Protect Our Clan Leader

Chapter 811: Chapter 13: Li Yao Arrives in the Capital! A Great Wind Rises_2

“Who is most likely to win this time?” the Commandery Prince of Heng savored the aromatic spiritual wine and asked deliberately.

“Your Highness,” the manager bowed and replied, “This year’s Big Stomach King competition has several seed players who are equally excellent. There’s Fang Yaowu from the Cang Bear Guard of the Fang family—known as a young prodigy. This lad possesses exceptional talent, having cultivated the Profound Martial cultivation technique, the ‘Cang Bear Impact Mountain’ from childhood, which has made him as strong as a bear with an astonishing appetite.”

Return to Dragon City’s Thirty-Six Guards, each named after various ancient divine beasts, are stationed and guarded by martial families, responsible for protecting Return to Dragon City as the first line of defense for the national capital.

“I’ve heard of that lad Fang Yaowu; recently his reputation has been rising within the military, known as one of the top ten young Sky Prides.” The Commandery Prince of Heng said with admiration, but then added with regret, “It’s just a pity that he is from the military, sworn directly to His Majesty, and it’s taboo for us imperial relatives to associate with him.”

“Another is from our own Rank Four Prominent Family of Return to Dragon City—the young Purple Abode Seed of the Shangguan Family, Shangguan Yunhong. Born with a devouring bloodline, he specializes in the Shangguan Family’s own cultivation technique, the ‘Dragon Elephant’s Infinite Art’. Now he has made minor achievements with the Dragon-elephant battle body and is hailed as one of Return to Dragon City’s ‘Top Ten Distinguished Youths Under a Hundred Years Old.’”

The butler began to introduce another candidate.

“The Shangguan Family has indeed been full of talents in recent years,” the Commandery Prince of Heng said with a smile, “always managing to maintain a spot among Return to Dragon City’s top distinguished youths. The previous generation’s Shangguan Yunque even ranked third as a Great Heavenly Proud, giving the Shangguan Family a good chance at reaching Third Grade in the future.”

“The future of the Shangguan Family is indeed promising,” the butler said with a cheery smile. “Many forces have begun to vie for an alliance with them. It’s said that even the Kang Commandery Prince, who is highly regarded among the Quasi Emperor’s Sons, has been sending envoys to show goodwill to the Shangguan Family.”

“Wu Chengsi?” The Heng Commandery Prince’s mouth twitched dismissively with a cold sneer, “That boy, neglecting his duties to ingratiate with others—a real smooth operator.”

Several members of the imperial family and clan relatives are quite supportive of the Kang Commandery Prince.

However, there’s also a group that bears a grudge against him. The Commandery Prince of Heng is one of those and has even expressed his dissatisfaction with the Kang Commandery Prince at public events more than once.

“Your Highness…” the butler sweated profusely as he pleaded, “That man is becoming very prominent and might well become the next Great Emperor. In private, you should…”

“Am I supposed to fear a mere junior?” scoffed the Commandery Prince of Heng, “No matter what, I, Wu Hanheng, am his senior clan relative. Even if he becomes the Great Emperor, should I, an elder, not speak my mind?”

Most members of the imperial family, being of noble birth, are stiff-spined and more forthright in nature, liking what they like and not flattering those they don’t.

“Your Highness is correct.”

The butler, grimacing, wiped the sweat from his forehead but dared not argue with the prince.

“By the way, I remember there was a straightforward girl named ‘Shangguan Bilian’ from the Shangguan family. She once caused a fuss at my White Cloud Tower when she was younger—a rather interesting young lady,” the Commandery Prince of Heng reminisced about Shangguan Bilian from the topic of the Shangguan family, “She must be married by now, right? Which family did she marry into?”

“Your Highness, this old servant remembers the incident well—it was quite a stir seventy or eighty years ago, both in the Imperial City and for the Shangguan family,” the butler, energized by the gossip, spoke excitedly, “Back then, many families in the Imperial City wanted to marry Miss Shangguan. The Old Ancestor of the Shangguan Family, out of affection for her, left the choice to her. In the end, she chose a suitor from a rural Rank Six prominent family whose elder of the Purple Abode had just passed away…”

“She’s got personality,” the Commandery Prince of Heng said with a laugh, admiring her spirit, “No wonder she left such a memorable impression on me. Then again, such an act must have really caused the Shangguan family to lose face.”

“Isn’t that the truth,” the butler agreed with a laugh, “It’s just pity that once the Old Ancestor’s word was out, it’s hard to backtrack, and after failing to convince her privately, he had to let her marry. Several young masters from prominent families in our Imperial City became the joke of the town, unable to win over a young lady who chose a lesser rural family. And that caused quite a clamor for more than a decade before it finally calmed down.”

“Interesting, interesting. When she comes back to the Imperial City to visit, have her come see me,” declared the Commandery Prince of Heng, acting on a whim, not waiting for the butler to respond but then sighing deeply, “It’s just that I haven’t seen that girl Lici in years. I heard she’s off with that Yunyang scoundrel freeloading in the Immortal Dynasty. Wonder when I’ll see her again—if ever.”

The Commandery Prince of Heng had lived long and met many people, but Wang Licui left the deepest impression on him.

Indeed!

During those five years she freeloaded at the White Cloud Tower, she nearly bankrupted the place with her big appetite. How could he not have a deep impression?

Because of this, although he adored the round-faced adorable girl, he had no choice but to issue Yunyang a banishment order. Soon after, he regretted it when the Big Stomach King competition helped the business to skyrocket.

While it wasn’t enough to fully support Lici’s appetite, it encouraged that scoundrel Yunyang to work harder and hunt in the wilds, just about managing to scrape by.

Ah~

Now he couldn’t help but worry about that poor girl, wondering if she was being slighted somewhere in the Immortal Dynasty, unsure whether she could get enough to eat.

At the thought of these things, the Commandery Prince of Heng felt a twinge of discomfort in his heart.

Regretful~~~If only he could reach Yunyang, he would have taken her back to look after her properly, even adopting her as his goddaughter. As for that scoundrel Yunyang, let him earn his own way through labor.

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