No one had expected that the Prince of Zhennan, who had attacked the city at dawn and let the blood run through ten miles of streets, would end up marching through the most heavily guarded gate of Jinling's imperial palace with the Great General—without shedding a drop of blood.
The two princes in the Prince of Duan's residence were both stunned.
The brothers had never imagined that their vanished elder brother would give the Imperial Jade Seal to Wang Xian instead of entrusting it to them for safekeeping.
He was mad.
Even more unexpected was that Wang Xian had crippled Wu Xin, commander of the Imperial Guards, with a single arrow before he had even entered the palace.
Wang Donglai cried out, "I heard Haotian say that back then, Second Brother won ten million in gold notes at the Golden Hook Gambling House and casually tossed a hundred thousand to Wu Xin..."
Prince Duan sighed. "I doubt Wu Xin ever imagined this day would come."
"Pah!"
Qiu Mingyu spat and sneered. "He betrayed the late emperor and led the Imperial Guards to attack the Great General at Jinling Ferry. He deserved to die. Wang Xian merely asked him to pay back the hundred thousand in gold notes. That was practically sparing his life."
Maertai said gloomily, "Though Wang Xian's arrow didn't kill him, I'm afraid Wu Xin will never recover his cultivation."
The Prince of Zhenxi shook his head. "Not getting our feet into this muddy pond was the right decision."
For some reason, the Prince of Zhenxi couldn't see a trace of sorrow on Wang Xian's face.
Even the Great General, Qin Wentian, looked utterly unconcerned.
Being clever, he naturally didn't believe the two of them were up to some sort of scheme. By rights, with the two emperors