I Was Here First

The Beast-Taming Zhu Family. →

The family head, Zhu Taihao, was already a hundred and fifty years old.

Over the years, he had gradually loosened his grip on power.

He had even become less and less involved in family affairs.

As a result, the nine elders beneath him had gradually become the Zhu Family's true rulers.

Because Zhu Taihao was still alive, every struggle for power took place in the shadows. But the Zhu Family was no longer the solid wall it had once been.

To claim the future position of family head, the nine elders had clashed openly and schemed in secret more times than anyone could count. The family members beneath them had also chosen sides, fighting for their own interests.

As far as Zhu Wuneng was concerned, it did not matter which of the nine elders rose to power, as long as it was not the eighth elder, Zhu Chengmian.

The other elders were all between ninety and a hundred years old. Zhu Chengmian alone was fifty. If he took power, Zhu Wuneng would never have a chance to become family head in his lifetime.

Prince Yue had fallen into Zhu Chengmian's hands. Whatever Zhu Chengmian intended to do, ambitious men like Zhu Wuneng had only one thought: ruin his plans!

"Zhu Shi. What a clever scheme."

Zhu Wuneng knew full well that Zhu Shi had ambitions of his own. Whether or not they had made a deal, Zhu Shi would have told him this news.

I got the short end of the stick!

Then again, perhaps he had not.

Zhu Shi wanted to stir up trouble in Mingzhu City, but Situ Shibai and Zhang Ping were no pushovers. Zhu Shi might not come away with anything.

In truth, the simplest way to become family head was