Chapter 340 - Bribery (1/2)

Chapter 340: Bribery

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An ominous odor of death pervaded the air around the courier station, as h various cohter the other co as well: There were unknown people planning to get rid of the Dragon King

These conflicting yet potentially bloody rumors had kept those people ere not aware of the situation awake at night due to fear A few suitors who came from wealthy merchant families were the first to crack under the pressure and consecutively announced their withdrawal froun

They ca the atmosphere and did not wish to die for no reason in a bid to win the Princess’s hand in e

The other suitors were ada, especially the sons of the five tribal chiefs They knew little about the Dragon King and did not care much about the possibility of bloodshed

Because of the ruer of doom and he received special attention wherever he went Many residents of the capital of Stone Kingdom especially traveled to the entrance of the courier station just to catch a gliasps from the crowd could be heard whenever his hand went to the hilt of his saber

However, less than two days later, the latest update was that Dragon King had beco masters of Golden Roc Fort The previously sworn ene banquets for each other, and ns of each side wanting to start a fight against the other at all

This perplexed everyone

As such, the Special Envoy fro for ato discover the reason behind his actions

“I need to understand the motives of Golden Roc Fort,” Gu Shenwei explained “I do not wish to start a dom, nor do I really wish to make peace with them”

At least on the surface, Lin Tao expressed full confidence in Dragon King and very quickly, he introduced the latter to the Prince of Loulan Kingdoe, the Prince of Loulan Kingdo the ht a

The two of thedom but merely chatted idly and beca, Gu Shenwei felt that the candidate chosen by the Central Plain was quite an ideal choice as well – if he were the King of Stone Kingdom and there was no pressure from outside forces, he would definitely pick the Prince of Loulan Kingdom as the prince consort

Finally, the consort selection process had officially begun

The first round was faround Each suitor had to submit his family tree for inspection to prove that he was of a noble bloodline froo

Gu Shenwei had always claih the Yang clan had sost the martial arts comion was close to nothing Luckily, Fang Wenshi+ had already prepared for this and co

Fang Wenshi+ did not state Dragon King’s origins of the Yang clan, rather, he listed down the history of the Great Snowenerationstook over fro proved that the people of the Great Snowmountain were descendants from the Emperor of the Central Plain froration to the Great Snowe there He claions and Leader of the Five Peaks” was bestowed upon Dragon King by the Gods

This description of the Dragon King’s genealogy causedDou He dared not proclai the Dragon King Yet, he could not certify its authenticity as well since it would e than even the King of the Stone Kingdo Dou came up with a solution He would only pick the best out of all the family trees submitted and would not comment or rank the others

Therefore, the Prince of the Kang Kingdoe was proclai Dou gave the win to hies between both the Stone and Kang Kingdoms, therefore it was only natural for the prince to havewith that, the Stone Kingdododoms in Xiaoyao Lake as well

Next up was a competition of literary talent Each suitor had to sub the beauty of the Princess

The sons of the tribal chiefs were flue co for the Prime Minister “I want to see the Princess How can I write anything without evenher?” “It wouldn’t be a problem to write a few hundred words about her if I can see her just once”

Yang Dou spent a lot of effort explaining to theine how the Princess looked like, and if you really can’t, you may make it up It’s not a competition about the accuracy of the description of her looks, but rather whose writing is s are all about the sae of the Central Plains would look better than ours?”

Thankfully, Gu Shenwei’s essay did not rank the last, nor did it beco joke with the help of these people

The Prince of Loulan Kingdom won first place in this round and everyone was convinced by the results except for, not surprisingly, the sons of the tribal chiefs

The third round was about kung fu Most of the candidates knew their place and forfeited the competition except for three sons of the tribal chiefs, who openly challenged the Dragon King to battle

More than half of the city’s population came to watch the competition on the day itself The first contestant wielded a huge saber, about tens of catties heavy, and just as he swung it over his head, four of his fingers were already sliced off by the Dragon King He withdrew fro loudly fro this, the other two contestants immediately forfeited the competition

It was supposed to be a duel that would go down in history for Stone Kingdom, yet it concluded in less than 15 minutes from start to end

The fourth round of the co Dou had prepared e wooden dippers at the entrance of the palace, and all the suitors had to do was to pour gold into them The one who poured the most would be declared the winner of this round

Unfortunately, the Dragon King was ranked last for this round The gold that he brought was not enough to even cover the bottom of the dipper fully, and his results were even shabbier than the sons of the tribal chiefs