Chapter 211: Happy New Year's Day, 7,000 Words
"Father, Tianming, will this really work?"
Inside a dim hall decorated in an antique yet elegant style within Jialan Prince Mansion in Mingdu, three people sat together. The one speaking was a young man in his twenties. He was none other than Wang Shaojie's cousin, Xu Mochen, one of the Sun Moon Royal Family.
Seated before him were two people. One was the current Jialan Prince, a dignified middle-aged man who appeared to be in his fifties. He lacked the usual plump, imposing build of a prince and was even somewhat thin, looking utterly ordinary. Yet a single look into his tiger-sharp eyes was enough to fill one with fear.
The person beside the Jialan Prince was a young man with fair skin, a slender build, handsome features, and long black hair cascading down his back. Wearing a gentle smile, he resembled a refined young gentleman.
He was Xu Tianming, the Sun Moon Emperor's second son and Xu Tianran's younger half-brother.
If outsiders had been present, they would surely have been stunned. The Jialan Prince and the Second Prince, who jointly oversaw the Clan Affairs Office, never gave an inch to each other in court. Their struggle for power was intensely fierce. By all rights, they should have been political enemies, yet they now sat together drinking tea like old friends.
The Jialan Prince said in a deep voice, "Of course it will work. This Shrek student's identity is too special. He is the disciple of Blazing Phoenix Douluo Yan Shaozhe. The consequences of arresting him without authorization cannot be settled with a few words. If they take this seriously, it will become troublesome."
"But likewise, the more troublesome it is, the more it will allow Tianming to earn the favor of