The Devil who devoured Snow White

293  Just you wait

"Gu Rouxi had always been a lovely woman. She was the daughter of the Prime Minister of Azure. I guess because of that, she hated politics. She hated fights, that's why there was a time when she threatened to break up with Han Qinshan. Back in those days, he was a well-known leader of a gang and because of that, whenever there were gang fights, Han Qinshan would always come out wounded," he continued.

"Gang fights…?" Lu Mengjie couldn't imagine the calm-looking Han Qinshan to be such a wild man back in his days. Now that she thought of it, she realized that Han Yizhou resembled that part of his father. He once told her that he was quite a delinquent back in his high school days.

"Han Qinshan had always rebelled against his family but because of Gu Rouxi, he changed. She was once kidnapped by another gang and after he had saved her, he promised to change his ways."

Li Bingbing picked Little Peanut who crawled towards her before she made him sit on her lap. "I can't believe Han Qinshan cheated on her. Since she is the daughter of the Prime Minister, her family must be pretty furious when they learned about what happened to their daughter and the Han family, right?"

Her husband nodded. He stood up from the ground and sat on the couch instead. "The Gu family had always been a small family of merchants. Well, at least in the eyes of the public."

Lu Mengjie furrowed her brows in confusion. "What do you mean?"

"The Si family are the family that supported the Han family from the shadows. They control the Shadow army. Because of them, the Han family came into power during the war between the Murong family. If the Si family are the Han family's shadow, then the Gu family is the Han family's right hand." n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"Is the current Prime Minister still a member of the Gu clan?" Lu Mengjie asked.

Lu Xian Yu nodded. "Gu Rouxi's father is still the Prime Minister of Azure Republic. After what happened to his daughter, Han Qinshan believed that Gu Zimo's leading the rebel group right now. He just has no proof against him yet. Hopefully, things will calm down in Azure once Han Yizhou takes the throne."

"If you put it that way, it looks like Han Qinshan is using his own son to pacify the Gu family. Yizhou is still the son of Gu Rouxi after all. He is Gu Zimo's legitimate grandson."

"Han Qinshan has always been a crafty man. He may not be as strong as me but his brain makes up for his physical strength."

"So you're saying that you're dumber than him?" Li Bingbing raised a brow as she shot her husband with a mischievous smirk.

"T-That's not what I mean! I'm way smarter than him!"

...

As soon as Yong Liwei arrived at the Azure Republic, his father, Han Qinshan was there to pick him up.

Inside a black Mercedes-Benz S class car, Yong Liwei was sitting in the backseat with his father.

"I'm glad that you have changed your mind, Yizhou," Han Qinshan said with a smile. "Did Mengjie convince you to come here?"

"I'm only doing this for her," he replied without giving him a glance.

He chuckled. That was his intention in the first place. If his son wouldn't listen to him, Han Qinshan was sure that Yong Liwei would listen to Lu Mengjie.

"Anyway, now that you are here, I'm sure that those rebels won't sit still." Han Qinshan snickered inwardly. Back then, when Han Qinshan thought he wouldn't have to deal with anything else after he had captured all the culprits that were behind his first wife's death and those who wanted to overthrow him from the throne, he never thought that another rebel group would emerge. Not only was the Gu family after him but also the Shadow army had joined forces with them.

It was a good thing that both his sons, Han Yizhou and Han Xukun were now connected with both Lu Yifeng and Lu Xian Yu's daughters. With both of Lu twin forces on his side, the Gu clan and the Shadow army couldn't make a move on him just yet.

Now that his son, Han Yizhou had finally decided to take his part as the Crown Prince, the Gu clan would surely take his side.

Han Qinshan may not be planning to step down on his throne just yet but he had always wanted his firstborn son to be the next in line. He just had to clean the path for him first.

Upon arriving at the Han Palace, Yong Liwei was shown to his room. "Get some rest, son." Han Qinshan patted his shoulder. "Tomorrow will be a busy day."

Yong Liwei entered his room without saying a word to his father. Locking the door, he turned to look at his room. It was just like in ancient times except with a mix of modern furniture. His bed was located in the middle of the room.

He took out his phone from his pocket and stared at his phone screen. It was a photo of his son and wife.

Despite wanting to give her a call, he held back. It was already late, Lu Mengjie would probably be already asleep.

He was about to keep his phone when it suddenly notified him of the message. When he checked the contents, his eyes darkened.

[XX: I'll give you 1 month to divorce her. You don't want to ruin her, do you?]

Along with the message, 4 photos were attached. It was different from the photos he received the other day but they were all photos of Lu Mengjie. It was taken years ago, during the time when she was being blackmailed by the person behind and now, Yong Liwei was being blackmailed by the same person.

The more he looked at the photo, the more furious he got. The temperature in the room dropped as he glared dangerously at the message he received. "Just you wait…"