Threads of Destiny 394-Recovery 2.
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Yrsillar Wrote:"I take my accomplishments as they are."
"They are great accomplishments, even for their cost," Ling Qingge gave her a pointed look.
"I will do many things to see our future come to pass," Ling Qi said.
It was fine that mother was still upset with her.
"That attitude has lent you more than a little credit." Bao Qian glanced between the two Ling. "This business with the traitor elder… The only complaint that is said against you is doubt that it actually happened."
"It is a bit hard to believe," Ling Qi said wryly.
"Jerks,” Hanyi huffed. “Big sis literally set herself on fire 'cause of that. How dare they not believe it?!" She puffed out her cheeks as she raised a cup to Ling Qi's lips.
"There's not too much of it,” Bao Qian placated. “The word is too consistent. 'Baroness Ling withstood the Heron General's flame to guide her blade to the traitor's heart' and all that. 'Lady Cai led the soldiers of the province to victory over a tide of nightmares, just as her honored mother did.' The symbolism is rather apt."
"The words of the courts may twist the truth, but it is difficult for them to conceal it whole," Ling Qingge said. "That is a virtue of the Emerald Seas."
Cai Shenhua was not everywhere at once, but her effects on her court still rippled out into the culture of the province. Whole generations of cultivators looked to her path of truth in the aftermath of her rise. It was harder among them to be an outright liar.
It was not so everywhere, of course. Such changes could only trickle down so much, when Xiangmen was so far away.
"Still a bunch of jerks for doubting. Well, all the smart people in the south see it, so it's fine. I have a lot more stops to make this year," Hanyi bragged.
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