a living is not the family's concern. However, if the family needs something from them, they must contribute to the family.

  Children of concubines or illegitimate children who want to live a carefree life need to have some good fortune, or be born with exceptional talent and become superior beings. However, it is extremely difficult for exceptionally talented concubine-born or illegitimate children to grow up safely into adulthood...

  "And you!" Night cried out.

  "Oh dear, yesterday's incident was just a misunderstanding, don't take it to heart!" said Mingfen, Night Tide's wife, with a smile, as if nothing had happened the day before.

  Leng Ruo Xue smiled coldly as she watched the three of them put on a show, secretly guessing in her heart what their purpose was. Yesterday they wanted to call off the engagement, so what about today?

  "I've already cut ties with the Ye family, so there's no need for you all to apologize." Ye Chen said coldly, showing a complete lack of interest in their self-directed performance.

  "You child, how can you easily say something that leaves the family? This is not good for your future, remember, don't say it again." Ye Ming's tone was like an elder lovingly scolding a younger one, his expression full of disapproval.

  "Alright, we accept your apology. If there's nothing else, we'll take our leave." said Leng Ruo Xue, giving Yougui a slight glance.

  "Hehe, Ruoxue, from now on we're family, you also want our Night House to become stronger and stronger, right?" Ye Ming lowered his posture, taking the initiative to get closer.

  "What does the master of Ye's house want to say, just say it directly." Lan Ruoxue said straightforwardly, but in her heart, she was constantly thinking about how powerful Ye's family was and what relationship did she have with them?

  "Alright then, I'll be straightforward."

  "I heard that you have a quota for the Creek Origin Secret Realm, can you spare some for our Night House? Don't need much, just half would be fine. Of course, I won't let you lose out either, we'll buy it with money or exchange something." Ye Ming looked at Leng Ruo Xue with some tension, his heart racing, that quota was too important for their Night House, otherwise, with his identity, he wouldn't have been so humble.

  "That quota, I used to have a few, but they've all been given away." After a while, Cold Snow finally spoke up. It turned out that it was because of the quota for the secret realm. However, she didn't expect that someone would find out about the quota in her hands so quickly, and now other forces might also come knocking on her door.

  "Who did you give it to?" Ye Ming asked angrily, he didn't believe Leng Ruoxue's words at all, and even thought that Leng Ruoxue was making excuses because she didn't want to give it to him.

  "Sorry, I can't say that." said Leng Ruoxue with a faint smile.

  "Cold as snow, how can you casually give such an important thing to someone unrelated? As the daughter-in-law of the Ye family, it's fine if you didn't actively hand it over to the family, but you don't even consider the family's interests! Hmph!" Ye Huo shouted angrily, and what made him even angrier was that he had lowered his posture, yet gained nothing.

  "When did I become the wife of the Night House?" Cold as Snow's face was filled with mockery, her eyes were deep and dimly lit, looking at the furious Ye Ming. What kind of people are these! As soon as they didn't achieve their goal, they immediately turned against each other.

  "You will eventually become a daughter-in-law of the Ye family, don't you think that already makes you a daughter-in-law of our Ye family?" Ye Ming asked back with a stern face.

  "Who says I'm going to marry into the Ye family? This young lady is not getting married." Leng Ruoxue said calmly and composedly.

  “……”

  "It's him she wants to marry." Leng Ruoxue said, pointing at the demon with an overbearing aura.

  "Xuě er!" The demon gazed at Leng Ruoxue with deep affection, his eyes seeming to ask "When will you marry me?"

  "You... you, is this something a woman should say?" Ye Ming was so angry that he almost fainted.

  "Master of the house, I've said it before, this Cold-as-Snow is not someone we can afford to marry into our family at night." Mingfen sarcastically added fuel to the fire, "Serves them right", using her identity as the master's wife to force the couple to apologize, but in the end, it was all just a waste of effort, haha... Mingfen couldn't help but laugh maniacally in her heart.

  "Shut up!" Hei Yan scolded with a dark face, did this woman just want to make fun of him?

