Chapter 586 Alright, we're all dogs.
"Tiger tally?"
Li Rong chewed on those two words over and over, and the next second he suddenly laughed out loud, but there was a hint of disbelief in his laughter: "You want the military power of Wudu?"
Smoke suddenly drifted towards Xiao Yuanshan from the bronze crane incense burner placed between the two groups.
Li Rong leaned forward slightly, squinting at Xiao Yuanshan, and said, "Now that the Emperor is seriously ill, you are already all-powerful and hold the Black Feather Guard in your hands. Could it be that these ninety-nine steps of the ladder to heaven are not enough for you to climb? You want to go even higher? Xiao Yuanshan, aren't you afraid of falling to your death?"
A sudden gust of cool wind swept in from outside, scattering the lingering smoke from the incense burner and causing the candlelight to flicker.
Li Rong's chest heaved violently.
When the word "treason" welled up in his mind, he even felt it was absurd.
If Father and Sister knew that the sickly prince who once had to be mindful of others' opinions even when eating. Now, he harbors such thoughts. And yet, this Xiao Yuanshan was raised and nurtured by the Li family. What would they feel?
"Li Rong, whether I die from the fall is my business. I advise you to worry about your own men now and see if they will actually go to see the King of Hell because of your words."
Xiao Yuanshan's voice was cool, and a cruel smile appeared on his lips as he glanced meaningfully behind Li Rong.
"Xiao Yuanshan! What exactly do you want?" Li Rong's voice suddenly turned cold: "The Emperor is not yet dead! This world does not belong to the Xiao family."
"I don't need to tell you that, do I?" Xiao Yuanshan's expression remained indifferent, but his eyes were full of sarcasm as he looked Li Rong up and down, saying with ill intent, "From the Great Jing War God who was once revered by all, to now being treated like a rat in the street."
You probably don't know that the subjects you once protected, worried that you would bring disaster to the Great Jing Dynasty, submitted memorials urging your execution. They were so numerous they couldn't be contained in a basket.
Even now, you wouldn't still want to serve him, would you?
Li Rong's narrow eyes narrowed slightly, a dark mist swirling within them. After a long silence, he finally spoke, "You don't need to sow discord. I know perfectly well what the Emperor has done and what he hasn't done. I also know who the real enemies are who are plotting against my Li family."
As she spoke, her dark eyes shot straight at Xiao Yuanshan like sharp blades.
Xiao Yuanshan chuckled softly, as if he had heard a funny joke: "Heh, Li Rong, you really are a loyal dog."
Upon hearing this, the surrounding air tensed up again, and Chi Heng was the first to lose her composure.
"Xiao Yuanshan, who the hell are you cursing?"
Chi Heng angrily overturned the table with a loud crash.
If it weren't for his personal guards stopping him, he would have already rushed up and started hitting people.
"What kind of Tom, Dick, or Harry dares to act so presumptuously in my residence? Guards, slap him!"
Xiao Yuanshan glanced at Chi Heng with disdain, then turned his gaze back to Li Rong.
The next second, a dark shadow flickered beside him, and the guards suddenly attacked Chi Heng.
Seeing that things were not going well, Lin Chun immediately moved in front of Chi Heng and just managed to get into a fight with the guards opposite him.
Seeing that Linchun was about to suffer a loss, Li Rong suddenly stood up, gripping his spear tightly in his hand once more.
Xiao Yuanshan narrowed his eyes, and with a flick of his sleeve, a poisoned needle appeared in his hand.
A major battle is imminent.
"Stop! Stop, stop, stop!"
Jiang Nuanzhi noticed something was wrong and immediately called for a stop.
Jiang Nuanzhi was truly exasperated: "Why did we start fighting again when we were just having a normal conversation? Your Highness, I'm not trying to be mean, but your mouth is really filthy. You call Li Rong a royal dog, but you're not? Who in the world isn't a royal dog? Don't make fun of someone who's not even half as good, okay?"
