Chapter 750: Husband And Wife (I)
Lu Sisi...
Of course Li Xizhi had heard that name, the internal and external family histories both have records of this man. After the elder finished speaking, Li Xizhi silently pondered, Ancient matters from long ago... Why bring them up again? Things with no meaning now... What exactly is Yu Yuwei trying to say...
Yu Yuwei paused for a moment, then steered the conversation back with a smile, saying, “Just idle chatter... Back then, our families were closely allied, and my family was united. Times have changed, we’ve lost contact with the Ning Family. I merely asked when I heard that Moon Lake Peak had fallen into their hands.”
He cupped his hands respectfully, then slowly withdrew, finding a small courtyard to cultivate in.
Li Xizhi listened with a thoughtful expression. He also found a quiet courtyard and sat down peacefully, thinking, Could he be warning me that the Ning Family is untrustworthy... Matters between the two families hinge on uncle. I have a decent grasp of the situation. This kind of reminder, it’s his way of extending a subtle courtesy.
Thinking it through, with the deaths of Li Tongya and Li Yuanjiao, ties between the Li and Xiao Families had grown distant. As long as the Li Family faithfully guarded the west for them, there was little interaction. The Xiao Family had since sealed their mountain and grown ever more reclusive.
They were once close with the Yuan Family, but that too grew distant and eventually broke off. The Li Family then gravitated toward the Ning and Yang Families, their political alignment had shifted over the course of a century, no more.
Such is the way of the world... closeness and distance eventually turn to separation. If I hadn’t personally handled the Qingsui Peak affair, we might have broken with the Yuan Family outright.
Love and enmity fade in an instant. Human sentiment is hollow, like standing atop a needle’s point.