  "The master of the house at night is also considered a strong person, naturally looking down on women, however..." Leng Ruo Xue glanced at Ming Fen who was causing trouble and stopped speaking.

  "But what?"

  However, Ou didn't take the woman's words seriously and said, "Who knows, maybe one day you'll regret it!" Leng Ruo Xue kindly reminded him.

  "Hmph! The master of this house has never believed that there would be a woman who dares to ride on my head!" Ye Ming said coldly and left immediately.

  After him, Ye Tao and his wife also left immediately. Before leaving, Ming Fen gave Ye Chen a fierce stare.

  "How rude." Leng Ruoxue muttered to herself with a hint of discontent.

  "It's already good that Night Cry didn't die from lack of air, and you still want him to be polite?" Cold Wind said somewhat speechlessly.

  "Xue Er, it seems that we've also offended the Ye family tonight. You must be careful!" Leng Qing Tian said with some concern.

  "Don't worry, Grandpa, I'll be careful."

  "Grandfather, now that I have the quota in my hands, Ye Jia has already found out, and I believe other influential families will also come knocking on our door soon. If anyone comes looking for me, just tell them I'm in seclusion practicing my skills. And by the way, let them know that giving away the quota is enough." Leng Ruoxue thought for a moment before speaking up, actually, after she gave the quotas to her grandfather and brothers, she still had a few left in her hands, but they were all reserved as backups.

  "Good." Leng Qingtian nodded slightly.

  After Leng Ruoxue and Yao Jie left the living room, they went to find Feng Da, told him a few words, and then left.

  "Young master, I'll be in seclusion tomorrow. Unless it's something extremely important, don't come to disturb me!" Leng Ruoxue said at the door of Xueyin Pavilion to Yougui.

  "Alright then." The demon gazed at Cold-as-Snow with a resentful and mournful expression, humming...

  After turning back into the room with a cold expression, she directly entered 'Qian Kun Chui'.

  "Girl, you're here." The butterfly that was thrown into the 'Dry Kun Ring' by Leng Ruoxue flew over and stopped in front of Leng Ruoxue's eyes.

  "Sister!" Xiaofeng and Yan also ran over, directly climbing onto Leng Ruxue's body.

  "You're all so big now, how can sister hug you all at once!" Leng Ruo Xue said with a slight smile. Since these little guys were locked up and cultivated obediently, they have now all advanced to become 1st-level Sacred Beasts. Their small bodies have grown quite large and strong, just like a small mountain. She couldn't possibly hug them like she used to before.

  "Hey!" The ignored butterfly was dissatisfied, staring coldly and shouting.

  "Go play by yourself, there are so many flowers and trees over there, you can trample plenty of pollen." Cold Snow reminded.

  "Step on pollen? I don't step on pollen, I'm a fairy! Fairy!" The butterfly roared with anger, the butterfly was very angry, and the consequences were severe. This girl actually put it on par with those low-level creatures, which is unbearable, the butterfly can't bear it!

  "Don't tread on flowers? Then treading honey is fine too, go quickly!" said Leng Ruo Xue with sudden realization.

  "I won't tread on honey either!" The butterfly was disappointed and went to squat in a corner of the wall to draw circles.

  "Qing Jue, I'm going to cultivate. If someone comes looking for me from outside, you come and call me." Leng Ruo Xue said to Qing Jue not far away.

  "Okay, sister."

  Leng Ruo Xue immediately entered the Purple Bamboo House.

  The garden of the general's mansion is in full bloom, with a riot of colorful flowers.

  "Hey, Night Chen, what's going on?" Feng Mo Ran, who had come from the Wind family gathering, lightly patted Feng Da and asked, this guy looked listless and didn't even respond to people.

  "Miss has been in seclusion, so the Night Commander has become like this." Feng Da explained weakly. Recently, the Night Commander had been sitting alone in the garden, staring blankly into space.

  "Xuě ér closed up?" Fēng Mò rán was surprised and said, no wonder I didn't see Xuě ér, but how did she close up so quickly?

