But his acting skills were not up to par and he couldn’t even squeeze out crocodile tears.
The War King drank a cup of tea, put it down, and said with a distressed look on his face, "How can my grandchildren be fed and clothed worse than others?"
"Someone, call Mr. Long Wu over."
"yes."
Long Xuancheng dug his fingers into the table, trying hard to keep his face from changing color.
This results in a variety of facial expressions.
After thinking for a while, he finally said unwillingly: "Foster father, I will give Gu Beiheng a few farms in the suburbs of Beijing. The output from these farms is enough for them to raise their children."
Su Qi pretended to shake his head and sighed:
"Alas. A poor man's child can be sent away with a few farms. Beiheng, let's go back to Jinyang Prefecture."
The War King's face was grim and he was filled with rage.
"Hmph, my grandchildren are naturally the best in the world. Long Xuancheng, are you not going to give them to me?" At the end, the War King's tone was threatening.
Long Xuancheng suddenly felt his temperature drop and his body stiffened unconsciously.
"Godfather, I didn't mean that."
"Chi Feng, take off the token from Long Xuancheng." If the War King didn't have any special plans, he would have skinned this two-faced guy alive.
"Yes." Chi Feng came to Long Xuancheng.
He stared at Long Xuancheng with a sneer on his face and made a gesture of invitation. "Mr. Long, do you want to take it yourself or should I do it for you?"
Long Xuancheng had never been so humiliated before. He angrily took off the token from his body.
These tokens are the identity symbols of those in power in several industries of the War King.
From now on, who among the wealthy and powerful people in the capital would even give Long Xuancheng a second glance? Those he had bullied in the past would surely turn around and mock him.
He suppressed his inner fear and finally fell to his knees.
"Foster father, I know I was wrong."
Chi Feng tactfully placed the token on a tray and handed it to Su Qi.
With a flattering smile:
"Madam, please keep these tokens for the young master."
"Who took the dirty one and gave it to Qiqi?" Gu Beiheng glanced at the token on the tray with disgust.
Chi Feng chuckled and slapped himself. "This is all my fault. I'll take it and clean it thoroughly. I'll make sure it's spotless when I get it back."
Long Xuancheng, who was kneeling on the ground, twitched his ears, and viciousness flashed in his scarlet eyes.
"What's wrong?" The War King allowed Gu Beiheng and Chi Feng to sing the same tune.
"I shouldn't have offended General Gu Beiheng over a misunderstanding." Long Xuancheng hid the venom in his eyes and raised his head in grief. "Foster father, please forgive me for all the years I have been blessed by your care."
"Xuan Cheng, that's not right. I'm only taking back what I should have taken. Besides, haven't I given you enough money and property to live on? Over the years, you've done a lot of work in Dongqi by relying on my name."
The War King didn't mean to give him a chance to live, but dared to hunt down Gu Beiheng. He wanted Long Xuancheng to live like a drowned dog in the capital from now on. "It's time to be content."
Outside the door.
Long Wu is coming.
The War King directly ordered Long Wu to take his men and Long Xuancheng away, and to make sure to take over all the industries within the next two days.
Long Wu was a tall, thin, middle-aged man. He squinted his eyes at Long Xuancheng. Then, following the War King's loving gaze, he looked at Gu Beiheng and suddenly shuddered.
This is simply carved from the same mold.
If you ignore those eyes.
After the War King finished speaking, he said he would take Gu Beiheng into the palace and drove Long Xuancheng out.
Long Wu followed Long Xuancheng out with a dozen expressionless and silent secret guards.
at the same time.
In the capital.
A wave of gossip has begun to spread.
In the largest teahouse in the capital, an excited storyteller was telling the biggest secret.
That is the little prince that Prince Zhan had brought back from his relationship with his beloved woman. What will happen to the Dragon Prince who has usurped the throne?
As the storyteller delivered an eloquent and moving performance, everyone imagined a grand drama with countless conspiracies.
Someone was whispering.
"Then who is this real young prince of the Zhan Palace?"
"Yes. He's wandering around. Could he be a mountain hunter?"
"Hey, that's too bad."
Everyone was not buying it. If a mountain villager who didn't know etiquette became the young prince of the Zhan Palace who was admired by the people, how could they accept it?
