Chapter 340 - Bribery (2/2)

The wealth co fu competition as the most closely watched round in the consort selection process

The few sons of the tribal chiefs soon conceded defeat after the Dragon King had done so; even the richest of them could only fill half a dipper

The couan Fei, as well as the princes froe after carriage carrying gold was shi+pped from Golden Roc Fort, and as the co of the second day, the auan Fei had already filled up five dippers and weighed tens of thousands of catties heavy He had finally defeated the other torthy opponents and won a unani an iold was kept sealed If the contestant beca the coift while everybody else’s gold would be returned as it was

It was an arrangereed to readily, sie that the consort of the princess would becodoift’ would eventually fall back into his hands

There were four winners fro Kingdodo on in kungfu, and Shangguan Fei, who had the most wealth overall

They were now left with the last segment of the coe out of the rest Yang Dou ca with the King of the Stone Kingdom himself, would have to cast a vote each for the person they deest all the contestants The person with the most votes would be declared the winner of the character contest

His reason was very simple – the person who could win the approval from his cost them

If the winner of this round was also one of the winners from the previous four rounds, then he would be declared the prince consort If not, Yang Dou would have to come up with another competition until a suitor o rounds of the event

The brilliant part about the plan was that in the quest to become the prince consort, the four previous winners who had the best hope of beco the prince consort would be forced to use all sorts of means to bribe the other seven coain frole tael of silver at all

Yang Dou gave everyone three days to think about who they should vote for As such, the open coainst each other in secret The special envoys froer concealed their motives and personally visited each suitor as they atte for the candidate that they supported

As an onlooker, Gu Shenwei gained the trust of both parties on the surface As a result, he already knew about the vote count for each candidate after the end of the first day

Surprisingly, both Shangguan Fei and the Prince of Loulan Kingdoht votes each; however, this didn’t add up because that would hest possible count of 12 votes if this was true

Gu Shenwei knew that if this were the case, that means there were three other people, aside from himself, who double promised their votes to both Norland and the Central Plain

The conflicting counts were soon discovered by both parties and therefore a new round of alliance- became even bolder

The Special Envoy fro and made an exception as he did not beat around the bush this tiht to the point and said, “I suppose you should kno important the support of the Central Plain ”

Gu Shenwei nodded

“Does that ht to say that? You’ve been very close with Shangguan Fei lately, Dragon King You wouldn’t change your mind at the very last minute and vote for him, would you?”

“The Great Snowainst our promise to the Central Plain Furthermore, Golden Roc Fort will always be our eneuan Fei,” lied Gu Shenwei, naturally because he knew that the Special Envoy fro as well

Maid Lotus had been observing Lin Tao’s guard troops in secret and noticed that they were all kung fu experts with extraordinary skills ere purposely dressed as nor Heng and they rarely ventured out, neither did they try to start fights with anyone, but there were visible traces of their skills reflected in their behavior It would be extremely hard for commoners to notice it – but not for Maid Lotus

These 10 kung fu experts were the assassins sent by Wei Song toGu Shenwei knew very well that they both kept secrets fro about the assassins

“So to double-cross er as composed as before “I will not show that person any mercy when I find out who he is,” he continued

“It’s a crucial period for all of us and you shouldn’t overreact about it, Mr Lin Focus on finding out who these double-crossers are and try to persuade thereement; however, he was extreive out the specific list of nauan Fei had ht that he would be able to win the coe obstacle in the process He asked, “Be honest withYou ht?”

“No,” Gu Shenwei continued to lie “Why should I vote for the Central Plain after they had cast us away? Furtherdom was to become the prince consort, he would definitely accept the throne of the Stone Kingdo puppet of the Central Plain This does not bode well for Great Snowmountain”

“Do you really have a way to prevent the King of the Stone Kingdouan Fei anxiously; he was confused by the Dragon King’s standing as well

“Yes, but I would need your cooperation You will be the prince consort and I will help the Stone Kingdom to maintain its political independence – this is our deal”

“Yes, yes Sigh, it’s not easy to be the prince consort as well The Lord apparently said that everything had already been arranged, so why is it still turning out this way?”

The first person to be revealed as a swing voter was the Prince of the Kang Kingdom He had spent a considerable aed when he realized no one was going to support him Therefore, he decided to benefit at the expense of both parties at play; by getting a large enoughto lose Even when he was exposed, he was not embarrassed about it and announced publicly that he would vote for the party who offered more gles and covert dom First, threats were issued followed by the increased number of bribes The servants ere responsible for passing es between the involved parties were as busy as ants scurrying around different locations

As it drew closer to ht, Norland and Golden Roc Fort won the decisive victory Shangguan Fei won the vote of the Prince of the Kang Kingdom with a promise of an unknown doht votes

Gu Shenwei felt that this was an unwise dodom, but his actions had also drawn everyone’s attention and this, in turn, brought Dragon King some valuable time to prepare for the final battle