  "I guess it's because of those visitors who came to bother her." Feng Da speculated, since they returned from the moon, every day someone would come to ask for Miss. Alas!

  "Ah, Xue Er is indeed afraid of trouble." Feng said calmly, having been with Xue Er for so long, he understood her temperament somewhat.

  "By the way, Captain Wind, Miss asked me to help him buy a shopfront, would you like to come with me to discuss it?"

  "What's the point of buying a storefront?" Feng Mu Ran was somewhat puzzled, did Xue Er want to start a business?

  Miss wants to open a restaurant. Feng Da explained that he had already looked at the location, but they hadn't agreed on the price yet.

  "Does Xue Er have time management? The restaurant is quite troublesome, so Feng Mo Ran is really curious."

  "We have you!" Feng Da said with a smile.

  "Oh." Feng Mo nodded, he really couldn't understand why Xue Er wanted to open a restaurant, especially since she wasn't short of money.

  "Let's go, Captain Feng!"

  "Let's go!"

  After the two left, Ye Chen still sat alone in the garden, staring at the sky.

  Leng Ruo Xue was cultivating in the Purple Bamboo House, accelerating time to a hundred times its normal speed, day and night without distinction. Unfortunately, her strength was far inferior to that of her master; otherwise, if she could accelerate time by ten thousand or even a million times, her strength would undoubtedly reach the next level.

  "Sister, Ye Chen is looking for you." Qing Jue stood outside the Zi Zhu house, calling out softly.

  "Got it." Leng Ruo Xue was in cultivation, but her divine sense wasn't completely sealed off, so she could still hear Qing Jue's words.

  Leng Ruo Xue took out the 'Qian Kun Chui' and opened the door, only to see Yao Jiao standing outside her door with a haggard expression.

  "Xu?r." The demon tightly hugged Leng Ruoxue, extremely excited.

  "What's wrong with you? Has someone bullied you?" Leng Ruo Xue had a drop of sweat on her forehead, what kind of situation was this?

  "I miss you."

  "I didn't close up for a few days!" Leng Ruoxue was helpless, if she were to close up for a year or two, would she not be able to see the demon when she came out...

  "Someone is looking for you." The demon said discontentedly, he was very dissatisfied with Xue Er's reaction, humph... Xue Er didn't even think of him!

  "Who's looking for me?" asked Leng Ruoxue with some suspicion.

  "It's someone sent by the Queen."

  "Oh, let's go take a look."

  Leng Ruo Xue and Ye Chen walked into the living room, where a young woman sitting in a chair stood up immediately upon seeing them and bowed.

  "Miss Leng."

  "Who are you?" Leng Ruoxue looked at the woman in front of her, who was probably under twenty years old. This woman had a beautiful face, skin as white as snow, and a gentle personality. Her temperament was not common, giving Leng Ruoxue a very good first impression. As for her strength, she was a mid-level Spirit King.

  "My name is Mo Yingyue." Mo Yingyue said softly, while also sizing up Leng Ruxue with some curiosity.

  "What about Mo Yingyue?" Cold as Snow slightly furrowed her brow and thought for a moment.

  "It turned out that it was the Crown Princess who had arrived, and Ruo Xue was being rude." Ruo Xue said, suddenly enlightened, no wonder she felt that the name was familiar.

  "I don't dare to, it's Mother who told me to come find Miss Leng." Mo Yingyue said calmly.

  "Hmm, has Her Majesty the Queen decided?" asked Leng Ruoxue calmly, since she had sent the Crown Prince's consort to come forth, it was enough to show the Queen's sincerity.

  "Mm." Mo Yingyue nodded, it was a serious matter, which is why she had been sent.

  "Very well, when you're ready, come find me and I'll cooperate with you." Leng Ruo said calmly without any hesitation.

  "En, Leng xiaojie, I'll take my leave then." The task was completed, and Mo Yingyue didn't stay any longer.

