Chapter 1632 — Matters of Bygone Years
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
This tangle of doubts left Xiao Ming deeply dispirited. At this family council she had no say at all; listening to one voice after another, she heard only concern for the interests of the Hidden Tang family. As for where her own child might be, not one of them had even asked!
"Enough, then it is settled! Let every member of the Hidden Tang family hear this clearly: not a single word of this is to leave this room!" Old Master Tang said sternly. "From now on, Bing Tang is the daughter of the Second and Xiao Ming..."
"Bang!" A tremendous crash—no sooner had Old Master Tang finished speaking than the door of the meeting hall was kicked open, bursting into a shower of splintered wood that scattered across the floor. There stood Bing Tang at the doorway, her face cold, gazing icily at Old Master Tang: "Not a word to whom?"
"This... I..." Under Bing Tang's chilling gaze, cold sweat broke out at once on Old Master Tang's brow. Though he was an early Heaven-tier expert, before a peak late Heaven-tier existence like Bing Tang, he dared not presume in the slightest.
He had not expected that his own words would be overheard by Bing Tang; and only at this moment did he recall that she was a peak late Heaven-tier expert whose spiritual sense could eavesdrop on the Hidden Tang family's council with the greatest of ease. And with Old Master Tang's strength, he could not sense another's eavesdropping at all.
Earlier, when Old Master Tang had convened the family council, he had never taken this factor into account, and so this time he had overlooked Bing Tang's presence.
"For Aunt Xiao Ming's sake, I will not kill you." Bing Tang looked coldly at Old Master Tang. "As for the Hidden Tang family... I know well what you are scheming. You simply wish to borrow the power of the Ice Palace, do you not? Very well, then I shall satisfy you. Aunt Qing, tell them."
Cold as Bing Tang appeared, in truth she was no longer very angry—especially on hearing that she was not the daughter of Tang the Head, nor abandoned by her parents, but swapped in without her true parents' knowledge. In an instant, the knot of resentment in her heart toward her parents had come undone.
If anything, Bing Tang ought to thank Da Bo for telling the truth; otherwise, kind as Xiao Ming was, to have a father worse than a wolf or a dog would have left Bing Tang unhappy all her life. But now all was well. What remained between her and the Hidden Tang family was no more than a thin thread of blood. Bing Tang could therefore calm herself and let Xiao Qing speak openly with the Hidden Tang family, turning them into the eyes, ears, and subordinates of the Ice Palace—with no burden on her conscience at all.
Yet one question remained unresolved in Bing Tang's mind: why was her DNA also similar to Xiao Ming's? She had been born of a Tang branch kinsman, so it was normal for Tang blood to run in her veins—but Xiao Ming's blood as well? That was rather strange...