As it happened, the Imperial Uncle Mansion and Jiang Wang had a bit of "history" between them.
The Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce had an honorary elder named Cao Xing, who was one of Great Qi's Imperial Uncle He Fu's men.
Put plainly, he was there to represent He Fu and collect his share of the Chamber's offerings.
When Xu Fang carved open his chest outside the Blue Stone Palace and demanded justice, it marked the beginning of the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce's collapse, cutting off one of He Fu's sources of wealth.
Later, Chongxuan Sheng dismantled the Treasure Gathering Chamber of Commerce, and Jiang Wang killed Su She, sending the once-glorious organization into the dust for good.
By that measure, although Jiang Wang and the Imperial Uncle Mansion had never clashed head-on, a closer look revealed that there was still bad blood between them.
But He Zhen truly had no intention of causing Jiang Wang trouble today. Perhaps he had once entertained the idea, but Jiang Wang had risen far faster than He Zhen could put his plans into action.
By the time he had made up his mind, his so-called rival had already become one of Great Qi's third-rank Golden Melon Warriors, ennobled as the Green Sheep Viscount!
Jiang Wang outstripped him by more than a little in every regard.
Aside from his imperial kinship, there was nothing about him he could boast of in Jiang Wang's presence.
When they met at Changsheng Palace today, he had genuinely wanted to make a friend.
Not long ago, he had also been caught red-handed driving recklessly through a busy market by Zheng Shangming, son of the Northern Office Commander, and made an example of. The Imperial Uncle Mansion of Great Qi sounded splendid and illustrious, but with neither the