Chapter 5: Meteor Tears (Part 1)

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  The Qin family has been a vassal of the Chu royal court for hundreds of years without taking action, why did they decide to take action only after hundreds of years?

  Qin Yu thought of this and looked at Qin De with a puzzled expression, asking: "Father King, our Qin family has not taken action for hundreds of years. Why must we take action five years later? Is it necessary to prepare for hundreds of years to destroy the Xiang family? If we are going to take action, shouldn't we have done so long ago?" Qin Yu naturally did not believe this.

  "Feathers." Qin De's face suddenly had a hint of hesitation, "Since you asked, I'll tell you another secret too."

  At this moment, Big Brother Qin Feng's face became even colder, Second Brother Qin Zheng's face also lost all smile, and Xu Yuan's fan stopped waving. And Qin Yu felt that the atmosphere in the entire secret room had changed, he knew in his heart that what his father was about to say must be extremely important.

  Qin De's eyes seemed to pierce through time and space, his voice ethereal: "Yu'er, fourteen years ago, when your older brother was ten years old, the year your mother died, there was a huge fire that day. I've always told you... your mother died in the fire. But the truth is... your mother was murdered!!!" Qin De's facial muscles trembled with pain and hatred.

  "Boom!" Qin Yu's head rang out loud, his face suddenly turning pale.

  "Was his mother murdered?" Qin Yu's mind was completely messed up for a moment. He had lost his mother when he was two years old. At the age of two, Qin Yu was really too young to remember his mother's appearance.

  Missing mom.

  The first image that flashed into Qin Yu's mind was the portrait of herself taken when she was just a month old, painted by an artist. In the painting, a young woman held a baby in her arms, smiling at the infant with eyes full of maternal love and tenderness.

  When he was young, Qin Yu didn't know how many times he stood foolishly in front of the portrait, telling himself: "This is my mother." He tried his best to remember his mother's appearance in his heart. Many times, it was his mother's appearance that lingered in his dreams. Every time he saw other children with their mothers in Yanjing City, Qin Yu wanted a mother for himself too. How much he yearned to have a mother of his own! When he was young, he would cry again and again by his father's side, asking for his mother.

  As she grew up, little Qin Yu no longer cried for her mother. Every time she thought of her mother, Qin Yu would look at the stars, because Grandpa had once said that when people die, they go to heaven and become stars, which was also one reason why Qin Yu liked looking at the stars.

  Now, the little Qin Yu from back then has grown up. And at this moment, he was actually told... that his mother didn't die because of a fire, but was killed by someone.

  "Who killed my mother!" Qin Yu glared at Qin De and shouted, his eyes turned red.

  The only daughter, the emotions that shook her soul, the image of her mother in her mind suddenly shattered like glass, a surge of anger bursting from the depths of her soul instantly filled Qin Yu's entire chest, it was hatred, it was absolute fury!

  "Who was it? Who killed my mother!" Qin Yu's hands were trembling with rage, his entire body completely agitated!

  Qin Feng and Qin Zheng's eyes also emitted a hateful gaze.

  "Could it be..." A flash of insight suddenly crossed Qin Yu's mind, and he immediately guessed a possibility. He stared at his father, the king, "Father, could it be that the person who killed Mother was someone from the Xiang family? Yes, it must be so."

  "It was indeed someone from the Xiang family, and the murderer is none other than the current Emperor of Chu, Xiang Guang. He was the one who killed your mother. And this scene was witnessed by your older brother." Qin De's voice was icy and indifferent. The entire secret chamber fell silent in an instant.

  "Xiang Guang, he thought that after forcing Jingyi to death, another fire would make it all seem like an accident, and he thought that by escaping, I would never find out. But...he didn't know that 10-year-old Feng'er was hiding in Jingyi's room at the time." Qin De's murderous intent surged.

  "If it wasn't for Uncle Feng that time, I reckon I would have died, and the truth about Mother's death wouldn't have been known to anyone either." Qin Feng said in a cold voice.

  Everything is now clear.

  Everything is clear now.

