As Wang Chong won victory after victory and his territory expanded wildly, those least willing to see this were the people of the Jiang Family.
These people had even begun to feel that the Empress might not be able to shelter them, so they had long since sent more than a dozen people close to Wen Xi to persuade him, hoping he would raise troops against the Prince of Yan.
Wen Xi was utterly loyal to the Jiang Clan's imperial family, but the Empress's surname was also Jiang. He merely did not want Wang Chong to inherit the throne; he truly had no intention of killing him. After all, Wang Chong was still his grandson-in-law. Thus, he had never agreed, promising only to make Wang Chong give up the throne.
Wang Chong did not know these people with their countless tangled ties to the Jiang Clan, nor did he care who they were. After all, he commanded several hundred thousand troops and swept across nineteen provinces. His ranks teemed with talented men and fierce generals, and he himself was the youngest Great Grandmaster in the world. Never mind these scheming flies and dogs-even men like Zhao Feishan and Han Hexuan had to regard him as an equal and no longer dared treat him as a junior.
Wen Xi's feelings were actually very complicated. He had not expected that, after Wang Chong said at their last meeting that he intended to pay his respects to the Empress, this Prince of Yan would instead occupy Copper Pass, block An Dushan's rebel army and the Eight-Tribe Allied Army, and seize the opportunity to recover An Dushan's eight provinces beyond the pass. He still did not know that Gao Gun had also given the White Camel Tribe to Wang Chong. Wang Chong's fierce momentum