Chapter 274: The Gathering of the Nobles
Chapter 274: The Gathering of the Nobles
The first person to arrive was a good friend of Yuan Yanxi in the capital, who was also a noble scion of the territory and a member of the Fourth Prince's faction.
Then, seven or eight noble sons and several wealthy businessmen came one after another. All of them were supporters of the Fourth Prince and came to help Yuan Yanxi.
As time passed, more and more people arrived at Wangyuan Tower, and soon the number reached more than thirty nobles. Among them, the most honorable ones were the two princes who supported the Fourth Prince!
"Fourth brother is really making a fuss out of nothing. He's just a little butcher from the border area! Why would you ask the two of us to hold him down? Do you really need the two of us to subdue that wimp, Xiao Ba?"
"The little butcher and the eighth brother are certainly not worthy of our presence here! We are afraid that the prince will send the second brother to cheer for the little butcher! At that time, although the ones who fight to the death are the little butcher and the kid from the Yuanyan family, the face will belong to the fourth and the eldest brother! Alas! It's a pity that we don't have a good mother to be a concubine, so we can only help the fourth brother to fight and hope that we can be granted a fiefdom in the future and rule our own territory!"
"Alas! It's our bad luck!"
The two princes spoke in low voices, and the guards beside them kept the rest of the people away.
"Third brother! Do you think that little butcher really dared to kill Yuan Yanxi in public to vent his anger?"
"If we hadn't come, that little butcher would have really done it! He was the one who slaughtered tens of thousands of barbarians with just a thought. Moreover, if only Old Eight came to back him up, we also hope that Yuan Yanxi would fail and take the little butcher's life! It's just the same!"
"Well... what Third Brother said is true!"
With the arrival of the third and fifth princes, more and more nobles also arrived one after another.
By the time Liu Feiyun and the Eighth Prince arrived, there were already more than sixty people. If you count the guards and followers they brought with them, there would probably be five or six hundred people.
"Oh! It's really lively! Ha! My fourth brother really thinks highly of you. He even mobilized so many people to cheer for Yuan Yanxi! I guess he knows how much you hate Yuan Yanxi. He's afraid that you might accidentally kill that bastard and slap him in the face!"
The Eighth Prince Gu Chengxu said to Liu Feiyun with a smile.
"Kill Yuan Yanxi? Even if I want to kill him, I will never do it in Changluo City! But! Even if I don't kill him! I will never let him go easily! Since so many people come to cheer him up, I will slap him hard in the face!"
"You are not slapping him in the face, but slapping my fourth brother in the face! Let's not talk about whether you have the ability to do it now! If you really do this, you will become a mortal enemy with my fourth brother! Are you really not afraid? Are you really willing?"
"Dead enemy? Afraid? Willing? Ha! Is this a matter of whether I am willing or not? In the eyes of outsiders, my Liu family is already tied to the prince! Why should I be afraid of being his enemy? However, it seems that there are quite a few people who support him!"
Liu Feiyun looked at the crowded crowd on the other side, then looked at the two or three kittens beside him, and couldn't help but smile.
"Humph! They came with so many people. Besides being afraid that you might 'accidentally' kill Yuan Yanxi, they probably also wanted Yuan Yanxi to 'accidentally' kill you. Anyway, they thought they had more people, and they could all accuse you of breaking the rules first!"
"Oh! Looks like we need to be more careful! Watch out for that bastard's plot!"
"Of course we have to be careful, but you don't have to worry too much! They can find people to help them, so why don't we have people? Look, they are coming! Oh! My sister is here too! That's right! She was forced to hide in the deep pool, so how could she not come to see you to vent her anger!"
The Eighth Prince said this and looked towards the gate.
The eleventh princess, Gu Qingya, He Jingqing, Qi Ruoyan and one of her biological brothers arrived.
"You are Liu Feiyun? Humph! You are such a disaster! Sooner or later, we will have to settle the accounts between our two families! But my Qi family is not unreasonable. With my Qi family here today, that bastard Yuan Yanxi will never be allowed to trip you up!"
As soon as Qi Ruoyan's brother saw Liu Feiyun, he said with a sour face.
Even Qi Ruoyan, not to mention Liu Feiyun, even ignored He Jingqing.
Upon hearing this, Liu Feiyun could only bow and say, "Then I'd like to thank Master Qi! We can discuss the grudge between our two families later!"
"Hmph!" Master Qi snorted coldly and pulled his sister away from Liu Feiyun and his group.
Gu Qingya said helplessly: "In fact, the Qi and Liu families have a grudge! It's because of the prince's... biological mother, the late queen! Alas! Mr. Liu, our royal family, the Gu family,
You Liu family..."
"Princess Eleven, don't mind it! Serving His Majesty is the duty of a subject!" Liu Feiyun replied.
Shortly after the eleventh princess arrived, the second most important person in the crown prince's faction, the second prince, also arrived with a group of aristocratic children and wealthy merchants from the crown prince's faction! Although there were not as many people as the fourth prince's faction, there were still dozens of families!
It was at this time that another core figure of the Fourth Prince's faction, the Sixth Prince, and Yuan Yanxi finally arrived!
Logically speaking, now that the two main characters of the duel have arrived, it's time to settle the grudge with martial arts! But at this time, someone came to inform the owner of Wangyuan Tower that the Seventh Prince would be here soon, and asked Yuan Yanxi and Liu Feiyun to wait for a moment.
"This Seventh Prince has really come to join in the fun!" Several princes thought at the same time.
Not long after, the seventh prince Gu Qingyu also arrived. With him came more than thirty so-called nobles, plus guards and entourage, which made him look quite impressive.
Liu Feiyun's heart moved:
The Seventh Prince is finally no longer dormant and is ready to show his strength to the world. There were rumors that the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince were competing for the throne, and the Seventh Prince wanted to take advantage of the situation. Now, it has been confirmed by the Seventh Prince himself!
The prince advocated the abolition of slavery and the restoration of the centralization of the court, so that the entire empire would be united!
The fourth prince advocated expanding the fiefdom and further delegating power to local lords! The emperor is the common ruler of the world, but the common ruler only enjoys honor and respect from all over the world to support the emperor's imperial army and deter the four directions, but does not directly participate in the governance of the local areas.
As for the Seventh Prince, he advocated not changing the situation at this time and still governed the world according to the strategy of the current emperor, proceeding step by step in order to seek peace and stability!
Since the other princes' backgrounds were not as good as these three princes, they could only choose to support one side. Especially the eighth prince, he even had the idea of retiring to the mountains.
But in general, no matter it is the Crown Prince's faction or the Fourth Prince's faction, their core figures never took the Seventh Prince seriously before!
But today! The Seventh Prince stopped pretending, he wanted to use this duel between himself and Yuan Yanxi to tell the world:
Besides the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince! There is also me! I also have the strength to fight for the throne!
"Three suns are in the sky! The three factions have reached a certain balance! If something happens to the current emperor, no matter who inherits the throne, I'm afraid the other two will not accept it! They have the power to not accept it! The chaotic world... I'm afraid it won't be long before we get there!"
Liu Feiyun felt increasingly heavy-hearted.
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