  After Mo Yingyue left, Leng Ruxue went to the study room.

  "Grandpa."

  "Huh? How did Xue'er get here? Weren't you in seclusion?" Leng Qingtian was somewhat surprised.

  "Grandfather, do you want to go into seclusion or leave Fengdu and go somewhere else?" Leng Ruoxue suggested, Fengdu was about to make a big move, she didn't want Grandfather to be in a difficult position.

  "Hmm... Xue'er, are you hiding something from Grandpa?" Leng Qingtian asked with a suspicious look on his face as he stared at his granddaughter.

  "Yes, there is, but I don't plan to let Grandpa know, so Grandpa, you'd better leave Fengdu and go somewhere else for a while!" Leng Ruoxue said frankly, if she really fooled Grandpa away, when Grandpa comes back, he will definitely not let her off!

  "Does Grandfather really need to leave?" Leng Qing Tian confirmed with a expressionless face, but in his heart he was constantly thinking, is Xue Er planning to make her move? It seems that Xue Er has been provoked by some people.

  "Ah, Grandpa, don't worry about those soldiers you and I were talking about. I've already taken care of them," said Leng Ruoxue to reassure her grandfather.

  "Alright then! I'll go visit some old friends!" Leng Qingtian said with a hint of resentment, sighing... now that his granddaughter had grown up, she no longer needed him...

  "Grandpa, don't be like this, I'm not going to stay away forever." Leng Ruo Xue's forehead was beaded with sweat, her exquisite face filled with helplessness.

  "Xue Er, how did you arrange those soldiers?" Leng Qing Tian couldn't help but ask curiously, not expecting Xue Er to think of a solution so quickly.

  "Sun's granddaughter first healed their wounds and then prepared to open a restaurant, planning to let them support themselves." Leng Ruo Xue simply explained.

  Ever since Grandfather told her that the disabled soldiers under his command were forced to do some dangerous things due to their living conditions, she found ways to help them. It wasn't because she was sympathetic, but because these people used to be under Grandfather's command and she didn't want to see Grandfather frowning every day for their sake. If it were someone else, she wouldn't care; after all, there are many pitiful people in the world, and she can't take care of them all.

  "Xu'er, Grandpa thanks you on their behalf." Leng Qingtian said happily, "Wow, over a hundred people, Snow is really hardworking!"

  "Grandfather, it's you who should be thanked, not me." Leng Ruoxue didn't dare to take credit for this achievement; everything she did was for Grandfather.

  "You little scamp! By the way, Xue Er, when do you need Grandpa to leave?"

  "The sooner the better, once Grandfather is ready, we can leave." Leng Ruoxue thought for a moment and said, the Empress Dowager and the others should need some time to prepare.

  "En, then Grandpa will leave tomorrow!" Leng Qingtian said with a refreshing tone. The matter that had been weighing on his mind for some time was finally resolved, and his mood also lightened up a lot.

  "Uh-huh."

  The next day, Leng Tianlei reluctantly left the General's Manor.

  Half a month later, in the garden of the general's mansion.

  "Xue Er, Mo Ying Yue has arrived." Feng Mo Ran walked into the garden and said. Mo Ying Yue had come several times in the past half month, so they almost all knew her.

  "Let her come here!" Comfortably lying on the chaise longue, with her head resting on the demon's leg, enjoying the demon's feeding, and still holding two small foxes in her arms, one black and one white. On her snow-white wrist was a golden snake-shaped cuff, no matter how you looked at it, she seemed like a noble queen.

  "Alright." Feng Mo Ran smiled wryly and turned to leave.

  Before long, Feng returned again, with Mo Yingyue following behind him.

  "If Snow sister really knows how to enjoy herself! Surrounded by handsome men..." Mo Yingyue said with envy, seeing the handsome men around Leng Ruoxue's side. She had come several times and was already quite familiar with Leng Ruoxue.

  "Mo sister is fine too." Cold Yuxue teased, her forehead involuntarily dripping with two drops of cold sweat. What handsome guys surrounded her? There were only demons and her dear brother.

