Beauty and the Bodyguard

Lui Zhenhu, on the other hand, took a very deep breath, knitting his eyebrows together upon hearing the news from Liu Tianyi- he remained silent for a long time!

He always thought that- due to Lin Yi's healing- he'd be able to live ten more years, and as a result, allow House Liu to remain in power for a longer period of time. As long as he stayed alive, House Liu had hope! As long as that kept going, along with reasonable marriage alliances with a martial arts family… House Liu would continue its prosperity!

What he was planning was to get Liu Jinghan to marry with a boy from a Wulin house, sacrificing the Liu name of their child but setting him as the future leader of House Liu. The kid would then learn the kung fu of that Wulin house, and by the time he grew up, would turn House Liu into a Wulin house as well!

But a problem appeared before the thought turned into reality!

House Liu learned that House Yu was planning to cut one noble house out and raise a new one into the group in the upcoming noble house meeting… Not only would this maintain House Yu's outstanding position in the council, but also let the new noble house provide many benefits to House Yu!

Everyone thought that it would be House Xiao who would be cut off, but it seemed now that it very well might be House Liu!

House Chen at least had Chen Yutian, a practitioner- his strength level was a bit low, but he was still a practitioner! House Liu had none!

"Tianyi, Tianli- tell me- what can House Liu to to maintain its position in the upcoming noble house meeting?" Zhenhu raised his head and looked at his two sons.

Tianyi and Tianli went into deep thought- the truth was, they had already started thinking about this after learning of House Pi's support to House Xiao- they just hadn't come up with anything good.

"Tianyi, you go first," Zhenhu said.

"I was thinking that we could ask for House Wu's help?" Tianyi's wife was the daughter of House Wu's Wu Gonggao, and Wu Gonggao had just broken into Mystic mid phase- if he were willing to help them out, there would still be hope.

"Tianli, what about you?" Zhenhu asked before making any judgement on Tianyi's idea.

"Big brother is right- sis-in-law is from House Wu, so it's expected for us to ask them for help! Other than that, I think that we should get on good terms with House Xiao. They're looking for business partners right now, and we can always go to them to offer a partnership…" Tianli said after some thought.

"Jingjing, what are your thoughts?" Zhenhu turned to his granddaughter.

"Lin Yi…" Jinghan said after a brief sigh.

"Lin Yi?" Tianli paused, a frown on his face, "Jing Jing, why bring up Lin Yi now? He's not from a noble house, and even if he was, he's a big enemy of House Yu. Us opening up about our support to Lin Yi has already made House Yu uncomfortable- if we continue pulling in his direction then House Yu would only hate us more, kicking us out of the list even faster."

"Jing Jing, can you elaborate?" Zhenhu waved his hand, telling Tianyi to calm down before nodding to Jingyi.

"Dad, both you and uncle are right- but did you consider the fact that, since cutting out one noble house is already unavoidable, there'd be nothing House Wu could do even if he spoke up for us? Who would get cut off then, maybe House Wu instead of us?" Jingyi said calmly, "House Xiao has House PI's support, but they had just turned from a falling house into a first class house- in a situation like this, they'd choose to maintain their current position, and not interfere with House Yu's decisions. They'd prioritize their survival right now, and other things would come in the next meeting…"

"Even so, House Xiao wouldn't have any problems from just putting one good word in, right? What about House Wu? If they were to do the same, then House Chen might actually be the one that gets cut off?" Tianli felt that his daughter was making sense, but House Wu was an old time house, with Wu Gonggao who was always very powerful- his words might save them from this crisis!

"Who would they cut then, once House Wu speaks up for us? If I'm not wrong, House Wu is trying to get House Kang into the noble house list, right? House Xiao is also in a marriage alliance with House Kang- even if they were to speak up, they'd help House Kang- they're probably hoping for House Liu to get cut off!" Jingyi said calmy.

Even until now, the marriage cancellation between House Xiao and Kang weren't made public yet- House Xiao was too embarrassed to do so, while House Kang had better things to do- they were busy finding ways to compete with Miracle Doctor Guan's company!

"Yes, but… If they were to suggest cutting off House Chen, wouldn't that keep our place as a noble house?" Liu Tianli said.

"That sounds reasonable, but dad, do you think House Yu would listen to them? Don't forget- House Chen has a marriage plan in motion!" Jingyi reminded.

Yes- if it weren't for this reminder, Tianli and Tianyi wouldn't have remembered! House Chen had a marriage engagement, and while many knew of this information back then, most people forgot about it as time went on and the massive reaction died down.

Now, many people have forgotten- even Tianyi and Tianli had forgotten!

"Jing Jing, that marriage alliance… There's been no news of that even now, it's probably not happening anymore, no?" Tianli frowned as he asked, hesitantly.

"Only House Chen knows if it's happening. The fact that Elder Chen could still sit there stably without trouble speaks some truth…" Jingyi analyzed.

In actuality, Elder Chen wasn't very sure as well- because after settling the engagement with the other party, no one came by to contact them even after all these years. There was still time before the agreement, but it was a little odd that they never contacted them at all!

His granddaughter wasn't a practitioner- could it be that they've given up on the marriage already?

Just thinking of the situation back then made it so surreal- that ancient sect so high up in the skies, so powewrful- why would they be interested in his granddaughter, and why would they specify for his granddaughter to marry the young master who was just born?