His Peasant Wife: Yao Ling [Part 1]

Chapter 108: The Truth Behind Qin Emperor

Yao Ling said, "Don't worry! I'm sure that someday you will be able to find her!" She tried to console the dejected man.

Yao Ling knew that Lin Jian could only hold onto this hope, otherwise, he would feel broken because of his own guilt.

It was actually not his fault, who would have thought that the Emperor would be able to plan and do such a disgusting thing toward his own loyal subordinate?

Besides, he was only a little boy at that time.

Yao Ling was pretty sure that General Lin understood those reasonings, that's why he never blamed Lin Jian for what happened to his beloved wife.

Lin Jian nodded at Yao Ling's encouragement but said nothing.

He understood the logic, but it didn't lessen his guilt at all.

Yao Ying tried to change the conversation to make Lin Jian forget about his guilt.

He asked about their plan to ruin the wedding alliance. "There are a lot of ways to prevent the wedding --- the subtle way and the hard way. I wonder if you already have a plan in mind? We will follow along with your choice, after all, you are still related to the Han Princess. As long as it's a good and reasonable plan, of course."

Yao Ying respected Lin Jian by saying that he would follow along with his plan.

He understood that Lin Jian wouldn't jeopardize the mission because of personal feelings, hence the trust.

Lin Jian sighed. "My father also knew about our mission. He already told me to choose the subtle way, after all, she's still my mother's precious daughter. If possible, we should save her from this marriage alliance. Nothing good will happen to her if she gets married to the Qin Emperor."

Yao Ying and Yao Ling looked at each other. "Why? Is there something that we don't know about the Qin Emperor?"

Lin Jian nodded. "Yes, the Qin Emperor doesn't have many women who stay beside him. Only the Empress and a few high-rank concubines," Lin Jian answered with a voice full of hatred and disgust.

Yao Ling furrowed her eyebrows. For Lin Jian to make such an expression, it seemed like there was something wrong with the Qin Emperor.

It seemed that there's more to this than meets the eye[1].

However, she didn't understand why was it such a bad thing for having only a few women in the harem? Didn't it mean that the Qin Emperor wasn't a lecherous man?

"Isn't that supposed to be a good sign?" Yao Ling asked the question that kept bothering her.

Lin Jian shook his head. "No. The Qin Kingdom covers up their own Emperor's track record about that matter perfectly. It isn't that he respects women, so he has only a few women. However, there are countless women who had died under his cruelty. Only a few are able to survive and stay inside his harem."

"What? How?" Yao Ling asked in surprise.

"In private, he loves torturing women as a pleasure when having sex and sometimes... it gets out of hands. The women that survive beside him... it's only because they have a powerful background and the Emperor doesn't dare to touch or torture them. Otherwise, they would be dead a long time ago," Lin Jian explained.

He got this information from the organization's vast network and what he had read in the report was more gruesome than this.

Lin Jian already made a vow --- even without the organization's order, he would save his half-sister!

He couldn't bear to let his half-sister have the same pitiful fate as those other women.