"Insolence!" On Xiao Yuanshan's side, the advisor's face flushed red with anger. Clearly, he had already witnessed Jiang Nuanzhi's abilities yesterday, but he still couldn't hold back. Pointing at Jiang Nuanzhi, he said with a trembling hand, "Ignorant woman! Don't slander the prince's integrity! The prince is not a dog!"
“How can it not be? Who isn’t serving the Emperor? He says my Ah Rong is a dog, but my Ah Rong used to be a war god, a Tibetan Mastiff guarding the border. As for him, stirring up trouble in the capital, he seems more like a Border Collie.”
Seeing Xiao Yuanshan's unpleasant expression, Jiang Nuanzhi pointed to herself: "For example, a minor official like me is like a Pekingese. As for Lord Xie, he's definitely a stray dog who bites anyone he thinks he can because of his master's power."
Then, looking at Chi Heng, Jiang Nuanzhi thought of saying that he was just a teddy bear that jumped around aimlessly all day, but after thinking about it, she realized that the description was not very accurate, so she took it back.
The moment Chi Heng noticed Jiang Nuanzhi's gaze fall on him, even in the tense atmosphere, he couldn't help but twitch his lips. He actually wanted to politely decline; he really didn't want to be a dog.
Perhaps his expression of rejection was too obvious. The next second, his sister-in-law actually turned her gaze away and didn't say anything more to him.
Seeing that Jiang Nuanzhi didn't speak, Chi Heng felt strangely disappointed.
The next second, after regaining my senses, I wanted to slap myself. What's there to be disappointed about?
"Outrageous! Outrageous! I've already told you our prince isn't a dog! If you want to be a dog, then be one yourself!" The advisor roared angrily at Jiang Nuanzhi, his face red and neck bulging.
Jiang Nuanzhi pointed at him with a smile: "You're quite the loyal dog protecting your master!"
After saying that, she smiled and turned to look at Li Rong, patted his hand reassuringly, and said, "We were having a good chat just now, it was wrong of you to start the conversation with insults, Your Highness. You don't need to apologize to A Rong. Come, come, let's sit down and talk things out calmly."
After saying that, she leaned close to Li Rong's ear and whispered, "Arong, don't be angry."
Under the table, she quickly wrote in Li Rong's hand: "Bring the person back; perhaps they can be saved."
Li Rong's pupils contracted sharply as he met Jiang Nuanzhi's smiling eyes and nodded solemnly.
The advisor opposite him was so angry that his lips were trembling. However, he didn't curse, but just stole a glance at Xiao Yuanshan's expression.
Xiao Yuanshan's face was ashen. However, he knew a little about Jiang Nuanzhi and knew that he probably couldn't win against her in a verbal battle. He then turned his gaze to Li Rong: "Li Rong, if you can't control your woman, I can kill her for you and marry another one."
"Anuan can do whatever she wants. It's none of my business, and it's none of your business either!" Li Rong's thin lips parted slightly, his tone unfriendly yet firm: "Furthermore, if I were the kind of person who would abandon his wife's family, I would be ashamed enough to hang myself with a white silk ribbon. How dare you have the audacity to speak so presumptuously about the way of husband and wife in front of me?"
"Bullshit! Li Rong! You betrayed me back then! You betrayed me! I will make you all pay the price!"
Xiao Yuanshan slammed his palm down on the table with tremendous force, shattering the yellow pear wood table in front of him into pieces.
His bloodshot eyes were fixed on Li Rong, seemingly filled with boundless hatred.
Because of his anger, several generals behind Li Rong also became agitated. Perhaps the offspring Gu in their bodies sensed the mother Gu's riot, as Zhong Bo and the others beside him barely managed to pull out painful groans with their hair pulled out and their scarlet eyes filled with suppressed pain.
Even Qin Lin's face suddenly turned pale, and large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.
(End of this chapter)
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