Cultivation Begins with Caring for Sister-in-law

Chapter 809 - 815-816: Yelang Matters Settled, Farewell

Yelang Capital City Prison.The Imperial Prison held only Yelang’s most vicious and heinous criminals; one could say that almost no one who was thrown into the Imperial Prison ever came out alive.

No matter how illustrious your status once was, once you entered the Imperial Prison, even if you were a tiger, they could smooth every last hair on your body.

The cells of the Imperial Prison reeked, dark as pitch, with cockroaches and rats appearing from time to time.

In one of the cells, Lin Kong sat squatting cross-legged on the straw. His body was covered in wounds, the white prison clothes mixed with bloodstains and stuck to his skin. His face was haggard, his beard unkempt, with a strand of white hair hanging over his forehead.

In front of him was the meal the jailer had just brought.

According to Yelang’s local mealtimes, morning had already passed but noon had not yet arrived; it was not mealtime at all.

Aside from this oddity, the meal included both meat and vegetables, and even a pot of wine; the food was excellent, something a prisoner absolutely should not have been able to eat.

But Lin Kong knew this was his last meal before execution.

As for the death that was about to come, Lin Kong had already prepared himself in his heart. The moment he was captured, convicted of colluding with the enemy and betraying the country, and had all his Cultivation abolished, Lin Kong knew that he could not possibly leave alive.

The only thing he cared about and worried over was his family.

Looking at the steaming food in front of him, he was still thinking that fortunately Xuelan was with her grandfather; the Lin Family’s bloodline would not be cut off because of him.

"It’s just that, I hate this so much..."

Just as Lin Kong let out a roar, the cell door suddenly opened. Many officials hurried in, and when Lin Kong glanced up unintentionally, he was shocked—wasn’t this Liu Quji, the current Prime Minister?

He glanced again, then abruptly stood up, his entire body trembling uncontrollably. "Xue... Xuelan?"

He saw his own daughter in the Imperial Prison.

In that instant, Lin Kong felt the world spinning. He thought that if even Xuelan had been arrested, then the fate of the Lin Family would be even more miserable.

Just as he thought this, what happened next left him utterly stunned.

Xuelan was not being escorted in; she was being ushered in, surrounded by officials, and what’s more, their faces were filled with flattery.

The door to Lin Kong’s cell was personally opened by Liu Quji. As soon as the door opened, Liu Quji was actually more excited than Lin Xuelan and said, "Patriarch Lin, you have suffered. What are you all standing there for? Hurry and remove the shackles from Patriarch Lin’s feet.

Where is the Imperial Physician, where is the Imperial Physician? Hurry and come examine Patriarch Lin’s injuries."

It wasn’t just Liu Quji. The official in charge of the Imperial Prison said sternly, "Who beat Patriarch Lin like this?"

As he spoke, he turned to Lin Kong with a fawning face and said, "Patriarch Lin, rest assured, I will definitely see justice done for you. Come, someone, go call Golden Thousand Households over..."

The officials’ chatter drowned out Lin Xuelan’s voice.

Lin Kong was completely bewildered. What on earth was happening?

Were they currying favor with me?

Lin Kong seemed a bit restrained.

Lin Xuelan squeezed forward. Unbothered by the stench on Lin Kong’s body, emotions surging, she threw her arms around Lin Kong, her eyes reddening as she sobbed softly, "Father, you have suffered."

...

Leaving the Imperial Prison, Lin Kong finally saw the long-lost daylight. Unused to it, he raised his hand to shield his eyes from the sun.

He still hadn’t made sense of what had just happened in the Imperial Prison.

"Princess Deti."

"Princess."

A young girl in a palace skirt walked over, surrounded by several Palace Maids, and Liu Quji and the others hurriedly saluted.

Lin Kong also recognized Princess Deti and immediately assumed that the Princess’s Mansion had intervened to save him. He quickly stepped forward and cupped his hands in thanks to Princess Deti.

But Princess Deti was so startled she stepped back, bowing even lower than Lin Kong. "Patriarch Lin, you mustn’t, you mustn’t."

Lin Xuelan was King Wei’s woman, which meant Lin Kong was King Wei’s father-in-law.

Princess Deti could not possibly accept such a great courtesy from Lin Kong.

"Princess, where is Mo... no, where is the Prince?" Even now, Lin Xuelan still hadn’t calmed down over the news that Ink Language’s true identity was the Great Song’s King Wei.

"King Wei is receiving a national letter from Your Majesty. He instructed me that if Patriarch Lin was rescued, I am to escort you back to the Jincheng Lin Family, and then you will rendezvous at Yangtian Pass." Princess Deti said.

On the way back.

Only then did Lin Kong learn from Princess Deti’s mouth that his precious daughter had found him a heaven-defying son-in-law: Chen Mo, King Wei of Great Song.

For the sake of this precious daughter, that Chen Mo had not hesitated to offend the Diao Family and the Third Prince, and today he had even forced Your Majesty to yield, not only releasing him but also granting amnesty to the entire Lin Family.

...

Capital City.

Since Yelang revered Great Song as its suzerain state, it could not remain mere words; it had to be put into practice, namely, a national letter personally written and sealed with the Jade Seal by Xingluo.

And Chen Mo had to bring this national letter back to Great Song and present it to Emperor Yong’an.

After delivering the national letter, Xingluo, half intentionally and half not, hinted at the desire to form a marriage alliance with Chen Mo, choosing a Princess to marry him.

The reason Xingluo wanted this was that Yelang had just undergone such a huge upheaval, and the Grand General was still commanding troops outside. Once he learned what had happened in the Capital City, there was a real chance he might rebel.

But if the Xing Clan and Chen Mo were bound together, they would have a powerful backer, making the Grand General think twice before making any rash moves.

However, the Grand General was not the one Xingluo truly feared; Xingluo was confident he could handle the Grand General.

What he worried about were Ju Ting and Louwo, whom the Third Prince had offended while in power. He feared retaliation from those two countries.

But Chen Mo refused. To put him at ease, Chen Mo promised that Yelang would henceforth be a vassal state of Great Song. If Ju Ting and Louwo sent troops against Yelang, Great Song would definitely dispatch its own forces to aid them.