Senior Brother, Stop It, You Are A Villain!

Murong Hou is also a smart person, so he knew that Tang Fei didn’t come here to chat with him. He rolled his eyes and said with a smile, “Nephew and all the masters of the Tiangang Sword Sect must be very tired after traveling so far. If you don’t mind, please allow us to clean up the dust for you!”

Tang Fei immediately cupped his hands and said with a smile, “If that’s the case, then I will trouble Uncle Murong.”

“No trouble, no trouble!” Murong Hou laughed.

Whether it is the Ziqing Sacred Land or the Tiangang Sword Sect, they are the kind of places that the Murong family must curry favor with whenever they have the opportunity, so the specifications of this reception banquet are naturally arranged at the highest level. At the banquet, all the people toasted and exchanged cups and exchanged cups, creating a scene of joy and harmony.

Tang Fei and the disciples of the Tiangang Sword Sect all looked polite and courteous, which fully demonstrated the decent bearing of a famous and upright sect. But Murong Pianpian has a cold face and a look of lack of interest as if she is not interested in what is happening in front of her.

She is clearly in her own home, but she is more like an outsider.

Murong Hou was very enthusiastic about Tang Fei. It looked like he was entertaining his own future son-in-law. He completely forgot that the engagement between Tang Fei and Murong Pianpian had already been canceled, so he didn’t show any embarrassment at all. As for the other members of the Murong family, they made insinuations about the disciples of the Tiangang Sword Sect, hoping to find out what the relationship between Tang Fei and the Tiangang Sword Sect was.

Regarding this, the disciples of the Tiangang Sword Sect did not answer this question directly, but Qiao Yan always showed his admiration for Tang Fei and his own master’s admiration for him, whether intentionally or unintentionally. He seems to have said a lot of nonsense, but no one here is a fool, so they can hear the meaning hidden in his words.

As a result, some people who were still thinking about suggesting to the patriarch to kill Tang Fei quietly, and then dedicate Murong Pianpian to the Great Elder, began to change their minds.

Such a welcoming banquet ended amidst various temptations and hints.

After the banquet was over, Murong Hou arranged a room for Tang Fei and others to rest. He seemed to have arranged Tang Fei’s room next to Murong Pianpian’s boudoir unintentionally, and the intention was self-evident.

After Murong Pianpian returned to her own room, she locked the door behind her. Going home this time, she felt very depressed in her heart. The warm feeling before was gone, only the indifference of intrigue remained.

It made her feel both disappointed and sad.

Just when she was lying on the bed so sad that she wanted to shed tears, there was a knock on the door suddenly.

Murong Pianpian said in a muffled voice, “Who is it? I’m going to bed, so let’s talk about something tomorrow!”

After the knock on the door stopped for a moment, a faint sigh came from outside the door. It was none other than her father, the patriarch of the Murong family, Murong Hou.

Murong Hou whispered, “Pianpian, are you still blaming your father?”

Murong Pianpian snorted coldly and said angrily: “How dare a daughter blame her father? After all, a daughter is a member of the Murong family, and she will devote herself to the family after all. As for the daughter’s happiness, it is not important at all!”

She said “no blame,” but she was extremely wronged in her heart. When she thought of the fact that since Tang Fei was abolished, she had been pushed to the Great Elder’s side by the family as a bargaining chip in exchange for benefits, she had the urge to cry.

Murong Hou smiled bitterly and said, “Pianpian, father has no other choice. Since the Ziqing Holy Lord entered seclusion, the situation of our Murong family has gone from bad to worse. For the continuation of the family, your father has no choice but to make this terrible plan.”

Murong Pianpian said angrily, “Then what are you talking to me for? I can’t be the owner of my own life anyway! Why don’t you just say it straight, what do you want me to do now? Do you want me to recommend myself to my senior brother?”

Murong Pianpian is not stupid, of course, she understands Murong Hou’s intention of arranging Tang Fei’s room next to her.

In the final analysis, she is still nothing more than a bargaining chip.

Murong Hou couldn’t help being a little embarrassed when his daughter told him to shatter his plans. After being silent for a while, he said, “Pianpian, my father asked you, how do you feel about Tang Fei?”

Murong Pianpian frowned and said, “What exactly do you want to ask? If you have something to say, you might as well just say it!”

Murong Hou could only sigh and say, “Pianpian, I’m telling you the truth. Ever since the Great Elder and the Second Elder fought in Ziqing Sacred Land, our Murong family is now in an extremely dangerous situation. The Great Elder may send someone over to deal with us at any time. We don’t know when the Murong family may be attacked, so we must find a backer we can rely on as soon as possible. Pianpian, I know that I have wronged you by doing this, but my father asks you to help the Murong family for the sake of the lives of more than a thousand people in our Murong family. Help the family! Help your father! Please!”

As she said that, Murong Pianpian heard a “plop” coming from outside the door. Murong Pianpian was startled, she quickly got up and opened the door, only to see Murong Hou kneeling in front of the door of her own room.

Murong Pianpian stared at her father dumbfounded, the last trace of expectation in her heart was gone.

After a long silence, she nodded slowly and said, “I understand, father.”

With that said, she closed the door again.

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Author’s Note:

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