Journey to the End of the Night Chapter 1685 - 1010: Qin Lou and Chu Pavilion (Part 3)

The steward was taken aback, his heart growing increasingly cold.

Qin Muqing had never seen her mother so out of sorts, looking pale and helplessly at her:

"Mother... what’s wrong? Is something wrong with what was said?"

Qin Lou seemed not to hear her daughter’s words, stiffly clutching a handkerchief, her face cold.

She wiped away the tea leaves little by little, appearing to calm down, but the rage in her eyes was terrifyingly sinister.

"Understood, you may leave now."

The steward’s eyes flickered, harboring unknown thoughts, as he complied and retreated.

As soon as he left the room, Qin Lou rose with a cold face and abruptly flipped the table over.

No one could understand her current mood, an inexplicable feeling of being deceived drove her almost mad.

She was like a frenzied mother beast, her eyes red, her expression contorted, showing none of the calm wisdom she had when teaching Qin Muqing.

She paced back and forth in the room, biting her fingers with a crunching sound, and under Qin Muqing’s frightened gaze, she seemed to be possessed, muttering to herself.

"How is it possible! How is it possible! Who exactly is this Ji Xinnian?!

"How could he know?! How could he know that I was once a broken horse!

The old people who knew this are all dead! All dead!

The traces were wiped out completely, how could he still find out?"

Upon hearing the words ’broken horse’, Qin Muqing became agitated too, looking at her incredulously and screaming sharply:

"Mother! What do you mean you were a broken horse?! You are the second lady of the Qin family, how could you be a broken horse?!"

Qin Lou, hair disheveled, frenziedly bumped around, biting her thumb till it bled.

Seeing this, Qin Muqing hurriedly picked up a pot of cold tea, pouring it over her head and shouted loudly:

"Mother, calm down, if you are driven mad by him at a time like this, wouldn’t it be just as the enemy desires?"

Soaked to the bone, rolling beads of water dripped down her forehead, crossing her brows, and her eyes grew even darker and deeper.

She slowly closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and said astonishingly:

"I am the daughter of a traitor from the former court of Ze Country, exiled to become a broken horse in the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion.

After several transitions, I eventually ended up with the Qin family, serving the Qin family ancestor completely.

I was unwilling, serving him with all my heart every day, always managing to coax the Qin family ancestor to teach me a few cultivation mental method incantations.

Gradually, my Spirit Root began to show, and I became adept at cultivation, which led to the ancestor valuing and teaching me thoroughly.

Once my cultivation succeeded, the ancestor betrothed me to Qin Yi, who adored and cared for me profoundly, but ultimately harbored concerns because of my background as a broken horse, experienced by thousands and ridden by many.

He never deigned to take me out publicly, so to the outside world, very few knew I was his wife."

Qin Muqing, hearing this, was moved internally with unknown feelings, her eyes wide open as if hearing something extremely frightening.

"Uncle Qin Yi... he isn’t the first young master of the Qin family, isn’t mother your blood brother? How could this be... how could this be..."

Qin Lou looked firmly at her, speaking shockingly: "He is your father by birth!"

Qin Muqing felt as if her skull resounded with a bang, falling to the ground in despair, speechless.

Qin Lou coldly wiped away the water droplets on her face and said: "Later, I met Fang You, who was the City Lord of Shifang City, his status was no less than that of the Qin family ancestor.

He held me in high regard, appreciating my tactics and abilities. The Qin family intended to use my connection to ally with the colossal entity of Shifang City, so they happily consented to the alliance.

Fortunately, not many knew I was Qin Yi’s wife, and they later faced extermination, keeping the information tightly concealed.

And the Qin family ancestor named me Qin Lou to place me on the family register as Qin Yi’s second sister."

Qin Muqing’s face was pale, suddenly feeling as if the sky was falling: "Qin Lou Chu Pavilion, Chu Pavilion and broken horse always connected...

City Lord Fang, though gentle, never tolerated the slightest flaw.

If... if he knew that mother, you weren’t actually a widow..."

The outcome is unimaginable!

Qin Lou’s face was sinister and venomous: "The matter of those days was resolved by the Qin family ancestor, with traces thoroughly erased, not leaving a single handle, yet how did he discover it."

"Ji Xinnian and Qin Yi cannot be left."

Qin Muqing’s heart jolted in fear, almost bone-chilling: "Mother, it may be understandable to kill Uncle Qin Yi.

But Ji Xinnian, didn’t you say he is an Immortal Lord? How could we mere mortal cultivators kill an immortal?"

"Didn’t mother teach you the art of borrowing a knife to kill?

Remember the day of the Sea God Festival, that guy openly offended Golden Immortal Feng Xu.

No matter who he is, if we can make the Golden Immortal act, he will definitely be destroyed invisibly.

That guy’s Achilles’ heel is the Empress of Central Netherworld, I’ll target this aspect, he must die!"

"But mother, if you’re to kill Ji Xinnian to silence him, why also kill Uncle Qin Yi..."

Qin Lou was silent for a moment, as the sky shone obliquely, revealing shadowy cold pupils gradually from the darkness of his eyes.

She said softly: "What you said earlier was correct, Fang You tolerates no imperfection, I must prepare two plans.

If something goes wrong, he will see my sincerity in killing Qin Yi and won’t be too harsh; I know his character..."

Qin Muqing felt an overwhelming chill all over, feeling peculiar but unable to pinpoint exactly what was strange.

She had just emerged from Ji Xinnian’s room earlier, and he let the steward deliver such a message, forcing mother to an almost hopeless path.

Even intending to ruthlessly remove her former beloved.

Though difficulty investigating youthful past, now realizing the back story, it becomes clear why mother looked at Uncle with different eyes than other people.

Because that gaze was obviously looking at her beloved.

Now, she is forced to the point of having to personally kill her husband.

On the surface, it seems mother is cruel-hearted, wanting to eliminate future trouble.

But upon calmly thinking, if mother kills Uncle Qin Yi...

While gaining stability from City Lord Fang, she also offends the Qin family, relinquishing one support.

He didn’t do anything.

Yet simply, he has caused an irreversible split between mother and the Qin family.

This person’s mind is truly terrifying.