[1] Forgotten Legend of the Bloodied Flower

Ch 176 - 180

C176 - Return To Capital City

The days passed quietly.

Nan Luo was originally worried that his accidental misspoke would end up badly. However, Long Qian Xing didn't act any different to them after that. He would appear occasionally and accompanied them.

Just like now…

Looking at the young man, who was looking inside from the window, he felt that he really wanted to punch Long Qian Xing.

"We'll arrive soon in the Capital City." Long Qian Xing's eyes landed on the Go board that Feng Ao Kuai and Nan Hua was playing. "You might want to keep it away."

"Is there anything important that happened in the Capital City lately?" Feng Ao Kuai asked as he put his last piece and started counting. Seeing that he was losing again, he felt a bit miserable.

"The gate is a bit crowded."

Feng Ao Kuai furrowed his eyebrows and moved to the window. He peered his head outside and looked at the gate in front of him. Seeing the people who were staying there, he felt a sense of unease.

Nan Hua looked at Long Qian Xing as she felt a sense of coldness from him. "Do you know who they are, Brother Long?"

"Prime Minister Bei."

The moment the name was said, the temperature dropped to the chilling point. Feng Ao Si was staying inside the carriage too, so he could listen. Upon hearing the name, his eyebrows furrowed because his father had warned him to be very careful of this prime minister.

Feng Ao Kuai knew more than his brother, thus his eyes were so cold. If looks could kill, Feng Ao Kuai might have killed that prime minister.

Only Nan Luo was clueless.

Nan Hua lowered her gaze as a glint flashed by her eyes. She knew very well why Long Qian Xing hated Prime Minister Bei so much. This prime minister was the one who held the highest power in Fei Yang Kingdom.

If not because of the palace's system, he might have long schemed to obtain the throne.

Prime Minister Bei had served ever since Emperor Huan's Reign.

Emperor Huan was the title of Yang Zhou's grandfather and also the emperor before Emperor Xuan. The changes of Emperor in Fei Yang Kingdom was quite recent because Emperor Huan was in power until late of age while Emperor Xuan didn't last long because of the conflicts within the palace.

To be exact, he served nearing the end of Emperor Huan's reign. Afterwards, he was the trusted officials and rise to become the Prime Minister during Emperor Xuan's Reign. As for why, it was obviously because of the benefit that he could give to Emperor Xuan.

However, Emperor Yang Zhou hated him.

It was obvious because Prime Minister Bei was the one who held the power in the palace. The officials chose to follow him rather than the Emperor. It caused the power in the court to be split.

A small part supported Emperor Yang Zhou.

Another part supported the second prince.

Another part supported the Empress Dowager.

And lastly, the majority supported Prime Minister Bei.

If Emperor Yang Zhou failed to show that he was the one who had the most power by the time of his coronation, there was no doubt that he would just become a puppet emperor. One who didn't have real power and could only stand at the back as Prime Minister Bei being the one to order around.

"Why is he here?" Feng Ao Kuai asked in a low tone.

"He might be curious as to why I travel with General Nan." Long Qian Xing sneered.