  "I don't have the guts for that." Mo Yingyue hastily said, if this were to reach the prince's ears, she would...

  "It's also true that the prince is a vinegar jar." Leng Ruo Xue showed understanding and sympathy.

  "If Snow, everything is almost ready." Mo Yingyue lightly glared at Leng Ruoxue and sat down beside her, saying straightforwardly that they had made thorough preparations over the past half month. Moreover, the most popular news in Fengdu right now was probably related to the imperial family. Alas!

  "Alright, then tonight it is!" Leng Ruo Xue nodded her head, confirming the final time.

  "What's the hurry tonight?" Mo Yingyue asked with some puzzlement.

  "It's better to seize the day than wait for a good one, today is a good day." Leng Ruoxue said somewhat crazily, tonight, she would take revenge for the dead Sha Ruo Xue, humph! As for Xu Na'er? She's next in line!

  "Alright then, I'll listen to you, I'll go back and prepare first." Mo Yingyue stood up and said.

  "I'll see Mo sister off." said Leng Ruo Xue as she also stood up.

  "No need for that, we sisters don't have to be so polite." Mo Yingyue hastily said.

  "Hey, Big Brother Feng, can you send Mo sister off for me?" After hearing Mo Yingyue's words, Leng Ruxue didn't bother to be polite with her either. She looked at Feng and said, she still had a good impression of Mo Yingyue, not to mention that Mo Yingyue was wholeheartedly devoted to her.

  "Monster, let's go to the imperial palace tonight." Leng Ruo Xue said, looking at Mei and Yao hesitantly.

  "Master, I want to go too." Yao said unwillingly.

  "Master, let it go, I'll stay and guard the General's mansion." Mei said very sensibly.

  "Alright then!" Leng Ruo Xue saw Mei being so considerate, and her heart ached even more for it. In fact, she knew that Mei always gave in to Yao, also because Mei felt that the Fox tribe owed Yao. Alas! What a silly child.

  In the dead of night, Leng Ruoxue and Yao Jie sneaked into the imperial palace. At this moment, everyone was fast asleep, and there were only the usual night guards and maids in the palace. However, these people had long been bribed by the empress, so when they saw her and Yao Jie swaggering around the palace, they all pretended not to see them.

  "Snow is here." At the entrance of Fengjiu Palace, Moying Yue was waiting for them.

  "Sister Mo, let's get started!" Leng Ruo Xue said directly after seeing Mo Ying Yue.

  "Alright, let's split up and act separately." Mo Yingyue nodded and said.

  "The Seventh Prince remembers to leave for me." Qing Ruoxue reminded before acting.

  "Don't worry, he's yours." Mo Yingyue assured, poor Seventh Prince, was about to be unlucky, she knew that Leng Ruxue would absolutely not let him off lightly.

  Leng Ruo Xue and Yao Jiao arrived at the Emperor's bedroom, but except for the guards at the door, no eunuchs or maids were seen inside.

  The emperor was quite bold and didn't fear that someone would come to kill him, or perhaps he had too much confidence in his personal bodyguards. Unfortunately, his bodyguards had already gone to meet their maker, and Leng Ru was secretly seething with anger in her heart. Then the two of them walked into the inner palace.

  "Don't look!" The demon hurriedly covered Leng Ruo Xue's eyes with his hand.

  "You demon, what are you doing?" asked Leng Ruo Xue with some confusion, this demon was acting strangely again.

  "Xue Er, don't open your eyes, it will grow needle-like if you look."

  Leng Ruo Xue pulled away the hand of the demon covering her eyes, glared at him, then shifted her gaze to the bed.

  "Cut! Aren't they just a few people without clothes?" Leng Ruo Xue looked at the demon with disdain, saying indifferently. However, this emperor is really shameless, actually one against three, can he handle it? Didn't the demon give him an aphrodisiac?

  "Xu'er, he has a bad figure." The demon said with grievance, his eyes welling up with tears.

