To be honest, the First Prince, Prince Huan Ji Ao, had struck back with steadiness, precision, ruthlessness—attacking where his enemy had no choice but to defend.
To Ye Zhen, whether it was Marquis Taichuan Liu Ye or Bai Pin Feng, the fifth son of Bai Tai, former commander of the Zhennan Legion, along with his grandson, they all had to be saved.
Marquis Taichuan Liu Ye had been one of the first few people to place a bet on Ye Zhen.
Very early on, he had sent his second son, Liu Feng, to Ye Zhen's side. At the time, Ye Zhen had merely been a captain in Princess Changle's guard camp.
Of course, back then, it had only been a wager.
The noble families of Great Zhou had survived for tens of thousands of years. They had long become sly as foxes, and they would never put all their eggs in one basket.
To say nothing else, take Marquis Taichuan Liu Ye's Liu Family. According to Liu Feng, he had a younger brother who now served as a junior supervisor under Prince Li Ji Yuan.
In other words, if Prince Li Ji Yuan truly ascended the throne one day, most of the Liu Family might suffer misfortune, but the Liu Family's bloodline and noble inheritance would not be severed.
Among all the Luoyi nobles, those who acted like Marquis Taichuan Liu Ye were not just one or two—it was nearly all of them.
Of course, when Marquis Taichuan Liu Ye had sent his second son Liu Feng to Ye Zhen, he had not been making a wager like Prince Li Ji Yuan. He had simply wanted Liu Feng to gain a footing by relying on the mighty tree that was Princess Changle.
It was only after Ye Zhen was granted