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When Qin Tian returned to the residence given to him by the Fourteenth Prince, the mansion was as quiet as usual, as if nothing had happened.

His one thousand guards hadn’t been attacked. After enquiring in detail, Qin Tian discovered that the Ninth Prince and the Crown Prince had sent people to scout here.

Initially, the guards wouldn’t let these people in, and both sides almost ended up clashing.

Of course, if a fight had broken out, Qin Tian’s one thousand men would have only ended up being completely annihilated.

Fortunately, at a critical moment, the Fourteenth Prince appeared to defuse the conflict.

The Fourteenth Prince let those people take a tour of the mansion, and thereafter, no one came back.

Qin Tian visited the Fourteenth Prince’s palace to express his gratitude, the Fourteenth Prince was surprised: ”I heard you’ve quietly left the Imperial City? What’s going on? Is it the Crown Prince and Ninth Brother targeting you? Why did you run? You haven’t offended them, you should have told me, I would reason with my Ninth Brother and the others.”

The Fourteenth Prince was perplexed upon receiving news of Qin Tian’s secret departure.

His attitude was still in defense of Qin Tian, and it looked as though he was willing to argue with the Ninth Prince and Crown Prince to help Qin Tian.

Qin Tian was very touched: ”Thank you, Your Highness. It’s just that the affairs in the court are very complex; you haven’t attended court sessions or been involved in these matters, so it’s best not to get involved. You know the strength of the Crown Prince and the Ninth Prince...”

”Knowing is one thing, they can’t be unreasonable, can they?” The Fourteenth Prince said earnestly, ”If they act recklessly, I’ll report it to my father.”

Qin Tian smiled faintly and nodded: ”Thank you, Your Highness, for standing up for me.”

”Your Highness, the Fourth Prince has recently been handling state affairs, do you know him well?”

Thinking of something, Qin Tian asked.

This Fourth Prince was indeed too mysterious.

”Him? Always keeps to himself. In a year, I hardly eat a few meals with him... What’s up, what do you mean by ’know well’?”

The Fourteenth Prince looked at Qin Tian and chuckled: ”Do you want to bribe him to get a position? Haha, that’s not going to work, my Fourth Brother is a principled man, the tricks of the officialdom don’t seem to work on him.”

”Not at all, I’m just trying to understand.”

Upon hearing the Fourteenth Prince’s words, Qin Tian smirked inwardly. A principled Fourth Prince? Really? I’ve never seen such a calculating person hide behind principles.

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”It seems this Fourth Prince is indeed deeply hidden; even his brothers are unaware of him. Haha, indeed the Imperial City has all sorts of hidden forces lurking in the shadows, making it truly difficult to guard against.”

Leaving the Fourteenth Prince’s palace, Qin Tian was lost in thought.

Now, the situation was getting interesting, another player appears besides the Crown Prince and the Ninth Prince—the Fourth Prince, who seemingly has deeper machinations than the others...

”The War God and the State Preceptor, as two elders, why haven’t they made a move yet?”

Qin Tian was curious; could these two people, renowned nationwide, just sit back and watch several princes fight for power?

”Regarding the Fourth Prince’s matters, do the War God and State Preceptor know clearly? If they don’t, then this Fourth Prince might really be terrifying!”

Qin Tian rested for two days after returning to his residence, and on the third day, the decree from the Ice Emperor finally arrived—

The decree ordered Qin Tian to lead fifty thousand troops to East State to suppress bandits!

The Fourth Prince indeed managed to persuade the Ice Emperor and even removed the interference from the Crown Prince and Ninth Prince, really allowing Qin Tian to go to East State to suppress bandits!

Finally, this time, Qin Tian had the chance to leave the Imperial City openly.

He led fifty thousand troops, along with his one thousand guards, grandly toward East State.

This time, the destination for bandit suppression was Tang City, which is fifty kilometers away from Qilin City.

Tang City is similar in size to Qilin City, surrounded by over ten mountain ranges and four large rivers, filled with spiritual energy, thus various sects have established sects in these mountain forests for cultivation.

During cultivation, the various sects developed grievances, leading to small-scale conflicts. Later, the Tang City officials joined in, and due to their bias towards one sect, they were opposed by about fifty sects.

As a result, the City Lord of Tang City mobilized the army for suppression, which directly led to the combined forces of fifty sects retaliating against Tang City. After capturing Tang City, the sect leader of the leading cultivation sect ordered the occupation and massacre of dozens of surrounding cities.

On the way to East State, Qin Tian had basically understood the situation.

Actually, the numbers of these sects are not many, only about ten thousand people, while the rest are some laborers and slaves.

Qin Tian brings fifty thousand soldiers to suppress the bandits in Tang City, which is a piece of cake.

However, after thinking this through along the journey, Qin Tian felt that this matter is absolutely not simple!

The bandits only have around ten thousand people, he was aware, but did the Fourth Prince know?

Since he knows, why does he still let him go to East State to suppress bandits, and with fifty thousand heavily armed troops?

”Hehe... Does he really want to use me as a dagger to help him kill people?”

After careful consideration, Qin Tian understood.

It’s not really about bandit suppression, the Fourth Prince wants him to eliminate Sima Qi!

”Perhaps, after eliminating Sima Qi, there will be further actions.”

On the road, Qin Tian thought carefully.

Since he grasped the Fourth Prince’s intention, should he help him accomplish it?

”Let’s mutually use each other; anyway, against the Ninth Prince, I’m not afraid of being exploited by you.”

After considering it, Qin Tian made a decision, to go with the plan and thoroughly eliminate the Ninth Prince’s forces in East State!

Qin Tian’s fifty thousand troops did not go to Tang City, but instead arrived at Qilin City.

Since bandit suppression wasn’t the main goal anymore, coming to Qilin City to find Sima Qi, along with Qiao Wenxuan, became Qin Tian’s top priority.

”Marquis Pingxi, His Majesty sent you to suppress bandits, why are you at Qilin City?”

Below the city gate tower of Qilin City, when Qin Tian’s troops came under the city, Sima Qi shouted at Qin Tian from atop the city gate tower, feeling somewhat nervous at this moment.

Qin Tian has fifty thousand men, while Qilin City, as the gateway city to East State, actually has only about forty thousand troops. Moreover, Qin Tian is a distinguished general of the Tianyuan Dynasty; if things go awry, Sima Qi sees them as no match.

”In accordance with His Majesty’s decree to suppress bandits, I have decided to station the troops in Qilin City. I request the City Lord, Sima, to open the gate.” Qin Tian spoke loudly under the city gate tower.

At this moment, Qin Tian had already sent people to Qilin Mountain Sect to check the situation, to see if Qiao Wenxuan and the others were at Qilin Mountain Sect or in Qilin City.

Meanwhile, he was here prepared to lead his troops into the city, putting some pressure on Sima Qi.

”Marquis Pingxi, the bandits are in Tang City, why are you in Qilin City?” Sima Qi seemed unwilling to open the gate.

Qin Tian’s voice was loud:

”His Majesty entrusted me with full authority over the bandit suppression matter, I will decide where to station the troops, just open the gate and cooperate. City Lord Sima, open the gate, or are you wanting to defy the imperial decree?!”