  "Wake him up!" Cold-as-snow ignored the demon's pitiful appearance, focusing on the task at hand. She handed him a black silk scarf and covered her own face, revealing only a pair of beautiful eyes. Heh heh! Setting the mood.

  "Hmm." The demon king adjusted his silk scarf and stretched out his hand to release a wisp of spiritual energy, which landed on the emperor's body.

  "Who are you? Come on in!" Emperor Li Xun opened his eyes, and when he saw the two people with their faces covered beside his bed, he had just called out when his voice was sealed by Cold-as-Snow.

  "We're here to make a deal with you, don't be afraid, as long as you listen obediently, we won't kill you." Leng Ruo Xue comforted very kindly.

  "What a transaction," Li Xun said with his eyes, "the pressure on these two people is too strong, which makes him, as a primary spirit emperor, also afraid, so he doesn't dare to act rashly."

  "As long as you write down the imperial edict now and abdicate, passing the throne to the crown prince, I won't kill you." As for whether the crown prince would be killed or not, she couldn't control that.

  Xiu Xiang, Li Xun's angry eyes spelled out rejection.

  "Then you can die!" Leng Ruoxue didn't know where she got a knife from, but she was holding it in her hand and stabbing at Li Xun.

  No! Write it yourself! I'll write it myself! Li Xun said with his eyes, he was really afraid of death, and had no choice but to yield. He thought that as the proud Spirit Emperor, he would also have a day when he would be forced by someone like this, and the hatred in his heart!

  "This is more like it." Cold-as-Snow tossed him a decree and a brush.

  Li Xun picked up his pen with a slightly trembling hand and was about to write the first word when he was stopped by Leng Ruo Xue.

  "Don't let your hands shake!" Leng Ruo Xue was very displeased, glaring at Li Xun with a look that said "You're to blame for your own misfortune". Originally, she hadn't planned on taking Li Xun down along with the others.

  Uh-huh, speechless Li Xun nodded continuously, stabilized for a moment, and then slowly signed the imperial edict.

  When Li Xun finished writing the imperial edict, Leng Ruo Xue checked it and confirmed that there was no mistake. Afterwards, she threw a pellet of medicine into his mouth.

  "Crown Prince, you may enter." said Leng Ruoxue softly as she heard the footsteps outside.

  "Your Majesty, I'm sorry to trouble you." At this time, a handsome man wearing a bright yellow dragon robe walked in from outside with big strides and took the imperial edict from Leng Ruoxue's hand.

  "Thank you!" Crown Prince Li Yuan said, ignoring Li Xun's angry gaze, to Leng Ruo Xue and the other.

  "Just don't mention it, just remember to come and bother me less often." Leng Ruoxue said lightly. This Li Yuan is quite perceptive and intelligent, although not as talented as Li Yu, but he is more suitable for being an emperor than Li Yu.

  "Hmm." Li Yuan nodded, secretly worried in his heart. How dare he have ideas about this lady? It's not like he had lived long enough.

  In this way, what was originally supposed to be a bloody coup, under Leng Ruoxue's planning, was completed silently and without warning.

  "Here's your Seventh Prince, as you wished." Mo Yingyue tossed over a meat bun that had already fainted.

  Looking at the Seventh Prince, who had been tied up like a rice dumpling and thrown to the ground, with his abdomen exposed, the pampered Seventh Prince probably never thought he would end up like this today. However, since he's already fainted, is there a need to tie him up like that?

  "Crown Prince, don't you dare bully Mo sister, otherwise, I won't let you off." Leng Ruoxue said with a hint of threat. Although she hadn't known Mo Yingyue for long, Mo Yingyue was also her only female friend.

  "How dare I!" Li Yuan said with a sneer, and couldn't help but cast a resentful glance at his beloved wife.

  "Alright then, let's go."

  After finishing speaking, Leng Ruo Xue signaled for Yao Yu to pick up the Seventh Prince, and the two of them disappeared into the dark night.

  Digression

  Thank you jenhui and yq9589 for the flowers.