Of Course, We'll Choose to Agree to His Request

Those words caused Dong Zhuo's expression to change dramatically. The excitement he had felt on the way back vanished without a trace.

Thinking it over carefully, the Yuan Family had so many former retainers and protégés. Why had they chosen to summon him all the way from Xiliang? Moreover, among everyone under the Yuan Family's command who held military power, his status was the lowest—without exception. If Yuan Wei had chosen him because the troops in his hands were the most elite, then he would be the first not to believe it.

The matter of deposing and installing an emperor had nothing to do with how many troops one possessed. If the Yuan Family wanted to do it, they could support it from behind the scenes. After all, the tide of events was already moving in that direction, and they could not possibly go against it. Besides, there would be benefits to reap. Only a fool would refuse.

Yet the Yuan Family had specifically chosen him. That was suspicious. He had not noticed it before, but now that Li Ru had pointed it out, he understood everything!

The Yuan Family was treating him like a chamber pot—use him to finish the dirty, exhausting work, then throw him away. After all, given his origins, no one would be willing to stand up for him, and no one would criticize the Yuan Family for mistreating one of its subordinates!

As for believing in the Yuan Family's conscience or Yuan Wei's character... Heh, he was not He Jin, that foolish yet somewhat endearing fellow. That idiot He Jin genuinely thought he was one of Yuan Wei's people, completely ignoring the fact that he had once been a former retainer of the Yuan Family and that the Yuan Family had recommended him into Yuan