Chapter 177: Can't Keep It Anymore

Censor: "......"

What? A monster has appeared, and you're still writing a memorial to impeach someone?

Suddenly remembering something, the Censor nodded: "Yes, yes, I must write a memorial to impeach the General of Suppressing Distance. He favors a concubine and destroys his wife, keeping a monster rat in his manor, allowing the monster to cause chaos."

If the Censor wanted to find fault, he would find it every time.

Qin Bi didn't care about impeaching others; even if the General of Suppressing Distance and his entire household were executed, she wouldn't care! Qin Bi reminded the Censor: "That memorial impeaching me."

The Censor refused to admit it: "How could I impeach the Heir Apparent's Consort? I'm not senile yet."

Before the monster appeared, he had been clamoring to impeach her.

Qin Bi: "......"

"Not impeaching me anymore?" Qin Bi understood, but wasn't sure.

"Not impeaching," the Censor said.

Qin Bi didn't know the Censor anyway, and with nothing else to do, she turned and left. Her Rong Yang was quite wild; the little one, acting tough, had used a small shoe to hit the monster rat and had followed Lin Yao, refusing to come back.

He He Shizi Apparent rushed over, and the Minister of War pulled him aside to explain how a monster rat had appeared: "Heir Apparent, a monster rat just appeared. She first bewitched people's hearts; even I fell for her tricks."

He He Shizi Apparent was shocked: "Where is the monster rat?"

"She ran away," the Minister of War said, beating his chest and stamping his feet.

When a rat becomes a monster, one should kill it to warn others, but because they had never seen a real monster, they had panicked and let her escape. However, there was no need to worry; as long as she showed her true form, it would be easy to handle. The fear was that the monster would look like a human and be indistinguishable.

The Minister of War finally understood that a monster's ability to bewitch people was truly formidable.

Seeing the Heir Apparent, Rong Yang put on her little shoes and trotted over to Qin Bi. Qin Lang followed immediately. Lin Yao went to find the Heir Apparent to explain the situation—heavens, he had actually seen a monster.

Previously, he had only heard that there were monsters in Great Chu and Rongdi; this was the first time Lin Yao had seen a real monster in Great Yan.

Rong Yang ran to Qin Bi: "Mother, Father will scold you."

"He'll scold you, not me," Qin Bi said, pointing at her chin.

"Why would he scold me?" Rong Yang asked, tilting her little head.

"Because you followed me and didn't stop me," Qin Bi gave her reason: "He'll just scold you."

Rong Yang nodded her little head: "Oh, I know now."

Pulling out a handful of boiled melon seeds, Rong Yang said: "Mother, eat some seeds. Let's watch enough of the excitement before we leave."

He He Shizi Apparent came over and heard this, laughing in anger. After checking that Qin Bi and Rong Yang were unhurt, he felt relieved. The Minister of War and the Censor followed, and people gathered in groups of three or five to discuss the thrilling scene that had just occurred.

Thinking of the monster's baring teeth and claws, the ladies and young misses felt lingering fear; they had forgotten to be afraid while they were hitting the monster.

Only then did Qin Bi notice that only the wife of the General of Suppressing Distance, Su Shoujian, had a calm expression. The General of Suppressing Distance, Zhang Bing, and his son went over to call her, but she ignored them. Seeing this, the wife of Su Yan Guogong walked over.

"Shoujian," the wife of Su Yan Guogong said: "To be framed by a monster time and again, you have been wronged."

She, as a sister-in-law, hadn't helped her sister-in-law and had even been as close as sisters with Liang Yan. She couldn't even imagine how painful Su Shoujian's life had been all these years, with even her own family bewitched into believing Liang Yan instead of her.

Upon hearing this, Su Shoujian's eyes grew hot: "No one believed me. She harmed me, and everyone blamed me."

The wife of Su Yan Guogong's eyes also turned red. Su Shoujian threw herself into her arms and wept loudly: "My child, the child I carried, she took its heart blood as a medicinal ingredient. She... even if she reveals her true form, it won't be enough to resolve the hatred in my heart."

Su Shoujian cried sorrowfully, and all the ladies and misses shed tears.

