Seizing

"Ninth Prince, it's useless." Cheng Ruoxi shook her head. "Fifth Brother will never stop."

But Chu Zhiyuan had already drifted far away.

Cheng Ruoxi hurriedly said, "I know Fifth Brother's weakness!"

Yet Chu Zhiyuan continued drifting away as though he hadn't heard her.

Cheng Ruoxi stamped her foot and snorted.

A middle-aged woman said softly, "Your Highness, this Ninth Prince is very formidable."

The Thirteenth Princess's words were immensely tempting, especially under such circumstances.

Yet Chu Liezhao had not paused in the slightest, nor had he taken the bait. This showed how troublesome he was.

No wonder he had built such a great reputation in the Yuan Zhen Dynasty.

Chu Zhiyuan's reputation in the Jade Scenery Dynasty and Phoenix Dynasty was inferior to that in the Yuan Zhen Dynasty.

In the Jade Scenery Dynasty, he was merely the Ninth Prince, and his reputation was not particularly great.

This was the result of several factions working together to suppress his fame and influence.

The Phoenix Dynasty was much the same, because of the sense of superiority held by its people.

They too deliberately suppressed his reputation, unwilling to spread word of his deeds.

Meanwhile, Yuan Zhen paid close attention to everything that happened in the Phoenix Dynasty and Jade Scenery Dynasty.

The Yuan Zhen people often discussed the Phoenix Dynasty and Jade Scenery Dynasty after meals and over tea.

They knew every major event occurring in those two dynasties like the back of their hands, discussing them without end.

Chu Zhiyuan's fame had been suppressed in both dynasties, but his deeds could not be concealed.

Through those deeds, the Yuan Zhen people had discovered just how formidable Chu Zhiyuan was.

Moreover, when he had competed with the Yuan Zhen princes for the Phoenix Dynasty's Twelfth Princess and won, they hated him