It was not like Emperor Yang Zhou didn't know.
He knew.
When he saw Long Qian Xing, he could see that the young man in front of him was not a person who would bow down to anyone. Even though he still treated him politely when he was young, Emperor Yang Zhou could feel the pride and the stubbornness deep within Long Qian Xing's bones.
He's a double edged sword.
But Emperor Yang Zhou knew that once he made Long Qian Xing as part of his group, the young man would never betray him.
That was why he made that agreement with Long Qian Xing.
Normally, Long Qian Xing would do things in appropriate manner. He would not lose control and would try his best to maintain the delicate balance. It was hard to see, but he could notice it since he was the most sensitive one.
That was why he was pleased with Long Qian Xing.
But even a good man had his bottom line.
He had seen that Long Qian Xing's bottom lines were his grandmother and fiancée. Probably his father too, but since General Long never got into trouble that required his son, Emperor Yang Zhou couldn't be sure.
Once something happened to either one of them, Long Qian Xing wouldn't be able to hold himself back and showed his fangs. The fangs that he had hidden deeply would be unleashed fully.
At that time, no one would be able to stop him.
Not even him.
But Emperor Yang Zhou was not worried. He knew very well that Long Qian Xing had no interest in the throne and had remarked about that bluntly. Thus, he knew that he could trust Long Qian Xing.
"I see."
"Your Majesty! You have to do something! Great General Nan had already killed everyone from Tu Family!"
"He's getting uncontrollable, Your Majesty."
Emperor Yang Zhou looked at the officials. His eyes were calm and unperturbed. "What are your suggestions?"
"Punish him, Your Majesty!"
"He doesn't deserve his title, Your Majesty."
"There are…."
Feng Ao Kuai listened coldly as these officials were busy slandering his grandfather and laughed coldly. Looking at their number that didn't even reach 10, he realized that it was already the minority.
They were mostly the old and middle to low ranking.
They had been going against the Nan Family for a long time under the Tu Family and some others.
A pity.
They were not in his list to kill.
Lowering his gaze silently, Feng Ao Kuai's eyes flashed with killing intent for a brief moment. If Nan Luo or Feng Ao Si were here, the two of them would surely lit candle silently for those officials.
For them to offend Feng Ao Kuai of all people, they must have the worst luck.
"I don't see why I should punish Great General Nan." Emperor Yang Zhou stood up. He looked at the officials who slandered Old Master Nan coldly then turned to look at the other group of officials at the side. "Tu Family had been misusing their power for a long time. Many of their family members have been punished repeatedly for the past few years, yet they didn't change.
Now that Great General Nan had decided to eliminate this tumor out of Fei Yang Kingdom, he had done great. As the Emperor, Zhen didn't see any reason why I should punish such a person who's giving great merit to the kingdom."
Long Qian Xing's lips curled up to form a smirk.
With just few sentences, Emperor Yang Zhou had completely turned the tide of words from these officials. Being the highest and also the most honorable, it could be said that no one would dare to go against Emperor Yang Zhou's words.
No one could blame Old Master Nan.
If they did, they would be against the Emperor.
Who would be able to bear the crime of going against the Son of Heaven? They didn't dare and would never dare.
(A/N: Emperor = Son of Heaven, they're often called that way because it's believed that the Emperor is chosen by the Heaven.)
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