Golden Terrace Volume 2 by Cang Wu Bin Bai

Author:Cang Wu Bin Bai [Bai, Cang Wu Bin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixty-Nine

Quietly serving as the source of calamity, Yan Xiaohan pretended not to have understood the undercurrents running between Fu Shen and Zhao Xicheng.

The conflicted relationship between the Beiyan Army and the new court would sooner or later be brought to the forefront. It was true that Fu Shen wanted to rebuild the country but it couldn’t be a matter of him fighting up ahead while the new court plugged leaks in the back, ending up empty-handed with only a reputation for being “loyal and obedient.”

Emperor Yuantai’s assessment of Fu Shen was that he was “loyal to the nation rather than to the sovereign.” While he imagined Fu Shen to be excessively rich in ambition, this statement was quite accurate. That Fu Shen had been willing to bow to Emperor Yuan tai had been in memory of former affection, but with Sun Yunduan, it was different. Never mind former affection; just in view of the new emperor’s treatment of Fu Ling, Fu Shen couldn’t let him off.

Moreover, Emperor Yuantai was doing just fine in Shu. Fu Shen hadn’t previously intervened to dethrone an emperor, but that didn’t mean that he wouldn’t step in in the future to determine who sat on the throne.

Fu Shen’s words had caused cold sweat to stream from Zhao Xicheng. He felt that he oughtn’t to have been loose-tongued. What had he brought up Yan Xiaohan for? Wouldn’t it have been nice if everyone could have happily talked over how to take Chang’ an?

General Zhao didn’t have a deep understanding of Yan Xiaohan and Fu Shen and didn’t know what their relationship actually was. More than that, he couldn’t work out Fu Shen’s intention in keeping Yan Xiaohan with him. It was just that the rumors of “the court’s dog injuring a loyal and upright man” had entered people’s hearts too deeply Because of this, looking on as an outside observer, he felt that the greatest likelihood was that Yan Xiaohan had committed too many sins in the past, and now he was suffering retribution.

“I will bear the Lord Marquis’s thoughts in mind,” Zhao Xicheng said with sincerity all over his face. “Since Lord Yan is also not opposed, then we will follow the Lord Marquis’s arrangements in all things.”

A soft laugh suddenly sounded in the silent room. Yan Xiaohan slowly raised his head and met the gazes of the other two as they came his way With a false smile, he said, “Very well. Then that’s what we’ll do.”

When Zhao Xicheng had bid farewell and left, Fu Shen abandoned his gravity and shook his head, smiling. “Lord Yan, it seems that you really are unpopular. He threw you away just like that, without a bit of hesitation.”

Yan Xiaohan also shook his head. “I truly had no idea that I would one day be taken by force.”

“What are you talking about?” Fu Shen said. “Don’t blacken my name. I legally married you, obviously.”

Yan Xiaohan couldn’t maintain a serious expression. He laughed, his heart softening into a pool of water.

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