Chapter 416 - Loyalty (2/2)

Naturally, Xu Xiaoyi was no match for the military counselor in a debate but he re to one principle noWenshi+ sounded: that he was helping to keep the bank notes on behalf of the Dragon King and he would not give away a single tael of silver

Fang Wenshi+ had nowhere to go to without money Thus, he could only try to persuade and te; he tried everything, froion to as fun in its eastern part They traveled in this e They then traversed across the desert and do so it

It was only at this point in ti refuge in the Central Plain

Power in the capital of the Stone Kingdo Wenshi+ was acquainted with hiood impression of the Prime Minster, but he was extremely unconvinced that the latter suddenly beca His discontent showed in his speech, and this led to their relationshi+p beco very tense for a while; eventually, after Xu Yanwei acted as mediator, they toned it down and remained cordial with other, albeit superficially

Xu Yanas very pleased at the appearance of her brother; they had finally realized their original drea pit that was South City and were now in the Stone Kingdo was already dead In fact, her belief in Gu Shenwei’s survival was even stronger than her brothers “The Dragon King is inhu of hell himself to our world to act as the Grim Reaper How could he die?”

If anyone asked her how she knew the Dragon King was inhuman, she would reply mysteriously and softly, “Have you seen any ordinary man that doesn’t love the company of woh he’s perfectly normal Don’t ask me how I know that I just know that he is Why do you suppose he can never be seduced by a woman? Because he’s a demon”

She said ‘demon’ in a respectful manner; this made her look exactly like a witch with bad intent

Zhong Heng was extrery with her, but it was hard for him to put on the air of a Prime Minister in her presence as he used to be her customer and she knew him inside out Furthermore, the witch-like Xu Yanas unexpectedly popular in the Stone Kingdo forward to any sort of supernatural power that could aid the was a devil, he could also be worshi+pped by thehted and thus politely requested Xu Yanwei to change her choice of words fro of hell’ and ‘devil’ to ‘Buddha’ and ‘Arhat’ respectively

“How could the Dragon King be a reincarnated Arhat? He always looks as if soht, I’ll listen to you once” Xu Yanwei made some amendments to the story but she wasit around now

She did so increasingly fatigued and their despair over their future led thehting for exactly? The Prime Minister is not from here and none of the people he trusts are i and the princess? Why do we never see them around? Could it be that they’ve already secretly been killed?”

It would be catastrophic to allow such a ru, but it would not be hard to stop it All it took was for the king to appear at the castle walls and let everyone see hi for a while do “I’ll never leave the royal palace, even by a single step,” he said

In reality, he limited his activities to only two places—thequarters of the royal palace There were less than 10 people whom he trusted, and everytiuised deep hatred in his gaze; the royal seal was still with Zhong Heng

Zhong Heng could force the King out of the palace, but doing so could very backfire against him It became a tricky problem for him

Xu Yanas one of the very few people who could come in and out of the palace freely She spentthe princess and told her all sorts of stories, hoping that the princess would have a good i, but instead, it made her more afraid of him

That said, the princess really loved and depended upon Xu Yanwei; she would accede to all of the latter’s des to your brother now, but it’ll belong to the offspring of you and the Dragon King in the future If your brother doesn’t care about the safety of the capital, you should appear before the people Co one round in the city—it’s not difficult at all,” Xu Yanwei said to the princess without discussing with Zhong Heng in advance

It was an extrerew up in Jade City and did not socializeher time there The moment she returned back to her hoot toher to suddenly appear in front of tens of thousands of people was akin to taking her life

That said, she still agreed to Xu Yanwei’s request Just like when she agreed to , she accepted to undertake this very difficult task with the attitude that she was sacrificing herself for her nation

The results turned out to be unexpectedly good, sowas surprised

As far as citizens of the Stone Kingdom were concerned, the Princess was a mysterious character Her public appearance satiated all of their intense curiosities, and her beauty, elegance and warmth hting for her now

The Princess’s fear quickly dissipated ast the cheers and adulation of the crowd It was also from this day on that she started to treat herself like a real princess, and Xu Yanas her only trusted follower

Fang Wenshi+ ed to stay near the Princess because of his status as aincredibly fast and he was uncharacteristically silent All he could think of was: “Now this is a woman, a real woman, the kind that can really cause a counselor’s willpower to waver”

That said, he knew that he had to ed hishimself to on King Now, he had a goal to fight for like the rest of the commoners and he treated the defense of the capital of the Stone Kingdom as an important task which he had to put in a lot of effort for

Therefore, when Zhong Heng was pressured into a negotiation with the coalition forces, Fang Wenshi+ and the Xu siblings were unhappy and decided to start a coup and strip the Prime Minister of his power