The Deepest Affection in Qin's Time

Outside, Li Kai heard Madam Hu's soft sobs, and felt both heartache and confusion.

He knew what had happened, but he couldn't understand why the dignified and elegant woman of yesteryear had become a woman who would have an affair.

Li Kai huddled in a corner, looking up at the bright moon hanging in the night sky, constantly recalling the past, silently expressing his bitterness.

Inside the room, Cao Yuan, having finished his work, patted Madam Hu's bottom.

"Get ready, I'm going to see someone."

Madam Hu no longer felt any pain; her face was radiant, and her eyes sparkled with delight.

"Are you going to see your daughter?"

Cao Yuan smiled mysteriously, "We'll talk about our daughter in a couple of days. She's going to meet someone else you know."

He has always been a magnanimous and confident person. Even knowing that Li Kai was there, he still did not do anything underhanded. Instead, he chose to tell Li Kai frankly that Madam Hu would be his person from now on, and he would take care of her and her daughter.

If Li Kai is not satisfied, then let's have a fair competition.

Even if he lacks the slightest bit of confidence, he will lose.

not to mention……

Cao Yuan smiled faintly. He had heard a lot of interesting things about the Baiyue people from Han Fei back then.

Based on the anime, it's not hard to analyze that Li Kai's motives for approaching Madam Hu back then were not pure.

It could even be said that Li Kai was absolutely responsible for the deaths of Madam Hu's entire family of several hundred people, even if he had never imagined such a tragedy would occur.

This is a good opportunity to help Madam Hu sever her ties with Li Kai.

He completely transformed Madam Hu into his shape, inside and out, painting her with his likeness.

Chapter 88 I will take care of your wife and daughters, so you need not worry.

The bright moon hangs in the sky, its light shining down.

After a while, Mrs. Hu, still damp with sweat, laboriously put on her clothes, revealing her fair neck and delicate shoulders, which showed off her exquisite figure.

"It's so late, sir, who does my servant wish to see?"

Madam Hu's eyes held a hint of spring, her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, puzzled as to what Cao Yuan was up to.

Looking at Madam Hu, who was quite dignified and elegant with just a little dressing up, Cao Yuan smiled and said, "Madam will know in a moment. I believe Madam will be very pleasantly surprised."

outside the house.

Li Kai huddled in the shadows of a corner of the courtyard.

When he heard the door open, he was stunned at first, and then he tried to climb over the wall to escape.

Confucius said, "Draw a circle on the ground and use it as a prison."

Cao Yuan's calm voice reached Li Kai's ears.

Li Kai, who was about to escape, froze on the spot, as if some force was restricting his movements.

Madam Hu came out and saw Li Kai, dressed in rags and looking like a bad person, standing in a corner by the wall. She shrank behind Cao Yuan in fear.

"Sir, who is he?"

Madam Hu never expected that besides Cao Yuan, a petty thief, stealing from her, there would be other thieves targeting her. How could she not be afraid?

After being violated by Cao Yuan, she didn't dare to think about what would happen if she were violated by someone else...

She is now Cao Yuan's woman, and has already submitted to Cao Yuan as her master. She even needs Cao Yuan to save her daughter and take care of them.

Therefore, after Cao Yuan possessed her body, her body and soul belonged to Cao Yuan, and she would not allow anyone else to touch her.

When Cao Yuan heard Madam Hu's question, he looked at Li Kai, who was huddled up with his head down, with a half-smile. "Who is he? What do you think? Right Sima?"

"Right Sima?" Madam Hu was taken aback, a hint of confusion in her eyes.

When did South Korea get a new Right Sima?

If a new Right Sima was appointed, why was Liu Yi still scheming to obtain the position of Right Sima?

Suddenly, Madam Hu seemed to have thought of something.

Her pupils contracted slightly as she looked at Li Kai, who was curled up in a ball, in disbelief.

"Sir, who is he?"

Mrs. Hu asked, her voice trembling, as if she were afraid of hearing some terrible answer.

"He was Li Kai, the former Right Sima of Han, who died in battle after refusing to obey his commander's orders and getting himself trapped in enemy territory."

"No!" Li Kai suddenly roared, "I didn't disobey orders, it was Bai Yifei who harmed me for the Baiyue treasure!"

He stared at Cao Yuan, his eyes filled with anger.

It's unclear whether he's angry at Bai Yifei or at Cao Yuan for having an affair with Madam Hu in the middle of the night.

"The treasures of Baiyue?" Cao Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly: "Tell me about it in detail."

Li Kai lowered his head and remained silent, refusing to speak no matter how Cao Yuan asked him.

Madam Hu stood behind Cao Yuan, her heart pounding with anxiety as she nervously clutched the hem of her skirt. Looking at the mangled Li Kai, her feelings were extremely complex.

Cao Yuan frowned. Based on his deduction, the Baiyue treasure was most likely related to the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions, and very likely to the bronze treasure box of Korea.

He hesitated for a moment, then finally said in a deep voice, "Li Kai, you don't want to never see your daughter again, do you?"

“…Daughter?” Li Kai finally raised his head, his cloudy eyes staring blankly at Cao Yuan.

"My daughter...is she really still alive?"

