Chapter 85 The Arrangemen (1/2)

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Shocked and surprised, the officials discussed it widely.

But the discussion soon came to an abrupt end.

The officials present were all on Wei Baoheng and Wu Hongshan's side, while Li Ye was their political opponent. Exclamation and praise were inappropriate at this moment. They had the suspicion of exalting others and belittling themselves, so they all shut up, even if the fact that Li Ye, as a genius among the young cultivators in Chang'an, had defeated the most talented person in the vassal state, was a great honor for Chang'an. At this time, it wasn't good to continue to discuss it.

Li Keyong stared at Li Ye and his expression changed a lot. He felt ashamed and resentful. He seemed to weigh whether to do something else to save his face or not. But eventually, he did nothing. After a while, he cupped his hands towards Li Ye and said, ”I lost and you're more powerful than me!”

After saying that, Li Keyong cupped his hands towards Wu Hongshan and said directly, ”Farewell!”

He was unwilling to say much more because it was useless. After he had been defeated, anger or anything else would only make him look low-class. What was more, he didn't want to stay here much longer because he didn't want to be laughed at.

Li Keyong left Emperor's son-in-law's Manor with Li Kerang and his attendants hurriedly.

Wu Hongshan didn't expect that the situation would come to this point. In his previous view, Li Ye had no chance of winning Li Keyong in any case, so he didn't make any arrangement. At present, he wanted to retain Li Keyong and make up for him, however, Li Keyong left decisively, so he could do nothing but sigh.

The officials present treated Li Ye differently from before and most of them began to fear him. In their previous opinions, Li Ye was just so lucky that his cultivation improved quickly and nothing should be taken seriously. But the power that Li Ye had shown today made them have to reexamine him and they had a new understanding of his status in Wang Duo and Lu Yan's party.

Li Ye accepted everyone's expression in his eyes and his expression didn't change. When he fought Li Keyong just now, he didn't show all of his strength. Although he had more or less exposed his strength, it didn't affect the overall situation. Of course, there would be some impacts, but everything should pay the price. So he had to pay for it if he wanted to stop Li Keyong and Wu You's marriage.

Li Ye thought it was worthwhile when he saw Wu You jump for joy in front of him.

In addition, he had planned to show parts of his strength today, which related to his next arrangement.

After Li Keyong had left, the banquet continued, but the atmosphere became somber because, in their eyes, Li Keyong was the core of today's banquet. Now that Li Keyong had gone, the banquet became uninteresting, so before long, the officials left one after another.

Li Ye didn't want to stay longer either, his purpose had been achieved, and he didn't want to deal with Wu Hongshan courteously any more. In his opinion, Wu Hongshan was a snob. As long as he became powerful, there would be no problem between him and Wu You.

”Your Highness, please come with me. I have something to talk to you.”

Li Ye felt surprised that Wu Hongshan's tone was intimate. It showed that Wu Hongshan thought of him as someone familiar with and close to and they were equal to each other.

”Father...” Wu You hesitated.

”You go back first. Rest assured. I can't do anything to him in his present ability.” Wu Hongshan smiled bitterly as he saw Wu You's defensive look.

Li Ye nodded to Wu You, and then he left the hall to the backyard with Wu Hongshan. There was no building in the backyard, but a rockery and a lake, as well as many flowers and plants. The area was quite wide. They walked across the covered bridge to the pavilion in the lake.

Wu Hongshan stood in front of an armchair with his hands behind his back and stared at the lake, silent for a moment. He suddenly said, ”Your Highness, although you have defeated Li Keyong today, Duchess's marriage will not end here. I'm sure that you should understand.”

Standing next to Wu Hongshan, Li Ye didn't feel surprised as he heard this. ”It's natural. Although Li Keyong lost face today, the face is dispensable in the face of interests. He can go back on his words, especially when he faces huge benefits.”

Wu Hongshan frowned and looked at Li Ye. ”Since you know that the marriage of Duchess and Li Keyong is a general trend, why are you coming today? Just to embarrass me? I don't think you're so narrow-minded.”

Li Ye shook his head. ”The marriage of Duchess and Li Keyong isn't a general trend.”

Wu Hongshan said, ”How could it not be a general trend with His Majesty's permission and Duke Wei's encouragement?”

Li Ye said, ”In the final analysis, the trend that you are talking about depends on man's effort. What if His Majesty withdrew his order and Duke Wei could not help it?”

Wu Hongshan stunned for a while. ”You can do this?”

Li Ye answered, ”It depends on man's effort.”

Wu Hongshan frowned more tightly, and after a while, he understood. ”You're here today is to ruin Li Keyong's reputation?”

Li Ye said, ”A man who breaks his words won't have a good reputation.”

Wu Hongshan shook his head again. ”This is far from enough.”

Li Ye said, ”I can't say much about the rest.”