Song Qingyue had become this insolent!
He still remembered how Song Qingyue had lowered his head when Song Hengjiang died.
He still remembered how that proud and aloof young lord of the Water Mansion had wagged his tail and begged for favor, allowing himself to be ordered about.
He had nearly tamed that bastard into a dog!
Considering the merits the Qing River Aquatic Clan had accumulated since the founding of Zhuang Kingdom, he had followed Du Ruhui's advice and adopted a gradual strategy toward the Qing River Water Mansion, intending to complete his control over the Qing River Aquatic Clan as silently as rain moistening all things—
The entire plan could have been completed within five years.
If it had been coordinated with his next strategy of seizing the Lan River, that time could have been shortened even further.
By then, whether Song Qingyue lived or died would no longer matter.
But before today, who could have imagined that he, a Current Era True Lord with a Lifespan of 1296 Years, would not even have those five years left?
Du Yehu had rebelled. Song Qingyue had rebelled.
Du Ruhui was hiding, too afraid to show his face!
And Great General Huangfu Duanming—had he betrayed me as well?
By this point, Zhuang Gaoxian was no longer angry.
The human heart was unfathomable; this had been a lesson since ancient times.
He had never trusted the human heart, either.
When Du Ruhui had become his teacher, the first thing he taught him was: "The Son of Heaven must be suspicious!"
So whatever choices others made, he was not truly surprised.
His anger only surfaced when he still had the leisure for it. Other than the shaking of the nation's fortunes, nothing could truly unsettle his mind.
But the shaking of the