Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

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.)

At the same time, Long Qian Xing was also relieved that Emperor Yang Zhou picked his side and decided to support him. If Emperor Yang Zhou were to go against him at this point of time, Long Qian Xing knew very well that he might need to reevaluate his plan.

But since Emperor Yang Zhou decided to follow his whim, he was content.

"Your Majesty, that's…."

"His means might be a bit violent, but given that he had lost his granddaughter, I can't say anything to him." Emperor Yang Zhou looked at Long Qian Xing. He knew very well that at this very moment, Long Qian Xing is a very dangerous wild dog that had been released.

Someone had crossed his bottom line.

And they had to pay dearly for that.

No one would be able to stop him and Emperor Yang Zhou didn't want to be put in the list of Long Qian Xing's petty revenge.

"There are also another group of people involved, so I would like Young Commander Long and Second Young Commander Feng to follow Prime Minister Lan in dealing with the rest of the problems."

"This subject will do in accordance to His Majesty's wishes!"

Both Feng Ao Kuai and Long Qian Xing bowed and answered at the same time. At this moment, the two of them really resembled two hot headed youth who was burning in rage and anger.

The other officials trembled when they realized what the Emperor was planning. He had only sat on the throne for a few days, but those who dared to go against him all these times were all being eliminated one by one.

This move…

Would cleanly eradicate the rest that hadn't been implicated from the previous incident.

Prime Minister Lan sighed and also accepted this arrangement. He felt that he definitely would only become a spectator as these two killed a lot of people in the name of 'cleaning up.'

No one would be able to stop these two wild wolves.

…

<Shangguan Family Residence>

"Shangguan Yu, are you determined to stop me on this road today?" Old Master Nan looked at Shangguan Yu and asked coldly.

Shangguan Yu was still sitting on top of his wheelchair, but he came out and stopped Old Master Nan from barging into his residence. He cupped his fist and bowed respectfully.

"This junior wouldn't dare to do so, but this junior plead for his wife's life. Princess Hu might be part of the Tu Family, but she's now part of the Shangguan Family. This junior begs Great General Nan to be magnanimous and let her off."

"Why should I let her off after what she had done?" Old Master Nan snorted.

"This junior could give all of her previous servants and also all the wealth from Tu Family to you, Great General Nan. All this junior wish is for you to spare this junior's wife." At this moment, Shangguan Yu tumbled and knelt on the ground.

Seeing the scenes, the servants were a bit worried.

Shangguan Yu was weak because of the poisons in his body and also the fact that his legs were crippled. It had always been an open secret that the concubine son in Shangguan Family was weak and ended up schemed at by his half sister.

No one dared to openly say this matter.

But it didn't mean that no one knew about this.

They all knew about it very well because Shangguan Yu's mother had long been crazy because of the inner fighting. The young man had to strive for himself in this dreadful residence in order to become the master.

Old Master Nan looked at Shangguan Yu for a moment. "Do you really know the wealth behind the Tu Family?"

"There are mines and also a lot of others. This junior also had a lot of stores that belongs to Princess Hu. They can be transferred to you."

"To me?" Old Master Nan sniggered. "Could those puny things be equal to the life of my granddaughter?"

Shangguan Yu's body trembled, but he remained on the ground. "The secret force under Tu Family. I'll hand them over to you."

As he spoke, the steward came forward with a box. Inside the box was the token necessary to take control of the force. Only the person who had this token would be able to take control of those people.

It was also under the protection of this force that Princess Hu had been able to do things so brazenly. The reason why Tu Family thrive was also because they had them in their hands.

Now, it fell on Shangguan Yu's hand.

Old Master Nan beckoned for his soldier to pick it. He turned around. "I'll spare her life, but the transfer…. All should be given to Nan Luo."

"Yes."

The soldiers looked at the people from Shangguan Family coldly before they walked away. They were actually unwilling to leave things just like this, but since Old Master Nan had spoken, they would not do things out of the line.