The storyteller paused for a long time, pretending to be mysterious, and took the opportunity to drink his tea and put down the cup.
"Hey, tell me now."
Everyone urged them on, and some took the opportunity to give rewards.
The storyteller bowed and thanked the person who gave the tip.
There was another clatter of copper coins and silver coins thrown onto the table.
"Come on, tell me, do you know?"
The storyteller closed the folding fan in his hand, stood up and asked seriously:
"Everyone, I've heard that our Dragon Prince, who has been occupying our position for the past two years, has a deep grudge against anyone?"
"Who is it?"
Someone said loudly, uncertainly:
"Gu Beiheng from the Gu Family Army of the Dashun Dynasty?"
When everyone heard this, they wondered what the matter was.
The storyteller nodded, "Right. What deep hatred? Of course, they don't want the real owner to come back and inherit the property of Prince Zhan's mansion."
"But you think General Gu was a young hero. He joined the army at the age of ten and started as a scout...." The storyteller exaggerated even more and directly said that Gu Beiheng was bullied and joined the army at the age of ten just to have a full meal.
Following the speeches of several teahouse storytellers.
Everyone inside and outside the capital was talking about this matter.
Yue Jiushao, who had just entered the city gate, happened to hear the news. He grabbed the crowd at the city gate who were spreading the news and asked anxiously:
"You said that General Gu of Dashun is the son of the War King?"
"Yes. I heard that Prince Zhan has brought General Gu into the palace." Someone responded enthusiastically.
Jifeng and Jinfeng looked at each other, tears streaming down their faces. "The young master has finally recognized the prince."
Only then did Yue Jiushao realize that the strong wind around him had other purposes when it came to Dongqi.
He felt relieved.
Gu Beiheng's return means that he will definitely win the battle against the Yue family.
Everyone except Dong Qi was discussing this matter.
The Gu family army of Dashun also knew about this matter. Li Tianfang and other generals were telling the soldiers about it.
Finally, let me tell you that the reason why General Gu does not proclaim himself emperor now is because he wants to unify this continent.
Recreate the glory of the Qin Dynasty.
When the soldiers heard this, they thought it was fine as long as it wasn't Dong Qi. Gu Beiheng was still the god of war in their minds.
In Dongqi's palace.
King Zhan brought Gu Beiheng and Su Qi to the emperor's study.
When the emperor heard the eunuch's report, his hand trembled as he was writing. A drop of ink fell on the rice paper. He thought for a moment and tore up the paper.
"Come here, declare an audience with the King of War."
"Your Majesty, Prince Zhan said that he is waiting for Your Majesty in the palace of Rong Zhen's ancestors." The eunuch lowered his voice and drooped his head.
"Humph, he's so bold." The emperor swung his sleeves and said angrily, "What does he mean by this? Is he trying to say that he gave the throne to me?"
The eunuchs knelt on the ground.
No one dared to say anything. Everyone lay on the ground, trying to minimize their presence.
"Come here, show yourselves." The emperor was furious, but after losing his temper he still suppressed his unhappiness.
He took a few young eunuchs and the eunuch leader to the palace of Ancestor Rong Zhen.
The last time Elder Rong Zhen lived in the palace, she was in a side hall near the concubines' cold palace. Ever since the death of the previous emperor, she had been unwilling to deal with trivial matters.
Besides asking about Prince Zhan from time to time, or leaving the palace to stay at Prince Zhan's mansion for a while.
Also unwilling to contact with other people.
It was only when Su Qi arrived here that she realized that this ancestor Dong Qi Rong Zhen was actually the late queen as the people called her.
She is of the same generation as the War King's great-grandmother.
She lived a wonderful life and created many glorious achievements for Dongqi, assisting the emperor in developing Dongqi into the most prosperous country.
However, she had no children in her life and raised the emperor's children as her own.
Since Emperor Dongqi had her, he dismissed all the concubines in the harem and only kept her as the Empress.
There are no other concubines.
The two of them were once a good story in Dongqi.
Later, in order to spend more time with her, the late emperor returned the throne to his son, the father of King Zhan, early on.
Take her to travel around the beautiful country.
He did not return to the Dongqi Palace until the death of the late emperor.
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