Ji Xianli understood. He had been taken away for so long, and none of his men had come looking for him, which was enough to show how capable Gu Yunzhen was. He would definitely keep his word!

Ji Xianli does not want to be enemies with Gu Yunzhen right now. Ji Mingjing is already difficult to deal with, and if Gu Yunzhen is added to the mix, Ji Xianli cannot guarantee that he can defeat them both at the same time.

Therefore, the most important thing right now is to take over the position of head of the Ji family, and then crush the Gu family underfoot, making the Ji family the number one family in the entire Hua Kingdom!

After mentally preparing himself, Ji Xianli slowly stood up, supporting himself with his hands on the ground. His white bathrobe was covered in shoe prints, but he pretended not to see them. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said, "Uncle Gu, don't worry. I just want to be friends with Aunt Gu. I have no intention of hurting her."

Gu Yunzhen's thin lips curved into a mocking smile: "What's the point of being friends with elders? Just show them respect."

Respecting Shangguan Wu?

I'm afraid she can't handle it!

Ji Xianli lowered his head, his eyes filled with contempt, but he said, "I understand."

Gu Yunzhen's insightful black eyes swept over him, revealing the truth or falsehood in Ji Xianli's words.

“I pray for my wife and daughters and don’t want to do anything violent, but if someone bullies me, I can break their bones one by one and then put them back together, over and over again. Nephew, what do you think?”

"..."

Ji Xianli never expected that Gu Yunzhen would actually threaten him!

But the injuries on his body have proven that Gu Yunzhen is a shameless scoundrel who has no shame and is capable of anything!

Ji Xianli rolled his eyes, then suddenly looked up and suggested, "Uncle Gu's idea is quite good, but if you want to pray for your wife and daughter, it would be better to go to a temple and make a proper offering."

The more composed he appears, the more guilty he is.

He just stumbled upon it by accident.

Gu Yunzhen intended to take Shangguan Wu to a temple after the special training ended, a decision that Ji Xianli could never have known.

For his wife's safety, Gu Yunzhen put the decision on hold.

"For your uncle's sake, I won't hold it against you this time. You can leave, but don't let it happen again."

Gu Yunzhen's voice was cold and clear, and he exuded a terrifying aura that sent chills down people's spines.

As dawn broke, the surroundings were empty and there wasn't even a sign. Ji Xianli didn't know where he was and didn't have a cell phone on him, so he asked awkwardly, "Uncle Gu, could you give me a ride?"

"No," Gu Yunzhen refused.

He glanced at Gu Shiyi, who then gestured for everyone else to get into the car, and the two cars sped away.

Ji Xianli stood alone in the cold wind, his whole body aching and cold, looking as pathetic as a stray dog.

This is the benefit of power. It was clearly Shangguan Wu who deliberately provoked Yan Yixuan, but he was warned by Gu Yunzhen!

"I, Ji Xianli, will repay this humiliation a thousandfold in the future!"

Ji Xianli swore an oath in a fit of rage.

Just then, a cold wind blew by, and Ji Xianli shivered from the cold.

He walked along, trying to flag down a car.

However, half an hour later, a car finally arrived, but it completely ignored him.

Meanwhile, Gu Yunzhen met up with Qin Yiheng, and the two rode in the same car back to the military region.

Qin Yiheng looked at the sky and said, "It's too late, let's call and ask for leave."

Gu Yunzhen raised an eyebrow: "Is Big Brother being discharged from the hospital today?"

He said nothing, yet it was as if he had said everything.

Qin Yiheng was speechless for a moment.

He then crossed his arms, leaned back in his seat, and closed his eyes, pretending to doze off.

Gu Yunzhen's eyebrows twitched slightly.

He seems to be in a good mood.

Gu Yunzhen turned her head to look at the scenery outside the car window; the distance to the imperial city was getting farther and farther away.

His wife...

Soon, he had no time to think about his wife.

The two returned to the military region and were caught red-handed by the special training instructors, who punished them by making them run 20 kilometers with weights.

Seeing this familiar scene, Gu Shiyi couldn't help but laugh. He never thought that the Fourth Young Master would have this day!

Gu Yunzhen seemed to have eyes in the back of her head, and said coldly, "Eleven, let's go together."

Gu Shiyi: "..."

Qin Yiheng also called Qin Buyu.

Qin Buyu: "..."

They participate in training at other times, but this is punishment, so why should they have to participate as well?

Please, Fourth Young Master and Master Heng, have some decency!

In the end, Gu Shiyi, Qin Buyu, and the other bodyguards all ran 20 kilometers carrying their weights.

After these days of intensive training, Gu Yunzhen and Qin Yiheng have both made a qualitative leap in their physical fitness.

After running 20 kilometers, the two were still so exhausted that they collapsed on the ground like dogs, not wanting to move.

On the other side, Ji Xianli finally met a kind person who lent him his phone. He contacted his subordinates, and once they arrived, he took a car directly back to Xizhou City.

Upon returning to Xizhou City, Ji Xianli spent the morning talking with his father in the study, had lunch, and then visited several elders of the Ji family in the afternoon.

After dark, several clan elders arrived at the main residence of the Ji family.

“Rongrong was originally my fiancée. Although we broke off our engagement, she has lived in the Ji family as my fiancée for more than ten years. Everyone in Xizhou City knows this. If my uncle insists on marrying Rongrong, he is putting my face and the face of the eldest son’s family under his feet!”

"Uncles and grandfathers, I am the only son in the eldest branch of the family. I, Ji Xianli, am a man of integrity and cannot tolerate this humiliation!"

"So tonight I would like to ask all of you uncles and grandfathers to be my witnesses: either my uncle and Rongrong break up, or our Ji family's direct line will split up!"

Ji Xianli would not have wanted to use the family division as a trump card unless he was forced to!

The Ji family's rule for dividing the family property was that the eldest grandson of the eldest son would receive half of the family property, while the other half would be divided equally among the remaining members.

However, this allocation was actually because the heads of the Ji family all came from the eldest branch of the family.

But the current head of the family is Ji Mingjing, who is the youngest in the Ji family.

If the family were to split up according to this rule, Ji Mingjing's financial, material, and human resources would be reduced by more than half.

Instead, Ji Xianli gained the strength to rival Ji Mingjing.

Therefore, not all elders supported this distribution; they did not agree with the division of the family.

However, the clan elders who came to the main branch tonight all support the division of the family. They have become one with Ji Xianli. If Ji Xianli fails, they will not only not benefit, but will also be ostracized everywhere for offending Ji Mingjing, and may even be kicked out of the clan elders' group.

Therefore, they need to come up with a way to make Ji Mingjing agree to the division of the family!

"Mingjing probably won't agree to split the family for the sake of a woman," an elder sighed.

The others nodded in agreement.

"The solution is good, but the choice is obvious."

"Yes, who would give up their power for a woman!"

Upon hearing this, Ji Xianli smiled confidently, though the injury on his face made his expression somewhat comical.

"Uncles and grandpas, don't rush to conclusions. If matters of the heart were so easy to choose, there wouldn't be so many lovesick men and women in this world."

Ji Xianli and others were discussing how to seize the position of family head after the division of the family.

Ji Mingjing, far away in the capital, was watering the flowers in the greenhouse with Rongrong.

He knew nothing about the situation in Xizhou City for the time being.