Li Kai's voice trembled, as if he had finally confirmed this fact, and tears streamed down his face.

He escaped death and lived a precarious existence in Baiyue for many years. He endured countless hardships and dangers, even resorting to eating dirt and begging, and crawling thousands of miles on foot to reach Xinzheng, all for two reasons.

First, he wanted to see Mrs. Hu one last time; second, he wanted to find his daughter.

"Yes..." Madam Hu said sadly, "She's still alive..."

Li Kai could no longer contain himself and asked excitedly, "Tell me quickly, where is she?"

Cao Yuan brushed Li Kai's hand away. "Don't rush. Tell me what you know first. Don't lie. I can tell."

After saying this, Cao Yuan murmured, "Confucius said, 'A gentleman is magnanimous and open-minded.'"

A glimmer of clarity appeared in Li Kai's cloudy pupils, as if he had suddenly realized something, and he gave Cao Yuan a deep look.

"Back then, the State of Chu allied with the State of Han to conquer the Baiyue. At that time, the King of Han had just ascended the throne. As the most trusted retainer and confidant of the King of Han, I became the Right Sima and, together with Bai Yifei, led troops to attack the Baiyue."

Cao Yuan said, "The state of Korea is thousands of miles away from Baiyue. Why go to such lengths to mobilize troops? Is it for the treasures of Baiyue?"

Li Kai sighed and said, "That's right, it's because of the Baiyue treasure. I don't know where the King of Han got the information, but it is said that the Baiyue treasure is related to the secret of the Azure Dragon. Therefore, after the Chu Kingdom proposed the alliance, the King of Han agreed."

Cao Yuan chuckled and said, "You got the intelligence from the State of Chu, didn't you?"

Li Kai paused for a moment, then his face showed a look of realization. "Now that I think about it, it must be true."

Cao Yuan continued, "What about Bai Yifei? What's his relationship with her?"

Li Kai said in a low voice, "Tell me where my daughter is first."

Cao Yuan sneered, "What right do you have to bargain with me?"

"I could kill you in the blink of an eye."

"And what you want to know is also within my grasp."

"You can only find out the answer if you cooperate with me, otherwise..."

Upon seeing this, Madam Hu hesitated to speak, and ultimately remained silent, her heart filled with bitterness.

Who would have thought that she, a gentle and virtuous woman, would be caught by her ex-husband having an affair with Cao Yuan in the middle of the night?

Li Kai said in a deep voice, "How can you prove that you really know my daughter's whereabouts?"

Cao Yuan grinned and pulled Madam Hu into his arms.

Madam Hu's face turned bright red. She tried to break free but to no avail. She could only bury her face in Cao Yuan's chest, too ashamed to face anyone. The moisture she was holding back could no longer be contained and slowly seeped out.

"You know Madam Hu's character, so why do you think she chose to become my woman and even sleep with me in the middle of the night?"

Li Kai looked at Madam Hu, who had buried her face in Cao Yuan's chest, took a deep breath, and looked dejected.

"...Madam, I'm so sorry."

Cao Yuan interrupted Li Kaidao: "Putting aside whether it's right or wrong, I'm asking you, did Bai Yifei obtain anything related to the Seven Constellations of the Azure Dragon?"

Li Kai shook his head: "I don't know if he got it or not, but I do know that if Bai Yifei got anything related to the Azure Dragon, he would definitely hide it in Snow Robe Fortress."

Cao Yuan asked carefully, "How can you be so sure? Couldn't it be placed somewhere else?"

Li Kaidao said, "It's impossible to put it anywhere else. When I was deeply involved in Baiyue, the Marquis of Han was still alive. Bai Yifei would never dare to keep it to herself, unless Bai Yifei did not obtain it."

Cao Yuan frowned inwardly.

As far as he knew, Bai Yifei's mother was a peerless fierce woman who could fight against Bai Qi back then.

Given that Bai Qi is at the peak of the Grandmaster level, then the Marquis must at least be at the Grandmaster level.

Nearly twenty years have passed; who knows what the Marquis's strength is now?

“Tell me your story from beginning to end, without omitting a single detail.”

A look of reminiscence slowly appeared in Li Kai's cloudy eyes as he began to recount a little-known past.

Through Li Kai's narration, Cao Yuan gradually learned a part of the truth about the Baiyue people back then.

After the allied forces of Han and Chu entered Baiyue, King An of Han secretly ordered Li Kai to investigate the whereabouts of Baiyue's treasures, and Bai Yifei, as the commander-in-chief, also seemed to be searching for related information.

Li Kai unexpectedly learned that the clues to the Baiyue treasure were related to Huoyu Manor, so he went to great lengths to get close to Madam Hu, avoiding Bai Yifei's sight, and went to Huoyu Manor to investigate.

Shortly after Li Kai married Madam Hu, Bai Yifei arranged for Li Kai to venture deep into Baiyue to hunt down the remnants of Baiyue Crown Prince Tianze's forces.

What happened next is well-known.

Without reinforcements, Li Kai died on the battlefield and was accused of disobeying orders and recklessly advancing deep into enemy territory.

After hearing this, Cao Yuan sneered and said, "Judging from what you've said, it's clear that the King of Han has abandoned you."

Li Kai smiled wryly and said, "Perhaps."