Chapter 37: Can’t help but bow head.
Mingyue’s face turned cold, but before she could speak, the Patriarch continued, "I’m not saying that is true, but how can you be sure that’s not what happened, I have known Zhao Fan for years, I never seen him as someone who will humiliate his elders, and even if he does, he won’t do that to you..."
"Y-You..." She seems flabbergasted.
"I’m not saying that your claim is wrong, but I need more evidence than just words, Mingyue, we’ve been together for three hundred years, you should know better, I don’t want to take any side, I’m your husband, I’m Zhao Fan’s father, I’m Zhao Yung’s father. I don’t want anyone to die, not even Yung,"
Mingyue was about to say something, but she knew her husband was right. She was about to speak without thinking.
"I understand, I am ashamed..."
"Good, now, before you go, I want you to think, and try to remember, what could be the evidence that can be used against Zhao Fan?" He asked.
"I..." Mingyue froze.
"Think about it, go to your room and think. Come back to me when you have more evidence,"
"Thank you, husband..." She said with a soft voice, she then got up and left the hall.
The Patriarch watched her go. His chest felt heavy, not from guilt, but from the weight of inheritance.
When Mingyue had vanished beyond the ancestral archway, Zhao Tianyuan exhaled slowly.