"This... is Kuaiji." Xiong Xin looked at the distant city walls and could not help feeling a pang of sorrow.
He had finally returned to Kuaiji.
"Young Master, let's enter the city first." Zi Juan looked at Xiong Xin with a smile. "Second Brother already informed Uncle beforehand. The Kuaiji Commandery Governor's Residence should have prepared a banquet by now."
His eyes dimmed for a moment, but Xiong Xin forced a smile and smiled back at Zi Juan. "Mm, let's... enter the city first."
He understood that what awaited him would be a life as a mascot.
Xiang Liang wanted to rebel, but he also wanted the legitimacy of a righteous cause. Therefore, rebelling in his own name was absolutely out of the question. If he rebelled under his own name, not many people would answer his call.
But if they used him, Xiong Xin—if they used the name of King Huai of Chu—to rebel, then it would no longer be a mere rebellion. It would be the restoration of Chu's glory!
Mention that to people from the old lands of Chu, and they would be wide awake.
Not to mention anything else, during the time Xiang An and Zi Juan had gone to "welcome" King Huai of Chu, Xiong Xin, several groups had already come to Kuaiji to join Xiang Liang. Xiang Liang now had at least fifteen thousand able-bodied men under his command—nearly double what he had before!
But did this King Huai of Chu truly possess a king's authority?
Anyone with eyes could see that what Xiang Liang wanted was merely the title of King Huai of Chu. As for Xiong Xin, who was about to become King Huai of Chu, he would only be a puppet for Xiang Liang to manipulate as he pleased.
Yet although