"Mother," the legitimate son of the General of Suppressing Distance called out.

Su Shoujian wiped away her tears and said coldly: "I am not your mother. Your mother is Liang Yan."

"Mother, why must you say such angry words?" The legitimate son of the General of Suppressing Distance showed a pained expression: "You have always been my mother. She... she... she is a monster, but actually, she didn't harm anyone."

Thinking of her lost child, Su Shoujian shouted angrily: "Get out!"

The legitimate son of the General of Suppressing Distance turned pale, his face devoid of color, looking as if he were about to collapse. At that moment, there was a cry of alarm not far away; Liang Yan's son could not withstand the blow and fainted.

The legitimate son of the General of Suppressing Distance couldn't care about Su Shoujian anymore; he ran over, and together with the General, they carried the youth away.

"Let that family go," the wife of Su Yan Guogong said, her judgment returning as she was no longer influenced. She pulled the wife of the General of Suppressing Distance: "Shoujian, whether you divorce or continue living with him is up to you. Come back to the Su Yan Guogong Manor with me first."

The wife of the General of Suppressing Distance nodded: "I will go back with you, sister-in-law."

Several ladies who were on good terms with the Su Yan Guogong Manor also supported her. The wife of the Minister of Revenue said: "Don't feel wronged. Which family could have peace with a monster living in it? It's fortunate you weren't harmed to death."

Thinking this way, she felt a little better.

For so many years, her husband and son had favored the concubine-wife. The ladies of the various manors could guess roughly how much the wife of the General of Suppressing Distance had suffered. They sighed—the damn monster, Liang Yan deserved to die, and the General of Suppressing Distance was no good thing either.

Glancing at the departing group from the General of Suppressing Distance's manor, she thought that this son was also not worth keeping.

Qin Lang tugged at Qin Bi's sleeve, looking at the group from the General of Suppressing Distance's manor: "Sister, is the son Liang Yan gave birth to really his? If he is, could he also be a monster rat?"

"Do you want to know?" Qin Bi also wanted to know.

Qin Lang nodded: "I really want to know. I'm afraid he'll turn into a monster rat and run around at night."

Qin Bi reached out her hand: "Ten crystals."

Qin Lang: "......"

"I don't have ten crystals," Qin Lang said, feeling troubled.

If you don't have them, then don't know. The Heavenly Dao has its own arrangements. Qin Bi was no longer curious either.

Jiang Xu and Rong Yan returned from fighting the monster rat, both very excited. Rong Yan pulled Qin Lang aside and talked about the monster rat eloquently; it was incredible, as it was the first time Rong Yan had seen a monster rat since he was small.

Those who had fought the monster rat all acted as if they had seen the world, finding a crowd to chat with.

He He Shizi Apparent left the Minister of War behind and took his wife and children back. His youngest son, Rong Chi, was carried by the Heir Apparent to his grandfather, the Prince of Rong. He He Shizi Apparent didn't trust anyone else to take care of his children.

In the carriage, the Heir Apparent didn't scold anyone. He held Rong Yang and instructed Qin Bi: "Don't be so impulsive in the future. Monsters are fierce and treacherous beasts; it would be bad if you were hurt by her."

The man was doing it for her own good, so Qin Bi nodded: "The wife of the General of Suppressing Distance still owes me seven beast crystals."

He He Shizi Apparent's eyes flashed, and he nodded to show he understood.

Rong Yang's eyes brightened: "Father, I used my shoe to hit the monster rat."

He He Shizi Apparent was arrogant, his expression disdainful: "My child naturally doesn't fear monsters."

Returning to the Prince of Rong's manor, the Heir Apparent carried his youngest son back to the Heir Apparent's courtyard.

The news that the concubine-wife of the General of Suppressing Distance was a monster spread quickly, and those who had returned from the flower-viewing party showed off their monster-fighting exploits to everyone they met.

Qin He didn't believe it at all: "How is that possible? I have met Lady Liang Yan of the General of Suppressing Distance's manor; she is beautiful and kind-hearted, how could she be a monster?"

Qin He had a very good impression of Liang Yan. ===== CHAPTER 178 =====