Chapter 258: Prince Lin Yan’s Return (1/2)

Xia Ye's eyes flickered. Back then, they were only giving promise and not swearing on their name when they chose to follow Lin Xiao. It was more like a promise of a child's play rather than anything else.

It was only afterwards that they grew closer and realized Lin Xiao's identity as a prince.

”I have a request. Aside from finishing my revenge, I'll follow you in whatever you choose to do.”

Revenge?

Lin Xiao always knew that Xia Ye had some grudge to the person sitting on the throne. He didn't know the detail and had no intention to ask what was not his business. ”I promise that I won't stop you from achieving your revenge.”

”Will you help me?”

”I can't promise you that I'll help you to achieve your revenge, but I can promise you that I'll help you to grow stronger just like how I provide you with the resources.” Lin Xiao pointed to the lake where he was in.

Xia Ye nodded. It was enough for him. He didn't have any other goal aside from revenge in this life, so if Lin Xiao wanted to use him, he would accept it. He took a deep breath and then silently uttered his vow with a deep voice.

”I, Xia Ye, pledge to stay loyal to Lin Xiao shall help him to become the Emperor. I will follow his words, if he asks me to go to the north, I'll never go to the south. Lin Xiao will help me to achieve my revenge while my life will be his until the end of my life. Should I break this oath, may the Heaven kill me.”

Lu Jian and Han Jiang both turned to look at the little twerp as they were utterly surprised. One person could only make such oath or pledge once in their entire life and they would have to follow their words until the end of their life.

If they broke it, they would have to face Heaven's punishment.

The three of them decided to follow Lin Xiao because they saw him chose to stand on his own and refused the blatant treatment that the teacher showed to those who were from weaker background.

But they never expected this to happen.

That one of them would eventually chose to pledge an oath on his own to follow Lin Xiao. They all knew that Lin Xiao was a prince because of the necklace but the fight for the successor was still ongoing.

It would not be easy to determine who would win.

”Are you so sure that Lin Xiao will become the emperor?” Han Jiang couldn't help but blurt out.

Xia Ye retracted his gaze and looked at the other two. His gaze was clear and clearly reflected that he understood very well the repercussion of his action.

”I'll make sure he becomes the emperor. If he didn't become one in the end, wouldn't it mean that I'm such a useless person?” Xia Ye countered back.

His words stunned both Han Jiang and Lu Jian.

On the other hand, Fan Ling started to laugh out loudly. She grinned and waved her fan. ”That's the way it is. I'm also interested to see how those people will look like when the one who become the emperor is someone from the countryside and not their prized princes.”