The little princess praised him repeatedly and said that she only wanted to be his empress in the future. Hearing this, Fang Congyun's face twisted into a wide smile.
Little did he know that a villain he had overlooked was closely watching his every move.
"This beast has hooked up with another vixen?" With a slight tightening of his pale fingers, the teacup shattered instantly.
The servants standing nearby swallowed hard.
"Patriarch, now that the First Prince is gradually losing power, shouldn't we also choose sides?"
"Choose a side? Why should we choose a side?" Jian Xiaoyu suddenly stood up, her fighting spirit erupting, startling her subordinates who immediately took two steps back.
"Does this mean that only men can sit here, and women cannot?"
“What the patriarch says is absolutely right!” One of the subordinates immediately understood the meaning and spoke up. The others all knelt on one knee. “We are willing to follow the patriarch’s lead!”
They didn't understand what had happened to the young lady; they only knew that the old patriarch had died violently in his room that night, the young lady's meridians had been broken, and she had become a cripple. The Jian family's fortunes had changed drastically.
Jian Xiaoyu became ruthless and extremely suspicious, and she took over the entire Jian family using terrifying methods.
"Fang Congyun! I will make sure you get everything you owe me back!"
According to Jian Xiaoyu's plan, the Jian family disappeared and transformed into an underground force active in the shadows. Fang Congyun was only somewhat shocked when he learned of the Jian family's annihilation, but he didn't have time to search for Jian Xiaoyu's whereabouts due to the siege by other forces, which gave Jian Xiaoyu enough time to plan.
This turmoil caused widespread suffering among the people. Some powerful families, like the Gu family of Yicheng, were desperately trying to gain benefits, while others followed their chosen princes in assassinating or killing other members of the royal family who might ascend the throne.
No one expected that the most inconspicuous little princess would ultimately emerge victorious from the competition.
Her other brothers were either dead or crippled, and their supporters were suddenly betrayed by their own family members. Fang Congyun used his strategies to turn the tables. In order to seize this opportunity, he spent several years working hard and became an eighth-level expert from a fifth-level fighter.
Just when everyone was happy, an unexpected change occurred, and Jian Xiaoyu, who had been lying low, made her move.
Fang Congyun's forces suffered attacks of varying degrees, resulting in heavy losses.
Jian Xiaoyu also reappeared in Fang Congyun's sight. One of them was insidious and ruthless, full of hatred, while the other was determined to eliminate the other by any means necessary.
The grudges and entanglements between Jian Xiaoyu and Fang Congyun have resurfaced, but right and wrong are no longer important. For Fang Congyun, gaining the world is more important than anything else.
With the princess's support, Fang Congyun's guards quickly overwhelmed Jian Xiaoyu's men, and the situation began to turn one-sided. However, Jian Xiaoyu was prepared; what she wanted wasn't the throne, but...
"Fang Congyun! Our feud must be settled today!"
Having taken the princess hostage, Jian Xiaoyu was confident of victory.
She had already planted her own people among the palace servants, all for the purpose of defeating the enemy in one fell swoop.
Fang Congyun had reservations. He knew that if he lost the princess, the powerful families outside would not submit to him. Faced with Jian Xiaoyu's coercion, he could only obediently cooperate.
Seeing that everything was developing as expected, Jian Xiaoyu's confidant was somewhat excited, as not everyone had the opportunity to gain the merit of following the emperor.
But Jian Xiaoyu's next move completely baffled them.
The once ruthless and vicious head of the household has become a resentful woman. She keeps talking about her past love with Fang Congyun and how he betrayed her. She wants the whole world to know how heartless and ungrateful Fang Congyun is.
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