"I am a prince. Even if I am not a crown prince, I am still one of the most precious people in the world." Long Musi sat on the stool that his subordinates had just wiped.
He glanced at the other clean stool again, thinking it would not be used anymore, and waved his hand to have it removed again.
Although the air was still filled with the smell of blood, it did not affect Long Musi at all. He could highlight his nobility just by standing there.
"And as long as I want." Long Muston paused, "There are many people who want to be my friend, to be my dog, to accompany me for one, two, four, ten years, or even more."
So, give up, Aze. You have never been my subordinate and you will never be my subordinate. Just stand by my side and I will fight for you.
Even if it makes my father hate me even more...
Unfortunately, Long Musi was destined not to hear Xu Tianze say what he wanted to hear, nor would he wait until Xu Tianze understood his thoughts.
"Your Highness won't." Although Xu Tianze lowered his head, his voice was unexpectedly firm, so firm that Long Musi seemed to see the little kid who fought back and didn't suffer any loss.
At this time, Xu Tianze didn't know what Long Musi was thinking. He just felt a little conflicted after saying this, not knowing whether he should continue.
His act of drawing a line between them and others had already made Long Musi very dissatisfied. If he told him the reason why he trusted him, the two of them would probably never be friends again.
But when he thought about his poor nephew's whereabouts and the Xu family's blood feud that had not been avenged, he had no right to talk about anything else. Since he had already taken the first step, he had to take the second step.
"Because." Xu Tianze clutched the corner of his clothes tightly, struggling as if he was about to go through fire and water, "Because you are not the biological son of that tyrant emperor, I am willing to help you seize this kingdom!"
"Xu Tianze!!!" Long Musi stood up quickly, knocking over the stool under him, but he no longer cared about that.
This was his pain and also his hatred. He had long thought that he would be attacked like this, but who would have thought that the first person to stab him with the knife would be the most unlikely person.
"Okay, okay, okay." Long Musi paced back and forth in front of Xu Tianze angrily, "You are really good. Are you threatening me?"
No one could make Long Musi so angry, except for the person kneeling in front of him, the person who gave him a playmate in his childhood and gave him inexplicable feelings now.
But even at this moment, he couldn't bear to do it. He couldn't do it even if it caused the slightest injury.
"Yes. Your Highness, please help me." Xu Tianze did not look up, but changed his posture to kneeling on his knees and kowtowed to Long Musi.
Amid the sounds of kowtows, Long Muse's anger subsided strangely. It must be said that Xu Tianze had not been with Long Muse for all these years in vain.
He understood Long Muse's hobbies and habits, big and small, and had long known Long Muse's ambitions. The ability to irritate him and then calm him down was something no one else could match.
Xu Tianze's nose touched the ground, and his voice was a little low: "My Xu family was previously the most favored by that tyrant emperor, and we have long since secretly collected evidence of corruption and bribery among court officials, the sale of official positions, and the bullying of men and women by our family members, and their disregard for human life."
"Many of these involved the cronies of the Crown Prince and the Second Prince, and even many of the generals under the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion were bribed. As long as Your Highness is willing to help me, I will offer my services with both hands."
"I know that Your Highness has a heart-eating poison in his possession. I can take it to show my loyalty."
At this point, Xu Tianze has expressed all the sincerity he can. Based on his understanding of Long Muse, Long Muse will definitely not refuse such a big bait.
Long Musi was also stunned by this huge temptation and would not refuse Xu Tianze. In other words, Long Musi had never thought of rejecting Xu Tianze.
The reason he accepted it was never because of the many ministers' leverage that Xu Tianze mentioned, or because of Xu Tianze's loyalty. It was simply because Xu Tianze was Xu Tianze, so he chose to accept it.
He was always annoyed by Xu Tianze's self-depreciation and pushing him away, but Xu Tianze didn't understand his feelings.
Well, he will protect him, he did so in the past, he does so now, and he will do so in the future.
"Get up." This time, Long Musi did not help Xu Tianze. Seeing that Xu Tianze did not get up, he just frowned and said, "I agree."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Xu Tianze wiped the blood from his forehead and stood respectfully behind Long Musi.
At this moment, both Xu Tianze and Long Musi understood that the relationship between the two would only be that of superior and subordinate, and would never be friends again. Those two affectionate names would never appear between them again.
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The next day, Xu Tianze knelt quietly in front of a group of new graves. The ashes in the sky resembled his desolate and lonely heart at that moment.
"The bodies of your father and brothers were also sent here secretly. Sometimes I really don't understand what my father meant." Long Musi stood behind Xu Tianze, thinking deeply.
Logically speaking, with the emperor's favor, even if there was real corruption/bribery, he wouldn't have investigated further and ordered the extermination of the entire family. But if he truly disregarded their years of friendship, why did he allow his men to remove the body?
Yes, how could the Heavenly Prison be so easy to manage? Without the tacit consent of his father, he would never have been able to transport the bodies of the Xu family father and son from prison.
"What else could it mean? Your Highness's nominal father simply doesn't want the world to think he is too ruthless." Xu Tianze threw the last stack of yellow paper in his hand into the flames.
The Xu family is not just a family with official positions but no real power. Not to mention whether the tyrant emperor really favors the Xu family, the fact that my father's disciples are spread across half of the court is enough to arouse the tyrant emperor's suspicion.
Not to mention that his Xu family had two top scholars and one third scholar. His father and eldest brother were both renowned top scholars in the capital, and his second brother, though not as good as his father and brother, was also a third scholar. Which student in the world did not admire the Xu family's profound knowledge and high cultural cultivation?
In addition, the Xu family members have been adhering to the family motto of being honest, modest and respectful since childhood, and they enjoy a high reputation among the common people. Could it be possible that that person could really tolerate the Xu family?
It was just that Xu Tianze was too stupid, not as smart as his father and brother, so he didn't realize that the Xu family was already in dire straits.
That tyrant emperor must have been under considerable pressure, right? Given the Xu family's status and prestige, a hasty execution would be difficult to convince even with irrefutable evidence.
But he deserved it!!!
His father and brother were loyal to the emperor and never had any intention of rebelling. In order to avoid arousing suspicion, they even forbade him to show his talents since he was young. The second elder brother clearly had the ability to make the Xu family have three top scorers in the imperial examinations, but he also had to hide his strength. He even got the third place in the imperial examination because he couldn't judge the situation well, and was punished by his father to kneel in the ancestral hall.
My eldest brother was mediocre even after entering the Hanlin Academy. Could it be that the tyrant emperor really couldn't see the sincerity of the Xu family?
"Foolish loyalty! It's all foolish loyalty! If the king wants his subject to die, must the subject die?" Xu Tianze growled. He seemed to be questioning, and also seemed to be looking for something.
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