Eighth Step (2)

Every time a body part was delivered to the Lei's Estate, Prime Minister Lei cried out in rage.  When he first heard about the battered body in the central market square he didn't think too much about it, until the next day he received a package.  And in the package was a leg.  His heart dropped then, because he knew.  He knew deep in his heart he knew it was his son's body that hung up in the square.  By that time, the body had been taken down and brought to a doctor to look after while an investigation was happening.  

Prime Minister Lei came into the doctor's residence and claimed the body secretly.  Asking for the doctor to not say anything.  Upon reporting to the Chief in charge of the investigation, that Prime Minister Lei claimed the body, the Chief released the body to Prime Minister Lei, however the word that it was Young Master Laim who's body it was made it's way into the conversations of the citizens.  

Many of them rejoice at his ending while others thought it was too harsh.  What they didn't know was, how everyday for the next three days, his other leg was delivered, then his left arm, then his right arm.  When they tried to catch the person delivering the packages on the fourth day, they couldn't find how the culprit could sneak into his home and deliver the package to his home.  On this day, Prime Minister Lei knew he was going to receive the head of his son and his anger ran through his body as he waited for the package to be delivered.  He waited until noon and still nothing.  He stepped out of his study to search his house just in case it had been delivered somewhere else, but upon seeing nothing he went back to his study and stopped in his steps as there, on his desk are two boxes.  

The first box was his son, his beloved son who he watched grow up from a young child.  That although he was a flower pants, he was still his son!  Tears runs down his eyes as he touches his son's face.  His hand traced the whip markings on his face, seeing how it destroyed his handsomeness.  His hands crumples into a fist as he opens the second box.  

Inside the box a letter had been written.  All it said was: 

He died watching his love one in front of him and with his love one inside of him, just like what he would have wanted.  

Leo dropped the letter and saw Adian's head.  His mouth prop open, letting Leo see that something was inside his mouth.  Leo reaches in and pulls out a withered piece of meat and quickly drops it.  He knew what it was. No words were necessary to describe his feelings. He didn't need to see any more. He closed the boxes up and sat in his study, silent and quiet.  As the rages builds within him, he sits as his eyes wander from one box to the other box.  

Thinking of the times Adian disappeared and said he had to take care of issues of the other courtyards because they didn't have enough servants.  He thought back to the times, when he called Adian in the middle of the night and he was not there.  Of the times he came to start the day later and later each day.  

Rage burned within his heart as he knew Adian took advantage of Liam's illness and violated his son.  He picks up the box containing Adian's head and shoves it into the hands of the current steward.  

"Burn it."  Leo tells him.  "Don't look inside.  Just do it."  

Following his word, the new steward Junu burns it without opening the box.  

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The second major thing that happened in the Lei Clan caused a stir.  One day a flower pants man made a scene in front of the Lei Estate.  In his hand, he held the pendant of the Lei Clan's youngest daughter, Cindy Lei.  He claimed to have relations with the youngest daughter and have now come to claim his future wife.  

Word spread like flames as they describe the flower pants to be in so much debt, that he hoped to marry Prime Minister Lei's daughter, Cindy Lei, he would pay off his debts like he did with Liam's.  Not only his debts will be cleared by Prime Minister Lei, but he would also get a pretty young maiden as a wife.  He heard of her beauty and has heard that for the past month and a half has changed her ways and kept to herself, living inside the Lei Estate.  

The flower pants man cried out his love for Cindy as he starts to describe her with flowery words to attract more attention.  When he got to her breast, he was quickly shown in by the guards and sat down in front of Prime Minister Lei.  Upon meeting the Prime Minister the flower pants pleaded his case to him.  

"So you see, me and you daughter had relations months ago.  She gave me her pendant to remember her by, but being heart broken, I couldn't bring it out from it's handkerchief to look at it.  But my heart couldn't hold back any more and I took the pendant out and saw that she has left me with her personal pendant so I could find her.  So here I am.  My love for your daughter is true.  I have loved her the moment I saw her.  I am sorry for  not properly courting her, but at the time, love and passion overwhelmed us and we acted on our instincts.  It wasn't until later that I realized just how much I love your daughter."  Yin said as he pleaded to his new father in law.  "Please give us your blessing, Prime Minister Lei."  

"You want to marry into the Lei Clan?"  Leo asks. 

"I'll do anything Prime Minister Lei asks.  For it is my fault that I gave into my instincts and didn't court your daughter properly."  Yin said as he bowed his head.  

"Then marry my daughter in three days.  You stay here, and I'll get everything ready.  Do you agree or not?"  Leo said as he started at the flower pants before him.  

"Agree. Agree."  Yin said quickly.  He couldn't believe his luck.  He came here with no where else to go.  The information he got from the bet was true.  As long as the man who holds the personal pendant of Cindy Lei would marry her.  Her father would then pay off the son in laws debts, cause everyone knows that the Lei Clan pays off all their debts.  So what he has to marry Cindy Lei, she have always been known as a beauty in the city.  It was a win, win, win situation.   


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