  The descendants of the Qin family, although they are the bloodline of Qin Shi Huang, have been living a carefree life in the three counties of the eastern region for hundreds of years. Many ancestors of the Qin family have advocated for a peaceful life, after all, taking over the Chu kingdom is too difficult, and it's possible that the Qin family would end up being destroyed instead. For hundreds of years, the Qin family has not made up their mind to give up their current life and take over the Chu kingdom. However, the death of Qin De's wife made him determined, so from 14 years ago, Qin De began to make arrangements, even starting the arrangements that had been laid out hundreds of years ago.

  "Father, I want to lead the army, I must avenge Mother!" Qin Yu looked at Qin De firmly and said that there were only two ways to take revenge. The first was assassination, and the second was to directly use a large army to destroy the Xiang family and then easily kill Xiang Guang.

  Assassinate Xiang Guang?

  Qin Yu gave up the idea as soon as he thought of it. Xiang Guang was after all an emperor of the Chu royal family, with countless experts by his side. Even if he were a congenital expert, there would be no hope, let alone him, who cultivated external skills. So he could only join Qin De's plan.

  "Nonsense!" Qin De scolded Qin Yu, "You're just a young kid, you haven't even studied the art of commanding troops or governing subordinates, and you think you can lead an army?"

  "Then I'll be a vanguard, a small soldier." Qin Yu said immediately, he understood that he was indeed ignorant of leading troops in battle, but Qin Yu couldn't tolerate himself doing nothing on the side, after all, it was a vendetta for his mother's death.

  " Vanguard? Small soldier?" Qin De shook his head and said, "In a military campaign, to destroy the Xiang family, the troops must be deployed in units of 100,000. During battle, people line up and can't even see the front. With so many people killing each other, what role can you play? Without the strength of a born warrior, in the midst of thousands of horses and soldiers, you can't even protect your own life!"

  Qin Yu was speechless.

  "But..." Qin Yu wanted to refute.

  Qin De walked to Qin Yu's side, stroking his shoulder, and said with a heavy heart: "Yu'er, you must understand that you are the descendant of my Qin family, and our bloodline absolutely cannot be lost. Your elder brother is a general, and he has reached the Xiantian realm, so I am at ease. Your second brother sits in the rear to handle government affairs, and I am also at ease. You want to be the vanguard, but if you die, how can I explain it to our ancestors? How can I explain it to your deceased mother?"

  "Feather, don't be reckless anymore. You entering the army will only make Father King worry more about you. Feather, you're already an adult, you need to learn to consider the bigger picture." Qin De said, gazing at Qin Yu.

  Qin Yu thought for a moment in his heart.

  He understands that if he takes charge of state affairs himself, he may end up hindering his own efforts. If he goes to the front lines as a common soldier, perhaps when his father is deploying troops and forming battle arrays, because he is in a certain army, he will be affected by this.

  One's own strength in an attack is negligible amidst a thousand troops and ten thousand horses.

  Qin Yu had already made up his mind that he wanted to join in, but it would be completely useless and might even have the opposite effect.

  "Father, I understand. I won't interfere with you." Qin Yu nodded and turned to leave directly. Qin De felt a pang in his heart when he saw Qin Yu say this, while Qin Feng, Qin Zheng, and Xu Yuan all stood up watching Qin Yu's back.

  Qin Yu walked to the door and suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at several people: "Father King, big brother second brother, Xu Shu, my mother's revenge is entrusted to you."

  "Third brother, don't worry, we will definitely destroy the Xiang family." Second brother Qin Zheng said firmly, and Qin Feng also nodded solemnly to Qin Yu. Xu Yuan and Qin De's gaze towards Qin Yu also made him completely understand their meaning.

  "Thank you!" Qin Yu said, and then he directly left the secret room and came to the corridor. At this moment, it was already deep in the night, the sky had a vast expanse of stars, and the cold wind of the deep night blew, making Qin Yu tremble all over his body.

  Qin Yu suddenly turned around, looking at the room beside the corridor, and under that room was where the secret chamber was. "Perhaps Father King and the others are discussing some important plans, but I couldn't help with anything." Qin Yu smiled wryly and then directly turned around to leave.