On that day, when Feng Jiu returned to the East Palace, it was already the beginning of the night.
He stopped the eunuch from lighting the long-lasting lamp in the hall and waved his hand to make the eunuch leave, and entered the dimly lit hall by himself.
In this dimly lit chamber, there was a snow-white colour, which was on the spot where Feng Jiu used to correct her papers.
“Today’s harvest, how is it?”
A clear voice rang out, and the long-lit lamps in the hall suddenly all lit up, a figure, sitting on top of Feng Jiu’s usual position, holding a bamboo slip in one hand, was reading it carefully.
This figure was none other than Qing Yu, and the snow-white colour that Feng Jiu saw was precisely Qing Yu’s near-white hair.
“Luckily,” Feng Jiu laughed lightly, “I have reaped the goodwill of Si Haofeng and the goodwill of Si Qingwei and my fourteenth throne. Especially Si Qingwei, I used the charm technique taught by the Second Dragon Head to make her feel better about me, and afterwards I used the mind technique you taught me to leave a shadow of me in her heart.”
“It seems to be quite a harvest,” Qing Yu said as he put down the bamboo slip in his hand, “so it seems that you are able to compete with that 8th brother of yours. Whether it’s the throne or a woman.”
“It’s hard,” Feng Jiu waved his hand, “My eighth brother has a good skin, in terms of learning, he still surpa*ses me, and if it weren’t for your help, my current martial arts skills would still be inferior to his.
He is a modest gentleman in both heart and character, and I am a bit ashamed of myself in front of him.”
“Ha, that’s true.” Qing Yu lost his smile.
Although he had never met Feng Qiwu, Qing Yu knew the Eighth Prince very well.
He was truly a modest gentleman, and was extremely compatible with the Confucian Sect’s hugely upright spirit. If Feng Qiwu hadn’t been so preoccupied with the imperial family and the academy, he would have been able to choose between them, and he would have advanced to the divine origin.
“I don’t know how your father gave birth to such a true gentleman?” Qing Yu laughed.
Feng Tianming’s sons were either arrogant and domineering like Feng Jie, or deep-hearted and ruthless like Feng Guan Yu, Feng Chaonan, and Feng Jiu. A son with a personality like Feng Qiu Wu could be said to be unique among the imperial sons.
“I don’t know either.” Feng Jiu shrugged his shoulders and said.
After the two of them flirted a little with Feng Qiwu’s peculiarities, Qing Yu took the lead and got down to business: “But it doesn’t matter if you can’t compete with Feng Qiwu, the matter of Miss Si’s life can’t be decided by her. When the time comes, you will have the support of the Si family.”
“Then I’ll wait and see.” Feng Jiu said.
“Feng Chaonan is already a pawn in my palm, so the next person we have to deal with is someone from Feng Qiwu’s faction.” Qing Yu went on to say.
Speaking of the Feng Qiwu faction, a cold aura flashed in Feng Jiu’s eyes.
The Feng Qiwu faction, which seemed to be inconspicuous, was in fact extremely deep-rooted and had a lot of power hidden deep underneath.
As Feng Tianming’s most beloved prince over the years, and Feng Qiwu’s own charisma is not small, he has attracted the support of a number of ministers over the years.
Especially after Feng Tianming was seriously injured and fell into a coma, those ministers who used to be loyal to Feng Tianming only, also vaguely leaned towards Feng Qiwu.
“I come from a humble background, those ministers would never be able to choose me. And compared to Feng Chaonan, who has not yet risen to the throne and now has a bad reputation, they look more favourably on Feng Qiwu, who aspires to rule from a va*sal position. In every aspect, I am no match for my eighth royal brother.” Feng Jiu sighed.
“It’s normal, a scholar and an emperor ruling the world together is something that the families can only dream of. As long as Feng Qiwu succeeds to the throne, this matter can become a reality. If I were to switch roles with them, I would choose the same way.”
“So, for these people ——” Qing Yu waved his hand down and cleaved, “there is only one word, kill.”
“The only way to stop them is to kill.”
“Can’t we use brainwashing them?” Feng Jiu frowned, “If we kill them all, Northern Zhou might be in turmoil for quite some time.”
“Northern Zhou needs to be cleaned up a bit before you can have a wide open field after you succeed to the throne. “Besides, don’t take them too seriously,” said Qing Yu. As long as Meng Shan Chang is still around, the Northern Zhou will not collapse.
The fact that the emperor hasn’t shown his face for so long and Northern Zhou is still fine shows who the top pillar of Northern Zhou really is.”
“Since that’s the case, then let’s kill it.” Feng Jiu said indifferently.
If the impact was not too great, Feng Jiu was naturally happy to get rid of these people who were in the way. In these days, they had also made some good trips for themselves.
Many times, these people opposed the decrees proposed by Feng Jiu for the sake of opposition.
Therefore, for them, Feng Jiu had already gotten tired of them.
“Let’s leave the matter of clearing these stumbling blocks to Feng Chaonan, after all, these are also his enemies. I think ——” Qing Yu said with a wry smile, “After getting the Green Dragon Society, Feng Chaonan should be impatient to try his hand.”
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Also on this night, in a cave somewhere outside the Divine Capital City, Feng Chaonan walked slowly under the guidance of the medicinal master who was holding a torch.
The cave was extremely eerie and intimidating, with many twists and turns.
But at this moment, Feng Chaonan’s heart was full of fire, for he knew that he was about to see a sharp blade, a sharp blade that belonged to him alone.
“Your Highness, here it is.”
Turning another corner, the medicine man pointed to the dim light of a fire not far away.
“Don’t call me Your Highness, call me Dragon Head.”
Feng Chaonan squared the bronze mask on his face and stepped forward ahead of the others.
“Yes, Dragon Head.” The Medicine Master bowed his head.
Feng Chaonan walked into where the light was.
An extremely wide square had been carved out of this place. And on top of this square, countless people in black turned their gazes in unison towards Feng Chaonan who had entered first.
Countless eyes looked at Feng Chaonan at the same time, causing him to retreat a half step.
After all, the fact that so many people were silently looking at him really made one’s heart shiver.
However, after seeing the bronze mask, all these men in black lowered their heads in unison and paid homage to the Dragon Head of the Green Dragon Society.
”Yes, I am now Gong Zi Yu, I am the Dragon Head, and they are all my people. I don’t need to be afraid of them at all.” Feng Chaonan once again touched the cold bronze mask as he kept muttering to himself in his mind.
A short while later, after the fear in Feng Chaonan’s heart receded, when he saw that these men in black were still bowing their heads and paying homage to him, a strong sense of achievement and vanity rose abruptly in his heart.
He stepped forward and walked to the very front of the square, stepped up the stone steps one step at a time, walked to the stone seat at the very top, turned around abruptly, and opened his arms to the countless people in black in the square.
“I, for one, am Gong Zi Yu.”
