The MC forgot the plot

- SEVENTY - NINE -

七十九 Power to climb up

Fu Jun Feng read the contents of the letter, at first glance it was just a simple greeting from a friend from the capital; talking about the sceneries and the food from the rural provinces; how the people around his friend treat him and the common problems one could find in his friend's place.  

His lips rose into a sneer before throwing it into the fire. It may be just a simple letter from a friend but it was just another way to investigate the other party's lair.

Leaning back to his seat, he can almost imagine the insatiable expression of his step-brother the third prince. As he expected, his brother, the current Emperor, has begun to lose his rationality against the wealth and power presented before him.

A greedy man will always think of collecting all of the things he wanted and never sparing a thought for the people and situation around him.

"Everything is already in place, it's only on our site that is left" he announced to his trusted confidant, Eunuch Sun.

It has been three years since they left the capital; there are years of building the power from nothing; three years of taking a step forward while thinking of 10,000 steps backward.

Fu Jun Fen remembered feeling that death is about to take him but his strong will to survive and take the throne persisted. He did survive but it was much harder than death, he needed power and the throne will give him that.

"Young Master will be the victor this time" Eunuch Sun replied, he trusted the young intellectual man before him.

Once a lovely white dumpling being bullied to tears and becoming orphaned at such a young age— he has now become a young man with a cunning, flexible mind and a strong-willed temperament.

"I know, I'm just waiting for the bait to be bitten off from our prey, who knows it wasn't five years yet it has already begun to be unstable"

A book of the strategy of Cao Lu scripture was in his hands, each of the papers was beginning to show its time and the folds from each corner.

Knowledge and rationality are intertwined with one another and he always finds a balance between arrogance and being smart. 

A man can only be equipped with knowledge, the everlasting weapon that no one could take away from him.

...

Meng Jia Yi watched the superfluous compliments from the confidants of both Young Master Ruo and Young Master Chen; her head is already throbbing from the continuous buzzing from their mouths.

"It should be us that would be given priority, it is us that are the first to believe in Miss Nabi"

"Hoh! Are you Miss Nabi? Who are you to decide? It is our Master Ruo that is intelligent and has several connections in the market!"

The other two Young Masters on the other hand allowed their digs to bark at each other like owners, watching who would win the fight.

"That's enough"

With her words, everyone stopped and look at her in both flattery and grievance; several of those people looked down on her before and see her as nothing but an entertainer, not worth their respect — now look at them.

"I will talk to both Young Masters to have a consensus"

Soon after they all agreed to her in just a flash, Meng Jia Yi hid her smile from showing. Only interest can make these people who look down on her respect her. Staying alive with others will make her lose, only by standing on her own two feet can she survive this cruel world.