"Reason?"
Xu Guozhong glanced at Mu Ye beside Xu Tianming without changing his expression and said meaningfully:
"Bringing such a powerful Your Excellency to reason things out, Tianming, you truly are the first of your kind..."
"So Imperial Uncle would prefer that I don't reason things out?"
Their gazes met, and a faint hint of gunpowder hung in the air.
"Madam Shangguan, what exactly happened?"
Xu Guozhong was the first to withdraw his gaze and turned to Shangguan Wei'er beside him.
"This..."
Shangguan Wei'er bit her lip lightly.
A woman capable of developing the Pingfan Alliance into one of the three great underground powers of Ming Capital was certainly no fool.
By now, she had realized that this young man before her, like Xu Guozhong, was a member of the Sun Moon Empire's imperial family.
With such an identity, coupled with the Title Douluo beside him whose Soul Rings were terrifying in color, she had no room to refuse at all.
"It truly was a misunderstanding."
Shangguan Wei'er forced a smile onto her face.
"This... this distinguished guest's friend is indeed in our Pingfan Alliance. I'll have her brought over immediately."
"Go."
Xu Guozhong waved his hand, and only then did Shangguan Wei'er flee the hall as though escaping for her life.
"I heard your father, Xu Xiang, will soon return to Ming Capital to take up a post?"
After the three were seated, Xu Guozhong casually asked Xu Tianming.
"I've been studying at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and haven't returned to Dongyang City for over a year."
Xu Tianming shook his head and smiled.
"How would I know anything about my family or my father?"
"On the other hand, Imperial Uncle, you hold great power now. If my father truly returns to Ming Capital, I'll have