Chafei could tell what his eldest son Gedanwei had in mind! There were plenty of beautiful women throughout the stronghold for that fellow to choose from, yet he had set his sights on Nangong Xue. It gave Chafei quite a headache!
"Gedanwei, you don't need to concern yourself with this matter! I've already arranged for Sangjin to handle it. Go back and get some proper rest!" Chafei said to Gedanwei.
Hearing his father say that, Gedanwei's dissatisfaction swelled even further! Wasn't it just playing with a woman? Why did he have to stop him? All these years, he had been utterly loyal to Chafei, doing every dirty and exhausting job! Yet even so, he still could not win his father's favor!
General Chafei actually had two sons: Gedanwei and Maodan. However, the two were half-brothers. Gedanwei's mother had been the daughter of a highly influential general under his grandfather, but she had died of illness when Gedanwei was still young!
So General Chafei married another wife and had Maodan. Although this wife did not have much backing behind her now, she was deeply favored by General Chafei, and as a result, Maodan was also loved by him.
As for Gedanwei, General Chafei did not actually like him! But because Gedanwei's mother's family wielded considerable influence, General Chafei had no choice but to turn a blind eye and allow him to develop his own power.
General Chafei had in fact been steadily stripping away the power of Gedanwei's mother's family for many years. If he had not feared causing a split, he would have purged them long ago!
However, Gedanwei and his mother's family had constantly obstructed this, and the balance had remained in place until now. Many of the generals were actually members of his mother's family. That was why