Vol 1 Chapter 4 (1/2)
Chapter 4 – Prefecture Lord
The banquet at Snowfall Palace continued into the late night Late at night, the sky was covered with stars Ji Yichuan and his wife took their infant back home
“Whoah” Ji Ning blearily opened his little eyes and saw the night sky filled with stars
Ah
He had fallen asleep He had actually fallen asleep mid-way
There had been fascinating performances, with musicians, dru the hall This was very different fro to the eye However, he was still just an infant Halfway through, he was simply too sleepy and thus he immediately fell asleep
“Yichuan” Yuchi Snow said with a hint of anger while walking in the snow “At the banquet, why did you say that you would let our son go seize the golden sword? Don’t you kno hard that is?”
“I was able to accomplish it” Yichuan frowned
“You are the most powerful member of the West Prefecture of the Ji clan You were able to do it as a youth, but in the thousand year history of the Ji clan’s West Prefecture, how ry Nor which involved her son made her anxious “And today, when the Prefecture Lord raised the question of having our son becoreed Only a single additional overseer was needed All you had to do was convince a single overseer…with six overseers in agreement, then our son would have easily been able to becoolden sword?”
Seizing the golden sas simply too hard
Yichuan shook his head and sighed “You don’t understand”
“What don’t I understand?” Snow said angrily
“You haven’t been at the West Prefecture for a long time yet You don’t understand the intricacies hidden within” Yichuan explained “The ten overseers of the West Prefecture are divided into the Prefecture Lord’s side and Ji Lee’s side There are three centrists If ere to draw another overseer into our orbit, the price would have been too high”
“So what if the price is high?” Snow said unhappily
“Yes, if we paid an enormous price, we could let our son become the Prefecture Lord” Yichuan frowned “But if our son is incapable, even if he is allowed to take the position of Prefecture Lord, he’ll just suffer countless miseries, unspeakable miseries That will be a form of torment!”
Yuchi Snoas stunned
“I don’t want my son to be ht up seizing the golden sword”
“If ht and talent and is able to strengthen rapidly, then naturally, he’ll be able to seize the golden sword No one would say a single word of dissent if he were to take over the Prefecture Lord position after doing so” Yichuan said “But if olden sword, then he can just live a life of leisure I, Yichuan, will protect him his entire life and let him live without any cares”
Snow seemed to have understood
Beco Prefecture Lord didn’t necessarily mean a life of ease If an expert became the Prefecture Lord, then naturally, his rule would be stable But if someone incapable took the position…even if he was forcibly installed, he would just be miserable
“Yichuan, I rong to blame you” Snow said softly
Yichuan just lowered his head and rubbed his son’s face “His eyes are wide open This kid woke up long ago”
“Right, Yichuan What naive hinant, but you weren’t happy with any of the names Now that he’s been born, we have to come up with a suitable name”
“Let his naside him” Yichuan said “How could I not be careful about it? I hadn’t ht of a na ‘cal, no matter if he is weak or becomes an expert, let him maintain a calm, peaceful heart”
“Ning?” Snow …”
Ji Ning?
The infant in his mother’s arms stared ide eyes Was this the nae, the Lord of Cui Palace, had preordained that he would have in the Book of Life and Death? Or was it a true coincidence?
In this life, he would be naain?
The most powerful member of the West Prefecture of the Ji clan was the Raindrop Sword, Ji Yichuan
The second was the ‘Tiger Demon’, Ji Lee
Within Lee’s Prefecture
“Congratulations and felicitations, father” A ed man with several dozen braids in his hair said “That Yichuan was so arrogant and blind that he actually said he would have his son go seize the golden sword…the West Prefecture has been in the hands of our Ji clan for generations Not a single person has taken the Prefecture Lord position through seizing the golden sword”
The oldred hair and that scarlet snake in his ears slapped his hands together “When I was young, I should’ve become the Prefecture Lord! But at that ti toended up taking the Prefecture Lord position and has been in that position for eighty years!”
“Eighty full years!”
“I’ve been waiting all this tiround his teeth “I didn’t expect that his line of descent would produce so talent Fortunately, fortunately, Yichuan is only interested in training to beco the Prefecture Lord Yichuan was siant today He actually chose such a path for his son”
“It seems it is the will of Heaven that we take the Prefecture Lord’s position” The ed man said excitedly
“Don’t be hasty”
Lee shouted “When I was young, that loss I suffered taught me…that a person can’t be too happy before one has actually succeeded! What we need to do is prepare!”