After watching Prince Xue Xing leave with Xue Beng, Dugu Bo also prepared to leave the Education Committee office with Dugu Yan. After Dugu Yan bowed to the three Education Committee members, she left with Dugu Bo, just as they ran into Qin Ming returning to report the relevant situation to the three Education Committee members.
Qin Ming nodded slightly to Dugu Bo to show his respect, and then entered the Education Commission office. As soon as he entered, he saw that the three Education Commission members all looked rather unwell.
"Three members of the Education Committee, I have seen the teachers and their party out of our college," Qin Ming said as he stepped forward.
Meng Shenji nodded, then sighed and said, "Alas, Qin Ming, this is all the fault of the three of us old folks. We made your teachers travel all the way to our academy, only to end up like this."
"This matter cannot be blamed on the three members of the Education Committee. As Prince Xue Xing said, I failed to leave Dean Flender and the others a token to prove their identities, which led to their conflict with Xue Beng. The main responsibility for this matter lies with me."
Qin Ming took all the blame upon himself.
"It's such a pity about those promising talents. Some of them were just as talented as I was back then. I never expected something like this to happen. It's such a shame," Bai Baoshan said regretfully.
"That young man with the Blue Silver Grass Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul an extremely refined control over it. If he had stayed at the academy, I would have liked to take him as my disciple." Committee Member Zhi Lin also shook his head, feeling that it was a pity that Shrek Academy and his group had left.
"But that's exactly what happened. It's already a good thing that this didn't escalate into a conflict. Ever since His Majesty appointed Your Highness Qinghe as one of the academy's leaders, Prince Xue Xing's attitude towards the academy has improved considerably. In the past, given his personality, he would never have gone on and on with us, analyzing right and wrong, weighing the pros and cons. If it were before, he would definitely have had His Majesty the Poison Douluo take decisive action and expel the Shrek Academy students from the academy. It can only be said that since Your Highness Qinghe took over, even Prince Xue Xing has started to reason."
Meng Shenji slowly analyzed that he had originally been prepared to confront Prince Xue Xing head-on. After all, the teachers of such an academy who could teach someone as outstanding as Qin Ming must not be ordinary people. If Prince Xue Xing wanted to forcibly drive them away, then he was prepared to fight him to the bitter end.
To his utter surprise, Prince Xue Xing was usually extremely arrogant, started reasoning with them. His arguments were so logical that they were practically flawless, leaving Meng Shenji completely bewildered. In the end, he was persuaded by Prince Xue Xing's words and chose to remain silent. Although some of Prince Xue Xing's statements were exaggerated, as he said, the academy was indeed in the midst of reforms, and it was crucial that nothing went wrong at this time. If some nobles seized upon this as leverage and complained to His Majesty, then their years of hard work would be wasted, and all their efforts would be in vain.
Meng Shenji shook his head, no longer thinking about it. Then he turned to Qin Ming and said, " Qin Ming, we do bear some responsibility for this. How about this, I will try to get some benefits for you from His Your Highness Qinghe as compensation."
Upon hearing this, Qin Ming quickly refused, saying, "No need, Education Commission. You've already taken great care of me; there's really no need to compensate me."
"I've already made up my mind. If our Heaven Dou Royal Academy can achieve good results this time, then the academy should have another member on the teaching committee."
Meanwhile, Dugu Yan was walking on campus with her grandfather when Dugu Yan started talking to Dugu Bo about what had just happened.
" Prince Xue Xing usually seems arrogant and domineering, but I never expected him to be able to spout so much reasoning today."
In her mind, Prince Xue Xing was just an old wastrel who could be so arrogant because the emperor was his brother.
" Yanyan, you're thinking too simply. You can't judge things by appearances alone." Dugu Bo smiled and shook his head, then began to tell Dugu Yan about his past.
" Xue Ye had eight brothers, all of whom were exceptionally talented. Among them, the most politically capable was the current Xue Ye, who ultimately inherited the throne of the Heaven Dou Empire."
Upon hearing this, Dugu Yan's face showed surprise. "So the previous generation of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had a total of nine princes? Then why is there only one prince left now? Could it be..."
"That's right. The royal power struggles are far more brutal than we imagined. The other seven princes were all eliminated by the current Xue Ye through various means, while the then Heaven Dou Emperor couldn't find a single piece of evidence to prove that the deaths of the seven princes were related to Xue Ye."
"This is too cruel. Those people are all my own brothers!" Dugu Yan frowned slightly, feeling somewhat unable to accept it.
"The imperial family is ruthless, that's only natural. So the fact that Prince Xue Xing has survived to this day, and even remains in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace as a prince instead of being exiled to a remote place, speaks volumes."
At this point, Dugu Bo paused, then continued, "He wanted me to assassinate Jun Yi, but I became friends with him instead. When Prince Xue Xing learned of this, his first action was to come directly to me, bringing Xue Beng to apologize and promise that he would never have any further conflicts with Jun Yi. He even instructed Xue Beng to avoid Jun Yi in Xue Beng future. He didn't even ask why I spared Jun Yi's life. That's why I'm still willing to travel with him."
"What? You were thinking of killing Jun Yi back then?" Dugu Yan asked in surprise.
"Yes, although that kid didn't say it, he holds a grudge. Later, I even had to apologize to Jun Yi to finally get him to forgive me completely," Dugu Bo said with a smile.
"It seems that every member of the royal family is extraordinary. Prince Xue Xing, who usually seems to have no ability, actually has such methods. But why did Xue Ye, who is so talented, give birth to Xue Beng?" Dugu Yan said regretfully. Xue Beng was truly a spoiled brat in normal times. If it weren't for his status as a prince, he would probably have been torn to pieces long ago.
Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo laughed and said, " Yanyan, didn't I say that you can't judge a book by its cover? Perhaps Xue Beng is hiding some talents that you don't know about."
"Forget it, what talent could a complete wastrel like him possibly have?"
As they walked to the mailroom, Jun Yi's letter arrived. Dugu Yan excitedly took out the letter, then bid farewell to her grandfather and returned to her dormitory to read carefully what Jun Yi had experienced during this time.
Watching his granddaughter's departing figure, Dugu Bo smiled with satisfaction, then turned and left...
(End of this chapter)